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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
7 OTIS OF pr AVS ARE TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING, 10
Where and Why Plays
of the Season Continue
Peter Pan Returns with All the Ingenious and Win
steal Things Which Have Made 1t Play of
Great Appeal to All Ages.
F'arces.

Farces.
Fair and Warmer" Al ,he IL.
Theatre, is an expertly coastrr..n,
farce exceedingly well PLAYED
nilisr material has been qssS .t
good effect and thin ice crosses ~
skilful skating. ~
"Hit-the- Trail Holiday" isan,,s.
paced show about Billy SunS,y
George NJ. Conan. The play eor,,,..9
number of excellent character par.,
Sadie Love, at the Gsiety. k.1.
written in the belief that ths ~
thing funnier than a pair Of silk 80.
mas is a honeymoon. The hunos' !,
both are exploited Sometime, i.
humor is a little heavy handed W.,
jorie Rambeau and Pedro de Corsa,,
act well.
lord Dundreary," az the Boob ..
ables h. II. SOthern 20 give an ara.
able performance OF comic ebs,,'
terization in a play which is not 80,
turtles old.
Nelodrama.
Treasure Island" at the Punch A..
Judy Theatre has much Of the s,i,'
OF Stevenson's romance. Piratea en-
lasses and all the other people a..
things which make blood Aoy A..
tingle, too, are in this play sbo.,
buried gold In a play which Il a.
cellently acted, Frank Sylvester star,
out as best Of all.
"Under Fire" at the Hudson /. %,
ing a long run in New York and gr,,
the Germans a chance 70 reform "a
ranks which have been shattered eve,
night by the impetuosity OF WIlar
Courtenay, intent on capturing N.
heroine and saving Paris. lie ;o,,
both in an agreeably exciting play
Frank Craven contributes zoo.
humorous Characterization.
"The House OF Glass" at the Csrs
Ter is a play about the police, h
crooks and Mary Ryan. Il has a nun
Der or interesting emotional scert
and its appeal throughout is distinct.
TO the popular taste.
THE Ware Case" at the Msrr
Elliott Theatre tells a detective s,or
in rather long winded fashion. but 10.
Tellegen has one or two opportunt,
for effective acting in his own Interest
ing but peculiar style.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

sour Mrs. McChesney," at the Ly-
ceum, is a loosely built play about the
well-known character which Edna Fer
Der has contributed to fiction. In spite
Of its exceeding difuse quality the play
has much humor and flashes OF senti-
ment. Then, too, il has the. ever popu-
lar Ethel Barrymore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

Fair and Warmer" At the Els.
Theatre, is an expertly consf,r..r
farce exceedingly well PLAYED 3
milisr material has been qseS ,t
good effect and thin ice eros,ss si
skilful skating. W
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

The Ware Case" at the Msrir,
Elliott Theatre tells a detective s.or
in rather long winded fashion. but Lou
Tellegen has one or two opportuntia
for effective acting in his own interest
ing but peculiar style.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
AUSTRIAN SKODA GUNS
HURL TERRIFIC SHELL
Seyenteen-Inch Shells Weigh, $500
Pounds and Destroy All
Living Things.

Seven-eighths of the wounds in the
Galician fighting were caused by
shells, half of which were fired from
big caliber guns, said Surgeon-MaJor
Lesghintseff to an interviewer on re-
turning to Warsaw from the front.
Bullets play no part now" he
continued. land the infantryman's
rifle is toy. Infantry merely occu-
pies the trenches the cannon have
won"
Most devastating OF all are the
new Skoda shells of the Germanic
allies, which are seventeen inches in
diameter and weigh twenty-eight
hundred pounds The Skoda howit-
zer shoots at d high angle and its
shells penetrate twenty feet into soft
earth before exploding two seconds
after striking. These howitzers do
not resemble the Krupp mortars of
the same caliber, to which they are
said to be superior in every way.
When Skoda shell hits, it means
death to everything within a radius
of one hundred and fifty yards and
even farther off. The mere pressure
o it's gas rips open the bombproof
shelters and catches those who es-
cape the metal fragments and flying
debris.
This enters the body cavities and
tears flesh asunder. sometimes strip
ping the men their clothes. Of
course the men in the Immediate
neighborhood of the explosion are
annihilated. So fierce is the heat of
the explosion of the shells that it
melts rifle barrels as if they had been
struck by lightning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
CARRANzA TROOPS RETREAT;
$4,000 SOLDIERS BATTLE
Villa Forces Outnumber Attackers
and Drive Them Away From
Mexican Capital.

Carranza officials in Nuevo Laredo
have admitted that their forces near
Villa Garcia, midway between Pare
don and Monterey, retreated Monday
after a sanguinary battle with Villa
troops but asserted that the retreat
was ordered for strategic reasons and
to await reinforcements. Reports
that six hundred Carranza troops
were killed and probably twice that
number wounded were semi-oficially
verified.
Carranza officials claim, however,
to have inflicted even more serious
losses in dead and wounded on the
Villa forces Many of the dead OF
both sides are said to have been wo-
men camp followers. Unconfrmed
reports Tuesday night stated that an
other battle was fought Tuesday near
Paredon, the Carranza forces having
been reinforced by several thousand
men.
Ten thousand Villa troops and
eight thousand Carranza troops, it is
estimated, were engaged in Mondays
battle, which lasted nine hours. The
battle opened at five a. m. with a
terrific machine gun fire on both
sides. About noon Carranza COM
manders ordered a cavalry charge
followed by hand to hand fighting,
which continued for two hours, when
the order for a retreat was given.
Most of the wounded were taken to
Monterey.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
TEUT0NIC DRIVE SLACKENS
Reports Agree That Most OF Eastern
Front is Quiet.

The force of the Teutonic thrust in
southern Poland on "Wednesday
seems to have siackened for the time
at least, but Vienna claims the Aus,
trians still are advancing in at least
one sector Of the front south of War
saw.
Petrograd claims distinct check
has been inflicted on the Austro-
Hungarians near krasnik, in south
ern R ssian Poland, where the in
vaders are threatening one Of the
most important railroad connections
with Warsaw, but this claim directly
contradicts a Vienna official state
ment which says the Russians have
suffered defeat in that section.
Russian and Austro-German re-
ports agree that quiet prevails along
the remainder of the eastern front,
where for the first time in several
weeks the Austro-German armies
have ceased to win daily successes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
DID NOT CONFER WITH u.s..
OVER ARMING TRADE SHIPS
Great Britain Said Nothing to This
Country as Lord Cecil in
timated of others.

The United States government has
not been asked by Great Britain
whether it would permit merchant
ships, armed for defense only, to
trade with American ports. When
the press dispatch from London, tell
ing of the statement of Lord Robert
Cecil in the House of Commons was
read to a high official of the state
department, he said that this govern
ment had not been sounded.
The position of the United States
as to armed vessels, it was explained. /.
had been set forth in a statement OF
the department of State on Septem-
Der 20. In this statement these para
graphs related to this particular sub
ject:
"a merchant vessel of belligerent
nationality may carry an armament
and ammunition, for the sole pur-
pose of defense without acquiring
the character of a ship of war.
The presence of an armament and
ammunition on board a merchant
vessel creates a presumption that the
armament is for offensive purposes
but the owners or agents may over
come this presumption by evidence
showing that the vessel carries arma-
ment solely for defense
The statement also defined in de,
tail the course necessary to establish
that a merchant vessel was not armed
for offensive purposes.
The matter of determining what
constituted an armed vessel was
made necessary by the action of the
German government early in the
European war in complaining thai
the steamship Adriatic, then at New
York, was armed, and that to permit
her to clear would be violation OF
neutrality. The United States gov
ernment ascertained that the Adri'
atic's armament consisted of a gun
mounted in the stern for defensive
purposes, and Secretary Bryan ruled
that to be so armed was proper and
that clearance of the vessel would
not constitute a violation of Ameri
can neutrality.
The matter was taken up infor
mally, however, with the White Stal
Line, to which the Adriatic belonged
and as a result Of a private arrange
ment the gun was dismounted II
was explained at the state depart
ment at the time that in dismount
| ing the gun the White Star Line act
ed voluntarily, out Of courtesy to the
| United States, and that it was no
required by any principle of inter
| national law to disarm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
BIG SUPPLY OF DYNAMITE Is
FOUND in KOLT'S TRUNK
Thirty Pounds Are Missing and Po'
lice Search Feyerishly for
Cnaccounted Sticks.

Frank Holt, who attempted to xii!
J. P. Morgan, lay dead Wednesday
in an undertaker's establishment a;
Hampstead, L. l., and the New York
police had in their possession his
trunk, containing one hundred and
thirty-four half-pound sticks Of dyna-
mite with which they believe he plan
ned to wreck public buildings in New
York and other cities
1t was reported "Wednesday that
Holt had told a detective he had put
fifty pounds OF dynamite on board a
ship which had since left New York.
Wireless stations along the coast en-
deavored to reach steamers which
had left since June 20 to warn them
of the possibility of an explosion.
More than twenty-five pounds OF
dynamite known to have been de-
livered to Holt is missing. The trunk
found Tuesday night in a storage
room above a livery stable and gar
age in New York City contained one
hundred and thirty-four sticks
sixty-seven pounds-out of two hun
uTSu SItChS VI uy uduillS hAo" w
have been received by him under the
alias of C. Hendricks, at Syosset, L.
T., recently. Six sticks were used. it
seemed established when Holt went
to Washington. Three were used,
according to Holt's statement in max
ing the bomb placed in the capitol;
the other three sticks were found in
a suitcase and on the lawn of ]. P.
Morgan's estate.
This would leave sixty sticks, OF
thirty pounds, unaccounted for. AL
though Holt was quoted as saying he
had used these sixty sticks in his eX-
periments in the house he rented in
Central Park, L. T.. his statement
was not believed The condition of
the premises at Central Park did not
indicate that explosives had been
used there.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
HEAVY FIGHTING in FRANCE
Paris Admits German Advance at St.
NIihiel But Nowhere Else.

Heavy fighting continues along the
western front. Paris claims on We'd
nesday that the French repulsed Ger
man attacks north of Arras and on
the heights of the Meuse, but admits
that near St. Mihiel German troops
penetrated the first French line along
a front of seven hundred yards. In
the LePretre forest a German attack
preceded by the hurting of flaming
liquids, was repulsed, says the French
report.
Turkish troops in a general attack
on the Dardanelles eXpeditionary
force July 5, were mown down in
masses and failed to drive home the
assault, according to statement is
sued Wednesday by the French war
office. The attack is described as the
most important since early May. A
Turkish cruiser in the Dardanelles
took part, as did the batteries on the
Asiatic shore and allied aviators.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
SHOOT TO STOP ELOPEMENT;
WOUNDS THREE; KILLS ONE
Married Mans Attempt to Garry Off
Girl Has Serious Results
in Georgia Town.

Miss Addie 1nman, aged nineteen,
of near Manor, Ga, is dangerously
wounded as a result of an attempt of
her lover, w. ]. Griffin, a married
man, to take her from her home Wed
nesday. Henry Inman, relative, was
also seriously injured while the man
in the case was slightly wounded.
Charles Inman, another relative, was
instantly killed. The shooting affray
followed an attempt on the part OF
Griffin to elope with the girl and a
subsequent determined effort on the
part of the Inmans that their elope-
ment be stopped. Griffin, the cause
of the trouble, is married, and has
made his escape
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
THE FARMERS COLUMN
QUESTIONS INVITED UPON ANY
AGRICULTURAL TOPIC.
Interesting Articles Upon Practical
Matters Which Should Interest
Every Farmer.
Don't Prll Fodder.

l. 1t cuts the corn yield. Carefully
conducted tests by a number Oh
Southern experiment stations have
conclusively shown. that fodder pull
ing may cause loss in the yield OF
corn of from 5 to 25 per cent, or
from one to ten or fifteen bushels loss
per acre. Every farmer who pulls
fodder may expect either to suffer
this loss or to delay fodder pulling
until the corn is fully matuTed and
the fodder practically worthless.
2. 1t Injuries seed corn for planting
next year. When fodder is stripped
from the immature corn the grain is
not fully developed, and consequent
ly it's vitality and terminating power
are lessened.
3. Saving the whole corn plant is
better practice. Aside from the
serious losses from decreased yields
and injury to the grain for planting
purposes, fodder pulling is an un-
economic practice, in that it makes
no provision for saving the whole
plant. Over 40 per cent. of the value
of a. field of corn is in the stalks,
leaves, shucks and cobs, and the
greater portion of this is lost unless
the corn either be cut, shocked and
shredded; or cut green and put IN the
silo.
4. Getting your hay with a mower
is cheaper than fodder pulling. Pull
ing fodder is hard, hot, expensive
work, and the farmer who finds il
impracticable to cut, shock and shred
his corn or to use silo will find it
far more profitable to get his rough
age with moving machine and rake
than by the all hand labor required
in fodder pulling.
5. Fodder is poor feed compared
with the legume hays. Not only does
the farmer who, instead of pulling
fodder, uses peas, beans and clovers
as a source of roughage get his feed
at less expense, but he gets better
feed, particularly so in its protelr
| content. Furthermore, IN growing
the legumes for hay and returning
the resulting manure to the land
soil fertility is being conserved. Ii
Won have not already done so, there
is still time to plant cowpeas and SOY
beans on the stubble land, and few
days spent at this sort of work viii
be more profitable than all the fod'
der pulling you have ever done OF
will ever do.
1t is time we were looking square
ly at this fodder-pulling problem ano
getting our true bearings. II yol
are still inclined to the idea that you
can affold to pull fodder, suppose
you pull as usual this year, but leave
a dozen rows in the middle of the
field u!pulled. Then accuratel!
measure the corn at harvest time
and we believe you will decide thai
fodder pulling is pretty poor sor'
of business.-The Progressive Farm
er.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
CAPTAIN AND IL OF CREW
KILLED BY SUBMARINE
German Shells Damage British
Steamship and Kill Several
of Those on Board.

The British steamship Anglo-Cali-
forlian, of 1888 tons gross, bound
from Montreal, arrived at Queens
town, England, Monday with num-
Der of dead on board as the result of
being shelled by German subma-
rine.
Twelve men were killed on the
Anglo-Californian, including the cap
tain. Eight injured men were land
ed at Queenstown.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
Held In in Yellowstone.

A dispatch from Livingston. Mon
tana. Friday states that three hun
dred tourists, believed to be Shrin-
ers on their way to their national en-
campment at Seattle, were held. up
and robbed in the western side OF
the Yellowstone Park. No details
have come to hand.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14

said. are of the opinion that public
sentiment in the United States on the
question of separating passengers
and contraband traffic supports Mr..
Bryan's view, as expressed since his
resignation. This and other phases
OF the question gave the situation an
atmosphere Of doubt end uncertain
ty which it has not had since the in
dications Of several days ago that
factors we're at work in Berlin for a
favorable settlement Of the cortrov-
ersy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
Passenger Train Ditched.

A Wabash passenger train was
wrecked near Gilmore, Mo-, Wednes-
day afternoon at four O'Clock. The
engine and five coaches went into a
ditch. Details are meagre.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
SIonteneGrins Arrested.

Five Montenegrins have been ar
rested at New York charged with
violating the neutrality laws by in
citing other Montenegrins to go home
and become soldiers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
Death to the Rats.

Since federal authorities began
their campaign against rats in New
Orleans year ago 369.151 rodents
have been killed. Two hundred and
forty-four of these were plague in
fected
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
Bombs on Board ShipS.

Three ships sailing from New York
to Havre and reaching there last May,
it was learned from an authoritative
source Wednesday, were found to
have unexplodeG bombs aboard, plac-
ed before sailing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14

CarranZa Captures Five Americans.
Advices received in Washington
Wednesday state that the constitu-
tionalist forces have routed a Villa
escort near Elrefugio, and captured
six thousand cattle and six Ameri-
cans
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
Liberty Bell Crosses Mississippi.

For the first time in its history
the famous Liberty Bell crossed the
Mississippi river at Davenport, Ia,
Wednesday. Thousands of people
visited the relic as it began its sec
ond stage Of the journey to San Fran
cisco.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14

Russians Order Many Freight Cars.
The American Car company at Ber-
wick. Pa, announced Wednesday
that the Russian government had
placed an order for forty-one hun
dred box cars.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
Kills Little Brother.

John Decker, nine years old. Of
Bradentown, Pa, was accidentally
shot and killed by his ffteen-year-old
brother Tuesday while out hunting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
Villa Claims Great Victory.

The Villa agency in Washington
Friday claimed a complete victory
over the Constituticralists at Pare
don.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
Seven Missing After Explosion.

Seven men are missing at Beloit,
Quebec. as result Of cordite ex-
plosion at the plant Of an explosive
manufacturing company there, on
Wednesday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14
July Crop Report, South Carolina
and United States.

(By Bureau Of Crop Estimates, in
Co-operation with the Weather Bu-
reau, United States Department Of
Agricultural
South United
Carolina States.
Bushels.
(0OO's onitted)
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-14

Germany any nearer a settlement
than they We're several weeks ago.
President Wilson is expected to re-
turn Monday or Tuesday and the for
NAL Germany reply probably will
reach here about the same time.
There were many evidences in Of
fetal circles that the German con-
troversy was again regarded as criti-
cal and that the reply as outlined was
very disappointing. The concessions
alleged to have been made were re-
ferred to as slight departure from
the Illegal position held by Germany,
and it was pointed out that the Unit
ed States, holding strictly legal
position, was unable to make any
changes or surrender any point.
Irrespective, however, Of the sug-
gestions maze as to the future con-
duct of German submarines as sug-
gested in the preliminary draft of the
German reply, one Of the chief causes
of the pessimism is the treatment to
be accorded the Lusitania tragedy.
The German government, it is un-
derstood, has taken the position that
there was no intention to sacrifice
non-combatants, the view Of the Ger
man commander being that the YES
sci would be difficult and slow to
sink and there would be ample oppor-
tunity to remove passengers to
place Of safety. The United States
said in its note that reparation would
be sought for the sacrifice Of Ameri-
cans on the Lusitania. but Germany
has denied liability for the occur
renee.
In some official quarters there is
still hope that the refusal OF Anbas-
sador Gerard TO discuss concessions
may convince the German officials of
the earnestnesS Of the United States
and bring about notifications. There
are intimations from Berlin, however.
that officials there do not believe the
American government will insist on
the position it took in its last note
and that public opinion in the United
States favored compromising the is
sue.
Some high officials in Berlin, it is
Washington telegraph., 1915-02-05
PERSONAL MENTION m

Attorney Randolph Handy of
Prescott was here Tuesday on
business.
j. w. Gilbert of Route left
yesterday for Texarkana, where
he will visit his son for day or so.
w. w. johnson and wife return
ed to their home in Nevada county
Wednesday. after three days
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Aylett,
Mrs. Johnson's parents.
Jas. w. Bouldin of south Texas
spent several days this week Wis
iting his sisters. Misses Alice,
Lou and Mary Bouldin.
If the ground hog saw his
shadow tuesday he had to gel
up early in the morning, because
the sun only came out for few
minutes shortly after the day be
gan. We never had much faitf
in his hogship anyway-Wondel
what "Drab'' thinks about him?
Washington telegraph., 1915-02-05
In the Hampstead Probate
Court
In the matter of Erwin Hooper,

In the matter of Erwin Hooper,
person of unsOund mind.
Mrs. Lucy Hooper, Guardian.
Notice is hereby given that l, as
guardian of Erwin Hooper, will apply
to the Hampstead Probate Court for
an order to sell the following describ-
ed real estate, situated in Hampstead
county, Arkansas, to-wit:
The northwest quarter of the south
west quarter and fractional part of
the southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section thirty-One (31)
in township twelve t12) south in range
twenty-three, west, containing fifty
six and 9l-1OO (569D acres. The frac-
tional part of the southwest quarter OF
the southwest quarter, as above de-
scribed, is a strip lying on the north
side of said southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter.
Said land will be sold for the main
tenance of said Erwin Hopper, a per-
son of unsound mind.
This 18th day of January, 1915.
.......... Mrs. Lucy Hooper,
Guardian
Washington telegraph., 1915-02-05

Arkansas grown foodstuffs. This
state can grow wheat, have it
made up into the finest of flour
within her borders, and not have
to sell cheap cotton to buy high
priced -four. A very few acres
planted in wheat will make
enough flour to run the average
farmer a year, and there will be
little trouble in having the wheat
made into flour, for when there
is plenty of wheat in the country
the mills will come. The only
reason there are so few mills now
is because our farmers have not
been raising the wheat to grind.