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V -T VTT MANNING, S, C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10.1915 -OflIARINES SINK LINN REORTS LOSS OF Two GIlIAN SHIPS NO W;ANGES IN THE WAR tussians continae Their Offensive in East Prussia While Austrians As sil Their Trenches In Galicia and Bakowi-Fleet Battering Dar nane1%a. LAdon reports on Friday an ad miralty statement confirmed the sink ing- of a German submarine by de stroyers r.nd said another rammed by the British collier Thordis, probably also had been destroyed. The text of the statement follows: 1 "The stmomship Thordis has been ex- I amined in dry dock and injuries to I her keel and to her propeller con frm the evidence of Captain Bell and the crew that on the 28th of Feb ruary the vessel rammed and In all probabilty sank a German subma rine which had fired a torpedo at her. -Thursday afternoon the German submarine U-S was sunk in the chan ad of. Dover by destroyers; the of seers and men -were taken prisoners." London reports: Even should no 1 decisive battle develop from the pres- < eat Russian offensive, the allies claim J the Austro-German spring campaign C -plans in the east have been measur- I ably interfered with. C Afew weeks ago Field Marshal von Hindenberg was sweeping victorious- I ly through northern Poland, while In 8 t'he south the Austrians were press- e ingiorward in both Galicia and Buk- a owina. Now Russian troops are at ta-tn ftrom -the Niemen to the Vis- f tula and. although -the Germans are b elnging tenaciously to their positions I before Ossowetz and at other points r north-of. the Vistula, their thrust to-. a wad Warsaw has been brought to a r standstlli and they are being forced slowly back to their own frontier. 0 News dispatches say that in the t Soth the Austrians continue to fling 2 themselves- with great bravery j against the Russian lines. These on- a slaughts are costing the attackers enormous losses, but the Russian t general staff declare they have x brought no gains. The German con- S tingent in. the Carpathians has been v reduced to three army corps, accord- t Iig to- report, leaving the Austrian b forces to bear the brunt of the fight- j Meantime, the allied fleets are bat- I tering their way slowly up the Dar-- t danelles without, so far as Is known, a single serious loss among the ships. M The sultan of Turkey, says an Athens t dispatch, has fled from Constantino- s pe, but that has not been- confirmed, o and reports from Turkish sources, no- i tably an interview with Enver Pasha, v depredate the seriousness of the Dar- b danees bombardment and insist that e the real defenses of the straits have 8 mpt been affected. r It can be said that from the Brit- I ish viewpoint, the situation, wherever eghting is going on, is taken as fav- I orable. The South African rebellion i bas been crushed- the Turkish inva- a Sion of Egypt seemingly has been c aban-oned; reports from the east are m encouraging; no d'dverse news re- e garding the operations against the t Dardanelles yet has been received, J and the blockade on foodstuffs into 1 Germany is about to be enforced. A In the west the Germans, judg- a fug from dispatches are fighting hard to recover the ground lost during the last fortnight. Near Arras they have - forged ahead somewhat, but the allies * report progress, both in the Cham-a pagne and the Argonne.t JOHNSON SELBOED. President Determines to Appoint Leg Islator a Federal Judge. Representative Joseph T. Johnson of Spartanburg has been selected byr President Wilson, according to a -Washington dispatch, for the new federal judgeship in South Carolina created by congress shortly before adjournment. He was endorsed by 1 members of the South Carolina con- 1 gressional delegation. Former Gov. John Gary Evans also has been sug gested. Endorsements of all kinds for the new, federal judgeships in Georgia and South Carolina were laid out to public view at the department of juse tice Friday as recuested by the acts creating the positions, passed during1 the closing hours of congress. It was the first time such a thing had been done in the history of the American judiciary. More than 2.000 persons endorsed -W. W. Lambdin, appointed district judge in Georgia, and many individ ual endorsements were posted for candidates for the judgeship in South Carolina. 182 MINERS BURIED. Terrific Explosion Canses Entomb ment of Many Foreigners. After nearly twelve hours' work rescuers early Tuesday night had brought out alive only six~ of the 182 miners entombed by an explosion in the Layland mines of the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal company, near Quinnimont, W. Va. The force of the explosion was ter rific. The stone arch over the main entrance of the workings was de stroyed; windows within a 300-yard radius were broken and the shock was felt for miles around. A. B. Cooper, who was delivering groceries to a house within seventy fie yards of the mine entrance, was blown against a telegraph pole and killed. Guard lines have been estab lished about the workings and only' rescuers are permitted within them. Company officials refuse to give out any information. FRENCH OPPOSED TO PLANS. Press Declares Embargo on Food to Germany Must Stand. The French press is unanimous in declaring Great Britain can n..t ac cept the informal proposals said to! have been made by the United States that the embargo on foodstuffs for Germany be raised, provided Ger many abandons her Intention of de *stroyng merchant ships. The papers express appreciation of the spirit in which the proposals were made. The Matin declares such a step would be ..rryin altruism altogether too far. TO DO NOTHING NOW U. S. MAEES NO MOVE IN DIPI MATIC TANGLE. Washington Patiently Awaiting - swer to Its Five Unanswered No of Protest. The publication -f the official t( )f the German reply to the Americ proposals for a cessation of subn rine warfare and for free shipm( f foodstuffs to civilian populatic f belligerents was the only st aken by the United States govei nent Thursday in connection wi he maritime situation as its affei ieutrals. The State department declined ive out the tpxt of the Americ roposals because they still are und onsideration by Great Britain a ier 'allies. Until some reply is i eived from the allies it is unlik( hat any further move will be ma )y the United States, though prej -ation of a protest on Great Britaih leclaration of an embargo on coi nerce between Germany and neutra its begun. Reports. from London that Gre 3ritain was solicitous about Ame :an opinion on her declaration of :ommercial embargo were read w! nuch interest Thursday. Sir Ce spring-Rice, the British ambassad< alled on Secretary Garrison, and ras reported he had sought unoi Ially to learn Mr. Garrison's vies he secretary of war would not d! ass his conference with the Briti: mbassador beyond saying it was u ficial. With the adjournment of congr' t generally is believed President '.v on and the cabinet will give almo xclusive attention to the foreign si ation. Replies to various diplomatic not rom the belligerents are expected e taken up within a few days. T rited States bas pending five sep ate negotiations, all related to tl abject of maritime warfare and t ights of neutrals. First. Great Britain's prelimina: bservations and the complete rep the American protest of Decemb 8, concerning the treatment nmerican commerce, has not been a wered. Second. Great Britain's reply he American warning against t] ieasure of responsibility that wou eem to be imposed should Ameria essels be attacked on account of fI Itious use of neutral flags has n een answered. The statement of t] Lmerican position in this note pro bly will not be reiterated, but t rnited States is expected to stand < he warning already given. Third. Germany's reply tc t] ote from the United States statir hat Germany would be held to trict accountability for any attac1 n American vessels or lives in t] :ew marine war zone has been le answered. This, too, probably w e continued in further correspon nce only insofar as it relates to ti eneral situation, the warning beli egarded as adequately conservii Lmerican rights. Fourth. The proposals from t] Tnited States to Germany and Gre ritain for the removal of mines, t] bandonment of submarine warfa -n merchant ships and an arrang ent by which the civilian populatic f belligerents may import food he distribution is supervised1 merican organizations or agenciE tas been answered by Germany aloi u answer from Great 'Britain is st ,waited. Fifth. The American governme Las under consideration the mostr ent note from Great Britain a: Trance to all neutral ge.ernmen .nnouncing that the allies would hc hemselves at liberty to stop all co: aerce between Germany and neutr ountries. A reply to this commut ation Is under consideration. AMERICAN NOTE PRAISED. eets With Warm Approval Anoi Italian Government. The lentical note of the Americ; overnment to Germany and Gre 3ritain meets with general prai >Oth in the political world and he newspapers of Italy. The Gi< iale d'Italia expresses the hope tl t may be the first step toward fi her negotiations which will lead ,ourparlers for an ultimate undt tanding. Pope Benedict was greatly intere ad n the document and re~quest ardinal Gasparri to send him t ;ext and also the German reply.] lso had Cardinal Gasparri inqui t the British legation to the HC 3ee as to what the British attitu would be. Sir Henry Howard, 1 ritish minister, replied that he h iothing to say on the subject. PRAISE FOR TILLMAN. ndrew Carnegie Lands Senator Navy Opinions. Senator' Tillman Wednesday nie read to the Senate a letter from A drew Carnegie saying that fort United States "to build a great na or Increase the army would, min opinion, be folly only equalled by'C who declined to walk outside wi out a lightning rod down his b: because once there was a man stri by lightning." Mr. Carnegie prais Senator Tillman for advising1 country against increasing the n; at this time. TOOK ALL CASH IN SIGHT. Robbers Capture Automobile Make Escape. Robbers Tuesday morning held Cashier Wallace, of the Bank Stuart, Fla., and took all cash sight, which was about $40.000. caping from the bank, the robb overhauled a passing autompbile ommanded the driver, Frank Cov try, to take them south, which he at a sixty-mile clip. At Port Sewell they ordered a h but in leaving the machine one of robber's revolver was accidentally ploded. the bullet entering hisj This did not, however, prevent scape of the robbers. Coventry ordered to return to Stuart. where reported to the authorities where had left the robbers. Posses are scouring the country for them. Snow Storm Moving East. A snow storm which is sweep eastward from the middle west predicted to turn into rain on tlantic coast. CONORESS is OVER t so AFTER BEING IN SESSION FOR t I NEARLYTWOYEARS a tes e MANY PATHETIC SEENES anP ,a- Speaker Clark Overwhelmed by Ex-n nt n ns pressions of Regard-Man and ' ep S a Underwood Receive Laudatory En- b AS comiums-Much Business Rushed m n to Through on Last Day. M an After two years of almost continu- t< er ous session, the 63rd congress, which s( id revised the tariff and the currency *e system of the nation, supplemented e ,ly the trust laws, created an income tax de and demonstrated the first popular b: a- election of United States senators, a is ended at noon Thursday. A When gavels fell in the House and n, Senate, signalizing the adjournment, T t they signalled the close of half of it President Wilson's administration, fc a the first under domination of the ei tha Democratic party since 1895. Stren- n uous scenes enlivened the fading hours devoted chiefly to completing H ithe appropriations for subsistence of fc the government. s. Two important measures, the post s( is- office and Indian supply bills, failed P 3h in the final legislative rush, after S1 n- desperate efforts had -been made to tE have them. In the emergency occa ss sioned by their failure joint resolu- ai l-I tions were passed and signed by the d st president continuing in fo-ce appro- T t Ipriations -of the present year. p While tired senators and repre es sentatives were devoting their ener to gies to final essentials, President tr le Wilson spent more than an hour in cc a- his room at the capitol, surrounded ax ie by his cabinet, signing the last fruits le of legislation. The president found time in the midst of this task to gr-et a ry senators and representatives, and he 1Y made the occasion entirely one of t r congrat.ulation, making no reference f to projects which had failed. a Scores of members of both houses 8p joined in an exodus from Washing- m to ton, taking with them assurances that in I no extra. session of congress would Id be called, at least before fall. De- I spite the fact that many important S( c- bills failed of consideration because it of the long filibuster against the ship te be purchase bill, it was generally under- ki b stood congress would be given a rest til ie and the country a respite from legis- hi m lation it was regarded as extremely hi probable, however, that the 64th con- Se e gress would be summoned in .Octo- tu a ber in order to be able to adjourn a for the political conventions and Na- s Stional Convention of 1916. f Other. important measures, which ti< i died with the end of congress along sl d- with the ship purchase bill, were the fic ieI Phillippine enlarged self-government ;bill, rural credits legislation, the bill clI to prohibit interstate commerce in tb goods manufactured by child labor, in 1e and the conservation bills. A reso- m at lution, which contemplated an inves- hi ie tigation into senatorial campaigns- in th re Pennsylvania, Illinois and other to e- states, which had been recommended tu in by a Senate committee, also failed. bi if Little general legislation was car- tu nred in the appropriation bills. The s, post office bill, which failed to pass, bi .e. contained more new legislation than o' il any other measure. ' b Before adjournment congress pro- Tl nt vided for several important investiga- ar 'e- tions to be carried on during recess. gi id A committee will continue the in ts quiry into alleged lobbying in connec- th ld ton iththe ship purchase bill; a e' n-mison will study raral credits be al legislation, and Democrats of the Sea- 'E ti- Iate appointed a special commnittee to to recommend revision of Senate rules so with a view to establishing cloture of tl debate to prevent filibusters. A mass 'of miscellaneous legisla- ~ tion hurried through in the last days 0 sg included claim bills, public buildings, s~ fish cultural stations, bridge bills and e: minor amendments to various federal ii an statutes. at The appropriations committee be- nb .e gan tabulating the amounts of the t in1 various bills which t-ok money out t >of the treasurer during the seassion. a at It will be several days before an accu ir- rate tabulation is made, but the total toappropriations are estimated at about 3: r-$L,120,000,000. The annual appropriation bills E st- which failed caused considerable ed trouble. After the Indian bill had he1 made its devious ways through the ESenate it reached the House just ten ire minutes before final adjournment. A t ly Ifilibuster was Immediately instituted j de by the Republicans, which forced the N~ hewithdrawal of the conference report d adon the bill. The joint resolution which contin- b ued the current post office appropria- ~ tion bills brought forth a protestb Ifrom Representative Moon of Tennes- f rsee, chairman of the'post office com- d ormittee. He declared his committee had not been consulted regarding the a abandonment of the bill and that the ~ ht joint resolution had been put through ' f- the House in his absence.t he "Representatives of railroad Inter "ests and railroad attorneys," be said, y"have been active at both ends of the nc capitol in their efforts to prevent the tpassage of this bill." ck IRepresentative Fitzgerald declared cthe decision to abandon the measure ed had been reached only after It be :he came apparent that It could not pass. Sand that Representative Moon was t fully cognizant of the circumstances. "May I be permitted to say," said the vice-president In closing the sea-r sion, "that when I came here twoe d years ago it was the first time I ever set my foot inside of a legislativet hall. I know that I have made mia-t takes. errors, sometimes of the head,t up but, thank God. I can look you in the 1l offace and say to you that there never in has been an error of the heart." 1 Es- In the House Speaker Clark deliv ers ered a formal farewell to the mem md hers and resolutions were adopted en- thanking the speaker, Majiority Lead did er rnderwood and Minority Leader Mann for. their untiring efforts alt th~rouirhout the long session. the In the closing hours President Wil' ex- son signed thie seamen's bill. the neu -trality resolution empowering him to the prevent ships leaving American ports awith supplies for belligerent war he ships, promoted Col. Goethals to be:' he maior general for his services as LW builder of the Panama canal and gave promotions to other officers associat ed with the work. In the Senate several members. ing long prominent national figures. is among them Senators Root and Bur the ton, stenped back into private life as1 th curain fell. In the House Dem cratic Leader Underwood said good ye, to sit in the next Senate, and bree score or more other members etired. At the request of Republican ,eader Mann Speaker Clark turned be chair over to Progressive Leader lurdock. The Republican leader dLen eulogized the "able and loved peaker," and the'House passed with cheer a resolution thanking Speak r Clark on behalf of the entire mem ership for his services during the )ngress. The speaker then resumed his lace and began a speech of thanks. The multiplicity of honors and kind esses that this House has heaped on Le goes straight to my heart," he tid, but got no further, for his voice roke and his eyes filled with tears. In the Senate some of the senators ho are retiring from public life Lade farewell addresses. A fare ,ell letter from Senator Thornton, ,ho has been too ill for several days > be present in the Senate, was pre mnted by Senator Kern. President Wilson meantime work I steadily in his room consulting Lembers of his cabinet and senators riefly about each bill and signed Lany measures in quick succession. I mong the most important were the utrality resolution passed early hursday morning, a resolution giv tg medals to the A. B. C. mediators >r their work at the Niagara confer ice and the regular appropriation easures. After his return to the White. ouse President Wilson dictated the lowing statement: "A great congress has closed its ssions. Its work will prove the rpose and quality of its statesman Lip more and more the longer it iS sted. "Business has now a time of calm id thoughtful adjustment before it, sturbed only by the European war. le circumstances created by the war it the nation to a special test, a test its true character and of its self ntrol. "The constant thought of every pa lotic man should now be for the untry, its peace, its order, its just Ld tempered Judgment in the face perplexing difficulties. Its dignity d its strength alike will appear not Lly in the revival of its business, de ite abnormal conditions but also in power to think to purpose and to t with patience, with disinterested rness and without excitement, in a irit of friendliness and enlighten ents which will firmly establish its fluence throughout the world." For many moments before adjourn ent there was a lull in the Senate. mnator Simmons paid a tribute to Lator Perkins of California, whose rm ended at noon. Senator Fer ns sat for a moment in contempla yn of the tribute. Then he slowly ilf rose from his seat, feebly waved s hand toward the North Carolina nator and his colleagues in a ges re of farewell and took his seat ain, too overcome with emotion to eak. Senator Gallinger offered a resolu >n of thanks to Vice-President Mar all fur his services as presiding of er of the Senate. The search of the calendars dis osed occasional signs of life among .e many bills and resolutions repos g there, and from time to time essengers burdened with those that d passed one house tramped rough the corridors of thg capitol report the fact to the other. Vir ally all of these were private claims 1s or measures of a purely local na As the roll of the more Important ils was called requests of "let it go rer" from the floor sent them one rone Into the legislative graveyard. aey must be reintroduced if they e to be renewed in the 64th con Crowned galleries are the rule in e last hours of any congress, and rery seat among the spectators' mnch was filled until a late hour ednesday night. The crowds began return early Thursday, hoping for me unusual development to award eir patience. The House at 4:20 took a fifteen ute recess and the members then ganized the usual chorus and sang ings, Including "Good-bye, My Lov ,Good-bye,'' "Way Down Yonder the Cornfield," "Annie Laurie," c. Representative Heflin of Ala ima amused the members by telling egro stories. When the recess was ten the House had been In con nuous session for eighteen hours id fifty minutes. LN STILL SHUT UP IN MINE. odies Recovered Show Men Met Death by Suffocation. Rescue parties Wednesday con nued their efforts to penetrate the 'orkings of the Layland mine of the 'ew River and Pocahontas Consoli ated Coal company at Hinton, W. 'a., where 182 men were entombed y an explosion Tuesday, but Wed esday night only four additional odies had been brought to the sur-1 ice. This increased the total known ead to 14. Rescuers said that the farther they dvanced in the mine the greater as the destruction by the explosion. 'he work of bratticing the main en ry is progressing rapidly, but it wa.s id It would be several d.ys before te mine was clear of afterdamp. APPROVES MEASURE. [anning Carefully Considers the Ap propriation Measures. After going over the appropriation till carefully, item by item. Gov. anning made this statement: "I find that the interests of the va ious departments of the State gov rnment have been carefully scruti .ized and guarded, and for the first ime in years the amount carried by he appropriation bill does not exceed he amount that will be raised by the evy, and that the deficit brought iver from last year has been In part rovided for. Besides this, the ap ropriation for schools have been 'aised, so that I am satisfied with the neasure and will sign it." Killed by Automobile. Luther Means, colored, of Green rille, was run over and instantly kill 'd Tuesday night by an automobile iriven by W. C. Gresham.. Steamer Royperanla Torpedoed. The steamer Rloyperana was sunk~ ff East Boarne, England, Wednes lay. It is believed that she was tor edoed. The crew was savcd. Germa~n Admiral Removed. Admiral von Ingenohl. commander >f the German high sea fleet, has been removed from his post and sent Erm Kito nerlin. PUSH COAL INQUIRY TILLMAN CHARGES SENT TO C031 MERCE COMMISSION. Senate Subcommittee Turns Over In vestigation of Railroads and Easl em Coal Ports. Charges that the Southern Railwa: had discriminated against certain Ap palachian coal fields in the interest of a "coal trust" were referred t, the interstate commerce commissioi for investigation in a report publish ed at Washington Thursday by th, Senate subcommittee that investigat ed them. The report held that oni; a question of rates was involved. The sub-committee's investigatio resulted from a resolution by Senato Tillman. Extended hearings wer held, at which B. L. Dulaney, an in dependent operator of Bristol, Tenn. charged that the Southern had cu off the natural outlet for coal froz his section by maintaining prohibitivi rates to Atlantic ports soutIr of Nor folk. In Its report the subcommittei said Dulaney had produced much evi dence against the reasonableness o these rates, but added that the South ern had had no opportunity to pre sent its side of the case because ex haustion of the funds appropriate, for the investigation ended the hear ings. The subcommittee recommende that since the entire question nov was before the interstate commerc commission, no appropriation bi made for further hearings. The report concluded as follows: "It is unquestionably true that tho rates in the territory covered by thi Southern rail1(ay are higher than th4 rates on coal from the fields reache by the Pennsylvania, Baltimore 9 Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Chesapeaki & Ohio and all connecting lines i West Virginia. - "It is not surprising that com plaints should exist of the high rate. in the Southern territory by reasor of the fact that coal abounds fron Alabama to the West Virginia mine: and the fields, generally speaking run parallel to and about equally dis tant from the Atlantic seaboard. Il seems beyond dispute that the terri tory lying between the coal fields anc the Atlantic ocean ought to enjo3 reasonable rates upon coal and thai it ought not to be necessary for the ports south of Cape Hatteras to be ompelled to pay the combined rail and water rates now existing in orde to receive this necessary commodity "The Southern railway system wai established in 1894 and extends intc the coal fields from Alabama tc southern Virginia. It has not de veloped as a coal carrying road a have other railroads- that reach the oal'flelds. "The reasons for Its failure to dc so can not be determined upon a par tial Investigatidn. Indeed the rea sons may be so important if the pol icy hereafter shall be, as stated b3 the general counsel of the company to give to the movement of coal o1 the South Atlantic ports and Into the territory served by the Southern Rail way company every reasonable facili ty which the resources of the com pany will permit. "Since this investigation began the Southern railway has commenced the onstruction of coal docks at Char leston, S. C. It is claimed by Mr Duney that the Installation of thesi facilities has been due to this inves tigation. The Southern. on the othe: hand, contends that it had made ar angements to supply this outlet fo: oal before the resolution providini for the investigation was c'onsidered "Regardless of what the truth ma: be with reference to this matter, the fact Is that the terminals are bei built and the rates on coal hereaftei will In all probability be as low at obtained at Norfolk." HOLLAND STILL NEUTRAL. Mir :ster' Van Dyke Sees No Change in The Netherlands. Reports reaching Holland from th< United States and other countries in dicate a belief that the Netherland: is about to enter into the hostilities Semi-official circles at The Hague de care such reports are without foun dation. It is asserted that Holland' attitude of neutrality has not chang ed but that she continues determin ed to protect her national rights. Henry Van Dyke, the America: minister, referring to the report! said: "Naturally the various naya declarations have caused consider able anxiety among the neutral a tions. But I see no signs whateve of any change in Holland's attitude She is both peaceful and calm, ani as st'ongly resolved as e ger to do al in her power to preserve her neutral ity and maintain her rights." There has been a considerable it flux of Germans into Holland recent ly. The hotels In Hague and in othe cities are crowded. It Is understool that many Germans are leaving thel country owing to the effects of th food restrictions. BIG STXOW STORMf. Fourteen Inches of Snow Falls I: Nebraska. The heaviest snowstorm of th~ winter raged 'over Nebraska, Sout Dakota Thursday night and Frida: Fourteen inches of snow had falle at Omaha up to early Friday. Th~ temperature has not been severe, ant although there had been some wing the railroads have kept their line The storm showed few signsC abating Friday. Reports from wes1 er Nebraska points said the snow that section was from 6 to 18 inche in depth. The storm extended eastward dul ng the day and the weather burea said it probably would reach the A lantic coast. Torpedo Destroyer Launched. Miss Helen Neel of New Yor christened the United States torped boat destroyer tender Melville as was launched at Camden, N. J. Tue: Sunk by Mines. Washington received Friday a sul plementary report on the sinking the Carib and the Evelyn. The shil were off the German official safei Earthquake Shock in Italy. A slight earthquake shock, lastit four seconds was felt in Italy Frida No+mai amage wa done.' TEXT 01 YN OUT GOVERNMENT PUBUSHES FULl REPLY Of THE GLIMANS QUESTIONS ANSIEREf s Conforms in Main Details to Earl, Summary Already Published Government Appears to be Read, to Aid in Ameliorating Condition Dangerous to Neutrals. The official text of Germany's re ply to the American note suggestin - that Germany and Great Britaii agree on a plan to lessen danger t< t neutral shipping in the war zone wa 1 made publc at Washington Thurs day. It follows: "The Imperial German governmen has taken note with greatest interes of the suggestion of the Americai government for certain principles foi the conduct of maritime war on tho part of Germany and England bi agreed upon for the protection o: neutral shipping. They see thereit new evidence of the friendly feeling: - of the American government towarc the German government, which ar4 fully reciprocated by Germany. "It is in accordance with Ger many's wishes also to have maritime war conducted according to rule, which without. discriminately restrict ing one or the other of the belliger ent powers in the use of their mean. of warfare are equally considerate oj the interests of neutrals and the dic tates of humanity. Consequently il was intimated in the German note oJ the 16th instant that observation oj the declaration of London in the pari of' Germany's adversaries would cre ate a new situatiin from which the German government would- gladly draw the proper conclusions. "Proceeding from this view the German government has carefully ex amined the suggestion of the Ameri can government and believe that they can actually see in it a suitable basi for the practical solution of the ques tions which have arisen. "With regard to the various point of the Ameriian note they beg tc make the following remarks: "First. With regard to the sow ing of mines the German government would be willing to agree as suggezt ed not to use floating mines and tc have anchored mines constructed a indicated. Moreover, they agree tc put the stamp of the government ox all mines to be planted. On the other hand, it does not appear t( them to be feasible f r the belliger ents wholly to forego the use of an chored mines for. offensive purposes. "Second. The German government would undertake not to use their sub marines to attack mercantile vessel of any flag except when necessary tc enforce the right of visit and search. Should the enemy nationality of the vessel or the presence of contraband be ascertained submarines would pro ceed in accordance with the general rules of international law. "Third. As provided in the Ameri can note this restriction of the use of the submarin'es is contingent on the fact that enemy mercantile ships ab stain from the use of the neutral flag and other neutral distinctive marks. It would appear to be a matter of course that such mercantile vessel: also abstain from arming themselve: and from all resistance by force, since such procedure contrary to interna tional law would render impossible any action of the submarines in ac cordance with international law. "Fourth. The regulation of legiti mate importations of food Into Ger many suggested by the American goy enent appears to be in general ac ceptable. Such regulation would, oj course, be confined to importations by sea, but this would, on the othei hand, include indirect importations by way of neutral ports. "The German government would therefore, be willing to make declara tions of the nature provided in the American note so that the use of the .Imported food and foodstuffs solel; by the non-combatant populatio: would be guaranteed. The Imperia government must, however, in addi tion, emphasize having the importa tion of other raw material used b3 the economic system of non-combat ants, incl-.ding forage, permitted. T< that end the enemy government: would have to permit the free entrl into Germany of the raw materia mentioned in the free list of the dec laration of London and to treat mate rials included In the list of condition al contraband according to the sami principles as food and foodstuffs. "The German government venture: to hope that the agreement for whic1 the American government have pave< the way may be reached after du, consideration of the remarks mada above and this way peaceable neutra shipping and trade will not have t< suffer any more than is absolutel: necessary from the unavoidable ef fects of maritime war. These effect could be still further reduced, if, a was pointed out in the German not of the 16th instant, some way coul be found to exclude the shipping c munitions of war from neutral coun tries to belligerents on ships of an; Ii nationality. -. "The German government must, o i course, reserve a definite statemen of their position until such time a Sthey may receive further informatio: + from the American government enal a ling them to see what obligations th British government are on their par I willing to assume." s Safe Passage for Ships. The German government Wednet day Informed Dr. Henry Van Dykt Amercan minister to the Netherland: -through the German minister, F. vo Mueller, that arrangements had bee made to grant safe passage throug the naval war zone to American re lief ships bearing supplies for ti k people of Belgium. ..Prisoner Starts Fire. Fire in Mayesville. Sumte~r count: Sunday night destroyed the tow~ guard house, a big frame buildin; and spread from there to liver stables nearby. The fire was starte by a negro prisoner in the guar house. Goethals 3Made Miajor General. Col. George W. Goethals has bee ig made a major general in recognitio y of his services in building the Par ama canal. THE WORK OF CONGRESS SUMIARY OF THE ENACTMENTS OF PRESENT CONGRESS. Has Been In Almost Continuous Ses sion Since Wilson's Inaguration Two Years Ago. The 63rd congress, first under com plete domination of the Democratic party since 1895, ended at noon Thursday. - It had been In almost continuous session since President Wilson's in auguration two years ago. Beginning with an extra session called by the president April 7, 1913, the congress has worked actually 637 days. Much important legislation was ac complished, but much contemplated, V some of it hard pressed "y the presi- a dent and party leaders, was left un done. It is the present intention of a a the president and his advisers to give C - congress a rest. Rather than force an extra session, they would leave the t remainder of the administration's t constructive aspirations to a new c i congress next winter, which, although V r under. Democratic control, will have V : a greatly reduced majority in the t] a House. Foremost in the enactments of the r 63rd congress were: The Underwood-Simmons tariff act,. E with the income tax, which replaced b the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. 0 The federal reserve act, reorganiz- n ing the currency system. Anti-trist laws to supplement the t Sherman act, including the Clayton b law and federal trade commission t act, the former providing for punish ment of individuals who violate busi- t] ness regulations and the latter estab- a lishing a government institution to s aid in keeping busness within the b law. s: Repeal of the Panama canal tolls a exemption for American coastwise h shipping. a Act directing the building at a cost M of $35,000,000 of a government rail- h road to the mineral fields of Alaska. Act to regulate cotton exchanges and to penalize dealings in purely c speculative cotton future sales. h A special internal revenue tax, commonly called the "war tax." . C A government war risk insurance bureau to insure American ships against the hazards of war, and an act providind for the transfer of for- T eigned owned or built ships to Ameri can registry. Of those measures which failed of enactment or could not be considered for lack of time, the following are regarded by Democratic leaders as paramount: h Bill for government purchase or n charter of trans-oceanic ships for the ti establishment of an American mer chant- marine which encountered the ro -most stubborn filibuster in the. his I tory of the Senate, created an insur- ci gent movement in the Democratic p ranks and held up general legislation for weeks of the last session. 1 The immigration bill, including a N literacy test for admission of aliens, ai which passcd both houses, was vetoed by President Wilson and faned by a I narrow margin to repass the House-o: on a motion to overturn the veto. Conservation measures urged by w the president to provide a new sys- d tem for leasing of water power sites and a leasing system to op'en the B mineral resources of the country. a Bill to enlarge the measure of Phil- C ippine self-government and to extend h promise of ultimate independence to a Filipino people, -a measure which ~ passed the house and was approved by a Senate committee. t Regulation by the interstate com- r merce commssionof the issue of d .railroad securities, originally a part -of the administration's anti-trust pro .gram.e -Rural credits legislation contem- c plating the establishment of a system s, iof farm mortgage loan banks, per- a sistently urged throughout the con- i Sgress. ' In addition to the foregoing, scores ,of general legislative bills covering a n -wide range of subjects died with the c Send of the congress, among them a Smeasures for federal road improve- c Sment, general waterway development, h reorganization of the civil service, to( I prohibit importation of convict-made -goods, and several measures for re -organization of the army.t SThe last session of the congress e -was notable, too, for the failure of 3 two great issues, national prohibition e a and woman suffrage. Proposed con i stitutional amendments precipitated ~ Stwo of the most exciting legislative - battles in the history of the House of -Represenatives, both measures fail ing to receive a necessary two-thirds vote. 1WHITE MEN NOT GUILTT- r Charged With Lynching Negro at 1 Fairplay in December. t yThe jury charged with determin -ing the guilt of W. T. McClure, Wil s liam Kay, J. Woodrow Campbell, s Colma C. Kay. S. Arrington Jones e and John McDonald, charged with the ( 1 murder of Green Gibson during the exciting scenes at Fairplay last De -cember, required only 28 minutes to y find a verdict of' not guilty.t The negro, Green Gibson, was kill ed at Fairplay in December when a t race riot was threatened. The de s fense in the case of McClure and his a co-defendants was that McClure, act ing in his capacity as a magistrate., e was doing his duty as an officer in t suppressing the disorder and had formed a posse to assist him in re storing peace. Wilson May Abandon Trip. President Wilson Wednesday prac tically decided to abandon his con templated trip to the .Panama canal in July, because of the action of con h gress in eliminating from the legis lative and executive bill the appro priation for the celebration of the formal opening of the canal. He still is undecided about the trip to San Francsco this month. ' I Five More Bodies Recovered. Five more bodies were taken from the Pocahontas mine at Laylan, Va., where a gas explosion entombed and dkilled 1'78 men. Forty-four bodies have been recovered. Acid Runs Wild. Ten thousand gallons of sulphuric a acid were released by a fire which de n stroyed the sulphuric .scid house of 1 the Merrimac Chemical company's 101H FOUND DEAD IAN AND WOMAN IN NEW TOU HOTEL SUICIDE AND MURDER hiladelphia Hostelry Receives Tel. phone Message From New York Saying Two Guests Are Probably Dead in Their Rooms-No Reason Known. Two persons, a m=i and a woman. ent to their death Monday night in bathroom of the Windsor Hotel at hiladelphia by murder and suicide 3 the result of an evident compac. ccupying quarters in a remots and niet wing of the house, their death 'as only discovered several hours ter, when the hotel authorities re i-ved from New York a long dis Lnce telephone message asaing if iey were in the hotel and advising iat an immediate search be made. The couple were found in the bath yom of a suite in a rear eastern ing of the hotel, on th3 second floor. ach, when found, exhibited a single ullet wound. As their room was the ly one occupied in that wing, -the oise of the shots was not heard. Physicians, when called in, said. iat in their opinion the womanihad een dead for live or six hours, and ie man for a briefer perfod. The woman's body was found in le bathtub, undressed, face upward ad the head turned away from the figot end of the tub, as if she had een engaged in taking a bath when ot. The tub was partially Ailled ith water. In this the bodf was alf afloat. Clasped in one hand was towel, and a round hole, ringed ith powder marks in the center of r forehead indicated the mannein hich she had met her death. The man was lying. upon the. floor the bathroom beside her. His ead, however, was turned in the op. )site direction and he was parfw .othed. Indications were that he ad shot himself in the mouth. -- Still clasped in his hand was a long'. wolver of a six chamber type. liree bullets were missing from the eapon, although the first examina on of the bodies only revealed, the ridences of two shots. The woman was described by the )lice as being of blonde type, live et seven. inches tall, and of great iysical beauty. She is thought to ive been about thirty years old. The :an appeared to be somewhere be veen thirty-fiva and forty years ol Little doubt of the man's identit7*2 ,ained, when a note was discover I upon a bureau of the bedroom o0 ipied by the couple. The note In rt said: "I am Charles C. St. Clair, of'No. 56 Sixty-first street. Pease notify rs. Charles C. St. Clair, at the same dress. Phone, 4413 Plaza. "P. S.-I am sorry for- the trouble am causing you. Please take -cale- ' my cane, as it is very valuable. The cane referred to In the- note as a curiou. article made out of a -ied strip of bull's hide. The pair came to the Windsor otel in Filbert street Saturday night. ad registcred as "Mr. and Mrs. larles St. Clair." They were so ippy that ~many of the -hotel guests ad employees,. thought that they ere bride and bridegroom. Authorities of the hotel described ie couple as of quiet and somewhat afined demeanor. They engaged eir room arrd could 'n ne way W istinguished, either by aparance. e conduct, from dozens of other per ms in the hotel. A search of their ects revealed only a single cent In. sh, and no jewelry was found ex ~pt the woman's wedding ring, hich bore the date .Qctober 23, 914, and a set of scrolled Initials iich could not be deciphered. The clothing of the :couple was ingled together in their, tragelling. ses, which consisted of .a suitcase - ad two small bags. The womanta~ tothing was of. good character and er shoes bore the mark of a Tacoma -. Washington) maker. It is believed at the hotel that the - intelligence of the couples intention i die together, was sent to the own r of the myserioup voice in -New. ork by a letter mailed by them arlier in the day. About nine o'clock In the morning, is said, they rangfor a bell boy and ave him the letter to mail to a Ne11 ork address. It is thought that the ddressee of this letter, immediately rom New York. Two curious circumstrances .with egard to the writing of the letter nd to the crime itself were observed y the police. One of these was that be man's body was still warm, al-. bough the woman's gave evidence of eing dead for some hours longer.; APPOINTMENTS MADE. ov. Manning Names Regents or the Hospital for the Insane. After giving the matter careful at ention and earnest consideration, ov. Manning has selected the re ents of the State - Hospital for the nsane. He announces the appoint ents as follows: J. E. Sirrine of reenvlt. R. B. Scarborough of Con ray, Dr. C. Fred Williams of Colum Pia, Dr. S. C. Baker of Sumter', and 1. W. Seegars of Lee county. Kept Alive With Broken Neck. With his neck broken, Frank Smith if Bude, Miss., has been kept alive orty-eight hours by artificial respra ion at a hospit~al, volunteers, work ng in shifts, raising and lowering.his arms to induce a continuation of the unction of the lungs. . Physicians [eclare Smith's life may. be saved if e can be Induced to breathe during tn operation. Killed Boy in Dirunken Rage. Frank Shilling, while in a drunkea ~renzy, at Lepanto, Ark., it Is claimed y officers, Saturday shot and killed. rover Starkey, 19, when the lade autoned him against making a dis :urbance. Prohibition in Idaho. Gov. Alexander of Indaho has sign d the prohibition bill, which makes :he manufacture or sale of intoxicat ing liquor in Idaho unlawful after anury 1, 1916.