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WEATHER FORECAST Fair today; gent?o to mod?rate south to southwest winds. The COTTON MARKET U>eal Spots.9 1-2 c VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY, MORNING MAY 4,1915. NUMBER 96. UEKMANS I EFFORTS RU SSI HOPE TO FORCE RUSSIANS ENTIRELY OUT OF CAR PATHIAN PASSES AUSTRIANS CLAIM 50,000 PRISONERS Engaged With RUM ians Through out Practically Full Length of Front, London. May 7.-The Germans and Auutrlaus are nutting forth effort?, tho extent of which have never been ap proached in the history of the war. Throughout virtually the entire length of the western front they are engaged with the Russians. In the west in addition to their attacks around Ypres the Germana are on tho offensive at many points, being at tacked at other points by the French. British and Belgians. In the Rus sian Baltic provinces, heretofore un touched by war, the Germans are at tempting to advance. In western Gal l?la they are attempting wiUi all their tttrength to smash the Russian flank and compel the Russians to abandon the Carpathians passes, which they gained at such a hekvy cost during the winter. Tho Germans claim to .have taken forty thousand Russian prisoners since the offensive was un dertaken last Saturday. The Aus trians put the number at more than fifty thousand and express tilt? be lief that the whole Russian third army will be destroyed. Berlin. May 6.-Thc German offlulal statement today declared tho? 'Ger mane had forced the French troops to evacuate their positions at A tl ly Wood and had captured moro than two thousaod Frenchmen;, The state ment says the number of Frenchmen killed were extreme!v largo. London. May 8.-The ' Austro-Ger mon offensive movement in western Galleta has developed Into one of the greatest. encounters or the European war. Petrograd admits that the sit uation Js serious for the Russisns but ' nays that the advance of tho Ger mans and Austrians has been check bd In late advices today. Both Vienna and Berlin declare that the Russians have begun a gen eral retreat. The official statement from Vienna, received late today claims that the Austrian advance con tinues on the entire front and that Russian prisoners, numbering 50,000 have been taken. The German invasion of tho Rus sian Baltic provinces is said by Ber lin to be an important movement un der the direction of Field Marshal YOU Hindenburg. His aim.ls believed to be capture of Ll bau and Riga, which will enable, bim to harass the Rus sian eommunicatlons with Petrograd. London. May 0.-For the first time since the British forced the Germans from Hill Number 60, near Ypres, Em peror William's troops have been partly successful In their counter at tacks piora. No advices to the con trary uavtng been received. It Is aa sumed that the Germans are stilt holding today the positions that they obtained on the hill by the UBe of asphyxiating gases. Meanwhile thc German line, east of Ypres, is within three miles ot the town. The British presa does not seek to deny br minimise the* persistency of thia German offensive, but there is no disposition to lament the drawing In ot the British front to the eastward and northeastward of Ypres, which was the only alternative for success ful counter attack. Confidence is ex pressed tbst the new British align ment' will prove beneficial in view of the hard fighting that Is expected. Nearly all the special news dis patches from Flandern say that the Germans are massing men for a new assault toward the French ports. The British observers bow admit that the Austro-Germ?n forces hayo inflicted several considerable local defeats on tbs Russians on the weet - Galletea front, but point out that the I ??ntlre front has not been crushed, aa waa at first elatmed, and that stab born fighting continues. The artillery ?tainted In London to day tn honor of the fifth anniversary (CONTINUBD ON PAOS SIX.) CHARGES CONS U&BD A S STB .Washington, May 6.-Charges that I tba Pennsylvania state constabulary wra used to break strikes and create] a reign of terror la times of Indus- \ trial dlfpete* were made before the federal commission os industrial relit- j lions tPd*v hy James H. Mattrer, NCREASE TO SMASH IAN FLAMK GRACE REPORTS ON REGENT RAID FORTY-THREE PLACES VISIT ED BY OFFICERS IN CHARLESTON DETAILED REPORT OF OPERATIONS Many Instance? ol Confiscation of Whiskey, Beer and Gam bling Machines. Columbia. May .- Mayor Grace sent a report to Governor Manning this morning of the raid* made in Charleston on blind tigers and gam bling joints, together with the names of those, which he says, have been put out of business. The report in part says: "In reply to your request for the record of this department, in com plying with your order for the en forcement of the law. I beg to ad vise that tho three squads and the detective department assigned to en force same have made 849 raids con fiscating and delivered to the county dispensary the following wines, li quors, etc.: 5,114 bottles of beer. 779 half pints whiskey, 310 quarts whiskey, fi quarts of wine, six gallons whiskey and one-half barrel wine containing 27 gallons. In addition, to this 66'kegs of boor were con fiscated and emptied in tho sewer, sixty slot machines wara- seised and J demolished, afld"air^-gTOTOnlf^Tlaal been suppressed. 43 places have dis continued the Ullclt sale and alt others have been driven to cover, and now resort to the hip pocket prac tice and only kt op sufficient stuff on the premises to supply the immedi ate demand . they replenish their J stock from private residence in the locality under cover but by con tinually raiding them they will even tually have to go out of buslucs." Then follows a list of 43 piacee which ho says bave been put out of the blind tiger business. SUBMARINES SUNK THREE VESSELS Activity Not aa Great as In Earlier Part of Week. Lon ion. May 5.-Though it is evi dent that German .submarines are operating around the British coast. A fewer number ot victims was re ported today compared with the toll ' earlier in the week. Today's1 list comprises one schooner, two trawlers and one steamer. Lloyd's definitely states lt was a submarine which sank the Danish steamer Cathay. The submarine commanders treated' their victims with consideration.. ROOSEVELT- AGAIN ON STAND IN FAMOUS LIBEL SUIT Syracuse, May 6.-Theodore Foose- J volt again took th? .witness stand in ; supreme court today in the trial of William Barnes suit charging bim with alleged libel. He remained long enough for Attorney Ivins for Barnes to inform him politely that he had no desire to-question him. It waa probably tb" colonel's last ap pearance as a witness. -- GREENVILLE TO ASK VOR MILITIA ?NTAMPMENT, Columbia, May 6.-Delegations are I here from Greenville and Charleston to appear before the meeting of militia. Officers this afternoon to ask ror-the encampment this summer. Special Judge M. P. Ansel has Is sued a- rale to show cause against the . railroad commission ?t::-nable on May 15th. why they should not be restrained freu* authorising the continuance of the present expresa rate on fish In this State. _ ?TABULARY IKE BREAKERS president of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor. Alter detailing cases In. -phich be said the police acted against the onion strikers, Maurer asserted he would advise Pennsylvania union men to I; un military tactic* and how to shoot to protect themselves. Skoda Gun Lik Tilla IB tho big .Skoda, gun of Aus- j tria, UK: lirst_ big gun to be used In thc war. and'which it hus been dif ficult to photograph because the gov ernment has not wish to permit the allies, to learn anything about it. lt is similar to the large German gun used recently in thc bombardment of IO REBUILD BIGGERJO BETTER ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY HE WOULD RE-ERECT BURN ED PLANT BIG ORDER LUMBER1 Over Three Hundred Thousand Feet of. Material ia on Way Here Already. Mr. J. E. Barton, who .suffered a loss ot approximately 912.000 last Taosdey night when two or his bij; warehouses and a large amount of lumber were destroyed in tho confla gration which destroyed nearly $60. OftO worth of property, announced yes terday that he had decided to rebuild, and on a bigger and better r*cale. In the meantime he will carry on his business as best he can. Already ho has placed orders for over 300,000 feet of lumber, and in the course of a few days will be in a position to servo tho .public as effectively as ever. Lost Two Buildings, Mr. Barton lost his large fiuish lumber warehouse and a smaller building material of this character. The large building contained some thing over $10.000 worth or thc very] finest lumber, and the warehouse was by no means full. An a maller of fact, there was often stored as much a? $>>00 worth of material in one bin; and as there were.dozen? of them in the warehouse it will be seen that his loss on this building was nothing tike as great aa lt would have been had the Structure been/ filled to tho limit To Bnfld "Larger. The lumber warehonse will bs re placed by a structure that will be even larger and of a better type. Yes terday Mr. Barton ? as conferring with Superintendent John R. Ander son with reference to his yard space. The warehouse in which lime, ce ment, etc., was'kept will, of course, be rebuilt. Mr. Barton, stated also that, he wo?-'ld increase bia atoraga yard space and be prepared to carry I (CONTINUED FROM PAOS ?DCj" " e One Used to Bot Dunkirk from a distance of 21 miles, the French ofllcial reports said. There has so far bee;i no photograph of the great German forty-two centimetre gun. The kaiser's soldiers have care fully guarded it from photographers Vet it is known that thc gun is of the I saine type as tho Austrian Skoda. The "MOONSHINE STILL" IN HEART OF TOWN OCONEE SHERIFF CAPTURES ONE IN OPERATION AT WESTMINISTER OWNER IS IN JAIL Had Still in Basement of Reai Idence-In Center of Town Near Church. '_ Walhalla. May 6.~SherlrT .lohn W. Davis and lils rt-mty. J. A. Keaton. | croated no little consternation late yesterday aftornoon In Westminster when they captured a? blockade dis-1 tiilcry in the hr tho town. The still was less thai one hun-j dr.ed yards from the Presbyterian , church nnd near the freight depot. i lt waB being operated by fe!?n;i l^ove in his residence. He used \\U cellar for the locaUon, carrying fie smoke in a pine to his residence chim ney. ; I Willie moonshiner.! use running wa ter for condensing the spirits, l/tvn ueed a barrel which h? had filled With cracked |c?\j A run had ?us' been taken off and the plant waa lust hot and ready for a night run. The outfit was a twent gallon plant. The still, along with Bpveral gaflons of brandy was seized and brought to Jail. Before removing the plant the city fathers and other's were notified rind quito'a crowd visited the premises 'and seemed tn enjoy' tho novel seen?. Later In the eve-<lig the sheriff w?nt to Westminster aJd- brought Love to Jail._ Wind Storm Jilts Oklahoma. Adrrojre. Oklahoma. May e.-Three persona were Injured and much pro perty dania ged here today b ya heavy { wind' storm. It Waa reported that Wilson. Oklahoma, near her*?, wau struck by a small tornado, which blew down forty -buildings. No one was seriously, injure.) there. ? .., Wtnds of almost cvclonic forc?e ? were report vd. oVer a wide section pf , st <u the rn Oklahoma. ?. nbard Dunkirk larger gun, evidently Just contitrucled hy the Krupp work? for the bombard ment of Dunkirk at 'a longer distance than any gun bas heretofore shot In the history of the world, ts much like this one. Perhaps the Germans will never t{;rmit their great gunB to be photographed. 0L0ES? CITIZEN OF GREENVILLE IS DEAD DR. H. R. RUTLEDGE SAW SERVICE IN WAR WITH MEXICO IN 1848 NINETY Y?ARS OLD Was One of Best Known ?nd Highly Esteemed Citizen? of Greenville. Greenville May 6.-Greenville's old est Htlr.cn. Dr. Hugh lt. Rutledge, died between 4 and A o'clu-k this morning at his home. 324 Weat Me Bee avenue. He would have been ninety-one years of age had he lived until" August, lt ls. aald on good auth ority, although thc nonagenrian was altogether reticent about his age. He was one of the handful of. survivors of the Mexican war in South Carolina and there are not more than half a hundred such veterans alive In th". world today. In that short but mont' orable conflict of 1848 he served as a surgeon and shortly after Its close sottled In this city for the practice of his profession. The elder citizens, though regretting deeply -the passing of the venerable men, were unable to recall his earlier history, because he was a grown man ?Then they were boys here. He was ti i doubted I y one of the oldest living- .South Carolin ians, having been horn ie 1822 when James Monroe was president of tho | United States. George Washington was the only president who was not < altvc In Dr. Rutledge's it re tl mn and I he lived through . the administration j of twenty-four pr?sidents. j Dr. Rutledge who waa a native of Charleston descended from th* dla tinguiched family of that name, in this State. JJls .grandmother. John Rtuledge, waa one of th emont emin ent South CH roi i na patriota in tho war ot ? the American Revolution was. the first governor-of South Carolina from 1775 to 1778 and from 1T70 to 178S and In 1789 was appointed the ? tho United States supremo cOhVt" *as**ss (,O0NTIr?VKD OK PAGE. TWA) CHINA MUI ALL JA Pi BY THIS ALL BUT FEW BANKERS AND RY. OFFICIALS LEAVE MUKDEN JAPANESE TROOPS , HOLDING FORTS Occupy Strategic Poii'Jon* at Mukden-Prepare for Seige at Hanow. Mukden. May 6.-Tho Japanesa | consular orders resulted in a general lapanese flight (mm Mukden. . Tito value of tho dold Yen has increased ] ;<) cents in silver. The exchange brokers reap a rich harvest. All the Japanese, except' a few hankers and railroad1 officials h?ve :onc. ?1I classes of tho Chinese view, the exodus Indifferently. They nelth- , ir Insult nor molest the persons leav- 1 Ina. The city is quiet although tho pub', lie is perturbed. The Japanese troops occupy strategls positions herc Ci? ese soldiers are reponed us taking positions south of tho city. Many residents of that district are coming north. Prepare Fer ?lege, ilanow, China, May The. Jai nose barracks " left. Tho Chinese appear', wholly different. Several prominent Chinese | residents woro entertained last night at a dinner by the leading Japaneso citizens. ?Fifteen Killed in Tornado, Jennings, May 6.-Fifteen persona j .were killed and more than a score injured bv a tornado which passed through Acadia PariBh, hi thc lower part of Louisiana this afternoon. ATI dead aro negroes except one. NEW EVIDENCE IN CARMAN CASE Maid Says She Was Offered Three Hundred Dollars to Change Story. Mincola, May 8.-The prosecution In the case ur .Mrs. Florence Carman on trial for the second time, charged with thc inurdef pf Mrs'. Louise Bailey 3uomitted testimony In corroboration ' of Celia Coleman, thc negro maid In j the Carman home, who bari been the] state's chief witness. ' Celia tetified he had been offered three hundred dollar to clu?nge her tory which he told at the ?rt trial, when Ute Jury diagreed. The defense Iopened its case this af tr "noon. -,-' tiOTtlCSOK SM NM Nt; SIC NS THE RAILWAY C ROSSI NC ACT Columbia. May 6.-Governor Man ning Wednesday morning sighed the bl?l putting railroad crossings Ln South Carolina trader the supervision pf, the railroad commission. Under thc. authorization of thc new act. which was prepared by the commis sion and introduced in the house aajj j passed by the last general assembly tin* commission cai require railroads to take up crossing?, lower or heigh ten them and to put in proper safe guards. Bed Cross Restaurants. Maggrabowa, Bast I'rusla, May An important part of the German Red Cross la the establishment of res taurants in the various, towns ot Ba?;t Prussia where ordinary eating facil ities sro either poor or noh-exlst*ni. 'Lunch conrists of a large plate of soup containing pretty nearly s^WfW' known vurjetv' of vegetable. With enough meat to make it strong and tho equal of three ordinary plate* of soup'. With a cup qt coffee lt comes near to being a square meat. TAFT COMME?I FOR NE?TRA Madison. May ?.-Pr?sident W?V|i son's neutrality wu* commend- i : i by Former President .Taft, addretntr. the Wisconsin legislature, the United States bna bet.*,, for the fcafo of arm. which ts permitted >; FINAL MESSAGE DELN TO CHINESE FOREIGN ' 1 FICE THI&M?R HAVE TILL 3 IVB ^^p^:-Acqart itt Pr?sident Wilson Ismt;, Clearly Defining Afctltw United State? en Malt o o <. o ?J ? o o o o i? y o I? miag, Widey. Kay ? Japanese legation feas o lae Chinese 'orelirfl a Jaran will be ?aabl? o the ??rt&er ?oneeeslo?: o Thursday by China, . ?n? o pr?sent uti nltlntata*t$?frtt; o o'clock this alteraren -m?ta o twenty tour eea>ABdrf wer? $ o ed s* China witton* ?HW o t??u. a o o ? ? eeo lion couti m persuade ^h* concede to Jatfanoi iu?nleetlot nature ot Tokio, beru that swer to .. ducting nc. dillon, to as lng hot- promfl^H chow conce&Bio after^^he^Bu^^^ gathering or Kit Japan bitrsement coari^t? : wlii (rom.the Japai Germany for tl chow. from Pekin China ls'an London, May cot?jiplesltle? or tJrjlviJB t'.\ere ar? imbi?? *i i The D?iir New*^ ally:^, ??I".! .. ? . to another, as the made on China. In c are a-?r? strb?'jjeij'l^ demands on Serbia, European war. "Chlna'; bas don** such a p?nal: aca to tit? Japan only to enjoy'h own way ..r.al'cnged. nor the power to ta irreconcilable course powerful neighbor, and io suggest that sh? is thin crisis. , "It will be the last fer ?ragody of '?mtmXm '.onsequences b? lation. Whose egrtty the Ang las guaranteed, is" r* ? or .thc eign&t lance." Appeal to Washlmj^ea Washington. . i ihn christian Chtn*ao' mae M ways he? Blah ama