WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair; moderate northwest winds. The COTTON MARKET Local Cotton.9 l-2c VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1915. NUMBER 103. EXPLAN ASKEl BY CABINET UNANIMOUSLY AP PROVES ACTION PROPOS ED BY WILSON WILL INSIST ON AN EXPLANATION To Hold Germany Strictly Ac countable for Loa? of Amer ican Lives and Property. Washington, May lt^-Presldent Wilson fjrtually decided late tonight ' on the first step In the policy the United States vt 111 pursue as a result of the sinking of the Lusitania. A draft of tho comniunftlon to he sent to Germany waa submitted to the cub* inet and unanimously approved. While no official announcement waa mr.de it was lenmed that thc United Staten would insist uppu nu explanation of n herios of Incidents, Incuding the inking of the Falaba and the torpedo, lng of the American ateumer (Juiflight and the Lusitania. It ia said PreaLittut Wilson voices the intense feeling of the United States over the happenings, and In the namr of International Inw demands tier, ninny's adherence to established roles of maritime warfare He will act promptly, demanding these gnarsn. tees. The German governments cir cular to neutral countries, assuming responsibility and promising r?para tion for damage lp the war tone to neutral vessels wont effect the presi dent's determined coarse. that they are convinced the president would follow a course consistent wltn the dignity of the United States, ana leave him to adopt, if necessary a more emphatic line of action as the attitude of Germany was revoaled. The 'White House staff waa busy with a de luge of messages almost unprecedent ed in magnitude. The telegrams ah most unanimously expressed confi dence in the president in the present crisis-. While most of them expressea a desire that something be done to show tho indignation of the United States over the sinking of the Lusi tania, many strongly opposed recourse to war. The president secluded himself to night, and it is understood, ls reading editorial opinions, and messages. The relief grew in many quarters that he would communicate directly with Emperor William when he reached a decision. Washington. May H.-President Wison said today that his speech In Philadelphia last night was not a declaration of the policy of the United States in reference to the Lusitania disaster. He declared that be was not thinking of any special matter, but of the newly neutralized Americans in his audience. The pres ident used the expression that he was thinking of the "Cain" some people were trying to raise. Count Von BeroSwOff, the German ambassador, accepting aB authentic the text of Germany's formal expres sion of regret for the loss of tbe Americana on the Lusitania, which was received last night In the news dispatches, today formally presented the statement to the state depart ment. The official text had not yet reached the embassy because of the difficulties ot wireless communica tion . The president said that he would make a decision on the policy that he will follow tn the Lusitania case as soon as he had all the elements in mind. Although the general trend of comment here was one of surprise on the limitation which the president placed on his Philadelphia speech, it waa. nevertheless. Interpreted by officiai Washington as meaning that whatever . course Is pursued, tho United SUtes probably would en deavor to serve the cause ot humani ty by appealing to Germany to end her submarino warfare against the unarmed merchantmen, carrying non combatants. tn some quarters the suggestion waa made that the president might forego the usual?means ot diplomatic correspondence and would address a message tn person to Emperor Wil liam. Germany's disavowal of any Inten tion to destroy American lives is looked on by many of the officials os significant of Germany's desire to maintat a friendly relations with the United SUtes. Chairman Clone ot 'the senate for (OONTIHUBS OK lula? TsmJm) AT/ON 1 ) OF GER UNITED GERMANS O BOMBARL ALLIES USING POISONOUS GAS AND EQUALS THAT OF NEUV1 FIGHTING DESPERAT TIONS IN WES! London, May ll.-With two of the greatest battles of the war in pro gress, one between tho Arras and the dolglura coast, the other in Western Galicia, the operations in the Dar danelles, and lesser engagements *1ong the eastern and western front, the armies of the belligerents are fully occpled. Around Ypres the Jcrmans continued to' attack the British Unes, usine; gas and a tre mendous amount of artillery. They .subjected the ."rltlsh to a bombard ment such as they received at Neuve Chapelle. The British found Bhelter, mowing lown the Gorman Infantry which at tempted to advance. Thc I/usstans are making desperate efforts to stop the Austro G "man in-rush in Western GaMcla. They ire fighting in a stubborn rear guard iction: endeavoring to hold tho Ger manic allies until reinforcements ar rive. In the Battle^ provinces tho Rus sians have apparently secured a force sufficiently strong to drive back the German raiders threatening Mitau. AX TI? GK KM AX FEELING GROWING IN ENGLAND ^ ?4WrtMtr..Mtg^JLL^aittit?itoco the, war began ?has stich wave of anti-' German feeling surged through the country as now. due entirely to the sinking of the Lusitania. Workmen aro refusing labor along side mon of German birth, whether naturalized or not. Premisos whir h Germans occupy in many towns has been damaged or destroyed. There have been riots In Liverpool. Man chester. Salford and Birkenhead. Deputations from stock, corn. Baltic, Lloyds exchanges, after a meeting to night, marched to the house of com mons and presented a petition, to the attorney general calling attention to the grave danger existing by allowing alien enemies to remain at large tn the country. A ti s tr?an Submarine Sank. London, May ll.-The admiralty to night issued the following statement: A British official communication, coming via Berlin, Bays the Austral ian submarine AB-2 was sunk by Turkish warships while trying to en ter thc sea ot Marmora, and her of ficers and crow captured. No con firmation of the report haa been re ceived by the admiralty. Allies Claim Advance In EnsL London. May ll.-The allies on the Gallipoli peninsula continued their ad vances Friday and Saturday, says an Athens news dispatch. They are re ported as occupying important post HOPE IO FIND MORE BODIES OF VICTIMS ------ Soven Bodies Landed nt Balti more---Searching for Van derbilt. Queenstown. May ll.-The recovery ot the body-of Albert Thom peon, of Toronto hy a trawler near Ute scene of the Lusitania disaster caused the hope today that additional bodies might be discovered. Seven uniden tified bodies have also been landed nt Baltimore, 4? miles south-west of Cork. . The hope of finding further sur vivors hos been abandoned. The Ca nard company boa sen t a tag - to the scone with, instructioas lo run to the nearest port and inform the line by calls If even a single body ts found. There are Indications that the heavy death toll among the first cabin American men was due to the scarcity of life belts. Many gave the belts 'hey had to warnen. There fa j proof that no American entered a boat until be bsd been thrown Into the water. Alf ted G. Vanderbilt's secretary has not been able to charter a tug as yet to hunt other bodies as well as Mr, Vanderbilt's. 1 nO BE 'MANY STATES ONTINUE tMENT OF AT YPRES HEAVY ARTILLERY-ATTACK E CHAPPELLE-RUSSIANS ELY TO HOLD POSI ERN GALICIA. tiona despite the Turks desperate re sistance. Tho Turkish total losses ere estimated at 4.">.000 men. Thc Con stantinople hospitals are reported BO crowded that thc wounded are now be ing sent to Konieh. in Asia Minor. Turks Deny Allies Cia tai. Constantinople, May ll.-A Turk ish official statement says that tho mcmy made four desperate attack r on the Dardanelles front near Arlhur lu, Sunday night. They were repulsed .vjr bayonet charges. They suffered neavv IOSBCS. Three of the enemy's battalions were annihilated. The enemy constantly carried away their wounded in boats Monday. In the south the enemy attacked under the protection of the naval guns near Scddul Babr. They are frustrated by counter attacks. Allie* Offensive- in West. London. May ll.-The newly inau gurated offensive movement of the ai llos over a long section of the battle front in Flanders has developed tn a general engagement of considerable Intensity. The official Gorman statement from Berlin today concedes that the Al lies have won ground between Ca rency and Nouvel ; but the attacks else jKhftrn ara asid 4o^to??B ,baan jeptrfged. The Germana announce'the capture of French trenches over a width ot nearly one-fourth of a mile near Ber ry-au-Bac. The statement of the French war office at Paris claims that the allies made gains yesterday in Belgium and near Arras in France and also that, at several other points, the German attacks are declared to have been beaton back. The Russian claims of victories in the Carpathians are offset by the Ger man war office report tnat further striking gains were made by the Austro -German forces. It ls said that the attempts of the Russians to halt the advance were defeated with heavy Russian losses. ' French Capture machine Guns. Paris, May ll.-To the north of Ar ras, several German counter attacks, we have maintained all our gain of yesterday, and we have enlarged it at certain points, notably between ("a roney and-Sanchez. Our success is developing. The total number of -prlsoneds at 3 o'clock exceeded 2,000. Among these were about forty officers including a colonel. We have captured in the last two days mor? than ten cannon and fifty machine guns. At Berry-Au-Bac, a German attack has been repulsed, as well ns one In tho forest of Lo Petre. ALLE6ED ATTEMPTS TO CORRUPT 6?. SOLONS Anti-Saloon League Chargea Locker Club* Ut? Whiskey Freely. 1 Atlanta, May ll.-Trying to cor rupt and bribe the Incoming 1915 Georgia legislature with boose, is the latest charge that bas been hurled against the Atlanta locker clubs by the Anti Saloon League leaders. This most sensational allegation ls launched on the front page of the "Georgia Commonwealth." which bas Just appeared, and or which the Rev*. G. W. Eichelberger, state superin tendent of the league, la managing editor. The article reproduces a letter from the president or a locker club, tendering the courtesies of the club (alcoholic drinks in particular! to members ot Balley. Here are the two great lawyers who will load in the tight between tho treasury dcpajUa^glkJ^ the.. .Biggs National Bahk^henMho case of the bank . against tho secretary of the treasury, conies before Supreme Court Justice Walter 1. McCoy of the Dis trict of Columbia. May 12. They are former Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, end now of Washington and New York, and Samuel Untermyor of New York. The photographer caught tho law yers as they walked the streets of Washington. Senator Balley had just left a conference nt thc Riggs Bank, while Mr. I'ntormyer nad just stepped from the department of justice after meeting Attorney Gen eral Gregory. The two lawyers stand at the head of the American bar In their res pective lines of practice. Senator GULFLIGH? OFFICER Saw Nothing to Identify Assailant -Gul Sight Flew Aroeri - can Fing. Washington, May H.-The state de partment made.'public today a sworn statement by Ralph E. Smith, who was chief officer of the American steamer Gulflight, describing the tor pedoing of that vessel on May 1st off Scilly Island. Smith said when the Gu'Hight waa torpedoed she was flying a large American ensign six by ten feet in fclse. He said he saw the submarine but "could not distinguish or see any Hag flying on her." He declared that shortly before the submarine was sighted two. British patrol boats took positions on either side of the Gulflight and ordered her to follow them to the Bishop Light house. "I personally observed our flag standing out well to thc breeze,*' the officer stated. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVECTION OPENS IN HOUSTON TODAY Houston, Texas, May ll -Delegates from all parts of tho.South arrived to day to attend the annual Southern Baptist convention, which will open tomorrow. V. I. Masters or Atlanta, editorial secretary, announced tonight that the total membership of the church was approximately two and a half million, an Increase of more than sbxty three thousand ?thee the last convention. .v Safford Sentenced. New York, May lt.-Frank D. 8afford, the 60-year-old hotel clerk, convicted because ot his testimony tn connection with Rao Tenter's breach of promise suit against Jame? W. Os borne, was sentenced yesterday to nine months' imprisonment. liggs Bank Fight Samuel Untcrmyer. Balley for many years had been con r.ecded to be the greatest constitu tional authority in thc Jtgilon. His memorable debate with Senators Spooner and Knox- on the powers of the federal judiciary, several years ago In thc upper branch nf congress, made lawyers compare him to Daniel Wehster as an expounder of the constitution. On the other hand. Mr. Untermyor for more than a score of years has had his office on Wall street In the thick of the fight of the great'Finan cial cliques. He not only knows all about the financiers of the past i 'xi present, but has been in Uiolr, con fidence, and is therefore versed in the intricacies of Wall street. The legal fight will not only go to the bottom of tho authority of the treasury over thc banks, but has deep i political significance. EXPRESS CONHDENCE^ IN AMERICAN NAVY Former Attorney General Saya Navy would Uphold Honor of ?. S. ! New York. May Hf-Pride in Unit ed States navy and confidence, if called upon to uphold its heroic traditions of the past, were voiced at a luncheon tendered today to Ad miral Fletcher and officers of the At lantic fleet by tho Sons of the Revolu tion. James M. Beck, former attor ney general and the principal speak er, declared that if Washington had been present "He .would shari the pride and great gratification we take jin the navy, and In the confident ex pectation that if the time ever comes ' when the navy ls obliged to vindicate by force the honor of tho Ignited States, every- member from admiral to the humblest stoker in the engine room could unlto In passing along aa a flaming torch to the next genera tion tlie noble, heroic traditions ot the American navy." Many - events have been arranged for the entertainment of officers and men. DEC1HT0\ BUBS LEG AI? FIGHT WHICH LAHTED ELF. VEN Y CA RS Atlanta, May ll.-The winning of bia snit by the State of Georgia against the Ducktown Copper Com pany, in the United States supreme court, brings to an end a bitter con troversy that has extended over a period of eleven yeara, to prevent the company from diffusing sulphurous fumes that destroy vegetation and render farming impractical In tbs neighborhood. Msnretania's Hailing Cancelled. I London. May H.-Sailing of the Mauretanla. a alster ship of the sunk en Lusitania, advertised for May 29 has been cancelled. THREE POL BADLY W _BY INS DICKINSON SAYS PRESIDENT WILL SUSTAIN DIGNITY Chicago, May ll.-Jacob M. Dickln- j aon. secretary of war under President Taft, (asued a statement tonight Bay ing he had great confidence in the president, and believed he would not or'y sustain the national dignity, but would exhaust all possible means consistent with our national dignity before committing the country to war. He said: "It ls not likely that Ger many will disavow that it was her purpose to destroy the Lusitania with full knowledge of tho fact that lt In volved many American lives. In view of the r?unit, and thc warning given by our government to Germany, some proper action must be taken or tbe American government will incur the contempt of tho world end tho con tempt of a vast number of Its own people." Ile added that If war comes lt should only be upon the condition that we are clearly In the right. EXPECT ITALY TO ENTER SOON RUMOR SAYS GERMANY AND I AUSTRIA HAVE DECLAR ED WAR ON HER ENTRANCE SEEMS ASSURED FACTI All Italian Officer? and Men Now Io Switzerland Called to Join Colon. Paris, May ll.-It waa persistently rumored in Paria today that Germany and Austria already have declared or are about to declare war on Italy in anticipation of an Italian declaration of war against them. The report tacked confirmation. Another widespread rumor was that Italy had signed an agreement with Great Britain, Prance and Rus sia to take part In the war not later than May 26th. That la also uncon firmed. The Pronch observera in Italy In ferred from the audience yesterday between King Victor Emmanuel and ene former prime minister, Glollttti, that the non-intervention party in Italy had determined to withdraw all opposition to the war. The military writers are presenting the argument that the necessary defense of a third frontier would undoubtedly make the resistance ot Austria and Germany on the other front more feeble and are piedlctlng that the advent of Italy would mean a victory over Ger many by thc middle of the summer. Call in Reserves. Gee va. Switzerland. May ll.-All the Italian officers and men in Swit zerland, up to the age of 34 wore or dered yesterday to rejoin their regi ments immediately. The Austrian and Bavarian forces are concentrating in the tyrol. The automobiles, belonging to the Italian ; royal family, which had been as sembled at Nonha near Milan, were sent to Verona yesterday for the use of the army. Freight shipments from Italy to Germany through Switzerland have virtually ceased. The Italian passen ger train service to points on the 8wts8 frontier ls diminishing dally. Atlanta Chief Won't Resign. Atlanta. May H.-The sensational "dope" played up so strongly In the Atlanta newspapers about Chief Beavers of the police department of fering to resign and admitting that bis administration was a failure from an efficiency standpoint ls branded as untrue in whole and in part by the 1 chief In a statement today. The statement made by Basil Stock bridge to the above effect ls charac tered as pore fiction by the chief. Mayor Woodward is also quoted as saying that the story was untrue. Mr. Stockbridge still sticks to hts stote ment. Five Bara to Death. Pittsburgh, Pa.. May ll.-Five per lions were barned to death In a tene ment fire here early yesterday. Sev eral were ?ard by jumping from the third story windows into a life net. Decrease fa Business. New York. May li.-The unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel I corporation on April 30 totaled 4.162444 tons, a decrease or 93,506 from iJ?rch. ICEMEN OUNDED IANE MAN GREENVILLE OFFICERS EN GAGED IN PISTOL BAT TLE WITH LUNATIC CHIEF HOLCOMBE MAY NOTT SURVIVE Fusilado of B?llete Met Officers Who Attempted Arrest of Deranged Man. flptria] to Th? InMlianear. Greenville, May ll.-In a des pe rate encounter this afternoon with Wel ter White, a white man supposed to be bereft of reason, who barricaded himself in a house in the Carolnia Mill village, Chief of Police J. J?. Hot corn' D was shot taree timee and prob ably fatally wounded. Private Martin B. Bridges dangerously wounded, and a third officer, Sergeant A. A. Cook Bey, narrowly missed by bullets from the pistol of White, who was himself shot down by Sergeant Cooksey and dangerously wounded. The two police officers and tba man they attempted to arrest were all carried to the city hospital, where they woro given medical' attention. Private Bridges and White are'riot1 thought to be necessarily fatally la lured, but as to the outcome of th? Injuries received by the police chief tho physicians are considera!:;/ ap prehensive. ? , Chief Holcombe had one thigh broken by a bullet, while another bul let struck him In the other thigh. A third bullet pierced bis arm, 'white a fourth went through his hat Private Bridges received a bullet . ia the breast, four Inches below the heart Walter White waa shot in the head and his left thigh broken by a sec ond bullet from the pistol of Ser geant Cooksey. White would uodouMly have been killed by tho officer had he not fell on the bed and .dropped his pistol and begged for mercy. - Thc three bWcers v?elft.-to"??:Cw-o Una Mill to arrest White, who waa supposed to be drunk or crest, aaa who was raising a disturbance in the neighborhood. Upon the sap roach ot the officers, the man barricaded him self In a house sad defied the officers to ?.Test him. The police dallied with the than for something like an hour,ead finally, their patience being worn, attempted to rush the house. As they advanced White fired from the Inside of the house and Private Bridgen received a bullet in his breast, the bell enter ing just be!.-,.? the heart The private wsa not felled by the shot and kept going. In the meantime Chief Holcombe had reached a win dow and was In the act of breaking through when White fired four times upon hun. One of the bulista broke the ehlers hlp<_anothdr pierced his other thigh, while a third hit bim la the arm and the fourth pierced hts hat While this encounter was ta prog ress Sergeant Cooksey was breaking through a door leading Into tbs house. Effecting an entrance, he drew bis pistol and opened fire upon' White. One shot from the sergeant's fistol struck White in the hand, while an other pierced bis thigh end broke lt. It eras then that White foresaw hts doom If ba stood to the fight so.fell over on a bed and threw up his nands, begging for mercy. The affair crested intense excite ? ment throughout the city sad Bub urba. .' Vfr:'; j White la said to have been sn In mate of the inssae asylum st one time. I GEORGIA'S NEW GOVEB50B TO ACT 09 PRANK CASS Atlanta. May ll.-The resentenctng I of Leo Prank to be hanged June 22 does not mean that Govefnor Slaton will have to pass oa tbs ease. He may, In the course of routine proce dure, sign the respite which will set the execution date fttrsward again pending final recommendation of the prison board, bat the final decision on whether Frank ?ball bsa? or whether be shall have mere; extend ed to him and have the sentence com muted to Imprisonment or life, will be passed upon by Governor Nat E. Harris. Although, the new sentence fixes ? Jone 22 aa the dav* ft : the hanging, lt ls therefore practically certain that Frank will not hang on that date. Tbs long deferred hanging will prob ably, take place tn the event mercy ls not granted, somewhere near the first day of August. e TAKDBHBIXT8 BOOT * o , BAS SEEN UKCOYBftEO . o Leaden, Xsy 1L-The Mb * e Hafl asserts the hedy Sf Alfred ? ? G. Vanderbilt has bees recovered, e o and is being taken te Qaeeastewe. . ?e. * mm Hammam