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VOLUME IL ANDERSON? S. C SATURDAY M?RN&G, JUNE 26, 1915. NUMBER 143. MO COMMUNICATION WiTH| BESIEGED CAPITAL FOR SEVERAL DAY. GONZALES FAILS TOCAPfTUFpSCITY Failure Angers Carranxa--Famine | Condition Grows Worse U. S. May Take Action. Washington, Jan* 25.-Anxiety in-1 fTi?snii tcd?y in official circles over I lh*5 situation in Mexico CRy. The i sute department has' been unable to communicate with the capital for a?rerai days. Brief dispatches from Vera Crux Bald the Carranza officials are much chagrined' eyer apparent failure ot General Gonzales to outer the capi ? tol. Reports that Gonzales had en gaged in an artillery duel with Zapa ta men gave the "first intimation that the Villa-Zapata torces there had do . termined to offer resistance to the invading Carranza army. It is in dicated that Gonzales cut communl calion between Mexico City and Vera | Crux to Isolate the Zapata' forces. Famine conditions tn Mexico City have been growing worse daily and irtvastment.by a new army, lt ls fear - cd, would cause much suffering among While lt thor? will b sties morally understood rnrther d?^elopmes Lexicon situation States is concern?! &f P"-eslderit W may force a mn Washington. Jvbvo 25.-Zapata forces defending. Mexico City have engaged the attacking Carrana army in a series of artillery duels and iso* I layed Its advance. " No dov<filB are contained In' advices. roachispr here today, which were the first indications tat tho Carranza advance would be ?.lated. jmmunication with Mexico City been cut OR since June 18, when il Ocnzales, Carran?? command ent the w?es tc Vera Cruz at jimba. Consular advices from Ve-" Cru? today say the wires are still ?vn. Wilson Wfll Itaterat&e Cooma. Washington, Jane 25.-Foreign chancellors interested in the Moxlcan ituntion have' boon given to under stand that President Witaon wilt de termine on some ?olion In line with :M?-recent niatcmeat on Mexican af fairs, after, he returns from Morinth [ttfc-firat week In July. Ho** N. C. PestoISce PnrksTi?ie, N. C., June 25.-Clob bers Shis1 morninx dynamited the postent<*n[''.safe and escsvped. in ah au tomobile after a maning battle with'] ellison s. The amount of lout secured Posses arc search'hg ' Tor the robbers near Winston-Salem, whare they Kurpiiaed r, man repairing an automobile. The.man tied. Officers found a mali pouch. NOTED PHYSIC INSECTS WOi TO TROPIC 8an Frar / ! June 25 ->Dr. Woods 'ITutchinnoit ai iN?w York, pres ident of tbo American Academy of Medicine, ii- Ire*? before tho academy hero tx>?ny said (ho world would seo e?in tn?'th?r. remarkable progress tn th4. (ktvelepment i-t tho Tropics, and tart in all colonisation schemes the physician should ore ie PROTECT GOV. sumo STATE? COUNTY ANtf CH OFFICIALS TAKINO EX TRA PRECAUTIONS. MANY tMREATS OF VIOLENCE Near Beer Saloons ?wi Clubs Are Closed-Many Special Polk? ReadV to Quell Trouble. Allanta, June 25.-Persistent, rum ors are circulating here to th? effect that persona " incensed ?tgalpst Gov ernor SJaton > for . commuting Leo Frankie death Ber."..nce contemplated violence resulted in extensive pre cautionary measures th .he* part of State, city and count yofflclals tonight. Near-heed saloons and locker clubs were ordered to close .Saturday, number Of special noli in readiness for At Marietta, nea j Pbagan lived, the J lsed a citizen's COJ reactions against ? ; morrow The board cZ trade ls&uod an appeal to the people to retain from such at lacks. tonight Mg^teapi d?' 'disorder - Atlanta, Juno 25.-Militia are Mill I on duty at Governor Slaton's count home today and a state guard will, be maintained there for como timo, not withstanding that SJaton retires frota | office tomon-jw a. .loon. Adjutant General Nash said today thai Governor-fSlect Harris haa in structed him to keep in force all : or ders effect ?.."> at Slatop'a retirement, and that he ts empowered to main tain a militia guard until he (Nash) considers danger assed. The guard will be doubled Saturday night lu view of rumors of further trouble after Elaton cults the gover norship. Ves?el Sot Sold to Carranza. Baltimore, June lb.-Denial was j made at the offices of the Chesapeake) Steamship company that the steamer Atlanta had been sold? to representa I lives of General Carranza as had .been reported. The Atlanta it waa added had. been Bold to Tonis L. Vanhorn, of New York, acting for the Cuban Improvement & Steamet' Co. UalisBH Occupy Clobna. Boms, Juno 25.-Gradual adv? j along Isonzo river with tho occu tlan of Ciobna, north of Plavn, was anno' 1 st&tctr. sued last night by the Italian g I oral smff. :iAN SAYS RST '?NEMY COLONISTS "In the tropics* the insects get the whip band of man and keep him Stupid, short-lived. uncivilized, lt was the plague of fli*a. the. bloody tyranny of intacta that drov? man out of th? warm, comfortable, fertila tropics into Uta chilly, rain-swept, half tho yea:- troon North. Now (frown to full 'human stature ho ts coming back to invade and reconquer i the trop'c-a and put to flight the an >iOBe?r~ a bold 3x mus Ellen Wilson McAdoo, who ts shown hore with her parents, tb?)-daughter TO GO VE) WILL HOLD DAILY SESSIONS SIDER CASES-WILL NO! UNTIL INTERVENTION RULES CLOSELY Waahiagton, June 25.-'Rules o? practice under Which the federal trad? commission willperform ?ts legally Imposed ,dnty of regulating business were m?d? public today by the com mission. Framed with avlow to keep ing proceedings tn as simple a form as posai bl?, they follow in many re Kpnda thp practice established by the interstate commerce commission. Although sh? Federal Trade Com mission with broad discretionary pow ors tho rules of practice follow the Ir.w closely. They provide for daily oe?slona in Washington to consider pending cases and mak? orders. To prev^nt,.?Bo'of tfco commission as an instrument ot per.^cution in competi tion, informal complaints will not he mati0 pr bl lc tm til they have beGn lu veutigatoo and it has been determin ed whether they Justify intervention by the commission. When tho com mission htH decided to take cogni sance of a case a formal complaint wUl bo issued and served with no tice of hearing, fixed at I catt forty MUY NOT ALLOW NOBE OFFIOEfiS TO BESfSX Many Have Qt*;? Service to Work Fe* Mtswtfoclferere of War daughters hare now ?Ad? him a grandfather. most of theih grown ul? Hiy ilaucht<s?- ! AT WASHINGTON TO CON r PUBLISH COMPLAINTS ! IS DECIDED UPON-. FOLLOW CAW days after Bertice. Within tMrty days after service of a formal com plaint, a defendant must filo an an swer replying in detail. On the com plaint and ibo answer, the commis sion-will take up the case in public hearings, examining witnesses, hear ing 'arguments and accepting brlo'.s. Interested parties will be allowed "to intervene on.Application to thc com mls&ion. . Boies governing service of com plaints, orders and subpoenas, taking of depositions..whore oral testimony is not aval labio, usa of documentary evidence, and com ideation of wit negses, follow closely the rulos of 1l$S&^ in vestlgation, several hundred Infor mal complain ty. So far none : have been made. public, and no fon nui ac tion ha* becii tr ?cen. It io rx peeled however, that the work ot the com mission will Boon produce recuits lo the sh a p0 of formal actions and pub lic hearings. Groat Masses of Tromps March Recklessly Into Austrians' Deadly Fire. un E'S DEATH SAID TO BE PERFECTLY RA TIONAL AND ELIGIBLE TO BEST SOCIETY. |NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIENDS TESTIFY Judge Order* Concussion to As-j certain Rso*oa For .Zgpv&?on From Harvard in 1892. ? New York, juno 25.-On thia., the ninth anniversary ot tho killing of Stanford Wuiite, ids slayer, Harry K. Thaw, wcro described at the trial to day to < teat his sar lt y as a ban who Is perfectly rational,-and most kind, ga?eron? 'and charitable, a man or broad intellect, one worthy of being Introduced into the .best soclai^ifM H is eulogists'- consists of a jflo-.cn mon and women whom ho met during bis .sojourn in New Hampshire after his escape t?nj Matteawan. Tnoy, ("carno to Now York at thc -\ \ hr.*> lawyer's that they do the best could. They admitted, to show confidence tn-Thaw, their belief t he should. be freed as a sane More than one' etated that the meat in New Hampshire is gly favorable to Thaw, .. . ' - Thaw*? attorney*' expect to con de th*Ir sido, of the cast Monday J threo ati?ni*t3 who have tr.?W Thaw. Justice H?nrlck granted order today for a enmmieeion'to.' yelled from ^Ha^wrv:-lsVM?wy^?^ No sr York, Juno 25.-Intorest Harry Thaw's.sanityvtrial was divided i today betjveott court proceedings hero j aid' application by thc state for np ; pointment of a commission to learn I from Pr. Idiot, president emeritus Of j Harvard, 'why Thavyleft Harvard In 1892 without completing his course. Today is tho ninth' anniversary of the murder bf Stanford White for which Thaw was acquitted on tho grounds of insanity. ', Belie re Thaw Sane. Kews York. June 25.-Several resi ? dents of Manchester, New Hampshire, today testified that they bv;!sved | Harry Thaw sane-. Tho state's coun sel announced! that they will stage lt u>urt movies. Thaw posed for. ? -!-;-. Campaign In France. London, June 25.-Tac latest news of the. French campaign shows re sumption of extreme activity on the heights ot the Menke, where the. Ger man's violently attacked. The Gkr . dian's claim that operations there ?were began by the French, and that ? a trench was retaken from the French, i while thc French admit a German ad- 1 I vance, but declare the former lines J were lalor rcDcUibllshed w Tho 438^ irians claim gains in thc Argonne. Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed. London. June 25.-A Copeaba^ va dispatch r.aya th* steamer Nova . er- , rived there'wiUs' tho cr?w of the Norwegian steamer Trum torpedoed on Wcdncciay by a dorman uuhma noar shetland Islands. {PRESIDENT IS AT CORNISH FOR HARD today fox a Iv.i himself for th? icxpeeilai with: ?in connection ? ! Mexican eliuatI The presides tfcouarht in thc racntlor. to rd ii-as wor ede with Ckvirmauy ead to tb? disc sion with Great Britain over th? tcrrferenco of commerce between the actual [iii loft SUIT TO PLAGE OI?? III HANDS OF RECEIVERS NASHVILLE, TENN., OFFICIALS! CHARGED WITH THEFT OF CITY RECORDS. CITY T&E?3U Comptroller Burnes Alleges That] 1 roasurer Failed to Account For $10,000. Nashville, June '25.-A ?ult was I tiled In chancery court hore today by Comptroller Burns'ead otbere, who seek to plac? tb* etty-In th* h'arw?i? of a rerolver In connection willi i ?> leged theft of a number tit- city rec ord:v- and charge that larire sums are missing from the city trcr ault is directed against the'mager, members of the city commissi vo/iim failed to )00 coiled st on city Iterafeqre; Beaches Bereen. Christiana, Juno 25.-Steamer B?r gonjifjord. on which Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, was a passenger on hi? way from thc United States to Ger many arrived at Borgen last night af ter being detained at Kirkwall, Scot land, by British. Pier Collapsed* 30? Lives Lost. Petrograd, Juno 25.-A dispatch ?rom Kasert, 400 miles erna, or MOB COW, says mora than i 00 persons wero drowned in tho collapse of a Tiver pier at a pleasure reaort early today. * YALE CREWS WIN J * ALL ROWING EVENTS * * FROM HARVARD REDS : * .?* -.- ?t> * New London. June 2,1.-For V * the first time In many years, ? 4? Yale University crews swept * * the river annual dual regatta * * from Harvard, defeating in + * turn the . crimson Junior, var* "? * ally and freshmen elfib'.t. In ? * the varsity rac0 of four miles ? '?* tale established a new up- ? * stream record of twenty min- 4> * ?t?s, fifty two seconds, beating ? * Hurvard's tit?e for nineteen ? * seven by eighteen seconds, The ? * blue won by Six lengths <. * RESTING \; PREPARES WORK AHEAD ?achusotts and Vermont, marked frequent ovations from crowd*. ;cfuscd to make any speeches. 3hJnt;ton, Juho 25.--Unltod officials today bad under con Uon in connection with the dog American note to Engr ""?rr;*** **l*y? to neutrat ?6, tho last British memo? a the subject. lilted StatU ill th<r naur nnl* l.icretary of State Lansing today disclosed that tho United States n'sed'a. inoro facts regarding doientlon and seizure of American ?bip? and cargoes by the British before Gie not?, in Rn?. RUSSIANS CLAIM THEY Pt?N-l ISHED AUSTRO-G?RMAN5 IN GARCIA. GERMANS ???WT: AUSTRIANS DEN' Military Observers at Leas to. Del ade True Report or to Pre?fict Movement* Loudon, Juno 25,-Hcsvy fight' In progressing elong the section thq DnieBtcV battlefront tn Galicia between Zurwana and Halie?. This is >,ome conflict in official re-| ports. The Russians claim to h. punished Auatro-Germans there an. that by rushing up remfovcetrenta they have compelled them to re across tho river. Berlin admits ?reverse, hut tho Austrian comm uni cation says tho Teutonic attack thor? itt ' making progress. North ot thia area and still fartb er north, over, tho Poland frontieri thc AuBt'ro-Germau advance is *'? ?*P-? lng forward. 5 Whatever the outcome of the ?trugJ gio ulong thc. Dpisater, tho Russian* armies have met'each reserves ih*t| in the belief of militar yoxperts. fiomf the standpoint of tho allie? In. ? thoa western theatre scorns the only quar-l tera which hold a possibility of de-fl iwn^-eyw on taire .w^j^wr-'f Tn-tfflaa^^taaatrb : tiro - atilt rests with the Austro-Qor-j I mans. ?"ew military writers care toj hasard a guess as to what their nexf ineve will be. TVey ars the situation in tho wost b?ceracr? pressing. Germany and Austell*. wl?| have to bo content wit lt cien cia of the Russians with, to further bumlliato the FJ this time. ! Tho French chamber of depatloa today passed a bill appropriating oven a billion dollars to covef government es nen ses for three months, beglnninj july first. 8 London, June 25.-A compar?t |vJr lull In fighting after a fortnight ow feverish activity is enttbHtjfc : mil itara j obaetvers on both side? to take stoc? of tho present situation anS forecast future oporat'oas. li Petrograd claims Kn?pIao defonalvtj! positions ar. io--*o<- - : v! German forces cannot withdraw raanjlj troops for use against . Russia's all) lies. The Russians' assort that th<l| present Une boforo Warsa-wY ia a?? strong as ever and the Rngslsctj armies on tho Dniester will aMtBjMBl only lt thc eastward drive o? in? Au?tro-Germans 'froth IdM?orberf threatens to cut them o?f. berlin *nc ; Vienna are saying little, bm lt le :bt? lleved Warsaw is again *h>ir ob&e tl ve. ,v in England the campaign fer mani llon? ls in fuil swing with th? possibility, of national registration tr ascertain the nation's maa power. The London Times publishing tahlee: showing casualties cc offlcora durmt the? past month are within ? tow hun dred of the total offlcor casualties daring tho entire South Af ri-. . . which we? 2,7&2. Since, Mfcy 36, tht Hst show? 2,440 officers killed, wound ed end missing. ? Galicia and its holders continue tt | embtv -i present main f??ld of milli 1 tory activity. The Russians aril; fight'ng bard to retain Galician tor j rltory that remained *a teem art?; j Teutonic victories at Lemberg an< beyond. Desperate battle* cor.tlnut j along thfl Dniester, where tt.e Pun ?Ians claim advantage despite "tin admission that .A?*fcr?>*Ger.lfla^^ hav< 1 pushed across Baiester and cwt 1 places. In tho Kootniorjlue diatric j Grand Duke Nicholas' fore*? ?re nsf} offensive. ?. Account of condition? lo Lamber? J dniing Russian occupation received lill Berlin tell of hardships ?ifferod bi! families of OSiiials dlsolajW by th! chango from Austrian io,pu- ...?-.;. Uhority. It ia reported that prcfninanlf {men were reduced to penury and hail! to chop wood for a Irving, wblit] i prominent won<on baked ??road and