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Wsw VOLUME II. ANDERSON, S. C THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1915. NUMBER 153. RUSSIANS CHECK E REINFORCEMENTS AID IN DE FEAT OF GERMANS NEAR KRASNIK RUSSIANS HOLD BEST POSITIONS Predicted German Onslaught in West Confined to Compara tively Small Area. London, July 7.-By the employ ment of strong reinforcements the Russians have checked, temporarily, at least the Austro-Gorruan advance toward the Lublin raliway which would imperil Warsaw if successful. Thc F/us8lan8 yesterday claimed ser ious defeat for the Teutonic army ir. the region of Krasnik, south of that railway. The Austrians tonight state that "a nattle was invigorated by the participation of strong Russian re serves . " As far as communications are con cerned the Russians now bavo advan tage of positions. They have a splen di drailway. system behind them over which they can quickly move troops and guns to threatened areas. This battle has <ust commenced, but according to dispatches to Geneva from Austrian sources the Russians thus far have had tho best of it. Stbce Monday the Russians have in flicted heavy loases on the Austrians. Thee dispatches state- that thons-, ands of wounded are arriving in Lam-.' berg, Przemysl and Joroslau. The much JjpndjfeA OtnCM. mti elatlgbt ia the west fattflweu con fined to the Wbevrs region. There the crown prince's army is trying to re-i gain ground lost in April when the French tried to force the withdrawal of what ls known as St. Mihlel wedge. The Germans have won some trenches at the tip of the wedge, but et other points tho French claim they were repulsed with heavy losses. Artillery combats continue from Arras to the Bea. It is stated to night that as a result of the German bombardment, Arras is in flames and the Cathedral has been destroyed. Fighting here seems desultory des pite the arrival ot large German re inforcements for another try at Gal iae. On Gallipoli Peninsula Sunday the Turks tried unsuccessfully for the third time ill"*, week to regain the ground the allies took In their last attack, according to French and Brit ish reports. The allies are only six miles from the Dardanelles narrows. There ls talk of a new combined land and sea attack. London, July 7.-Petrograd claim? tbat a distinct check baa been in flicted on the Austro-Hungariane near Krasnik, Russian Poland, ".'hero the invaders have been threatening one of the most important railroad con nections with Warsaw. This claim however, which is directly contradicts Vienna statement, naya that Russians suffered a defeat near Kraanik. The Russian and Austro-Qerman re ports agree, that quiet prevails along the remainder of the eastern front, where for the first- time in several weeks the Teutons have ceased to win dally successes. Italy continues ber battering tactics against the Austrians along Isonzo, Vienna reporting fierce, but fruitless attacks between Goriaia and the sea. Rumors continue tn reacb London from many scattered sources ot a great German" offonslve against west ern front with .Cal is, on the English Channel, as the objective. Actual re ports from this section show no un usual activity. General Slr Ian Hamilton's report or the British Unding at Dardanelles caused much comtnont ot British press. Lord Nert hcllff c's papers, de nounce the tactics watch' led to such fearful ?laughter. Tba Times charac terises the whela operation as "unfor gtveable bungling.'^ Basalt ht Doubt. London, Ju'.y 7.-Divergent claims come from Vienna abd. Rome concern ing the situation cn the Austro-Ital ian front. The Italiana say severe losses were inflicted on the Austria attacks in the Carnie frontier, tas Tyrol-Tren tin s line and at Avostano peak. The Austrians declare the Italians had. been on the offensive and had been repulsed several points. Unofficial dispatch from Italy, emphasized the florence'of the flghl - ins along the Austrian frontier. Tn the Caucasus the Russians report checking a Turkish offensive west of Ablavai. French destroyers on Asia MOsor coast aaa baan sinking Turkish vessels and inflicting other damages. Premier Going fe Slr Robe Slr Fobert Borden, premier of Can- 1 ada, ls on bis way to Great Britain, 1 with the purpose, now avowed by him, j of stirring up the British government ; to the importance of Canada in the f war. ?etore'"Sailing-he 'would not ' -tell-the.name jot the vejMjel.on which lie Would make tho trip-lie refused to talk about complaints Canadians I have recently mado, particularly in ' connection with their failure to get i war contracts. Tho attack of W. W. < Butler, one of the great manufactu- i rers of Canada, against thc policy of ' making J. P. Morgan & Company, the I great New York bankers, agents for the purchase of (British war supplies, was passed over by the premier with out comment. "During the war there has been very close co-operation between the British and the Canadan government in respect of all matters relating to the war and touching thc common in terests of the empire," said he. "This co-operation has involved, incessant correspondence both by cable and by letter with the colonial secretary and with Slr George Ferley, the acting HEAVYDEB1 WON'T CHAI FOR PROl PROHIBITION COMMISSIONER f ON LIQUOR QUESTION-L LAW WILL NOT BANKRl Atlantic City, New Jersey, July7. Weat Virginia has been so successful in the enforcement of its drastic pro hibitory liquor law, welch went Into effect Just a year ago, that the state ls permanently committed to its new policy, and not In the slightest dan ger of giving way to the anti-prohi bition pressure which has been brought to bear upon it, according to Fred O. Blue, the commissioner o? prohibition In West Virginia. In an address before tho National Conven tion ot the AntrSaloon Leaguo .of America here today. Mr. Blue said Weet Virginia had demonstrated that prohibition will prohibit-that a prohibition law can be enforced, and quoted testimony from both the em ployers of labor and the heads of labor union* to the effect that condi tions . had been remarkably improv ed. He charged that the liquor Inter ests ware apandtng . large sums or money to create the impression that Wiest Virginia was bankrupt because she no longer selected revenue from the liquor business. "West Virginia Ls not now, and has not been, a bankrupt state," said Mr VfOBTLE SHERIFF SEIZES mm WORTH OF LIQUOR Mobile, Ala.. July 7-Sheriff Hol comb, cf Mobile county, today seised $2,00 worth ot liquor stored in the home of Morris Meyer, a former wholesale liquor dealer, and moved lt to the county jill, where it was held' under the Bonner Anti-Liquor act. ' n Stir Up British igh commissioner for Canada in Landon. It is considered that co >peration between tho two goveru nents can be rendered moro effective md the common interests more thor )Ughly safeguarded If certain impor ant Questions could be discussed at i personal intorvjew.. . ^_|. .... io't volunteers in tho war, Wc lave seilt 76.000 so far, an-f. yob know what kind of a record they have nade. We have about 75,000 more, >rganlzed and in training. The meu iro coming in to volunteer faster than ve are able to train, arm and equip hem." "According to dispatches, the Ger nans say they are thc best fighters bey have- encountered in the war," vas suggested. Sir Robert smiled. ? "They are of a splendid type," he ?uid. with evident prido- "I asked the jhief of staff, about ono regiment ! reviewed lately in Ottawa. "I have never seen anything bet er than this regiment, he replied. Vs a matter of fact, he went on. I bink every regiment the best until I iee the next." VONW.VA. \GE STAND HIBITION 'RAISES ATTITUDE OF STATE DECLARES ANTI-UQUOR JPT WEST VIRGIANIA. Hue. "Tho state is in as healthy i financial condition as any stat? In he union." Referring to thc recent decision of he supreme court of the United Hates, tho effect of which ls that Vest Virginia shall pay to the boni loldcrs of tho state of Virginia the um ot 113,000,000-which debt has >oen a matter of controversy since he separation of West Virginia from 'irglnla-Mr. Blue said: "If WQ have to pay Virginia's bond lolders this sum of money, we can o so-the state of Virginia bas the esourccs to do lt, and a citizenship hat bas met and solved her nrob ems as they arose-we only havto to ay tho debt once. - On the other land, before Weat . irginia became ' dry state there was annually sent f tho ?tate for intoxicating liquors ho sum Of $15.000,000-$3,000,000 loro, every year, than that tba mon ut Of the adjudication in favor f Virginia's bondholders. Sucb fi ancial drain for intoxicating liquors pon thc 'people of the state, went on sr years,and wowT ,be .going on now retre lt; not for the prohibition mendm?nt and lawB pursuant there J. ! ? . -, : 'EN KILLED t FORTY H?BT IN CANADIAN TROLLET WRECK Tospnto;. July 7.-Ten were iliad; and forty injured, some ser )usly by the derailment of a trolley ar near Queenstown. Ont?* ?:,. io ay . c?Mding to a mcr^r.^e ?-rre to Ighi The, c?r .waa carrying a plc ic to Niagara Falls. WILSON IMS N0G0UT0N DRAFT OF NOTE CNOWN, HOWEVER, THAI | PROPOSALS ARE NOT AC- i CEPTABLE ] V1AY NOT ANSWER GERARD'S MESSAGE Wilson Will Decide What Answer, If Any, Is to Be Made to ' Communication. Washington, July 7.-What reply, f any, will bo sent to Ambassador le ra rd's message outlining tho ten atlvo draft of the proposed German lote replying to the American note oa inbmarinc warfare' will be decided by 'resident W?son. Secretary I,uns ng and others have submitted their 'lews on the policy to the president. :t was stated tonight that no word ias been received of presidents posl lon. It was Intimated that Wilson uight not act before Friday as the Iuestions require care . and dollbera lon. During the day German Amhassa lor Bernstorff asked. Secretary Ums ng informally concerning thc latest il.ases of Berlin negotiations. lans ing outlined what eras transmitted >y Gerard In a general way. It was mid Bernstorff learned that ?erard'B nossake does not necessarily require in answer. There is little doubt In ofhcinl quar ters that the German proposals in their present form are not accepta ble. Washington, Juno 7.-Further mes sages from Ambassador Gerard to iay wore transmitted to President Wilson at Cornish, eaUlning Ger many's Viewpoint on submarine war Tare as embodied in the tentative ih-aft of tho German Veply to the last American note. The dispatches tended to show that Germany ls anxious to bring about a compromiso on submarine question, Mit th? indications in .-f?lela! quarters ire t nut the German proposals in :heir present form arc not acceptable ;o tho United States. The situation, howexer, is not re tarded as hopeless. It is'thought that if the preliminary draft of thc Ger man reply is not satisfactory .hangts might be made to meet the Am?ricain viewpoint. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY IN CHICAGO delegates From all Over World Attending Convention-First . Meeting in Six Years. Chicago. July 7.-Tho thousands of ]elegate8 to tho world's convention >f the Society of Christian Endeavor net Tor their first general session in he Coliseum tonight with a program Dcfor0 them which calls for consid eration of Christian work in almost ivory county of thc world. Tonight was the first time in six rears that many of thc society's lead ers had come wgwtlie \ the last world, convention whlc hsd been arr-raged or Australia, having been cancelled n 1913, because of the outbreak of smallpox. In response to an address of wel :omc, delivered tonight by Henry H. darcusson, the chairman, greetings vere given from a number cf remote :ountrier, th which thc Christian En leavor workers reported progress lotwithstandlng thc abnorm:?! condl lonn under which, many ci them hau rorked, aa a result erf the war. The greetings presorted by do'o ratea from foreign countries were rom Indiu, China, Japan, Germany, iungary,- Spain, Jamaica,. Porala, Mexico and Africa. Ne Dyestuffs Yet. Washington, July 7.-The efforts of be United States to secure uyostuffs rom Germany for American manu scturers have reached a deadlock .'hich appears unbreakable. Officials uro today expressed little hope ot n arrangement being made which muid give the United States a sup ly cr Germany made dyes.' Tare? Injured Ia Wreck. Columbia, July 7.-In a rear end olllslon between an Atlantic Coast >ine passenger train and a Southern .eight train just south ot the union tatton this morning. A. G. Andrews, negro mall clerk, and J. H. Caugh um, of Columbia, Mrs. Mary E. Os orne of Darlington, and Mrs. E. O. .ucaa of Brookland, white passen srs, were slightly injured. The raok was cleared in three hours. FOODSHORTAGE STILL SERIOUS IN MEXICO CITY DISPATCH FROM CAPI' \L SAY RIOTS TEMPORARIA i CHECKED OTHER REPORTS TELL OF CHOAS Officials Fear for Safety of For , eigner* When Carranza Forces Enter Capital. Washington, July 7.-Dispatches dated Jilly fourth, by courier to Vera Cruz from Mexico City, received by the state department toaigbt, an nounced that food riots have been checked and conditions generally im proved. The food shortage is ?till serious however an J. tho dispatches said the feeling of unrest is likely to lead to chaos. Thore was no mention of tho military situation. When the courier left thc Carranza army was awaiting reinforcements. Washington, July 7.-increasing anxiety is felt in official circles hero today over the situation in Mexico City, whence no word comos concern ing thc resultB of tho fighting report ed have been again commenced L? twe-en Carranza and Zapata forces in tile outskirts of thc capitol. Meagre officail advices reported a renewal of fighting, but gave no indication as to bow lt waa progressing. With thc reports at baud describing the condi tions Moxlco City as pitiful and rapidly growing worse on account of the food shortage, officials are anxious over tho result ot the fighting be cause of tho possible effect on tho safety of foreigners. TO DROP CHARGE AGAINST HUERTA Washington, July 7.-It was be lieved hore tonight that the charge of conspiracy to violate the neutrality of the United States against General Huerta might bo abandoned. Persis tent reports aro current that Huerta had promised to leave tho Mexican ' border if thc prosecution would be ! dropped. MILITIA ARRIVES FOR ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT Eight Honored Soldier Boya in Greenville for Annual Encampment. Greenville. )Jn\y 7.-Three special trains loaded with South Carolina volunteers arrived in the city today and Greenville is host to 800 soldiers. They aro all jolly and seem to have come with the expectation of enjoy in;; to thc fullest extont their stay in thc "Mountain City." Tho mon arc well officered and all indications point toward a lively and beneficial encamp ment. The men will undergo some hard training and get a true impres sion of what real army lifo is. .NEW OWNERS CHANGE NAME OF EN OH EE MILI. Columbia, J-.Iy 7.-The Mellvllle Manufacturing Co., of Booree, ld Spartanburg county, with a capital of $500,000 was commissioned this morn ing by Ute secretary of state, tbepe titioners being J. I. Westervelt, Per ry Heat fi v.; and Lewis W. Parker, all of Greenville. Tho company will run the Enoree cotton mill which, thoy bid in tho other day at $200,001. EIGHTY PLEAD GUILTY OF ELECTION FRAUDS Thomas Taggart Demands Imme diate Trial-Declares Affair is Persecution. Indianapolis, July 7.-Eight of the one hundred and thirty-one men In dicted on charges of fraud in the 1914 election, pleaded guilty in crimi nal court today. One hundred, and twenty were arraigned. Thomas -Tag ! gart, Democratic (National Commit-. I leeman for Indiana, ono of those in dicted, demanded an Immediate trial. He declared the whole matter was persecution, not prosecution. Repudiates Husband Mn?. Florence Schneider Forney. The arreBt o? T. G. Forney, the Washington lawyer, in Pittsburgh on the charge willi having made an at tack on his fatlier-in-iuw, T. Frank lin Schneider, u candy manufacturer, of Washington, iras resuV. sd In thc n i'nd lat ion of her husband by Mrs. Forney. She lias Issued a formal statement repudiating his natue for ever. Mrs. Forney signed the statement with her maldon name, Florence? Schneider. "Thc statement attributed to Tom Forney that be has rae*ved a .letter from me is false," Mrs. Forney says in he rstatemcnt. "I. repudiate his Damit. I am too loy;?l to my father." Members of tlie Schneider family put no faith in tho theory that Forney ls of unsound mind. They believe that his alleged attack on Mr. Schnei der was the result of a plot conceived many months ago. LINER SAXONIA NOT BLOWN UP FRANK HOLT SAID TO HAVE PLACED BOMBS ON CUNARDER CAPTAINREPORTS NO BOMBS ABOARD - Warning in Letter to Wife Had Caused Grave Fears for Safety of Vessel. New York, July 7.-Fears for thc safety of the Cunard liner, Saxonia disappeared late today when a wire less saying there were no bombs aboard was received from tho cap tain. The message was In answer to a warning sent that Frank Holt, who shot Morgan and later committed suicide, had asserted that this boat and the American liner Philadelphia were In danger of internal explosions. An earlier roplv from the Philadel phia said no bombs were found. However tension caused by tho warn ing is not entirely relieved, as lt wasn't known whether Holt" hadn't left explosives aboard other steam ers. Both tho Saxonia and the Philadel phia loft New York July third, and aro mid-ocean today. Holt had writ ten "Steamers leaving New York July third will be destroyed in mid ocean by an explosion." Tho warn ing was In a letter to bis wife at Dal las and waB forwarded to lt? o state partaient at Washington by her at torney. The belief that Holt was Krtlch Muenter, the fugitivo Harvard in structor, was strengthened here to day by the {{identification ot the dead man as Muenter by three men who knew Muenter. New York, July 7.-Frank Holt, J. P. Morgan's assailant, planned ' to destroy the Liner Saxonia or Phila delphia by dynamite which be believ ed he had placed aboard one of Ves sers before they sailed from New York for Liverpool, July 3rd. Holt so advis ed his wife, tn a lett or to her at Dallas, which- was transmitted to the navy department at Washington this (CONTINUED ON PAOE FIVE.) CLOUDBURST ST. LOUIS AND ST. CHARLES COUNTIES SWEPT BY TERRIFIC STORM PASSENGER TRAIN BLOWN OFF TRACK Authentic Report of Casualties Unavailable, But Property Darr age is Heavy. St. Louis, July 7.-A tornado and cloud-burst sweat St. Louis and St. Charles counties In -Missouri late to day and caused damage which may aggregate half million dollars. The storm isolated several towns and blow half a passenger train off tho tracks. Four inches of rain fell In the affect ed district in half an hour. No de finite reports of loss of life wero re ceived up to nln0 o'clock. Hall road men brought . to St. (maries. Mo., a rumor that St. Pet ers village was blown away and for ty persons killed. Wabash officials immediately ordered an engine to St. Peters to ascertain the damage. St. Charles suffered most. The wind guugo registered eighty miles An area of over one hundred square blocks was damaged. The Wabash bridge between Ofallon and St. Pet* ers was demolished and railroad traf? fie, west bound was stopped. Thc tornado struck a passenger train from St. Louis to Kansas City and hurled four cars off the track. The five coaches left on the tree h were coupled to the engine and the train proceeded. No one was /arlous ly hurt. Five aro believed dead. /Awoman "Wtttr~?hfercd the church air St. Charles Just before th?-storm wreck ed lt was not accounted 'for st mid night. Threo of the desd aro at Dar -dienne and one each at Wentsvllle and Cilmore. Torre Haute, Ind.. July 7.-Law renceville, Ills., was visited by a ter rific wind storm late today. Two are reported killed and over fifty houses destroyed. It is estimated that the damage will amount to over half a million. ISSUES ATTACHMENT FOR EVELYN THAW Has Declined to Testify and Re turned to Camp in Adiron dacks. New York, July 7.-Any probab ility that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw would be called to testify against her hus band Harr? Thaw, In his sanity trial here, seem "Hstlnated: when the hearing was resumed today. Evelyn left Now York.yesterday without ap* pearlng in court in answer to tho state s ob po ii ea and it is believed shs ls back at tbe camp near Malone. It de veloped that Mrs. Thaw had a confer ence here with Deputy Attorney Gen eral Cook, in charge ot the state's case. She said afterwards that Cook had decided she hsd no new testi mony of value to give. While here she obtained a certificate from a doc tor that she is not physically, unable to stand the ordeal aa a witness. 'New York, July 7.--A body at tachment was issued by Justice Hen drick today for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw who failed to sppear td testify yes terday In the sanity trial of her hus band. Harry. Evelyn lett ?or the Adirondacks last night. Tbs state's counsel ieked for tho body attsch ment. TRADE COMMISSION TO TOUR WEST AND SOUTH Will Interview Export Manufac turers for Suggestions for Building up Trade. Washington, July 7.-The Federal Tra le Commission will tour the mid dle west, the Pacific Coast, and tho South examining export manufactur ers, trade and industrial organisa tions and to secure a general view of ex.ort conditions, and will, ?ak sug gestions for building .up an export trade. After visiting the Pacific coast, they will bold hearings tn the South at Louisville, Atlante and otha* Cities,