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gunara** ^ifiw. ^.^BHB^ffyWSKijEKKjfT^ffi enter VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY tl, 1915. NUMBER 156. GERMAN REPLY CREATES GRAVE SITUATION PRESiD TO ACT AND F CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO DECIDE FUTURE RELATIONS WITH GERMA??Y NOTE THOROUGHLY UNSATISFACTORY Negotiations Are Back to Point] Created by Sinking of Lusitania -No Need for Haste. Washington, July ID.-A grave view of the situation produced by Germany's refusal to meet the de mands of the United States growing out of the sinking or tho Lusitania is taken by the officials at Washing ton. Upon the president resta the bur den of deciding the policy the United States ?rill follow. That ho is quiet ly and carefully considering the sit uation was stated at the White House arter telephone communications with the president at Cornish, New Hamp shire, and ' the . country may expect him to act with "deliberation as well as firmness" when he has examined eli the phases of the problem. Secretary Lansing withheld com ment. As soon as the complete offi cial text of tho German reply arrives he wilt make a careful study and go to Cornish to confer with Wilson. Titree sc^tjorta^ujkthei-note had ar rived tonlghtrr;T^7Iaa^lWo will} ar rive tomorrow^ The president may return by Tuesday aid lay before the cabinet the course he decided upon. What action the United States will take the officials could not predict with certainty. Some familiar with the president's views- and the details of the situation pointed out that there seemed only one course open with dignity and honor to the United States-the continued assertion .and exercise of thc rights of neutrals on the high seas in accordance with thc established principles of internation al law. The responsibility for any rupture of friendly relations which subsequently-, might ensue was de clared wouliTthen fall upon Germany. It is the unanimous verdict of high officials that the German reply is thoroughly unsatisfactory. It leavna the situation exactly at the point where it was in the days lmmedlatel? following-tho sinking of the Lusitania . There is little tendency among of ficials to hurry. It ia pointed out that the sinking of ships without warning has not been pr^.r.t-1 J"il recently by the Germans, An anoJy 4ls of the unofficial text of the note confirmed the Impressions given by Ambassador Gerard during the past ,'Cew days that practically none of the American demands would be headed.. The ambassador had reason to believe, two weeks ago favorable answer, might be expected within a week, though he has cabled Washington repeatedly not to expect a satisfactory answer. Just, what is responsible for the change in the situation and final de termination of the German govern ment to refuse to give the assurances nske doificial? her? wouldn't say , Many, however, didn't, hesitate to comment on the apparent similar in tho proposal made with the view ex pressed by former secretary Bryan Thora have boen frequent Intima-? trotts, too, -through officio.! sourer* here ataco tho resignation of Brynn that high German officials believed /public sentiment In the United States j was divided. The text of the ?ote follows: 'Berlin. July 8. 'The undersigned ha? the honor to make the following reply to his excellency. Awbawftdor Gerard, to tho nets of tho Hfch ultimo r6 the im pairment of American interests by the German submarino war. "The imperial geveruroent learned with eatisfactiiWi from the note how. earnestly the government of the United States is concerned In seeing the principles Of humanity realized in the present war. Also this appeal finds ready ??ho in Germany and the imperial government !? quite willing to permit Ita atatethcuts and decisions. la the present cas?? to be governed by the prlncir.iee bf humanity just aa lt has done always. "The imperial government welcom ed with gratitude wKvV&e American government in thc note of May lo uaslt recalled that. Grit-many always had permitted ttsetf to be governed by tbs principles of progresa add humanity le dealing with the 3aw ot DEUBACH ENGINE AND SENT rP^AHEAD ALONE AT FULL SPEED LOOTED BAGGAGE AND EXPRESS CARS Officials Believe Railroad Men Fam iliar With Country Com mitted Robbery. Montgomery, Ala., Jilly 10.-A posse | of officers and railroad detectives are today searching the country nround (1 reen vii le, thia state, for four bandits who carly this morning held up and robbed near Greenville the Louisville and Nashville passenger from New York for New Orleans. ? Th0 bandits forced the engine crew to abandon the locomotive then .cut the mail, baggage^?na ?xjptese cars fV?*ni the- coecfaea, ran- them- down the tr&tk and turned a full head of ?team on tile engine and sent lt. wild for forty miles, when it stopped out of steam Tho robbers then looted the bag gage and express cars. No passengers were molested. 33?e amount of booty secured is un 0Hhrn. The mail clerk said the ban dits got a consignment of currency for Houston. Conductor Phil McRae waa found dead on the steps of the observation car. Mobile,. July 10.-Evidence tending to Uio belief that the four masked men who held up the Louisville and Nashville fast train south of Green ville this morning were railroad men ls the principle clue government sec ret service mea and postoffioe in spectors are today working on. The leader ran thc engine several miles. The airbrake become: deranged, anc ho skillfully adjusted it, according to the engineer and fireman. The official opinion ts that the bandits were familiar with the coui-?ry. Three Suspects Captured. Montgomery, Jutty 10.-Three sus pects were arrested hore today In connection with the; train robbery. Federal authorities have assumed charge ot the suspects, but refuse to announce any ?etails. " BRYAN REFUSES TO AID SUFFRAGE Telb Committee He Will Not In dorse Body Opposed to Democracy. San Francisco, July 10 -Delegates to the National Ctonvuntlon Of the Congressional Union for Women Suf frage today were discussing the re fusal of William Jennings Bryan to ?id hi obtainiciS indorsements ot their raff ra go amendment to tho federal constitution. A committee from tho inion called on Mr. Bryan and ask ;d him to Beak to thc delegates fav orably concerning the proposed imendment. In repiylng to the com nltte? Mr. Bryan said: ' "I would never speak for your or ganisation. I would never move an nch to speak for-any-body ot women :hat oppowd tho democratic party. r*be democratic party, at the expense * labor and tribulation of spirit, baa aken up mid solved the two para mount issues before the country Miffs arid currency reform-and any Rdy of Women opposing a p?rty which make? auch-k-.record has not ?y support." British Embargo ea irita. London, July 10.-The e*P<>?*dtfons if Jute yarn?, Int* piece goods ^and >ago and ?acka of Jute to any port ?as prohibited leda? by an ordar in :oua?U. exportation of Jot? ?ted to certain Euro >ean count-, W NOTE .GONZALES HAS OCCUPIED MEXICO CITY ADVICES TO THIS EFFECT RE CEIVED BY'STATE DE PARTMENT. BELIEVE GEN. DIAZ PLANS BIG MOVE ? j Department of Justice Investiga! mg Reports of New Revolu tionary Plot, Washington. July IO.-General Pahlo Gonzales bas occupied Mexico City, according to information Riven by Carranza officials to American consular orri ors at Vera Crus. No de talla were gtvon but the advices a regarded as probably correct as.Car ran sa forces earlier in tho ; day wer reported in the out bide district of the *ttjfc. itself. Whether ?here was any street 1^0^'was not-stated. Washington, July 10.-Officials of the state and justice departments conferred today over the cases of Huerta and Felix Dias, but said there were no developments. The view of the department of justice is that the Mexican expedition accredited to Diaz is on a largor scale than gener ally understood and that Ute rendez vous is at New .Orleans. It ls be lieved ships have been arranged for. El Paso, July 10.-With the trans fer bf Vtctortana Huerta to Fort illiss and the release on bail of five other Mexicans arrested with him on charges of conspiracy to violate Uni ted States* neutrality, there is much speculation today over thc probable final disposition 'il. the cases. The six defendants were held to the fed eral grand jury at San Antonio on December 20tb. Humors are current that Pascual Orozco, who was arrest ed with Huerta and eluded the guards had crossed Into Mexico, supposedly to launch a new revolution. Washington, July 10.-Consul Blin man reported today from Vera Crdr that Mexico City bas been completely Invested by thc Carranza troops and that General Gonzales-has establish ed nlshcadrjuartere at Guadeloupe, lt is also stated that Gen. Obregon re porte-i repulsed an attack upon his army in tba north. CHICAGO STRIKE ENDED YESTERDAY Carpenters Get Increase in Pay] and Other Conditions Which They Asked. Chicago, Jrtly 10.-Tho strike ot 10,000 carnonlers, which . for two nontti s '.as practically paralIzcd iuildln?r Industry here, ended todcy, lie employers and men agreeing to i comprbinise settlement, providing vages for 70 cents an hour, a uniform igreem?ht preventing ?trikes, lock juts and closed shops. The agree neut i* for three years. Previous tri he strike wages were 60 cents an lour. LAURENS NEGRO GETS CLEMENCY Commutes Death Sen tence of CVeenwood Rogers Yo Serve Life Ternit. Colombia, July 10.-Acting upon he recommendation of the state board f pardons. Governor Manning today ommoted the death sentence lm osed noon Greenwood Rogers by the AU re ni court to a lifo term tn the ?nitectSary. Rogers waa convicted a the crarge of arson. I Evelyn Thaw, wlfe-of-the man why ls on trial In the New York courts on the question as to whether or not he is to bo returned to Matteawan, flout ed the court the other day when she. arrived in New York from a camp in the northern part of the State. She had been subpoenaed to appear at 10:30 in the morning. Sho paid no at tention to the court order, but disap peared, and detectives were sent to] (bid lier. They failed, however, and she was not discovered tili the news pa normen found her. To J"aem she announced that she would . Jt testify ugaii;t;t her husband. Si.' said she knew her legal rights, and that she could not bc compelled In law to say anything against him on the witness stand. er Tell? Christian Endeavor Convention Whiskey is Largest Single item of Expense in United State?. Chicago, July 10.-Addressing the Christian Endeavor Convention today Clinton N. Howard, of Rochester, N. Y., declared Americas, greatest sin gle ito mof expenditure is Xor liquor and that o! Europe for war. He ad vocated tho abolition ot war by ar bitration and of liquor by prohibition. Howard declared moral conditions in high schools wert> such that they cannot be mention In mixed company. Ho said these conditions exist throughout thc United States. Gea. Traf na lUBesY Washington, July 10.--General Mar tin Trlana, who lcd th0' Ca/ranzistns in the recent attack on Aguas Calient c was killed in battle, ac cording to a message to the Villa agency today. PRESIDENT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Car Stopped Suddenly and Small . Automobile Bumped Into Rear --No One Hurt. Cornish, X. H., July.;io.--Preal dent Wilson was In an automobile accident near Newport. New Hamp shire tonignt. Members of his tentf ly wore with him but no ono hurt, iii? machine *itopp?d to avoid i frigb?en?d horse and a auto roobilo bumped inte the White House Car (rom behind. PAPERS , PRAISE REPLY Exultant Over German Refusal to Abandon Submarine War fare-Say Note Offen Bask for Understanding. Berlin, July 10.-The Herman re ly to the American note regarding uhmarlne warfare fina's unanimous raise in the morning papers here, 'hoy comment will? a tone exultation ver the fact that the government re uses to abandon submarine warfare. Captain Persua, thc. Tageblatta aval expert says thc note shows Our ?any wilt follow her present course rith the greatest regard to American otorests. H?, expresses the belief tat tup note offers a basis for a com i?te understanding. Thc- Taglich? Rundschau and lb? Ircur. Zeitung express disesattsfac* on . with the concessions regarding ew shins under the American flag, eel a ring the British will be certain ) imitate any sp?cial marking to Isguise contraband and ships. iRANT ARMISTICE TO BURY THE DEAD uss ians Lost Heavily From Aus trian At^fllery Fire Along Dniester. Czornowlt*, July 10.-Russian?, ?cause of sovore ^sses on the Buko irta front and ?long the Dniester .neatly requested a four hour armts ce to bury tho dead. Tba request as granted. Oft' the rmteati.-.the Bowdan* sut ured severely from. Austro-Hun irian arl?lery tir? and retired at ?ny points. GERMA* EXCEEl IN IM FEDERATION OF BIBLE CLASSES TO MEET SOON THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF WESLEY BIBLE CLASS FEDERATION 2,000 DELEGATES ARE EXPECTED Special Trains or Cara Will Bring^ Delegate*--Reduced Rates on All Road*. Spartanburg. Joly 10.-Plana are rapidly nearing completion for the en tertainment of the 2,000 or more del egates expected to attend the third . annual Institute of the South Caro lina Wesley Bible < class federation, which meets in this city July 10-21. It has boen announced that sp?cial excursion trains or special cara will be run from Anderson, Greenwood, Bamberg, Oraugeburg and Charles ton. Rev, W. C. Owen, field secre bary of -the Sunday schools of the two ^Methodist conferences* has put forth speco.I efforts to secure repre sentation from all of tho organised Wesley classes in the state, and the gathering is expected to be one ol the largest of ita kind ever conven id in tliis State. A special automo bile tour ot Spartanburg county will te made -Sunday, visits to be paid be Sunday schools Inviting them to tend delegates, espec ially on Tuesday, ? chen the court "house lawn will bo urned into a picnic ground. It ls loped that, o similar plan will be fol bwed in other counties. < Tao program, as announced Friday 1 light contains the names of speakers md workers of national fame in Sun- i fay school work. Some of those who : .viii be- present are: Bishop James Uk Ins, chairman of the general Sun- ' lay school board, who will open tbe i ?nnferenco Tuesday evening with an ul ln-sB on "God's Call to the Young i I.Hu of our Time;" Miss Elizabeth 1 kilpatrick, Snnday school expert of i lie general Sunday school board and >ne ot the most charming speakers >n the platform; Mr. John R. Pep- < >er, the great merchant, banker and i lapitalist of Memphis, Tennessee, and i n many respects the leading layman l ?f Southern Methodism, a Sunday i tcbol superintendent of international ] vputatlon : Dr. Charles D. Bulla, ! luperintendent- of the Wesley Bible i sises department of the Methodist I episcopal church, south, and a speak- 1 T of rare force and charm; Dr. I (ames ll. Moffatt, president of Ers- i cine College, whose reputation as a i ipeaker is well known throughout i ?oath Carolina; Mr. J. H. Whois 1 oil, the live, forceful field secretary 1 if the South Georgia conference; 1 ifr. J. M. Way. divisional field see- x clary, and former field secretary of he South Carolina conference; Mr. | i. L. Dwtrich, divisional field sec- t etary and Mr. A. H. Cole, field sec- i etnrv ot the Florida conference. In addition to these the following " trong workers in South Carolina ave Laen secured: Rev. Jno. W. c ipi ike; Dr. R. 8. Treendale; Rev. t . fe; T. Major; F?V. Jno. H. | traves; Dr. Vance W. Brabham; Mr. c h arl ton DuFaot; Rev, C. P. Poole; ? Ir. R.'S. Ligon; Dr. J. O. Watson; ter. P. L. Holroyd and Rev. W. A. < lessaubeau. c All the railways into tbs city have ? indly granted low rates for Gie con- 1 ?reace? the same as provided for the A partanburg Music Festlcal and the briners" convention. C -,-.- fi Brownsville Threatened. 3 iBrownnvlHe. Tex.. July 10.-Two t Eextcaa bandits were killed in a fight r tte yesterday with officers and a v osse of citizens in Hidalgo county, est ot hero. Those bandits who es sped took several wounded with vern. Sheriff W. T. Venn today re- C ?ired an anonymous letter written h ?Anlah warning him thM 100 ti (exicano would raid Brownsville. n LONDON PAPERS AGAIN ASK "WHAT WILL AMERICA DO?" ; 3AYS REPLY IS HYPOCRITICAL' Little New? Available From War Theatre? Italians Claim Successes London, July 10.-/The Genna, i r* ply to the American, note, a sum mary of which appear* In London af ternoon paper?, ls under general dis cussion throughout England. Again the question ls asked is: "What WtU America doT" The views held here are indicated by newspaper headings which dea cribo the reply as an ?Waging offer; impudent claim?; hypocritical re ply. The text of the German reply Ia ubllshed tn. Saturday papers, moat of which treat it as the most impor tant newe of the day. Outside t!hd* the public continu?? Interested Un the huge war loan. Sub scriptions are ?till being received by matL The chancellor of ^rchequer has expressed bis satisfaction. The general expectation today was that tiie total would reach between ^hree billion and three btllkm five hundred thousand dollar?, flem* expressed confidence Ciat the full Nv? billion dollars would be received and lt would not be necessary te cod tina* to sell small subscribers through the postufllce: Tiu re in little new* from southern Poland, where the Kassians cl?ita to be delivering smashing blows at tho Austrians. Apparently Ganai til Mackensen, who ls covering the Aus trian right between the Krasni* re gion and Che Bug river, has basa un? able to render any assistance or bas withdrawn hi? forces for an attack elsewhere. Some beiieve the next German stroke will be a frontal on* on War saw despite the Teuton?' faller* at two previous times to break th* Rus sian front on the Bzurg ??a Hawks rivera. Others think they dr* walt ing the arrival of gun9 to make anoth er thrust toward the LubHtt railway. Fighting elsewhere shows both ?54*s alive to the necessity ot watching for surprises. Trench warfare contin?es In the west, but official statement* Indicate no change In tba situation. it ls reported from Cbiasst tonight that the Italians haye wort a ala day battle on Corso Plateau and took sev eral thousand Austrian prisoners. London, July 10.-The feeling of optimism, which ba? been absent for .sometime ls manifested bore now over the war, due largely to Botha's vic tory In German South West Africa ind the Russian's stand*, near Lub lin and along th* Zlotalip* river. It la believed that the iUufeflan re dstone* ls ? postponing the" ' dreaded 3erman offensive along th? western front. Petrograd officially reports the blocking' of German attempts to id van re toward Warsaw from tb? lorth and east, and declares ta* Rua dans are th* aggressors below Luk in, where the Teuton* are cecOnulng lo retreat. A correspondent says the Germans are sending roinforce nent* to this army. Reine reporte that tb? Italians re Wised the Austrians In setarsl aec ors. Vienna reports ail qui? along 'he Austro-1 tallan front. German aaa French Straggle. London, July 10-The German >fflclel statement today record? dight activity along the French rout and claim some advances In th* tbampagne district and tb* Loppretr* ore st. ? Reports that the German? took dghteen hundred prisoners, ihre* annon, twelve machine guns and dghteen mine throwers between the ?usa* and Moselle rivers, ?lac* Jaly * Th* French report a repulse of all lennon attacks- and claim a total ot ?1 prisoner*' ta'ten alac* July t. French airmen 'bombarded the mill ary barracks at Norroy, and th* raU oad stations at Amarilla and Buyoa ttle. AMittoas to Sabmarht* list London. July 10.-Th* eteamsr .Ho, presumably Italian^ sad th* forwegian steamar NdWfssa. were jrpedoed and sunk today by a Ger