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stirer VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1915. NUMBER" 170. TEUTON ENVELi HAS U GERMANS NOW ADVANCE ONLY BY YARDS AND AT TREMENDOUS COST FRENCH MAKING GAINS IN WEST Dispatches Say Austrians Are Evacuating G?ritz and Fall of Pedgore WU! Follow. London, July 27.-The Auat;*o German attempts to envelope the Russian armies defending Warsaw and to capturo the Poliah capital, which for a time progressed almost with the momentum of the offensive that cleared Galicia of the Russians have been almost halted and where J Germans are moving it is only by yards and ut a tremendous cost. The German Field Marshall Von Muchensen has taken a few villages on the way to the Lublin railway [ between the Vistula and "Bug rivers) ani tho Austrians, hy counter at- [ tacAflt at Sckal, have taken positions which will make the German flank safer but Berlin reports that "other wise the position of the German troops , under Von Mackensen remains un changed . " Along the western bank of thc Vis tula, from Liverpool to Novo Geor gievsck. an even smaller advance up parcntlly has been made, while along tho Narcw Von Hindenburg who has been tryjng to drive a wedge in be hind Warsaw, is largely occupied in mocfllntg Russian . counter attucks forced'the Gormans .back-across the river ' at some point but Berlin aa"* certs they failed anja^??Il moving eastward. The russians thc- Baltic provl friere. Iivorywhj at their Inlicit. With interest Important FrencJ sace ha <rJa beon reports another Munster where til cen troted artlllerj Artillery is ale tant part along three days the . their fire on tho| A Geneva dis Austrians arc the evacuation question of bout patch says art. Dd guarding tho roi nnablo to hold .On tho Corsol a few trenches --Hf tured. tho entire losing, twp thous*] . italian Offensive Isonzo ls procccl jd recently in have tumfx'. J the battles aro i tcred'.ou the cal advances lu Al crlooked. 'Parish ecess north of, French lave con [playiug an impor Isopzo whare for filans concentrated ustrian positions, jtch declared, the ating G?ritz and Pcdgoro Ja only a The same dis rdo tie Austrians to Trieste woro ir positions, (latcau, except for Italians have cap- ! eau, tho Austri?nn i I men. . Tho great j tho banks of '.the g fefvoraTr^y. London,-July 2 \-Britten attenti is absorbed in tl ?|^H|Hf.uf ?c*"* many'? envelopli IwH?SmW1 eastern field. Th ?Wm reports -mow that Von lindo J thirty * cavalry tui | nH^^HHHBBHI F4ga and are w jra?flg' the railway fron jp-' saw. Thus the |HHBH^HBB?-an lines, aro closlr l in on the malu northern raillwa fart cry of the Rus sian capital. ?e Southern army similarly ls api jjfcph)*hg thc main southern artery jorder. The Timos declares that-hui w????tKKM?kW^ '"? parallel of this >?MM|H^Hpcnt: arfd says it inv< tr^-pesultn to Rus sia and the wes nt allies comparing with Russia's rt HMie to meet the invasion. The jw operations are le real ?langer the whole of ' li is thc i center and lt 1 Ai apparent that Germans are plr?ti points HHHH9L^^HS would have grav fe; west as it will rh power to rcsum ja slvo will to ? HMHwf>Ktp. and the princlpl ? sire "will be ls IHRHH^^^^HHH many.- } ? Today's Petro gui saying the Qc |?j|p??~ 'hav thrown back at BH^HHKf*h<> Ma- j row brings som wWWWaBBWtf military observe j irold that ri results depena 1 Hely upon the. r*u8?. { ?Ians prolonglni taerlsta?ce until < matte rendition! jtnteroose :< to/tho full rcall ki. f)lan Reporta t en, >vlth ] the exceptio rib {br lr v. i : ! ? ; ' ? ? i - - '1 > . ' i ! ..: . : i s' ? ?. ' ' show comp? rat I jlr>; . Banish H^M^Hjfl Copenliagen, steamship N'ogH I - coburg. Swed ' '? "yoe, j ?wRh r?n>HHHHHBBHM sunk in Um N?WB|p ' Wilhelmshaven, vNtKMNBfi^ 'S EFFO? PE RU? DST MOM PRESIDENT FORCED TO FLEE FROM PALACE TO FRENCH LEGATION _ I MANY PRISONERS WERE EXECUTED Enraged Mob Caught and Shot to Death Officer Responsible for Executions. - Port Au Prince, Haiti, July 27. When thc revolutionary movement broke out herc toiay. General Oscar, a supporter of President Guillaume, executed all political prisoners in the hands of the government, including former President Orestes Zamor,. u total of about a hundred and sixty. In the outbreak of indignation w.Ach followed, a mob invaded the French legation where General Oscr.r hld, | took 'olin out and shot bim to doa th. The uprising began before daybreak wkou thc presidential palace wus set aflro.. President Guillaume took re fuge in the French legation and man-1 aged to escape the :uob. Port-Au-Prlncc, fl ny tl. July 27.--Arl revolutionary movement against Che | "ngyigMr"t ifrTf?i n,?? Irin troops attacked tho presidential palace. Firing continued two hour*, with a numtw or casualties. Presi dent Guillaume ls in tho palace i in sisting the attack. The building ls In iianire Tabes lio inge W 0? French. Port-nu-Prlnco, July 27.-Thc pres ident with a few loyal, troops and his? personal staff male a courageous de fense. Alter the palace caught fire |f?!o took refuge at the French'consu late with his family. General Oscar, thc governor ot Port-RU-Prlnco, took refuge with the Dominican legation, after the president left fhh palace. .Th? casualties w? believed to be heavy. By' noon the city waa In. the. possession of tho revolutionists. Tbo movements was started t* > regiment of troop v.*t& tad been diabatided nn(j thero haB beeny.'reign of terror here for ten days. On June 17 Glllospie ?togah causing the orrer.l of all Haiti Iens of any wealth or. posit ion without regard to ago or ?ex. tlc besan ex pelling all foreigners and Halton wo roon have bern arrested on the streets and imprisoned. ph July ITthe French actress, Madame Tnldy, was arrested in thia manner. Prisons are full and condi tions deplorable. 'Prisoners dio dally of hunger end unsanitary conduin..H. Many refugees have taken shelter In fo reign legnUoivu l!u<rter Conner* Hfrlke. Now York, July 27.-Thc tieup bl the Ceglcr company plant bogan yo? torday when tho coopers struck was made complete when virtually all th* ether, employes quit. A lar^a crowd clashed with tho guards at the gates. There- wera three arrests. Hi?t fe Alaska. Toe. loward, Alaska, July 27.-Thc GERMANS FORCED ?Q LEffi GflPIOREB StiiP Patrol Boats interfered AfW Sob marine Had Bee? ffccwjr With Otfees- Vessels. RT TO ?SIANS ! ONTUM FOR NASHVILLE MAYOR HOWSE AND TWO COMMISSIONERS ARE SUSPENDED ROBERT HAUGHN NAMED RECEIVER [Officials Ousted Under Recently Enacted Law-Say They WAI Appeal. Nashville, Tenn., July 27.-Hubert I laugh n master in chancery was to day appointed - tho receiver ior tho municipality of Nashville by Chancel lor Allison. Soon afterward Circuit Jpdge Matthews suspended Mayor Hilary H. Howse and Commissioners Robert Elliott and Lyle AndrowB un der Tennessee's new ouster law. J. W. Wilkerson, Toccntly resigned as city commissioner and Andrews this morning has been dismissed by tho commission, but the legality of their action is- being questioned. Ho was included In the ouster proceeding. He with 'Comptroller Burns. Treasurer Meyers abd Assistant Treasurer Wes? _ tor are under indictment in conuue '"tlon with tho dis?prcaranco of ccr-y tain books .and records from conip of^chii^ manogem. ut, there being aa investi-; patio:; .now; Tho men ousted bavo announced au appeal. f-My Treasurer Ousted. Nashville; July 27.--City Treasurer Meyers was alBo ousted. Th? re- 1 oclvorshlp suit wus brought by Comptroller Huras and other tax payons. Hums has resigned since, the ?ult started. r Tho ouster pro-! cecil!)gs wore starteJ by the other ( tax payer. HOWELL CASE WILL BE TROIS 1G?8T I Further Postponement l?,ct Likely -Tidwell at Liber*/ Under $10,000 Bond. I Greenville, July 27.-Tho trial of ?corge W. Tidwell. Sr., for murder, oheduldd to comc Mn at the Au torm of the court of general soa KjlbmS for Greenville county. At pren nent there is nothing to indicate that (thc trial will be postponed, tho case of the illness ot tl ter, who I? a prim se wa? I cotvrt 1 nd that I d In. a iSMERM 1NSTALU I Sj??ML FUST! I Devine Placed on Creating of Ed ute Lamber Ca a. Line and So?tfeer? Hens' Branchville. a Goes Into War Zorn When tho Cunard stcnmtiaip ?r*du na, which narrowly escaped a German submarino on July 9, sailed for Liver pool July 23 her commander, Capt. Tom Taylor, was vlsi!wi by many friends who bade him goodby In a most fervent manner. Capt. Taylor, however, merely bullied at their/ earnestness and ? refused to lorik. frightened at the prospect of again venturing into the? war zone. There were fifteen first, Bovcnty fiw second and 10,r> third CI?IHS pas sengers aboard. Eight were Ameri cans. Among thom , were Abraham S. Burns, and the F.ev. H. E. Young of Chicago, Miss Lydia D< Wheeler of MEXICAN II CONFER REPORTED TO BE PREPARING I PATION OF FINAL APPE/f AT NACO RELIEVED! OF CARRAN: Washington, July 27.-Mexican 'caders arc reported tonight to be pre ?pkwif-wih1 a-Hwuut uum*A* mnarm chiefs in anticipation o? /; final appear t by the United Stales VM ali factious 'for .peace, it is said tho conference ! wllL bo held with or without Cpr jraasa. who has thus far refuBtd tp [confer. ? IrYaahington, July 27.-Carransa ftToops evacuated No?o, leaving the .civil authorities In administration. Tie. action relieves the threatening BECKER HY ; Justice Ford Will Ask Gov. Whit man to Respite # Ho Needs More lone to Consider Argu ments in Motion for iii rr Trial. Chi elo< dill res win Uot i?> ro* (Bec h, - b) nev ex? bother in the >n nd iio mo mi un ?fon tomor .rior io give ' ho. thinks . I ! i ' ?reparlng a j out .it his MINISTER FREED OF MURDER CHARGE Kilied Man Who Struck Hi* Moth er and Threatened Him 45 j Yeasv Ago. aft be .cia ne With Munitions Philadelphia and John H. Jones, <MTB Janie he vi UK and li. Forbes Mitchell of New York City. . Mes. Sarah Jano Scholes of Ilollin wootl, England, an author, who ar rived Monday on tho Tuscania, went homo on the Ond.una. She was not agrald of tho prospect of meeting a German submarine, but did'not like thc Idea of getting aboard tho vessel In tho elevator. She said :;]n> preferred lo walk aboard. Frederick Chirgwin of Swindon, En uland, whose wlfo and ten-year-old son wcro lost when the Lusitania went to England to ail tie tho estato of lits wife. .EADERS : ON PEACE FOR CONFERENCE IN ANTICI iL BY U. S.-SITUATION BY WITHDRAWAL situation Irr which Funston had or ders to sholl thc Mexicans away from the border if the fighting endangered rican torritory. Consul Canada I Vera Cruz, reported that eight (lean naval vessels wcro moving troops coming from tho interior. il veston, July 27.-The main army ?en? ral Obregpn ia attacking Tor according to a report of'the Car ia consulate herc, lt ls also report ,N:itera wita eight thousand mon doned Villa for Carranza. ANY STRIKERS puen TO WORK ?riff Kmkhead Says Wage In creaic Will Be Granted ? Girards Will bc Removed When 'Order Prevails. kew York, July ?7.-About f.fteen jitttidred striker^ .-etuincd to work ?i l? rlantB of tho -Standard and Tide (tcr oil companies in llayonno. yor Garvin, and Sheriff - Kinkead larc! that by 2 o'clock all the kors would be back at work and guards removed, s ho sherill said a wage Increase ld bo granted -beforu tho end of week. About fivo thousand haye n idio. Kinkead had ?Ix hundred fifty uniformed pol Tmcn and ds about tho Standard Oil plant, six blocks there was a guard ry fifty feet and on every comer ol iceman with a rifle. A crowd of eral hundred were dispersed. Two esta were mado but there was po -rder. Rfcport of U. S. Steel Corporation Reports Big Increase Over S. STEEL I I Now York, July 27.--The report of United States steel corporation tho quarter ending J,one 3oth, m-~ ont today ?haws a decided im vement tn the steel and Iron In dustry. The total crningg of the er.rpcration for this quarter wero j&enty-scven million, nine hundred fifty thousand dollars, or more twice that of tine first quarter this year. ?After paying a quarti rly dividend of ono and three quarter per cent on jveferrea - stock, there remained jarplus or more than eight million. SUPPLEMENT TO RECE_MT_ NOTE ASKS THAT PUBLICATION OF NOTE RECEIV O BE POSTPONED WOULD HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED TODAY Note to Come is Believed a Sup plement to Reply Defending Order fan Council. Washington. July 27.-Tue request today by Slr Edward Grey, ?rtlist) minister for foreign affairs that tho United 8tates withhold from publica* tion in Wednesday's papers, aa origi nally planned, thc text of yesterday's Uri tish reply to tho American ?pro test against the British order in coun cil, caused much speculation tonight in official circles. The only explana tion from Grey wa? Amt another British note was coming, which lt is hell i ved hero will he supplementary to tho first one. Tho note ot yesterday 1B under stood to bo framed on the theory that the order in council doeB not trans gress tho rights of neutral shipping under International law. Ono part ot tho British noto is understood to deal with; the rlgh-t ot a country to blockade an enemy throug neutral ports. . Washington, July 27.--Slr Edward Grey cabled Secretary or State. Lans ing today that the British govern ment ls preparing a?otha?*af* totbe "V?Ued SateTon th,. o?-clin- in conn el] and asked that the note delivered yesterday be withheld from publica tion pending the receipt of the new communication. State department of ficial's assume that the note is supple mental in nature. The development will further delay the dispatch of tho noto to Great Britain which Secretary Lansing bas been preparing. OECISlflulilftl VICTORY FOB BANKS Justice Watts Decides Tax Com mission b Without Authority to Assess Shareholders. Columbia, July 27.-"I therefore conclude, that tho tax commission ls without authority under the act to assess the property of shareholders in a bauk, state or national," says Asso ciate Juntico Watts of the supremo court today in a decision In the case of the banks of tho sta!o aga'. <\ tho South Carolina tax commission. A writ of mandamus will be issued taking tho matter of aasesmonts out of tho hands of the commission and placing It with tho counties. This is a Victory for the banks on tho first round. Tho bearing in the matter was hold several days ago at Laurens. Tho ease will probably bo appealed.to thc supreme court. Stocks Advance. Now York, July 27.-Not for weeks (has there been such a broad and sustained advance in stocks as today. The demand for railroad stocks was the most significant fea ture. NorwegUcfl Vessel Attacked. Amsterdam, July 27.-Tho Norwe gian schooner Marboo waa attacked and .set on fire Sunday by a German submarine. AUSTRIAN AEROPLANE BOMBARDEO VERONA No Casualties Resulted From Raid Or? Distinguished City Flyer Escaped. Verona, July 27.-An Austrian aeroplane dropped about a dosen bombs here this morning. There were no casualties and but little dam age. All forts fired at tho aero piero bat lt escaped. Situated nt th? base of the Ty rolese, Alps, with a population of seventy-five thousand. Varona is dls tingabhed for Its M?fierai palaces, collections ot paintings, rare booka and antiquities. REDFIELD WILL MAY LOOK INTO CASE INDE PENDENTLY OF FEDERAL INSPECTION SERVICE CORONER'S JURY MAKES PROGRESS Witnesses Gave Jury Several hen son* -Why Eastland Meyr Have Overturned. Chicago. July 27.-With. ta> arrival ot Secretary of Commerce Redfield stops were taken today to determine '? what form, of federal Investigation tho Eastland disaster wouldV take. Medfield 1B expected to go Into the case indepcndentiy ot tho federal in spection service. Bight investigations are in progress or ar? contemplated Tho situation ls complicated by the clash between States Atterney Hoyne and the federal authorities nver tho possession of evidence, gathered; by. the Chicago poilco. Ttve county grand Jury has started a {testing, pf tho taken evidence. United Stales Attorney Cline ealied witnesses' for tho federal grand jury. Their har bor and wharves committee ot the city council began an Inquiry and the state Public Utilities commission ls considering starting aa2 Investigation. Governor Dunne has been' urged to call a special session of the teal?? tature. The sanitary district board meets Thursday to appoint'an inveS* ?ligation board. Until the Estland ia raleod It^is ^ob^e^^B^Ui^^er dead between ono thousand- 'atti twelvo hundred. Chicago, July ' 27.- O ver load ina, underballasting, and groUputlg on the river bottom wero cited today nt tfie coroner's inquost as reasons why tb? Eastland overturned . Saturday. Three more bodies were recovered.?or day. Witness Test?f^s. Chicago, July 27.-The State Pub* He -Utilities commission announced they would not coQddct an investiga tion because the ground ts covered by others. Tho attorney from tho United States attorney's .attlee visited the men 'held ?a witnesses, obtained statements and ?ubpon?aed them to appear before the federst grand Jury. Robert Moore, a witness at the In quest declared that he first notices the listing at 7:lf>. He -was on the second deck when a refrigerator en board tipped over. Ht* 'declared there was no rush to the fail before ' the vessel ? listed, and there wes no warn ing. He thought there-was ample time to have emptied/ tho boat IC warning had been given The total dead and missing ts now j placed; at 1,220. IO WITHHOLD DEMS I OF MM PUNS Secy. Garrison Objects to Haning Incomplete Military Plans. * Washington, July; -Secretary Garrison tonight issued a statement urging that he ne not pressed for detail? of the military policy being formulated until an appropriate time for making shem public, which he said will be when they'aro complet ed. He believes that malting partially complete plans public cause people to get the wrong vlewof tn?m.. No Hta?ry. Washington, July 27.-Secretary of War Garrison returned from a V.def holiday today and began preparing a. statement foi: President Wilson on th? preparedness of the country. Ho de clared there was no hurry-up pro gram. INQUIRY INTO NORDUNA ATTACK Ambassador Gerard ?s&vere Not?, of loqurr to tirroan Foresga Offiou* ; "*: . Berlin. July 27.-Thu* American ambassador presented to the foreign oSSce a not? of la^alry resorting the Germans submarine's ?Uack ou the British liner Orduna, % ed the uves of America