VOLUME II._ANDERSON, S. C. THURSDAY MORN IN ti, JULY 2S, 1915.
NUMBER 171.
GERMANS Ft
IO BEUT DOWN
SLAV DEFENSE
RUSSIANS HOLDING LINES IN
TACT AGAINST HEAVY
ASSAULTS
GERMANS CLAIM
LITTLE PROGSFSS
Relative Calm Prevails in West
Austrians Claim Italian Of
fensive is Failure.
landon, July 28.-Although the
Germans aro using strong reinforce
ments thoy have not yet beaten down
the Russian resistance either around
Warsaw or in Kcvno and Courland
providences, in each of whch places
fighting liar, raged for a fortnight.
Aro nd Warsaw tho Russians have
hurled themselves on tho German
lines in a series of counter attacks,
which halted the German advance.
Von Hindenberg's troops who have
been pressing the Russians along a
sixty mile Narew .Sector and the
troops of the Au. itri.in Grand Duke in
southeast Poland have felt the force
of the Russian onsloughts.
Berlin and Vienna declaro thc Rus
sian offensive has been put down,
but thoy do not deny that the Austro
Germane have made only slight prog
r?s; If any. If Von Mackensen is
making any advance in thc southeas
tern sector of tho grert Polish linc
nothing concerning it has been per
mitted to become ' known. Berlin
-states >tho Bitnation of tho German
troops in this region is virtually un
changed. . . ". , ..".._
Except for oncounters in Alsace
where both French and Germans
claim bmall gain:*, and northwest of
Souches where trench fighting has
been going on there is a ? relative
calm in the went
The furious battle which has rag
ed for days in the Gorizia theatre ot
tho Austro-Italiun campaign ha? end
ed in a complete failure of the Ital
ians to attain their objective, accord
ing to Vienna. Vienna also declares
tho Austrians are holding their own
against the"'Italians attacks' along thc
1 non zo front.
Before parliament adjourned to
night until September fourteenth
Premier Asquith said the war had
become and ilikely would continuo for
rnnie time a contest of endurance.,
London, July 28.-Though the Gor
mans hold a great line from the Gulf
of Riga south/westward around War
saw to the Galician frontier near
Sokal, it is estimated they will have
to have five hundred thousand men
nnd even then tho Russian fronts
will not yet be broken. On the Narew
at tho North Polish capital tho Rus
sians made a stubborn resistance
holding von Hindenburg, while in the
south the combined Teutonic forces
trying to seize the Lubiin-Chelm rail
way h>?ve been for days on the
threshold of success without being
abie actually to achieve it.
.Fighting in this latter front has
been renewed with tho greatest In
tensity. Tho Teutons, claim to have
improved their position on tho ex
treme right which rests on tho river
Bug. Immediately west of Wp^saw^
a comparativo quiet prevails aui it
is along tho I.ubln-Chelm section or
" in t!ie Narew region that lt ls be
lieved a crisis is impend??.
Either Freat Critical.
London, Jilly 28.--Which one of
these fronts is of tho greatest strate
(C?NT1NUED. ON PAGE FOUR. )
ENGt?N?l?
moms TO
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE WILL
LiSHED IN CIVIL WAR IN
RIGHT TO BLOCKAE
Washington, July 28,--Defense, of
the right of belligerent" to* blockade
a neutral port -through which an
enemy la receiving supplies or at
tempting to market ita products In
the chief argument in tho supolemcn
tal note Great' Britain ls sending in
reply to th? American protest against
the enforcement of the orders in
council The original note already
received ls being withheld from pub
lication here ai thc request of Great
Britain pending the Arrival ot tho
second note Which is expected this
weak.
Wreck of the Eastland in Chicago* River, Where Hundreds Died
ra t^\lff; ftp ??. fi
This photograph ot the wreck of the
excursion steamer Eastland in the
Chicago River, Saturday morning,
waa taken an hour after the accident.
It looks toward the Clark street
bridge from a point above the stern
of thc vessel. She is lying on her
port side, and thu crowd of men on
tho hull are tho rescuers who took
from thc hold more than 1,000 deal.
In tho distance at thc..right is the
tug Kenosha, which hud a line at the
bciw of ttye Eastlnnd to tow ber to
Lake Michigan. The captain of the
tug, as be saw the steamship careen
ing swung around with his stern
against her bow and his bow against
the wuurr. This formed a bridge over
which several hundred escaped.
ITALY CLAIMS
General Staff Announces Battle
'On Plateau Continues Favor
able to Italians--Progress To
ward Martino.
Romo, July 28.-Continuance or the
battle on Carao plateau with results
favorablo to tho Italian arms is re
corded in a statement of tile Italian
general staff " .mod last night. Thc
Italians captured a strong positionxo?
San Mlc'vaole, but because of the
cross fire of the Austrian artillery
below Hi? crest their positions were
not maintained. On the centre pro-'
gress toward Sau Martino, is record
ed. On the right a position on Monte
Pie was taken, together with about
3,20ft prisoners, including- 42 officers
and quantities of war mutcrinls. In
tlie Atone valley tho Italians oc
cupied Monto Lavanesch and Pissona
crest, taking full possession of the
right slope The struggle continues
in the Monte Negro region.
iEFENDS " '
) BLOCKADE
, CITE PRECEDENTS ESTAB
I U. S. IN SUPPORT OF
>? NEUTRAL PORTS,
The British government will re
gard all points other than that of tho
blockade of neutral ports as subsi
diary and proper for discussion later.
Civil war precedents which estab
lished for the United States the right
of blockading neutral ports will form
the chief basis of tho British argu
ment Tho supplementary note also
.will call attention to the greatly en
larged United States trade with the
neutral governments of Europe ad
joining Germany since the war be
gan.
PRESIDENT OF
HAITJJILLED
Mob Dragged Guillaume From
French Legation.and Executed
Him-American Marines Land
ed at Capital.
Washington, July 28.-American
marines were landed toda yat Fort
Au Prince, Haiti, to protect tho lives
and property of Americans and other
foreignern. The marines were said
to have thc situation in hand.
After tho mob killed President,
Guillaume it was feared they would
harm foreigners. The United States
is expected to take steps toward set
ting up and supporting some goverp
mont.
Port Au Prince, July 28.-A mob of
Ha?tiens today invaded the French
legation; seized ViUburn Guillaume,
the president of Upi:I. and dragged
him to the street, where he was
executed. His body was mutilated,
ted to. a rope and .dragged through
tho street?.
The shooting occurred immediately
after' the burial of tho 1-CO political
prisoners who were massacred in the
! prison yesterday. The mob was com
! posed largely of relatives of the vic
tims.
The people aro .intensely excited
and further vlolenro is fenre:!.
I The American cruiser Washington
?ls expoctei at any moment. The
French minister was depending on the
cruiser ta protect tho legation. '
-
Only Seventy Executed.
Washington, July 28.-State de
partment advlcep, today from tho
churgo d'affaires at Port Au Prince
said the number of political prisoners
executed 'by order of General Oscar'
was 70.
BLAKES flERVAXY FOB
Tl'IfKISH -MASSA CH ES
London, July 28.-The earl of Crew
stated In parliament today that Turk
ish massacres of Christians In Ar
menia had increased In number and
degree ot atrocity lately. Ho accus
ed the Germans of toeing partly res
ponsible for the crimes.
STANDARD OIL
STRIKE ENDED
Practically All Employes Have
Returned to Work-Bogus
Strike Leader Will Probably bc
Released Today.
. New York, July L'S.--Thc strike nt
t'.:e Payonno niant of the . Standard
nnd Tidewater Oil rompan? is ended.
Virtually every man returned. Gen
eral, companies which closed - during
tho rioting in which three strikers
were killed, have dim resumed.
Jeremiah J. linly, the leader,
watched J.h.? men return Crom thc
Rchorlff's automobile Haly is to bo re
leased today. Frank Tannenbaum,
tile 1. W. W. leader, will also bc re
leased. Police still guardod the Bug
ler company's work at Jersey City,
?where SOO aro striking. Authorities
hope lt will soon end. ThWty guards
at the Tidewater plan*, charged with
inciting'to riot will bo arraigned to
day.
AMERICAN FACES
SERIOMABGE
Former Consular Clerk May Face
Charge of Treason for Aid
ing Englishman to Leave Ger
many.
Washington, July" 28.--Harry L.
Wilson of Portland. Oregon, reccntlly
a clerk in tbe American consulate at
Berlin and now under arrest there,
nominally for trying to leave Germany
without a passport, really ls held
under charges that state department
officials consider serious. ?
lt was learned tonight that the real
charge against him is that heralded
a British subject to obtain a passport,
asserting that he knew the applicant
to bo an American.
Federal Officials Take Charge of
Wreck-Will Take Ten Day?
to Raise 111 Fated East
land.
Chicago. July 2?.-While the vari
ous investigations to establish tim,
cause nml fix tho responsibility of '
the Rastland disaster proceeded, the
work of raising the half submerged:
\V8Bel began. The federal officials re
placed thc polico >n c.iargc of the
wreck. It will take ten days to raise,
the boat it is said. Meantime -SO
divers are searching the river bottom
for a radious of two blocks.
Chicago, July 28.-Mayor Thomp
son, returned Trom San Francisco tb
day and went immediately to the city
hali. Ho conferred with deputy
heads in a drizzling rain.
Chicago paid tribute to tie East
land dead. A day has boen set asido
by tho. city for the funeral services
for over six aun ired whose . bodies
have been recovered. The m:i vor de- !
dared a day of public mourning, the
board of trade held a short session
and adjourned, ball games were post
poned and many bushiest houses
closed. vHeads were bared as^ the
processions passed and large crowds
were outside.
Chicago's, automobile trucks wc ie
donated by business houses and usci
to carry tho bodies as there were not
enough hearses to go around.
In ono instance a man in a silk hat
and frock coat drove a hugo trucq, in
side of Waich were the^fchrco bodies of
an entire family. A hayrack in an
other Instance carried' two bodies.
A I/.WI AMA SOLON'S TOTE
MANY TAX EXEMPTIONS
Montgomery, July 28.-The lower
house of tho Alabama legislature vot
ed to exempt from taxi' lion for ten
years all capital Invested lu shin
building plants, cotton mill?, - water
power plants and for the manufacture
of lime nitrogen and all incidental val
ues of property brought about by
planting citrus fruits and aatsuma
oranges.
MAY ARRANGE
PEACE MEETING
Villa* Zapata and Other? Have
Hinted That Peace Conference
May Yet Be Held-Carranza
May Join.
Washington, July 28.-In trna tiens
hnvo peached tho state department, it
?as learned tonight, that a Joint peace
conference of all Mexican factions can
he arranged under condition's. ac
ceptable to Carranza, although Car
ranza has not yet in J lea ted whether
he will yield to another United States
request that he join in the peace ne*
Cotations.
Villa, Zapata, Maytorena and many
others have indicated that another
effort by the United States will take
any further steps, however, until
President Wilson returns from Cor
nish.
N. Y. Cot lon Advances.
New York, July 28.-The scare
over thc water and crop situation
caused an advance of more than a
dollar and a half per bale today. The
New Orleans market ehowol about
thc samo gain.
TO ASK DM
S1NKING_1
U. S. WILL CONTEND S1NKINC
PRUSSIAN-AMERICAN TR
TlOr OF INTER]
-
Washington, July 28.-With the re
ceipt this afternoon ot a virtually
complete report on the German sub
marine's sinking of tho American
steamer I ^ee lan aw tho state depart
ment began preparing a note request
ing Germany to pay damages for the
Lcelaoaw oa the'ground that the sink
ing violated' the Prussian-American
treaty of eighteen twenty, eight. The
report showed, however, that the sub
marine did not violate International
law io sinking the Leeianaw.
DIE FRIDAY;
?PPEALLOST
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
REFUSES NEW TRIAL FOR
MURDERER
GOV. WHITMAN
WONT INTERFERE
Says If He Had Any Doubt as to
Becker's Guilt He Would
Pardon Him.
New York. July 28.-Justice Ford
ot tho State Supreme court, tonight
refused a new trial to Charles Becker,
convicted of instigating the murder
of Herman Rosenthal.
Tho decision means that Becker
muBt be electrocuted Friday, all other
means of escaping the chair having
been tried unsuccessfully.
None of Becke?*". ccunoel were pres
ent when .lastic? Vnrr. announced the
refusal of reeker's aprllcation. Only
newspaper mon, the Justice's brother
and a clerk we?e present. Mrs.
Becker was said to be visiting her
husband at that moment.
After saying that the ?vidence by L
which the new trial waa soughttwas
Insufficient, the justice said In con
clusion: "Aa I studied authority and
examined the affldavHs the conviction
grew upon me that a new trial eould
not be granted without disregarding
the law and t tempting io ucurp..tho
functions of another department of
the government." He also said Beck
er's statement did net evew-eenteud It
contained new evidence and therefore
must be disregarded.
dev. Whitman's Comment.
Albany. July 28.-Justice Ford did
the only thing he could do. The evi
dence was conclusive. If I had any
doubt as to Becker's gulit I should
pardon him." This waa. Governor
Whitman's only comment tonight on
Becker.
MOUTtT PLEASANT MAYOR
DOESN'T LIKE CLOSE-UP
Columbia, July 27.-"The mayor of >
Mount Pleasant this morning wired
the governor protesting. against the
closing of the dispensary during the
encampment of the First regiment on
the Isle of Palms saying that lt was
affecting the finances of the town. Tho
governor replied by wiro" that he
would take the matter up when he
reached Charleston tonight
Italian Volunteers Leave.
New York, July 28.-Ono -thousand
volunteers for the Italian army are
passengers on the Dante Alllghtero,
sailing for Naples and Genoa.
ENGLAND ESTABLISHES
MUNITIONSJFAGTORIES
Sixteen Started and Tait More
Large Ones Will be stablish
ed at Once.
, London, July 28.-Sixteen national
munitions factories have been estab
lished In England and the 'govern
ment will establish ten more large
ones, David Lloyd George announced
In the house of commons tonight, ad
ding that this will enable the British
army to win.
1AGES FOR
.EELANAW
1 WAS IN VIOLATION OF OLD
EATY-WAS NOT VIOLA*
NATIONAL LAW. /
Admiralty Report.
Washington, July ??8.-Ambassador
Page today forwarded a report to the
British admiralty on the sinking ot
the Lee lana w by a German Sily
marine. The admiralty reported the
Leelanaw was flying the /. :erlcan
flag and tho crew had plenty ot tune
to take to the boats which were tow*d
sixty miles until a strange vessel was
sighted.