The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, August 11, 1915, Page 1, Image 1
\
VOLUME IL
ANDERSON, S. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1915.
I E. Kl
NUMBER 146.
FATE OF RUSSIANS MAY DE
PEND UPON RESULT OF
NEW ATTACK
SUCCESS WOULD
MEAN BALKAN AID
Russians F?*cuating Vilna and
Kovno May be Next-Austro
Germans Checked in North.
London, Aug. 10.-Greater efforts
by tho allies to force thc Dardanelles,
and thus succor tho Russians, who
are hard pressed by the Austro-Gcr
mansi and simultaneously influence
the Balkans, and a Zeppelin attack on
Flange in which fourteen were killed
and fourteen wounded, are thc fea
tures of tonight's war news.
For some lime news from the Dar
danelles hns been cheerful to tho
British public which have been told
the hopo Is brighter for a successful
issue. Tho renewed attempt against
the Turkish positions annean; to have
been a ' concent rated one.
Attnckn at tin of (peninsular along
the Krlthia road, trained the Britlhs
two hundred yards on a front of
three hundred yarda, and nt Sari Bari
an imnortnnt crest has been occupied,
according to an official announcement
which adds that. el?owh?re i i<-e-h.
landing has been affected and consid
erable nrpeross made.
The British claim to have Captured
_sjx buodred and thirfv nrisnnors. as
well as ?u?Vand material at tho place
whei*?? they landed. Constantinople
admits the landing and says it was
near Arl Rurnuko. and also says
another British attempt to land near
Karaehali waa t repulsed. It is be
lieved -herc fhn latter attempt was to
miolend the Turks.
It. ls believed hero that tho allies'
success in the Dardanelles would
bring the Balkans definitely over to
tb??lr aide and that lt would bo the
onlv way the alllies could render Im
mediate aid to Russia. Haly ts be
lieved tn he orena ring to take a band'
In the Dardanelles operations.
Tho Germans- lost a Zeppelin In
their raids over En cl and Monday
nlaht and this morning. it was
rerlously damaged bv cnnflre and fell
Into the sea near. Ostend. Reli-lnm.
The Germans, towed lt In. but British
airmen destroyed it. Tt ls boUevod
four or Ave airships were in tho raid.
A dispatch from Holland todav said
five more airships passed over en
route - toward TCngland, so nsnother
raid 1 a expected;
Paris reports the Gorman attacks
have been repulsed in Artois and Ar
gonne regions. Sir John French re
ports the British, have evacuated some
of the trenches they captured from
the Germav?( near Hooge. because
artillery made tho trenches untena
ble, but in Hooge itself tho British
hold consolidated positions.
The Austro-Gerraans are closing in
on the portions ot the Russian armies
remaining in tho Polish salient. The
Wido -Cormnn outflanking movement
in the north has been stopped but fur
ther south thoy aro approaching Ko\
no and the Ffeasians arc preparing to
evacuate Vilna, east of Kovtto. The
Austro-Germana have also captured
Lomxa and are approaching the river
Bdg. The Teutona are advancing
east of Warsaw, making another ef
fort to destroy tho Russians bul tho
Russians aro now belle voil safe.
FIin^MXION ?N
BRITISH GOLD
J. P. Morgan & Co. to Get Big
. Om9?gnment-~-Qbject Not
Steted.
New" York, Aug. 10,-The value of
t shipment of British gold enroute
hare from Halifax is fifty million dol
lars, according to the American Fx
vresa Company. J. P. Morgan and
Co.. consignees, refused Information
on the purpose of the shipment.
BJefcards Wins Decathlon.
San Francisco, Aug. W>,-A. N.
Richards, of the Illinois Athletic Club.
Chicago, Imlay won tho' Decathlon,
giving him the title as the best all
round athlete In thc United States.
First Sea Island Bale.
Adel. Gs.. Aug. 30.-What in said
to bc the ftrst hale of now Bea Iala.td
cotton waa bought today by J. S.
Jones, fi aold for 27 1-2 cents?, lt
was shipped to Sava^oah.
I EFFORTS
MELLES;
l? SEND MD
RUSSIAN ARMIES
STILL FALL PACK
6EF0REGERIHANS
RUSSIANS, HOWEVER, ARE
MAKING DETERMINED
STAND
GERMANS ATTACKS
FAIL IN THE NORTH
Germans Reported Winning Pro
nounced Successes Through
out Southern Poland.
London, Aug. 10.-The Teutonic
pressure ou the eastern front con
ues heavily against thc Russians all
atong tho line. The russians are re
tiring steadily in most sections North
cast of Warsaw, up to the Baltic, tho
Russians aro making a most de
termined Bland. Increasingly strong
resistance is indicated in this terri
tory, where a serioua breach will me
nace the Russian defense.
In the Baltic provinces,. Petrograd
claims that the Germans arc -being
pressed back irom Riga on land, while
the attempt of a German battle fleet
to get through the minc barriers at'
the entrance of the gulf of Riga was
beaten off.
Tho Russians also claim to have
checked Uio German advance guards
in thc Vilkomcr district, where thc in
vaders are within 50" miles ' of the
trunk line railroad to Petrograd.
At Kovno, it is declared that des
perate attacks- on the forts have been
repulsed with.heavy losses.
AuBtro-German pressure oil thc re- :
tiring Russians continues strong in
the Warsaw sector, along the lines
to tuc southeast.
Pronounced successes for the Teu
tons are reported throughout south
ern Poland. *
Rome reporta the capture of some
Austrian trenches in Cavallo pass in
the Carnie region and Plava zone. .
The Russian report new successes
against the Turks in tho Caucasus,
near the Euphrates river.
A Rrltlsh advance in the vicinity of
Hooge marked tho most important en
gagement the British army has fig
ured in since tho Festuhert battle last
May.' The gain was small, but waa
main tabled against counter tl tacas.
The Balkan situation is chaotic. A
Saloniki dispatch says the Teutonic
plan to strike at. Serbia bas found
expression in concentration of forces .
along the Sorbtan frontier, lt ls said
that one hundred thousand troops
have bean massed .at Orsova, Hun
gary, which may bo tho forerunner
of tho predicted campaign to aid Tur
key.
Italy, has not declared war on Tur
key, but Athens reports that the'Ita
lian consuls are leaving Turkey, en
trusting Italian affairs to Americana.
If true it probably will mean impend
ing d?v*>lopments in the (Balkans, dic
tated by Italian action.-.
The British press is sarcastic about
the German's reports ot poaco over
tures to Russia. Virtually all relt
orato there can be no p?..nco until tho
allies win. It is generally believed
that Germany is willing to conclude
peace aa matters stand, but the. bur
den of comment ls that the situation
makes peace impossible from the ?- j
Ees' standpoint. !
Austrians Itefaforctd.
Geneva, -Aug. 10.-A Tribune dis
patch front' Lelbach, Austria, says
troops released from the- Fusslan
campaign have appeared on thc Ital
ian front. Thirty thousand equip
ped with, a large amount, of artillery
attacked the Italians yesterday out
side of Gorilla. The Italians, after
flinting for hours, brough up ad
ditional artillery' forcing tho Austri
ans to retreat into Gorilla, leaving
two thousand dead.
The Italians are said to have gain"
ed. an important strategic point hr
Joining forces between Romans and
Bohordo, south of Gredlsca. Tho
Austrians Josi heavily. The bombard- j
ment of Rovorto continues. I
Lo?sa Captured. j
Berlin, .Aug. . 10.-Fort Nuroher 4
at Lomza occupied, says a Berlin
official. Lom?a ia TS miles south-!
west ot Suwaiki on the Narew river. !
LaHa^H
Glimpse of Storn
More than furty persons were killed
and more injured in the storm and
flood which swept through Brie, Pa.,
-
Denies Inference That Large.
Trade With Allies in War Mu
nitions Violates Neutrality in
Any Respect.
--
Washington. Aug. 10.-The United
States sent to Vienna the note reject
ing the -Austro-Hungarian views, os.
outlined in their recent note, that the
great segle on which America- iso fur
nishing war munitions to the enemies
of Germanic allies "is not in conso
nance with the dcfluitlo not neutral!
ty.?
The United States note is friendly,
but flatly states the position that the
United States bas permitted no vio
lations of neutrality, and that Ameri
can . exporters have a right to sell
war supplies to whoever is able to,
purchase and receive them.
Boise Eastland Today.
Chicago, Aug. 10.-The steamer
Bastland will be raised tomorrow.
United States District Attorney Cludo
announced tonight. Ho expected to
lind tiie bodies Ot many missing.
ALLIED AEROPLANES
RAID BARVARjAN TOWNS
Killed Eight and Wounded Two af.
Sankt Ingbert-Little Dam
age at Zweibrucken.
Berlin, Aug. 0.-lt waa officially an.
nouncod today that about she or eight
al Hod aeroplane*, - a tl nek od ZwcJb
rueeken and Sankt Ingbert in Bavara,
outside ?the military district and kill
ed eight and wo?ndod two at Sankt
Ingbert. They dropped about fifteen
bomb at Zweibrueekoo, causing only
unimportant damage.
Kassians to K measle VHaa.
",Petrograd, Mig. 10.--The Russians
are preparing to evacuate Vllna. 100
miles south of Riga on the ra' toad
fro rn Warsaw to. Pet*?grad.
?SoppHtus Attack Kassian Town.
; Petrograd. Aug. ?U.-A Zeppelin
bombarded pielostok killing a wo
man and.wound lng a child. Another
bombarded Kovcl without results.
f Cruiser India Hank.
Borlin. Aug.- 10-The British
Cruiser India, has been torpedoed
off the Swedish coast. Eighty of the
crew were saved.
i's Effeqt on Erie
Tuesday, Aug. 3.- This photograph
shows the damage dono one building.
.Many more wero left in the same con
dition.
Spartanburg Man and "Toha*'
Morgan of Creen ville in Sec
ond Race for' Congress in
fourth District
Greenville, Aug. 10.-B. A. Mor
gan of Greenville and Sam J. Nicholls
of Spartanburg will make a tecond
race for Die Democratic nomination
for congress froui tho fourth district,
according to nearly complete returns
toi. gilt. A. H. Miller of Grcer ran
third In thc race.
Thc total voto accounted or here la
li.625 which is probably within 2.00
of thu entire vote polled in thc dis
trict. The result follows:
Tho result follows:
Nichols, 4.802; Morgan. ?,612; Mill
er, 2,532; John.son, 1,785; Blackwood,
1,744; Gantt, 150;
Marvin lt. Heese and J. Terry
Wood, both of Greer, will make a sec:
2nd.raen for the legislature, M. >B.
mlth and R .W. Mathonoy receiving
but few votes. The results were as
fallows: 1 Mathonoy, '?['A; ftsese, 1,
72!?; Smith. 170; Wood, 2.322.
BRITISH RESTRUYER
SUI IN ?H SEA
Lynx Struck Floating Mine-Four
Officers and Twenty Two
Men Saved*.
Leu-Son, Aug. 10.-Tho British t?r
pedo boat destroyer Lyn^' .waa sunk
yesterday In the North Sea.by striking
a mine, according to an official an
nouncement tonight. Four ^ofljeers
end twenty two men of tho trew wore
saved. The Lynx crew jin normst
times was a hundred officers "arid
men. She displaced niue' hundred
tons.
More Muriner to Haiti. '
Philadelphia. Aug. 10-Tho cruiser
Tennessee, carrying 862 marines, sail
ed ?oday for Haiti. Col. L.. W. T.
Waller, who takes charge In Haiti, ls
abrnv J. The Tennessee waa.prepared
for a three month's cruise.
Airship Sinks Submarine.
Cfisttntlnople, Aug. IC.-(Wire
less to Skyville.)-A submarine bf
the.allies was sunk near Bulair yes
terday afternoon by a Turkish aero
plane, which threw bombs. All the
crew was lost.
SELECT A
PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
REASSEMBLES IN NEW
YORK TODAY
WILL APPROVE
DETAILED PLANS
Armed 'Intervention tn Mexico is
Contemplated Only aa the
Last Resort,
New York. Aug. 10.- With the re
assembling hore tomorrow of the l'an
Amorican conference final details are
expected to be approved for thc ef
fort to settle thy Mexican problem.
Tbe plan contemplates an appeal to
all Mexicans to restore pence through
establishing a provisional govern
ment.
lt was learned tonight that
pie Pan-American conference will
probably select a man for provisional
president of Mexico and outline in the
appeal to Mexicans a definite Alan for
setting up a provisional government.
The possibility that some chVfs, .
particularly Carranza, may refuse co
join the convection lias been consid
ered. All natiOUO in the l'an -Ameri
can conference arc said to bo agreed
to use United States force if necess
ary to enforce an embargo on arms
against any of the chiefs opposing the
new government.
Armed intervention to establish a
Mexican government is contemplated
only as a last resort, and it la under
stood that South and Central Ameri
can governments will be asked only
for the approval of the military ope
ration of 'the*United States If they
become necessary.
!
AUSTRO-GERMANS LOST
HrJI^ftSSft?L?!
I Attacks on North of Warsaw Cost
Sixty-Five Thousand Killed
i and Wounded.
Geneva, Aug. 10.-A Tribune dis
patch from Innsbruck. Austria says in
the recant fighting along the front
from Pissa to Ostrov, northeast of
Warsaw, the Germans lost 65,000 kill
ed and wounded, but captured tho j
principal Russian fortified positions. '
Battles in thc vicinity of Novogcor
glevsk" has been continuous tor flvo
days. "The Germans have occupied
the northern portion of defenses and'
surrounded the fortress.
The. FmsBlanB depend mainly upon
bayonet charges, and lack artillery
and ammunition.
North of the Lublin-Chelm railroad
the battle continues, ddvantago ls
with the Teutons. In the region of
Novo Alexandria on the istula. south
of lvangorod, tho Russians are re
sisting and Inflicting heavy losses.
NO WORD FROM
BANDIT SEARCH
I Attacked U. S. Cavalrymen Near j
Mercedes-One Mexican
Killed in Fray.
Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 10.-No j
word was received tonight of the re
tatt of the search for the Mexican
bandits who today attacked United
States cavalrymen near Mercedes,
where one Mexican was killed. Texas
rangers today kille dtwo unidentified
Mexicans .near Sebastian, believed to
be bandits.
PRES. WIJ'WS TO ATTEND
?.4MNET MEETING FRIDAY
Cornish, N. H., Aug. 10.- Presi
dent Wilson today decided to return
to Washington within forty eight
hours. Ha will attend Friday's cabi
net meeting.
Kansas Baak Robbed.
.Maplcbill, Kan., Aug. 10.-Several
robbers, believed to number ?oven
[held over 100 citizens at bay while
thotr companions blew open thc
vault of the Maplehlil state bank and
? escaped with $3,000.
French Aeroplane toa?.
.Parts, Aug. 10.-It ta officially an
j ?innneed tonight that four of the nero
I planea which raided Baarbrueckcn
? failed to return. One is believed to",
(have landed at Swttserland. i
Bl Paso. Aug. IO.-Villa eros
the border today and entered a confer
ence with General Scott, elliot of t
I oi the United States army, nt
home of J. F. Williams, where Gen
eral Scott ls a guest.
ATLANTA'S NEW CHIEF
j OU?LIKESJP 0 L1G ? E S
Declares There Will Be no "
Town" Under His Ad
ministration.
Atlanta, Aug. 10.-Chief Mayo
has announced in a formal statement
that there will be no "wide open"
town or 'lax lnterpro>'allons #of the
I laws under his administration
head ot-the police department.
There will bc no restoring of the
restricted district and no loose op
eration of the clubs. Me proposes
to enforce the lavs Insofar as he ts
able, but not to devote all his ener
gies in one particular dlrectlot
while neglecting other things of Im
portance.
There will bo .no "spurts or.
spasms" of law enforcement, he told
the men. He didn't believe that waa
tho way to get efficiency. , Ho askc "
them to co-operate with him in
program, of'-law enforcement th?
would realty improve conditions in
Atlanta, ridding the city as far BB
possible of. vagrants, and. reducing
r as rapidly as possible the abnormal
number or burglaries and similar
crlmics which unfortunately grew up
j under the former administration
I while it was devoting its best- ?ner
gies toward tito suppression of only
ono kind of lawbreaking.'
?REPLY-TO NOTE
ON WM. P. FRYE
ll. S. WAI Accept Pay for Vessel
With Admission cf Treaty
Violation.
Washington, Aug. 10.-The Ameri
can reply regarding the sinking of
tho American ship William P. Frye
was cabled to, Berlin tonight. It la
understood th? United agrees to al
low Germany to pay for the Frye;
without admitting that the s I uk ink
was a treaty violation. .
--;-1- '
Te Rain Scotch Toast f
Loudon, Aug. 10.-A Central News
dispatch from Amsterdam says five
Zeppelins, traveling In a northwest-,
orly direction toward tho Scottish
coast, were sighted this morning off
V lela nd .near tho intr?neo cf the
Zuldcr Zeo.
Unfilled Steel Tonnage.
New York. Aug. 10.-Tho ac Siled
tonnage ot tho Steel corporation on
July 31 totalled 4,928.540 tons, and In
crease pt 250,344 toss over June..
PRESIDENT ORDERS LOUIS
IANA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
TO MEXICAN WATERS
-'1.V Slut?
_____
OFFICIALS WONT
DISCUSS MATTER
-r
Force on Border Will Also Be In
creased on Account of
Bandit Raidi.
Washington, Aug. 10.--The Ameri
can battleships Louisiana and New
Hampshire sailed tonight from New
York, Rhode Island, for Vera Crus in
response to an urgent request from
Commander McNamcr that his littlo
fleet of gunboats lu- rc-inforced ia
view of anti-foreiga demonstrations
in Ce.rranza's capital.
It is understood Wilson himself or
dered the battleships Bent, although;
no official would admit even that ?hey\
sailed. Official reticence ls duo.large
ly to tho fear that news ot the .bat
tleships might accentuate the already
serious situation at Vera Crus. .
Secretary lansing refused to dis
cuss naval matters further than to ssy
a ship would be sent to Vera Crus to
replace one which will bring away,
the Brazilian and : Guatema'ati minis
ters.
(He also said that oh account of
the continued bandit raids the United.
States forces wilt be increased on th*
border, declaring emphatically ?hat.
neither this nor the . action-oi, any.
'Multa ' had any bearing eartha plans
of the Pan-American conference.
Washington. Aug. 10.-Tho senior
American naval officer at Vera Cru*
has asked the navy department to
send a battleship squadron to guard
against anti-foreign d?monstrations?
which ho fears.
Admiral Benson and Leon Can ova,
chief of the Latin-Amcricon division
ot tho state department, conferred
|oday concerning the McNarnee re
ports. Then they went to Secretary
Landing's office. Benson said no ad
ditional naval forces had been order
ed to Vera Cruz after the conference
with Secretary Lansing. Benson re
peated the statement that the gunboat
Marietta had been ordered from Pro-*
greso to Vera Crus to b - ready for the
Brasilina and Guatemalan ministers
leaving Mexico. It is assumed that
the Louslana ead New Hampshire
will be held st Newport for further
orders.
Newport, R. I., Aug. 10.-TJb?
battleships Nsw Hampshire and Loui
siana are preparing to sall to Vera
Crus this afternoon;
The battleships NOT Hampshire
and* Lousiana at Newport were or
dered to prepare at ?nee to go> to
Vera Crt?. If the -emergency be
comes pressing the battleship Con
necticut, now tn Ha?tien -.raters,
about two days away, will be ordered
to Join McNarnee. McNamee's report
gives no details. Anvrjg officials
here lt la believed the feeling report
ed la an' outgrowth of the Pan
American negotiations in Washing
ton. Other Mexican developments,
such as expulsion Of tho Guatemalan
minister and Carransa's differences
with tbe Brazilian minuter are taken
as evidence of Cananu'e displeasure
at tho United States' stand. The gun
boat Sacramento is the only American
naval vesee! st Vera Cruz. Rear Ad
miral McLean will take charge on ar
rival of the Lousiana.
Mexico City, July 29.-Courier to
Vera Cru-, via Laredo, Texas.-An
appeal f"-r help for Americana in
Mexico abd for reih!f of the Mexican
Kple was sent by the American
lety of Mexico to ike slate depart
ment through tho Brazilian minister.
Il r?cit?e conditions in the capital Hod
declares Americans have been driven
almost to desperation; Implores
Washington to act promptly to bring
about amelioration; declares the
United States has the gravest and
most presaloug responsibility, aa lt
has not only passively permitted con
ditions but promoted them with amis
and ammunition and by ehcourage
mer* to iK>litical adventures who
have "po ?tit ii ted the name liberty
atid the cause of human rights.'.
"Amertccna and other foreigners
stand aghast and wonder whether
they can be living in tho IwentSsUt
century. In a- country bordering- the
i United States, which mado Itself re
sponsible to the world for the protec
tina of lifo and property here, yet
does nothing moro toas send repeat
ed warnings that arefierived by half
savage men drunk with ill-gotten
power and th* spirit of graft and
hate."