VOLUME ?L ANDERSON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING^ DECEMBER 21,1915. NUMBER 293. msmm BIOOiENT OF CAMPAIGN BRITISH TROOPS HAVE RE TREATED FROM GALLI POLI POSITIONS i OVERSHADOWS ALL OTHER NEWS War Office Declares Retreat Without Loss- and Troops Sent Elsev^ere. London,. Dec. 2.0.-Announcement: that' tho British troops wore with drawn from the Suvla bay and Anzac cove section..on Gallipoli forecasting tho abandonment of the proped. of capturing Constantinople by forcing tho Dardanlles, overshadowed all the war news. ... i.."While .'tho war office declared that the withdrawment was accomplished without loss and that tho troops were ?ont to l':o scene of other operations, no announcement was made regard ing the trrops at'Sodul Bahr, and it is" assu i-d that the . allies hold this point at.the lower end of Galli poli, commanding tho entrance to the .straits. On tho other fronts nothing was [reported.. Tfte Bulgarian clash was cleared y, when it was announced that a Blight encounter, in which a few were hurt, occurred on Albanian territory. ParlB announced .that no enemy detachment had yet crossed' the Greek, frontier and Creek .military circles declare that tho Brjignriuns would not enter Greece ' for -fear of providing tho. Greeks.. The Germans, they say are grateful for G reek neutrality. 'BRITISH ft??I^^^?"'-' London, Dec. 20.-Withdrawal of British troops from Ansac Cove and Suvla Bay in tho region of Gallipoli .Ponhisula is aniiounced in a. brief of ficial communication,' given, out foere this afternoon. Beyond tho statement that tho. movement was effected;; sxic .ccBsIul?y with '.small loases, .few-"'dev, tails were glvbh and no alluslbh ls r math? to allied forer.s in'Seddul Bahr {-.fr?nt at the ?p of tho peninsula: Some indication of ,the long expect ed offensive by the Germans In Plan ners was? contained in .British and French reports stating that under a . gas... cloud too G?rr?r,ns attackexi the' , British northeast'of :Ypres. .AOcord? :; lng to thCcO reports the Germans fail ed so completely that only a few emerged -from ov/n trenches and those. .. who /did-wove :mo"wed.down by; artll ;/': lory fire. The Gormans- hud been . ' massing hero, for. WeokjV it ts:'said./ r Tho attack nccarVod carly ia'.''tho' morning..- Later -Wey d^veofed a heavy bombardment on. the British.,lines' .f'/ifearf: Ypres and. Fj^nch.; : and at Nes/ y.. sines. mines ^wer'e'.exploded bcfo'rb the. tv .tr?nch03 at Arm'intlorea, anti .Gernmn -,int?intry /attempted unsuccessfully ,oc 'cupy tho cratt;ra thus opened. Along 'the.'remainder, bf-tho' 'western' ; ^front. it?t6fmln?blo artillery; duela contin?e. Tho French near.Sr'; ?m h Iel' ? developing an., intense fire, russian ... and Macedon lan', fronts ns far as the public knows oto j? a stain com parative q.'.sifion?c. : ?; 7' TM o Gr?s): po?ltlori ls still worrying 72 ??O/thv suidos. Tho ?onnaris party J? reported' victorious In the. Greek'.?lee-.. ': Hon. The oxpe?f?J.'"'jhange'vInv;.1^4?rs'i however, is n.^t accepted, os .implying . a different. niUitary policy. ?? . '.v'.'.. England J? . .impatiently, .awaiting crossing7fi?'.t}i6 Greek frontier, to; pee :wli?t}icr7 Groc?-?v will leave tho ; Salo niki area free for a straggle, of - widch. tl?o t: Gro?les would become a. '? :; pps > i v'r? iitpcfetaU'r. /Ne^t/sieps,nre"subject. o? ;a warm debate /in . &^ ;' premier* Bii?os^?voff dtcl?i'?s t>e a? ; lies, mnt?t. bt^ 'driven from Saloniki, - wh eV?i er by "S/plgs?fops /or. Toutonl? ia. -??/a Question: Xor. rollitarv leviers . ' to ??ive. ' . : The-'aiiiiis' 'don't*. ''exneet - an early attack .in "UncPdon?a, ;i't -tho at r Xntk vi WU W. ToatobS, v?i*ra?n, ' report -the' T^ut?hs,haven't"'yeC^gath-. , t^dW'aij^ tho . ' offohalyG., ; . ' .''-'.'>;.,'; AH ?^feWv^tohte. .v; .Wdshtngido,' ty.s+toin)-Sonto : Cnr??ih,*\^<^^t???:''.^twat''"^^ liable rteM^'i&to?tit-:t?t: iaWe^afcite i s.'g?n?wfct rt?? ^fhftld- cb'usato^ot?l^'iifiy. KOENIG GASE THE GB|D JURY ALLEGED PLOT TO BLOW UP WI LL AND CANAL IN K VESTIGATED. INDICTMENTS ARE EXPECTED Attorney Declares Indictments Will Be Forerunner of Other Koenig's Activities. Washington,, Dec. 20.-Information which leads the f?deral authorities investigating the Alleged plot of Paul Koenig, the "Hamburg- Amer lean de tective, to blow up tho Welland canal to. believe that a conspiracy extended throughout the country was given to the grand jury today. . ' Indictment aro oxp?etei against Koong! and Richard Emil . Laypn deck^r,- art dealer, who was arrcstod .with him, Wednesday or Thursday. Attorney Marshall declared that tJae indictments would probably pe mere ly a forerunner of others dealing with Koenig's activities. METZLER TELLS OF ALLEGED PLOTS ! ?Now York. Dc. 20.-Frederick Metzler held in connection with ol legnd .plots to embarrass the allies by li mtier lui? manufacture, or. destroying tho federal; authorities concerning munitions, made a full statement to tko: activities of "Paul Koonlg-of tho Hamburs-Am?rlcanV - iinev- . He Said Koenig., hud ; twenty-five agenjpSW. New York alonso and reportel t'io rc Sult? of jiis investigations to 'Captain von Papen, the German' military at tache. According lo Metzler, Koenig's, ac tivities' through agents .extended to Quebec, Burlington, Vermont/ Boston1 and Portland, Maine. He>;obtained possession of secret reports from the Russian embassy on tho result "pf speed' tests, .through Frederick Bche indi of tho National City bank, Sdieiadiis.under arrest. ' Metzler charges" '' . JKoehlg sont ] G?pjrge- Fuc:".^ to destroy thc.^Yel?ahd j candi. Fuc?? he ?aid .reported alter visiting the canals that RB destr^clibh Leonid'not be accomplished ikon. Evidence ; believed to''connect Koe nig with .'tho - 'tire .on tho; Atlantic; transport lined Minnehaha, is fa. the han Ja cf ?ul?orlties They wont say ,wh^e* they get .it. Metzler, went be-' Tore th?. grand jury. Other-wJU nesses from Buffalo were hoard. mmm Hlliii1 j Institutions a for Taking Charge of | lUegitimsts , Children Inves tigated rn Baltimore. Baltimore. Dec! 20,~InsiltutionH, to] which a mother could -cahaign i her 11 logithnhte child ?pbh the payment of ol "stipulated sum and forever rid her self o? ifs legal responsiblely.' oro said to flouriah hore, according to i>ho report .to^..'si? thc' st?^' -.ids' vite ?b??imlf&ion, appointed two years ago. Of hutdrefia or babies taken by tho IiiutituMon, th^Vreport?^aort?, ^eighty' itv"hjr.i'ty per cent dio and are busied Jh -h?ap? in small plots. Oiio . plot, approximately, fltty ilvo :teet square, " in been thc tomb of MOO fables 1GSG, . -N?tvspap?r?iW; c?:9.2?^r~A. A:Chris?ah'i dlepa?ch; to Tim Morning^. Po?t ?ey that.-several hew*papeV cor respon dona1 jw; the. result of tf-quarreS, will quit . the ?OT#' ivtft?h; ^JfcpsolUon Wh?? tito st?snior Aa i&\hiA %iort. - , * 3??R ?&S??JE-.. ? i* ,sags 't??tiaS^; Hnd ero' Aj&iting - -.? 0. ifcte ce$thr* : .t^li?^?ip>R"C* * ?mp?lcst^'j, y-..- r.-aichellor'-- * V^b?it&v?h? ".robbet" y?A& Tho mott recent photofrranh of General Kitchener, taken after his re turn to England from the Balkans^ iSIDEN?lD BRIDE Arrangement Made to-Al* ,low Dbtingcdshed Couple Seclusion ?nd Quiet. HotStrings, Va., Dc. 20.-The golf I lu k?. here -today lured' President j Wilson : and bride on tho'' second' day j of the honeymoon. . Tho president I arose shortly after 7. After break I f?sting privately hp began- denting .up, accumulated ^correspondence. He djctated responses to congratulatory I messages from , rulers in Europe, 8outfof an?V. Central America and per* Eonal friends. ii-/ Every arrangement ls made to, \ al low disthtgulshed couple to spend their honeymoon quietly in' tho Beclu-^ sion of. the mountains of the state In' which they were born: A section of the h?tol is set; apart for them? Sc . cret service agents attempted 4P keep off, ? ?c-iips of phbtograiJiiers anu .mo tion pipf?ro opefptors'i. Kumcrout-. motor ' trips pre ?lonped. Washington, ;.; Dec. 20.-Secretary lansing announced today Chut tho *oxt o f *h ? second Ancona note' will bo- given, out for publication. Wednes day .afternoon. . : "1 The note-ls about COO '.words. long Although chacterlzed ns firm in tons lt .ts said to be somewhat , less sharp than tho first.m "the. "tenor ' of Its. de mahds. kilt, la based sauarely on die .APsl^ou ?m^?iritty's owu/.versions ; of the An cona stB'iitng.ntnclBlp said. Thc1-not?! is said io' carry" bli?' Implication U ts"' the United States' last 'word mt the subject.' ' B0ES8ES lilli -Georgei Ex?t?kt? roam Ha** Be?a Afe?e As! vance. . London, Deo.- .- DavPl. LU George;, ; mitslstpr of i'&aplfclOpaV. de-j clared tpday; ?hatC^rma^ ??|ecesp?? j w'eto duo'entirety to their pfepo^&MM ?.Wtn;:jitfac^?rfe\^*ht^-':-wou'?a(ftttd' st : the'^scohest^ -V t..-r?V admiti??! that the Oermea .ad vahees iii the c*st, west ?pd ftoatl, wero due. t SbiriTi??ii IS SEIZED Drug Was Taken Under the Pro hibition ' Traffic Through United States PorL -,. . SMI Francisco, Deo. 20,-Seventy cases-rof orium, valued at $450,000, comprising trie largest single seizure of : rho. drug ?vor mado by the United fi?tes,, according to customs officials wns taken from - the Japanese/^heri Ssyo Mariis hero. /The. shipment was bound from Hongkong, to Syracuse and'seizure was mud? ' under.''the law -prohibiting the- trafile through; a: United States IIH?ER PfiEPA ?a "_ i V^ashmgton, Dec'. -20.-A of cooperative local associations, fed erated with, regional land banks, iwhicb blanks have.ithe power to issup bond? on land nio^tsagea of local associations, w?s includedk in the rural credits bil*,to ho Introduced in cdeqws't?Jy^?ruftrdV cd. ' K ?oast defebso guns ..worth $41,000", *5?? ?re:ln charge.sole^of caretakers ' id without trained forc?s . ?O - mah ). The pavy: ; pi ants aro auder' ? ?hSk ^^Svhc^0I1? a? ^tvCitrphiVcs'nt co^?fcoints ' bo asked -to prov**^-^ards hnt?l t?? ?fmy and navy f?tofasse? are made/ v Christian la, .Dec . 2p + . Henry **ord, waa Iritornifv? to/, dav ^'thacvhe^:^?n1d'^'-^0h/^ rn i .. there,'~howe^ io s?lect aete* .?.''/gai-es:;^ w I KIN ELECTED AS SUCCESSOR ACTION OF TRUSTEES OF TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE LAST NIGHT NOW At HEAD OF HAMPTON SCHOOL M?ton is Negro of Unmixed j Blood and Native of ' : Virginia. New York, Doc. 20.-Major Robert F;.. Moton ot tho Hampton, Normal and .Agricultural Instituto, Hampton. Va., waa aolccted tonight to'succeed Booker T. "Washington aB prosident ot Tuskegeo in.-tit ut o by a special committee of the board of irusteos cf TuBkegoo hero. Moton -will be installe,] at tho com-1 xnencemont exorcises In May l?'J 0. Until then he will woxk on a cam paign for tho Booker T. Washington memorial fund. Ho ia a negro of unmixed blood, born In Amalia county. Va., in 1867 and spent his eatUy days on tho Vaughan plantations in Prince Edr .ward/county. He was graduated et Hampton and stayed ns drill, master, finally becoming h??d of. tho. Behool. SECRETARY HOUSTON Sf Greatly Enlarged Area Infected By Botf Weevil Makes Cara-^ paign Necessary. Washington," Doc. 20.-Secretary j Houston asked congress for. an addi-; tlonal 964.?00 to. extend tho agricuL j tura! department's campaign. egalnBt I tho. boll weevil. . Ho points out that the, Infected area das greatly enlarged during the last year and the sea. Island districts in Georgia and Florida, where tho wonyil recently; appears, require tho I development of new methods of c?n ?trol, becauao of tho 3low maturing of eea island cotton. > IV. Wv'. I. Officials and Cadet? | Claim. Cadet Sweet Was j Not Hazed, j Lexington, Va., Dec. 20,-Confllct ? lng.jfe ,'-teIi^p>^^pe2ibh:. frc [Copenhagen :'?he' - !i?wediBh-Amori ! line, bsa ?eBotiiiojdr tor the< fc?rol. of two 1?.000 ? ion ntearaero ot ?. Hamburg-American lino now flt NOT* :,Y?rfcV ^ awaiting a I guarantee from ?RreatfvSrttain: ibst she will regard th?'<-'.'? vessels as J '?wecBsh. ..,r v -v" ' *** ; -i. British Troops Withdrawn, London,--lose. ?(h-rf?riiten fc at Suvda. and "?%hur $? ,. . Tu?p Sb? .Kai. * EARLY PEACE WS aimil ni PjP?T nUff IN ?ib?li ARGUMENT MADE BY VILLA GENERALS DECIDES THE MATTER CARRANZA GAINS NORTHERN STATES Free to Move Force? Against Re bellious Bands ?pferatlng near Mexico City. /Washington, Deo. .20.- ^??y p?acb in 'Mexico is epen by officials hore es ' a result of tho; withdrawal'.ot Villa by an agreement ot eleven of his gen-? bralB to turn tho rob el army of tho north over to tho Carranza govorn-v anent. Wltfi Villa out, Carranza will bo freo to mqvo his forces eouth against the rebellious bands still operating near the capital. Such developments, it is "believed, will result In the. Unitod Statos wi?'fe-- ; rially reducing tho border patrol. However, apprehension is felt to night over tho news that Villa. lert OMhuahua w?th 40O inon and Vv his whereabouts' aro undetermined, ul- . though his generals today told the . Carranza consul at a conference that the peace plans would proceed on Villa's authorir-Mion. . By virtue or tho agroemont General. Carranza gains control.of.tho: state'' " of Chihuahua mud" the cities ot, Chi huahua and Jaur?s and 4,000 former Villa troops, Amnesty'will be grant ed to-all save Villa and his1 brother Hipolyto. It ia intimated hero lthat tho United States would allow Vl?? refuge against all political offen&cu but would hot >guard Itini against criminaL; procedures;; brought" > iaVM ?fesi6?.v - aahlngton, Doc. 20.--^The ?tate department o(Bclala .decided tbst General Villa will receive the asylum accorded political 'refuges should' be.' enter the United States. Thia deci sion was sent^^lQ.st^'n4ght''-t?..Qener?l:' Funotoh,by. the war department for transmission.to ' .Villa or his repre? Bentatiyps. Iiurauulty For Villa. ; Washington, Deo. SO.--Stato de partment agents lied reported that oi logcd intermediates 4fad requested '> Villa's imraurilty from arrest, spying If this is' given, they belieyo Villa would -lose'tho- fight against Cannan ?k : and retiro to pr?valo lite ?to- the: IhiiieC Statea. . ??UMn Tho desire: of tfh>' stato department to have Villa eliminated was: not con jealed. Without tym tho revolution n t?i?-north would certainly fall, oili nal s believe. ^Phe intermediaries also said tho i!an waa for tho entiro Villa army to 'etire iron? the field. ; , Oiflcials diaplay much intereai aa to vbether Villa wbulS accept vt vyoxulei >f immunity a* Apolitical refuge. This vould. not protect him ia the United States from 'pV.os?cutt?h: on charges >f ordinary character. Tho gov?m ncnt has not anything pa vr?iich a .;.. :harge will bo brought against Villa, syt it is said that local officials at El , Paso have information concerning "> 4lei^:irregulariti74n ^cattle deals in fhlch Villa is involved, and this aight bo a: basia of j>r6Boc/.Hio?. , Secretary Lansing announced1 ihttt filia .. hud tho rl#A''-*?. enter 'the. .Bai? ed SliitaB and ho wou?dbe gfrvj^tho arno facilities for doing st? ?s* any itiher .foreigner'. A dispatch .to thlo ff oct was soot- to CKiv?rfcl Fuhr'vfcn.,.. ! ' Ansing said, to be delivered to Gen. filia. ?',.',.?..'?" . : -:-?--- . To Open 'Casta! -Again. . .w?ioh-.PAS ";;.f?en" ;^j^^:'eincs'( ?Uber last Ivy tito woret slide jba history, witty;o*Co^.^-;a?^-.^-r ?. jrrow for, tb* potage ot ^Bssls r?wJhg less 'V?A$ &>feot. Providing li?t no further ear^aBd?is occuif tha anal wl??ihe ?tefcuy- J?f ^ae transit .of , ess?te o?: ?Sl\?t^^\0?f^-:.i?^r the ?C'/? trat of the. year.. . '. : >;?,; . ? Crecee and Aiilt? A?rree. : Paris, Deci 20.^?thsp?V- corr?s ?pdent ^^^^^ ^M^^^^-' i^^f?-m^^^Hm Ore?* and ; ie entente erniy^ ?taitsm *$*'?p- -, ; ?l?atlon. Of p*e#u*?e; \& batter fer ; secutW redpa aud freedom of ichts.