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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ANDERSON, S. G,FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1914. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR The French, Germans, R Claim Progress at rious Armies Are Fig Not Exceeded Since Of Interest Shifts t Russians Have Resun Austro-German Fore There is heavy fighting nearly everywhere along the entrcched line in Belgium and France and in the eastern zone virtually from the Bal tic Sea to the southern side of the Carpathians. News ihat has been por . mitted to filter through offici?t chan nels is. not sufficient, however, to . show clearly what any of the con tenders has gained or lost. The French, the Uermnns, the Rus sians and the Austrians all claim progress at various points, but none asserts that a decisive advantage has been gained. From all sldeB. however, the official reports continue to show heavy casualties and,that large cap tures of prisoners and of munitions of war are tatting place. France, through hef parliament, ap parently has given evidence of her de f, termination'. to' prosecute tho war to the end. Both branches of parliament have passed unanimously the govern ment's bill appropriating $1.700,000, 000 to meet the expenses of the next six months, including the cost of the war. . . . A newspaper dispatch from Athens asserts that Austria twice has tried to malic peace with Servla, but -that each time Servia declined the propo sal. . The London stock exchange will cnoen for business January . -1, ' but t;u'i:ng will be restricted by strin gent iegulatiuns imposed by the eras ury. on tho east coaBt" -of England. Jlotrio has received ? rumor that Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary is dying; Queen Wilhelmina has decided per sonally to take $1,000.000 of The Netherlands' war loan of $110,000. 000. (By AmqclkcU Pre**.) LONDON, Dec. 23.? Tho Allies in tho weal, the Germans in Poland and the Russians in East Prussia and Galicia continue offensivo operations, but the advances have heen so slight as to be almost imperceptible In tho long run, however, the ground gained may prove vital and the various ar mies are fighting with an intensity not exceeded since the war began. In Poland tho center of interest has shifted slightly to the south. Finding the direct road to Warsaw blocked by RuGslan reinforcements, the Ger mans made an attack from the south west and have reached Sklerniewice. pome 40 miles from tho Polish capi tal. They thus far. j have; failed to pierce the Russian' lines, but have forced Grand Duke Nicholas .to with draw from before Cracow.- In this, one of tho chief, alms, of their, of fensive against Russia, ' the Germans have been successful. v '-; In Gallcia the Russians have re sumed the offensive against the Abs1 fro-German forc?s which have poured in from the west and across the Car pathians: According, to the bUcst Petrograd report,, the Russians have inflicted heavy' losses on these forces,' while in the north they have pursued back into the interior of East Pros R Donation to ' . . the Aonai?t?a .Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 23.?Southern States rank third, while western States have favored slightly above the eastern and middle ^ Atlantic group inv , the -gehorol education board's dona-! tlon of $10,682;l)9l to tho cause of edu-' ': cation, according to a fourth install ment of tho board's report,' made pub lic today. ''.'".' To-western SUttbs the " report sets forth there has 'been -given outright t2,SS7,TS1 an? pij?v?n? tuuiribiriiong. the exact amount of which is not stated,' have been mado to a supple mental sum. of .$16i406,74l f To cas ern and middle Atlantic States, the sum given outright ,was $3.662,186; . the supplemental sum to. which .tha * board subscribed -an amount n?t de-r hlgnat?d. was $16,247.030; Southern States receiv?d ?mtrlght $3,052.025: ATid Ui'? nujip?nmentai sum io wnicn the board contributed in this case was 147,162. Following are the donsAions >made to educational iMUtuUons in the south by tho board since its inception: ::;Miryland ;*25O.O00: Virginia $400. 000; North Carolina $S07.416; South Carolina $104,176: Georgia $232.33$; : Alabama $21.7W>j MtesTMppi ' $i50, ussians and Austrians All Various Points?The Va hting With an Intensity the War Began?Center o the South in Poland, led the Offensive Against es in Galicia. sia a small Gorman army which made ja feint at Warsaw from the northeast, j Although the Allies have scored I some successes in the west, they are meeting with stubborn resistance and military- men warn the public that very heavy casualty lists must be ex pected before any serious Impression can be made on the German entrench ments. Activity seems to have been resum ed along the Belgian coast, for it if announced that the Allies have made slight progress between the sea and the road from Nieuport to WeBtendc. At other points similar fighting i* proceeding here with success and there reverse or failure of attack.' Airmen on both, sides have been busy and aeroolaues have been swarming over Belgium, the fliers re connoitering movements of the oppos ing troops and occasionally dropping bombs. Bruges and Brussels have been visited by. aviators from the ranks of the Allies while Bethune and other towns in northern France have received attention from the Germans. Granted Xmas Leaves WEST .PUNT, N. V., Dec. 23.? More than 300 cadets of the three up por' classes of the Military Academy have been granted Christmas Jeaves ranging from four to eight days from toady. The entire ?"pleb?" cl?so must remain here over the holidays. STUQEfiTS RAID LUNCH STAND Swarm Into Room and Behind Counters and Destroy Proper ty Valued at $50.00. ^iKrial to The Tnlrtlignne^r. GREENVILLE, S. C.. Dec. 23.? Some of the Clemson students, en route on a special train from the col lege to their homes, raided the Union news stand lunch room at the south ern station herb this afternoon. The students swarmed into the room and behind the counters. The1 keeper of the stand estimates that they took! and destroyed about, fifty.. dollars worth of his - property, 'for which they did not pay htm: Magazines, lunches, bottles of grape Juice, aalt and pepper stands aud other articles were taken. , Later on in the afternoon ' some members of the Clems on faculty guaranteed to .tho stand keeper that they would . make satisfactory-settle ment with him and requested that he ask the papers to withhold the story. Ho had .previously informed the. pa pers of. the trouble, .thinking it was bis one'chance'to got even, and feel ing outraged at'the conduct of the students. , I No arrests were made, though two I police officers were on tho scene. <>~---~??ieest?oc-1. ank Third in ause of Education Q0?; Arkansas $176,000; Tennessee 5625,000; Kentucky $125,000; Texas $40.000 ; I Florida : $50.000. ! Total 1 $3. 052,625, I Donations in detail included: ! . Maryland?-John Hopkins Universi ty $250iOOv..'. < Virginia?Emory ? and Henry Col lege $50,000; .Randolph-Macon Col logo /two appropriations) $60,000; Itand.olph-Macon Woman's ! College College" .$75,000; Richmond College $150,000} .University' of Virginia $50. 0003, Washington Mid Lee ? Uulvereitv (two appropriations) $105,000. . North Carolina?Davidson College $75,000; Y Meredith College $50,000; Salem Academy and College $75,000; Trinity College $150.000; Wako For ijfifk College $29,416. South. Carolina?Converse . Collcgo $50,000; Furman University (two ap propriations) $50,000; Wofford Col lege '(VkU appropriations $$4.176. TennvWer--George Peabody Col les* f Or .^Sonera *250.p0Qr M?ryvU>. College VtfO.OOO; /Union University $25,000; Nniversbty of Ctattanoogoa $150,000; Vanderbilt University $150, 000. Octagon Hou*e, Where Tteaty of Ghent Was Signed ? g - ; This is the Octagon Iiotiso, Wash ington, occupied by President Madison 100 years ago when he signed the Treaty of Ghent, which was followed by 100.years of peace between the United States and Great Britain. In the lust war with Great Britain the White House was burned, and the president had to seek other quarters. ' In the presence of delegates to the national convention of - the American Federation of Architects President Wilson will on'"Dec-ember 24, the one hundredth anniversary of the signing of the treaty, unveil a tablet com memorating the event. The old house was built jn 1800, and was at the time President Madison occupied it, one of the great ni n usions of the capital. {Today Marks a Century of Peace Between liish-Speaking Nations The People of the United Will Observ? the On? Original Plans Called lions in This Country But This is Upset by t * gian City now is Occt Whom England is at (Uy ArooclnU-fl Press.). 1 NEW YORK, Doc 23.- The pooplo | o{ tbo United States and Great. Brit- < ain tomorrow will observe the one t hundredth anniversary .of the signing i of the treaty of Ghent, by reminding < themselves tltat the day marks a cen- i lury of peace among English-speak- i .Ing nations, - ; ( j The original plans called for a se- I ries of celebrations in this country c and acrosa the water. It was to have"H begun in Ghent on ChriBtmos Eve 1 with a'.banquet tendered by the Bur- c gomaBter tb 50 representatives of the t I United States; 50 Englishmen and r>0 .? Canadians in the hall where the treaty 1 was signed. This'plan is upset by t the fact the ancient Belgian city now ( Is occupied by the Germans, with i whom England is at.war. 1 "To mark the day. the American t and British committees, which had t been arranging for the peace cen te- t nary; Issued communications for aim- ;c ultaneoUs. publication Thursday morn- c Ing in the newspapers In England and \ the United States. I Tho British statement expresses tbo' c hope that '"the disarmed frontier be- t tween the United States and Caueda c may long continue as an example to , tho world of the eafe defence of the .s mutual respect and trust In the ?f- ? fairs of nations," and prays that "the a peace between the British and Ameri-' D can democracies, which has. so long t endured, may never be broken." The t British committee hac purchased Sul- t grav. Manor; the; ancestral home of ( .George Washington, In England, with > a view to presenting It to ;the Auaerl- t can people, but this feature of the ecl eh rat ion eJbo has been postponed un- . til after,the war. The American committee, notwith-! standing -Hie war. purposes to carry t out In part its original .Intention of S celebrating tho peace centenary, and g in lt? communication issued over th? , signature of a number of widely 1 known citizens, urges suitable com memoratioh of , ratification of the * treaty by the United States which.foi- u lowed immediately upon the arrival . of its draft in February, 1814/ The 1 dales ( specified are February 17 , and H 18, for formal Adressas ai- State iijjs? ~? Itals, and February 22, folvexerclaes ? In the schools. * The Atnerlcsn .communication Is as Jj follows ^ 2 "One huindred years agojoday there j TTifi S?gSCd'?tt G;,^nl in r lancers the ~ treaty of peace hot'ween Great Brit- 0 ain and the United States; which n marked the close of what has hapbily v b'roTid' to fee. the last.- war betweep' 0 Ka^linh-spoaklng t>ebntes of the earth. 6 Today the city of Ghent is at <he Very <| center of .tHu terrible . conflict; that n raieeo la Europe. "Tho. American : '-.>???>- centenary l{. committee can not permit this a nui State? and Great Britain Hu^^reii?^^lprtivcrsas y . for a Series of Celebra ' and Across the Water he Fact the Ancient Bel spied by Germans, With War. i-ersafy to pass' without inviting the . h ought tu I attention ot their fellow dtlzens to the contrast, presented by he century Ipng. period of peace vlilch English-speaking peoples have mfdyed among themselves on the one mud. ami tho appalling destruction of ife, property acd great monuments of ivinzution which tho European, war n volves on tho other. IL hod been mr confident hope that .the..example vhlch the English-speaking peoples ?aye sot in their rotations with each >ther. would bo followed by tho other treat nattons or tho earth in their teveral inlernctional relations. It tad been our earnest desire that the tplrit of peaceful and friendly coop eration whtch each ot these people's nanifea?y to\l<.rd Aie p/jhple'Of tie Jnited States would also mark the* leallng? with one jinother. Unfor unately .this W'as not..to be. and we ire sorrowfully called upon to .mark >ur centenary celebration in the midst if the most terrible and destructive var that history records. ' "Even at such a time. Ate must avow m ce . more, pur smy pathetic faith in h? supremacy of justice over force, if. law over right. We rejoice In the peaceful relations of a hundred years imong all English-speaking peoples, tnd particularly in the undefended ind unfortified line nearly four thous md miles In length, which divides the errltory of the United States from hat of the Dominion of Canada. 'Tho nutual trust, forbearance and belp ulness which, make that undefended loundary a link and pot A harrier be ween.two peoples, we offer as an ex-, impie io our warring brothers across he sea. " "it has been our purpose, when our ommltteo was organized in 1910, to dan. for, a great celebration of the ontonary anniversary by various nethods which haW now. because ot he. terrible war which is still con vulsing Europe 'and disturbing tho /hole world, become' impracticable mill the close of the conflict. TTJut we appeal to the people in all ho States "and to all civic bodlea: to prark this notable anniversary by uitable exercises in . churches-of, nil ?nomlnatlonB on the 14th of Febru* ;ry> the date agreed upon for that l?rpbse with our. associate, the Canu te n committee; by formal addresses t the capitals of the resnectivo States n the 17th and ?Stu.wf FwurtUiryi iho ates of the ratiflcUlon ana procla mation of the treaty: and also by.apr xoprlate er/'dses In allthe schools % the '22nd day of February, or on huh later dato or dates in tho spring f 1915 as may be locally deemed referable: "By which all tho children of Amor* gt>should bo instructed on tie, elgnl T^tctoTll^^ NO .COHN?! .ITH GEH G0?N? Men Arrested in Connection With Alleged Conspiracy to Blow , Up Steamer Arraigned in Court. (Ry AswiinUxt Pre**.} ' , NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 23.?Hans Hallo, George Summer? and George Brlnkinan, arrested last night in con nection with an alleged conspiracy to blow up a tranB-Atlantic British or French steamer by means of a dyna mite bomb to he coneealod in her cargo, were arraigned here today io the criminal district.' court. They were charged with violating a 8tato statute relating to preparing bombs to be used is destroying ships, Halle announced that ho wished to enter a plea of guilty, but Judge Bak er refused to accept the plea and the prisoner was remanded to jail in- de fault of $1,000 bnd. Summers also was unable to furnish bond. The case of Brinkman, who was held aB an ac cessory, was dismissed. The statute ander which Halle and Summers will be tried was enacted by the State assembly immediately after the Boer war and resulted from the'arrest hero of n person who- was accused of placing a bomb on board a vessel at Cbalmette. The vessel was loading mules for the use of the Brit ish forces in South Africa. The-max imum punishment for violation of the law is 20 years imprisonment. . Dr. P. Kuh. German consul general here, today Issued a statement saying the men had - no official connection with th? German government . . Presents Employes With Xmas Turkeys r '(Ry Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, !}ec. 23.?President Wilson today presented each of. the White House employes with a 15 pound turkey as a Christmas present. He distribued 125 turkeys, remember ing the policemen as'well as all the clerks and domestics. li\ Tho president plans to commemo rate his wife's memory by emulating hor action of last year in'distributing useful presents to some of the city's poor. ' Mr. Wilson is a regular Con tributor to the Washington Associat ed Charities and through that agency .will assist in making many needy families comfortable. . v??6vs?vv jvmaage suit* DENVER; Colo.. Dec. 23.-r~Solt for $6,252,000 damages was filed in feder al court here today by Ruf us c. Elder and Frank E. Mann, executors of tho' be ta to of George W. Elder, against the Western Mining Company and other corporations m.d individuals. The damages ar? for minerals said.to have been taken from certiin mines under a lease which tha' complainants ids* claire is veld, ' : ! .. ...^ BIG BREWING COMPANY FAILS A $12,000,000 CORPORATION GOES INTO HANDS OF RECEIVERS STATES VOTING "DRY" THE CAUSE Crowning Blow Came in Lots of West Virginia? Saying Nothing of Virginia Going Dry* (By AmocIsUU Press.) COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 23.?The Hos tcr-Columbus Breweries Company, a $12,000,000 corporation, went into tho hands or receivers today on order of the federal court. Decreased demand for beer, adverse legislation and the voting "dry" or many States and counties in the last eight years was given nB the cause. The appointment of receivers was made by Judge Safer upon a showing that the company had defaulted pay ment upon a Judgment of-$3,518. The company had $4,350,000 out standing capital atock and $4,909,099 outstanding bonds, with $6,000,000 stock and the same amount of bonds authorized. Most stocks and bonds were secured by mortgages on prop erty owned by the brewery company in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and New Jer sey. In Us statement the company de clared the voting dry of West Virginia was "the last straw" jr.. a series of legislative acts whi' . recucea ser iously the sale of It product. Reviewing the passage of laws In Ohio by which they said their busi ness was reduced, officials'of f he com pany concluded with th!f>'-statement: ' In .1914 tho ci^wnln'gibjpw .came >ra^be-10BB-o^West Wt&iWwhere' we did. a business of nearly $500,000 a year, to say nothings of old Virginia's toting dry, to go iuto\ effect in 1916, "Tho company has no debts or lia bilities except its regular monthly ac counts, 'accumulated slncp Docembcr 1, and tho interest on it* outstanding bonds from July 1, due January 1, to gether with slaking 'fund require ments." Out of Employment : Jumps From Building mv Aworuted PretO IUCHMON. Va, Doc. 23.?MISS Eliza beth Smith, aged 22, of Durham, N. C, a stenographer out-of employment, jumped from tho tcn'h floor of an of fice building this aftornoon and was 1 crushed to death. Oldest Woman In U. N. Dead. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.?Mrs. Hannah Koskoff, said to have been the oldest woman in the United States, died hero today. According to the most authentic records In the possession Of descend un ts she wau 117 years Old, having been born In Kief, Russia, in 1797. 1Es>Gov. Ansel Recommended. WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.?Former | Gov. M. P. Ansel,* of South Carolina, < was recommended by Representative ' !-Alken to President Wilson today for membership on the new federal trade commission. 1 Little Girl is Grot Beneath Car Wl . r , -V;. . I .. i Special to Tho Intelligencer. GREENVILLE, Dec. 23.?Marie Gays, a little white girl of less than seven, years,-was run over and killed this afternoon by a street car on Mam KtreeL Hundreds of Christmas shoppers were horrified by the accident. Tbo little child, with her mother, started to cross the street, and proceeding her .mother by several feet, stepped but on the track in front of the car. Be fore Mo tor man D. P| Campbell could I j a i Farm School Destroyed at Asheville, N. C. (Dr AMoefkUd Pnua.) ASHEVILLE. N. C, Dec. .23.-* Damage to the amount of $40,000 WM 'done by Games which destroyed the main building ttf the Asheville Farm School, a short distance from this city, this afternoon. Other buildings were saved alter catching Are oh sev eral occasions. The institutton Is tho Xroperty of the home mission board t the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., Which founded It 23 years ago. A new ? building will be built on the site of. the burned Structure, It was announc- { t?d tonight., I PREPARING FOR ANOTHER FICHT PROHIBITION LEADERS RE ALIGNING FORCES FOR 64TH CONGRESS NEXT VOTE WILL SHOW A BIG GAIN Rep. Hobson Reiterates Prediction That Question Will Be a Para mount Issue in 1916. WASHINGTON. Dec. 23,?-Undis mayed by the defeat in the house last night of the Hobson resolution for a prohibition constitutional amendment, prohibition leaders bogen re-aligning their forces today for another fight in the 64th congress which meets next December. Representative Hobson declared a vote at the next session would sb a material gain for the cause and v*i iterated bis prediction that should mo I amendment fall again the , question I would be a paramount iSBue in the campaign of 1916. Prohibition leaders in congress gen erally are Inclined to believe it would be a waste of time to attempt to get action In the. .senate this session on Senator Sheppard's prohibition amendment resolution which. la a dup licate of the defeated houeo measure. South Trimble, clerk of the house. I examined last night's final roll call for opponents of the Hobson resolu tion and found that 138 of those who , voted agalnBt the measure have been. i re-elected and will serve, in the next (congress. With the ,485>members o'; the houae voting. 14G negatives defeat n proposed constitutional amendment. So. if all those who voted against the' ! resolu?ou . last night Holdtbsjr | portions It is P~? - members ln.th.fi %iu*v ? '?????""' ?? *uu?c. certain in another defeat, FireWnifnn on Pctitiona. KANSAS ITV..Mo., Dec.'33*?Mom hArs of the prohibition nartv ?trom tOnnnn. Iowa and M'snnnH will n??<?fc. ! Imrp Janimrv 3 to launch a new c?m nntp-n to get the num?? of <i?n million votor? on notifions for national pro hibition. Amrme the st??(?ir?PB Rn prkiineed are Pi^hmond P." Hobson and Rimone N, Chofln.i The cftirtnaien will l?nt 120 days I and t.h fflMHtntA *?ia canvaRa the coun try has been divided in 11 districts. Fatally Injured Fighting Fire. (Rv AhwIr'KT Prra'i.) GHARLOTTSV?LLEi Va,, Dec. 23. ?Neariv an entire business block on East Main street was destroyed by ! tire. wh<cb started at 9 o'clock to night. Three larse buildinra occupied by stores were burned. The loss' is more than $100.000. 8. R. Gleoson, a fireman, son of a leading merchant kwas fatally iniured by.a fall from an lefi-covered ladder. ^ 7 V m per o r Francis Joseph Dying. (By AMKiatod Pre**,) ROME, Dec. -23,?(4:60 p. m.l?A rumor is. in circulation here, that Em peror Francis Joseph, of Austria Hungary, Is dying.. The report has it that the. emperor-king has received the last sacraments. md to Death heels in Greenville stop the car, the front truck had run on the small body. Th? child jled while en route to the hospital. Several persons who witnessed the accident fainted on the streets. A pall was thrown over the shopping crowd, and especially .those who heard the pitiful screams of the moth er as. she saw her daughter, ono of her two children, ground to death be neath the wheels of the traction car. The inquest will be held Thursday morning. Two More Ships Loaded With Food NEW YORK, Dec. 23^--Two more Ziti^Z ?C*uvu >i?x ?uO? JOr UOlglUIQ sailed from the United States today. They are the St, XenU^enie, ;rrotn New York, and UiO/rWr^a'^rrbm' Philadelphia. . The 8t. Kentigerne ha?, -on board. 40,000 bushels of wheat j'rtoin the West. The Ferrona carried-a'- combi nation care* mado up of contrrbutiotts from the. Belgian ; relief fund;;, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the cofu mlsslon for relief In Belgium,