The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, November 11, 1914, Image 1
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS
WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA
Fighting Co
With Un
THE ADVANTAGE IS CLAIMED
LIES AND BOTH BELIEvZ
AT POINTS WHERE Gi
COUNT IN
(By A ?or ?at ixl PrtrO
LONDON. Nov. 10.-Widely different
claims ot contending armies in th?
eastern and western theatres of war,
especially concerning tho West Flan
ders situation, tonight left but one
big undisputed fact on land or sea.
That was the destruction of the Ger
man raider Ember and the trapping
of the German cruiser Koenigsberg,
the Utter in a palm-lined Rast Afri
can river under circumstances which
read aa though they were, taken from
Stevenson.
The British marine insurance rate
almost instantly waa cut in half-tor.
over since the days of the Alabama
has there been such a successful, com
merce destroyer .as the Emden. Cheers
broke forth at Lloyd's on the an
nouncement and for the moment the
struggles of the armies in Franco,
Belgium, Russia and elsewhere were
forgotten.
Yet all these armies were at each
otha's throats-the Germans aud
Russians clashing in cavalry engage
ments along the German frontier;
the Russians still harrasstng the Aus
trians in Galicia, and the French,
British and Belgians uniting to hold
back what appears to be a tremendous
German attempt to break thru, gh the
allied Une In the vicinity of Ypres.
Many dispatches apeak of the move
ment of German troops eastward from
Belgium aa indicating the need of re
inforcements along the eastern fron
tier, hilt neither the French nor Ger
man od!dal statements indicated any
Blackening in tte violence, of German
attacks In West .Flanders. In face,
the French statement says that be
tween the aaa and Armentieres the
cpp"?~~ izrzzz ~z?ZH> uOtli aviing on
the offensive.
As to the outcome pf this-double
offensive the rival contentions arc
of
Two Hundred ?od Forty-Eight Men
tarred, Among Them Several
Officer Besoin
(Br AaaocUtad TIM.)
PBTROGRATV Nov. 10.-An ofBcIal
communication from the general Rtaff
of the navy, Issued tonight details the
sinking recently of several Turkish
transports. The'communication Bays:
"The commander of the Russian
fleet,' on nearing Port Sangouidak,
sent two ships f-ith some torpedo
boats to destroy buddings and work
shop?, .yt the port. TM." was done suc
cessfully. Moreover, a 'darkish'steam
er waa sunk.
"At the same time our stout ship 1
sighted a T?rken military transport
loaded with soldiers, which was *b?ot!
to put to sea. Our cruiser sank the*
Granta Requests of
U. S. Government I
(By AffooitUd Pre^j.)
MEXICO CIT*", Nov. 10.-Gen. Vcn
UBtiaao Carranga baa granted all the
requests - of the Washington govern
ment regarding the evacuation of
Vere ena; *>>' the Aawrlean troops,
according to a telegram received to
nigh: from Foreign Minister Fabel a.
TH-,.... --?-?>-_-! I-tir""I,lr.?.
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ton for the Mexicana now in Vera
Cruz will bo given In a public decree
to be issued soon. In return . for
these conce?sicas the Carranza gov
ernment baa asksd tile United States
to lix h definite date for the evacua
tion.
Asks Ck>urt to ]
Carolina E
-Law Ui
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< (Br \*o*M**?.rr*?*.\ . . Y
WASIJIKGTON,. NOV. 10.-ConW?dr
lng that an increase In, the number
of spectators at a legal execution* of
a criminal In South Carolina ta an
added puniahofeat. attorneys for Joe
'Malloy, convicted ot murder in* that
State, today flied with the supreme
court a brief calling upon the unjigf
to bold the South Carolina electrocu
tion law unooattttuttoaal aa to Mal
loy.
Malloy was charged with haring
murdered Prentiss Moore, tn Marl
boro county. Sc ?tb Carolina, cu
?Thanksgiving 4ay, tele. At, that time
the death, sentence for murder waa
inflicted-by hangln*. Before bis trial,
the State passed a'law changing .the
manner of imrwRjoU'trom hanging ta
cleef rofutittt?. Malloy'* .Attorneys
ntinues
abated Fury
> BY BOTH GERMANS AND AL
THEY HAVE MADE GAINS
UNS ARE CERTAIN TO
THE END
contradictory, the Germans claiming,
slow progress near Ypres and the
French asserting timi th? German at-1
tack was beaten back. In view pf.
what seem? to be a sustained and
concerted German effort In this,, re
gion, the reports of the German re
tirement are hardly borne out, al
though lt is said they have moved
their headouarters farther cast, this
tune from Ghent to Alost. -y
Tlie situation along the battle line
in France proper, from the stand
point ot the Allies, waa summed up
In a dispatch from an "observer with
the Indian co ns." who saya there bas.
been, no marked change anywhere,'
! though he professes to see a gradual ?
weakening of Germen attacks.
Aside fro . the milltarv asn?ete of;
the war, what s tor. i out boldest to-j
day we" Germany's reported threat to.
cut oft food the United Stales is send-]
lng to Belgium, if the Belgip.as did
not return to their cities and make an1
effort to resume their normal occwpa-?
tiens. The Bel adan answer ls that lt.
has been Impossible to resume a sam- J
hlance of normal activity because the'
German soldiery has ^mmandeered
ali implements and muir?ais necea-i
sary to an industrial 'revival.
Th? British government tonight is
sued another recalled white paper,
reviewing the Incidents which pre-!
ceded the declaration of war against.
Turkey. It deals in the main with
the Qoeben and Breslau affair, and
sets'forth that the grand visier all
along was at. least ostensibly against
dragging Turkey into the Conflict, but
either was powerless to resist Enverj
Bey and his assistants, or while out
war a ty opposing them, was winking i
at the fast approaching crisis, while
tho Turkish and German preparations
went forWr.fi.
>f Sinking
foh Transports
on the Ships Were Saved and Cap
German Officers and a Staff
kg Documents.
vcassL'Thon the Russian fleet put to
sea. t
".Shortly afterwards the Russian
fleet sighted two T?rkin"? transports,
one of which, the Midhat Pasha, had
hoisted the war pennant Torpedo
boats sent to destroy these transports
soon sighted a third one.
"The three transports, laden wita 1
ammunition, guns, automobiles and !
aeroplanes, were sunk. We saved and j
captured 248 men* on the ships, among
them several German officers and a
staff of leer who was bearing docu- ?
manta. The prisoners declared the.
transcris wera io be used to take
troops to Trebizond."
Sentenced to Die;
Commits Suicide
(By Aaaor**ted Frew.) J
TRENTON. N. J.. Nov. 10.-Angelo*
Cerctello. sentenced to be electrocut
ed tonight for wife murder, died In his
cell at the State farm today after
drinking a solution of water end
match heads. During hts confinement
he had been permitted to smoko and
authorities believe he saved from ma- !
i*>rl?= brouaht him for that purpose
the matches with which he accoinp- j
llBhM the suicide.
The crime for which Cerclelro was
convicted was a brutal one. He chop
ped hts wife's body with an axe and
hld it in sime bruah outside of New
ark.
Hold South
ileetrocution
^constitutional
contend that he cen not be hanged
now. because that method.of punish
ment was abolished, and that he can
not be .electrocuted because that
would be imposing, am addlUonal pun
ishment on him and therefore would
make the law "ex post tacto." within
the meaning of the constitution.
The electrocution law authorised
the attendance ?4 from two to four
teen more persons than .' under the
preceding law. "One who ia going to
jwej'tfihih In disgrace, and contumely
naturally wishes the shameful spec
tacle to ,be witnessed by as few aa
pftturible," declare the attorneys, "and
ahi.l this court aay that e&v increase
tn the number of carious onlookers ts
sot a deride* increase in his punlth
meatr
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Rockefeller Relief Ship For Starving Belgians
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The Massapequa.' with 4.000 tons of flour, rice, bacon and beans, has left the United States for Rotterdam,
Holland, to feed the starving Belgians driven from their own country by tho. German troc-.;s. Two other ships
have been chartered by. the Rockefell ar Foundation; president ol which is John D. rockefeller, Jr.
Food speculators.raised the prices In New York when the managers of.the expedition were purchasing their
cargo. It was said that flour roso suddonl ylO cents a sack, and as a result ot th.s the names ot the other ves
sels to sall were kept secret. The managers'hoped to bp able to load them without having to pay exorbitant
prices for toodstufe:
Fear Cruiset
Carolii
TELEGRAMS FROM ANXIOUS
OFFICERS AND MEN RECEIV
FROM ALL PARTS OF COI
CRUISER STRUCK Mil
(By Aaaoriated Pre?.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10.-Navy de
partment officials refused to be dis-j
turbed today by persistent rumors,
tbat the cruiser North Carolina at'
Beirut, Syria, had been au'.x by al
mine.
"There is not the leant apprehen
sion for the ship." was the official an
swer to all inquiries.
Although no messages have como!
direct from the North Carolina since j
November 2, she .has been In constant !
wireless communication with the!
cruiser Tenn?isee noarhy and* officials
pointed out today that official dis
patches were coming through from
the .American consul at Beirut, where
the North Carolina lies in thocha?-bor.
Tho ship would not have left the har
bor without notifying the navy de
partment, officials said.
While communication is slow and
uncertain because of Turkish control '
of the cable, officials disclaimed any
uneasiness whatever for either of the j
American ships.
WiASIHNGTON, Nov. 10.-Secretary
Daniels today ordered the division of j
! operations tn tho navy department to ;
I get into communication as quickly as
Great Brittan 1
Copper Ship
UNITED STATES GOVEJRNME*
MK1YT WITH UKfcAT UKI I I/
THE KED STAR Ul
(By. A^oci.?r' PIM.) 'V* V I
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-Great
i Britain will seise coopei shipments
I from the United States to Italy if they
are consigned "to on'or" or aro prov
! en to be destined ultimately to a bel
I ligerent This was announced today j
'by Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce, British am
bassador, after a conference at the j
etate department
The ambassador made the following j
ria te me nt:
"The Italian government has pro
hibited the export of copper from
Italy but not the transit of copper
through Italy to a foreign country.
Copper consigned to Italy for Italian
?nae will not be subject to seizure but
copper consigned to a belligerent or
to order will be suspect Arrange
ments are being made for the tran
sit of copper to Switzerland for the {
ute of that country on the guarantee j
of the proper authorities.
"The British govern mort has found j
that Italy's embargo on the re-expor-l
tat len of copper would not prevent a
! shipment originating in the United!
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Large Appropriation
to Foreign Missions I
--
(By AMOcUted Prem)
BOSTON, Nov. 10.-Missionary ap
propriations amounting to $800,000
were voled at today's meeting of the
general convention of the Methodist
Episcopal board of foreign missions.
Bishop Robinson's request, tor a
special appropriation to help German
missionaries, in southern Asia waa re
ferred to a committee.
buring debut on a. motion to corn
blue the fields of South America and;
Mvs?CO ??u?r the ?Si?v Of Latin '
America, Bishop McConnell of Denver -
declared he did not expect any speedy
settlement of the trouble In Mexico
and that the missionaries should re
main there. ,?
German Lieut?
As A Spy: Fi
In London f<
(Bf AModatrd Pi***.) %
LONDON, Nov. 10.-(8:io p. m.)
It is officially announced that Carl
Hana Lody, alias Charles A. Inglis,
who waa found guilty by a courtmar
tial of espionage November 2, has
hean eliot as a spy.
When arrested Lody claimed to bo
aa American but later confessed he
waa a German. He had lived in New
York and Omaha. In the latter etty
he married tb* daughter of Gottlieb
Storz, a brewer, who later divorced
him.
Lody met his death In the Tower of
London after he waa found guilty by
courtmartlal . on charge* of having
communicated with the enemy. The
Statement concerning the execution
ls brf-if, merely saying:
"Sentence wo* duly confirmed."
North
a Has Sunk
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF
'ED AT NAVY DEPARTMENT
JNTRY-REPORTED THAT
ME AT BEIRUT, SYRIA
[ posRlble with the cruisers North Car
olina and Tennessee to learn if one
j had met with a mishap as bad been
rumored during the day.
! The secretary sud other navy offl
< dals said they did not tear for the
?safety of either vessel, but thought lt
advisable to allay any alarm by get
ting definite advices. There were ru
mors that the North Carolina had
been blown up by a mine at Beirut,
but so far as could be discovered all
reports originated within the United
! States.
j The navy department ? last heard di
rectly from the North Carolina and
tho Tcnnrsso*? November 2. The for
mer was at Beirut and ti e IrMi-r at
j Mytllene, off the coast of CJreecc.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-Tele
grams from anxious relatives .and
1 friends of officers and wea of the
cruirer North Carolina rt sch the navy
? department tonight fran*, all parts of
the country. To each iuqulry Secre
tory Daniels replied that while he
was without official word from the
cruiser, he felt positive no harm had
befallen her. If anything had. hap
pened to the ship, he said, the de
partment would heve boen Informed
before now. .
Will Seize
ments to Italy
IT HAS REACHED NO AGREE
uv ABOUT mt CAK<UU or
NER KROONLAND.
I Rtofoa {fr**) ?veni.UftllV T***.eW*Sg Qrv
; many. The Italian government' does
not tesl bound, according td' British
understanding, to interf?re with a
shipment from Ono country to anoth
er, if italian territory ls merely used
as an intermediary stage in the jour
ney of a consignment ot goods, italy
construes her obligation, it ls said,,to
extent merely to preventing Italians
from re-exporting copper to the bel
ligerents.*'
The British r'ulir. on the Italian
view toward copper, i' th? opinion of
officials here, will result In the deten
tion of all vessls at Gibraltar whose
copper cargoes ara not consigned to
a specific consignee in ? neutral
country. AU copper shipped before
the product was put on the contraband
Hst will be paid for by the British
government Whenever seined.
I . Tho I'nlted Stares government has
? reached no. agreement with Great
Britain about the cargo of the Pad
; Star liner Kroonland. The vessel was
released but the copper and rubber
cargo was detained at Gibraltar.
Fourteen States
Under Qu ar an ti ne
(By Amorfo'*! PPM*.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10-Fourteen
States now are under federal' quar
rotine because of foot and mouth dis
ease. Kentucky was added to the list
today, reports of infection in that
SUte coming with news of further
spread ot the epidemic in Indiana,
Ohio and Michigan.
Extension of the infected district
surprised and somewhat discouraged
official?' of the department of agricul
ture. Nevertheless the hope was
confidently reiterated that these would
be no further. spreading. The only
State under suspicion is Mississippi,
where a strange malady, in a herd of
cattle at Como ls being investigated.
??mt Shot
rst Execution
enervations
It is understood Lody refused to the
last to reveal the name of the super
ior officer from whom hs received his
instructions to spy on the British
navy.
This was the first execution la the
Tower of London since 1700. The
scene of the execution was the tower
barracks, not far from the snot where
Anne Boleyn and other persona tam?
ona in English history were put to
death.
Lody waa about 2S years old.
Carl Hana Lody, the first maa In
generations to be shot, aa a spy !n
England, ance was employed as a
guide by a New Torts tourist agency
and also "forked for the Untan Pacific
railroad tn Omaha. He waa arrested
(Continued on rafe &)
? BALLOT
rnn .TIir uinurn
ru? mt wumtn
WOME
SUFFRAGE
MEETING
THERE WILL BE
NO QUARRELING
Object of ConferenceIs to Make
Ds??oc/M?k Party Declare for
"Votes For Women."
(By Associated ' Pr?t?.)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., NOT. 10.
Predictions that the -women of thc
United States will have the ballot
within a comparatively few years .and j
assertions that there .will be no qua'r-J
rel among the leaders over the meth
ods by which it ls io be obtained, were I
made by Mrs.- O. H. P. Belmont, of j
New Yorh. and other women promi
nent In the suffrage movement through j
ont the country in their addresses be
fore the Southern States Suffrage Con- j
terence here tonight.
"We suffragists have progressed sol
far," said Mrs. Belmont, who delivered ;
the principal address, "that we aye ac
tually disagreeing about the terms up
on which we shall accept the vote
the Inevitable emancipation of women
is effected. I have sworn allerianco
to the national amendment for woman
suffrag?, while the Southern confer
ence seems Co hold to the principles
of SUt? rights. If the latter method
provea effective,.I shell gratefully ac
cept, th? results."
This sentiment was endorsed ny the :
halt doeen other speaker?:, Including
Mis. Harriet Strutton Blatch, of New
York, :Snd Miss laura Clay, of Kei- :
tuck?
Among otiter speakers Who sounded
(he' note cf optimism for the suff
rage causo were Mrs. Nellie N. Som- ?
ervtlie, of'Greenville; Miss.; Mrs. Hat- ,
tie Ri .'Parker, of New Orleans, and
Mrs. lost Porter Boyer, of Pennayl- 1
vania.
The immediate object of the South
ern State Woman Suffrage Conference
ls to make the Democratic party de
clare for 'Votes for women" ' la lt?
next national platform, according to
Miss Kate Gordan, of New Orleans,
who spoke to the convention tooay.
Mt ss Gordan stated that President
Wilson had said be was helpless to
act and that any expression on sufi- ,
rage tor women must come 'rom the
party. She declared BOW was the time
to seek fhat expression from the Dem
ocrats.
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? Annual Cenverlien al Ka?*T?le. .
NASHVILLE. Ts-fl., Nov. 10.-The"
vangutrd if dolegatea for the annus'
convention of -?he National American
Woolan Suffrage Association are la
Nashville tonight and an informal con
ference of the 'National Executive
Council, Till be bold tomorrow morn
Ink preparatory to tba first seesroo ot
the convention which will open Thura
day 'momVeg. -
BURNED ?Q DEATH
BRITISH STEAMER CAUGHT
?gna*jg jfws* CA?E
?V- HE?&Y
THREATS MADE
Captain I? Said to Have Stated His
Ship Waa Set on Fire by Ger
man Spies.
(By AnociaWd Vrees.>
NORFOLK, Va., Nw. 10.-With len?
than a dozen of the 800 horses she car
ried still alive, the British steamer
Rembrandt which caught fire , when
two; hundred ralles oft. Cape Henry
yesterday, ls tonight throwing the car
cesses of the uead animals overboard.
The Rembrandt ls steaming -in a
circle and forward about ten miles oft
Cape Henry. She expects to complete
the work of throwing the dead horses
overboard tonight and will proceed to
Newport News.
. The Rembra:? .*t ts commanded by
Captain EJd'r.. . is reported to have
stated that ht. i hip waa set on fire
by German ejrfea. The fire was dis
covered among hay and fodder-stored
la tho compartments occupied by the
horses. . V J
Captain Eldin is also reported to
have said that threats were made
against the vessel while she was tak
ing on cargo lb Baltimore. It is claim- ;
ed that Germana declared the "vessel
would be blown np before she reach
ed her destination.
; When the -fire was discovered the
smoke waa so dense the crew could 1
not''reach-the flames and they were '
handicapped by the stamped o of th?
frightened animals. The hold ww
Scened, tho hut che:: c?c?cd and fha .'.
horses left to their fate.
It is reported here that several
members'of the -Rembrandt crew were,
burped, but this report was not con- ,
armed.
Forward compartments of the Rem- J '
bral dt are reported to' be badly dam>
aged ky-'fire. The vessel Wilt'be in
spected at Newport News to ascertain 1
li it will be necessary to make repairs} j
before she ean.pi',*eed otr her voyage ,
to 8L Nasaire,France* to which port
she: was bound : when fire was dhtoov
ered ia her hold. 1
NEWPORT NKWS Va^ Nov. 10- i
With the .flames under control the <
British steamer Rembrandt, which
took firs TAO miles off the Virginia <
capea Monday, ls now headed for New- ,
port News for examination.
Wlht : geo horses ia addition to a ,
g?n?rai car.^/i aboard, the Rembrandt
?teamed from Baltimore Saturday,
consigned to Si. Nasalre, France. Yes
terday sha flashed the O. &*' when
the nra was raging but later got the
blase under control and cams within
the capes, again returning to sea to
throw overboard some dead horses.
Car Lat? af rrevJsleas.
BAN FRANCISCO, Cal., NOT. 10 -
Carload lots of provisions fof a Bel
gian relief ship, to he sent from this
port.hy California are being assem
bled throughout the fitatC Cash pledg
ed tn San Fran cisco alone has reach
ed a sum in excess of $110/900.
CHILDREN MUST BE TAUGHT
TO LOVE THE FLAQ OF
THEIR COUNTRY '
ADDRESS OF
MRS. DANIELS
At Opening Scsstas of Ai??o?S
?Convention of the U.
D. C.
(By Aiaorialad Pre??.) i
SAVANNAH, Qa., Nov. 10.-South
ern women should recognize and more
fully accept the part they may play In
eradicating any lingering animosities
between the North and the South, de
clared Mrs. Joaepbua Daniels, wife of
the secretary of the navy, ip an ad
dress at the opening session hero to
night of the annual convention of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mra Daniels, here aa a delegate from
North Carolina, spoke In response to
an address of welcome.
"Let those ot us who know of the
travail of the sixties keep alive the
glory of sacrifice and the valor ot the*
vanquished to the last day of our
lives." said . Mrs. Daniels. "But let us
'net look mournfully upon the past,'
but ask ourselves the question: 'How
san' Southern woman ot the twentieth
century prove worthy of their lineage
and transmit to their children the
graces and virtues which were_ In
carnated in the Southern women ai ibo
war ?nd reconstruction periods V
"First of all, we must kaow that
love is greater than alt besides. Our
children mu t be taught to love the1
flag of their country, and sons abd
daughters alike given to see. the pa
triotism of those whp wore the blue1
sa well aa of thoae who wore the
gray. It was said that Henry Grady
died loving the country Into peace.'
The first duty of the daughters ls to
lev? all men, and must?ate the best
traditions of the South hy permitting
nu need of bitterness io mar or nar
row our own lives or the Uvea ot eur
children.
"Second, to preserve the hlMory-j
lue horne life history-of the South
during the war between the Btstee.
Southern histories la plenty toll of
the glorious conflicts on land and
seo. But there la a history of those
Says not yet full/ written. There la
untouched a history of heroines. There
was a stimulus, to men who' wv at to
Seeth marching to martial music ba
ler inspiring banners, cheered by
their comrades. Woman poured out
their lives in apprehension and labor
?nd sacrifice , and unutterable loneli
ness. ' Many stories of their deeds
save been burled In the hearts of her
sines who never ax peeled honor o
[ame or aught aa ve the privilege of j
Horsing their loved on ea. But their
laughters owe lt to coming genera
tions to illumine the pagae of litera-1
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