The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, December 17, 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
I
Men, Women and Children of the Civilian Popula*
tion Left Dead or Wounded, Struck Without
Warning While at Work-A Wave of Intense
Anger Has Spread Over England Because of
the Attack-Hostile Squadron Escapes in
Mist After Encounter With Coast Guard Ves
sels-In All the Casualty List Totals 110.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Dec. 16.--For the first time in centuries England
has been strud" by a foreign foe. A squadron of swift German cruis
ers crept through the fog Inst night to the eastern coast and turned
their guns against the Britons.. .
When day broke they began bombardment of three important
towns-Hartlepool, at the mouth of the Tees; Whitby, 35 miles
southward, and Scarborough, noted as a pleasure resort, 15 miles
beyond.
Hartlepool suffered most. There two battle cruisers and an
armored cruiser were engaged. The British war office fixes the num
ber of dead at Hartlepool as seven soldiers and 22 civilians and the
wounded at 14 soldiers and 50 civilians.
At Scarborough, shelled by a battle cruiser and an armored
cruiser, 13 casualties are reported while at Whitby two were killed
md two wounded. .
Men, women and children of the civilian population were left
dead or wounded, siruck without warning while at work. Ir. all the
.casualty list, totals?l?or-3C?or4ing tr> i^^^j-sJ^estkrjai??,-of wfeo.-rf;
3i are known to be dead..
At Hartlepool churches were damaged and the gas works and
lumber yards were set afire, while the abbey at Whitby was struck.
The Balmoral Hotel at Scarborough received the full effect of a
shell., A number of houses and shops were shattered and partly
turned in each of the towns.
, The hostile squadron escaped in the *r?ist after an encounter
with coast guard vessels.
The official account of the attack, where of a policy which permita ahel- ?
as fanned hv the prc?? bureau, with ling of undefended towns. The fort
more complete details from, the war ress at the mouth of the Tees'is sup
office, follows! posed to give some protection to the
"This morning a German cruiser Important shipping base of Harte
torce made a demonstration upon the pool, but Whitby and Scarborough ]
Yorkshire coast in the course of which are open to the enemy as is Atlantic ,
they shelled Hartlepool, Whitby and City on tho New Jersey coast. ,
Scarborough. - Scarborough, with its old castle on ]
"A number of their fastest ships a high hill, the big casino with si high i <
Vere employed for this purpose and t-ower and a row of pretentious ho- ,
they remained about an hour on the tels on. the water front, permits a i
coast . shining mark for target practice.
"They .were engaged by patrol ves- peW visitors were st the hotels, be- j
sets on the spot. Aa soon as the pres- cause of the cold weather, but one in- j
ence of the euemy was reported a valid is known to nave been wounded. \
British, patrolling squadron ?ndeavor- ,n thc' dlrec. Hnef tte mouth ^ J
5y? ^/?fvi1 ?, ; ? rer^1 land, the German natal base in the
Jetlred at full speed and. favored byjNorth ^ The British admlraiity
the mist, made their escape. |8ayB the German BhJpB were among
"Tho losses on both sides are rn?a!l, their fastest. They chose a night when
but full reports have not yet been U t?ick miut prevailed and must have ?
.deceived.. left their base at least two hours be- ,
"The admlraiity takes the opportu- fore dark AB they started to return ?
Ity of pointing out that demonstra- about S o'oloek there remained about ,
tiona of this character, against unfor- ?oven hours of daylight for. tte? pur- ?
tined towns or commercial ports, oujt, which, however, was rendered al- J
though difficult to accomplish pro- ntost impossible fer tte f\>g. How the J
vlded a certain arno..ni of risk is ac- Germans evaded all Ute mines and '
cepted, are devoid of military slgni- pat, ois remains a mystory. although 1
fl canco._, ?
"They may cause some loss of life ?CONTIN nv P?W? RJX> 1
among the civilian population and .-r . . -.? ~ - 1 1 . ?.
some damage to private property, ** * w
which ls much to be regretted, but Silt S IS Wi ?T? B dTW^t*'
they must not in any circumstances MJ?f&cMMMl If. JLfirlU
be allowed to modify the general naval \ ? ' m
policy which is being pursued. ?ru-?r ClJ~m Ult ? fl
"The land batteries replied and aro \9? ' ClevCCf ?7Sd
reported to have hit and damaged
the enemy. ----
"At 8:50 the flrlng^ceased ana the , (By A?oeW?I rrwt.l l
enemy steamed away. None of our NEJW YORK, Dec. 1?.-"A tragic ,
guns waa touched. Ono shell fell in misery, the like of which the World .
the ro-rtl sngineer's lines and several has never aeen," was the term applied
tn fte lines of the 18th service ba tal- tonight to conditions in Belgium by 1
lion of the Durham light Infantry. Theodore Waters, secretary ot tbo f
"TW c?sual?SB among the troops christian Herald, who went to Bel *
amounted to eevea Wiled and 14 laj,t montn to supervise dlstri- j
wounded. ; bttUon of the food cargo of the relief ?
Some damage wasj ?Tone to the ?teasier Jan Block, and who returned
bawn and the gae works were set on , today on th0 Traneylvanla. Belgium. I
crow? ? S ap? IS bread4141,7 " T* S
mately 22 were killed and SO wounded. a ".J"^* M " ^ .,, MMF NNR ,
"At the sams time a hattie cruiser #?" tf'T0^,?. ?liff t
and an armored cruiser appeared off * thottf?n* poorly clad women ?Und- t
Scarborough and fired SO shbtsTwhich i?*shtverinf tln 80OW' '?r !
caused considerable damage and 1? ? foort *? J? livered out In Malines. ?
casualties are reportad. I undrr the shadow of the cathedral, ita ?
"At Whitby two battle cruisers fired 'wmI1* te? ?tB m ?taiusd ?laaa
shots doing damage to buildings and windows but ragged fragments,.! saw c
the following casualties are reported: .men, women and children, gasing dis- t
Two killed and two wounded. consolatory at tte ruins of w-ase? t?wi? ?.
. "At all three places there was an once were iheh* hornea; ?oev p.eo/20 i
entire absence of panic and the do- who begged something to eat of us aa f
m can or Ot the people waa everything we passed. On tho road to Brussels ?
t ?at could bo desired." . we overtook thousands of refugees re- s
A wave of Intense anger has spread turning to villages where Hiele is not i
over Kn gi and aaeanao ot the attack, food enough to sustain those already ?
Bitter denunciation, ls heard every-1 there. In Brussels wa saw women s
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CABLES AGAIN
FOR DESTROYERS
Col. Goethals Sets Forth Need of
IShips in Canal Porta? to Pre
serve Neutrality.
(By Astocinted Frwa.)
PANAMA. Dec. 16.- Governor Goe
thals bas again cabled to Secretary
Garrison setting forth need for des
troyers in canal porta to preaerve
neutrality. Colonel Goethals says he
has no moana of preventing the use
of capel or Panama ports as a means
ai communication and that these ports
apparently are. being used to that end.
.>-B?lO??t -"Geethais -today ? expressed
spinion that there waa aa much neces
sity for destroyers at canal ports as
at any other American porta where
they were stationed to prevent breach
es of maretimo laws or of neutrality.
He declared that judging from re
ports reaching him lt waa evident the
vicinity of the isthmus was being used
as a temporary base, for the transfer
af supplies and aa a moana of commu
nication.
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Demands Immediate
IRolaass of Prisoner
? (Ry An?ciated Pr?te.)
DOUGLASS, Ariz., Dec. 16.-J. T. T.
Paxton. British consul here, made a
1 emend today o_n Governor Jose May
orana for the immediate release of H.
Perry Meeker, a Britiah subject, held
m a charge of having aided Carranca
[?artisans to escape Into Sinaloa.
Weaker, it is said, was deceived by
Mexican rangera, who induced hun to
furnish transportation for them after
:hoy learned that a messenger carry
ing their pledge of loyalty to Carran
ca had fallen Into the banda of May
orena's Yaqui Indiana.
Carrawa Victory Reported.
(Rv AMmcUter! Prf?.l
?V?RA CRUZ, Dec. 16.-Officlala
tere reported today that Carranza had
.von. a battle at Guamove, near Tam
)ico. In a flgVt near San Pedro de
Las Colonias, between Torre?n and
Saltillo, General Vasquez, commsnd
ng Carranza forces, reported he wa*
neking gains and declared that Gen
eral villa's men had taken a traln
oud ot wounded into Torre?n.
sr.-:-.vats'i.. . . : ? ,;.- ?? 1 sa
* Breadline
Humanity
loldlng babbie, atandlng, on the cold
itreet corners, beggi.ig for food.
"In Holland I found thousands of
el?geos from Belgium huddled in
"itu?is and cn barges, some refined.
I'T/J coarue and brutalized, all sleep
up together without partitions to in
ure the least privacy.
. "Stagnation iles uv? a blight noon
belgium-stagoh^.v. cf energy, of
LAnO . *T*Kr> iM^?;-^ ??ft?? **S*A TX WK?-A
?urytag. ground. GTW. arphmsK -a
ountry desoii- ed: ?rees felled to
uake way for ?'*.? ?ulieta; ils crops)
rog gone to seed, sticking I ci oily np
hrctHfu '-hi .4. .w. Broken h Mises,
?ro:x?r/. ;w.me?. hc?;tK , 'the
.efugtif ?<?r? a?'sr.?'s SM ":? via?r,
'?turnt'v' M . &cl.-?--.-. '.::,'....*?,-.'.. '
"Whet- : w.t. In ?vur'-i?f R.V
>Hly, ?v?ugh food or ?? ?
.V- v4d>v. What 1 . \ .tunal
. i wilv 9rrth*-f ot a?
i/??ant. f.t rJW! ?vw, r,> .vj*** ft foe.*?
rom Aoierica -and tba oar <iW
ource-her people will starve, a-A
tarvation will spell rain. For whet
.copie sro hungry they are apt to corn
alt lil advised reprisals agrdnst
idttary.
Chairman of Committee
Probing Naval Affairs
Representativo Lemuel P. ' Padgett
of Tennessee is f lie chairman of tho
naval uiTalrs com tnittee of the house
of representatives, which is now in
vestignting the Condition of the United
States navfy. The work has been taken
up largely because of the agitation
inaugurated by Representative Gard
ner of Massachusetts, who had inVo
duced a resolution for a special com
mittee tn inv?stigi?te both ?rmy end
^YT.:.-Aifss?y ^ft^gadjfcsti ir rnmmtt
tee has brought ont some interesting
facts concerning the readiness of the
United States in case ot war.
m Mfc?llU
First Important Battle Between
Carranza and Villa Armies in
Progress.
BOTH SIDES HAVE
< AMPLE ARTILLERY
Tho Carranza Advance Marks
Lons; Threeatcned Move to
Take Torre?n.
(By AlMX-lk'.t-d Pf??.)
BL PASO? Te; \ Dec. 1?.-The\flrst
important battle jetween the Carran
te, and Villa armies is in progress
near San Pedro de Las Colonies, east
of Torre?n. Several columna of Car
ranza troops from Coahuila state, ag
gregating about 5.000. men under Co>
onel Ilifonso. Vasques, are engaged by
a sllgbttv- larger force under General
; Vli.a.
Both sides hav. .mp... t.rtlllery and
thc fighting is described aa desperate.
Reinforcements >r both armies ? are,
being- rushed to thc scene of battle.
I The Carranza advance .rnrlr.s a long
j threatened movement to takrf T^:eon,
I railroad center of the interior, and to
shut off Villa's communication with tue
?north. Villa garrisons in northern
Mexico have been depleted hy th? move
ment into Mexico City and troops
from Urn national capital probably will
be sent to the northern theatre of
war.
It appears that Carranza, from Vera
Crus, has ordered a general movement
into the north. Four hundred, men
?"rom General Hill's forces in the ex
treme east of Sonora are moving on
Juarez, held by a small Villa garri
son. FUve hundred Carrissa troops
from Coahuila recently passed below
Sierra Blanca, Texas, on their way to
ward. Juarez.
The situation hss besa complicated
hythe appearance in central Chihuahua
of General Jose Tues Salazar, the for
me?' federal leader, who escaped re
?rotlrlfrom jail at Albuquerque*. N.
50. It was . learned today that more
than ose million round? of ammunl
r.lon destined for Salazar bad passed
Ihn hi.rd or ?pfel y
George C Carotherc. American
?tau department representative with
General Villa, arrived st El Paso to
day.
Carranza age t. J today repeated pre
vious claims that San Luis Potosi had
fallen into their bands.
OF ALL L
INSTITUTIONAL
CHARITIES AND BENEVO
LENCES IN NEW YORK
WILL BE UNDERTAKEN
INVESTIGATION
TO BEGIN JAN. ll
Many of the Leading Financiara
of the Country Will' Bo Sum
moned to Testify.
(Br Afwociatcd Pro?.)
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 16.-Investiga
tion of virtually all large institutional
charities and benevolencea centered in
New York city, during which many of
the leading financiera of the country
will be summoned to testify will be
undertaken by the federal industrial
relations commission, Boon. Thfa was
announcod today by Frank P. Walah,
chairman of the commiaaion, which
dosed itB_inqulry Into/the Colorado
coal strike late today.
Institutions to be Investigated in
clude ?he Russell Sa ie foundation, the
Baron1 de Hirsch fund, the Carnegie
Benevolences, the Rockefeller charl-"
ties and the rockefeller foundation
and the Cleveland foundation. Tbe in
vestigation ia tentatively scheduled.to
begin ht New York January ll.
Th<? basis of . the worfc ls tc -fie, ac
represents the beginning of an "effort
to perpetuate the present position of,
predatory wealth through the corrup
tion of the sources of public Informa
tion."
The commission will seek to deter
mine, according to Mr. Walsh, "how
tbe policies of these founditions are
shaped and by whom; their relation
to high finance; the extent to which
their charters may be stretched1' unde .
the United States constitution, and
whether they constitute a menace or a
benefit to the nation.''
Those who will bc asked to testify,
according- to Mr. Walsh,, Include Presi
dent Arthur Hadley, of Yale Univer
sity; Dr. Charlea W. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard University; An
drew Carnegie; John D. Rockefeller.
Sr.; John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; J. P.
Morgan, Daniel Guggenheim, E. H.
Gary. T. N. Vail. Edward T. Stoteabury,
of J. P. Morgan & Co. : George W.
Perkina, Frank A. Vanderlip, T. P.
Silents, Jacob Schiff, Norman B. Ream,
Francis L. Hine, John1 Hays Ham
mond, Robert W. DePorest, Cleveland
H. Dodge* H. C. Frick. Adolph LewU
ohn, Thomas W. LaMont, Seth Low,
Jerome D. Greene, Rev. Fred Gates,
representative of John D. Rockefeller,
Sr.; Starr J. Murphy, pe'.sonal coun
sel for John D. rockefeller; W. L.
Mackenzie King, of the Rockf'eller
foundation; J. H. McClement, director
of the Colorad? Fuel and Iron Com
pany; Charles P. Neill, John M. Glenn,
director of the Russell Sage founda
tion; Ralph M. K>alcy, chairman exec
utive council National Civic Federa
tion; Allen T. Burna, director of the
Cleveland foundation; Samuel Unter
meyer. Robert Bruere. trustee Rand
School of Socialism, New York; Dean
George W. Kirachway, of Columbia;
Seth M. Milliken, New England cotton
mill magnate, and Senators Kenyon,
of Iowa, and Owens, of Oklahoma.
France Will Al
WithCotti
(By Aaaormt?! Pr***.)
WASHINGTON. Dee. 1ft,-The
French government In a note to the
state department today gave assur
ance that France would not Interfere
lu any manne with American cotton
shipments either to belligerent or
nentral ?.oar.trics.
Announcement waa made that
France would adopt the same attitude
toward cotton ahtpments aa that of
Great Britain.
Great Britain had announced late
In October that cotton was not and
would not be considered contraband
and assurance was given that there
would be no Interference with ship
ments. Since then the state depart
ment has been Becking like treatment
from France.
Ambassador Gerard informed the
state department there was practical
ly aa unlimited market for cotton In
I Germany so that two million bates
! probably could be disposed of in the
empire In 1916. It wan reported from
Vienna 800,000 bales could find a mar
ket in Austria-Hungary and Ambasea
Latest Photo of Man
* Pushing War Probe
Representative Gardner ha? not
quit bis efforts toward the appoint
ment of a special committee of the
bouse to in .-ezligate the military and
Mr. Gardner insists that the country
is at tho. mercy of any first-class Eu
ropean power. While it is not con
sidered likely in Washington tait the
nouse, will name the committee, reg"
ular committees, spurred* on by the
igltatlo? he has brought about, have
ilrcadv begun an investigation.
ro USE HIS
PERSONAL
INFLUENCE
brigadier General Hugh L. Scott,
Chief of Staff of U. S. Army,
Goes to Naco, Aria.
rVILL TRY TO STOP
FIRING ACROSS UNE
f This Final Effort Fails, It ia Un
derstood a Defensive Fire
WO! Be Began.
(Hy Aworintrd Pre?.)
WASHINGTON, ?ec. 16.-Brigadier
leneral Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff
>f the United States army, left to
light for Naco, Ariz., to endeavor to
se his personal influence with the
rarring factions across the border to
top their firing into American terri
. (carriKUEu* o\ PAGE FOUR.)
of Interfere
m Shipments
or Page informe-.; the state depart
lent that T>*ly waa in the market. Mr.
le ra rd sahl Oc-rmsn prices T*??5?*^
rom 13 to 18 cents a pound after al
awing two cents tor Insurance,
relght and ether charges.
Twelve vessels flying the Amercan
ag and bf?aHiiir ?kly>nt Sft.AAft K.J.; A?
otton now a reloading or en route to
iurope. The ultimate destination of
de cargoes is Germany.
Officials today felt there would be
speedy restoration of' the cotton
rade to normal.
Secretary Bryan, in a statement on
lie cotton situation, said,
"Tho ons practical obstacle to the
upjlylng of the demand is the scar
ify ot American boats.- The Holiand
merican Lino has refused to accept
aipments of cotton to Rotterdam and
ie fact that American boat? are ra
vi ire? under tho conditions imposed
y Germany in the raising of the era*
?rge to bring beck dyestugs, cyanide,
hemlcals, etc, makes tho demand for
American bottoms greater Umn the
upply."
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PAST
ILLIES HAVE
E FURTHER
PROGRESS
BRITISH, FRENCH AND BEL
GIANS CONTINUE THEIR
OFFENSIVE IN WEST
ASSISTED BY
BRITISH FLEET
Preparations Are Berne Mada For
Ia New Battle or Sttiea of Bat
tles in Poland.
(By Amoctetod Presa.)
LONDON, Dec. 16.-The raid ot Ger
man warships on the northeast coast
of England today and their escape in
i fog ofter having bombarded Scar
borough, Harte pool and Whitby,
whore a number of persons wera kill
id and wounded and considerable dam
ige waa done to property, completely
overshadowed the activities . of ^the
and forces. .. V.
Land operations, however, as on pre
ceding days, have been of the utmost
mportance. The British, French and
Belgian troop8 have continued their
)ffenstve in the weet, a/cording to the
french official reports, have made,
further slight progress. Thiaiwss;ac
:ompll8hed, however, only by toot-by
foot fighting.
Along the coast of Flanders, wt ere
h2 A!ii?3 ?re trrlng tu imah tapir
linea forward rrora Nleuport,#iay^h?yh
liw^i?rtBtanti? oVWl^n^^Kit^
?hieb violently bombarded Weatende,
)ne of the many 'ittle coast towns
which have suffered greatly Since the
commencement ot the wah This St
ack, Berlin says, was without effect
ind the Allies were repulsed. .
Further Inland the French also
laira to have gained ground, although
n a lesa marked degree than on prev
oua days. In thu Argonne there op
erantly baa been a lull, but both in
he Woe vre and Alsace, the two other
egione where severe fighting baa
teen in progress for some tune, the
lennans appear to have uvltrerad
ounter attacks.
In Poland preparations are being
nade for a new battle or series of
tattles. The Russians, according to
t former member of the cabinet at. Pe
ragrad, have decided, despite the 41s
ppolntment it must cause, to with
irsw their left wing at least am} form
new line bach ia their own territory.
*hia will relieve Cracow, but will
om pel the Austro-Germen forces to
ght farther away from the strategic
allwayg from which they have moved
roops quickly to desired points.
This plan doubtless will affect the
est of the battle floht only except in
lie extreme north of Poland, where the
ie rm an column has been driven back
y a auperlor Russian force.
A Rome dis natch credits the Aua
rlana with having admitted the loss of
00,000 men in their expedition against
errie' sud their subsequtut defeat by
lie army of that little nailon.
Pet rog tad advises dany that Asa
rla ls seeking a peace agreement
'1th Pjussia.
Prance estimates that the war for
le six months In 1*15'will cost ker
1,185,888.573 or about ?200,000.000
lonthly.
Vienna baa admitted officially, ac
Drdlng to a Rome dispatch that 100,
00 Austrians were killed or wounded
1 the unsuccessful campaign against
ervia.i t
The 'German embassy at Washing
m received advices from the German
dntater to Chile saying that in the
?cent fight between British and Gor
ian warships'off the Falklands the
rltish ship? were badly damaged
ad one apparently was sunh.
Basel, switzerland ??tanta that the
rench armies apparently have taken
ie offensive on the front' from Bel?
?rt to Sainte Marle-Aux-Mines and
ave converted Thann into a suous
Dld.
Washington ha? cant the cruiser:
acorn a to Colon to protect tho nee?
?si?ty st tu? Cmsavt. kona, <.
'resident Wilson '.
Buys Santo Clan*
(By Aaaodaiad Prac?,)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-President
tlson did his Christmas shopping
day. Re w?ni into the downtown du
lci at the mah hour, visiting d?part
ent stores, two book atores, and a
welry store for bia gifts All of the
Aces were crowded and at times the
resident had to push his way ??cr
it tcaily to get what he wanted. Ste
sa recognised by many shoppers
id greeted all who spoke to him with
broad smile. Severs) secret service
en accompanied him, ....- .... ^