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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 BERUM CELEBRATING FLAGS BEING DISPLAYED OVER GERMAN VICTORY ' IN EAST PRUSSIA POLAND GIVEN INDEPENDTNCE -: Planned to Hold Convention Feb. 14 at Cracow, Galicia, to Choose a King. (Bv Associated Pres?.) I'FTROURalV via London, Feb. 12. -(11:10 p. M.)-News has reached here from apparently authentic NourrcR that Germany and Austria hare declared the Independence of Poland, to become operstlve Febru nry ll, when Jt ls planned to hold a convention al Crucnw. Usllcla, to choose a king. j ft ls stated that Arehiluke Karl Step lien of Austria is a likely candi- ] date ?'?"' ihc throne. tieri In Celebrating. . HI) lt I-IN, Feb. 12.- (vin London,! Feb.xjtt. 1:80 a. m.)-Flags are being displayed In.the streets af Berlin In celebration of the report of Field Marshal von Hindenburg's new vic tory in East Prussia. Neus that the Russians were being driven from the Masnrian Lakes dis trict surprised the people of Berlin, their attention having been long con centrated on the Warsaw front. Persons In the confidence of high military officers know, however, that Von Hindenburg had titi let ly gathered n strong farce for an offensive la Fast Prussia. In unofficial quarters ft has been said that eight army corps were gathered for this purpose. Von Hindenburg's victory ls report. . ed *o>5v?.l?c*n sn Important one. It hr Tm? ' mi*Winward through thc Russian Line after an enveloping movement. j % i\ 'nu y was vi on under fhe eyes o?r : Emperor William. LONDON, Feb., 12.-All eyes are on East Prussia where the German army under personal observation, 'If not tho command of Emperor William,! has compelled the Russians to evacuate their positions east of the Masurian Lakes and retire to their own terri tory. The Russians refer to thi.? az a strategical retirement but the German official communication intimates' that the appearance in this district of a strong new German force surprised the i.ussians and that the Germans captured 26,000 prisoners, 20 cannons and 30 machine guns in addition to a lot ot war material. If the German statement is true, the Russian re verse apparently ls almost .as serious as that which ',in Muscovite forces tuttered in the same place early in the war. Before the German official com-. 1 municatlon waa revived In London military men look?J '.ho retirement as a wise move, d? cu.'?ng ' that it would compel Gie oermans to light the battle on Russian territory and ,. away from their Strategical railways. The army which the Germans flung . HO /sunddenly into East Prussia is be . lleved to havo numbered 200.000 men and to haye been made up of soldiers who hove been fighting on the Bzura , and western fronts and of units ot the nen* army trained lu central Germany. , The Germans.have resumed the of fensive In Russian Poland on the right hank of the lower Vistula and have occupied the town of Sierpec, north west of Pieck. Thus the chief bat-' liS^STJl' l5iL-J? ^?ilS^?^ 5?Ji5LB^ Jfe?L?^-*ISS5^ (C^TTN?STOX PAOE FOUR.) Delivers Ame To Gurman (By Aswdnted Press.) . BERLIN. Feb. 12.-James W. Gerard, thc American 'ambassador. .. Called on Gottlieb von Jagow. the Gor < ...msh foreign secretary, at 6 o'clock this cvcqlng and presented to him the American geversmen!'? note con cerning tue u?rman sea war zone proclamation. The delivery ofc the note was foHow ,!lU.kea, hy . a conference between Mr. ' Gerard and the foreign minister which laated for tnreequartors of an hour. Judging from tho length bf the am bassador's 1 stay at the foreign office the communication evidently was considered of importance. Nothing concerning the contents of ihe note, baa yet been given out by any competent authority .here. Officials ore not ready to comme*.* on it beyond stating- thai thetfMhmnntcatloa is "conched Sn the friendliest spirit and ls a thoroughly friendly document." 1 COMMITTEE OPENS HEARING ON IMPEACHMENT CHARGES AGAINST FEDERAL JUDGE DAYTON Inquiry Into Methods of Selecting Juries and If Favors Were (By A.wvHnt/vl Frets.) PARKERSBURG, W. Va.. Feb., 12. A congressional subcommittee inves tigating impeachment charges against Federal Judge A. G. Dayton, of the northern districts of West Virginia, opened its hearing here today. Six witnesses were heard. Miss Lillie Irene Jackson, daughter of Judge John J. Jackson. Judge Day ton's predecessor, testified she believ ed that Judge Dayton had something lo do with hor father's removal from office in 1905. She understood, she said, that former President Roosevelt had hired detectives to investigate her father's acts. Mr. Rcospvelt's ?aame again was brought in when counsel for the pe titioners asked Reese Blizzard, United States district attorney under Judges Jackson and Dayton, if Hugh Bond, former general counsel for the Balti more and Ohio railroad, had not con ferred with Pves.-ient Roosevelt con cerning the Impeachment of Judge Jackson. Blizzard denied knowledge of such a conference. The witness de clared he felt President Roosevelt would appoint Judge Dayton because of their close acquaintance. Hal Rapp, a United States deuty marsha, testified tbat in a damage case against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company, in which a verdict for a big amount wai returned. Judge Dayton declared: "If takes 13 to de cide, this cax3," and e.talad ?hat-unless i $2,000 were taken from the verdict he would set it aside. AU witnesses ??erc questioned CSUBC ly as to methods employed In select ing juries in Judge Dayton's court | and whether interests of certain Uti- i ganta were favored, but little was I brought otk. The resolution authorizing the tn- j vestigatlon directed that the commit tee inquire whether Judge Dayton con-nired with certain corporations and inviduals to secure removal of the late John J. Jackson as Judge of the federal district court; whether he has shown marked favoritism to cer tain corporations having extensive lit igation in bis court, and has summon I ed as jurors persons connected with these europe rat ion?; whether he has used his power as Judge to further the interests of his son, Arthur Dayton, an attorney; whether he had lent his services aa judge to coal operators hy improperly issuing injunctions; j whether he lips shown hatred and bit terness toward miners v>n. trial in his court; whether he has used bis office J to discourage miners from exercising their rights to organize and peace ably assemble; whether he conspired ? With certain corporations in forma tion of a carbon trust in violation of ?'the law; whether he openly stated ho would not permit the-United Workers of America to exist wltoln the juris diction of lils court ; whether be lias said in open court that the United Mine Workers were criminal conspir ators; and. finally, whether he has been guilty of any act for' which he should be impeached. Suffrage In Vermont MONTPELIER, Vt.. Feb.. 12.-The Vermont senate' today passed without debate a bill extending the franchise to women at town and city elections and for presidential electors. -.. ^-r-=? rican Note i Government The German reply to Washington will he made in due course and if the views repeatedly expressed in re sponsible quarters may be taken as a criterion lt probably will, point out' that the German measures in making the seas around Great Britain a war zoi.e ls a fully justified answer to the Brltsh attempt to starve out the German cation, "women and children, as weU aa soldiers." It also is believed that the. nota will suggest that it the United States desire? a mitigation of Germany's naval campaign lt would be wei?" to Induce Great Britain to lift her em bargo on food stuffs bound for Ger many, which, in the German inter pretation of international law. is en tirely illegal and unjustified. It will be added, lt ls believed, that if Great Britain persists > in her em bargo the campaign against hostile merchantmen wilt go forward with thu severity. Shown. MUCH INTEREST OVER THE NOTES MUCH SPECULATIONS AS TO REPLIES FROM ENGLAND AND GERMANY REPRESENTATIVES ^WERE SILENT German Ambassador and British Embassy Decline to Discuss the Notei. (By AMoriated Pre??.) WASHINGTON, Feb., 12.-Reading of the official texts of the two notes from the United States to Germany and Great Britain developed today an intense interest among officials and diplomats in the question of what would be the nature of the replies from the two belligerent governments. That Great Britain would give as surances of no Intention to sanction the general use of neutral flags by British merchant shipB was the belief of many officials. But the widest sort of speculation, based on a variety of conceptions of Germany's pians in waging a submarine war on merchant ships, wa-, heard as to thc probable response of the Berlin foreign office. Count yon Bernstorff. the German ambassador, declined to discuss the note to Germany as be had received no advices from Berlin concerning it. The British embassy also was ilent. What excited most attention In con gress and among diplomats, however, was the serious tone of the notes even though qualified by the polite terms of diplomatic usage. The determina tion of the United States government to havo the American flag used only by ships entitled to fly it and the warning that Germany would be held "to a strict accountability* if Ameri can lives or vessels were lost In the attacks on merchant vessels in the newly delimited sea tones -of war, i practically were tho sole t?pica of dl?> c*?saT?n~TnvVxecutlv?' anTTcong/essT?H-^ ' al quarters as well as among the am bassadors and ministers of belligerent and neutral nation. White there were no authorized ex pressions, it wss evident that ihe neu tral diplomats in general gave both notes their approval because of the identity of interest of their govern ments .and the United States In the circumstances of a powerful neutral government to the practices suggest ed by tne Lusltauia incident or thc threatened attacks on merchant ves sels was considered as likely to have a most beneficial effect and there were suggestions that the argument of the American government would be fol lowed In a joint protest to both Ger many and Great Britain by three Scandinavian countrlej, as well as separate representations *from the other neutrals of Europe. . Discussing comments upon differ ences In the two notes high officials of the government said the cases were not parallel as thc United States had little ground in International law for protest against the occasional uso of a neutral flag by a belligerent when escaping capturo, and even the ob jections voiced against the general misuse of the neutral ensign could bc raised only on general moral prin ciples or on the ground of unneighbor liness or serious inconvenience rather than vin any definite rule of interna tional law. As for tho communication to Ger many, administration officials who helped prepare the document em phaslded the point that the American government proceeded on the firm ground of International right as lt has been a long established principle, they said, based on innumerable prece dents, that a merchant vessel without meat?, of protecting itself must be visited first by an enemy warship and given an opportunity to surrender or save its passengers before violence ls applied. Again lt was declared that the necessity for a strong warning was compelling, lest the sinking of an American vessel or loss of Ameri can lives give rise to a critical situa tion with alarming possibilities. Interest tn the situation was height ened by the addition of another dip lomatic difficulty with Germany over the interference by German military authorities with, mall communications of American Minister Henry Van Dyl . between The Hague and Luxemburg. A formal Inquiry was sent to Berlin concerning the incident and officials hoped it would bc satisfactory . ad tuRtfvi relying on the uniform cour tesy hlterto manifested by tho German government in dealing with Minister Whitlock at Brussels and other Amer ican Officials in the war sones. Tevtlna Liquor AdvertlMag Law. MONTGOMERY, Ala. Feb. 12.-A proceeding tn chancery to test the constitutionality of s State law nro htbittng -Alabama newspapers from publishing liquor advertisements wan flied today against The Montgomery Advertiser by Attorney General Mar ita. The measure, passe> Wednesday by the legislature over Governor Hen derson's vetft, bf came effective Immed-' lately. T: . German? Sneaking Back Underground Bomb This photograph shows Ornum soldiers sneaking hack from a tunnel which led them near the French trenches. A.??ore or more of them dug their waylin the direction in which their guns pointed, jus; in front of the hutt o? the tree seen in the background, all the way. a quarter of a mile or more, to the French trenches and, there planted bombs that could be'.''.touched off by elec tricity when thj? Frenchmen could be UPON UK8TEB STATES SAYS SEN. L'FOLLETTE SPEAKING IN SENATE ON RESOLUTION .ALL CONFERENCE NEUTRAL NATIONS Io Cooperate in Restoring Peace i Europe-Says President Should Be Given Authority. (Ry Araortaiarl Pre?.) WASHINGTON*. Feb. 12.-"The bal lee of tue v, <n ld at peace waits upon this government." declared Senator follette, speaking In the senate to ttsy on hts resolution authorizing the president t*? call a. conference of all neutral ^nations to cooperate iu re storing peace in Europe. "Neutral rights demand a clearer definition. Delay ts filled with men ace," he continued. "Waatever. may be tue mind ci the belligerents regarding a termination of the war today, no one can say what it may be tomorrow. Certain it ls that they are not sd entirely engrossed In the business of destroying one anoth er as to he wholly Indifferent to thc good opinion of the balance of thc world. i "Who can say at What moment the dark curtain that veils so much of the ! struggle may be ?wept aside by un controlled forces that will fasten upon the peaceful nations and draw the whole world Into the vortex of war? I "Great Britain assumes the right to fly our flag in self protection. We ? are warned thai ucrmany may not Oe able to determine whether our fjag designates a neutral or , un enemy. England from day to day enlarged her list of contraband and impose conditions and exactions which well nigh paralysa neutral commerce Germany declares *war zones* lo blockade English ports.' "It ls revolting that we should en courage or permit trafile in arma and ammunition by private capital for profit with organized governments, thus prompting selfish interest to in fluence legislation.- Back of every big army and navy appropriation hill is the organised power of private in terest, pressing for larger appropria tions because there follows in the wake of such legislation fat army con tracts, with attendant opportunity for graft and caty money. "It were foily to pretend that the there calling of the proposed confer ence will end nosttlltl- 3. But it is Ut ile short of an intriaational crime for congreea to withhold from the pr?si dent the authority and the necessary appropriation enabling him tc act as the occasion shall commend itself.' : After Planting i Near the French Trench lured tp thc ground. The two men ?coming from tho trenches were the leaders of twenty more", yet in the ; deep, dnrk hole. They had to sneak I buck very quietly, keeping out of , sight so the enemy would not see them , coming from the hole. Their guns were left in place that the Frenrh might think a man was behind each. Irr fact, this particular trench might ! have been taken white the Germans '. were digging underground, had the ! enemy not known ii. ! ABE GIVEN SK AMENDMENT OFFERED TO B!LL INTRODUCED ?BY EVANS AND BANKS ?THE CARLISLE BILL CONTINUED Senator Walker Attacks Employ ers Liability Law-Other Do ing hi Legislature. ----- (By Associated Press.) , COLOMBIA." Feb. 12.-Friends of State Warehouse Commissioner John . I,. McLaur!n were given a scare in ' tho tenate this morning when an amendment devolving the duties of ?Commissioner ?f Agriculture E. . J. Watson after next September was of fered to the hill which wns fathered by Senators ..vans and Banks to en I large the powers of tho warehouse commissioner. The amcudment whirr; would have In effect repealed the bill I which w^s offered by Senator Lee nf Dai lin NI. Senator Banks made au impassioned argument against the Lee amendment and praised the ware house and its commissioner. I D?bate on this bill was anally ad journed until Monday night . at 'A o'clock on^the request of Senator Walker who wanted to speak on it and who had to .go home this after noon. j The Carlisle bill permitting women i the right to hold the offices of scheu', trustees and notary nubile was con tinued until next session. Tba bill providing for thc appoint ment or the members of the State his l inri nal ^/unmjuolni. frAi.i ?hC Y?ri??l? i schools''and colleges was given third reading and ordered enrolled for rati fication. Senator Walker attacked thc em ployers liability law, as introduced by Senator Padgett, and offered an amendmeniwin effect providing for tho enactment of the federal liability law without - the amendments preluded in the Padgett bill. No vote wa* reached I on the bill. The senate adjourned to meet again on Monday' afternoon at 3 o'clock. > The Torrens land registration sys [ tem has advanced a step la this State. I Today the house passed the bill pro viding for the introduction of a system .along this line beginning in March, 1916. The vote was practically unan ! hnous. Although many ot the ment? , bera were trank to say that they did not fully understand the details and i scope of the legislation. By a vote or VS to 0 the bill was ordered to a 1 third reading, and will go to tho cen I ate with the approval of the bouse. The bill was vigorously pressed hy Its ; j^t autho^ of Dll tCONTINUEP 9M PAGE TIBIES.) ' HH^Hs^Hwi^tf'.cv'V .'fi^t-t?..*?.-.*1 IGHT ON SHIP BILL8HIFTSI ADMINISTRATION FORCES WORKING ON COMPRO MISE HOUSE BILL FEAR IT WILL NOT UNITE DEMOCRATS Leaders Declare Administration Did Not Concede Enough to Secure Its Passage. (By AametMM) Pren.) WASHINGTON. Feb.. 12.-The ship purchase bill tight shifted today from the senate to the house. In the Ben nie, the measure, blocked by Repub lican opposition, was displaced SB un finished business, and a cloture rule, .lesiRned to terminate forcibly tue fill buster, was taken up. Administration forces began work on a compromise house bill but house leaders were far from confident lt would unite the divided senate Dem ocrais or win Republican support. They declared the administration did not concede enough in the proposed compromise to secure its passage. The -loture rule presented In the senate met the same Republican fili buster that had blocked the ship bill and a conference of senate Democrats was cal'ed for tomorrow to consider the advisability of continuing the fight for the cloture proposal, or of aban doning it and returning to ? direct contest for the shipping bill. The now bill in the house was developed after Postmaster General Rurleaon for the administration went to the capitol and definitely rejected the compromise measure advanced by Representative Kitchin. The Kitchin proposal contemplated making the ahtp bill a - temporary emergency measure and would have taken the government out of the shipping busi ness two 'years after the termination ? ol tfteJBuropeaa-war; . Wc. Kitchin d* i dared passage of this measure through both branches of congress was assured: ? The administration counter-propos al, as it was being framed tonight, would organize a shipping board with au appropriation of $40,00*0.000 to en gage in shipping for a period ending two years after the war's termination. Then the ships would be turned over lo the secretary of the navy to bo leased or operated in the merchant servie? in bis discretion. Th's plan, to place the government permanently in. the shipping business, was the point the administration insisted on. It ls the provision, too, against which the senate Republicans filibuster chiefly 1.? aimed.. House leaders to night said that provision would de feat the meaaure in che senate. Tho administration proposal, which embraces thc Weeks bill for thc or ganization of a merchant marina nav al auxiliary, the Gore compromise shipping bill and amendments prob ably will be brought into the house next week. Passage of the Weeks bill with the administration amendments would plsce the compromise before the senate as a house amendment to a bill already passed. Representative Kitchin Bald tonight that he had no hope of the administra tion compromise passing the senate. "It may have a moral effect upon the senate and the country,", he added, however, "and may strengthen the ad ministration support In the senate." The Weeks bill would provide for the e.-itabllsbment of "United States naval mall lines between the United States and South America and be tween tho United States and the coun tries of Europe;" lt would authorize the secretary of the aayy^ to^ employ (Continued on Page Four) Spectacular A British Ni (By Auociatod PIT ix.) LONDON. Feb. 12.-Aerial warfare was waged today on the largest scale In Its history and under adverse cir cumstances from the standpoint of the weather. British firmen, buffeting snow and in the air. swept over cities of northern Belgium held by the Ger mans and dropped bombs on Ostend, Bruges and other places. thirty-four aeroplanes and sea ?danes of the British navy took part n the operations and all returned to their base without casualties to their di ivers, although two machines were damaged. The raid was made to pre vent the development of submarine bases and establlshmenurwhlch might further endanger British warships snd merchantmen. Although no submarines were asea, the, British admiralty statement In dicates that the raid bad sufficiently resulted, for considerable damage ta said to have been done to German gun positions, railway lines and railway stations. The Ostend station ls reported to have been sst on fire and that ut HR BM U. S. POINTS OUT SERIOUS NESS OF INTERFERENCE WITH DIPLOMATS TWO EXPELLED FROM MEXICO Statement Given Out Supp v. rim g Chief's Act in Deporting . Spanish Minister. (By Aaaociated Piras.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 1*.-Th? Unit Mi SUtes today sent repr?sentations io General Carranca pointing out that lerlous oom plications might follow interference with the rights of the iiplomattc corps tn Mexico City. It Is understood no specific refer ence was made to the cases of. the tlelgian and Spanish ministers, beth at whom have been expelled from Mexico by Carransa. The communica tion was of a general character cover* lng the ddlicate situation of all tbs diplomats in the Mexican capital. Lute today the State department was informed by Consul Canada that lose Caro, the Spanish minister,, had reached Vera Crux' and bad gone iboard a Spanish trans-Atlantic liner. Protection for him In his Journey to Vera Crus had been requested , by tho United states and he was not listurbed en route. The minister will mil for Havana. .?lt,.. ?\*fi-"~s, While officiais were reticent about lie communication sent to Carranza. ?.'was understood the Washington government pointed out that it would ip to Carranza's Interest ' to scoot1 d ' he diplomats facilities for communi cating with their governments and Ul the Ufusl courtesies of their posl .lons. No indication was given ss to ?hat. course the American govamme would pursue if thlc were not c riled With but tho implication tba serious complications might ensue tv o reign governments withdrew their Mplomatlc representatives waa aaid o have been conveyed. The Carranxa agency here gave oat he following ' statement today sup porting the chief's act in deporting he Spanish minister: "Deplorable as tint Incident may be, t should be thoroughly understood hat Mr. Carraosa ?a fl ret chief of the onstltutlouallst .anny and in charge . f the executive power In Mexico, has tot in any manner disregarded the u st oms of International law, nor hov. i, a lack ot consideration of the ord lal friendship and respect hs haa or the government of Hts Majesty, Ll fon so the lath, and the people of ?PMin. He had acted merely ta re am to an Individual 'wno has tramp ed upon the Privilegs of hospitality urlng very haxardous>a.oments for lie Mexican natlou." The agency cited precedents ia rhich the American government dts ilssed ministers ac^erdlted here fhose personal r '.ivlties bsd been tsspproved. lemand Unemployment Insurance Law. NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-At a largely Headed meeting Of unemployed held mder the auspices of the Socialist arty In Union Square today, a r?so ut ton waa passed demanding a na Ional unemployment lnsurar.ee law, he imm?diate beginning ot all con templated state and municipal and lubiic works, the passage of a law rohtbltlng food exports sud the crea Ion of municipal shops. The meeting ..as orderly. - 'r-~r^-~r r~r- Tm ^n-r<-~r***~m*~~~-.-p. ir Raid By aval Aircraft ilankenberghe to hava been badly ainaged. German mine sweeping easels at Zeebrugge also cams ia for hall of bombs but dsmsge done to icm has not been stated. At various points the airmen war? reived by a German Are from anti* erial guns and rifles. A machine driven by Flight Com pandor - Claude Grahame-White, ?nong the moat Intrepid of the Brit h flyers, fell into tbs sea while re iratng to Ita base arter the raid and ie aviator had a narrow escape from rownlng. A cruiser picked him ap nd towed als aeroplane Into port Claude Grahame-Whlte is one at ic best known aviators, on account r his daring exploita and his success t a racer. He bsa mada several tripa > the United States, on ona of walch i tho fall or 1910. bs earned $75,000 i prises. He has been ia several ac idents hut never waa Injured aer ?uslyl Last September he was ap trinted temporary, flight commander i tba British navy. His wife was Isa Dorothy Taylor, of New York.