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. ?y... Intelligencef NEW SERIES, VOL. 1, NO. ?. W??kly. l?tobU??e* 18?; Dal?* Jan. 18, !'./.<. _'_ ?_._ _ ANDERSON, S. C., MORNING, MA\32, 1914. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR, FRENCH LESES * 1 ii III rf ? HAVE ATTAINED MAIN OB JECT OF ADVANCE FROM VERDUN RUSSIANS TAKE 215,000 PRISONERS Abo Captured Large Amounts Ar tillery and Munitions in Carpathians. LONDON. April 10.-The French, with the capture of Les Eaparges have obtained one of the main ob jects of their advance southeastward from Verdun. The position at Les Espargea dominates the plains of Woevre. Ita occupation is officially announced hy the French. Progress from Verdun means heavier pressure on the northern flank of the Ger mans holding St.. Mihiel, while the southern flank is threatened by the French advance between Pont-a-Mous son and the Meuse. In the southern part of this field of operations the Germans are de -1 livering almost continuous counter attacks and have made fifteen assaults at one point. It is evident the French are not only attempting to capture St. Mi hiel, which has always been a dan gerous point since its wedge was driv en into the lines of the allies, but are at same time are trying to aid Rus sia by preventing the withdrawal of ?German - troops for the relief of the hard pressed Austrian and German forces in the Carpathians. LONDON, April 10.- i-tidal war re ports today Indicate tLiat fighting in France, which begun Monday with s fresh : attack; between . the Meuse and Moselle rivers, has developed into a desperate struggle along a consider able portion of the Western front.' The ' German statement issued in Berlin mentions .serious onslaughts ny the allies, end fays the hattie be tween the rivers ls proceeding with undiminished violence. Although' at times the French - gained a foothold on German positions 'lt would appear 1 from the Berlin statement that no ad vantage Of importance bas been- ob tained. The French . statement from Paris adds that nothing to the previous French victories and sneak desper ate bayonet fighting at Les. EbpsrgeB. GENEVA, April 10.-Austria hos abandoned the idea of beginning fresh offensive against Servia, .says the Tri bune and will remain strictly on the defensive in order to send additional army corps to the Italian frontier. The paper adds that it waa decided at Vienna to sound Russia on the subject of peace terms, but that lt was impos sible to know what the result has been. The Russians made Important cap tures of artilllery, and war munitions in recent Carpathian fighting, accord ing to dispatches to Swiss newspapers. Figures received here, purporting come from Austrian general staff, place at 26?0O0 losses In battle on Uukla-Bperles front. BERLIN, April 10.-Both parties which favor Italy's Intervention in war and those which favor neutrality have made preparations to hold mass meet ings Sunday throughout the country, but the police have forbidden such .gatherings. Leaders ot both move ments, however, insist that the meet ings will be held either privately or In public squares. The authorities are already arranging police and mil itary measures to prevent disorders. ATLANTA WOMEN HONOR MRS. WILSON "EUen W?son Memorial*' Co Aid Education of Mriantair 4 Youth. ATLANTA, Ck*., April 10.-Twenty- ! Ott? Atlanta women wee today grant ed a charter for the formation of the "Ellen Wilson Memorial** in hon or of Mira. Woodrow- Wilson. The organisation will undertake to edu cate mountain youth la which work Mi's.' Wilson was deeply interested. The endowment fund will be control!-, ed by the home mission board of the ' Preftrytertah church ot the Untied Ststes. The resident recently approved the movement. Mrs. Wilsen was boro in Georgia. Benttistitea Iisaei Fer White Man. tpMhil ts Th? Ini.ni-MT COLUMBIA. April 10.-Saturday afternoon Governor Manning Issued a requisition on the chief executive of North Carolina for J. M. Glssener. who 1? wanted tn Aiken county for r.bialniag money under false pre tenses. Olaxener is held under arrest at- iireverd. . r TAKE_ PARGES IMPORT RYES FROM GERMANY PROVIDED GOODS WERE PURCHASED PRIOR TO MARCH FIRST GREAT BRITAIN WILL NOT OBJECT Announcement Of Vital Impor tance to Textile Industry In U. S. WASHINGTON, April 10.-American merchants and Importers have been invited by the state department in a circular letter made public tonight to send in for submission to the British embassy proofs that goods purchased in Germany and now in transit or awaiting shipment were paid for be fore March 1. The embassy bas giv en asrurances that on the production of such proof goods will not be inter fered with by allied warships. It is understood that vast quantities of merchandise, including dyestuffs, for lack of which American textile fac tories are on the verge of shutting down, will be released for shipment as soon as proof of their purchase be fore March 1 is submitted. The letter says: "While the government of the Unit ed States cannot in any way lend its aid In an official and formel manner to procuring American-owned gooda now in Germany for the importers of the United States which would In the slightest degree amount to a recogni tion of the position ot Great Brtain in respect to non-contraband goods, es pecially from neutral ports, the office of the foreign trade advisers of the department will aid informally Ameri can Importers, who desire to present proof of ownership of American goods In Germany for which American im portera claim to have made payment prior to March 1, 1015. "You are therefore advised that if you desire to submit proofs of your ownership of goods, paid for before March 1. for examination by the Brit ish embassy, you may forward Buch evidence aa you have to the foreign trade advisers of the department of state." The letter suggested that the evi dence of ownership and payment in clude: X history of the case, showing dates of payment, nature of the goods bought, location of gooda at the pres ent date when they reached their pres ent location; name of steamer on Which it is desired to ship such goods, date of sailing of such steamer and all further information pertaining to origin, payment and shipment, of goods in your possession. KEMNITN S. G. APPEALS TO U. S. DOUBT ? II i Claims Fair Trail Guarantee Is Dead Issue In This State. WASHINGTON, April io.-The re lease of Fred rich Brown, a negro held at Philadelphia for extradition to South Carolina to answer to c murder charge waa sought through habeas corpus proceeding in the 'su premo court today on the ground that constitutional guarantee of a fair trial ls a dead letter la South Carolina aa far as negroes are concerned. Roosevelt Oppose Society Won't CHICAGO. April 10.-Publication today of a statement that Theodore Roosevelt bad written a letter de nouncing the women's, peace pro poganda ceased a sharp discus our among leaders ot the movement "here today. Tue letter, which was written to Mrs. George Rubles of Washington Ia In the possession of Mrs. William I. I Thomas, secretary ot tbs Woman's ?h^mwm%uWh\WmW?KmmMWm Captured Cossack Presented to Kaiser Wilhelm ot Front. This photograph shows Kaiser Wil helm on the Bast Prussian battle front where s captured Cossack has been taken before him. It is one of tue few photographs of the kaiser act-1 vicious attacks on the women of the uatly on the battle line. eastern frontier ot Germany. The Germans took many thousand war ofllce in Berlin IR now tabulating Cossacks wben they drove the Rus- the instances of burning and pillage .siana from East Prussia. Many of to present it against tho Russians these_men_have_been accused_of when the time comes to discusa peace. NEGRO* KILLED JOHNSON VIEWS L0CALJ0LLE8E PRESIDENT OF WINTHROP I HAS WORDS OF PRAISE FOR INSTITUTION WAS GUEST OF J. E. BREAZEALE Dr. D. E. Johnson Stopped Over In City Yesterday-Admire? ; Fine Location. , That this city has in the Anderson College an institution of which the whole community may well "be proud, is the opinion of Dr. D. B. John son, president of Winthrop college, who waa In Anderson yesterday as the guest of Hon. J. W. Breazoalo, and a visitor at the college hero. "You have at Anderson collegs something that I cannot have ut Winthrop no matter how much I might be willing to give for lt." hi ?ontinned. Whe asked what this was 'oe replied that it was elevation, and went on to admiro the beautiful and admirable location of tho college buildings. "Every dollar that you put into a balding out there," he stated, "shows up for its full value. In a college situated In a low or flat country there can be invested many dollars ? in buildings which never make any .?how. Tho location of the Anderson, college is moat, boutlful. and lt ls a splendid institution," he concluded. Dr. Johnson and President Kinard of tho Anderson college are warm friends, as are the Winthrop college president and Judge Beazeale, who 13 a trustee of the State institution. Dr. Johnson declared that he mere ly stopped off In Anderson to be with Judge Breazealu. In speaking of the affairs at Winthrop college he stated thal, last year he was compelled to deny udmissiou to HCIUO 575 young indies, as the institution was not capable of accommodating any more thau the lurgo number who were al ready admitted The complimentary remarks of President Johnson in regard to An derson college are similar to remarks mada some days ago by State Super intendent of Education J. ll. Swearln gen. who with Prof. D. W Daniel of Clemsr.a college, members of the State board of education, made an in spection of the college with a view of reporting to the State board upon the advisability of putting Anderson college on the accredited list It will be recalled that at the meeting of the State board on April 6 the Anderson college was placed on the accredited list, which means that young ladles gr.lng away from thiB institution with' diplomas will be awarded ce.ni ilea tes to teach in this State without having to stand the teachers examination?.. ATTEMPT TO WRECK BLUE RIDGE TRAIN Two I-Hles of Cross Ties Placed On Track Near James Station. WALHALLA, April 10.-An attempt was made la?t night to wreck the Blue Ridge special that left at mid night for Anderson. Cross ties were placed In two places near.James Sta tion. The 80'. electric car carried an extra coach, both coaches being Ulled with passengers returning from the school fair and oratorical contest st Walhalla The Clemson band was il! Deny arge of Partiality the United States to the fact that arms and ammunition are dally be ing t lapped from the tlnlted States to the Allies and says that while this government Insists upon Its legal rights to make such shipments, lt does not press with equal vlror the right to ship. foodstuff and non-con traband articles to Germany's civil ian population. Officials maintain that the position of tho United States regarding arms shipments all s lor g has been enforc ! ed Impartially as to all belligerents. J. C. ROBBINS SHOT BY FUGI TIVE HIS BLOODHOUNDS .,. . WERE TRAILING SLAYER WAS LATER KILLED BY POSSE, Victim and Hounds Wara Fame Man Hunters-Was Ander son Man. o o o o o o o o o o o O O vi o o o o o o ? XB, ROBBINS' BODY TO BS a o BURIED NEAR HEBE TODAY o Io - o o ' The remains o? Penitentiary o * Ouard J. C. Robbins ? will be o brought to Andersen today sad 0' o Interred at Eureka church. Jost o o east ot the etty. The body will o o leave Columbia tbls morning o o at 7 : io o'clock over the Colum- o o bia and Greenville raliway, and- o o arrive here on the Blue Ridge II o train at 11:47 p. m. The re-, y o mains will be carried from tba o o station directly to Eureka o o church. The funeral arrange-' o o menta were mads late last o o night by telephone between o' o parties in Columbia and . tba o' o undertakers of G. F. Tolly Ar' o Io Son. after the account of Mr.1 o o Robbins' death which appears p o below waa received in Ander- o o son. ' * i ? o 0000000000000 0 0 o o o o o 8|x>eUI to The Intri?fwic?r. ) COLUMBIA. April 10.-J. Cab bing, the penitentiary guard who" was shot down from bis horse while chaf ing a negro fugitive, Joe Green, near j Pinewood, tn Clarendon county ;*at 1 night, died at the Columbia hospital at 5:50 o'clock ibis afternoon. , The remains will probably be taken to MP'. former home I*-Andersen, fer ,Si; ment. His brother is enroute ttfOf? amendment. The untrorm bill of ladling lumbls tonight. He ia survived by a brother ard two sisters, all of whom live in Anderson. Mr. Robbins was about 88 yeera of age and unmarried. He had Leen con nected with th? penitentiary for 1 years Slnco the IhsU?TAtlolf'o? th? electric chair he Sss been'thu official elcctrocutioner. .- . NEGRO AFTERWARD KILLED WHILE RESISTING ARR$?T COLUMBIA. April 10. -Joe Green,' a hair witted negro, who shot taara* J. C. Robbins of the State peniten tiary and the bloodhounds which.irar* chasing him hear Plnewodd, in .Clarendon county, yesterday, was shot and killed this morning In a swamp near Pinewood by a sheriffs posses this morning. The negro was said to have been surrounded and shot short ly after daylight.. Mr. Robbins and bis two blood hounds were taken to Pinewood yes terday morning on the request df Magistrate A. T. Cooner, who wad ted them to run down Jr.? Green, charg ed with rob*~lng three stores at Pins wood. The (.ogs s tr lick the trail Sad' I soon came within hailing distance pt Ute negro who was .trying to make.bis I getaway. Mr. Robbins was following on horseback and the negro turned and fired his shot gun st Mr. Rob bins, the load blttlhf him In the right hip and causing him to, fall fror* hts horse. Guard Robbins, was broir : to Columbia Ute last hight and taken to the Columbia hospital, where be Idled this afternoon. The bloodhounds continued In fu)l [ cry behind the negro Sher be had I shot Mr. Robbies from his'horse, and I the other members OT the pocse fol lowed the dogs- They, got In so hot behind tho negro that hs was forced to take to a tree and from a position in the limbs of the tree shot the dogs to death. H? Uten made hts escape. Early this morning the sheriff of Clarendon county collected a posse and resumed the hunt' for Oreen. More bloodhounds were secured and'the oe?ro was trailed to a swamp. They? he resisted and was' shpt to death by the posse. Mr. Robbins, had chased more criminals and suspects than any oth er man in the State.. lt is said, and his bloodhounds hsd been in constant demand f*om every section, to try and I run down parsons thouaht to hare been guilty of crimes.ijia led the hunt for the desperate .Hoary Austin, the negro who terrorised Barnwell and Hampton counties and who killen several men himself before belftj mor tally wounded Georgia, and who died while W-Ig brought back to Hampton. Mr. Robbins had one of his best dogs shot while chasing a fugi tive in Gie swamps of the Coagaree river ta Gie ?astern section of Rich land county. Mr. Robbins waa tbs official execu tioner at tbe Sute penitentiary. Ha wsi Gie man who tame? ea the fatal current which send*.condemned cri minals int*! eternity.*.. AMERICANS ANXIOUS IO LEAVE TAMPICO APPEAL TO STATE DEPART MENT FOR AID-SITUA TION SERIOUS EXPECTING ATTACK Villa Abo Protest* Against Ad mission of tinerta To U. S. WASHINGTON. April 10.-Three hundred unemployed Americans have appealed to the state department for transportation from Tampico to the United States. The situation there ls reported officially today' to be serious. Food is scarce and fighting In Ebano and vicinity indicated an early attack on the city. The de partment is without news from the Celaya district, where the Villa and Obregon forces have been engaged in skirmishing preliminary to what is expected to be an important battle. The Villa agency, on behalf of Gen. Villa, protested to' the state depart ment the expected presence of Gen eral Huerta in American territory, alleging that he intended to violate neutrality by? starting a Hostile movement against Mexico. - No action was taken on -tue communication. The department did not intend to inter pose any objection to Huerta's ad mission to New York, but will prob ably take under consideration any {?roof of alleged violation of neutral ly which the Villa agency might present SELECT ROUTE FOR ALASKAN RAILWAY Seward-Fairbanks Route Chosen. $1,150,000 Paid For Alaska Northern. WASHINGTON. April 10.-The 8e ward-Fairbanks route has been se lected for the government railway in Alaska. Secretary Lane announced tonight . The property of the Alaska North ern Raliway company from Seward over the first stage of the Journey has been purchased for one million one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars. T .-mriTi-iT ir;-"-rr--~"--"->v is Propaganda; I Publish letters Peace Treaty, who refuses to allow its publication. One report was that Roosevelt said the pacificists in general constituted a "munacu to the future welfare of the United States." "Although Colonel Roosevelt aaa saht be would be delighted to have the letter published. I think it un wise to make it public," said Mrs Thomas. HAVE BEGUN FIERCE AT TACK ON GERMAN FORC ES IN HILLS NEAR UZSCKPASS FRENCH KEEP UP FIERCE ATTACK ON GERMANS Campaign Against Turkey To Bs Renewed On Bigger Scale. Canada Called on Again. LONDON. April 10.-There has been a considerable extension of the battle fields lu the Carpathians and in thr Woe vre district in Prance, where fighting of extreme violence con tinues day and night without a defi nite decision in either region. The russians have made themselves mus tens of the principal chain of moun tains from Duklapass to Ussck-pass and have begun an attack on the Qer man forces which hold the hills from the latter place eastward to Beskld po3s. This section of the Carpathians has been the scene, since February of many fierce encounters between the Germans who had been sent tc. help the Austrians there in their fruitless efforts to save Pr remy si, and the Russian army whose task it was to hold them back until the fortress held. The French Array in Woe vre Is hammering at two sides of the Ger man wedge which had driven into the French lines far as St. Mihiel early in the war, and which has thus far remained fast. Campaigns in other parts of Europe and Asia seem to have come u. a standstill. The Allies' campaign against Tur key is awaiting the commencement of the new and bigger effort to force the Dardanelles OTTAWA. April 10.-Lord Kitche ner has called on Canada for a sec ond expeditionary force. Announcing the n?ws in parliament tonight. Pre mier Borden said th? call bad been expected for some tme. ROTTERDAM. April 10.-The Brit ish steamer Harpalyce, the first re lief boat of New York State, under charter to the commission on the re lief of Belgium had been torpedoed or aunk by a mino in the North Sea. The Dutch steamer Elisabeth "from Rotterdam for New York, picked up 22 of the Harpalyce crew and brought them here. Another steamer picked up five men. The Harpalyce carried a crew of bi. TO TEST WEBB KENYON LAW WASHINGTON, April 10.-Briefs were filed with the supreme court to day in a case to determine the con stitutionality of the Webb-Knyon law i apply to liquor shipments from wei to dry territory a? interpreted by th? Kentucky State ?curta which held il prohibited such shipment for per sonal use as distinguished from sale, SOUTHERN RAILWAY TO RAISE FREIGHT RATES NOTIFY COMMERCE COMMIS SION OF FIVE PER CENT INCREASE IN EFFECT OCTOBER Caused By Operation of Cummins Amendment to Rate Law. WASHINGTON, April 10.-Lincoln Green, freight traffic manager of thc Southern Railway today announced before the Interstate commerce com mission that IIIB road proposed to Increase rates five per cent where it considered Its risk increased through change of liabilities by the Cummins amendment to the rate law affective June 3. K. B. Scott, general attorney of the Burlington, speaking for the railroads in western territory, said he would not undertake to say an increase ten per cent was Justified, but that ho did "think we will be subjected aerh.us Injury, and should have somo in crease." Representatives of various rail roads and traffic associations appear ed before the commission today to discuss the effect of the Cummins 'nmcudment. The uniform bill a lading approved by the commission several years ago allows a limited liability for the carriers for one rate and full liability at ten per cent higher rate. The Cummins amendment makes lt compulsory on all rou us not to limit their liabilities. GARDNER SCORES DANIEL AND WILSON Challenges President to Submit To Public Investiga , t?on. WASHINGTON, April 10.-Repre sentative Gardner ot Massachusetts, gave a dinner tonight to the reserve army of the United States. Eight of 16 reservists attended. The proceed ings were intended to express the views of the diners on the condition of^ natlonjalt defense?._ United States Wi Germany's Ch WASHINTON, April 10.-A vigor ous denial, waa said today, will be made by the United - State? govern ment that lt had virtually acquiesced In thc British order in council, as intimated by the German government in a note complaining of thc United States' failure to obtain for Ameri can exporters the right to ship feed stuffs to J belligerents' civilian pop ulation. Work fer preparing the American reply has already been be gun. Germany called the attention ol