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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, RESULT OF m IDE PUBLIC; REPORTS VARY VAST DIFFERENCE IN CLAIMS MADE BY ALLIES AND GERMANS GERMANS CLAIM RAID A SUCCESS Populace of England Uneasy, Fearing Repetition Of At tack?. LONDON, April 17.-Tho allies on one side and Germany on the other are taking inventories ot the injuries Inflicted by tho recent aerial opera tions and with the usual 'contradic tory results. The attackers claim 'that their assaults from th? air have resulted in the deatructlon of mil tary transports and equipment, while th,, defenders report that the oulj tangible effects of toeso operations have been in the casualties to civilians and a .dight, damage to property. The .people of England, under thc Influence of their recent, experience today are looking for a repltltlon ol tho aerial attack from aeroplanes o Zeppelins. ' Up to noon no fresh oc currences had been reported. Thc ' weather conditions seem to be thc chief cause of the present halt in the operations In the Carpathians. The correspondents of the Associated Press with the Austrian forces, In t'Svlewing tho operations declaret teat the Russian offensive was cheek ell, .after debouching o nthe Hungar ian plains from Lupkow pass. .The claim is made that the Fats sjans suffered fearfhl losses In their supreme efforts to advance into the enemy's country, tho casualties being 'especially heavy among the noble born officers of tho crack regiments. With the news of a resumption .cl activity by the allies fleet off thc Dardanelles is' coming the report trott ! the Grecian press of a growing im- . pression of a positive modification of J the pressnt policy of Greece. The British colonial office has is- 1 sued an official report, claiming a vic; j tory for the invading British Indian j army over Turkey's army In Mesopo tam ia. On the western front the signs arc growing that the Germans may antici pate, the long predicted general of fensiv?; ot the allies, but the actual operations seem to have relapsed lntc the status of midwinter quiet. "NEUTRAL FENCE" IN SWITZERLAND Rigid Steps Taken To Separate Neutral Territory From Up per Alsace. STRA8SBURG. Apr.) 17.-The most rigid steps have been taken to se par ate ' neutral Switzerland from upper Alsace. Alona the border between the two, .Wo lines-ot barbed-wire fencing! have been built, constantly patrolled by soldiers with orders to shoot per sona attempting to get peat. The-two fences, both ot which of course are in Alsatian territory, en close a so-called "neutral" atrip of land, into which only a limited num ber ar persons with the proper passes ate allowed to enter at specified times of the day. The soldiers arc ordered to shoot anyone who cornea within SQ yards of the barbed wire.. Nothing may pass from north to .south, that ls from Alsace to Switzer land. From s a. m. to f> p. m., how ever,, food from Switzerland may be admitted into Alsace. The senders must deposit It w(ih the guarda at the barbed-wire nearest the Swiss herder, who in turn aer.d it on beyond ' the parallel fence and distribute it toi 'tn., consignees. Attempts to smuggle let tera across aro pontenable with VlOLfJf m YEARS OLIJ .Mario*, X: C., ?fan Owns Inst rawer.; | Carted by BeSalo Ia 1510. SPARTANBURG. April 17.-Prof. a. F. E. druber, ot Marlon, N. Ci. paid Th?. Journal office a visit today I ia company with Dr. B. T. Heliman. | Prof. Gruber brought with him a vio lin made n 1516 hy De Salo. Thia 1 violin he has had for ?orno thirty-five years. He came into possession ot it by helping a destitute' foreigner In Charleston, who owned lt. The handle of the violin is a carving of Homer. Prof. Grubcr, who is 77 years ci age, baa been offered thousands of donara for the vtol tn, but baa turned all these offers down. The violin has a beautiful tone god ls a pretty instrument. MAYOR ROBERTS GOES TO PEN IN PRIVATE CAR INDIANAPOLIS. April 17.-Mayor Donn M. Roberts and fourteen oth ers, convicted'tn tho .Terre Haute election case and sentenced to the federal prison at Leavenworth, will start ' for the penitentiary tomorrow In a sp IT ii-" car. .Mayor Donn M. Roberts of Terre Haute was sentenced in the .Federal Court to Berv? six years In Leaven worth prison. To this was added a fine of $2,000. Roberts was the chief -defendant in the Terre Haute election corruption conspiracy trial conducted by the government. 'Eleven' other officials were''also sentenced. When Judge Anderson ashed, be fore pronouncing sentences, whether any of the convicted men or confessed defendants had anything to say, Mayer Huberts did not move, but two tt the convicted men, George Ehren - bardt and Lester Hull, attempted to shield Roberts by declaring that while innocent of the crime charged, they had not been instructed along any Unes prior to the election,. The gov ernment had charged that Roberts held a "schcol for election Inspec tors.'/ . MYSTERIOUS MURDER GL?IffiD BY CONFESSION Body Mutilated To Prevent Iden tification and Sunk in Miud WIN8TON-SALEM, N. C., Ap.il 17. -S. JP/ Christy,whojwith three others 1? charged with the murder here last August ct G. J. Warren has confess ed to inking a part in disposing of Warrena body, but denies any connec tion with the kilting, according to tho police statement today!. The authorities say that Christy told them Mrs. Warren chloroformed her hus band and that Stonestreet. her son* In-law. then strangled him v/lth a rope. In addition to Christy.'Mrs.. War ren, Stonerftreet and Stonestrbot's wife are also held In connection with the killing.' Christy, declared, the polic? say, that, after Warren was dead, Mrs. Warren and Stonestreet -placed the .body in a trunk sud gave lt in charge of Christy, who, after driving it about on a wagon-all day, took it to a lonely spot by a .muddy creek where he sunk it after disfigur ing the face to ?hinder idcntflcatien. Fishermen found the hedy some days later. Mrs. Warren, Stonestreet and his wife were recently arrested. Christy was brought here last night, tom Tex as, where h? waa located. Mrs. Warren, ls said to acense'Christy: of killing her husband, at a local hotel. WILMON I'tWF.D TO ???TEKT.N?: OETWKfr.S iW.iX -AN? WIKA r li KING, Acra 17.-President Wil son was urg<!d lr. intervene in nego tiations proceeding between Japan and ( IUDS, in a leUer recently sent by missionaries ir. China, was announc ed today. The letter was- cabled to .Washington. . Poindexter Tarns Republican. SPOKANE, Apr? 17.-Miles Poin* dexter, of Washington, soto progres sive la the United States senate, an* ! trounced tonight that he would seek i relection, on the F^pnblte&n ticket, j His present term expires March 3, dy Creek. CRUISER NEW ORLEANS DETA TABLISHED NAVAL E WASHINGTON. April 17.-Pom mander Irwin, of the United States crulaer New Orleans, detailed by Ad miral Howard of the Pacific fleet to investigate reports that the Japanese had established a naval base in Turtle Boy, lower California, had not report ed late today. Secretary Daniels said tonight lie telegraphed Admiral Howard at .Mazatlan, the substance of pre?s statements concerning tht Japanese warships and asked the ad miral to make a report. He told him to pay a courtesy visit and report what he found. United States officials ure very much interested but believe nothing of a permanent character has been estab lished hy the Japanese, but don't doubt that big warship.- have made r quiet rendezvous, in Turtle Bay. while searching the seas for German vea eels. The cruiser New Orleans 1: expected to arrive in Turtle Bay to day. A report ls expected tomorrow. WASHINGTON, April 17.-Admiral Howard, commanding tho Pacific fleet of the weHt. coast of Mexico reported to the navy department ? tc day that he had ordered Commander Irwin, of the cruller' New Orleans to proceed immediately to Turtl< Bay in lower California. to report on the activities of the Japanese na val forces there. ILED TO INVESTIGATE REPOH ASE IN LOW'.R CALIFORNIA TLE FOUGHT IN MEXICO The navy department officials ask ?d thai thc Investigation he made. There have reco?-ly been rumor* that the Japanese 'would establish :.? naval base at TjlrUe Kay, but th: United SUtes Ofjrials arc ' uot lr. clinod tn place agi y credence in th? reports. . fi\ . Unofficial advlcdl? aald that the pres ence of the Japanese warships ir Turtle Bay was o*ke to the fact thai they are enlarged in attempts to refloat thc cruiser-Asama which re cently ground there. An explana tion to thc .sumo -?feet ls said to have been made to the Jiavy department of ficials by the Japanese embassy offi cials. , ?>. Ji lt lt deve.'opB tb|U foreign warships ufo using Mexican waters as" a tem porary base of supplies, it is sug gested that the matter be called to Lb?; attention of tne Mexican authorl tlCH and also the kallona whose war ships are Involved ? Great llritain has crulfera In that revlon. vTEEK OF FIGHTING IN MF.XM 0 KKING& TO wEfIHIVF. KEHI'LTM WASHINGTON. {. April IT.--Official Washington Ui still doubtful regarding the statuta cf tho Rattle that has rag ed for nearly a waft between the Vit ia and ('-u.-rnnxu armies near Irapuu to, relaye and Qticrtnro. Secretary ARE ! P SHIPS IT THAT JAPANESE HAD ES -NO DECISIVE BAT Bryan said ' night that both sides claim victor mt he supposed tin1 Knited Statt would know tile defin ite result eventually. There has been little information from luit ?Ml States consular agents In the hattie ?.one. The state depart ment has received various claims of victory from both factions. Carranza otilcials elalm they haw achieved an Important ?troke. have captured many prisoners and . inflicted a severe do feat on Villa. Villa's agency here published a telegram from Villa say ing he is still holding his positions. VA HAN/A COM M A Ml Kit KIM.Kl? HY OWN MUN LAREDO, Texas. April 17. -General Maclovia Herrera, a Car'*anx>\ com mander at Nuovoluredo, waa fired on and killed bv his own .men, who mis took iiim and his .stag for Villa troops, according to - information reaching General Bfnna, commanding th? dilled States troops here late (oday Villa Abindons Siege. JtHOWNSVIU.K. April 17.- Villa', troops today abandoned ihe slog . rd Mntnmoro* and w.thdrew fortv mlle, south. It 'a understood they will await the ouno.it' of the hatti3 o| (Muya. MAY ATTACK ITALY Austria To Strike Suddenly If Italy Decides To Inter vene. ? PARIS, April 17.-The belief is he coming general in Reme that Austria will make a sudden attack on Italy as soon as she becomes convinced that the latter country has determln-, ed to intervene in war, according to a dispatch t? Matin from its corres pondent at Fjome. The prospect is said to be causing no alarm in Italy, however, because of the concentra tion of Italias troops on the Ans Trian frontier. DI Y KR ALMOST LOST LIFE TRYING TO RAISE F.( HONOLULU, April 17.-While tn gaged In attempts to raise the sub marine F-4 at a depth of 220 feet, dtv; er W. F. Loughman became entang led In the lines attaohed to the boat today and could . not rise. He wan released after heroic ' efforts lasting nearly four hour3. , To Attend Presbytery. WASHINGTON. April 17.-Thc president today accepted an invita tion to attend the Potomac Presby tery here Wednesday night, and also to formally open tho congress of Daughters of American Revolution Monday. Prcftldent to Attend A. P. Luncheon. WASHINGTON. April 17.-It was announced today that President Wil son is going to New York Tuesday to attend the annual luncheon of tho Associated Press. ililli M; TBO?T?B ARRESTED iM BOSTON -1 Negro Who Insulted President Wison Charged With Dis turbing Peace. . . - .i.,-, li's II - BOSTON. April 17.-William Mun roe Trotter, anti taree other negroes and one white man were?arrested here tonight when a racial disturbance de veloped in a theatre "lobt*/ after the presentation of motion pictures- of reconstruction days. Trotter' is charged with disturbing, peace. Trotter recently gained no tice by beading a negro committee calling on President'Wilson, protest; lng against segregation department employes. BICYCLE RACER . STABBED TO EATH Killed With Screwdriver In Pres ence Of Hundred Specta tors. NEWAFJK. Anril 17.-Floyd A. MacParland. general manager of the Cycle Macing Association and a fam ous bicycle rider, was killed here to day by David Lantinberg, a confec tionery dealer, before a hundred cpec t at or? in a velodrome. Lan tin berg ia charged with murder. MacParland was tn his thirty-eight h year. It ls said Lantinberg stabbed MacParland lp the head with a screw driver when the latter protested to thc number of signs Lantinberg had plac MRS. ROCKEFELLER'S FOR??O CHARITY Greater Part of Vast Fortune Be queathed To Baptist Insti tutions. NEW YORK. April 7 -The will of thc late Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, filed late today, leaves about $600.00*0 worth of vUluable articles of Jewelry to friends and relatives, and be titicathu- the re3t of her estate, which is estimated at about $2;000.000 to charitable institutions. Charitable beiiucsts are to be dis tributed at the discretion of her exe cutors, who are husband, her .ion, John I). ? J uk lol 1er, Jr., and her daughter, Mrs. E. Pariualee Prentice. Most of the beneficiaries to charity are Haptlst church institutions, In eluding home and foreign missionary' societies and the Spellman Seminary, At la ni a. Qa. According to the terms of the will, those In charge of her estate may give each of the institu tions ?s niue', ox her property as tney see fit and may exclude one or more af the institutions absolutely If they deem it best. Col. A. R. Andrews Read. RALEIGH, April 17.-Colonel A. Fl. Andrews, first vice president of the -Southern Railway, died here to night after a brief illness, aged Seven ty-four. Negro Lynched ia Georgia. VALDOSTA. April 17.-Caejar Shef field, a negrq accused ot theft, was taken from Lako Park, Georgia. Jail and shot to death last nlg/it fay a mob. The Jail was unguarded. IIIB body waa found today. CLEAN-UP WEEK !N ANDERSON APRIL 19-24. COMMANDER OF KRONPRINZ WILHELM Captain Thiorfelder of the Kron prinz Willielni tho Germun raider, j I Which during her eju-cer of eight ***** .^*** *? j***^",*^^**^*^""*>^^^^^fe?ln*^*^i merchant ships belonging to nations at ?ar with Germany,' is u typical German naval officer. He baa aa 1 much daring as the captain of thc Prina Eitel Friedrich, w?\o romed thc seaB for nearly as long, add play ed havoc with the ships of the allies.* SP?CULATION STRGHG ON N. Y. I Exchange of Shares Exceeded Million Dairy For Four Days. NEW YORK. April 17.-Sp?cul?t lop IIn stoc'ta became more nnreatralnci; this week, four of the five full sca nlons of ?ht* Kow York cotton ex Ichange recqrding a df Hy overturn In evcess of 1,000,000 shares. Bethlehem Steel's place us "a war ? specialty" waa taken by other Icdua u ?als and equipments. American Locomotive, New Vojg" airbrake and n score ot others of the same class re corded phenonmenal game.. In a few instances, notably United States Steel and Union Pacific, the highest prices of tho current, movement were at tained. However, the selling of these and other season stocks, was gener ally persistent. The aale? were made largely for Eu ropean hohler.-. Thc. fundamental considerations ag* in were helpful in the long account. Mud. of the week's nows pniuted in the direction of a general tr-ul?. betterment, although a note ot caution waa sounded by Aus tria's steel Industry. ' ICHICAGO STRIKE GETTING WORSE |Carpenters Refuse To Return ro Work At 70 Cents An Hour. CHICAGO, Apr'i 17. -The lockout )f 10.000 union carpi-nH-rn assumed ?rious i)ro|K>rHoriH today, miBpcndlng >peratlons Valued at more tha** 30, D.OOit on <;000 buildings and throw ing out -.f employment 12:..00O wage ii-iifi;:, thousands of whom had no mnectlon with building and Indus rial interests. Contractors today withdraw the >rcvioua offer of two and rae half its wage Increaae. If Gin carpen ters return to work now t must be at the old rate of 65 cents an hour, con tadora said. The carpenters de ind 70 cen til an hour. The state board o? arbitrar >n will t Monday to offer ita ?er-rj?ea. Bither side ls said to be willing to take concessions now. FIGHT IN EHST IS HALTED BY SMELTING SNOW MUDDY ROADS PREVENT MOVEMENTS ON A LARGE SCALE TURKS TORPEDO BOAT WAS SUNK Widely Separated Attack? Ii. West-Advance? SatUfac? tory To Aloes. LONDON. April 17.-S>prinK.S ar rival lias brought thc Carpathian bat tle tP a standstill. The Itusalaus con tinue attactng near I'zaok Pots, but the /nailing snow has caused flood sud deco mud that preven?s any movement nu . a large scale. Similar conditions int^rfcr* with the AtiHtrp-Qerman outflanking move ment toward Btry. Tho capture by tho Itusmane, ot some heights between thc villages ot Telopoche and Zitella ls tho only suc cess achieved by either sla?v TMS3 Bhows that tho Fntsalan^ ure trying *o get in the rear of the army de fending 1'zBok Pass, which 'hey have been unable to take from the north. Tliw uttacs in the weat hn'vo been widely separated. The French are ap* parently sutlstled with their advances in Alsace, Woevre, Argonne, Cham patgne and in tho dirtrict north or Arros. British military critics say this ? prev?s that they can advsnce when they desire. The Brltiih are considering domes tic problems, such aa prohibition and' speeding up the output of wu?' muni tions. Parliament ls expected to con sider these matters next week. It is said the government and opposi tion have virtually agreed on tine a??p*'Ol prohibition. CetamtUsss- are alr??dy working, speeding up arms* ment factories and securing labor. Good wea thor has bled tho airman. TURKISH TORP?DO BOAT 8UNK tX A EGAN SB A . LONDON, April 17.-The British admiralty stated tonight that ?4fur kisb torpedo boat hss been euuk in the Aegan Sea. Tbs report says tbe transport Manitou, carrying British troops, wss attacked by Turkish tor* pedo beats In the Aegan Sea this morning. The Turkish vessel fired three tor pedoes, ell of which . missed. Tbc, Turkish ship then made off. chased by the British cruiser Mlhervs sod sev eral destroyers. The Turk finally ran aground and was destroyed on the coast of Chios. The crew waa cap tured. It is reported that a hundred men of thc transport were drowned. Full particulars are lacking. Al'STRIA PREPARING FOR LON? 81MUGGLE VIENNA. April 17.-An Aistrjon official statement tonight saya because the war may last long und In order to aacure necessary reserves, un trained Landsturm between tho ages pf eighteen and fit?? will hereafter fie liable for military service. JUDGE JOHNSON WILL PRESIDE Former Congressman Johnson WOI Be Sworn In Tuesday At Greenville. The April term or the United States district coan will be opened at Green ville next Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock by Judge ll. A. M. Smith of Charleston. Judge SiuUh will swear is congressman Johnson on that day, and Jben the new judge will preside over tlie session. Judge Johnson in expected to leave Washington tonight, according to advices received aere by 'ri 'mis. There was a good deal of specula tion In the city today whether Coh greasman Johnson would succeed In engineering the , appointment rf, a Greenville postmaster before ,:i? left the Capital. Up until this afternoon not a word had come from Washing ton relatve to feb* appointment. Scandinavie*, CuBtera* teague.' STOCKHOLM, April 17.-The es tablishment of a Scandinavian Cus toms League is confidently predict" cd in thc newspapers as s result ot the closer relations between tbe Scan dinavian countries which the cresent war has brought about. "Thu new pan-Scandinavlanl?m.'' says one edi tor/ "la bated on common economic and Intellectual interests, while leav ing each partner liberty and politi cal independence."