The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, June 26, 1915, Page 1, Image 1
VOLUME IL
ANDERSON? S. C SATURDAY M?RN&G, JUNE 26, 1915.
NUMBER 143.
MO COMMUNICATION WiTH|
BESIEGED CAPITAL FOR
SEVERAL DAY.
GONZALES FAILS
TOCAPfTUFpSCITY
Failure Angers Carranxa--Famine |
Condition Grows Worse
U. S. May Take Action.
Washington, Jan* 25.-Anxiety in-1
fTi?snii tcd?y in official circles over I
lh*5 situation in Mexico CRy. The i
sute department has' been unable to
communicate with the capital for
a?rerai days.
Brief dispatches from Vera Crux
Bald the Carranza officials are much
chagrined' eyer apparent failure ot
General Gonzales to outer the capi
? tol. Reports that Gonzales had en
gaged in an artillery duel with Zapa
ta men gave the "first intimation that
the Villa-Zapata torces there had do
. termined to offer resistance to the
invading Carranza army. It is in
dicated that Gonzales cut communl
calion between Mexico City and Vera |
Crux to Isolate the Zapata' forces.
Famine conditions tn Mexico City
have been growing worse daily and
irtvastment.by a new army, lt ls fear
- cd, would cause much suffering among
While lt
thor? will b
sties
morally understood
rnrther d?^elopmes
Lexicon situation
States is concern?!
&f P"-eslderit W
may force a mn
Washington. Jvbvo 25.-Zapata
forces defending. Mexico City have
engaged the attacking Carrana army
in a series of artillery duels and iso* I
layed Its advance. " No dov<filB are
contained In' advices. roachispr here
today, which were the first indications
tat tho Carranza advance would be
?.lated.
jmmunication with Mexico City
been cut OR since June 18, when
il Ocnzales, Carran?? command
ent the w?es tc Vera Cruz at
jimba. Consular advices from Ve-"
Cru? today say the wires are still
?vn.
Wilson Wfll Itaterat&e Cooma.
Washington, Jane 25.-Foreign
chancellors interested in the Moxlcan
ituntion have' boon given to under
stand that President Witaon wilt de
termine on some ?olion In line with
:M?-recent niatcmeat on Mexican af
fairs, after, he returns from Morinth
[ttfc-firat week In July.
Ho** N. C. PestoISce
PnrksTi?ie, N. C., June 25.-Clob
bers Shis1 morninx dynamited the
postent<*n[''.safe and escsvped. in ah au
tomobile after a maning battle with']
ellison s. The amount of lout secured
Posses arc search'hg ' Tor the
robbers near Winston-Salem, whare
they Kurpiiaed r, man repairing an
automobile. The.man tied. Officers
found a mali pouch.
NOTED PHYSIC
INSECTS WOi
TO TROPIC
8an Frar / ! June 25 ->Dr.
Woods 'ITutchinnoit ai iN?w York, pres
ident of tbo American Academy of
Medicine, ii- Ire*? before tho
academy hero tx>?ny said (ho world
would seo e?in tn?'th?r. remarkable
progress tn th4. (ktvelepment i-t tho
Tropics, and tart in all colonisation
schemes the physician should ore
ie PROTECT
GOV. sumo
STATE? COUNTY ANtf CH
OFFICIALS TAKINO EX
TRA PRECAUTIONS.
MANY tMREATS
OF VIOLENCE
Near Beer Saloons ?wi Clubs Are
Closed-Many Special Polk?
ReadV to Quell Trouble.
Allanta, June 25.-Persistent, rum
ors are circulating here to th? effect
that persona " incensed ?tgalpst Gov
ernor SJaton > for . commuting Leo
Frankie death Ber."..nce contemplated
violence resulted in extensive pre
cautionary measures th .he* part of
State, city and count yofflclals tonight.
Near-heed saloons and locker clubs
were ordered to close .Saturday,
number Of special noli
in readiness for
At Marietta, nea
j Pbagan lived, the J
lsed a citizen's COJ
reactions against ?
; morrow
The board cZ trade ls&uod an appeal
to the people to retain from such at
lacks.
tonight
Mg^teapi
d?' 'disorder -
Atlanta, Juno 25.-Militia are Mill
I on duty at Governor Slaton's count
home today and a state guard will, be
maintained there for como timo, not
withstanding that SJaton retires frota |
office tomon-jw a. .loon.
Adjutant General Nash said today
thai Governor-fSlect Harris haa in
structed him to keep in force all : or
ders effect ?.."> at Slatop'a retirement,
and that he ts empowered to main
tain a militia guard until he (Nash)
considers danger assed.
The guard will be doubled Saturday
night lu view of rumors of further
trouble after Elaton cults the gover
norship.
Ves?el Sot Sold to Carranza.
Baltimore, June lb.-Denial was
j made at the offices of the Chesapeake)
Steamship company that the steamer
Atlanta had been sold? to representa
I lives of General Carranza as had
.been reported. The Atlanta it waa
added had. been Bold to Tonis L.
Vanhorn, of New York, acting for the
Cuban Improvement & Steamet'
Co.
UalisBH Occupy Clobna.
Boms, Juno 25.-Gradual adv?
j along Isonzo river with tho occu
tlan of Ciobna, north of Plavn, was
anno' 1 st&tctr.
sued last night by the Italian g
I oral smff.
:iAN SAYS
RST '?NEMY
COLONISTS
"In the tropics* the insects get
the whip band of man and keep him
Stupid, short-lived. uncivilized, lt
was the plague of fli*a. the. bloody
tyranny of intacta that drov? man
out of th? warm, comfortable, fertila
tropics into Uta chilly, rain-swept,
half tho yea:- troon North. Now
(frown to full 'human stature ho ts
coming back to invade and reconquer
i the trop'c-a and put to flight the an
>iOBe?r~
a bold
3x mus
Ellen Wilson McAdoo, who ts shown
hore with her parents, tb?)-daughter
TO GO VE)
WILL HOLD DAILY SESSIONS
SIDER CASES-WILL NO!
UNTIL INTERVENTION
RULES CLOSELY
Waahiagton, June 25.-'Rules o?
practice under Which the federal trad?
commission willperform ?ts legally
Imposed ,dnty of regulating business
were m?d? public today by the com
mission. Framed with avlow to keep
ing proceedings tn as simple a form
as posai bl?, they follow in many re
Kpnda thp practice established by the
interstate commerce commission.
Although sh? Federal Trade Com
mission with broad discretionary pow
ors tho rules of practice follow the
Ir.w closely. They provide for daily
oe?slona in Washington to consider
pending cases and mak? orders. To
prev^nt,.?Bo'of tfco commission as an
instrument ot per.^cution in competi
tion, informal complaints will not he
mati0 pr bl lc tm til they have beGn lu
veutigatoo and it has been determin
ed whether they Justify intervention
by the commission. When tho com
mission htH decided to take cogni
sance of a case a formal complaint
wUl bo issued and served with no
tice of hearing, fixed at I catt forty
MUY NOT ALLOW NOBE
OFFIOEfiS TO BESfSX
Many Have Qt*;? Service to Work
Fe* Mtswtfoclferere of War
daughters hare now ?Ad? him a
grandfather.
most of theih grown ul? Hiy ilaucht<s?- !
AT WASHINGTON TO CON
r PUBLISH COMPLAINTS
! IS DECIDED UPON-.
FOLLOW CAW
days after Bertice. Within tMrty
days after service of a formal com
plaint, a defendant must filo an an
swer replying in detail. On the com
plaint and ibo answer, the commis
sion-will take up the case in public
hearings, examining witnesses, hear
ing 'arguments and accepting brlo'.s.
Interested parties will be allowed "to
intervene on.Application to thc com
mls&ion.
. Boies governing service of com
plaints, orders and subpoenas, taking
of depositions..whore oral testimony
is not aval labio, usa of documentary
evidence, and com ideation of wit
negses, follow closely the rulos of
1l$S&^ in
vestlgation, several hundred Infor
mal complain ty. So far none : have
been made. public, and no fon nui ac
tion ha* becii tr ?cen. It io rx peeled
however, that the work ot the com
mission will Boon produce recuits lo
the sh a p0 of formal actions and pub
lic hearings.
Groat Masses of Tromps March
Recklessly Into Austrians'
Deadly Fire.
un
E'S DEATH
SAID TO BE PERFECTLY RA
TIONAL AND ELIGIBLE TO
BEST SOCIETY.
|NEW HAMPSHIRE
FRIENDS TESTIFY
Judge Order* Concussion to As-j
certain Rso*oa For .Zgpv&?on
From Harvard in 1892.
? New York, juno 25.-On thia., the
ninth anniversary ot tho killing of
Stanford Wuiite, ids slayer, Harry K.
Thaw, wcro described at the trial to
day to < teat his sar lt y as a ban who
Is perfectly rational,-and most kind,
ga?eron? 'and charitable, a man or
broad intellect, one worthy of being
Introduced into the .best soclai^ifM
H is eulogists'- consists of a jflo-.cn
mon and women whom ho met during
bis .sojourn in New Hampshire after
his escape t?nj Matteawan. Tnoy,
("carno to Now York at thc -\ \
hr.*> lawyer's that they do the best
could. They admitted, to show
confidence tn-Thaw, their belief
t he should. be freed as a sane
More than one' etated that the
meat in New Hampshire is
gly favorable to Thaw, .. . ' -
Thaw*? attorney*' expect to con
de th*Ir sido, of the cast Monday J
threo ati?ni*t3 who have tr.?W
Thaw. Justice H?nrlck granted
order today for a enmmieeion'to.'
yelled from ^Ha^wrv:-lsVM?wy^?^
No sr York, Juno 25.-Intorest
Harry Thaw's.sanityvtrial was divided
i today betjveott court proceedings hero
j aid' application by thc state for np
; pointment of a commission to learn
I from Pr. Idiot, president emeritus Of
j Harvard, 'why Thavyleft Harvard In
1892 without completing his course.
Today is tho ninth' anniversary of
the murder bf Stanford White for
which Thaw was acquitted on tho
grounds of insanity. ',
Belie re Thaw Sane.
Kews York. June 25.-Several resi
? dents of Manchester, New Hampshire,
today testified that they bv;!sved |
Harry Thaw sane-. Tho state's coun
sel announced! that they will stage lt
u>urt movies. Thaw posed for.
? -!-;-.
Campaign In France.
London, June 25.-Tac latest news
of the. French campaign shows re
sumption of extreme activity on the
heights ot the Menke, where the. Ger
man's violently attacked. The Gkr
. dian's claim that operations there
?were began by the French, and that
? a trench was retaken from the French,
i while thc French admit a German ad- 1
I vance, but declare the former lines J
were lalor rcDcUibllshed w Tho 438^
irians claim gains in thc Argonne.
Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed.
London. June 25.-A Copeaba^ va
dispatch r.aya th* steamer Nova . er- ,
rived there'wiUs' tho cr?w of the
Norwegian steamer Trum torpedoed
on Wcdncciay by a dorman uuhma
noar shetland Islands.
{PRESIDENT IS
AT CORNISH
FOR HARD
today fox a Iv.i
himself for th?
icxpeeilai with:
?in connection ?
! Mexican eliuatI
The presides
tfcouarht in thc
racntlor. to
rd ii-as wor
ede with Ckvirmauy ead to tb? disc
sion with Great Britain over th?
tcrrferenco of commerce between
the actual
[iii loft
SUIT TO PLAGE
OI?? III HANDS
OF RECEIVERS
NASHVILLE, TENN., OFFICIALS!
CHARGED WITH THEFT
OF CITY RECORDS.
CITY T&E?3U
Comptroller Burnes Alleges That]
1 roasurer Failed to Account
For $10,000.
Nashville, June '25.-A ?ult was I
tiled In chancery court hore today by
Comptroller Burns'ead otbere, who
seek to plac? tb* etty-In th* h'arw?i? of
a rerolver In connection willi i ?>
leged theft of a number tit- city rec
ord:v- and charge that larire sums are
missing from the city trcr
ault is directed against the'mager,
members of the city commissi vo/iim
failed to
)00 coiled
st on city
Iterafeqre; Beaches Bereen.
Christiana, Juno 25.-Steamer B?r
gonjifjord. on which Dr. Bernhard
Dernburg, was a passenger on hi?
way from thc United States to Ger
many arrived at Borgen last night af
ter being detained at Kirkwall, Scot
land, by British.
Pier Collapsed* 30? Lives Lost.
Petrograd, Juno 25.-A dispatch
?rom Kasert, 400 miles erna, or MOB
COW, says mora than i 00 persons
wero drowned in tho collapse of a
Tiver pier at a pleasure reaort early
today.
* YALE CREWS WIN J
* ALL ROWING EVENTS *
* FROM HARVARD REDS : *
.?* -.- ?t>
* New London. June 2,1.-For V
* the first time In many years, ?
4? Yale University crews swept *
* the river annual dual regatta *
* from Harvard, defeating in +
* turn the . crimson Junior, var* "?
* ally and freshmen elfib'.t. In ?
* the varsity rac0 of four miles ?
'?* tale established a new up- ?
* stream record of twenty min- 4>
* ?t?s, fifty two seconds, beating ?
* Hurvard's tit?e for nineteen ?
* seven by eighteen seconds, The ?
* blue won by Six lengths <.
*
RESTING
\; PREPARES
WORK AHEAD
?achusotts and Vermont, marked
frequent ovations from crowd*.
;cfuscd to make any speeches.
3hJnt;ton, Juho 25.--Unltod
officials today bad under con
Uon in connection with the
dog American note to Engr
""?rr;*** **l*y? to neutrat
?6, tho last British memo?
a the subject.
lilted StatU ill th<r naur nnl*
l.icretary of State Lansing today
disclosed that tho United States n'sed'a.
inoro facts regarding doientlon and
seizure of American ?bip? and cargoes
by the British before Gie not?, in Rn?.
RUSSIANS CLAIM THEY Pt?N-l
ISHED AUSTRO-G?RMAN5
IN GARCIA.
GERMANS ???WT:
AUSTRIANS DEN'
Military Observers at Leas to. Del
ade True Report or to Pre?fict
Movement*
Loudon, Juno 25,-Hcsvy fight'
In progressing elong the section
thq DnieBtcV battlefront tn Galicia
between Zurwana and Halie?.
This is >,ome conflict in official re-|
ports. The Russians claim to h.
punished Auatro-Germans there an.
that by rushing up remfovcetrenta
they have compelled them to re
across tho river. Berlin admits
?reverse, hut tho Austrian comm uni
cation says tho Teutonic attack thor?
itt ' making progress.
North ot thia area and still fartb
er north, over, tho Poland frontieri
thc AuBt'ro-Germau advance is *'? ?*P-?
lng forward. 5
Whatever the outcome of the ?trugJ
gio ulong thc. Dpisater, tho Russian*
armies have met'each reserves ih*t|
in the belief of militar yoxperts. fiomf
the standpoint of tho allie? In. ? thoa
western theatre scorns the only quar-l
tera which hold a possibility of de-fl
iwn^-eyw on taire .w^j^wr-'f
Tn-tfflaa^^taaatrb
: tiro - atilt rests with the Austro-Qor-j
I mans. ?"ew military writers care toj
hasard a guess as to what their nexf
ineve will be. TVey ars
the situation in tho wost b?ceracr?
pressing. Germany and Austell*. wl?|
have to bo content wit lt cien
cia of the Russians with,
to further bumlliato the FJ
this time. !
Tho French chamber of depatloa
today passed a bill appropriating oven
a billion dollars to covef government
es nen ses for three months, beglnninj
july first. 8
London, June 25.-A compar?t |vJr
lull In fighting after a fortnight ow
feverish activity is enttbHtjfc : mil itara j
obaetvers on both side? to take stoc?
of tho present situation anS forecast
future oporat'oas. li
Petrograd claims Kn?pIao defonalvtj!
positions ar. io--*o<- - : v!
German forces cannot withdraw raanjlj
troops for use against . Russia's all)
lies. The Russians' assort that th<l|
present Une boforo Warsa-wY ia a??
strong as ever and the Rngslsctj
armies on tho Dniester will aMtBjMBl
only lt thc eastward drive o? in?
Au?tro-Germans 'froth IdM?orberf
threatens to cut them o?f. berlin *nc ;
Vienna are saying little, bm lt le :bt?
lleved Warsaw is again *h>ir ob&e
tl ve. ,v
in England the campaign fer mani
llon? ls in fuil swing with th?
possibility, of national registration tr
ascertain the nation's maa power.
The London Times publishing tahlee:
showing casualties cc offlcora durmt
the? past month are within ? tow hun
dred of the total offlcor casualties
daring tho entire South Af ri-. . .
which we? 2,7&2. Since, Mfcy 36, tht
Hst show? 2,440 officers killed, wound
ed end missing. ?
Galicia and its holders continue tt |
embtv -i present main f??ld of milli 1
tory activity. The Russians aril;
fight'ng bard to retain Galician tor j
rltory that remained *a teem art?; j
Teutonic victories at Lemberg an<
beyond. Desperate battle* cor.tlnut j
along thfl Dniester, where tt.e Pun
?Ians claim advantage despite "tin
admission that .A?*fcr?>*Ger.lfla^^ hav< 1
pushed across Baiester and cwt 1
places. In tho Kootniorjlue diatric j
Grand Duke Nicholas' fore*? ?re nsf}
offensive. ?.
Account of condition? lo Lamber? J
dniing Russian occupation received lill
Berlin tell of hardships ?ifferod bi!
families of OSiiials dlsolajW by th!
chango from Austrian io,pu- ...?-.;.
Uhority. It ia reported that prcfninanlf
{men were reduced to penury and hail!
to chop wood for a Irving, wblit] i
prominent won<on baked ??road and