The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, July 22, 1915, Image 1
VOLUME IL ANDERSON. S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1915. NUMBER 165.
TEUTONIC
DRAWING
POLISH
GERMANS IN NORTH ALSO
CONTINUE ADVANCE ON
BALTIC SEA PORT RI2A *
RUSSIANS LOSE
ON ALL FRONTS
Italians Take Austrian Trenches
But Lose Them in Counter
Attack-Quiet in France.
London, July 21.-The Auctro-Ger
mans continue to draw nearer War
oav/, while t'.ie Germana in thc north
advance toward the port of Riga, In
the (Balticv region the Russians are
withdrawing before the Germans who
are carrying additional towns and
strategic position:;. Thc last Russian
entrenchments west of Shavli in tho
Province of Kovno, and the Russian
positions in Kovno, Manlampool dis
trict, have been captured.
Farther south along the Narew,
near Newogerod and at Rozan, Ger
mans attacks everywhere succeeded.
Tho Russians, however, desperately
counter attacked nour Rozan, but Ber
lin states they lost heavily.
dust west of Warsaw the Germans
heavily'reinforced bavo advanced and
havfc also advanced southeast of War
saw', but battles continuo in this sec
tion. Probably the most severe fight
ing 13 between the Vistula and Bug
Rivers ahd lin the Lublin road.
' ^Pftevyrfiglrtmgls in progress on thc
Austro-Italian frontier. Vienna an
nounced thc Italians captured Monte
ban Michels but Austrian reinforce
ments recaptured it. The full force ot
the Auatrian resistance was evidently
brought into play .on this front and
there have been heavy casualties on
both sides. V
France and Belgium remain compar
atively quiet. Airmen and artillery
are busy at some points.
London, July 21.-Rumors th?t
Warsaw bas fallen are in circula
tion here. Tho latest communica
tions from bo'th sides, however, indi
cate that tile Austro-Gorman rush has
slowed down. The russians con
tinue to lose gr?und but apparently
the campaign baa not reached a de
cisive issue. The latest important
success reported by the Germans has
been won by Gen. Weyrick, south
of Ivangorod. The Russians deliver
ed vigorous counter attacks, but fail
ed. .
Windau Is definitely in German
hands. They are now wi Jain 35
milos of Riga. German possession of
Riga would force the Rursinn arm
ies near Shavii and Mltaux to retreat,
.os the Baltic port is the'- chief sup
ply'point. The advance* of the Ger
mans imo the Baltic provinces indi
cates that they are hoping to cut off
the Russian retreat as well as cap
ture Warsaw.
The Russian army is undoubtedly in
an embarrassing position. An ob
stinate resistance might imperil n
retreat. It is pointed out here, nor
over, that such an extended German
line might contain weak points. Mili
tary writers had declared the use of
the landstrum and landwehr indicates
that the central powers are exerting
their every resource to crush the Rus
sians.
' There baa been some mine warfare
along the British front in isolated ac
tions along the remainder of the '
..western line but not important enough
? .to, turn public attention from the Rus
nm^t-_v,
QUIET PREVAILS
AT BAYONNE, N. J.
?
New York, July 21.-Quiet prevails
tonight at the Bayonne, N. J., plant of i
tue Standard Oil Company, where i
riots today caused the death of one <
striker and injuries b> five policemen
and near a hundred strikers. Strike !
leaders satd* tonight nearly six thous* :
and mea are ont.
?UNIGAI?BE?WI
iS DEMOCRA
San Francisco, July 21.--Albert,
Wnt* of Belgians, white making tte
rounds with Washington newspaper
men wVm a prince, caught a spirit of
democracy that may -?*ect nations,
Joe Mitchell Chapple,'the magazine
editor, said tonight ?in an address on
"The Joy and Value of Making Ac
quaintances" before the International
AsBcalaelou of Rotary Club?.
ALLIES
I NEARER
CAPITAL!
WlSKSYSTl
SOLDYESTERDAY
COMMUTEE OF CREDITORS
BID IN GREAT RAILROAD
AT PUBLIC SALE
ROAD HAS HAD
STORMY CAREER
Has Been Operated by Receivers
for Some Time--Will Now
Be Reorganized.
St. Louts, July 21.-The first stop
in the reorganization of thc Wabash
railroad was taken today when a com
mittee of creditors bought tho two
hundred and twenty-two million dol
lar corporation for eighteen million at
public sale.. ^
Tho Wabash railroad as lt now is
constituted da a combination nf sev
eral lines, independently bullio With
a M ot ni mileage in 1914 of 2,0 tl.
The parent line of the entire system
was the Toledo nnd Illinois, which
was organized in 1853 to build a line
between Toledo and tho western
boundary of Ohio. In the same year
the Lake Erie. Wabash and St. Louis
railroad company wn& organized to
build a road from the eastern In
diana line to the western boundary of
that state.
On January 1, 1912, obligations
totaling $1,200,000 were due, and In
ability to provide for these and other
payments brought on the receivership.
When the road went into bankruptcy
it was stated that the primary cunno
of the failure was the liability of the
Wabash $9,800.000 note .'ssue of the
Wheeling and Lake 'Bric, f ie Wabar.h
connection into Pittsburgh. Interest
in excess of $300,000 war, du0 on thia
Issue on February 1, 1912. . .
The receivership proceedings were
brought after Reveral months lia! been
spent in an effort to put the property
on a sound basis.
The receivers during their control
of the road put it in first-class con
dition physically. '
Definite plans for the reorganization
of tho road were made in t io spring
of 1914, and in May of that year a
detailed plan of reorganisation was
submitted to the public service com
missions of the states In which the
Wabash cperntes. The plan provided
for a total capitalization of $209,000.
000, a reduction'of $10.000,000 from the
capitalization ot the bankrupt com
pany. .
The plan however, was abandone*!
in October of 1914, partly, it was stat
ed, as a result of the European war,
but primarily as a result of the de
moralisation of the American Invest
ment market.
Tim notice of the abandonment of
thc reorganisation plan said that in
creased operating - costB. increased
taxes, and reduced rates had left the
net returns fer ihe year $370,000 short
of the mun necessary ter pay tho In*
tercet on underlying bonds.
INCREASE GUARD
TO PREVENT FIRES
Philadelphia, July 21.-Five times
ss matoy guards as usual aro now
around the navy yard here as a resnTt
of the fires aboard battleships, 't
was learned today there weTo amati
fires yesterday aboard tho battleship
New York abd thc destroyer Warring
ton in-tfte Brooklyn navy yard.
)F BELGIUM
TIC MONARCH
When the guns at Liege flashed the I
newe of invasion and destruct lou the !
young kind issued s proclamation in a
phraseology never used by kings an- s
dent or modern. It began "My Pel- a
low Citizens- Chapple predicted that t
Albert would hand the scepter bach io ti
the people and become father ot the Ii
fir?? sew republic in the new United ii
States of Sarene. o
Inventor Greeting Navy Secretary
Thomas A. Edison. '
Josephus Daniels, tho secretary of
he navy, mad0 a flying trip to Orange
?, J., tho other night to talk with
Riomas A. Edison at his ?onie on the
iropoBcd Naval Advisory board, ?nd
he two were photographed together,
ar. Edison will head thc new board.
''Mr. Edison thought", said the sec
retary, "that tho plan offered possi
ilUtlcs of getting the for?most engin
eer-; of the country to aid us. He is
miprcsHOd witih the idea that methods
>f warfare are undergoing radical
:hange; that wliat has been may not
JC in thc future, lt is his idea that
Joseph UM Daniels.
thc board should bo purely advisory, J
and that navy officers skilled by j
practice in <heir work should con- !
tinuo development of ideas, getting
the board's advice where it could aid j
thom. Mr. Edison thought that to j
servo on this board would he regarded
ns crowning honor- for an American
engineer; thc equal of decorations
given by foreign governments for I
scientific achievements."
Mr. Daniels believed there would bc
little difficulty, geting appropriations
from congress for tho work. Several
Senators and representatives, he said,
I already have approved the plan.
ROOSEVELT THINKS
COUNTRY SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR WAR
BELIEVES U. S. SHOULD HAVE UNIVERSAL MILITARY SER
VICE-SAYS PACIFISTS WOULD CHINAFY THIS
COUNTRY--USOES PREPARATION.
San (Francisco, July 21.-^-Colonel
rheodore FJOOSCVOR addressed the Pa
Mama-Pacific exposition crowds today
?n preparedness Tor war. The speech
vas given over almost entirely to
hat theme and Hie net K forth with
tew emphasis.
"I firmly believe that there should
m universal military servico for our
oung men on the Swiss ?30del." said
he former president, nt one point in
tis speech.
At another, referring to the price
vhlch Belgium had paid because ot
er unpreparedness, he said:
"Borne day or other it may well bo
hat we shall havP to pay on a ten
old ?rester scale the. samo price for
xactly the sanio reasons; and, lt
i-^h should be Ute' case, remember,
ny fellow countrymen, that whereas
he eas.-) of the Belgians excited warm
ym.:?at. ;y. our misfortunes would C7t
lte nothing but scorn and contempt;
or a rich, powerful, boastful people
nvfted tho ridicule of all mankind tr,
whether.from sheer silliness and short
ightednese, or from sort timidity, or
rom gross and greedy devotion to the
natorial benefits of the moment, it
aila to preparo itself to defend its
-wn rights with its own strength."
Col. Roosevelt spoke derisively of
elocution as a substitute for action,"
Ad In his arraignment of those who
tood In the way of preparedness for
rar, he said the "professional pacifists,
he peace-ot-any-prlc- non-resistance
infiversal arbitration people are seek
ag to Chinty this country-to roduc0
t to tho level of Impotence to which
.ld China sank," The averago China
man, ho said. 'iad taken thc view that
China wns "too proud lo fight," ac!.
.In practico made evident his hearty
approval of thal abject pao-fist song,
T Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Sol
dier.' "
With all of his old-time. vlgc<-. Col.
Roosevelt denounced tho all-inclusive
arbitration treaties, which the United
Stales bad entered into and sa d that
In declining to apply* their principle in
tihe case of the Lusitania there had
been ?vidence of national hypocrisy or
oise an utter recklessness of folly in
making promises.. 'It was necessary
to repudiate the principle in tho Lusi
tania case, tho colonel agreed, but
"a shameful thing to lmvn put our
selves in such a position that it had
to be repudiated."
? The United States bad treated Tho
Hague conventions as ?nore "scraps of
paper/' he sn>'d. "when t&e demand waa
made to show that our signatures
meant something." v .
EIGHTY-FIFTH AltNlYKRrUBY
OF BELGIUM'S INDEPENDENCE
Par)*, July 21. -The eighty-fifth
anniversary of the independence of
Belgium wns celebrated today in many
parts of Prance with religious ser
vices and e-peclal ?x?roises. Iv ng Al
bert spent the day with his eoldicrs.
To Pay Bunsen.
Idaho Falls, Idaho. July 21.-Tho
relatives of Ernest Empy, whom a
bandit holds for ?ix. thousand dollars
ransom, decided today to pay lt and
have requestol the sheriff to recall
his poise.
CONVICTED MAN'S LONG
STATEMENT DOESN'T AL
TER OPINIONS
ONLY ONE THING
NEW IN STATEMENT
Late Alfred Henry Lewis Said
Becker Was to be Victim of
Frame Up.
Albany. N.Y., July 21.-Governor
Whitman Riild tonight nfto.r a careful
< tudy of tho fifteen thousand word
statement of CharlcB Heelier, under
death sentence for lntsigating tho mur
der bf Herman rosenthal, tho gambler,
that ho still believed becker guilty.
Whitman said the only now thing In
Becker's statement was that the late
Alfred Henry Lewis had told Becker
that reeker was to be framod up.
New York. July 21.-Charles
Becker's counsel today waited thc
result of his appeal to Whitman to
forbid his execution on July 2S for
the murder ot Herman BoRonthal.
Becker's plea was sent to the gov
ernor Inst night. It Included a state
mcnt of lils version of the facta lead
ing to tho mu'-der and denied his
complicity. He said Timothy D.
Sullivan, now dead, told him ho bad
$12,500 invested in Rosenthal's. gam
bling house. When rosenthal began
making public statements about tho
raids Sullivan exacted a promise1
from Becker to keep Sullivan's name
ont. Thc statement made no police
graft disclosures. It gave as ac
count of 'his movomonts the night of
the murder. Martin T. Manson- an
nounced he would soon apply for a
new trial on tho ground of newly dis
covered evidenco the rature of the
evidence is withheld. It Is reported
that some of Sullivan's friends offer
ed to make affidavits substantiating
parts of Becker's story.
WELSH GOAL MINERS
RETURNED IO WORK
Majority Voted to Accept Terms of
Agreement-Action Causes
Relief.
_ S
London, July 21.-The Welsh Coal
miners ihavo.- accepted tho terms
agreed on yesterday an t the ntrike
ls ended. Throughout tho coal Felds
there was nn overwhelming .majority
In favor of RorHement.
The miner? returned to work im
mediatclly. Both Rides promised to
make every effort to make un for'tV?e
week of Idleucsr.. David Lloyd Ooorsre
the mlniBter of munition, to whom tho
Rctilnmeht ''.s largely attributed, waa
enthusiastically welcomed when 'ho
appeared on tho convention hall nt
Cardiff. He nrged the mon for patriot
ic motives to make offortn to over
come the difficulties caused by the
weeks of idleness and declared lt ls
Just dawning on England what n tre
mendous Rtrugglc they aro engaged
In. Ho declared tho situation was p.o
serious that lt needed t.'ie united ac
tion ci overy man and woman.
BOGUS WIDOW
UNDER ARREST
Claimed to Be Relic of Late
Henry M. Plagier, Railroad
Magnate.
Now York, July 21 .--A woman giv
ing her name as Mrs. Zorn'Emma
Plagjer aged 50, ts held in $5,000 batt
for examinat'on Friday by n magis
trale charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Frank -J. ' Mahoney, complainant,
swore to an affidavit that he paid the
woman $800 after she represented
herself ss the widow of the late Hen
ry M. Plagier, millionaire railroad
builder, and, said she would soon re
ceive $15,000,000 from the estate.
Lawrence C. Haines of Brooklyn In
court made an affidavit corroborating
Ha?:.ency and swore the woman's rep
resentation ls false and ?he ls not
Flsgler's widow.
SECRETARY DANIELS YO
SPEAK AT CHARLESTON
. Washington, July 21.-~8ccrotrry
Daniels today accepted an Invitation to
address tho Southern Commercial Con
gress ai Its annmial meeting ta De
cember in Charleston, South Carolina.
GERMANY
AGAINST
VIOLAT?
ins SHIP
FOOD PRODUCTS
AGROSSBORDEB
LEADERS REAP HARVEST OF
EXPORT TAXES ON SHIP
MENTS
NON-COMBATANTS
ARE STARVING
Peculiar Situation Brought to
Light by Report ci Ked
Cross Manager.
Washington, July 21.-tlonoral Man
ager Dovol, of tho American Fed Cross
in his report to tho war department
today declared that while non-com
batants in Mexico were suffering from
lack of food, military leaders had
reaped a rich har vc nt from expert
taxes on Mexican grown food shipped
into the United States.
%
j Washington, ' July . 21.-Further
developments at Mexico City aro anx
iously awaited by officials hore to
day. With the capital again occu
pied by tie Zapata forces and cut off
from telegraphing and railroad com
munication with Vera Crux, according
to ?ho stato department dispatch, re
lief measures for the hungary popu-I
letton are halted. The situation ls
reported as desperate.
The reoccupation by thc Carranza
forces took tito officials hero by sur
prise. The Zapata forces were driven
out eleven days ago by Gonzales, who
is speeding north to meet tlie Villa
troops. The supposition here has been
that tito Zapata forces aro operating
along thc railroad to Vera Cruz in
nn attempt to effect a Junction -with
tho Villa forces. Nows of tho bat
tlo near Pnchuca nlready reported by
Yilla is momentarily expected.
Rlsbeo, Ariz., July 21.-Carranza
troops who captured Naco, Sonora,
yesterday, while removing Ihiuor from
an American saloon late today found
a United States flag, carried it to
within a few feet of tho international
i no and trampled it Into ribbons.
Machinists Fud Strike.
Bridgeport, Conn., July 21.-J. J.
Keppler, vice president of the Inter
national Association of Machinists,
who ha? been directing the ! trikes
hero, announced tonight that a set
tlement had been agreed upon and
the strikers will return to work Mon
day morning.
Thomas J. Savage, member of gen?
ornl executive board of union, declar
ed however, be knew of no settlement
and that tuc si rik.> would continue.
CREEN TO TELI
WHY HE ASS Al
HAS NO REGB
MiHledgov.llle. July 21.-Leo M.
Frank's condition continues satisfac
tory it was announced tonight.
Atlanta. July 21.-J. William Creen
assailant of Leo M. Frank in the
state prison, now declaros that he is
willing to tell h's whole story to Gov
ernor^. Harris. Ho still maintains
th?: he ia glad ho assaulted Frank
and that God .guided bim..
Attending physicians say Frank
has gained several pointa in h's bat
tle for life. T.'.ioy- admit that his con
dition is Devious, /.n i ho ls by no
means' ont bf danger, but the drain
age of his wound yesterday after
noon by th? removal of three stitch
es was followed by a distinct im
provement.
Frank han been removed from the
prison hospital and placed In one of
tho offices, where there ls loss notse.
Rabbi Marx and Attorney Harry
Aloxander of Atlanta? his friends, are
at Mllledgevllle, and Mr?. Frank
spends much tice beside . her 'hus
band.
The state prison commission has
decided to make an investigation of
the affair sad will go to the farm
WARNED
FURTHER
JG RIGHTS
REPETITION OF LUSITANIA
INCIDENT WILL BE CON
SIDERED UNFRIENDLY
U. S. STANDS BY
POSITION TAKEN
Communication Refuses All De
mands and Suggestion? ia
Last German Reply.
Washington, July 21.-President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing tonight
completed the new note to Germany
warning her 'than a repetition ot the .
Lusitania disaster or any violation of
American rights ou the high seas re
sulting in loss of American lives he
considered sn "unfriendly not." The
note is In the nature of a final state
ment regarding thc United States"
position and states that the United
States will leave nr thing undone to
stand hy the position already an
nounced. . _
I Tie statement that- future trans
gressions -will he \r?st<Tded aa unfriend
ly ls taken in diplomatic usage to
presage a break <tn friendly relations
unless a dlsvowal and reparation ls
forthcoming. The note la to be for
warded tomorrow.
Among tho points in tho ne*? note
are: The United Stater assumes that
Germany, by declaring submarine war*
faro to be a retaliatory measure, so
mit s that tho destruction, without
warning of unresisting merchantmen
is illaga?. German wUbai?iriaes have
shown they can sink ships and yet al
low passengers to escape.
The United States can't allow re
lations between belligerents to reaurt
in a curtailment of thc rights of neu
trals. The United Cit?tes reiterates
with renewed Insistence the request
for disavowal and reparation of the
Lusitania, sinking.
I The United Statos realises the un
usual conditions dn this war and Is
! willing to aid any arrangements be
tween belligerents which don't in
volve the surrender of the United
States' rights.
. The United Startes rejects the Ger
man offer of Immunity to Amrican
ships not carrying contraband aqd
Immunity to four belligerent sOtlps un
der Ute American flag because the ac
ceptance of such a suggestion would
admit Germany's right to net aside
principles of International law.
MAY SUE FOR
FUNDS ADVANCED
Americana Who Were Brought
From Europe When War Be
gan Must Repay.
Washington, July 21.-Secretary
McAdoo .announced tonight that the
government will sue Americans, who,
are thought apparently able to do so.
who refusa to repay money the gov
ernment, expended Ctr their relief when
troy were stranded lu Europe st the
war's outbreak.
JUTED FRANK;
:ETS FOR DEED
Saturday. acenmpsttied by Governor
Harrif, to make a complete Inquiry.
They will undertake *o learn wheth
er Creen made theattack on his own
volition or was prompted .by anyone
In or out of <the prison, whether he
Ci ad read any anti-Prank literature;
how ho smuggled tho knife luto the
prison, how be cam? to be permitted '
to leave bis cot, sud all other de
tails.
Warden. J. E. Smith states tbat
Prank was shown n,o special privi
leges, apd denles the story elven out
by Joe Johnsen, a released convict,
that Prank had been, shown "a rich
mao's privileges.'* Smith says Prank
waa kept In.stripes, was put to work
making up bunks and scrubbing, and
other? Ine treated as any other pris
oner.
Prison Commiwloner s. L. Relner
who bas returned from a visit to
the farm, says Creen ts not craay.
"Ile apeara to be a mean ?nd sul
len men, but not a lunatic," said Mr.
Rainey. "I talked tc MIA at length
and the only question be would an
swer waa when I asked him why tva
lu*i done lt. ile said bo taougM ha
waa doing right.1*