The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, July 27, 1915, Image 1
VOLUME ll. ANDERSON. S. C. TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 27. 1915. NUMBER 169.
AMERICAN
WAS TOR
NOLOS
HAD CARGO OF FLAX FROM
ARCHANGEL TO BEL
* FAST
CREW LANDED
AT KgCiiWARD
Flax U on Germany's Contraband
List-No Details of Attack
Received.
London; .7uly 26.-Tho American
steamship Leelanaw, which left Aroh
angel July 8 for Heifast with a cargo
of ilax, was sunk by a German subma
rine off the northwest coast of Scot
land yesterday. The crew was saved
and brought to Kirwall in their own
boats.
No details of thc torpedoclng were
received except a brief message stat
ing that the crew bad been landed
safely at Kirkwaid, from which placo
?bey notified the morlcan consul at
Dundee. The Leeland had discharged
a cargo of cotton at Archangel and
was loaded with flax for Belfast.
An official statement of the German
government Issued April 18, 1915, de
clared flax a contraband of war. The
Leeland waa commanded by Capt.
D. B. Belk and bad a crew of seven
officers and 32 men.
.Tho Leeland was owned by tho
Harby -Steamship company of New
York, was 281 feet long and of 1,024
gross tona. loft Galveston May
n end New York May 47 with a car
go of cotton for Archangel. Eurly In
Jabe shu" was detained by the British
at Kirk wald because the carRo was
consigned Vi? Goethonburg, Sweden,
which country forwarded exports of
cotton.
Washington, July 26.-United
States officials tonight held that by
the Gerara submarine's destruction of
the American ship Leoianaw, Germany
.once more hos disregarded the PruB
8lan-Amorlcan treaty of 1828, and al
so the two American noies sent re
cently on this subject. This treaty
provided that Prussia and the United
States would not harm each other's
strips even though carrying contra
band.
Germany has already destroyed
three American ships which the Unit
ed sirtes holds were immune under
this treaty. They were the Gulf
Uglit. the Nobraskan, and thc William
P. Frye, In thc latter case Germany
took the position that she had not dis
regarded the treaty, but had exercised
the right given by Inference from
the language of the pact.
The fact that the Leelanaw crew
was saved croate! a feeling of re
lief, but among officials there were
many apprehension that if Germany
continued to ipromise payment but de
stroyed more American ships further
warning would be required.
Nev York, July 26.-Tho Leelanaw
was owned by the Harby steamship
company of New York. She was 280
feet lo ag; and of 1024 gross tons. Tho
vessel left Galveston May 15th and
New York May 17 with a cargo oX
cotton for Archangel. Early in June
sho was detained by the British at
Kfrkwall because her cargo was con
signed via Gothonburg, Sweden, which
country forbids the .rx ports of cotton.
GONZALES GOING
BACK TO CAPITAL
Advance Guards in Outskirt?
Zapatista* Said to Have
Evacuated.
Gal reston, Tex., July 26.-General
Gonzales' advance guards are again
?weeping into Mexico City. Zapatis
tas hatte evacuated tho capital, stat
ed ri Mexico Ctty cablegram relayed
from Vera Crus to the Carranza con
sulate. Villistas are reported to bo
fleeing northward from Pachuca
with IMoguex pursuing.
GOVERNORS IS VITE? TO
?lfAS&??TON MEET1N?
Col un? bi s, S, C.. duly 26.-Gover
nor Msnnltt?g. today sent letters to the
govtornors ot fifteen Southern states
inviting them to participate in tlie
"House of Governor*" to be held at
Charleston during the Southern com
mercial oonarratts December 18 tn 17,
ir?i5.
VESSEL
PEDOED;
iSJFLIFE
OIL STRIKERS
REFUSE CHANGE
TO EJDSTBIKE
PLANT SUPERINTENDENT
PROMISED KfcCOMMLND
INCREASES OF WAGES
BOGUS LEADER
UNDER ARREST
Former Employe of Sewing Ma
chine Company Had Been
Acting Strike Leader.
New York, July 26.-There were
two developments ia the oil strikers
two developments in tho oil workers'
strike at Bayonne, N. J., today. One
waa tho strikers refusal of the propos
ition of Supt. 'Hennessey of tho Stan
dard Oil plant to recommend increas
ed, wages if they would return to
work, and the other was tho unmask
ing and arrest of Jeremiah J. Baly,
strike leader and chairman of tho
Btrtkcrs "committee.
? - itJ was shown Baly never worked
for the Standard Oil Company, al
though when the strike began he re
presented himself as a striker and t*? ?
men accepted his leadership. l c
worked for a sewing machino com
pany and was horn in Bohemia. Ile
was arrested on suspicion that he
had been influenced by outsldo in
terests to incite trouble at Bayonne.
Ho admitted he falsely represented
himself, but denied any forolgn gov
ernment had anything to do with it.
Tho Shrriff, after the' strikers' re
fusal of tho company's proposition,
said b0 had a thousand men and
would retain order. .
Some Will Return lo Work.
Some fifteen hundred English
speaking strikers at Bayonne tonight
Agreed to return to work and it was
indicated that all English spoaking
strikers would return. Those num
ber about hal f tho five thousand strik
ers. What the foreign speaking ele
ment will do 1B uncertain. .
Bayonne, N. J., July/.28.-Quiet
prevailed about tb0 plant of ? thc
Standard Oil company today. None ot
[ho strikers approached tho .works,
rho men wore paid off without any
sign of disorder. They seemed de
icrmln?d not to return to work, how*
iver. They was almost a total ab
sence of sniping during tho night.
3n!y one or two shots were heard.
hectares Orders k. Council Aro
Within International Law Al
though New Application May
Be Involved.
Washington, July 26.-Tho British
.eply to tho'American note of March
[3 pretesting against tho enforce
ment of th? orders in council which
-?strict neutral commerco has been
.ecolved. It holds that the orders are
vKhln international law although
ney may involve a new application
>f principles, and argues thu! lt is
>roper to await a judicial interpreta*
km.
The new note lc courteous langnage
tolde' that Great Britain's action ls
nstlfled by derisions ot the United
States sunreme court in cases arising
lining the civil war. Any differences
vith the United States over what la
ermed a new application of prin
gles are held to be proper for sub*
nission tc judicial settlement.
Secretary Lansing announce J the
fceipt of the note. It wilt be for
warded to President Wilson at Corn-'
ah and will be given out here for publ
ication in the morning pacers of
Wednesday.
Electric Chair at Sing Sing Which Has Been
Prepared For ?he Execution of Chas. Becker
CHA/f?
These photographs show the electric
chair In watch the four gangsters
who Wiled Herman Rosenthal, the
New York gambler, were put to ileath
a year ago, at Stogj Sing, lt is the
same chair in whtci Charles Becker,
former police lieutenant of New York,
twice convicted of having directed the {
crime, will be executed unless the su
preme court interferes:
COMPLETE PLAN
TO INVESTIGATE
EASTLAND CASE
SECRETARY REDFIELD WILL
HEAD INVESTIGATION BY
FEDERAL OFFICERS
MEN COMPELLED
TO BUY TICKETS
Feared Discrimination Against
Them By Union Officials if
They Refused to Purchase.
Chicago, July 26.-Fedoral, ! state
and city authorities tonight complet
ed plans for an investigation of the
Eastland disaster. Secretary of Com
merce Redfield is due to arrive to
morrow, to head the federal investir
gatton.
A total of 828 bodies have been
found. Detec'ives estimated then,
wore twenty-eight hundred aboard the
Eastland, Osteal of twenty-five hun
dred, tho limit alloved by federal
law.
The c-aployes of th** Western Elec
tric Coupeny complained they wore
almost compelled to purchase tickets
for the annual excursion because oth
erwise tbe officers ' of tho employes'
organisation which sold the tickets
would, discriminate against them.
Only twelvfa bodies were recovered
today and to the confusion was added
much wrangling of officials.
LEEM?CINT
HURTS COTTON PRICES
New York Dropped Nearly Dollar
and a Half But Later Recov
ered-Ned Orleans Drops.
JUSTICE FORD OF SUPREME
COURT RtSEKVED DE
CISION
ARGUMENTS WERE
HEARD YESTERDAY
Justice Announced He Will De
cide Case as Quickly as
Possible.
BRITISH PRESS
IN DOUBT
NOTE'S ME
DONT UNDERSTAND REFER
ENCE TO LAWFUL SUB
MARINE WARFARE
SAY THRERE HAS
BEEN NO CHANGE
Germany's Methods of Sea Fight
ing Are Same as Before Amer
ican Warnings Were Sent.
Nev York, Ti^r Thc news of
the Sinking of thc Leelanaw affected
cotton today, prices breaking nearly
a dollar and a half per bale herc,
but recovering and closing very steady
tt only ten to thirteen aolnta decline
when it was known the Leelanaw car
ri?! contraband.
. New York, July 26.-Supreme
Court Justice Ford, today, Uftei hear
ing arguments on the application of
Charles Becker, sentenced to die Wed
nesday for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, for a new trial, reserved his
decision arri gava the counsel) until
tomorrow to file briefs. Tho Justice
requested more time to consider
Becker's application and Becker's
execution was postponed until Fri
day.
Now York, July 2?.-T:;c fina?
fight to save Charles Beckor-froi.i the
electric chair was be^un today when
WBourke Cochran'v. argued before
Justice Foi'd of the supreme cour: a
motion .or a nev; trial. Ho attacked
the' district attorney, now Governor
Whitman's methods in dealing with
T?ose,, Webber, Vallon and Schopps.
Mrs. Decker was present.
GREENVILLF MAN IS
KILLEDJUIVE WIRE
Came in Confect With Feed Wire
Wh3e at Work on Top of
Pole.
Greenville, S. C., inly 26.'-Jesse
R. Robinson, a young-white man, was
electrocuted thia afternoon while
working on wires Just, off Hain street
robinson was formerly ot Chester but
for the past few months had been
employed with the Southern Publie
(Utilities company In Greenville: He
I ta about ?went:- ?Ix years old and
unmarried.
landon, July 26.-Scvoral moaning
papors doclaro they annot, under
stand Wilson's refeTcnco In his latent
note to Germany ?in regar .V to thc
events "of the last two mon th is which
has proven lt is possible to conduct
submarine operations in accordance
with the accepted principles' of war
fare. The paper; urge. : that there
has been no change In the German
sea-war methods. The Times naval
correspondent asserts that the past
two months blockade does not Dear
out Wilson's view and pointe out that
tho few intervals ot decreased activ
ity baa always been followod by' ri-d
newed activity of sinking without
warning both British and neutral ves
sels. It says there Is no indication
that Germany'^ methods ha\to
changed* and Wilson's words taken In
thoir ordinary acceptance "cannot be
justified." Th* Times says lt. is pr*
BRYAN TAKES RAP
AT COL ROOSEVELT
^ *
Also Says tor U. S. to Go to War, J
With Germans Would be Like
Fighting Lunatics.
/
San Francisco, July 26.-William
Jennings Bryan sneaking al tho First
Congregational church here last
night said those looking for thc "big
stick in scriptures wo nd think the
writers ot Holly Wrti. r are raollyeod
dlors," and declared tito United States
had- no warrant to go to war with
Germany or any other European
power. To go to var with Germany
now, he said, would be like challeng
ing an insane asylum.
U I ELI U 1U UUII1U
PRESIDENT WILSON CON5ID
ERING SEVERAL SUGGEST
ED COURSES OF ACTION
URGE CARRANZA
. TO TALK PEACE j
If This Plan Fails Conference of j
Other Leaders May Be Held in
V. S. to Work for Peace.
Washington. July 25.-Tho United
Stales will Uiko definite steps soon
towards settling tho Mexican prob
lem, the ?into department announced
authorHively today, but did not dis
close the nature of the contemplated
action. President Wilson in under
stood to be considering several, sug
gested courses, plnco tho Mexican fac
tions failed to heed bis suggestion of
nomo months agq and ettie their dif
ference, td restore pcaco
Officials ia CICB0 touch with Wilson
said tonight that thoug hbo has not
determined finally what will bo done
it fs believed the most probable course
will bo to urge Carran ?e.:. once moro
to'confer with other factions in ah
effort to restore peace-. Should Car
ranza refuse, it is said Wilson con
templates effo: ts to assemblo other
Mc;.:-an leaders who will represent
tho ..i a Jori ty of tho people. Such a
conference might be held in. northern
Mexico nf In tho United States. The
conference would arrange for a con
stitutional convention which would
plan for an election and establish
ment of a government which the Unit
ed States would recognize and help
maintain.
Washington, July 26.-Gen. K?n
sten reported today that despite tho
warnings to Carranza and his as
surances that there would, be no fight
ing in border towns endangering
Americano. General Calles with 2,000
Carranza troops was at Santa Bar
bara, 20 miles from Nogales, apparent
ly preparing to attack the border
town. Gen. Punston has orders to
repel with force any firing into-Amer
ican territ' ry.
Claim Many Prisoners. > j
Frankfort, Germany, July 26.-The
Frankfurter Zeitung's V'.enna corre
spondent says thi Austro-Gcrman
forces captured 131,2110 I tu ss lan pris
oners since July 14 beides 44 cannon.
141 machine runs and other supplies.
ATIMIEF
IS
Police Commissioners) Vote to
Suspend Beavers Pending In
vestigation of Charges of In
subordination ?nd Ine;ciency.
Atlamta, July 26.-James I?. Beav
ers, chief of the Atlanta police de
partment was suspended tonight by
the board, of police commissioners,
pendlug an Investigation of the
Insubordination and inefficiency.
Wight of the twelve members of tho
board voted for suspension: Beavers
!s tho chief- who abolished the Mn*,
rated vice district here in 1012.
KU OS KV F LT HOLDS Ul*
THAIN IX ARGUMENT
Baa Diego, Cal., July 2b.-Roo se
re lt arriver hore- today after holding
i Los Angeles train eight minutes lu
ia argument over occommodation*.
He won.
German Air Raid Fall?.
London/ July 26.-A Renters dis
patch from Petrograd says s German
?Ir raid on the Vistula Bridge .naur
Warsaw has failed. Bombe causad
?everal civilian casualties, however.
RUGGLE
ITAL OF
) GOES ON
LULL IN SOUTHEAST PO
LAND BUT NO SIGN OF
LET-UP IN NORTH
NO MATERIAL
GAINS IN WEST
Austrian and Italian Reports Dif
fer as to Situation Along
Isonxo.
London, July 26.-There is a com
parative hill in fighting in southeas
tern Poland, measured by last week's
vicious combats, but no diminution in
tho German attacks northwest of War
sa -wand northw-ird of this region
over th0 Polish bonder In the provinces
of Kovr.o and Courland.
Along tho Nsrow river, despite ob
stinate resistance, the Germans have
effected a crossing. Above and be
low tho fortress of Ostrelenka, tbs
Russians. are being pushed back to
ward the <Bug river.
?Fighting on tho French front cou
iotB mainly of artillery engagements
and sapping opens with no material
gains.
Floreo fighting continues on tho
. oaeicrn section ot tho Austro-Itallan
front, especially over Deberdo
Plateau wfoere the Anstrians claim
that although tho Italians attacked .
relont|SBsly they soon lost the ground
they gained.
In tho region ot K?ln the Italiana
aro declared to have lost heavily in
hand to hand, fighting. Rome on the
contrary announces appreciable pro
gress ot? the Isooso.: A^Jladagest'dis
patch says that by Octets* . Austria
will have seven thouand more men by
calling out those between forty-three
and fifty.
Germany h s fined the etty of Ant
werp fifty thousand dollars for a pop
ular demonstration there on tho Bel
gian national holiday, according to
Ian Amsterdam dispatch.
The British announce fresh, suc
cesses against the Turk along the
Eu ph ra te river and the capture of tho
town of Nasiriych. )
A Petrograd dispatch says there has
been s clean sweep from the Russian
Iwar office of all responsible for the
shortage of ammunition.
London, July 28.-Tho fighting for
Warsaw has shifted from South Po
land, where Mackensen has been un?-,
obie to advance to the north where
the Germans have crossed the Narew
a;ong a wide front. Petrograd has
not admitted this German success.
IOstroIenka fortress, from which
three strategic railroads radiate, still
is controlled by the Russians, al
though the attack ftrom. Pultusk
northwards has brought tho Germans
south of Ostrolenka.
This latest Germ?n success brings
them 25 miles north ot Warsaw...
Southward the Germans are attacking
th0 defenses near Pissecxno. 20 miles
from Warsaw. The Russians aro stilt
holding tho Lublln-Chsltn -railroad.
?Tho Russians assert that th/; Germans
Buffering from fierce counter attacks.
With the exception of the conr
solidation of French successes tn the
Vosges, where 800 Germans were
captured. Paris reports only artillery
and mine warfare on the western
front.
There ls soui? uneasiness In en
tente allies diplomatic circles by an
unofficial report that -Turkey bas
the itodeagetch milrea '
ports that this- Will have no effe t on
bulgarian, neutrality but tho belief ex
pressed hore that Turkey 1? unlikely
vo give valuable territory without sub
stantial aid.
Rome, July 26.-Tho Italian official
statement last night' says two Halfan
aeroplanes on tho afternoon of July
23 flew over Rive, on Lake.Gardr. in
the Austrian Tyrol and dropped . 18
bombs on tho railroad station with
excellent resulta. The tnacMnen ar?
safe. The Austrian attacks ?a the
Montenegro region were repulsed with
heavy losses.
Toulon, France, Jiiply M.T-The new
French destroyer Leblmo? bas de
molished an Austrian submarine and
tho aeroplane depot a* Lagosta Is
lands In the Adriatic, wi'h a loss te
the Fren?te of only ons man killed
BRITISH KUftfattft* AtilM
FOtTB TffBKlfiK VESSELS
Athens. July 26.-For the second
time since the beginning ?rt the Dar
danelles operation a British entuna
rme has penetrated the harbor ot
Constantinople. A Turkish trans
port, ?wo gun boats anu a munitions
steamer were ?tink.