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VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1915. NUMBER" 170.
TEUTON
ENVELi
HAS U
GERMANS NOW ADVANCE
ONLY BY YARDS AND AT
TREMENDOUS COST
FRENCH MAKING
GAINS IN WEST
Dispatches Say Austrians Are
Evacuating G?ritz and Fall of
Pedgore WU! Follow.
London, July 27.-The Auat;*o
German attempts to envelope the
Russian armies defending Warsaw
and to capturo the Poliah capital,
which for a time progressed almost
with the momentum of the offensive
that cleared Galicia of the Russians
have been almost halted and where J
Germans are moving it is only by
yards and ut a tremendous cost.
The German Field Marshall Von
Muchensen has taken a few villages
on the way to the Lublin railway [
between the Vistula and "Bug rivers)
ani tho Austrians, hy counter at- [
tacAflt at Sckal, have taken positions
which will make the German flank
safer but Berlin reports that "other
wise the position of the German troops ,
under Von Mackensen remains un
changed . "
Along the western bank of thc Vis
tula, from Liverpool to Novo Geor
gievsck. an even smaller advance up
parcntlly has been made, while along
tho Narcw Von Hindenburg who has
been tryjng to drive a wedge in be
hind Warsaw, is largely occupied in
mocfllntg Russian . counter attucks
forced'the Gormans .back-across the
river ' at some point but Berlin aa"*
certs they failed anja^??Il
moving eastward.
The russians
thc- Baltic provl
friere. Iivorywhj
at their Inlicit.
With interest
Important FrencJ
sace ha <rJa beon
reports another
Munster where til
cen troted artlllerj
Artillery is ale
tant part along
three days the
. their fire on tho|
A Geneva dis
Austrians arc
the evacuation
question of bout
patch says art. Dd
guarding tho roi
nnablo to hold
.On tho Corsol
a few trenches --Hf
tured. tho entire
losing, twp thous*]
. italian Offensive
Isonzo ls procccl
jd recently in
have tumfx'. J
the battles aro i
tcred'.ou the cal
advances lu Al
crlooked. 'Parish
ecess north of,
French lave con
[playiug an impor
Isopzo whare for
filans concentrated
ustrian positions,
jtch declared, the
ating G?ritz and
Pcdgoro Ja only a
The same dis
rdo tie Austrians
to Trieste woro
ir positions,
(latcau, except for
Italians have cap- !
eau, tho Austri?nn i
I men. . Tho great j
tho banks of '.the
g fefvoraTr^y.
London,-July 2 \-Britten attenti
is absorbed in tl ?|^H|Hf.uf ?c*"*
many'? envelopli IwH?SmW1
eastern field. Th ?Wm reports -mow
that Von lindo J thirty *
cavalry tui | nH^^HHHBBHI
F4ga and are w jra?flg'
the railway fron jp-'
saw. Thus the |HHBH^HBB?-an
lines, aro closlr l in on the malu
northern raillwa fart cry of the Rus
sian capital. ?e Southern army
similarly ls api jjfcph)*hg thc main
southern artery jorder. The Timos
declares that-hui w????tKKM?kW^ '"?
parallel of this >?MM|H^Hpcnt:
arfd says it inv< tr^-pesultn to Rus
sia and the wes nt allies comparing
with Russia's rt HMie to meet the
invasion. The jw
operations are le real ?langer
the whole of ' li is thc i
center and lt 1 Ai apparent that
Germans are plr?ti
points HHHH9L^^HS
would have grav fe;
west as it will rh
power to rcsum ja
slvo will to ? HMHwf>Ktp.
and the princlpl ?
sire "will be ls IHRHH^^^^HHH
many.- } ?
Today's Petro gui
saying the Qc |?j|p??~ 'hav
thrown back at BH^HHKf*h<> Ma- j
row brings som wWWWaBBWtf
military observe j irold that ri
results depena 1 Hely upon the. r*u8?. {
?Ians prolonglni taerlsta?ce until <
matte rendition! jtnteroose :<
to/tho full rcall ki.
f)lan Reporta t en, >vlth ]
the exceptio rib {br lr
v. i : ! ? ; ' ? ? i - - '1 > . ' i
! ..: . : i s' ? ?. ' '
show comp? rat I jlr>; .
Banish H^M^Hjfl
Copenliagen,
steamship N'ogH I -
coburg. Swed ' '? "yoe, j
?wRh r?n>HHHHHBBHM
sunk in Um N?WB|p '
Wilhelmshaven, vNtKMNBfi^
'S EFFO?
PE RU?
DST MOM
PRESIDENT FORCED TO FLEE
FROM PALACE TO FRENCH
LEGATION
_ I
MANY PRISONERS
WERE EXECUTED
Enraged Mob Caught and Shot to
Death Officer Responsible
for Executions.
-
Port Au Prince, Haiti, July 27.
When thc revolutionary movement
broke out herc toiay. General Oscar,
a supporter of President Guillaume,
executed all political prisoners in the
hands of the government, including
former President Orestes Zamor,. u
total of about a hundred and sixty.
In the outbreak of indignation w.Ach
followed, a mob invaded the French
legation where General Oscr.r hld, |
took 'olin out and shot bim to doa th.
The uprising began before daybreak
wkou thc presidential palace wus set
aflro.. President Guillaume took re
fuge in the French legation and man-1
aged to escape the :uob.
Port-Au-Prlncc, fl ny tl. July 27.--Arl
revolutionary movement against Che |
"ngyigMr"t ifrTf?i n,?? Irin
troops attacked tho presidential
palace. Firing continued two hour*,
with a numtw or casualties. Presi
dent Guillaume ls in tho palace i in
sisting the attack. The building ls In
iianire
Tabes lio inge W 0? French.
Port-nu-Prlnco, July 27.-Thc pres
ident with a few loyal, troops and his?
personal staff male a courageous de
fense. Alter the palace caught fire
|f?!o took refuge at the French'consu
late with his family. General Oscar,
thc governor ot Port-RU-Prlnco, took
refuge with the Dominican legation,
after the president left fhh palace.
.Th? casualties w? believed to be
heavy. By' noon the city waa In. the.
possession of tho revolutionists. Tbo
movements was started t* > regiment
of troop v.*t& tad been diabatided nn(j
thero haB beeny.'reign of terror here
for ten days. On June 17 Glllospie
?togah causing the orrer.l of all Haiti
Iens of any wealth or. posit ion without
regard to ago or ?ex. tlc besan ex
pelling all foreigners and Halton wo
roon have bern arrested on the streets
and imprisoned.
ph July ITthe French actress,
Madame Tnldy, was arrested in thia
manner. Prisons are full and condi
tions deplorable. 'Prisoners dio dally
of hunger end unsanitary conduin..H.
Many refugees have taken shelter In
fo reign legnUoivu
l!u<rter Conner* Hfrlke.
Now York, July 27.-Thc tieup bl
the Ceglcr company plant bogan yo?
torday when tho coopers struck was
made complete when virtually all th*
ether, employes quit. A lar^a crowd
clashed with tho guards at the gates.
There- wera three arrests.
Hi?t fe Alaska. Toe.
loward, Alaska, July 27.-Thc
GERMANS FORCED ?Q
LEffi GflPIOREB StiiP
Patrol Boats interfered AfW Sob
marine Had Bee? ffccwjr With
Otfees- Vessels.
RT TO
?SIANS !
ONTUM
FOR NASHVILLE
MAYOR HOWSE AND TWO
COMMISSIONERS ARE
SUSPENDED
ROBERT HAUGHN
NAMED RECEIVER
[Officials Ousted Under Recently
Enacted Law-Say They
WAI Appeal.
Nashville, Tenn., July 27.-Hubert
I laugh n master in chancery was to
day appointed - tho receiver ior tho
municipality of Nashville by Chancel
lor Allison. Soon afterward Circuit
Jpdge Matthews suspended Mayor
Hilary H. Howse and Commissioners
Robert Elliott and Lyle AndrowB un
der Tennessee's new ouster law. J.
W. Wilkerson, Toccntly resigned as
city commissioner and Andrews this
morning has been dismissed by tho
commission, but the legality of their
action is- being questioned. Ho was
included In the ouster proceeding. He
with 'Comptroller Burns. Treasurer
Meyers abd Assistant Treasurer Wes?
_ tor are under indictment in conuue
'"tlon with tho dis?prcaranco of ccr-y
tain books .and records from conip
of^chii^
manogem. ut, there being aa investi-;
patio:; .now; Tho men ousted bavo
announced au appeal.
f-My Treasurer Ousted.
Nashville; July 27.--City Treasurer
Meyers was alBo ousted. Th? re- 1
oclvorshlp suit wus brought by
Comptroller Huras and other tax
payons. Hums has resigned since,
the ?ult started. r Tho ouster pro-!
cecil!)gs wore starteJ by the other (
tax payer.
HOWELL CASE WILL
BE TROIS 1G?8T
I Further Postponement l?,ct Likely
-Tidwell at Liber*/ Under
$10,000 Bond.
I Greenville, July 27.-Tho trial of
?corge W. Tidwell. Sr., for murder,
oheduldd to comc Mn at the Au
torm of the court of general soa
KjlbmS for Greenville county. At pren
nent there is nothing to indicate that
(thc trial will be postponed, tho case
of the illness ot tl
ter, who I? a prim
se wa? I
cotvrt 1
nd that I
d In. a
iSMERM 1NSTALU
I Sj??ML FUST!
I Devine Placed on Creating of Ed
ute Lamber Ca a. Line and
So?tfeer? Hens' Branchville.
a
Goes Into War Zorn
When tho Cunard stcnmtiaip ?r*du
na, which narrowly escaped a German
submarino on July 9, sailed for Liver
pool July 23 her commander, Capt.
Tom Taylor, was vlsi!wi by many
friends who bade him goodby In a
most fervent manner. Capt. Taylor,
however, merely bullied at their/
earnestness and ? refused to lorik.
frightened at the prospect of again
venturing into the? war zone.
There were fifteen first, Bovcnty
fiw second and 10,r> third CI?IHS pas
sengers aboard. Eight were Ameri
cans. Among thom , were Abraham
S. Burns, and the F.ev. H. E. Young
of Chicago, Miss Lydia D< Wheeler of
MEXICAN II
CONFER
REPORTED TO BE PREPARING I
PATION OF FINAL APPE/f
AT NACO RELIEVED!
OF CARRAN:
Washington, July 27.-Mexican
'caders arc reported tonight to be pre
?pkwif-wih1 a-Hwuut uum*A* mnarm
chiefs in anticipation o? /; final appear
t by the United Stales VM ali factious
'for .peace, it is said tho conference
! wllL bo held with or without Cpr
jraasa. who has thus far refuBtd tp
[confer.
? IrYaahington, July 27.-Carransa
ftToops evacuated No?o, leaving the
.civil authorities In administration.
Tie. action relieves the threatening
BECKER HY
; Justice Ford Will Ask Gov. Whit
man to Respite # Ho Needs
More lone to Consider Argu
ments in Motion for iii rr Trial.
Chi
elo<
dill
res
win
Uot
i?>
ro*
(Bec
h,
- b)
nev
ex?
bother
in the
>n nd
iio mo
mi un
?fon tomor
.rior io give
' ho. thinks
. I ! i '
?reparlng a
j out .it his
MINISTER FREED
OF MURDER CHARGE
Kilied Man Who Struck Hi* Moth
er and Threatened Him 45
j Yeasv Ago.
aft
be
.cia
ne With Munitions
Philadelphia and John H. Jones, <MTB
Janie he vi UK and li. Forbes Mitchell
of New York City. .
Mes. Sarah Jano Scholes of Ilollin
wootl, England, an author, who ar
rived Monday on tho Tuscania, went
homo on the Ond.una.
She was not agrald of tho prospect
of meeting a German submarine, but
did'not like thc Idea of getting aboard
tho vessel In tho elevator. She said
:;]n> preferred lo walk aboard.
Frederick Chirgwin of Swindon,
En uland, whose wlfo and ten-year-old
son wcro lost when the Lusitania
went to England to ail tie tho estato
of lits wife.
.EADERS
: ON PEACE
FOR CONFERENCE IN ANTICI
iL BY U. S.-SITUATION
BY WITHDRAWAL
situation Irr which Funston had or
ders to sholl thc Mexicans away from
the border if the fighting endangered
rican torritory. Consul Canada
I Vera Cruz, reported that eight
(lean naval vessels wcro moving
troops coming from tho interior.
il veston, July 27.-The main army
?en? ral Obregpn ia attacking Tor
according to a report of'the Car
ia consulate herc, lt ls also report
,N:itera wita eight thousand mon
doned Villa for Carranza.
ANY STRIKERS
puen TO WORK
?riff Kmkhead Says Wage In
creaic Will Be Granted
?
Girards Will bc Removed When
'Order Prevails.
kew York, July ?7.-About f.fteen
jitttidred striker^ .-etuincd to work ?i
l? rlantB of tho -Standard and Tide
(tcr oil companies in llayonno.
yor Garvin, and Sheriff - Kinkead
larc! that by 2 o'clock all the
kors would be back at work and
guards removed, s
ho sherill said a wage Increase
ld bo granted -beforu tho end of
week. About fivo thousand haye
n idio. Kinkead had ?Ix hundred
fifty uniformed pol Tmcn and
ds about tho Standard Oil plant,
six blocks there was a guard
ry fifty feet and on every comer
ol iceman with a rifle. A crowd of
eral hundred were dispersed. Two
esta were mado but there was po
-rder.
Rfcport of U. S. Steel Corporation
Reports Big Increase Over
S. STEEL I
I
Now York, July 27.--The report of
United States steel corporation
tho quarter ending J,one 3oth, m-~
ont today ?haws a decided im
vement tn the steel and Iron In
dustry. The total crningg of the
er.rpcration for this quarter wero
j&enty-scven million, nine hundred
fifty thousand dollars, or more
twice that of tine first quarter
this year.
?After paying a quarti rly dividend
of ono and three quarter per cent on
jveferrea - stock, there remained
jarplus or more than eight million.
SUPPLEMENT TO
RECE_MT_ NOTE
ASKS THAT PUBLICATION OF
NOTE RECEIV O BE
POSTPONED
WOULD HAVE BEEN
PUBLISHED TODAY
Note to Come is Believed a Sup
plement to Reply Defending
Order fan Council.
Washington. July 27.-Tue request
today by Slr Edward Grey, ?rtlist)
minister for foreign affairs that tho
United 8tates withhold from publica*
tion in Wednesday's papers, aa origi
nally planned, thc text of yesterday's
Uri tish reply to tho American ?pro
test against the British order in coun
cil, caused much speculation tonight
in official circles. The only explana
tion from Grey wa? Amt another
British note was coming, which lt is
hell i ved hero will he supplementary
to tho first one.
Tho note ot yesterday 1B under
stood to bo framed on the theory that
the order in council doeB not trans
gress tho rights of neutral shipping
under International law. Ono part
ot tho British noto is understood to
deal with; the rlgh-t ot a country to
blockade an enemy throug neutral
ports.
. Washington, July 27.--Slr Edward
Grey cabled Secretary or State. Lans
ing today that the British govern
ment ls preparing a?otha?*af* totbe
"V?Ued SateTon th,. o?-clin- in conn
el] and asked that the note delivered
yesterday be withheld from publica
tion pending the receipt of the new
communication. State department of
ficial's assume that the note is supple
mental in nature. The development
will further delay the dispatch of tho
noto to Great Britain which Secretary
Lansing bas been preparing.
OECISlflulilftl
VICTORY FOB BANKS
Justice Watts Decides Tax Com
mission b Without Authority
to Assess Shareholders.
Columbia, July 27.-"I therefore
conclude, that tho tax commission ls
without authority under the act to
assess the property of shareholders in
a bauk, state or national," says Asso
ciate Juntico Watts of the supremo
court today in a decision In the case
of the banks of tho sta!o aga'. <\ tho
South Carolina tax commission. A
writ of mandamus will be issued
taking tho matter of aasesmonts out
of tho hands of the commission and
placing It with tho counties. This is
a Victory for the banks on tho first
round. Tho bearing in the matter
was hold several days ago at Laurens.
Tho ease will probably bo appealed.to
thc supreme court.
Stocks Advance.
Now York, July 27.-Not for
weeks (has there been such a broad
and sustained advance in stocks as
today. The demand for railroad
stocks was the most significant fea
ture.
NorwegUcfl Vessel Attacked.
Amsterdam, July 27.-Tho Norwe
gian schooner Marboo waa attacked
and .set on fire Sunday by a German
submarine.
AUSTRIAN AEROPLANE
BOMBARDEO VERONA
No Casualties Resulted From Raid
Or? Distinguished City
Flyer Escaped.
Verona, July 27.-An Austrian
aeroplane dropped about a dosen
bombs here this morning. There
were no casualties and but little dam
age. All forts fired at tho aero
piero bat lt escaped.
Situated nt th? base of the Ty
rolese, Alps, with a population of
seventy-five thousand. Varona is dls
tingabhed for Its M?fierai palaces,
collections ot paintings, rare booka
and antiquities.
REDFIELD WILL
MAY LOOK INTO CASE INDE
PENDENTLY OF FEDERAL
INSPECTION SERVICE
CORONER'S JURY
MAKES PROGRESS
Witnesses Gave Jury Several hen
son* -Why Eastland Meyr
Have Overturned.
Chicago. July 27.-With. ta> arrival
ot Secretary of Commerce Redfield
stops were taken today to determine '?
what form, of federal Investigation
tho Eastland disaster wouldV take.
Medfield 1B expected to go Into the
case indepcndentiy ot tho federal in
spection service. Bight investigations
are in progress or ar? contemplated
Tho situation ls complicated by the
clash between States Atterney Hoyne
and the federal authorities nver tho
possession of evidence, gathered; by.
the Chicago poilco. Ttve county
grand Jury has started a {testing, pf
tho taken evidence. United Stales
Attorney Cline ealied witnesses' for
tho federal grand jury. Their har
bor and wharves committee ot the
city council began an Inquiry and the
state Public Utilities commission ls
considering starting aa2 Investigation.
Governor Dunne has been' urged to
call a special session of the teal??
tature. The sanitary district board
meets Thursday to appoint'an inveS*
?ligation board. Until the Estland
ia raleod It^is ^ob^e^^B^Ui^^er
dead between ono thousand- 'atti
twelvo hundred.
Chicago, July ' 27.- O ver load ina,
underballasting, and groUputlg on the
river bottom wero cited today nt tfie
coroner's inquost as reasons why tb?
Eastland overturned . Saturday.
Three more bodies were recovered.?or
day.
Witness Test?f^s.
Chicago, July 27.-The State Pub*
He -Utilities commission announced
they would not coQddct an investiga
tion because the ground ts covered
by others. Tho attorney from tho
United States attorney's .attlee visited
the men 'held ?a witnesses, obtained
statements and ?ubpon?aed them to
appear before the federst grand Jury.
Robert Moore, a witness at the In
quest declared that he first notices
the listing at 7:lf>. He -was on the
second deck when a refrigerator en
board tipped over. Ht* 'declared there
was no rush to the fail before ' the
vessel ? listed, and there wes no warn
ing. He thought there-was ample
time to have emptied/ tho boat IC
warning had been given
The total dead and missing ts now
j placed; at 1,220.
IO WITHHOLD DEMS
I OF MM PUNS
Secy. Garrison Objects to
Haning Incomplete Military
Plans. *
Washington, July; -Secretary
Garrison tonight issued a statement
urging that he ne not pressed for
detail? of the military policy being
formulated until an appropriate time
for making shem public, which he
said will be when they'aro complet
ed. He believes that malting partially
complete plans public cause people
to get the wrong vlewof tn?m..
No Hta?ry.
Washington, July 27.-Secretary of
War Garrison returned from a V.def
holiday today and began preparing a.
statement foi: President Wilson on th?
preparedness of the country. Ho de
clared there was no hurry-up pro
gram.
INQUIRY INTO
NORDUNA ATTACK
Ambassador Gerard ?s&vere Not?,
of loqurr to tirroan
Foresga Offiou* ; "*:
. Berlin. July 27.-Thu* American
ambassador presented to the foreign
oSSce a not? of la^alry resorting the
Germans submarine's ?Uack ou the
British liner Orduna, %
ed the uves of America