The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, August 12, 1915, Image 1

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VOLUME II. ANDERSON, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1915. NUMBER 182. ALLIES i PROGR DARDA FIGHTING ON GALLIPOLI AL-j MOST CONTINUOUS SINCE SATURDAY COLONIAL TROOPS MAKE BIG GAINS Australians and New Zealanders Treble Ground-Turks Discouraged. London, Aug. H.-While the Rus-1 slans aro fighting desperately to ex tricate themselves from the Austro Gernian cordon In Poland, their nllicB are working feverishly and with con siderable success to open the Darda nelles, through whlcn they hope to send Russia much needed ammuni tion. Sinco Saturday nlRht, when fresh British forces landed on Gallipoli Peninsular, there has been almost continuous fighting on the Krithia road. In these operations Austral ians and New Zealanders in "anzac" region, (its name taken from the in itials of tho words "Australian and New Zealand corps,") havo acted with the forren to the north. It was an nounced tonight that the Australians New Zealanders yesterday more than trebled the ground they fo-merly held. Forces north of them failed to gain "however. Simultaneously tho French battleships St. Louis put fitfe Turkish guns ont of action .when she attacked batteries oin the Asiatic side of tho straits. Greece renorts ;lhe Turks nro discouraged by heavy 'losses.- If te bol loved - the 1 Anglo French ar?> preparing tho way lor moro ambitious nttemnts. Bnver Pasha, admitted the allies landed fifty thousand mon In the new Dardnneller operations, has stated that Turkey ?? confident ?he ia able to meet the rt nation. Berlin announced that tho Germans have occunied the Fmsslan fortress of Benjaminow. It la unofficially re ported the Russian populace 1B eva cuating Dvinsk. To the south of Lomza the Russians are reported to be retracking also between the Vistula and the Bug. There was little fighting In the west. On the Austro-It?l! 1 front s Vienna claims to have repulsed var ious Italian attacks. London. Ang. ll.-The roeoenition of the Imortance to the allies of forcing tho Dardanelles In order to retrieve tho Russian reverses is de monstrated by the sudden landing of Brltilsh forcea In the vicinity of Kn racha Lion, north of the Sams enif, and a resumption of the offensive both at the southern end nf Gallipoli and north of Gabs Tep-\ The Australians and New Zealanders recently strengthened their nosltlons near Ga ha Tepe. Tho new landing place near Sarso nulf being on the flank and rear of their lines and if developed, the movement menaces the strong Turk ish defenses across the. peninsula .neck. There is no Indication that tho Germans have withdrawn or are preparing to withdraw any considera ble portion of their force from the eastern front. TNv offensive which led to the fall of Warsaw has not relaxed, tho nost tion of the retiring-. Russians being still porlloiiB. Tao partial dismant ling of J-Vlln?; preparatory to evac uation, ronorted from Potroerad, nuz zles the British commentators, inas - much as thc Russians assert that they repulsed German attacks around Wov no. 60 milpa northeast of Viln.i. The Rentes Petrograd correrpon . . dent saya the GermanB are nresslng the Kovnn attack C1G.-.4>1V and pointa out that the villages of Plple. whlc% the Germans kept despite fierce coun ter attacks, is only BIX mt IPR from Kovnp. Preparations are under way for the evacuation of the fortress. Military supplies nr.d government munitions have been removed ann tho factories are being dismantled. Quiet. prevails moatlv along the French front, though Paris reports cannonading and bomb operations In the Artois district. AMERICANS ?V COUNTIES Ol PREPARING Brownsville, Aug. ll.-Vlrtnally every American citizen in the throe southernmost Toxas counties Came ron, Hidalgo and Starr, rested under arms tonight fearing the overwhelm ing Mexican population this section might surt racial fighting. ?Twenty Millions a Year is Cost ?rf Assessing Machinery, Accord ing to Statistician of Wiscon sin Tax Commission. San Franci?co, Aug. ll.-The tax assessment machinery of the various states and inunicialitics is costing $20,000,000 a' year according to an os tini)-te by A. E. Janic3. statistician of the W't.consiu Tax Commission, who tonight in an address before the Na tional Conference on Taxation shorted the need or simplifying taxing tua chinery. "Wliillo the solution of the problem is complicated by ever-present po- j litical considerations which interfere j with the simplification of government al functions at every point of con-1 tact," said Mr. .."anice, "one Important need is a rearrangement of adminis trative units. The original form of government in the New Kngland states and which was carried westward to ? a certain extent, has enormously com plicated the situation. Wisconsin han, for instance, H?f?O local govern ments possessed of full assessment machinery. "Moreover, in many states we have i not ouly too many municipalities bvl. too many subdivisions in thom. Many,; [arc created near the large cities sit?-' ply to avoid municipal jurisdiction. Chicago has 37 district tax levying bodies. Such conditions inevitably produco more politics, moro extrava gance and greater complexity. "Until such conditions are reme died we must content ourselves with slowly working out reforms under conditions as they exist, but we aro likely to see more rather than leap decentralization, wa3te, graft and In efficiency. ''There ls the constantly increasing tendency to levy so-called assess ments for benefits upon restricted areas, thus bringing in another long train of officials with the consequent complicated computations. These as sessments also lend themselves very readily to real estate speculation and exploitation. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.) ?ARRESTED FOR MAKING PIONS OF ll. S. FORT; I-Federal Officers at Tallahassee Hold Man Giving Name as August Orbolph. Tallahassee, Pla., Aug. ll.-Ped-1 oral officers hero today arrested a1 man giving his name as August Or bolph, on a warrant charging him with "entering property under Unit ed States control for thc purpose pf obtslning. information concerning na-} tiona! defenses to which be ls not en titled." It -ls alleged the mini made drawings of forts and bays in Florida. AUSTRALIAX FINDS CUBE FOR CF RE PRO SPINAL MENINGITIS. Melbourne. Australia, Aug. ll.- | Discovery of specific for cerebro api na! .meningitis was announced today' by Dr. Pilchard Dull, director or thq bacteriological laboratory of the Uni versity of v Melbourne. It ls stated | I eucalyptus' would destroy the germ. Brazilian Minister Kalls. Vera Crux, Aug. Ill-Senor Card? se^ Brazilian minister to Mexico, sall* ; ed for New Orleann tonight aboard the| United States gun boat Sacramento. rS??THERlW F TEXAS ARE FOR TROUBLE] , The Loller that the Mexicans are | working under a plan IO seize Texas and other border states,. and thot three thousand Mexican? are invol ved Texans of all political bel lofa to night declared there is no tiwHs^M] the statement that political fueds are responsible for the brigands ?je. WARSHIPS ARE SENT FOR ANY DANIELS EXPLAINS DISPATCH OF THREE VESSELS TO SOUTHERN WATERS CONDITIONS AT VERA CRUZ BETTER Secretary Garrison Says Force on Border Will be Increased if Funs ton Advises. Washington. Aug. ll.-Secretary Dariel? announced tonight, that three battleships had been ordered "to southern waters for any duty that may be required." They are thc Louisiana and New Jlamu^hlrc, which sailed inst night, and tho Connect f cutt, now in Ha?tien waters. He said condition were reported much better in vera Cruz. Raiding and guerrilla fighting along the Texas border will cause the stren gthening of the United StatcB forces there if General Punston requests it. Secretary Garrison said. . All officials declared, however, thc movements hf battleships and troops have no con nection with the Pan-American ap peal but are merely to pretcct Ameri cans and other foreigners. Punston has seventeen thousand on tho border and Garrison said twelve thousand moro will be sent if needed. General Funsto? sorted .that ac cording to the Ivsi |- formation he baa secured* lt ls li di ...xl that T?xans, themselves, sent .?ands to rob other Texans on account of a political fucd. TOSH BATTLESHIP SUNK IN NORTH SEA Meter Was Afterward Blown Up By Own Crew-Both Con verted Merchantmen. London, Aug. ll.-It was officially announced tonight that the. Itrltish warsh'p ramsey waa sunk in thc North Sea Sunday by the German armed auxiliary steamer Meteor. Tho Meteor was then blown up by her own crew when itrltish cruisers chas ed her. Four officers and thirty nine men of the Ramsey were saved. Roth were formerly merchant vessels taken ovor by their respective governments during tbe war. The Meteor was a vessel ot three* thousand tons. The Ramsey was smaller. The Berlin version of tho Meteor's attack on tho Ramsey said the Meteor saved forty four men from the Ram sey, and that after destroying the Meteor to escape the British cruisers, all the crew of the Meteor reached Germany. / PAYING TELLER ROBBED BANK Confesses to Theft of $32,000 From Cedar Rapids, Iowa, National Bank. Codar F.apids, Iowa, Aug. ll.-Ac cording to a policeman, Leo Perrini paying teller of the Cedar Rapids Na tional bank, recently robbed I of $32, 000, confessed he committed tim rob bery. He first said he was held up by a robber, who compelled him to hand oiler the money and then lock cd him in the vault. ITALIAN BOAT SINKS AUSTRIAN U-12 Torpedoed by Italian Sub marine in Adriatic Austrian Attack on Coast Fails. Rome, Aug. ll.-lt was officially announced tonight that an Italian sub marino torpedoed and sank tho Aus trian submarine-U-12 in. tho Adriatic. Austrian torpedo boats today bom barded the Adriatic coast of Italy but did little damage. Allies Lan? 69*00 Constantinople, Aug.. II.-(Wire foss)-torver PaHba, Turkish war minister, declared according to bis information the entente ailie* tn the latest opera! ions landed r.o.ooo men. Loases among them are already very heavy, he said. Armenians Fi Ono of .t?p .-bloodiest buttles of thc was fought in t]ie far off city of Sfasjra^AshM^fot thu'Armenlang, and the Turku. Tho former are here shown in the "Gardens," just without tho city. These Armenians sided with , tile allies in thc war against their old persecutors and have been valiant lighters in the effort to help the allies j drive tiie Turks from Europe. ??YT?MP?R'? STRENOUS RELIEVE After Speech By Hoke Smith Adop ing Relief-Smith Declares Bk Neutral Rights in History-Co out Country to Take up Matter. Now York, Aug. ll.-After listen ing to a speech by Senator Hoke Gmith of Georgia today more thud five hundred New York Importers adopted a petition to President Wilson urging prompt and strenuous action to re lievo American importers of condit k ns caused by Great Britain's refusal to allow Germah nnd Austrian pro ducts t? hu shipped from neutral ports to tim Pulled -Slates. Senator Smith declared tho British blockade is one of the most flagrant, Inexcusable violation of neutral rights tn naval history. He said nothing Hint the United Slates did or that a United States court decided over vio lated Great Britain's rights during the civil war, as tho Brltlnh note claimed. "I have determined, tho only thing to do," said Senator Smith, "Is to tell Great Britain to revoke the blockade order or she can have no neutral trade with us." He assorted that during the ItiiiSO-.Tapaneso war Great Britain asserted the right of Indin to ship cotton tn Japan, and that the GERMAN AIRSHIPS' RAID A SUCCESS Berlin Claims Bombs Were Drop ped on Docks, Bu3djb>gs and Warships. Berlin. Aug. 11.-lt was officially announced ?oday that *he Oerman alrnhlps .wiiieh raided H ^'glnnd Mon day night dropped bomba with good results on Warships in the Thames, on London docks, on torpedo boats near Harwich and OD buildings on Humber river. ' The airships return ed. GC nasa y.'ne Sweepers Lost Berlin, Aug. ll.-Two Oerman mine sweepers were last seen > Ja* a Sunday engageiu^nt t?elWeen German and Hessian warships, tho official statement today admitted. Ighting Turks In tills bnttlo thc losses of thc Turks were so grout that they hud to give up jim siege of tlie city. .This photo graph shows' tho'Armenians fighting in the same way the war ls conducted in Prance and Belgium between tho allic;; and thc Lennans. They ad vanced beyond the city and threw up trenched to await the charge of the TurkB. VERS URGE ACTION TO SITUATION t Petition lo President Wilson Ask >ckade Most Flagrant Violation of mmcrcial Organizations Through Itritish first placed colon on the list uf articles not to be classed as con traband. Tho importers appointed a commit tee draw a petition asking Wilson to call a special session of cnnuress lo discuss ways and means bf relieving Importers. Illinois Pretexts. Chicago, Aug. ll.---Tho Illinois Manufacturers Association today sent a letter to Secretary Lansing, asking that interference with American trade with foreign countries in non-contra band articles be stopped. It was declared that commercial or ganisations all over the country will take thc matter up. < Ten Merchants Join. Now York, Aug. H. -The PAW Pur Merchants Association and the ,Pur Merchants Credit Association, wi.ich include practically all N$w York fur dealers? today urged Wilson to take steps to relieve the British demorali zation of the fur trade. ITALIANS D?NY TEUTON REPORTS Say Claim that They Have Lost 200,000 in War is ' Ridicu lous Canard." Home. Aug. ll.-Teutonic claims that thc Italians had lost 200,000 men in the war against Austria aro de nounced as a "ridiculous canard" In an olllcinl statement Issued by the war ministry today. Italian newspapers, commenting on (he enemy's reports of severe losses suffered by tho army of. King Victor Hui matt ucl, asserts that tbo false' Statements sro sent out with the hope of tuBnendng neutral nattons and preventing thom from entering tho war. PAN AMI MEX1CA IS COM Agents Notify Secretary Lansing Mexican People Won't Tolerate Attempts to Frustrate His Plans. Washington. AUK. 11. -t'arrnnza through Iiis Washington agents, noti fied Secretary Lansing that the "Mex ican people vVw with displeasure' any'attempt tending to frustrate the Buccess nf Carranea's armed forces. Carranea's message was referred to tho Pan-American conference, . and was taken to signify that he would not agree with its action towards Mostean affairs. Carranea's communication is re garded as little less than a defiance to the United Slates. It was believed by EJlcsio Arrendondo, lils Washing ton agent. Thc next move of the conference in fae.' of Carranea's warning ls eager ly awaited. Ile also sent n similar notification to diplomatic represen tatives of Lat in-American republics participating in tho Mexican confer ence saying any uttemts between them and the American government tn solve tile internal situation in Mexico "would lnvolv)3 an act which could not -be looked upon with levity us it would mean on the part of tim I^itln-Amerlcan nations acceptance of the proc?dent that they can tako part in any international affairs of a sis ter nation with the co-operation of the United States, something abso lutely undesirable, not only Insofar as lt. may affect the relations be tween tho Latin-American nations themselves nnd also because it might involve the moral support of any future d?cision which grow out of j similar conferences." For Protection of Foreigners. New York. Aug. ll . - Secretary Lansing assured Latin-American dlp lomts here to discuss tho Mexican situation that the United Slates is sending battleships to-Vera Cruz only to protect foreigners and il should not be construed as affecting any ef fort to bring pence by peaceful means. "LADY RAFFLES" IS ARRESBJ ATLANTA Charged With Disposing of Jewels Stolen hy Husband Who is Also Being Held. Atlanta, Aug. ll-An alleged "Lady Raffles" bnfl been arrested by the po lice in connection with the recent jewelry robberies in Atlanta, in tho person of Mrs. J. F. Hilmuth. who Is accused of having aided her hus-1 band In a number of recent burglar ies. Thc husband. J. Fi Hilmuth, who | lives at 22 South Forsyth Btrcet, bas also been arrested, and the couple have been separated, each lieing put in a different cell nt pollc headquar ters while Investigation is being made. , It is said that Mrs. Hilmuth was tho ono who dlsnosed of tho Jewels after thoy had been stolen. The de* tecttves ar in possession of a complete burglar kit which they say they got from the Hilmuth home when the ar- | rests were made. f. C. C. ALLOWS IN SOME WES GRAIN RAJ Waahlngtoln. Aug. H.-The Inter state commerce commission ga Ve. a . decision on tho western freight rate; case, allowing advances In bltumln- f ous coal, coke, fruit and vegetables I and refusing an Increase on grain, live stock, packing houso products, j fertilizer and broom cort?. The decision effects mainly rates1 of tho weat Mississippi Indirectly ev ery line lu tho United States. Tho) commission served notice of its ac tion on 2.300 lines. All tho most REQUESTS LEADERS OF ALL FAC I ONS TO ASSEMBLE IN PEACE CONFERENCE ASK FOR ANSWER WITHIN TEN DAYS Conference Will Take no Further Action Unie?? Some Faction Refuses to Join Movement. New York, Aug. ll-Secretary Lan sing and the diplumutic representa tives or Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bo livia, Uruguay, and Guatemala today signed nu appeal addressed to Uv? leaders of all' Mexican factions pe tit inning them in the name of humani ty anti national patriotism to assem ble a peace conference and form a provisional government which can re ceive-worldwide recognition. Beyond this step today's session of the Pan Aiuerlcan conference didn't go, re serving for futuro consideration any steps possibly necessary by the re fusal of any factions to Join tbe move ment. The appeal requests an answer within ten days. The diplomats took tho view that when Carranza receives tlie appeul he will understand there is no intention to interfero in the inter nal affairs of Mexico. All are agreed that the triumph of the revolution in Mexico shall he recognised liberal elements being looked to, to form tba new government. < 'un terence ' Will ? Issue Appeal.. New York. Aug. ll.-The Pan American conference considering Mexican questions met friday to act on a plan aiming at the restoration of peace. An appeal to all Mox lean s to subordinate selfish interests for national welfare is being prepared. Both Wilson and Lansing approved. After today's conference on the de tails of phraseology, length ot time In which it wit! be indicated replies are hoped for. The communication will be distri buted throughout Mexico to leaders and officials. Tlie Vera Cruz situation gave diplo mats sumo concern. They are confi dent, ito we ver, when appeals .are made public, misconstructions of their purposes will be removed. The conference will probably adjourn late today after thc appeal la finally ap proved and a committee appointed to consult later with Lansing on de tails of the peace plan. Brownsville, Texas. Aug. ll.-Lit tle lessening In the activities of Mexican raiders in the ic?.> Grande valley ls indicated in the latest re portas which totf of numerous at lacks,. and several battles* 'between the raiders and soldiers. Ten men are reported to have been killed yes terday and during the night bringing tho deaths up to twenty. A United States trooper, four Americans, several members of the raiders and flus Mexicans were kill ed yesterday.. A trooper was killed'at Palm Gar dens near Mercedes,, when several ca valarymen were attacked suddenly by the bandits., Additional soldiers and a ponse of citizens went to the scene. '1 ho news of a possible batUe la awaited. The latest trouble waa reported carty today at Sebastian, where two bandits captured by the Texas rang ers last night who attempted to es cape were killed. GOV. WHIT*AN WILL NOT OUST WARPE!t OSBORNE YET Albany, Aug. ll.-Thomas Mott Osborne, Sing Sing's millionaire wanlen, will remain In office until his theories of prison reform have bad a thorough try-out. Gov. Whit man hus denied reports that the .?Golden Rule" warden would be ousted. INCREASE TERN RATES; ? TO BE SAME Important increases we? denied. The commission views the advances grant ed aa relatively insignificant. Com missioners Daniels and Harlan dis sented. Instead availing the uniform five per cent increase aa the eastern linea did, tho westerners singled put parti cular commodities and proposed a apecificd Increase. . Changea effect minimum weights, increased charges fov aeeial service and increased rates and number bf miscellaneous articles.