The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, October 17, 1915, Image 1
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ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915.
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NUMBER 232.
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
' COMMITTEE DECLARE RE
SULT OF PRIMARY
HAS MAJORS *
OF 128 VOTES
Session Held in Armory With
Militia Guarding Entire Block
-Recount Refused.
Charleston, Oct. lG.-r-Tristaiu T.
Hyde was declared thc nominee for
mayor of Charleston by a majun i y of
128 votes over, tho incumbo'nt, John j
P. Grnco, at tho conclusion tonight of
an eight hour sitting of tho city Demo- i
cratlu oxecutlvo committee, called to
gether to canvass and public thc voto
cast in the primary election 'held Tues
day.
Tho cession was adjourned from
that of yestorday, which broke up in
a riot that involved thc death of. a
nowspaper man, Sidney J. Cohen, the
Bhouting of four others and foo club
bing of two.
Three hundred militiamen patrolled,
the streets and maintained strict
watch over tho German artillery hall
In which the meeting commenced
shortly beforo noon.
. A protest by Major Hyde was sus
tained, over tho objection of Mayor
Grace, which -action throw out en
tirely the vote polled In club two or
Ward ton, A demand by Mr. Grace
for a recount ins rejected.
Habeas corpus proceedings- wero
begun this evening to procure the
release. from police headquarters. ot
two 'Hydo men, Brown and McDonald,
.who were arrested, charged ' with,
complicity in tho affray of-yesterday.-.
Colonel 12. r-?. -B?yMiu. commanding
. the troops on . duty, "said ;he had no
Idea when tho militia would bo with
drawn. VI am boro subject to the or
der:-, of tho governor,"- lie said,
?r^f.turday. night ?"- '* choppers and'
- theatregoers . together .with found reds
cf persons.intorosted in tho political
developments prado ?up a vthrong- which
crowded tho streets this evening tr
an.,extraordinary Uegfoo. There has
been no disordor. .
Muy or Disarmed.
Charleston, Oct. 10..-Tho demo
cratic executive committee -has decid*
ed that. Tristem T. Hydo is tho par
ty's . nomineo for - m?vor. Thc com
mittee canvassed tri?'.votos cast tn"
Tuesday's,; -primary, under a militia
guard.- Hyde's majority over Mayor
Grace,ls a hundred ano twent-elght.
Tt^e- inllHlH refused .to .let anyone
pass through tho street on which the
hall where.tho canvass was held is
located without credentials. Evory
oue entering tho lu.ll was searched,
even knives boing 4aken.
/Mayor Grace, PoHco Chief Cantwell
Sud t'iG oil Or? ff uTsy ?ITtOS H iu?ao ?U'U
to. havo boen relieved of revolvers,
Tae^racoting adjourned at sevon-&uir*'
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*j lUUIEav, . -'
GREEK PREMIER
FAVORS ALLIES
Venizelos Expresses Hope for Suc
cess cf Entente-Confident
oiTrbiuiphi
4>
Paris,-Oct. IC--An'earnest hopo
$jfej$?e-. success ot"tho allies won ex
pressed by tho former premier Vonl
zelOH. of' Greece - when tho Athens
correspondent of tho -MGtJn asked
him to.cxpress. his opinion pg t-lio re
i usai: of tho now. Greek gbvornmont
lo send na arrny?to assist Sorb?a, ile
is dcoply . convinced of tholr final
triumph- .Hi^^^B&?..
pandolnh, Kapsns," Oct. lC-Slx
teon oro bellowed ...toi', havfr lost: c&eir
Uves when ? passenger, .c-er ' on-the
Union Pacific > motor train- plungod
thtoui?h a bridge into o;*iWpllen creek
, n0*.;v-*??rc. T?ii bodies^ wjsro recover*,
od tmrfghtan?j at Wast six 4're beHer
-4 ?4' ta be in the: mud and water p/unost
,? rilling tho car. -
or s?xty-fivoinutile car, onlK" four
were yttfmrt;, Mottet! Jw*dead were
drowned-;' Many , ?f :''?ii? passcngei-s
wore yos?ns iw'onie?tt i^&eciy tcaeh'?r?.
Kansas City,-'oat. ?C.~At laasl
. Hf teen wori*. killed and many . injured
when a motor trat? ort the UnionPa
cificplunged down au embaakmcKl
near. Rsndolpn, Kans. A wash on I
>'caused the accident On? car wai
FIRST MEETING
FAILURE TO STATE POSITION
LIES. STRENGTHENS
IS TO BE
JLondon, Oct. IC-Tho reciprocal
declaration of war. between -Bulgaria*
and" Gn??vBritain and - Scrbla,".together
with King Ferdinand's . raaniteeto to
tao' 'jap7ga*l??j -people defining ?3ul
garla'a "^caS?e^?no^lntenflo^ ' lia vb
marked another j phase -.of the Balkan
situation. ,
Greece's decision not to. join forgos
with Serbia "at -.'present,* ...although
causing disappointment in England ut
least, 1ms been announced in words
permitting no further doubt of? the: im
mediate position of ?ff?ir3 " which bir
c?instoaces j might alter at any mo
ment.
Romania. Temalns only: the sphinx
like figure in-tho. Balkans. According
to Bucharest dispatches to Paris : tho
Rumanians .have, decided to maintain
strict neutrality. Thia is not taken
hero .os a definite answer.
MacVenzen'a campaign against
Serbia. ls .developing-- with a slowness
very gratifying to -allies. He: u^s ad
vanced slightly, ...and piado-* ; -'some
captures but according to. advices
hore", has obtained no Important ru
sults.
- -Tho first Bulgarian array is at
tackmg th? Sevblah frontier northeast
of NlBb, th? present, Serbian capital,
oe tva py in g iho mountain pauset;. N lau
dispatches tay unies? tho; Germans
bring up reinforcements . tho Serbians
will bo able to hold their-own". An
unoilU'ial Balkan-.report says thu Ser
btai-i have already retaken - Plsana
iud Boukvn. which tho Bulgarians cap
tured October^ 13. '
? Tho- western, t^ont- chief, : aeilvty
Galong ...th o French lino whbro; small
?Tronch - . adyaJ?age.B--,ST.e :.' equalled) ' if
not overshadowed, . by.'. (3 ena an gai n s.
The -French . Were forced .to . surroridor
some trenches vln^ho .VqagCs- under
heavy bombardment -and .infantry,-at
RUSSlAri? fJk TT? CKr; (I EHMA3 tT : -
0^ B?SHA??l?I.^ ritOSTiEK
Paris, Oct. ? IQ.-A '-. H?vaa . dispatch
from Zurich, Switzerland, says/:, tho
Russian, forces siro constantly, attack
ing the Gormans-along tho Bessarabia
?rpattlbr. '' ? Sntf/dtous. . of -maynes bf
troops uro' trying..desperately tb take
tho positions ""by assault;
submerged tn- Fancy crcok. Most oj
% -3m?imp'^m^?Nilwned ; ' ..'.'i^^i
. -?&itro?a: orB?/ktav ?at?l: tho train
usually carrie;VCmanyi*.'travelmg men.
Today tt had^h Jd?legaUbU-.or \yourig
t Srofttta'; school teachers;: /from. Man
hattan "ei^routb ?Oi ^?io-Riley , cbuhty
tithers:'.;tbai}?njtlon'. -At noon, so
\ iPmng :'tvi .&'itt??ss?ge frbra the scene
. four brMies ; .were, .recovered.?
i work then stopped ^nhlir a wrecking
i- :e^i?p^nnt-':ltfted--.the'.-'car';out of-th?
W?t?r'. --.- lt 1? ???tiii?tfcu Minto forty
: were injured. The wreck was - caused
t hy the washing obt of bn abutment
.. of the bridga. The bridge did1: ?.o(
; fall [ bitthe car; auivk' ewVdbwn inte
; ame feet x?f water rind;,iifofor throe
t j feet of mud. -
OF THE NAVAL ADV?S
TO EITHER GERMANY OR AX
BELIEF THAT SHE
NEUTRAL.
tack.. Tko Germans also gained Borne
ground; iri Champagne.
There is no change on tho British
.fronts according to Sir. John French.
Tue Gormans claim "to haye; r?-cap~
tared, sonic trenches on tho- ; Loos
fr?nt ,1akeh~We'doe8djiVv
The London press still expresses
doubts as. to the thoroughness of .the
measures taken to defend London
fro mair raids: Premier Asquith will
bo asked in." the house of commons
Tuesday . .whether Paris ; das lately
been irnmAih'e from air attacks, and
if stops there-were studied carefully
by the British.
i'lUahle Condition.
London; ?Get. 1G.--Ecarclty of food
and thc; arrivai ot great numbers- of;
Serbian-refugees have resulted In, pit
iable conditions; ip Greek" Macedonia,
says an- A thetis dispatch, as tho Ser
glan government is- urging all winnen
and children, in Serbian Macedonia
to emigrate, oven _ greater, numbers
aro ovpected. it seems Impossible at.
present to\providV for them. -TCte
Greek government is already icarlng
for. four hundred thousand . rofugces
from/Turhey; "embarasaed by high
mobilization, expenditure is looking;
for foreign... assistance to . provont
threatening famine and'disease.
V- -- '
? Vrcck Border. '
Athpnhi,;. t)ct: ^111. -Forty . thousand,'
Bulgarian troops with . artillery aro
reported ito- hdvte begun .'an ! attack on,
tlio .ItardB. bridge betweeV Valundo?stO:
and Hpydoy'n'on the railroad rranhing'
from Saltft??kl to Serbia. Trio ;phint
of; attack?4s>about - twenty milo? ? from;
tho Greek ,.border. > .Th?" iJulgavlana
aro- apparently tryIIJK,to cut the
railway ;tb? prevent. the 'rallies' from
forwardingVtrpops and' supplies to the
Serbians. '// . . . . ' 1
?iLL lNDpR||t)
By Closing . Session Appalachian
Good Roads; As
soc?aiion.
?- Bluof ???d/; w i '.Va ". Oct. Itt.--Thu
i weeks bill for thc- prcs'eryatiph of the
Allegheny.fbi est system/, was Vendors?
ed by tho cidsIeg.sesBlon Of the South
ern. Appa??cb?au' Good? .ttp?as; associa
tion. The'- executive. committee m
eludes George B.^To>ell,'vW. ?. Fal
. lia and ~H ;. Bs:- Vorher of Nort h Caro -
lina; K. . J. ..WatBon ot/Bo'uth C?ro^
; lina and .6; ;.B? >.Black of .Georgia.
j?Ord Readingy dtit?tal..
f. I- New ..York. Oct. 16;r^Vbt$Mi$mi
' chairman of tho Anglo-French - loan
) commifislcn; and ?Slr'Hehry .'B. Smi^h.
I &.d&'Slr; toward Holden. ' members,
: i^??d-fdr;?4v^^
'. liner Bi. L?iife. Lord Heading Bald
? he wahted to express ?his gratllude for
ft ^eiMTOPathy'? shown hts" nation by
j Americans'.>:fiv .- -';.'..-,--.
i Five OerflaohR Tnihspoi^ Snhki
? V'?Pr?S"r<v1? Of t ., 16.-?Britto sub
t marines-operating )n thu BslJIc have
?. Sunk:,tito Gtermnn tranperta, andmore.
' od aub? her Ashore, says a ;$s)?i?ttf of
fi ?jgwj?J'?t?.tement. i, ^ ,;
CRY BOARD AT WAS!
Offices of Mutual Film Co. Burn
ed Saturday-Many Injured
By Jurapinrj From Second
Story.
.. Atlanta,-Oct. 16,--T-w$ women arc
dead,two' 'others' probably "fatally
bourt and four other persons Injured
in a fire which! destroyed the ofllces
of the MutuallFilm 'Corporation In
too Mton- Building herc today. A
number bf s others suffered minor in
juries, wb n they Jumped from second
story-wiM".?wB,
Clara Westbrook und. Lottie Ham
died'of their burns at tho city hos
pital. , . *
The fire originated, it is said, when
an electric fuse blew oUtiignitlng the
films. The whole floor was sbod
a mass of flames.
Cotton Ship Seised.
Stockholm, Oct lhi-Tho norwegiau
steamer Tyr, loaded with cotton from
Bergen. Norway, for Copenhagen
Denmark, was captured today by -a
German warship in Cattegat, an ann
of the North Sea. between Sweden and
Jut?nd.
. '' Aviator Fell to Beathi.
Due?os Ayres, Oct. I?..-Francisco
Be?raau?, while attempting lo loop thc
loop lr/ an. a?roplane fell end was
killed.
flfflEMMG
MISS
181
'Supposed Fiance Wifes Presiden!
Report% Did Not ?j Come
From, Him.
?Washington, Oct. ?6i--Presiden)
Wii?oi?', through Secretary Tumulty
today dented a report printed in Borne
newspapers to ;tbo effect/ 'that - Mist
Margaret Wilson, oldest : daughter ; bi
tbe?p'r??ldent ? is. engaged to Frank ?
Compton,, of Chicago. Mr. Comptoii
waa =. alleged lo; have told '. newspaper
roimrtcrs'of tho engagement, but ht
cent tho . following telegram - to : thc
White House:
, '*?ave;v ju?t ' learned .' of ^alleged In
terview ,*#itl> mo. tn Washington^ jja
pore. X have repeatedly,'and unuuall
fiddly; denied , my engagement to Mis?
Wilson. -The Interview quoted is
false.,, sud- fictitious, Reporters called
Upon by brother - and Myself yester
day . and:(Were/?nformcd :-byt us -thke.-wc
luid nothing -whateverto cay,audi. *?c
refused absolutely to diseurs tho raab
tej;^t^'aS,..wtth them.. i;' regret ex
cacdihjrly; ithd embarrassment caused
Yon aro authorized on .my"; behalt tc
deny^tfaet Interview.". : ;_? / 1.
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* ALLIED TROOPH ... ' . ??
*! LEATKiCI SALONIKI?4
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London, Oct16?^-Allle4<> 4
droops':, ?eii Salonikl^?^rday ' {-4
io ' joiu tho Serbian anny 4
?gb ting -St;' the Serb^Bnlgar-:". 4
..ian. frontier, says adapters vi
Athene dispatch. '?
ASK EMPLO
AID DEF
WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE EM
GAGE IN MILITARY TR/
PART O
Washington, Oct. %G.-Employers
throughout the United States will be
asked to contributo to national de
fenso by giving their,", employ os per
mission to engage without serious.fi
nancial loss, in two months>r?iiita?"y'
training out of each of. three years.
This 1B an essential part of adminis
tration'? plan to raise a citizen army
of eight hundred thousand in six
yearB. , With a regular army of / a
hundred and forty thousand and
three hundred thousand reserves
would glvo a trained ?orce'v exclusivo
of the militia of about ono million
two hundred thousand. The success
FOUR MEN KILLED IN
ess ?PLOSION
iFire Which Followed Threaten
H ed O? Tanks at Benzol
Plant.
;
? ; v - J
i Birmingham, Oct. 16.-Four men
1 were killed said feurt hurt by an ex
: plosion at tho new by-product plant
o?. tho "Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail
road Co., atiF?lrflold tonight. Tho
explosion was in a gas main loading
L into ahe bonr.ol .plant. Tho cause ?B
I undetermined. Fire followed, threUt
I. ching tho oil .tanks- .
The benzol plant was recently cora,-;
. ploted. /It had-a capacity of twelve'
* thousand, gallons dally .and ls closely
! guarded.' Tho loss/is not given.
-, ? ?. '
NEGRO TO DIE
FOR ASSAUL.T
; .. ?-. . . $?
? Convicted of Attacking White
Woman Last July--Execu
; . tion'Monday*
>:."'. '' -. , .
i Newport, Ky., Dc lober- 10.-Harry
Garrison, an eighteen year. ^ht n^g/o
convicted of attacking Mrs. Lucila
Crowder, white, on . July, 28, is sen
' fenced to penalty of death, in- the olec
Atrie chair at Eddyvillp. Tho ; jury
i. was out an hour.and twentyrfive minf
j utos..'.This ls tho first death eentenee
' ,in Campbell county, since Scott,'dacie
. son and Alonzo Wo liing wera hanged
hero ourM?rc'!i;:28, 1807, for murder
of Pearl Bryan..
" \Vir?on to Partlflpnte fa c?opafgii
/^Washington', :.:"?aU-'?'.'] M.-PraWdeht
. -Wilson - plana' to take an active' .. part
i In 1D16 .pro-convention campaign, but
I, wllL spend the summer at n Bhartow
?" Lawn, ; -, near Long : Branch;.:. Now ;JUr
, Sey./Lat?r; ho may write a t numil?*
i of;.letters ' on .tho. issues and receive
(, .political leaders..
. Slr Lionel1 Carden Bead, ,
V ?'; :L^n'don, Oct. 16.-^?lr Xlone! Cor
\ don, formerly British/minister,to Mex*
? I ico," who* was driven out oy: Carranza
* in/nineteen fourteen,' died ??ere to
* day.
Y, OCTOBER 8.
aM??>l>Jfc?^A j ?i ito Ifc-iW?liil 1
VERS TO
PLOYES PERMISSION TO EN
GINING-IS IMPORTANT
?F PLAN
I of tho plan depends, officials admit,
on employers. The cost would be
small.
Defense pla.U8J aro. l?e, absorbing
topic here. The 'proposed appropria
tions of about four hundred million
I for tho nrmy ?nd navy,' on increase bl
about a hundred .forty'" million v iii
bo. raised by a bond laiidc and tho" re
turn of certain tariffs removed last
year.
Tbs navy plans pr?vido for tho ad
dition in five years, of ten dread
naughts, fivo battle cruisers, fifteen
scout cruisers, titty destroyers, fif
teen seagoing .submarine:?, five gun
boats and othor vessels.
DOMWBOUBLE
Forced lo Relieve Many Officers
Because of Sympathy for
Russia.
Milan, Oct. IC-Th*? Bulgarian gov
ernment has been obliged to resort to
?tern measures repression as- a i re
sult of unreal among tho people, says
a Sofia dlspato'L to Soc?lo, via Buch
arest. . Many oflioers of pro-HuBslan
sentiment have rotlred from ,t\\o anny.
Reprisals aro beginning.-, against sub
jects of tho quadruple, entente -na
tions.
r An Athens. dispatch to Sec?lo
states' that fifty thousand Bulgarians
attacked-tho Sorblans October 14, in
the V?l?d?vo region close"i lo .tho
Greek frontier. 'Desperate fighting
la proceeding, ,
VILLA COMMA]
SEtiRETARY fl
Kl Paso. Oct. 16.-Official an
nouncement was made today of . tlic
death of General Rudolfo Fierro, sec
ond In command of Villa'* army whe
was held responsible . for the deatli
of William Benton, a ! ?ritlsN- ranch
man and Anton Bauohy an American,
at ajuare* two. years ago* . The re
pot t merely Said Fierro was drowned
while Fording a, lake hear Villa
Ahumada. . ;
A denial thai- Villa was, courtmar
Haled by his generals at Cesaa Gran
des was made in a message signed
by VlllaV military .secretary;
El Pofio, Oct. 10,-A report thai
General Francisco Villa had been kill
ed wits brought hare early today bj
a Mexican Just from,Casas Grandes,
?o said that Villa ; was shot in t
fight yesterday wtieh- a disaffection
broke out' itt - the'Villa army, AnoUiei
it port by an American -passenger Puhl
; Villa was being tried by cohrt mar
tial .Friday, The trial waa still , on
when the' train left; Cias Grandes.
Tho Mexican roportiniy tht Ville
was shot declared, tho trouble Rtom
when Villa demanded a forced .linaii
I PROUTS
ENGAGEMENTS ON SERBIAN
FRONT SAID TO BE
DESPERATE
GERMANS CL?!M
MORE PROGRESS
Bulgars Report Several Frontier
Passes Forced and Frost
Captured?
London. Oct. 16.- Hard fighting on
ull tho Important fronts is shown by
tho latest ofllclal raports. Tho engage
ments on the Serbian front aro dea
poroto. Tho Gormans claim they ara
muking progress. Field Marshall vou .
Mackensen reports storming Vranova
Mountain and Smoljlnao village.
Bulgarian troops claim to . liva o
forced several frontier passes on tho
southern border and to have takon tho
eastern forts of Zaj?car, about forty
miles northeast of Nish.,
A Nish special despatch estimates
Teutonic loHses In tho. Serbian cam
paign to Thursday night as twenty
five thousand killed and sixty thous
and wounded. Thiso reports say the
German army trying to '.urn tho Str
blan right, at Scmcndria was driven
back into tho Dannube marshes.
Heavy German. reinforcements ? In
Pozarevac section'are reported?
The British declaration of war on
Bulgaria was followed by a declara
tion of the blockado ofl thc-Bulgarian
ports of Dedeaghatcb, Porto L?Qoa,
Maronia, Mecrl on Aegean Sea. Neu
tral vessels were given forty-eight
hourn from- Saturday, evonl?g io
leave.?... ?.' t ....
On the western front the Germalu?
record- jtue repulso; ofjan sttsak .-norjtn?:
east of Verraelles, where tho British
hold tho lino and tho blocking of
French assaults at various points in
Champaigne, notably cast ot Auborlvo
where they claim tho French loBt over
BIX 'hundred yvlBoners and threo ma
chine guns. The Germans also de
clare they havo improved their posi
tions at Hartmsnns-Weilerkopf in
Vosges.
. Puris Roports the repulse of Ger
man, attacks north c. Nellfco in Il-or
ralno and between Linge and Schratz
mannelo in Vosges.
Berlin'^ account of operations In
the east is confined to recording ree-r
pul "en of the IlusRlans wost cf Dvinsk
and other points toward tho HOI thorn
end of tho lino and in Smorgen^r?
gion.
Tho sinking of a Russian coal and
Iron laden steamer by a German sea
plane in Riga gulf ls reported by Ber
lin newspapers. .'
IIUHGLAU.S KILLED A?KST
Pittsburgh, Oct .IC-Twb burglara
shot and killed John: Franks, ^tlckot
agent ot the Pennsylvania Railroad; at
Brldgevllle, near here, rifled tho cash
boxes and escaped. The amount* tak
en is unknown.
Highway Tourists Keach Atlanta.
Atlanta;, Oct. 16.-Thc Dixie high
way, tourists arrived hero- en 'rout?,
from Chicago to Miami, Fla., at eight
forty-five tonight and will leavo to
morrow for Macon. ' "'-"
>ENiES RUMOR
?TRmRW&m/F
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from one of his comrades. .Tbo min
was ordered ?hot when he refused to
accedo to tho demand, ' : Ai division /y
in tho army resulted. Approximately
ecvon thousand of? the-nino thousand
troops. revolted. Villa suffered
mortal wounds in the ensuing tfteht.
The. Villa garri?on at juarez last
nig?t vr?s said to. be grd?.Uy. disturb-;
ed.. The exact conditions ". '$?sF$$rw?
could not; be learned;!as ; the rosl
denta feared to' cross tho internation
al bridge.' ? crowd gathered at. the .
river, but little inroimatioh intered
through.
; : El Paeo. Oct. 16.-~A report declar
ing that Villa wi(>s. d'ead esme-oy?r
the military/wires from Casas Groa
dos. lt;Slated briefly,also, that Oett
ern I Klorro was drowned while ford
?ag.'lt?ie^iver*; : *?M??
;i Fierro, 'was one, ot fbi - most pictur
esque leaders .produced tiwti&WiM'
the -Mexican ^volution, Formerly' a
railroad brakeman, ho arter tux??d
'OttMUV': robbed an expresa cat*, when
the revolution broke ont. lie was ;Sb
parentiyinsensible to fear; The death
ot willam Befitoa waa attributed - td
Fierro. .