The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, October 31, 1915, Image 1
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VOLUME IL
ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER; 31, 1915. ... - . .. . . !""!'. . ! gg
DECISIVE BATTLE EXPECTED
TO . START AT AGUA
PRIETA MONDAY
MUST NOT F?R?
ACROSS BORDER
i, , 'i.
General France Say? Villa Has
18,000'Meilland 60 Guns and
is Confident' of Victory.
Douglas, Arte,,.Oct...30.-Brigadier
General Thomas P. Davis declared'Mf?
night, that tho three-thousand men in
his command,' comprising tho Sixth
United States Infantry Brigade, aro
ready tb interfere if tho attack on
Agua Prieta should rc nu lt in shooting
into. American territory. General
?DavJIs lin:; issued instructions;! for
Americans' to keel? within their doors.
Tho American force.'.established' It
self in tronches close 'to the border
today.
Villa's,advance guard, 'under Colonel
Thomas Prance, arrived at San Ber
nardino, twenty miles east of the
border,- today,^ Ho said Villa would
arrive tomorrow, ind len tins- that the
attack jj on ; tho Carranza forces at
Agua Prieta will probably take, place
Monday; The first- train of relu^
forcements for. Geuerhl Call?s> (the.
Carranza commender, 1ms arrived" here
via Laredo. Other trains aroex
pected tomorrow. t?$$
Colonel Franco said Vil&; ./l?d:
eighteen thousand- men and. ; aljct?
gu?a?> .:yej?riu..lndlcrttga^is-aiy^ia
short of toad;} 'b?tv'orevcb?fidont of
taking Agna-' Prieta. Pf?vioas reports
enid "Villa had . seven thousand men
and twenty elght-gunsi
. Besides" three thousand infantry
General Dayl* bas ? regiment of cav
alry - and fourV. batteries of field; ar
r.tillery'. Tho disposition of these
'troops. was not- disclosed; ". '
Douglass, Arlsi, Oct. .20.-Nigger
'r 'hendra. Muck butte faintly resemb
ling a hp|#o's head, nine miles'east
of hero .claimed attention as marking
the '.^ m?uhtam. ;,pft?8'. through- which.
"Villa, expected -tu . como tonight or
"tomorrow with, olfeht thousand .; men
to attack the Carransa g?rrieon at
Agua ?'? Prieta. opposite hore. ' Villa is
-reported to have twenty-eight; field
?uns,. Opposing' him, General Caliea
boa y ?bo?it V thirty-seven- hundred
troops,; ter."; pieces., ot artll.jry, and
between thirty and - fifty machine
guns. Unless tho -reif Toroemehts
coming over .American railroads, via
BaglO pass arrive- tonight they will
probably bo too lato'for tho . start of
tho battle. "VJlia'a. ai-iuy today
reo ched, Cnliardos? a ranch eighteen
miles to " thV'southeast Just ovor tho
Chlraciiua mountain^. Villni is ex
pected to attack tomorrow."'-.Throngs,
o ? rifoh t see r a aro ' h i? ? e...--''>--.
??8?ll??Eft
1?18W?
Officers cf L?w kongolia ai -4
Ininii&'&ticn ?fficers JH?ive
Been Stibpoeraaed. . '--'MM
Caa Franels?cV Oct. 30.-An In,
yVestlgation of ; ;tb^ ; allegedv" "Chinese
smuggling ring,'?' thought to light
tlirou^. tno i^atbry Of e?gmy-s?ir
..Chinese: 8w;wnway$ on tho Pacific
Wall?- liner,' Mongolia, recently,' will
. be, under?eke? by tito f/^j?ral grand
Jury, portjr subpoenas have : been
; issued for ihe'-shifc-> officer*-and iin
niigtatl?t?s; oftciaiii.
jWwfciie' -
WILL FIRST MAKE MINUTE
INQUIRY INTO MEN'S
ACTIVITIES
WANT TO FIND
MEN HIGHER UP
To Determine Whether. Confess
ed Plotter Acted On His
Own Responsibility.
Ic -^York, Oct. 30.-The . United
States wilt zo%Jiaston tbe prosecution
bf, RObcrt FsjOhe confessed German
bomb plott?.' and four other men
charged witfi conspiracy -to blow up
steamers bearing arms to the allies,
said United States District Attorney
H. Snowden,Marshall; who is; in
charge of the cases; today ,
Fay's activities wilt bo aubjectod to
a minuto inquiry io 'deloraine wheth
er he acted on his Own responsibility.
So far the evidence in hand shows,
Marshall seid. Fay acted on bis own
responsibility.
I New-York, -?ctr*0?=i<3harlo3- vf?fa
ten, assistant Uiiited States attorney,
general, came hore to conforNvlth
United . States Attorney p. Owen
Marshall, concerning the cotii-so which
the . department cf justice wjiU: take In
regard to' Lieut. Robert Fay and oth
ers, arrested- hero In an alleged plot
to wreck munition etoamers and
American, munitions, planta. - it is
?understood that WarVen"'wbs7 entrust-;
vd' .- 1th; a collection of information
cb'ic )rhing effortstb burn or ;blow u>
steamers leaving American ? port3 with
'munitions for tito allies. Tho confer
ence- lu expected to decide whether, tho
allged : conspirators will bo tried in
tho United States courts or,Ja.the
state courts. They were, arrested on
?edoral -warrants but ?:'Now .Jersey
Btato warrants fiero ais? is
Killi
Agreement Reasoned After Two
Days Cc^r?nce- Wita Sec
; refcary Garrison. ? ";
.Washington, Oct:. : 30,-Tho National
Guard support for the administration's
de?en-o ]Man'wa.v virtually-" assured
today at the ?oRcUit?su- bf* a two days
conference between Secretary ; Gar
yisbn, land' mcaifcer?.othilie' executive
committee ?fth?'National 'Guard!.aa?,
'rsociaUon. and fc^tloual-.Militia, board.
{'Opposition to tho continental' army
schemo^whleh' developed esterdny; has
i b??n sbe^c9d. b'ut;tho guardsmen' will
advocate an increased appropriation
for tho militia,
j General Fo$ter, of the Florida Na
j lionel. nruard aim,.chairman . of ' th?
eie^vitlv'v ^c?ss?ii'tce, ia - a siate????ni1
lasiied to?ay said! the. committee's re
port,' which- wjll'.'bo presented to tho
conyeation ?t tba Rational Guard As^
soclctioA In- 'f?ov?Snber^.wlll outline
tab genoml . pol?$r fcr?r*s?ed- 3^'.;"th&!
sdssti?is?rat^cn, A ,b4lt-_: p?oyl4???
j federal compensation' for. militia. ser
vice wtllajsb bb -r-fcommf*?ded. V
.Wft8hlng??na. Oct: 30.-^?V;'O?)#f__,.
1oncea between tho executive odjwntt^
too of tho national guard association
'aitd:^'?>natl6tia? t??l?ia^board t?vo
sld/,,r^i i?dtoUilfitifrition'g . army .
ff/M- progr?Ji? ; waa continued. '
j Seranees wore given bj Secretary
j Garrison,, to the committee, so?t\OVbf
whom opposed the1 creation; pt a eon?
tinentel army that no iun^irment of
the organized VrUllltla wes; contem
plated, whi^h lW the war department:
officials to hope for, atf carly agree
ment.
?': r>e$ft& Bew^H^e ' Success.
Farts. ?ct.:S?.4~Th.e r^ronYeo dh
n?ttnc?W^o??tSr;5??iich:. progress
) ?st night' at- Boise Knanpache.,and
tho repuls?, trt a German attach this
J moSTilng: near juchez- ; ' - . - ,
German Lieutenant and Bombs for American Liners.
Mr. . Herbert Kiepsic,; a?so arrested,
This ia ia nosvphotograph of Fisher t:
Fay,, who sayo ho ' ls a . Gorman
?ietitonant, anil /who Is now in jail
in Now :Yorh, hold in bonds of $25,
000 on tho charge-of preparing boihb3
to bl?w.qplines>carrying- munitions
Menienaai Boiwrt Foy, thc chief con spirator.
ot war to tho allies. Dr. Herbert J.Walter; !.. Scholz, his brother-in-law,
Kien?lo, who. has lived in tho United: "were: manufacturing .in Now Jereel.
States . for thrco years, ? ia also held bomb on tho loft ? was about
Secret; service, men say ho bargained ?S? ,?eot. I1"*, fo'-r . inches long.; it
fdr-Wa T ? vf T thL uV f was. meant to fasten to-..the propeller
E,'A > T;rtfl? h}shcsi ox* shafts.of steamships. The motion
Plosive rn^do. for the bomb? Fay and was to explode'them at sea
MREP?fTFEa ALLIES ?0
barged With Conspiring to
Commit Felony inRecent; V
s liquor Election*.;
0cl: 30::P^S?^S : W-"^n. Oct. 30.~Secrolary
ficialsand a ju^tee of S^were ?^f ^,^^ed an Athens dispatch Garrison temporarily suspende* tor
indicted hero today charged with con- entente tr?bp* have begun'.1 day:classified.- freight rate* on' thc
?Piracylo Commit felony in t>orecent retirtug, from. Saloniki. Th;?; dis PPanam? railroad, wltlch the stcam^
Sta^^ ^tch declares that General HnmJUon, /^companies claimed would force
^SeiPS^^iS0.?^ ' ?rh? ,^^?*'n*?t?e Br ?Bb -force^ has-in.- Item to abandon .service between tho
B?sffl?e^^ of Atlantic and Pacific,until the
atelyobarged^ith^ ine ??iiremeot undine Prince ha* or-; Sf ?h!S^ ? ' 2*
*-?^
B^?l?As^?'S ATTffPi?nR is , Iac?t- - jremaln la effect ?ja?i Garrison: can
: invMt<sato;the 80^:-";. . -
Ath^c, Oct. 30.-Tho favorable A*: " Mp IM pf?t hf I IM Now V^F%?^? KH;, ,
.. : C,> : ' &pion**?. ' Nmv ?^VutnLZ^n ^t
?*?,* W.OOJMossto a fir-e ,ln the; pops^ convicted of ?splonago lu BS- ; * sar^Tactory.
??Hr^ J,*015**^ ^pi>or*oli; >trtrxufrii3.tu^ ! sluvn ^ere>ex?cuted. was yeatcrday Te Salute. Plas
erSl fe^^^rteWte to ^rlhK.IS>?dir.I ^rr, H^efSo^rro Haute
M h V Sfitt^Z^^^ :?* to.aaAi?eter.?i.m dl8t??tch, Ten.otfc-. policemen end firemen have bcen'or
fl??iWimS?P ''^ S <hf*> ^*a> wor?.sen-- dercd to eaiute the AmericavflS'.
?rem?iu-was ??adiy burt. *cace^ tolson, ?The rule goes into effect today,.
Athen? Dispatch Says Gen. .Ham*
.iiton Ha* informed Prince
Nicholas of Intentions.
Hi?
Secretary Garrison Takes Action
to; Avoid Embarrassme^^ll
:?>' of Steamship Une*'-'.';
[BOARD OF INQUIRY DEFIN
ITELY DETERMINE CAUSE
OF SINKING
|U. S. TO TAKE NO
FURTHER ACTION!
I No Representations to Germany)
Unless Finder of Missile
. Makes Sworn Statement
Washington, JC^.JIO.-Tho report of
of, tho navy .board that tho fragment
metal forwarded from London aa evi
dence in tho Hesperian case,. . was
part of a torpedo, will not be made
the basis for American representations
to Germany unless tho sworn- state';*
m<*nt of tho finder ot tho fragment iii
secured. Tho report will, bbwovcr,
bo oent to Merlin.
Germany hus .maintained, conelait-1
ently that the Hesperian was not subie i
by a German submarine, and Wash-1
ihgton will send no noto until the
evidence Ia complete. . .
Washington, Oct. 30.-Soorctary
Lansing announced that tho navy de
partment indicated fragment of the en
gine of war which sank the Allan
liner Hesperian waa part of a torpe
do. Tlie' Ghent government has per
sistently: denied that tho Hesperian
\vp? torpedo??. In 'tho opinion of
United States navy experts tho frag
menta; could not havo beon part of a
marino mino. The secretary said the
result of tho navy department Inves
tigation would ~immedlatolx. bo. com
municated to the Ge.rtnan" government I
directly, or to Ambassador Bernstorff.
'i'ho state department bas been in
doubt regarding the direct caus? of
the slaking of tho Hesperian. A
number of affidavits by. passengers and
Officers' of . tho ' ship wore made in
j which tho. signo rs swore tho ship was
: torpedoed. : The fragment of metal ;
was sont as proof .of tho statement
In tho affidavits. Tho United StateB |
position has been to take np steps !
to question the good faith ot tito Gor
man, utterances, unless. It is shown
Clearly tho sinking was. jd' violation |
of thom.. President. Wilson and Sec
retary - Lansing have been reluctant I
to believe' tho Heapcrian was sunk
deliberately without a valid; excuse.
Secretary Lans%i?- volunteered no j
Information os to *"^at form, tho com-1
muntcatton to Germany would -take,
Germany made the United. States a j
qualified disclaimer of Tcendnblbllity
for.sinking tho Hesperian,-in a note |
to Ambassador Gerard September 14.
The foreign offlco said on the face of j
tho evidence at hand, Germany would j
not send '? ? noto that th?, Heapcrian
yt?? sunk by a German submarine.
JTho fragment Of metal examined by
-;ho t navy department oxperts: was
said'to bave boen picked up front the
deck of the Hesperlal after : tho ex
plosion. - The Hesperian sank early'
in September oft tho Irish coast white
making her. way to pprt after'helng.
disabled by an explosion.' Tko frag- '
ment waa-of polished steel and about
hine luchos long. It was sent to the j
state department by tho " 'American
embaasy at London. ;
I BALDWIN fllUERJL Jal XA G EB
WMi^.CENTBAL OF. G?tfRG?A
\ "Savannah, Oct. . 30.-.-L. W. Bald
win; ' general superintendent' of.. the
Southern 1 mea of the Illinois Central,
it .N<n?v Orleaus, hos boon appointed
general nmcagor pf tho Ccntn*l ot
'ioorgt? railway, succeeding tho late
T. S. Molsov
Peabodj* Honors Fire Victims.
h> Peabody. Oct. so.-rivery : artery
md store. In this; busy town ^los?*
?hts morning to; paV tHbota tb ^. the
twenty-one. ?lttl?:gtHa who' perished
in the St. John's, parochial Schoolj||Mij
eighteen will bo buried at a publie
.jft&tr^-and 'tree privately.// .
. , ... . .... .;M .,V,V ' * "' ' ?
RoKriahs Sall far Bulgaria.
yCopenhagen;; Oct." 3?;-^?Argo con-.
Ungani*- of iloiwlnn tioops?have" ?el i
l?|U^6m tho Black Sea porto ot Odos?]
\<%,and Sebastopol f?r; the Bulgaria- "
coast, the Berner;\Ta?^at^!^^
BBKMMHBBB
I BIG NAVAL ENGAGEMENT
UNOFFICIALLY REPORT
ED IN PROGRESS
?PENY ALLIES ARE
LEAVING SALONIKI
I Dispatches From Grecian Port
Dcc*rres Concentration of En
tente Troops Continues.
London, Oct. SO;-AlmoBt cobol--'
dont with tho report that tho report
that tho Rnnslaiis oro sending troops
'across-the Black Boa-to attack Bul
, parla comes tho iiUo?TicIat statement
[that three Turkish warships have at
tacked tho Russian, squadron, com- ;
posed of three battleships, sevoral
cruisers and destroyers In these wa
ters, A Bucharest dispatch to Ber
[ lin says tho former German cruisers,
Breslau and Gothen, ?ow Turkish
I men-of-war are engaged.
; Whllo albniki dispatcliosa s 'ort that
tho concentration of entente^; Jops to
relieve tho pressure ori Serbia con
tinues, Berlin claims :that the alijes
aro-Tetlriug from .Saloniki and .that
Constantino of Greece, arrived 'at
Saloniki today and . developments'
there, are being watched closoly. ,'.
. Tho genoral German and Bulgarianil v
{rushing movement on Sorb?a from (
bree sides ls proceeding^' tut tho
French report advances la tho region
ot Strumitzu. .
Along the Drina river the Austrian
forcea a'^acked the-Montenegrin poslr
tiona. Tho Suitor Lana : aro Bald to
bo said to be preparing special trait?..
to transport,German troops through.
Thrace to Constantinople. War'muttr "
itions havo already buen despatched io ;.
Turkish capital,
Petrograd reporta the ?ustro-aer
mons evacuating : Volhynta, leaving ;-.
ammunition and supplied. i.The Qer^
muns, otter crossing the Missa river
in tito region of Riga, admit retire
ment at Polakeri, eleven nilles south
ot- tho Baltic port.
General' voa Linsingoa tdnlraa tho
I capturo of a thousand Russians' pris-,
loners in Galicia..
Whllo Berlin-saya the western-front '..
situation is (unchanged the French
claim the repulse of violent Gorman
/ccuster-att?cks in ?teir'-efforts'-te
re-capturo positions near Lacburtlne
In Champagne. Tito French report tho
gUiU of i ;x-!iuliC-a ?t BoiSraili&uhO lu
Artois, - ': ?'-.-.:. .'
Tho sinking of tho British sxme
sweeper Hythe with a probable ibas of
a hundred, and fifty-five ; lives of?, /
Gallipoli lr, iwnotinccd.
London, Oct; 30.-Tho position of
Serbia is 'becoming more despcrato
daily. Nish ia- threatened by the
Bulgarians, whllo tho : Adsiriaus and .
Gormans are gradually opening a way
toward tho great Serbian, arsenal at
Kraguycvatz. ; Romo reports that tho
Serbia capital has been removed "to
o?'certain point.'*. According tb . the -
latest official report, rom Sofia the
Serbians are in retreat .in a westerly
direction all;Galong.:the.-.'-V Bulgarian
front. . Onofllclal dispatches stnto
that a Bulgarian officer commanding
an advance patrol has joined with the
Austro-Germon staff . The Bulgarians
assort-.they ore la possession .of Negs-.
tin Brea, Palauka. Zajocar. Kulaje
v?ts and : several Tiniok volley vii- ,
lages. This glveB them' d strategical .
position of, primary importan co. : Tho
complete capturo ot . Plrot ?B not
claimed by .tho Serbia . war office,'
I wnich says that Bulgarian troops
storming tho southern forilficaUons
pone trat ed thc/topa whCnnSgh$: put
ut onrt to the fighting. ;.: ??."'>:}:?
> With tho exception of ail unofficial
report that tho Frond? ara uaw' firmly,
in possession of Struroitea- no nwi|i.
^?s been received concbrning the milli
tory movements ol the alMcs, in thy .
Balkans: ? - ? .
A Bulgaria n . Sources admit. i ha t tho
pea ports recentlyVtyn^barded s?tfered
severely. A Bucharest dlppajvh says,
that Pjussi?n tr?opfl a^t jsajl f rbs^t
Odessa and sebastopol for the Bul
garians coast.
Fighting alcng thc other'fronts is
jje^OTtetL, as severe with ?o decisivo
milk ?'??...?
KAd'^ib?^rtantt struggle' 1? progress
ing along the AUstro-ltalian line.
?Vienna 'reports': th? Wallan attacks
wero repulsed- after; -f?tc s^ngulhary '
struggle.
i The French cabinet ' eVaajrV^gnp?
lng an echo in the : dlsctrtsina of the
advlsibllity creating a BTitisbl^jp
council to consist of the premier, war
8???tary end first lord of the. admit1
1t?^?^bav?;the a??rame direction ot