The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, November 03, 1915, Image 1
VOLUME IL
ANDERSON, S. WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1915.
NUMBER 252.
SPEECH IN HOUSE MONOPO
LIZED ATTENTION OF
EUROPE
COMMITTEE WILL
ACT FOR BRITAIN
intimated Dardanelles Campaign
Would Ee Continued-Ex
plains Delay in Serbia.
. ' London,.Nov. 2.~PremIer Asquith's
speech in tho house 0* commons, to
day on the policy and plans ot Great
'Britain, concerning which ho didn't
disclose much more than \a already
known, monopolized the attention of
Europe tonight.
lighting,' though still severe on
many fronts, received littlo attention.
The premier's most important declar
ation was that the British part in thc
war will he conducted hy a cabinet
committeo of three to five men, which
will consult the entire cabinet on
serious questions, lt is taken for
granted that Asquith, -Secretary Of
"War Kitchener and First T_?ord of Ad
. mirai ty Balfour will bo' members of
this committee.
; Asquith declared the s Unat lon In tho
DardaneMes ls receiving anxiouu "at
tention:.. -Many believed1 Asquith's,
statement indicated that tho Darda
nelles operations will ..ho continuer.
. . 3lr Edward Carson, former s^tjor
ney general, whom it-was-nhnouriced
. today will be succeeded by Sir Fred-;
erick Edward Smith, now solicitor
general, made a speech declaring the'
allies slowness/ia aiding .Serbia-was.
. thp .'reason Tor1 his : disagreement with
the' cabinet. Ile also questioned the
Dardanelles campaign. .
j Asquith revealed for the first time
that Premier Vehlzelds of Greece had
agreed" tb mobilize' the .Greek army
it Great' Britain, and France would
I furnish a htihflred and fifty thousand
men and1 explained British that tho
. delay ih aiding Serbia occurred bc
. cause ojC the. belief that Greece wrould
keep her obligations to Serbia,
. Asquith declared he believes Lord
Derby's voluntary recruiting plan
" would.succeed hut ia ready to adopt
tho compulsory iorm if ?piuntary re
cruiting failed. ?
^ -J In' Serbia th? Austro-Germann and
Bulgarians', aro dally approaching
. ; Nish. m?king more precarious tho pos
itions of tho Serbian army.' It is ex
pected lho. Sorhiann will manage to
-hold out in tho'mountains'until they
get AnglOrFreuch reinforcements,
which/they have already got in the,
.. southern "part.
,\: .,Newa of the landing of Russians oh
. <h*e Bulgarian ' coast is " anxiously
. awaited, '..
In tko west there is gome fighting
in Champagne,
In', tho' east ;Uie .Gormans , continuo
:- iiic?jr'J %'f??.^??-'."to;" ?reia?r?i'
i > _VTho. Italian 'offensive'' continues, al
though tho Austrians clami it is'prov
. i?g ?nanccft?sful. \ ' .' ?: -.. r T.
London', Nov-, ;2.^Asquith!* speech'
Jn tho "House df Cemmnn? and Ru
mania's reported ''intention to throw
her ii)t ia wllh tho allies divid6s <pub
, ll.'i Interest I >, News vio, Paris ' lends
support to ?rowieg "impreEsion that
-:.' .'Rumania ia pfophrinjr ;f? fight. - Tho
Slow classer^bf Rumanian recruits are
hoing mobilized hy royal decree, and
Vienna reports "a grave' situation";
may ariso-betweer. AustrlA and Ru
V mania i^ hbnh?t;ticn with ibo propoiv
ed uso pf iho dower Danube to .trans
port Ri?H?dan troops to . ?, Bulgaria.
Then? ris little nov/s -. di rec* from
bucharest "owing to tho strict cen- '
sorship. li te /fcriOWD. however, tbfct
. ap -, ^aglUtIc?l mtdri^>?c tho var 'id?
A'.rreadiag 1 thrbtigh the army. The
Avstrian, 3e^n;>a ; and-,- 'Bu?^ri?n .1
nrwles are drawing'their not moro
: ? cioa?ly ; ^hoat Nish ? : ltX "the ? couth
the French assert tiley have inflicted
' co?u?idfi/ah?o,3cft?? da thc. Bulgarians,
who.ord reported iaoave-be?? thrown
bach on the rlsui bank pf the VardAr.:
Tho only poetical development ot
tono ia ibo -Alhena ministerial press
nrtldlj^'aopaVsh^^
: body, friehaiy. to th? tattles, which .sro,
.being published. Tho ^P8?s , insist,
thdi^-jtht?^^
iher policyof benevolent. neutrality. "
Atbfii? the cuttern, iront1 the RUst
B?AR bffemdre -b?sscvSd5ht1.y.--^??^ded.??
cr>u??d*iT?Lhly: Official repo?lv from
. fetrth et?ca; tri??cato v'ibls;//.-.although
hei?horclaimsmy It.iportant-,!r*.?uH.
Definite rv.y?r?. concerning progresa
now. of the: German attack ia Riga
V: -.' ls-! also ?Acklrtof, ':. ;.
ActIvji'.'-.RusJi?ttjii.Ipa?ticip?tio? in the
15? >n??s fwayi- n?iiw . VCR?^"? . ?5 '.Jitivh
:'ii7mt .roybrts luiastan troops have
: landfiC.?i^vatha; vy??lch iii a*jd tb.'-.b'e
d?fendes ;hy.;:Titt*fc \c^miiisnded; ?ffi.
OT JASUN
Gas Explosion Started Flames.
Which Destroyed Tenement
Building-Thirteen Persons
Known to Have Perished.
!.. New York, Nov. 2.-Thirteen per
sone, six men, throb women .und'four
children, perished In a fire which de
stroyed a three "story brick -tenement,
nt CG North Sixth street near tho'riv
er front in Brooklyn' early today.
Most of tho victims were overcome by
gas leaking from a broken pipo and
I aro bolloved to have beeb Unconscious
?beforo tho tiro started. . All wore
Poles, Vite building was occupied by
families havJng as boarders laborers
employed la a sugar factory. The
gas which tilled the lower Viart^of the
house exploded, cutting off exits by
*ho halls, and thoBo not overcome by
gas escaped by the fire escape. Tho
explosion is attributed to the breaking
of a lamp hurtling )n the hallway.
One man, a spectator, died of heart
disease caused by excitement. '
ADJUTANT GENERAL MOORE
LEAVES FOB SAN FRANCISCO
Columbia, Nov. 2.-Adjutant Gen
eral Moore lcft( this afternoon for
San Francisco to attend, ? meeting
of the National Guard Association...
1 ^ .??} ?rpimn?ge. libras.
Harrisburg, Pa., Nov,. 2.-Sylv?h
Heights Orphanage, a Catholic, in
stitution was burned, but" 103 chil
dren, tho . inmatCB were attending
mass In chapel were marched to safe
ty. Defective wiring, ls supposed to
have caused the flro.
H. A. Foster SuccfiJeds Sitten.
Columbia, Nov. 2 >-Harrison ; A;
Poster of Easl?y has been appointed
I by Governor Manning as magistrate
I lo succeed J. ip... 61tton, deceased.
|i^-X'S?0?i? Torpedo Boat Sunk.
London, Nov; 2.-The. British ad*
nVlialty announces that tho British
torpedo > boat No. DO was sunk al
Gibraltar u?ivr UU?HE xii a collision. .
Millionaire's NepKew
|H?^{V&as ttr*!&ttgv
Max-^reitucg, in? nephew oi B- N.
?treltung, tho 'Marquette, Mick;, and
New,.York. mining .s?tJ 'steamboat
j milli^alro^Vas ?be .fifth man to bo
ATr^tfldwith tito Gor~
in?ri plot io blow Up sht>8 carrying
; munitions to : ibo ai lien, of wii$ is
RobertFay, i*#ho anya be is ? lifluwk,.
New York pelle*?. F&y ..'vprts .'caught,
with ; bomba nnd :eipios5?^. [ nearly
[ ready ti? &ifcach\ io ..outgoing, y^ss'ii?a;
<a?*?itaiMiw^
Where Twenty Child
ga
m
1
Twenty?. pupils o? St. John's Pa
rochial School at Peabody,. Miss.,
lost their Uves whenUro destroyed
tho building On Thursday. Over n
hundred wore .inJured.
The Ure, which started a few I
I minn ten after the morning session
I Question of Nationality of Vessel
to Bo Bone of Contention Be
ftweori U. S. and England--Rfcr
l?ase Will Be Demanded:
H Washington, Nor. 2.-Tho British
HI cruiser's, seizure oft tho Atlantic coast
?j'3t the American steamer Hocking- has
HI brought to Jssue. a question on which
If tho. United States and - entente allies
li aro BO . for apart that '.saib? oC?ci^Is
HI belie*... tho matter will ultimately
lim vu to bo submitted to arbitration,
ll - Secretary lansing today cabled
Hi Ambassador Pago in London to ask
lian explanation. In.the meantime the
Hi United States will probably protect
ll irotuodiately and demand the release
?j or the ship; Tho Hocking "s now at
HI Halites and lt in presumed Great Bri
ll tala.intends to hayo her . caao go
ll through tho prlr.o <y>urt, the British'
j contsntlbn-apparently being that Ger
H| man; capital is really .behind the Ame1'*
Hi leas'^company ..;,'whlch';,-.;br.?uj?ht tho
htookliig from. Copenhagen interests
1} ?hd changed h?r to American " rcgis^
H cTreat Britain now contend* that
j actual ownership, determines tho. n?
j tlonnllty ??~? vessel- whllo: tho. Ubi ted
H fitzes t?bnt??ds the f?sg she fii^s dc
? terxutaes a jressel's nationality,..* i
j T?? A?T?CT1C??S Tra?iS?K??tstlpa. ' Com
H pany, owner a of tho; Hocking, ..clahn
J none but Americans arc Interested -th
j tho company.
?ian elli?
j Sit??i?rf: of StateCfcnritte*. tatd
^jht?t??n 1 Board Reeom
. ro?t?<5& Many Aerations.
Boston. Nov. 2.~rTwenty? men,
ir> of whom -were tbQ%ht at firat :to
have, fcoeh; lofifc -C^SrcwIy .'. ojsenped,
w?ata- when a s*nera? alsrm of fire
was1 sounded "when the building-: <
the Cochrane ??ahufacturing . Corr
pahy'e dyeiagV and print "works i
Malien /was dwtrx?y<?d. ^ Tl??? V?sa. i
$26,C?K>, Tho flame? shot '?r? {
fevfi fallowing, several exploitons ti
kiaptha. VWf^ny mira dropped *
winr&tfS.T
?alon fnjnres Kaventen.
Wilmington, Bel ;, Nov. ?-Seyen- !
toon mba woro -badly" Injuria - -by..-"the -
p*p!?6?on of u large . tonality of
V&Wtt in, thav ^y^r^Powdafc^Vka
atvCavxvcya Print, N. J. it, m$mW
hT* ^itiW ^wlrfi^ jc^nott
ren Were Burned to De
? -KV-. ? ???v.-.v.,j??--.'a-v-j?'l_?ri?
fighting (iib Flames Frons Roar of Sehe
j had opened, swept through the three
story brick and wooden school build
ing .in leas .tlian five min otes.
Trapped on tho upper .floors or
caught behind a door which, opening
inward, was jammed abut in tho
?ionic, tho children were burned, suf
ocated pr. trampled. to death or
AMENDMENT LOST IN NEW,
YORK, MASSACHUSETTS
AND PENNSYLVANIA
DEMOCRATS LOSE
' wea? ?*
j Republicans Increase Majority in
New York an-rl New- Jersey
Legislatures.
Kew York, Nov. -2.^-Constitutional
amendments giving suffrage to women
apparently met Overwhelming defeats
in'.Now York, 'Ponhayl vania and Mas
sachusetts. The' 'statewide prohibi
tion am-^admont in Ohio met a similar
fate,- ';'.-'..>'.;
, lu the Massachusetts guberhatlori
?al rae*;, ?bortly after midnight with
?11- ?\Mopt thlrty-hino precincts, re
turned, Samuel McCall, Republican:
bad 221,074 votes und Ttevid Walsh,
?>ssn?crat, 221,787. . Th? ropubllcaus
seemed 6ofe winners for tho remain
der ot tho state Uckel.
Tho Topubl leans have a nii? major
ity in the' New Spr^c legislature^ New'
York ; elected three rep?hH?an con
gressmen, H. S. Gauld. B. H. Saellin,
W. B. Bennett.
lt was ?ndi?av- J. thai ibo .muloi Ky
for Harrington* ??^octAt, 'running for
gnvernoT.of MaryWini, wan fivo'thbu
sand, in Baltimore, at midnight!: No
reports from counties, have boen re
ceived. ' -
In New Jtrseyiv the repubilcaus m
creasod their majority, iUitito. leglsla
tiiro; '';The lineup -.will'" be .thirteen
{ropnbiicftns and eight democrats. 1n
I tho senate and thirty^ov?n r?p?bji
I cass., and twenty-threp dem?crata id
thc assembly; '
In kentucky the. latest .returns
shbw'A.^'S>^?'?ly?;.^^o^l^t;ifo^/.tfev'??'.;
?ern?r; 19.? leading ?he rop^bllcan.'c?h
[didatc'.Vy fiv? thousand. -
lu Misstep?,! ?ud Virginia tho de
; moers?se aro easy*; winners. The ,?CA
jbri?y of. the Virginia legislators
I ?lected ; aro those pledges to strict
j ?morcbhi?at of pro?ilbltion-j
New York apparently defeated th?
i piWoBOd revision o? the c?fistitutio
j introit retorn?; Indicatea d?fco1
ir ?he ^ropoaed municipal ownei
t'roR?r>'linos. ;
Cfaclanatt and Philadelphia
nd repuV.lean mayors.
: .In New York eierte the returns
?{yuteen; laVge cities, shewed
re???hilcan mayura, five ?
?n?'/'aoclal^-w?ll^Vj^?r
?dy? ek-ci?d. ';;
ath at Peabody, Mass.
I crushed by leaping from tho /window
lctlgCH. Tho heaviest loss of .life tons
tn tho main hall, behind the big: cn
; trance door.
There Were sovuti hundred pupils in
tho building whon tho firo started
tholr ages ranging from seven to
eighteen years.. ? .
I American Minister to Belgium ?
Gives Reason lor Sending Re?
port on Cavell Case to Eng
land.
Wa ali lng ton, Nov. 2.--Brand Whlt
j lock, - American minister to Belgium,
I in a lengthy report to the state det
partmcnt made public I tonight, stated
?that reports made'by him to American
mbaissador in Liondon. regard*
I ing his efforts to prevent tho Germana |
from executing Edith Cavell, wero
I merely a recital of facts, without ex
pression of opinion. AB American
j diplomatic officers were representing
?British interests in Belgium, tho TOT I
I port was naturally was turned over]
|tb the British forolgn office. :
Begarding tho British statement j
I that the (Sermons, after promising to
keep 'Wthitlock Informed of tho status I
of the Cavell ease, and then .failed to |
j do so, Whitlock explained that the
Germans had given him no Official
!'promise to keep him informed. iU:
added that tho publication of . kia re
j port by the British had embarrassed
his relations'with the GermattB, but)
I that ho lind explained why lt", ..was
given to the British; and tho German?
now soemnd satisfied. ." .
[Were -First Thought to Have Per
ished m Djt? Wort? Fire
Near Boston,,
Greenwood, Nov. ^-Greenwood'
rouniy u'cods either a.new jail orien
addition built to tho present oho. lb
the Opinion of Mr. A. D. Oliphant, as
sistant secrotarr of Ute State Board
cf CiiaritiCfl .; ntid Correction, who
made, a thorough inspection ot 'tho
county prison yesterday.
"J :?m convinced." said Mr, Gll
pbaotr ~thati the , 3?|it h? inadequate
structurally abd I wouid recommend I
thai an addition bo built or that
the county erect nh cilrely newi
hnildlng." .'.-,
Mr1. Oliphant otatod that he found !
tho Greenwood jail in really better I
condition than ho bad expected. I
having heard frfpatU of ita lack of
modernes?, "but he. waa ' surprisod at
tho smallncBs of the building.
It in Ulrtiy thnf- come atspfc will
bo taken to improve tho prison. last
winter, it if ttl be rceaBed, da esttri
sesefoh- or court had ' to : pM-held ! in,
Order to ''eSeapr oat" th? prta?h, which
at that time was overcrowded.
???
TAKE AG
I Great JewLh Philanthropist ?nd
Former Officer in the . Confed
?rate Army. Died in New i
Orleans.
New Orleans, Nov. 2.-Nathan
Straus, a widely known Jowlsh phil
anthropist and former adjutant on tho
staffa of Generals Miller anil Orage In
Confederate army, dlwl hero today,
ago eighty-one..
Streu", was horn in Alsace; but !
Icame to America lu olghtocn fifty two
has" lived here nearly over since.
The lives cf. millions of babies aro
said to havo been saved ns an almost
direct result of tho work of milk re
form Which Nathan Straps starred in
New York City In ISikJ and which has
?now spread throughout this country !
and Europe. A number of agencies j
have been at work to iii? ?amo end,
but credit Jins boen given freely to
Mr. Straus for leading the way in this
great campaign i '
Ho resented any effort to 'repfattoat
Jin dollars, tho extent of hlo philan
thropic work. Measured tn that re
rspect besldo 3omo o? tho great found a
ms which captains ol Industry huvp
established, he- Bald his work wnp
small, but. lt iii ktiown it absorbed
8ost of. tho fortr?a?llri Straus made
i* n'N^xrr^^
cupied iwrauiicaliy all of his time and
thought during tho past two?ty-flv*e
years.
It has been said ho Rpent moro than
112,500,000 out of his private purse" for
I tho canso of humanity.
His philanthropies < were various,
bUt the best kn?wn is his estabilsh
ment'ju Now York, Chicago, Phil?deK
phin and -various other cities' hero,
and abroad, of n sori?3 of milk sterillz
Ipg laboratories ami distributing do
porte from which . tho. pasteurized
milk was servos at ace ht a bottle br
glass for tho benefit primarily of In
(CONTIN?I2D ON PACE THREE.)
German Finance Chief
Prof Pr,
.Prof. Dr. Hairier Ich. ch let " d Ireef or
of tho ttcuts'ehea Rnnk of Berlin, thV j
JlorgtKt 'Wmrheihi institution in Oer-!
many, and noV minister of fi?aace,!
Is tho' arch it cot cf G^nuany's ,wsr.
Ift?tnclfil dysieaj. Ho is tho' man Who
has negotiated the enorrr.wis . loans
durlngv*h? xf?ry and tn ' Germany ia
being helled; a* <ue of ?or -mighty
mea,
wm S
FORCED TO RELAX EFFORTS
BY EXHAUSTED CONDI
TION OF TROOPS
MAKE GENERAL
ATTACK TONIGHT
Many Bullets Fell Cross Box der
But U.S. Forces Made No
Move to ft??ufn t?te.
Douglas, Nov. 2.-Arter a .day o?;s
Intermittent flRhtlnp. the Villa forcea
attacking Agua t'rlota this aftern???^
bombarded tho {Jarranxa garrison and'
lt waa boli?vod would attack Iii forco. ,
Later developments , indicated. Villa
had postponed tho general attack un
til tomorrow night.
Prlsvato Harry . Jones,.. ot the
Bloventh United States infantry, dk?
today from wounds caused hy MOMI
enn bullets yesterday. Many bullets
crossed the border but it ls not ex- '.
peoted United States will act unleun
it appears that bullets, aro intentional
ly fired across.
Douglas, Arte;, ftov. 2.-Tue Villa
army, reinforced by troops tni'v: kdeo
this morning, renewed th? attack ou
Ag?a Prieta, defended by Carranza' 0
troops. Loses oh both sidos aro be*
lloved to be considerable.
About 1 o'clock tho Villa fon
Btartcd a general attack with nrtil- //?
lery on tho south abd want. Tho Cartv
ronza garrison TCplled with machirj?
guns, rlfleH and oxploslvo mines along. .
i&?* feba* over whieh tho sVUia ann y
expected, After an;"heur/f Iring-ceasi.
; Many bullets, fell hero, TwO Andorf -
cans woro wounded. H. K. " Jones, ft
letter carrier, - was wouudod as . ho
stood in front pf his home. Ollie A*.
Whidden, private, company A,
Seventh Tegimont, guarding the rall- ..
road freight : Rtatlon : seven bloc:
from tho boundary, woti ?hot. Ne J th
er was seriously hurt.
Tho Villa mon : httre had no water
or twenty-fonr hours. It ls -?.-..;
their food supply is exhausted.
Douglas, Nov. 2.-After four despe
rate attacks oa.A?Uu Prieta, Villa's -.
forces drew off shortly after day l i ?ht 1
Half a. dozen pcrabns" wbr? ? wounrfB^'e-'-r
on the Amorlciin aid?.- Tlio Carranza
IUI V?TCT :. T?"??%7 . ?Ttf?t?v(?s?r7 -Sil -T?;g"i>t-v * ^T^ZITT
battle lasted almost continuously fi-om
I'.iH yesterday to 6 o'clock this morn
lng. . C?r?ronza ofilcial? reported
losses of forty-five kille rdand sev?nty
flvo wounded, Un?jficloV reporta
?tated tho loses were 2f>0, Villah
doad and wounded iii large nomi)
aro scattered over ;thp desert out^l
the barbed wiro entanglements sur-r
rounding the town. ;;:??in'eri?nn arniy;
officers ?aid the : firing laet night v.
tho most violent they
Villa opened OU' lh^ wcsUrp,.ir*?unbrt
of Agua Prlota with ev?ry??va?lu?L'?e
gua supporting the : final rush of his
Yaqui Indians aboitt &o'clock\
Difference tri Pr?c? ^ Various
Perta of Country Cause of In*
quiry toC Be MMe By FederaT
Trade Comnussjon*
Washington Nov. 2 .--Thal .-com
piaints from. .O?ors^? caused the' fed
eral trude commissi to instituto &u
Iijlvta'tlgation into the price difference;;
lb- the / safe of RKSOI ino in Varloh?
parla ot the noubtrr, ls announced to: -,j
day. Thin will he part of the general
Investigation tho. commission is mak
ing in .rwpbuse to senate rcaolutloss .
introduced by Owas at?i Gore.
Th?' statement oays -that : recently
there hus been complaints of'alleged m
dfscritVfnal?o? between* diff?rent lo?i;^ -;?
lt?es Ah ?aeblinb sales. A number of ./-;.
ccmplftiate hats' bcc.n i??orrna?iy : '
modo ib Co*fflml9ftloaet Harrie from
Ooorglb- Similar complaints cosue
from Cu iforn.la,- Idaho, Misstourl end :
o>!?or stuioa.
Thor* Is wide differences betweah :;i
tho conditions ia aeverai parts of the ;
United. States ah? tho petroleum, in ^rt,
dvistry is u^d??Crias rapid:?;^hanies,'S:\
in certain brioche* due to. the RurcH :
pean Wftf i , It h*s be*!? ?a\ Att abi?nrHiat; * \?
(date, ?'aya ? atatamet?u. New rettssia^:
processes' -teeeail&Jlai^^ *
lng to marked changes,