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VOLUME H. ANDERSON, S. C., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1915. g"'*^*ll',,l3Ma'i''*a,B|IB|||M||B8a,,Mj|^^ NUMBER 280. WILLINVES CONS?LAI m ' ?. BOY-ED AND VON PAPEN RE CALL CAUSES MUCH ACTIVITY SUSPECTED OF UNNEUTRAL ACTS No Decision Yet Reached in Case of Austrian Consul General. Washington, Dec 4.'-'Investigation into tho conduct of all foreign con sular officials, suspected of .unneutral activities, aa the result of the Boy-Ed and Von Papen recall Incidents, was begun by tJ?o stato department is in dicate! today. Should it be shown ' that officials aoted improperly, they will be asked to discontinue their offices. No decision ls reached yet ip the caye cf Austrian Consul General von Nuber, whoso name was mentioned oiton in connection with the activi ties of Boy-Ed ad von Papen. . 'It was ?tamed that the entente powers would probably not grant safe conduct to the successors of Boy-Ed and Vdn Papen, as tfaey would not be civilians and might proceed from the United States to Mexico and other countries, Captain Boy-Ed came to Washington and conferred with Count Von Bern storff, out no statement was issued by the German embassy. Word from.San Francisco indicates that the "department of justice ts in vestigation proceedings, there. Fed eral warrants for Baron Von Brlncken, who says he is military attache to the German consulate, ! at San Francisco, and Robert Capelle, ogent o! ?ie North Goman Lloyd Steamship ; company, have been issued in connection with the alleged activities of tho steam ir Sacramento, sa??Tto "h&vs coaled Gt rr anon warships in the Pacific- Vcn Brlncken IB being, watched and offl cors. are hunting Capelle. ? A Germait fund bf $750,000 was sent there, according to Hamburg-Ameri can trial testimony. Yon Brlncken Arrested. The department of justice, whici'r re ceive! a report tonight of tho arrest * in. San Francisco of Baron Von Brlnck on, who surrendered after claiming : immunity, today as attache to the German consulate, and believes it bas under arrest most ot the men impli cated' -in plots . to . interfere with tho American munition trade. . . Von 'Brinckon will be held as a flg "./rre -tn tho plans'of C-" C. Crowley, 'recently arrested charged in the plots against'munition factories. No word was received as-to the ar rest of 'Robert Capelle,.' steamship .agent, against whom a federal'warrant' ' Was issued also. . ,'-'". SENT?N?E?F CONSPIRATORS '-....- -, --. . New York, Boc. '4.:-Dr. Karl . Bueno; George Kott?r and Adolph . Hachroelster of the Hamburg-Ameri can" line, convicted' of conspiracy to defraud tho . United .States ' govern ment, are sentenced 4to a year andr a half ih tho Atlanta, penitentiary, Jo seph Popptnghatia '.?van given -ayear; Tiie steamship lino was fined ono dollar. Tho defendants' ure allowed bnll ponding suing put a writ of error. Buena, through-his .attorney* asked Judge-..Howe io take . Into^ebnBld^ra , lion that his three co-defendants wero hi? subordinates and if, sny offense "" was committed they morel Jr^ctea un-; : der his orders. Bail -wa? rise! at V$10,OOQ . hud was given by a Burety company. District Attorney M>rshall,V -m'ov-. i?s','\s?ntenee,:li^ild lt was ."His pain ful duly to^ash; for.substantial punish ment, not so. uiudh for its- effect on de*: fendants as for . warning to others." 'Buehz:''said in conversation .^before court opened ills only .regret was the Americans should believe-that he had : dorie anything' te injure them ;or, had Any hat the klhd^t feelings toward .'them.-'', '.. . ''-V'..-"-. '"..y..."; Iii sentencing Brien*, ?'afs Jadge sii'id If thehighercourt snsialne<? the Ver dict Ite Wouid bc wilUns to, support any clemency niove/on account, of Buenos ? advanced ?kp. .' * f 4 .^&--W'& * * . ~ . V ? Columbus, Dec. 4.-Federal -,* ,'ft.rJudg?. satpr hofd today; that ..* 4v Medicines containing habit- ?? <$? .jltat? trafOo la ? * which ia foit5*?^? .li?der the *. * ...'.Harrison sci'..cannot be. sold. .>;? 4; fhrpnfththo^^^ * * a T?ult"against-- ino - ''^ttMBB * SpeoLt'c c?inpsny? ;... , ?V:*. * . ' ? * SAN FRANCISCO SHOW NOW TK?NG OF THE PAST THE LIGHTS OFF AT MIDNIGHT Exposition of Two Hundred and Eighty Eight Days Was Great Success. San Francisco, Dec. 4.-The Pana ma Pacific International exposition closed tonight. Hundreds of thous ands of tir.i incandescent lights twink led and trembled the farewell signal a few irtinutes before, midnight and at twelve o'clock the.lights went out for the last time. The exposition of 285 ; day..?, duration' officially was at an end, though the farewell carnival con-' ti?ued In tho morning hours. With tho extinguishing of tho elec tric lights there was a flash in fie. sky of thousands of rockets. bombs and star sheHs. More than half a ton of powder was used to hurl them into thb air, making a salvo which Wi D. A. Ryan, the director of ?he illumination, said, was the heaviest and most elaborate .pyrotechnic dis play everlAttemptwI. Hundreds: of searchlights which had pointed to tho art of the sculptor and shone on* the tower of jewels and tlie domes and minarets each night since February 20 when tho exposition- be gan, wer? also dimmed in the closing moments ' ard for thirty seconds the 635 acres of exposition grounds were In total dar laicas. Then patrol light* hero and there along' tho avenues and byways and iii' the courts began, to glow so that the thousands of merry makers could make "their way about. Throngs remained to go on with the. dunces' in the open spaces and in the courts and to wander about the grounds in trie farewell \ festivities. Tue Carnival Spirit. The carnival spirit prevailed, in. keeping with the decree of President'. Charles C; Moore and the exposition directors; who said: "Let ibero be cheers instead'of tears. Tho exposi tion has ibeen a success.": ; :,. In a -financial way it ia expected the exposition will show a profit of something like $2,OOOr,000-perhaps more. All indebtedness was paid be fore the exposition was two-thirds, over. TbV expense of preparing the site and the buildings for the oponing date was said. to bo. - approximately $50,000,000.. There was no . federal appropriation for -the undertaking, a'th??gh the various departments i of the United ,States.- government prado displays for1 whit!'* $500,000 had been allowed for maintenance. The . exposition ' attendance was bo- . youd all, hopeo of the management, es pecially after the'outbreak ot tho war when for; a" timo there was talk, ot :^8t3^^?nt;:!.?^-t??.''''openlng date. On a daily average the attendance has been more than 62,000. Within twelvp days .after February 20,^ 1,000,000 per sons -passed tfirough Hie gates; The 17,000,00o mark was. reached -Novem ber io;: '^^^^?0' "' ^^*i?' ExposliioSi cf Progress. . : San : Franfci?co's exposit lon In ovary particular was ail' exposition or pro gress . A ll exhibas entered for sward ; were contemporaneous vafl?eles -.orjgiW nated or Iproguced since, tho St. Ixjuls* oxpojaiflon :ten. yeara ago; . . . ;' . T2?irty-n?no foreign- nations partiel-, pated. ?f?clally.'.th tho exposition,- sey ;3raJ , o? ; the:i;\TarrIns' nations of Eu ?rdp?; i chief ^atpon'g them bein g France and Turkey, having buildings;;;^ ty-seven states of the union were T6V presented, virtually all-of Lhem fravjng t?ieir ova state buildings'; It waa estimated there wer^;aoj?"*" : diff?rent ?xbt&H?rs the displays o'. Which iwcre .valued at sotnothing like $350,060,000. WP* IK-raolfgh .BaHdlnjotf. Most. or tho expofiltion'? bulldinr*5 1 ero to ba demolished.> A. movei?'ep't lian, been started, however, to preserve ff? -palace bf fine arts, perhaps, the oboist Imposing, Mildlng of them..all, which stands oh govern trico*, i and. As Vor tho majority of tho volher bttfl dings tho* management ls . Updef contract to el car tho. land within fonr months,vend tho workman**'vlnwnmor will echo in t?? courts' after tomor row.: instead t? tho: bands Of; iiirjetc whfoh -have, been there Xor tho last tea ptonths'..'.".'-".'," .: Carrying Won From left to rlglit~311ssc? lng?bord. This is the expedition of women who traveled across the United States from Pv Francisco,- hearing a' i ATTEMPTS ABANDONED TO AGREE ON CLOTURE Senate Will. Be Organized on fr?ond?y Without Fight Be- ; r ing Made? ? '. I Washington, Dec. 4.-Virtually abandoning attempts to egree on a rulo to limit debate, the aenato <ie-\ mocrotlc caucus today decided that non .partisan- effort through the sen ate rules committee should be made during i'ae coming session to correct filibuster abuses. Aa a r??uit the organization of the. senate on Monday will not he delayed by any fight on the floor and'tho cid rules will'prevail. '?'^ . House democrats caucused harmony lously today, approving tho commit, tee assignments. No resentment was suggested over the revolt of Kitchin,' the majority leader, against tho pre paredness program..' VICE PRESIDENT NOT BE PRESENT Washington, Dec. 4.-Thc fight to restrict', the debate, in the senate will not be .urged- in tho opening 'day .of congress, democrats In conference" agreed. It wllj he postponed ; until later" in .the vjre?k. " ,ln view r.f this decision -, Majority l^e?der Kern tole^ graphed jVice President. Marshall, at Indianapolis it will ;not be necessary tor him tb.be pre'?enjt ow the opening day. MnrebalL wis?ed tp delay, com ing hore on account o. tba illness of his wife., Tho renato will be called to order by the. secretary. The first ^business will toe-the election of Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, a3 pr?sid?e: pro tempore. What fOrm tho rules ?ight will t?k?? late in tlie week is not Sotoriuin?d BO tho democratic caucus is still de bating clo*un? 'question. President Pro Tempore of Senate \Yul Support. Administra tion's New Bill. , Washington, Dec. 4. -Senator.; ; ClarUO of Arkansas, the, leading, otf-. ponent . last session of ?*h? defeated sn*p-bill,' which attitude*causey'(.. a, fight Ja ;tli?cdemocratic cauoue again st hi?> re-reloction as president prc- tem pore, declared >dr?5ght that he wouVfr favor... tho; aam?nlstvaUon'B ^iew .-ei?iip^; ping pie?sere. * Senator Qlitkvs- former' oppcsltlos is said lo he becabjieottticVgnvom inent .ownership feature i Tho n?w bill contemplates a naval au3illary merchant :marln?, providing -for .goy eransent pwhersblp of ?tock only ;wheh privat* capital ls; .lacking., .-.< Voa Mackensen ??uri. .'Pvitregr?d, -.Dec. "4-r-Fibl? ;.Marshal voii M?>,ckclis<yh waa slightly, wounded by a Sisr^uW bullet duririg ths! recent Op'?ratl0ojf,-i-*"?y?v ?-^So'Jen dispatch io thc.a?oy?fr.Vremyii.. ian Sura gu P?tition From 2 Kim's tout. Moria Kingberg, and Frances hugcNpetltlon io be presented tb' con gress In favor ot tho passage of the Susan H. Anthony amendment to tho iNDIGAHK Engegemenfc ?s Looked for Be tween Corr?r?z? and V?la Forces m Sonora. ' . ? ' '" ? ?-??^<- ?- I I Douglas, Ariz.,.Dec. 4.--Indications .point to a general battle betweeu tho'.] 'Carranza and-Villa forcea in Sonora,? and it is believed tho battle front 0 [^.rouli extend twelve miles along the I * Nacbzari railroad. Tho railway is ! t ? guarded by Carranza troops, ordered J ! to prevent the forces or.tho Villa commander, Rodriguez! ? from moving eastward toward Chihuahua.; Tho .'Villa forces arc reporte! - advancing from bVe: . vicinity .of Hacienda Na .b?bl. United States army men in re gard to tho.Villa forces bald the lbrge Lest .'.numbers were rendered , ns total ing between four and five thousand. ' lt . is said they aro disorganized ns i result of the recent rcvereo, (heir, j supply of ammunition is ahoit and-!^ j they are net believed to have any ar- { tlllcry. Tho Carranca . forces are ;. { ?.said-tb haye twelve pieces of artillery, j I -numerous . machine guns, plenty- ' ot j ammunition/ a good-s-app'y of food ll and water, , and it is claimed, l>;at the j I j Carranza force'a morale is high as a . ' result bf continued successes. j. '?' ?'. ' Carranga on Tour. El ?asb, Doc. 4,-Oeneral Car ranza will visit all sections of Mexico before ho - re* ur.m to Mexico. City . to j ir?/awiperm^ nent headquarters accord TU.?".;" Mexican consul Andres G ; Gaie?a hero today from Matemo'ras. where he conferred1 with ?be flrBt chief. . ?RS SPEGI?L TERM Cbttinibbi Dec. 4r-*-0over?or 'Man* jnf?g tonight ordered aL special term Vcf -the ?ichons court,"to boffin. De cember127, to .try. Pete'Hamilton, ? heijo held at -tba state' penitentiary on tho .charge'of attempted criminal j assault ih -JEaeicy several .-dnysvogo. j The court will continue for one j week if sw much tim? h? necessary, : I Anc^ier ?xl>osIHoii AHrtfexi ?edy. i . San- Diego,- Dee. 4.-lt -'was oin > clajly announced that ; ihn ; .P^nonia? ; California expositionV which?r -opeas ' hore JftJi?a'rr first,';-'\wlR' continue through 1 Si G ; It will W caRert tho PanAbta-^alifornln iht*vnatin??l : .;4ex : position; i: ..- ,. \>V-'r 7 l + ^v^l^/KK) VW Hfl?jl ? Ottawa. Ont.'. Dec. i. -R,w->V ; * ..liv; ?Brand, financial''agent-, o?s L#;;.;W?ydi George, British. minis- * w , of munitions^ told, Cana- ? ?r:. dishs today that half . of ?S> .5? population of Karand was- * ? engaged in- producing .munlf>; *, timss at A cost to Great ?rl-, ? ?fr- tain' of a, ?1,000,0^3-per hour. d' Tho speaker sald,!that nat?onal : ? 14*,?.e?b>?iKay. would wtu the" war.'. * ] t San Francisco. JoMiffe. ionstitutiou. Tho photograph was akon In New York Just bcioro tho I lUto left on ?he last lap of thc ourney. FQHD PEACE TOURISTS SAILED YESTEBDAY! ship Was Delayed"By the Late! Arrival of Some Party Members. Now York, Dec. 4. -Delayed an tour and fifteen minutes by the late irrival of fifteen members of the par y, Henry Ford with moro than olgh y peaco advocates amt fifty-eeven oportera and magazine writers sail ;A tor Christiana, Norway, on tho iteamer Oscar ll this af temoin. Mr. Bryan spent somotlme. on tho fcip bidding the party "God speed" md Tliomas A. Edison wont.aboard to tay farewells, air'. Bryan declared hat - there was somo chanco of the nissipn succeeding. ' At sailing tim? crowds gathered at he.3ocl< and sang patriotic songs nnd 'iivc .'.'ord and ovation. Several per sons ; %vhb inf j?rrl tho ship will sall m tba Frederick. VIII for the'Barne iort Wednesday. Soldiers, Teamsters, Sanitary Of ficers AU Trained to Use Rapid Firers. Petrograd, Dec. 4.-The Connan irmy has become on? great machine run battery, according to Russian Colonel Clorget, ; in. a published nr inle diecusslng equipment dovelop nentu during Ibo war. Every common soldier, oven team ;ters anil sanitary 'officers, aro being aught'to ? UGO rapid firers and tho 3 erin an forc?s, are introducing auto? natte rifles. Ho,says that, this de re??pmeht ?B duo to the'German dis ike for. bayonet .attacks: ,. Colonel Clerget'.-declares' that tho j Vus trian troops aro vastly, botter than it ' the beginning of tho war, . now ! Quailing tho' Germana. . HT CIIIE8 SEEK? BIG CURVE Wa?hingtoitV Dec. 4 .--^Tho viam jaign of <v vsiiouo cities to v cap are- tho democratic and republican iat ional conventions wan given added mpetiis with tho arrival of tho van guard delegations from Chicago; fit: [xml?, Dallas and Sah'Francisco; The lempcratlc national commiue? meets jere h?x? Tuesday,- t?o'.-.7. republican V week later. Ballas an(? San fran sisco:, -want' the... <Semocrui.ic convon ?5onvv ;.Th?v :fornier has a hundred .housaud ..to. oifAfv St. ; M?TJIS and Chicago .-oacu want ?>.th au a have funds of two hundr noasand. ,. : ' 1.. NO ATTENDANTS OF BRIDE AND GROOM AT CERE MONY TIME SET FOR DECEMBER 18 No Formal Invitations Issued to Marriage of. President and Mrs. Galt. Washington, Dec. 4.-President Wilson will hnve no best mon and Mrs. Norman Galt will not formally select a maid of honor at HJO wedding December 18th, which will bo marked with unusual simplicity, according to au announcement here tonight. Ofllclal Washington was surprised when it learned that no forma! invi tations would, bo issued and mombom only of the two familios would bo present. It hud heen expected, at least, that A few of \i\e president's friends would bo invited. | The wedding will be celebrated in tho drawing room Of Mr?, dalt's homo, whoro a temperory altar will bo erected. No largo reception will fol low, but ofllclal Washington will have an opportunity to extend personal con gratulations at.tho P?n-Amerlcan ro-' eeptibri,?h?Tfir?t of the White Hoare social i session January 7 th. Honeymoon -plans are secret, but will partly be spent on the presiden tial yacUt Mayflower, ONLY FAMILIES TO ?E PR?SENT Whshtngton, Dec. 4 .-^President Wilson and Mrs. Norman Galt will be married . on Saturday, December 18, at Mrs. Gall's home here;'it wa' for mally announced at the White House. It was also announced tho only guests will be ?Mrs. Gait's mother, brothers and sisters, .- tho president's brother and bister, his daughter and members of . his immediate'household. No i :i villa ions. There was no announcement bf hon eymoon plans. - lt is expected tho president and his-.bli da will leave soon after tlie ceremony for some where in the.souttu I -.Although no announcement-of tho bour'of the ceremouy it wno under stood it will bo lato in tho afternoon. Fiji stives of Mrs. Q&lf; said 6 o'clock. Revcrond Sylveater ii each, tho pres ident's pastor at -T^ineeton and Rev. Herbert S?odd .'-"mlth, of Airs. Gait's church here, are expected t,o officiate. Tho president wrote thc formal an? noiincomont himself* and immediately I afterwards visited Mrs. Galt. Doth agreed tho .details would bo simple, aa possible. It was intimated to dip lomats who made.. inquiries at tho state dopartmOpf.. vo display Is desir ed. Despite that, lt is expected many oulcials and admirers of tho presldont -^111 send gifts. ' Legation Sends Report From A th-1 uns-Altnc?c?it* By Austrian or 1 , German Submarine. ' Washington. Doc.. 4.-rTho Ameri can : legation at Athena report?? that ?A S, Ol Si call i was! received there .to^ay ^rem ab. unnamed. Am^can, Ship; ' sayleS that she wa.? being .at tached by an;Austrian or German sub" marino south pt: Crete. . v ^Apprehension Is felt here/ftrst for sae ?-safety.. Of the ^ American . collier 'Caesar/ which '. sailed yesterday from 3?Q&lj??d for.Alexandrini Tho navy department enid tonight, that the cruiser Dc?. Moines .. was ? probably iH?5rj)r? ? the point indicated, than the Cat* ir. * ; ?JuciAls r?gftrd It aa'Impossible that, anv American warship WM'-sftt^W,; believing lt likely that it la a:'G??& owned vessel of American jTbgist-Try. plying, tho Mediterraneans If bal? ls the (ca>e it Wlti: barely present ?n in terna? tonal incldont nnlesB Americana were aboard. >'.' FORCED AT RASIA TURKISH ARMY NOW OUT NUMBERS BRITISH FOUR TO ONE ________ PRESENT STATUS ?N MESOPOTAMIA No Confirmation of fVSi'seovitea Entering Romania to Reach Balkan Fight. 1 London, Dec. .4.-After Craving ad vanced to the environs of Bagdad, tho British forces under General Town send have boen forced ra tho arrival of Turkish rein forcements, to retreat to E?t-el-Amura, eighty miles . .>uth. according to British,' German and Turkish advices, agreeing on Impor tant points ot the present status of the Mesopotamian campaign. The Turkish forcea aro now said to outnumber tho British four to one. Thc English position is now the same as In September. . < Although thoro has been no confir mation that Russians wero moving ,'* across F.mmanla, that country is cre dited RB hoing on. tho verge of enter ing ?'JO war with tho allies, or at least allowing the passage of tho Muscovites. A Rumanian order cominan dearing ships In h?r ports ls regarded as proof hy somo that sbo would abandon neu trality, but tho British press 1B skep tical. There has been no military events of importance in the Balkans .since tho fall of Moniatlr. Scattered Sor ban bands aro still resisting tho Ger mans on* tiho Montenegrin frontier, and tho Gormans report tho captuto.'of ?' 2,000 prisoner?. Tho Turks report that tho. recent bombardment of Dardanelles positions by tho allied warshlp^jwae unsucccs fu1. . . " " ? ' Heavy fighting continues between tho Austrians and Italians in the Gorlzla district. '?',.< RUSSIAN MOVE UND?VI^ London, DecV 4.--Tho much ru mored Fresian dlvortilon against tho Bulgarians has not materialized, In tact no Russian oUtoial statement ". waa Issued last night. However tills glvos riso to hopes in London that it Is being withheld la order to chron icle a new phase of thp^Balkan cam paign, lleporta reached hero from Bucharest, that throe Bulgarian dlvl- . slons crossed Hungary cn ronlo to the Italian western front, lt true this , seems to indicate that Bulgaria does not fear an Russian invasion. Reports :, of such aefriftof Bulgarian forces are as vague aa tho report that Teu tonic troops havo been ru'sv??l .east- . ward to face tho Russiaii*.^ '. Dispatches from several.sources ss* sert that . both tho northern and southern Sontrlan armies, are safely established In Albania, while tho. Serb forces <who evidently formed a part of thc? defenders of Monlstlr hava reached tho French camp at Gievgell. ,V i...-"-.;V.i-;r An optimistic feeling over .tbs near eastern situation seems growlux. hero. Thore. ls. little to Justify lt outward ly, however, except oil tlie theory that ;?; tho FAisslan alack on Bulgaria will quickly dovelop-while tils entente ne gotiations with Groeco seems to\ be progressing ' favorably. Gorman nouroo? report that Greece has grant ed ?ll UP . control of railroads in Macedonia together With certain Aegean 'sea ports. ;? . Steamers 8jink. London, Dec. 4/-^Tho BrUM? steam* : ..rs (Middleton and Clan Macleod were vunk In the Mediterranean by s?b t?arlnes.v Four men D? .tho,.Middle ton wero killed ..and pnbV /wounded, nlne?on landed at Malta, f ire^potainlan On*upnlgn. London, Doc. 4.-Tho british army 'invvi-Mesopotamla.-.fa In: retreat... An ' oOlclal apimuhcement says "Gene*xl Townsend's forces are > retiring to ;t?uifl;Amara. '? ;'<.:-,:'' "Wore RerbH Ta1te_. Berlin, Dee. I.-The capture ot /. over two thousand S?rb??nR ls re ported In a war ofllce statement; ,-. ?. ~ ?> .. . : v + DR. Sl'B A BERRY DEAD * * ? . :?/ --- ? : ????M * ? . Decatur, Ga., Dec. 4.-Dr. -. ?>. B. M. Sprayhervy, aged sixty* * ? eight;, recently1 indicted oh a ? + murder Charge ot polBonlng s * * wealthy. .;ToiativoV-'>?iv*?.-:-* ? Sprayberry ; and wife.. ..and .* 4v Whose, tils 1.. was .to bogia; jn?dtt ' ? ? *Jv week, died here today. < ; :. ? * . . ; . *