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VOLUME IL Herr? ANDERSON, S.' C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 19IS. -? j' I'll il M III. "I .,.,??,."?? ' - " '_' ' - '..?_ NUMBER 295. SHARES GENTE IST THE LONDON PAPERS SAY ?T HAS "SH??F 4 TOME" RUSSIAN SUCCESS IS NOT CONFIRMED Critics Believe Muscovite Effort Prelude to Another Attempt on Constantinople. London,- Dec. 22'.-The second American soto to Austria; described in the London newspapers OB' ot "Bharp tone," scared tho center of interest with tho reports of the ttus stan capture of Varna, Bulagrla's chief Black Sea port. WTjlle tho 1 nows of H us s tan success is not offi cially confirmed, critics believe ll-a prcludo to a new effort for Constan tinople, less than ino miles distant. Tho heaviest fighting on any front appears tb be underway in tho Vosges mountains at Hartmann-Wcllerkolpf. Tho French, captured ab important) .position and 1,300 men thero Tues day, but tho Germans claim they havo regained some of tho ground. Cessation of . fighting scorns to be complete along the 6astem front. The Austrians report that, the Italian attack on tho Tolralno bridgehead was repulsed. Word is lacking on tire progress bf j ormy of Field Marshal'yon der G?lte; said'-to "bo preparing for a march on Suez end Egypt, Quiet prevails, ap parently, Irr theDardan elles and Meso potamia. : . Wtthout division the British' parlia ment;, ^today>otcd^.^^^ increase tho strength bf tho. Bri tish army to 4, bankers . appealed^ to tho nation . to uni to in fio task elf 'rhopt us the war's reepSmBlbilWes. ; Peace debates in tho reichBtag are j naid to havo caused a hopeless split in tho socialist party. COMMONS VOTED ARMY INCREASE London, Dee. 22.-The British house of commons voted; another million men, bringing the! paper strength :tpvf?4*r millions ; With, tho increaeo " Lieutenant-General Robert-, son, chief bf the general staff, has been recalled from France to ..J*v "?ne chief of th? imperial staff, replacing Lieutenant-General Murrah whov will receive" an important Com'jiftnd, These chang?s" 'a??: Xaketi tb n toan a closer co-operation of the -allies ia the west i ' Tho'Teutonic powers are represent ed aa taking full; bdvantago of the .moral effect "prb'duce4 by-tile with drawal of. tho British forces' "from the Gallipoli and to bo. attem&tl'ng again tb swing Greece arid Rumania to their Bide. if tho; news bf the bombardment of V?ma is correct. Russia ii flo&ing. nb tim? in an attempt to forestall these, efforts. From, several sources, unoffi cial London has hoard of ito bombard ment of tfie Bulgarian ports. Various, dispatches shite. that F?ii3tan\ j war ahlpn aro accompanied bjrj a' fleet of transports. -f^^S?^?^' Morning papers declare r enough troops were landed.to.hpla'the town. Although tho. GreOlo- eiMtlonBi haye given a large najoiity to.Counarls, li ls hot believed here tile chango will travo much ;effect on th?;,'attitude of 'Greece. '.' '.' ' ^ - Along ' tho western front, the Brit ish official stetomeat r&p?rb, tho Gor-. inari3 suffered ?:'eaviy: tosa^. while es P-?j?.I?tg tl?clr ?o?o?iT?? arr ?vC?npt io occupy erct^?s which the mines had opened along tho XrOht heir Armobtic-; 'ires. Bad -weather ftamp?r? the French but a cori?ldterubm: portion of tim Ger man wqrka on Ibo : H?ruian-Weller kopf -hayif? b??n parried. Russians are reported o have oc cupied Koo, Vttd.leating.thii" aro-mak-. ' in? auimportant advao* e into flit rers?an interior. ?k>mAne j&take Vt ?Htau. .?or??, ':0*VsM?~V*&- ot?tP*. Ger man position on tho sur uni*. of the; lI?rtm>^-^eH?it?pi in t ibV Vosg?a, was -captured, yesterday fc? th?iiFronch ;< but (lias beenrretak?n by * rie-Gonnaa^v ?.sa^ , ? Vf" 'M-l .. -,, t^?cit^d.-^ Dei?. .'.<..? ?.'A-Thb "health department T^^r?i^m-:?^. ? Invos^jraUoh of tho'* niidemlc ?'? * of iri?iuo?vts,.. ?h v tb! ' pp>ite: * .?-.-'.'eohoois. . ?^i?Hl^ ih^??id..\.*? . jfr ;cliHgr?V "^$fa CONDITIONS (Ir? SHARP CON TR?ST TO GLOOM "LAST Y?iArC BONUS GIVEN tO EMPLOYES Afc Forms of Celebration In dulled in Past Years to Be Resumed. New York, Doc. 22.-As a result of general nrosporiay anti brisk business"| in war shares, the financial district] at Christinas presents a sharp con trast to the gloom ot last year. Wall Btreet. institutions and banks I have already distributed gifts or bonus to employees, an" many have' adopted "profit - sharing plana," averaging from ten to as high as fifty ?per cent of the annual salaries of employes. All former forms'of cele bration indulged in. by tho various exdhangea will be renewed this year. Tho extent of Wall street prosperity la shown in sales this year of 173,000, 000 shares against 47,000,000' last ? year. . , ' M HD SUD |T0BE|ipUH *J;?un of Evidence Proving Steamship .Mae. Agent of German Government New York, Dec. 22.-f-Federal offi cials,,/.investigating the alleged plot of Paul Koenig, Hamburg-American lino detective, to blow np the Welland and canal, declared, that the arrest today of Edmund Justice,- ah empl?ys nf Koenig's, supplied tf?e missing link in the chain of evidence proving ?Utial tho steamship company, was the fi nancial agent of the German gove~u-[ mont in variou8j?lc 'o. Ju at ice gave a bond of $30,000 mak ing a total of bonds supplied, by the Hamburg-American company $400, 000. Indictments in tho Welland canal case' Sro expected tomorrow. . Mayport, F?a^, Deo. 22.-A schodht er, believed td be the Mark Pendle ton, f?t. .Michael, Azores; to. Mayport, oh. whletfi Thomas Broivn of Florida, is sahl to have been murdered while tho vessel was ,.m route from. Norfolk to thb ; Azores, is reported .off . the bai' tonight. Thb United States marshal j ha? : arranged' for the quarantine oin - cer to arrest the-crew; >*' Washington, Doc. 22.-A war t?c partment statement issued; . tonight eaye'that no prediction could be icade aa ?lb -when 'a. stable channel i w o aid.l?.'?peheo in ine Panama canal. T?fe 'staj?ment'vwia prepared .from. re cetit'-'inV?tni?tion ' from. Colonel 'Gee-1 4?j^a.4and. ;dflc?ared; t?mtike. : recant J p?esag? -throtfglT th'O-? canal by ves sels of light draft- -h?ld-upi; when, the slides ?oieenrced, did n ot mean . that tho. channel was r?asdy for general traffic and a ru?V of ships to Panama wouldalean, delay in .shipments. / JTot oh Peac? Htefllon. Ilot' Springe,'-V??>cc.. 22.-Presi onen t.Wil?o^ ?aid tod?y '.tfoai ISuropoan trip bf Colonel ?. M. KOUPO- waa nn ?ounccd in" Kaw Vork last night, was lnKno.'wa^:.c^hc6ct^.: with tho' poace i moveWQut and was > entire!? for the purposes Hou ?e ??ttied in his state ment last night. . Colonel Houid said the mission waa to cawy certain Jvtf?noatlon person* ,ollyi to AH?'jfioM? ;. ambassador^., ro gnr/dlhg certain $h*$$9-.-. ot-- tho . tater' national situation. Serb's'Tr^ary td. Paris.; 1 M&rseliiVs,'T??c; 22.frEighti(ch mil lion ;Ki^ca-.^ii?8^??o^:;-! tfr vScrulan traa?i?ry ?rri^ed.^e^e on . ?Jie way to , Baric; ' The money: will^ b? deposited' la* ti?? Franco-Serbian bank. Two Held I' ?Pl Paul Koenig,'a Gorman, and chief ot detectives of tho -great Hamburg American line, and R. E. Leyandeck er, another German, have been "ar rested In New York city on the charge cf ploding to blow up the Welland canal- in;. Chunda. The canal is of msmm London, Dec, 22.- A. Vienna lele Brttt? xbrWarded: by tho Reuter's cor* Bsjjon'4?h'; says the Nene Frei Press? ino?uces the, delivery of the '.s?cbnd n'?r?c?tt v ote to the Au gtrlas for jn nilnistry. '~W ITho text bf the bot?iWhicCTJ Ambas sador: Penfield was instructed ?to de liver to the A"ustro-Hungary minister af foreign-affairs- reads bs follows: .Department of.. Stdio.' . Washington,- Dec. XO, i?ir.. Tba government 'of.', tho" . l^itcdl States has received, note of your ex cellency relative" to the sinking of tho Ancona/.which was dellv?rcd at Vien na on December 15, 1915, and tr?ns-i mltted-tb Washington, and C?B.gty?p. the note Immediate' and careful coi? sideratlbn. ' On November IS, 1915, vBarou Zwicdlnok, tho chc>rge d'affaires?f the! imperial an? royal government at Washington, transmitted to tho do pavmieut of state a report ofc tho Aus trorH?ugirlan admiralty, with regard tb tho blnirlng ot tho steamsT-iip "Aflf cona, iii. which it- w~as admitted - -.tha t the vessel was :torpe?o?d- after 'nor' N?W York, Dec. 22.-Dr. I*eo Bop.- j drik Baekeian'd., Chatrman bi the, food and - sanitation committee, told mem bers ot; the naval advisory :.board at", a meeting here that the United States ! WOuld-bO.whipped in a year ju caco of war ."unless : the navy..could- protect the aaltootro mines in. Chito <>r . tJi? g?vernni?at ' established ' a- plant : tb produce nitrogen for explosives from the. air, ?aitpotre ls tho only chemtr col, he said, not easily produced . in, lhe;.-??l$a Statesv to ?l?w Up Well? Ti* If^ittifl: Conni. great importanco to tho commerce of tho dominion, <?i? werp;lt crippled much Injury would ho dope to Cann '; di a ti business. .Pederick Sch?elndl, a clerk In the National City bank of New York, the largest bank in tile United States if not : In\ tlie worW \YOS arrested. aboat inglnea Jmu - been- el'oppcd and when p?sseng?ra were still oh. board:. 'This admission alone ls, in Vite view of the' gpyernnient-. of tho' .United. States, ancient to- fix upon i':?a commander pT tho submarino, which- fired the torpedo ' the; jreapohs'ibility for: havlug wilfully violated'-.tho' Vcc?gnieed law ot nations and en'Jirely disregarded those humane principles which ?very ?beHlg?r-?ht. Should observe, in the con duct of war at sr.a. in. view of t- tesc admitted. oircunis'ianc?? : the ; govern ment yof:the United' States Steels 'justi fied: in-holdmg that tk^ of thc rinkMg ?f.t?p Ancona, th? weight and character ofthe' additional tebtlmdny corroborating. . the admiralty's report ani th's .number of Americans killoe or injured aro in no wdy/es3edtla} matters,'ondiscussich. Tie culpaYdity of tim conim?nder IB in any .cano '.es* tabllshed, and' tho undisputed fact ic tluit ^citizens of the United Stn tea we're j ?'.Hied, injured or put in jeopardy-by this lawless act. . - Th G rulen of international law-?nd ; th? ^>rincipl?B'o? humanity which: were l.?h?s wilfully violated by '-tho com 81018 FROH fS?LIOj . ,..1.1111. .!>?>. II ?Saja A??n^^ is .D-sejfe^is?y Weak and Will Oppose it. ' .'Now . York. Dec. 22.-Declaring ^t'vthd a^?hibistration's prepared ; ness policy:was dangerously ;weak and that he wished to ho frie?. to ?Dpose it; ' Henry A, ' Wise Wood, r?pieeen? - taUyo ot ' tho American Society OL Aeronautic Engineers,, resigned aa it nmher -af the naval consulting board cently appolntedi . by. Secretary Amble!3. ;:" - After o'iHining tho manner .tn'- w?t?e.b the original plan of the g?nerai.naval board . ww^v'weakoned**- hy th? .adm lu stration; S?rj fWo?d.eald that the pres encolan ottered, neither strength to reetet fioatsiof ih?.for?mofit WTOri or prevent tho landing;Of armies of such nations.;, '..:.' Negro SehoeVilnVae*. ??-ler?nce, S.- O.i Dec/;22.-The Wil son schoolhere, ?^<> lii?titulion ??r Btgweft 't^3 " dffltwyfi ; Ijy ? tiro lato yesterday^ Over A th-ousand pupils wor??I'n:.the' bulldli? 'bdt-^.^peoV Tbe?ftro wo?'doe to e. d?ie?iiv?- flae Tho Homagevia. given, a?; twenty thous md Canal tho .samo time. He was charged wlth | having stolon official telegratas and I lottery'from the bank about the ship ment'of arma to the. allies, and witto having delivered, these to Koonlg an J i Leyendecher. He was noVaccused in I connection with tho plot to destroy f thovcanal; * ,:, / , ?n?md?r of tbs submarine havs beea eo long and BO universally recognized and are BO manifest from tho atan d' p?lnt of right and Justice that tho gov ernment of the United Slates doea I not feel cnlled- upon to debato them j aad doe? not understand that, thc imperial a.id royal government ques tions or disputes them.' . ;ThO ; government of the United | States 'tfc/erefore finds np other course open to it but co hold the imperial! a?d- royal- govcrrnment / re?pnbsibic j for'the act ot its naval commander ar.3 to renow. tho definite but respect-? ful demands made iq its communion- ' lion of tho. Otb of December. 1015. It sincerely, hopes that' the foregoing statement of-its.position will ynabla tito imperial and royal government to perceive th?.Jc3ttco of those demands and to comply with tftem. Ja. tho same spirit o}f frankness and with tho same concern for tho good.- relations now existing between tho. ' United ?t?heS ' and:, Austria-Hungary . which prompted tho, .government of the Uni ted state to in abo them. K. '. Lansing;:.--'! Pittsburgh, Dec. 22.-Forty; obo thb'usand school children*." had,';'de? porlta of more than f160.000 hV * tho Pittsburgh Bank for - Savings which cloned today.. Bank collectors, by arrangements ; who tho board of edu cation,, weekly visited a hundred schools f?r. pennies, Officials Said to 3ay that a atty 'per cent dividend ?v'ould be paid deposited shortly. Transferred to Saloniki. Berlin, Dec. 22.-(WIrolcss to Say- ; ?lilb- )-The Cologne Oaxctte reports j that th? British troops s talion e-?. on tho Islands In tho ;oastorn MeAiyer ra'aiean bavo been Withdrawn .end sent to Saloniki. , . . ;.;?.:?;;v.-;"..'. fr. SERBIA* PlWKCEiVlHtl^D * * :.' - : * * .^Naw York, Doc. 22;.~Her- * * ; man Me-rchowitch, son of fr ' ; Prince ?c?i5x' of. Serbia, abd * * second cousin* of King Peter, ? b^e been employed for 4? fr?tye^'&8 a porter m a farrier's fr catabllshment hete, di?a.today * * Irtan a fractured. ?kulV ;r*-' * fr celved- yeetoT^Vy tn a.street ? fr" -.fight ?'..^^lth".i:-.t^..'. Austrians-;\' fr father and. sou/.- O PEAC BEEN SIGNE EUI FEDERAL LEAGUE AND OR GANIZED BALL ENDS DISASTROUS WAR LEAGUE CLUBS CHANGE HANDS Chicago and St. Louis Federals j Gain Control of National ? and Americans. Cincinnati, Dec. 22.-Tho two ma jor league's clubs changed hands and all federal playors wore reinstated as 'he result ot the peace treaty fonri li'^r signed tonight between tho Fed eral. league and organized baseball, In which tue Federal league, ' after baseball's most disastrous war, passes out of existence. .By tho terme of agreement CharloB I Weoghmau; president bf tho Chicago!1 Federals, purchased a controlling in terest In tho Chicago Nations from Charles P. Taft. Phil Ball, of the St. Louts Federals, gatos control of the St. -Louis Americans. ??.The federal players reinstated, ox-] copt In t)>> two case3 above, doubt less will <& sold'to tho highest bid ders. Chicago and St. Louis willi hare to pick federal, playo m in these cities. Thore 1B a rumor that Benny f Kau ff, federal j star batter, becomes Giant. Tho word ' federal interests In Brooklyn wUl be reimbursed $100 000. Baltimore, Dec. '?'?.- It was learned) hore tonight that tho DalUmoro Ped reral league club o??ciala will $ry. te ;M0ck,"th^ tho Fcdorols and organized baseball by requesting'that the antitrust suit be-, fore Judge Landis bb not dissolved; fiRES||JD01 }ft?& Commander at Juarez Ac cepted Carranza Commis sion ls Report. Washington, ' Doc; 22.-Althn%o tho whereabouts of Villa aro Billi in; doubt, officials hero seemed satisfied with tho report from El Paso that General Oshoa, Villa commander nt Juarez, agreed to surrender . Ms men and acepted n Carranza com?ais fil?n. General Trevino, Oarranza leader in thc- suite, of Chihuahua, according to Laredo reports, defeated the remain ing' Villa troops in a battle south of Chihuahua ; . Hy, killing br capturing 900. In Chihuahua it la believed that Villa ls: folding: in the mountains with a small band. . Atlanta, Dec ; 21. . -The "tired shop girl"-who was supposed to be relieved by the usual "abop oarly'.' campaign in AtLaJa, Ss. haying as hard a;timo, this week ns. she has ever Wed In - tho past. ;Tho volumo of Christmas shop ping ls onormoua and (ho totat?W^efe U Is-expected, will exceed .not.only last year when times, ware sup'posed to be bad, bufe all former-years, In cluding thoso when , ovorybody was supposed to have plenty of money; Tho stores and streets bro crowded from morning to night, and t??oso who haven't already bought their Christ* in.?B presents, in which class nearly everybody scemo to be, at^ having.al most to: fight their, way to the county Auguste Woniaa Anlcl4es. AUguttft, GaV, Doc; 22i-Mrs. F< lr? Tarborough. wife of tito cM?5&jfl| agent of th* Georgia railroad iajflw] from *.:s?li-lnnicted- bellet WMm??| according to tho1 police. The polif^ ar* holdtog W; E. Splegner, '? ? etr?v>\ ear motortheh. ia " ^?ordaueo wEK d?'-ijstory bf Yarborough,. Accordais to tho police Yarborough;-vattacked Splegner ; when ho unexp?ct?d?y found hjm ftj $3? hsftubai tz.SO this morning) Splegner ran. .Yfc'r?t?r?ug?v pnrsued abd when: bb' rf turned. faM?d hts wife, dead. SURVEYOR OF CUSTCalS ?T NEW ORLEANS RUNS AMUCK KNOX KILLED ifl FORMER Other Man Killed Waa P&vmv Being Sent Out of the City. mm Baton Rouge, Doo. 22.-Robert L; Knox, nurveyor ot customs . af tha port of New Orleans,, walked into the waiting room bf the railroad depot hero'thin afternoon and shot and kill ah Benjamin' Foster, of Hattlesburg, Miss., attorney bud : former business associate and-Alexandro Fra?nklln, ft bystander. Foster, who was buying u lioiet died instantly, white Fraoa^kjta .ncnnnbeel in twenty minutes. Knox, who left tho depot imm.ed\ lately and surrendered to the police; ls- tia'.d to have told tho district at lor'noy tliat 'FoBtor had ruined ' hie life,'' Relatives of Knox'say that ho Seviilbped mental trouble .:. recently and baB boen in' a Washington liant-, t?rtum. Before Knox was made surveyor ho waa. lu a law firm with Foster L?ke Charles.. . FiuehUiih wu* iv pauper being cent by..? charity or ganisation to Donaldsonvllle. . Doctor Barton Quote? Nato to Tarioah Govertwrisnfc ; Rente . ?.?' to Von Reventiow. Boston, pee. 22.-pr.. James L. ' Barton, chairman of the nt?tlonaVe?m- . btitee' for Armenian and Serbian re* ? lief, announced today that tito O?r nan. governmo?ii on . August 9 remoh rtrated wit* Turkey on the ; treatment jf tho Armenians. Tic.. Barton-made opbijo tho text of ifh?o ? German : protest ; in ? answering Jount von RcVentlowi Gorman naval export, Who . tfecentlyt defended tho furks on tho ground of military ex>. )odlency. . Tho German.-nb?? referred JO, TurkLb acts aa'-'-^'{d?ssacrea, atid' mrrorS^^^^^^t- '. Washington, . Deo. 22,-American oreign trade during November to? ailed halt a milton: Records woro . >rokcn for tho mouth ou ' Importe had' ixporrn.according to the commerce de partment abatement. A ttscordb'C fivo . dillons for the past twelve month.i >n ' exports-,--and imports has been . Tito November imports wore $164.- . 10,160 or eleven million mora than he previous record made In lttlS. T/ho xports warb $331,144.537- tho greatest or ono mouvh In tho country's' his- : ory, This exceeded the previous re brd made iii October by o'vor ' two aillions; The imports for twelve m?s??s- ??t - ?ovember 20 warp .?l,739;243t229 gainst >1,353,645,(^7 -tor tfne .pra^.'A obs year. Bxpoits $a,4S7,2&2,r>33 ne and half bli lions1 by er thepveco?-, f. ag ffiarsand nearly abllttoti over two sara' ago. r '- ? v.; v?r;:'; .Fr?ncit^ya Far?wcii/ ?Par?s, v'?Occ.- 20.--Ft?d-?rftisaiVj ir. John Frenoh. liftd fe farnell audi nco with Pre?ld*htFblhc?irb,.vc^v rance th te aftoraoira. Thy meeting ?si?4,'hair^an.ihoor* .-. ?^tfo. ireUriog irjtlsh -conimahdor "was:: ^poat^U hoored by tho ^?Wx^^isi-.]fiA4"' red. - <. - [ ?ABAH VU GOOB rfiRAirf * j K^atv.'vtho : -'sara.v; mm&t?te . *?. rpp?rt that .abb -^?a.;: dying.1: * . ?".ougf?t tbe*tatM?ent M 'good hesite. ''