The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, December 23, 1915, Image 1
VOLUME IL
Herr?
ANDERSON, S.' C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 19IS.
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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. ''