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?Yeenlj, Established 1SC0) Dally, Jault, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1914. rmy show: PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR, rvelous fighting spirit MIGHTY BATTLE Oil OF LODZ CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION MEN TAKING PART IN GREAT STRUGGLE NO CHANGES IN POSITIONS Interest Shifts From Flanders to I Lorraine on the Western Front (By Associated Press.) Germans and Russians are engaged in a mighty battle south of Lodz, in Russian Poland,-and along a line from | Glowno, northeast of Lods, to the Vis tula river. ; The front extends for some 40 or 60 miles and probably close to half a million men are taking part in the desperate- encounters which at - some places .are at tho bayonet's point." Tho Siberian troops are showing tireless aggression, charging batteries and moving swiftly up to hand-to-hand fighting. . Villages - have been burned and the countryside is reported strewn with the bodies of dead and wounded. Losses hive boon great, The new line, .which the Germans are forming, after their. , attempt against tiie Russian center, stretches from Kutno on the north, to Cracow on the south: Hero another series of i operations Is Impending. LONDON, Dec.'^4^Thore have bceni no material changes.Sn the positions of the belligerents on either the mas ter n or western 1 ?oritu'durinb .the last ; 24 hours. Fighting; has continued, but ! it' would sc?m as though on - both 1 fronts the - vast armies have been eh- j gsfto?jjar^^ 'He'r?'f ahft^wS?ie ' heavy^Cannonading ! or infaulry attacks have occurred, all of wh?ch, however, were more in the nature of feol?ru than a Berlous de sign ia tho way of an offensive or for the purpose of an advance. In Poland the Germans, whose dar- i ing stroke to penetrate'the Russian center apparently has failed with heavy losses, according to Petrograd reports, are forming a new line, ex- ! tending roughly from Kutno, in the north, to Cracow, in the south. The right or southern wing of thiB army, which rests, on Cracow, is commanded by General Danki. He is supported on the north by General . HetxepdOrff, whose army Is based on ! CzenBtociio wa. while the new' army Bent rrom. the west Alls the gap betwen this force and General Mackensens army, whlcu after extricating itself from the Rus sian meshes; npw Is in a new posi tion extending from Kutno southward. The eighth East Prussian army pre sumably has taken up the northern part of the line. Thus it will be seen that an entire ly new battle if? about to be fought, for tho Germans are determined at all costs to keep the Russians* out or their territory. The English corres pondent are Confining themselves to. reports of the previous battle, arouna Lods, described as'the most sanguiu ary of the war. - On tho Western front interest b?iiub from Flanders to Lorraine and upper, Alsace. There, has been little flghuug In that part of Relililm' still held by tho Alites and t?e Freeh have teken some old German trenches which: he* given rise to ; a belief that the Ger mans will fall back to new positions. Operations of more set tous. Import are taking place on tho borders of Alsace-Lorraine. In Upper Alsace the Fwch ngipa^fly have mad^ consld erahle progress aud they also are making desperate efforts to sever communications of ; the German force holding St Miblel on the Meuse. , ' BteryVherei - however,,. aie'ge warr ? fare prevMls and for tho most part gains extend hardly more vthan a hundred yards. ,; In the near east similar cond It Ion s prevail and nothing .hah occurred which might he tel med .a ^t(e. - y. Naval warfare so far aa northern .watera aro, concerned-has been post-, poncd by - rosoan\ of the weather, " which! has been severe. Meirib?r@ of Cabinet Returning to Pans (By Asjneltlfid Press.) ^ BORDEAUX, irla jfBssjftV 5eC.T S (8:40 p. m.)?Members of the French cabinet are returning to Paris, where it 1? oxpectod th? iroVernmeht will he reesUbllohea soon. Artlstldo Brland, minister of Juattoa. left for par|aito> ' ?law ''' ItaoK^M *>ilx>* IrCUis J. Ma?T" andGt?ton Doumergue.. minister of finance, tl? in?^^Tjand coloniee. fe* spectlvcl;'. wHl leave tomorrow. M. M, Sesfnat, Guesde and Thomson will r.V.f No date has been- announced' for th? return i f ' President Folneare hut 1 thought ho will leave Bordeaux .carl next weefc. , ^, SEVERE STORM SWEEPS NORFOLK Tidewater Virginia Exp?riences Highest Tide .Since 1888 ' (By Aisoclated Pres*.) NOEtt^OLK. Va., Dec P.?Tidewatef Virginia today experienced what Is said, to have been the severest north cast storm and highest tide since 1888. In this city the wind attained a veloc ity of 42 miles an hour and a number of streets near the water front were inundated. In one street rowboats were used to transport citizens. Shipping and particularly small craft In Hampton Roads and' lower Chesapeake Bay suffered. The pas senger steamer Pennsylvania, of the New York. Philadelphia & Norfolk fleet, collided with the pier at- Old Point Comfort and sustained damage to her bow. However, she was able to continue her voyage to Cape Charles. Cape Henry reported that two uniden tified barges broke away from a tug and one of them went ashore near Lynnhaven Bay. . The beach from Hampton to Buekroe Is reported to bo literally strewn with small boats which'were driven ashore. At Portress Monroe the high seas broke over the sea wall and the plaza In front of the' old part of the fort was Inundated. Borne of the streets of Hampton also are reported here as be ing flooded. I ENDS OWN LIFE BY JUMPING INTO SEA I Passenger on American Steamship Ar a pah ce Jumps Overboard Near Charleston. CHARLESTON, S. C, Dec. 4.? A passenger on the American steamship Arapahoe, registered as F. W. Tifc bett8, of Peabody, Masb., . Jumped into the nea^ and was drowned oir ntomojid Shoals lightship Thursday afternoon. The tragedy was not known heritor, day with tho arrival of the Arapahoe; BeSr ftl^Xmf.f^w s&xr th> man - Ju_ overboard. The alarm ^aa Imm?diat saLSds? and & !i?o preserver whs thrown. in the direction of TibbettB. It tell -short and, according to mem bers of the crew, he made no effort to reach It A life-boat was manned, but Tibbetts. sank before he . could oe reached. Efforts to recover the body were abandoned because of the fog. Papers In ' Tibbetts, stateroom Indicated ne was a member of the Aleepo Temple of the Mystic Shrine in Bloston. PEABODY, Mass., Dec. 4.?Freder ick W. Tibbetts,:who.was reported in dispatches from Charleston S. C. to night? to have Jumped overboard from the steamer Arapahoe, left here Wed nesday. Ho had said he expected to obtain work "at a Florida resort. I Reward is Offered . For Murderers (By Associated Press. ) MI AM A, Fia., ; Dec. 4.? A reward of one thousand dollars was offered today by Mrs. A. A. Boggs for the ar rest' and conviction of persons .'who are supposed to have murdered her husband and daughter November 25 in -th?lr homo near here. The, city of Miami hlito baa' offered a reward of fpGO. The char.ed bodies or I*tr. Boggs and his daughter were found In the ruins of their homo soon after the Are was discovered. Thn coroner's Jury which investigated the cane ad journed Wednesday -after declaring that death had. been due to. unknown I .causes.. [Body of ?0-Year-Old Girl Found in Church (By Associated Press.) -.h SACRAMEN?O, Cal., Dec. P,?The body' of a ten-year-old girl, .who bad been strangled by means of a cord, wa* found in a German Lutheran church here today.. The dead child. .Margaret Millings, was to m?et' half a dozen of ber com panions at the' church to make dresses for Chrlsmias. .She arrived ahead of them.- The Other little' girlr were frightened by Unding a trail of Wood stains which' led them" to Mar garet's body in the basement David Fontaine.-.Janitor"of tho church, was nrrostod. ' - - ' ; . -"?' Accounts of Bank $16,224.93 Short RALEIOH. N. C,, Dec. 5A-Tho counts* of the Bank of Caswell, at ' tc?.'-N C which closed its do November 28, are short $16,224.83, , cording to a statement given out here I today by State Bank Examiner Hub bard. F..Hinea, Jr.. cashier of the bank, ?isappeared I^vember" Sg, leav ing a note stating Iiis *ccnunt? were ebon, it is said, together with a prac ticaily complete list ct the items o\ the shortage,. ,.. ' LIQUOR GREATEST CAUSE OF VICE REPORT OF COMMITTEE IN VESTIGATING VICS PROB LEM IN WISCONSIN FINES SHOULD BE ABOLISHED The Wage Question Has No Ma terial Relation to a Girl's Downfall. (By Associated Pica.) MADISON, WIs., Dec. 6.?Fifteen months study and investigation of the vice problem in Wisconsin by the leg islative anti-vice committee resulted in radical proposals for law enforce ment and better social conditions, summarized in an exhaustive report which was filed with the secretary of state today. The greatest cause of commercial ized vice, the report says, is the use of intoxicating liquor. Contributory causes are public dance halls, road houses, poorly lighted parks and pub lic places, lack of responsibility hy parents, non-enforcement of laws by public officials, lack of. public amuse ments and recreation facilities and automobiles. The committee found that the wage question had no mater ial relation to a girl's downfall. The committee recommends, among other things: That a morals court be established in cities of the first class with exclu sive jurisdiction over all cases involv ing offenses. That a law similar to the Mann act, applicable between cities, villages and towns of the State be enacted. mat a permanent State police de partment be established in this State with power to investigate -immoral practices and that -local, communities leorar in the enforcement of laws. . That the sale o? ??quor be'grohlb?tel i-within, or la connec??n With danco 1 b?tis. - That a liquor license may be auto-' I matlcally revoked upon a plea of gull I ty or conviction. That all hotels, rooming and lodg ing houses be required to secure licen ses; that they keep permanent regis ters of the names of all guests with penalties for using fictitious names. That the publicity of -ownership be established by requiring the names ox owners on the front of all hotels and rooming houses. *>' "' That the ago of consent be ralaea from 14 years in the case of any fe [ male, and 48 years in the case of a fe male of a previous chaste character, to 18 and 21 respectively. That an industrial home for women bp established equipped with hospital facilities for treatment of diseases, women convicted of immoral practices to be committed thereto for treatment and remaining. That ih cities of the first three class es, special classes for subnormal chil dren bo established In the public schools and that where necessary the State furnish free textbooks, meals and clothing to make compulsory edu cation effective. That eoclal neighborhood centers be developed In connection with the school system. -, ffi? That municipalities provide supers vised ' nMoa?mehfesy particularly con - cor ta, moving picture shows, etc. That employers of domestic servants be required to furnish them with a suitable room In which to receive com pany. " *!.' . That , the number of hours of labor for domestic servants be fixed by,law. Ad?quate insurance against poverty. "The man's part in the social evil," I says the committee, "it despicable and mean' " enohgh to merit the ; harshest 'terms : of reproach and disgust- The exploiter of the body and s oui of wo man for monoV gain la worthy to .be i^w^Bst outcast in society. The I for auch, exploitations must > most - severe and must come dhte-certainty upon convie nne system which la unjust ^JWl'ior'iboth^'man-'and'-wb ehould be abolished ; male offend* eri snhuidpVphuurtied for contempt of court when they- follow the common ' of giving ? fictitious name be 3 court and should be given a Sntence .'to a penal - institution, n?tesc?pftbln by tho payment of fines, ?h^.^aflaB-'-!their guilt with the State." . v . j Vessel in Uanger I Off Virginia Beach (By Associated Pw*) NORFOLK, Va,. Dec ? 5.?An ' uta i Charlea V^^'-^J^j? W ger of stranding oft Virginia Beach. She waa sighted by life savers late to night aud appears to be aboot^PW y '- ofl shorfi >j; Iilfe- savers' from Virginia Cape Henry and the Dam Neck r. are standing by. The veseel is 'red signals of distress. NEW REVOLI MOVEMENT !N ?0 VILLA AND CARJRANZA GOV-1 ER?MENfs DENOUNCED IN PROCLAMATION CLAIM SUf^ORT IN ALL SECTIONS! -"... Movement Denounced by VUla and Corrcaiza Followers as a (By Associated Pies*) . , EL PABO, Texas, Dec/ ?.~A now revolutionary . movement', Has been started In Mexico,,according ;to copies of a proclamation 'receivedi hero today and signed by Jose. Inez ;Salsazar and Emillo P. Campa, former, federal gen erals. ' : , ' ' The two .generals^ were.reported at the head ot the troops in central Chi huahua and about, to attack Casas Grandes, ? strategic point'southwest of Juarez and w?r<t. of Chihuahua City. V , The proclamation denounced both the Car ran za and thu. Villa govern ments. It said;a convention form of government would bV established by the UftWvp.ar^y. Support in all parta of Mexico was claimed. Tho document was dated atVado do Piedra, .Chihua hua, November, 2D. This v/as a few days after General Sala'azar escaped from Jail at //buouerque, N- M., where he was held oh,n perjury charge. Both SaSazar and Campa were chiefs under Huerta. togetherrwith General Pascuall.'Or?hEco/ who' IB5 reported. in New York conferr~h3g>w|th agents of the former Huerta "government, aud it is asserted,' attempting- topurchase war munitions. . The now movement ip denounced by both Vilhvohd Catran*? followew as a rea^Ion?ry.att?mpt , The .Villa cotnmander,. at, Casf,? Grandes appealed today7for *" to .*?iQtQrw h\& ehrri was-said Salaz^r \v;a3 j ?ro Mexico ha-*^bee?i depleted, kreativ by . the ?aC?bm^v os; the convention troops Into. Mexico City, on I y small garrisons .remaining. ! Carranza agents assert that Obregon and Gonzales troops ?ro bJ.out to be gin an aggresnlvc movement along each coast and along the border; QT?Tf nui- u.iniL CONVENES IN CITADEL j SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH CHARLESTON/ TUESD Y ! DELEGATES FROM EVERY COUNTY! Provision Has Been Made Fori Entertainment of More Than 350 Delegates. Bpedftl U. Tha Intdhtenew. CHARLESTON, Dec. G.?Tho Bap tist Stato Convention vi 11 meet in tho Citadol Square Baptist church In this city Tuesday ni^mlng at 10 o'clock. There wUl be about < flw> H.io^tcs from every county in the State. The Baptist convention represent tho largest denomination In the State, having nearly ?50.00Q members. No other denomination in-the State has eVon . two-thirds as many communi cants. The? Baptists not only form a large and Influential portion of the citizen ship of tho State, but In their educa tional and- benevolent institutions maintain .a work second to none. In missionary work, tho Baptists of South Carolina lead all others in their labors within the State; The State mission board employs more than 100 mos and 40 women, who labor where;there are no Baptist churches or very weak* ones, and lu the cotton \ (Continued on Pago Eight) General J.W.Gray Dies m Greenvill?l OREKNVILLE, & C^'l |eral, J. W./ Gray died he Dec. 5.?(j^n her e today. Me. Itmr ^m' ??- iho ixiobl prominent men ' in So uth Carolina polities in recon st'ruction days Ho was one of the r^i?ai?lng members .of the famous teUace House.", which InJ876 wi?V sw from the State capitoX and held ikms on Carolina HJ11. at: Colum nptll President Hayes recognized the late Colonel -Wade Hampton as |4j?virnory'-.t:;v- [ . .:. '. 1 CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT-1 ING TO BRIBE GOVERN MENT OFFICIALS BLACKMAIL SAYS COL. ALEXANDER I Offered to Divide if Officials Would Assist in Extorting $S0, 000 From Millionaire. vvjituui^ti, MvUU via. iuu iwua< ion 'of tho department of ; justice'; Lucien C; Wb?ej?rj on agent ting und?i1' Clabaugh manifested (By Associated Pres*.) CHICAGO, Dec. 5.?Miss Jessie. E. Cope, accuser of Colonel Charles Alexander, a Providence R.; I., mil lionaire, under, the white elnvo act, was arreeted hero today charged with attempting to bribe government offi cials ih Chicago to aid her to black ! malt Alexander out of $50,000. Alex ander, 65 years old, end. married, - wan arrested-at -Providence yesterday-. , The public ha^lt* first view of the I woman when sho was arraigned be-| I fore United States Commissioner Ma con, who held her on tho bribery I charge, and alio> as a witness against Alexander. . She" is 32 years old and '.was descrlbedi by one of tho govern ment agents who resisted the alleged bribe .offer as a "brilliant ' brunette beauty." She is of medium height and-- handB?mcly gowned. ^District Attorney Cbaties P; Clyne^ Michael" L.: ftoel his "first assistant; Hinton G. Clabauib, head of tho local division - '" -' JEU-^^.i- ?, and working s' udied .reluctance to accept. theVi w'An' Miss Ctoj^'flrst brought before I them her accusation against Alexan-J 2?r. it was stated today in the'dl?tricl Htt^eya 'ofb^ :1 W'an? -f?rm?Ttfe^ 'written ftgreesiesiU thst ?? th? so^ra men'. .officials would assist her in ex torting $50,000 from Alexander she would give them half of it to be split among thorn. The-other half of the sum she said she would keep; and but [of it she. must pay her attorneys, she said, according to Igoe. Igoe eald that her attorney at Lob Angeles was named Terrell and hor other lawye: |In' Providence named Tttomly. He did hot know their, other names. Igoo's statement follows: "On the arrest- of Colonel Charles Alexander at Providence yesterday the presto reports declared that both'; he and his. attorney charged the com-, plainant. Miss Cope', with attempted blackmail. H In ton G. Clabaugh. divi sion superintendent of the d?partaient of Justice today has wired the alter ncy for Mr. Alexander requesting any and bu inior?nttuu to aiippori-. ihis alleged charge. During the investiga tion of. the complaint of Miss Cope by federal officials at Chicago suspicion as to her good faith in the matter ex isted. > "Miss Cope had many conferences with Mr. Igoe as well as with, Mr. Clabaugh. Finally she made, the hold proposition that the government offi cials should altTher In obtaining $50, 000 from Colonol Alexander for - her injured ihnoncence. MIbs Cope went much Into details concerning her offer and finally made out an agreement In: her own handwriting in which It le set forth that the government officials should aid hor in obtaining tho sum. mentioned from the colonel, and In ! consideration of such efforts on their {part she would pay them $25,000 which was to be divided equally be tween the following men: Charles P. Clyne, United States district attorney; Ml?h??t L. Igoe, assistant United] States ditsrict attorney; Hinion G. Clabaugh, division superintendent, ft&tf part ment of justice, and Lucien C. | Wheeler, a special agent of the de-'j partment "Mis Cope explained further that out of her $26,000 she would have to tako care of her attorneys'In Provi dence and Loa Angeles. Sho stated that she bid consulted prominent at torney? In both cities before coming I to Chicago to make her complaint" i*. Declines to Comment on AriestV .PROVIDENCE, R. 1, Dec.'5.?Henry yr. Hayes, counsel for Colonel Charles Alexander, who. was arrested yester day for Violation of the Mann- "white slave" oct on complaint of MISS? Jes sie Cope, of Los Angeles, Cat, declin ed tonight te ccsmeai oh Miss Cope's arrest in Chicago on a charge of at tempted 1 bribery In connection with the case. . It was .said that Colonel Alexander had loft the city. M v?B Cope and her mother were here In August and. consulted attor neys aa to possible procedure against Colonel Alexander. - Lived In Les Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.?Miss Jessie Cope, arrested today In Chicago, charged with attempting to bribe gov ernment officials In connection with, the Alexander white slave case, lived here with her mother from last April 1 to August, It was1 learned today, and during 'those months frequently . re SCHOONER SINKS: TWO DROWNED Had Aboard 175 Tons Aotbricitel Coal Consigned to Hampton Merchant, (Dy Associated Proas.) NEWPORT NEWS, Vs., Dec. 5.? Two men were drowned and a third had a thrilling escape early today when the schooner William Donnelly, of Baltimore, coal laden from Hamp ton, foundered off Thimble Shoal, in Chesapeake Bay. The schooner was I In command of Captain John R. Phil-1 lips. His nephew and ono other man composed the crew. The voBsel en- ] countered severe weather and early j last night began to leak. Between .3 and 4.o'clock this.morning Bbie went down suddenly, ' before those aboard had time to launch a boat. Captain Phillips managed to grasp a hatch cover as the schooner sank and after about six hour h he-was washed nah ore near Wllloughby Beach in Hampton Roads. He was. later taken to Norfolk. The other two men -.vent down with the schooner. The Donnelly hud aboard 176 tons of anthracite coal con signed to a Hampton merchant. . Polish Nobleman Killed. 'PABdS, Deo. 5.?(10:52 p. m.)?AI Havas Petrograd dispafch says that j .Prince Nicola? Radziwlll, a Polish no bleman who was, a . captain of Rus sian dragoons, was killed in the fight ing arouud Lodz. DATEXHANQED FOR CONFERENCE State Chairman Committees V/rll | Meet m \V?^onW De qembe? 14? i ? WASHINGTON. Doc. 4i~ The.cottc loan eemuiittvs announced . (<mlgl that tbjO : conference, here Vwhhvjgt* chairmen committees..would-.,ift f?9U December; 14 infUs&?^t-ytKtefua?tAb; | as" previous telegram* m^-^mMW B??i? committees, Indicate general interest In the loan fund'nnd large number of appllcaatiohs for lo?nst ''ffi?] Letters hare been sent, tot State [ chairmen asking them to call meet-' ings o' State committees Immediately for1 organization and appointment or ioca committees. Copies of the plan and application balnks are being mail ed to all committeemen so that ap plications for Class B. certificates and loans may be received without wait ing for the meeting of the cotton losu committee and State chairmen in Washington December 14. It was believed in some quarters here tonight ' that applications for loans would total possibly $2O,00O,0"O by January 1. It became known to night that many applications have been made which hitherto were un - reported to Washington. It was saia Oklahoma alone has asKed for about 91,000,000 and there are Indications that Texas may want several million. PETROGRAD, via Paris. Dec. 6. (4:4li a. m.l?The following/ official j communication has. been Issued: ' "Furious combats continu? to rag? on the Lowicz front, notably In the Lode, region and routes from the. west toward Plctrkow. . "Fire from our m?chine guns and artillery caused great loss to the ene my.* ' "There has been no essontlal. molfi cotion of the situation oh the remain der, of th? front" ' I Thirty-Five Deaths . and 918 Injuries! CHICAGO, Dec. 5'.?Thirty-five deaths and 018 injuries were caur?d by, baseball in 1914, according to fig ures made public today by a aport writer who tabulated Uie suasoa's rec ords. , Of the players who died from in juries 20 wero hit by pitched ba'"'. flvo were struck by bats, four.were, *u collisions/ for overexerted themselves, one was hurt rliding to a baso and ono was. killed in a fight. Injuries to amateur . players . aro classified as follows: Broken limbs, 314; concussion of brain, 18; fractured skulls, 13: par?ly v'lfl, 4; sprains, 37: spiked, 26;;frac-] twos. 17; dislocations, 7; torn liga rnt?i?, 10. . Players hurt in tho minor leagues numhuf ?1?, Amr-lcan Ic?Buw 69; Na tion league 61 i Federal leagao G6; col- j lege teams eight . ' colved Colonel Alexander, It was said Miss Cope's acquaintances said thr.t she gave her friends to understa-?d i that she expected to marry Colonel Alexander. . : '.'--''v i ''Colonel Alexander came often, but' miss uope always received him in the drawing room," said Mrs. E. Zuber, proprietor ?f th? apartment house in Which Miss Cope lived. ,MHer: mother generally was .present also.. Before leaving Miss Cope ca?d she oxpectod [tjtf lW,taatf led." I, Alexander met Mia*.Cope betf ,4wo years ago. At that time ho was living fa-Wsadena. - J AMBASSADORS SAY ARIZO NA'S EMPLOYMENT LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL ? BRYAN WOULD NOT DISCUSS MATTER Law Requires That SO Per Cent of Employes Be Ci?sens off United States. ' _j_ ! -. > (By Awocblted. Prejs.) WASHINGTON,. Dee. fi.?In the elf sonce of .oluolal advices^ , Secretary Bryan tonight refused to comment on; a message, from ; Gbypirikor, Hunt nn^ nooncing his declsldh -to postpone the proclamation of Arizona's new antl- * alien employment law, pending furth er ^communication from tho,state d* Sirtment Formal proteats against tho w. were lodged today by, the* British and Italian ambassadors and a mes sage was sent to Governor- Hunt asfc> in g If ho.had authority to,postpone ac ???.15 Mf. Bryan, listened with inter est to tfio. governor^ Teply as carried in Associ?tt.d Press dispatches, but would not dlBcuBs the matter.' ' vThe department is not advised to the fullv scope \of thfr law', ;.hut jlt- is known it reqpireB a minimum of 'SO per cent, of' the employas- ot; any' per son or corporation in ,the State tq b? citizens, of th? United Btat?Sivjfloverj Sir : Hunt also was asked 'to 'transmit o fuD't'ext of;the iaw,>1 The British protest attach?i: the - law? < <'' as iln;violation:' of thai ???rtco?t?i amendment'to the constitution; of the United States! which' provides that no State ?hall "deny to ahy: person.'With- , iri its Jurisdiction equal protection of tba.laWS.?':;. "< a'fia/Italienrj^ateRt cites tho comr' [United:'*??!*^ s*i*J&& is. if.7?r-wiii^-.r provides that citizens 'of each nation resident In the other shall have liberty "to carry on trade, wholesale,and re^ tail, to hire nnd occupy house? . and. warehouses, to employ agents of their own choice and generally to do any thing incident or necessary for trad? 'Upon the same terms as natives' of the country, submitting themaolvos to'the law? there established." ' The note presented by tho' British ambassador sought information as to' the exact status of British residents in Arizona under the law. It was stated that British consuls there; had sent word that suits to test the legality of the act were contemplated by British residents. In reply tho state department notl ! fled both embassies It bad taken ! steps to obtain complete information, an to the anti-alien act' and expected'soon to be ?ble to furnish the doBlred in formation. As soon as " the. text of * the Arizona law Ja available it-will be, subjected to study by tho department's legal advisors, who Will also look.Up .,; court decisions based od antl-allen en actments of other States, such .as Cali fornia, Oregon and New Yorlr;. \ PHO?NIX, ?ris', Dec. ^.-Mlovernor, George Hunt, of Arizona, telegraphed . the state department today that he would delay proclaiming the law voted , at th? November election forbidding the employment of more than 20 per cent, of foreigners, in any business in the State. Governor Hunt declared he wad averse to delaying tho proclama tion, but would-do so pending further advices from the state department The Btate department ..telegraphed Governor Hunt ihit ?ho ambassadors of Great Britain and Italy iwq pro-. tested against the law ?aditafen? him It there were not some means by which he could suspend operation- of tho measure. The - governor's telegram read: . "I am directed to issuo a proclama tlon declaring the measure? ( law forthwith, upon receipt from the sec retary of Btate of a certificate of the election returns/ ; Tnrthwltn'> broadly . Interpreted means' wlthh the reason able timo required tor prepare? the proclamation. I am very much avorso . to prolonging the porJod preceding tho Issuanco of the proclamation but I realize the international espect given by the protest of the -Italian and BrUr lsh embas&?es ihd wilt'await further advices ; from' the departtttenV* ^ I Reduction in Salaries ^ ^ of Railroad Ofnciala (By AreocUted Press.) WILMINGTON. N. Ci, \ Dec. f?.?Bo-1 duct Ion in the salaries of all employ?s and officials of the Atlantic Coast Linn Railway receiving $205 or rnore per., month were annunced : herb today from the office of PrcfcMont; Kenly. Gonerul d?pression of business was> the reason given. . 1 ! .-The reductions tnclitdo," every . one. from the president down.. Employes ; and officials receiving $2M per month j wero reduced 6 per cent; those re ceiving $300 and brer, S per cent, and thoeb over $400, 10 per cent, _