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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ;VTeeBjj-B Established 1800;:DnOy, Jan. 18,1914. ANDERSON, S. C, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1914. PRiCE ?l.So THR YPar BERUM CELEBRAI A GERMAN VI A Great Battle is Raging perate Fighting is in ments Pouring Into sians?Allies Are Operations in Belgiu (By Associated Press.) Berlin is celebrating news from Po land of wbat is termed "one of- the greatest victories in history." Berlin headquarters announces that the vtus eians have been clearly beaten and that the Russian offensive against Silesia and Posen has been broken. A general retreat of the Russians in Poland, with the Germans in pursuit, la claim ed. In contradiction to this the latest official bulletin Issued in Petrograd declares that the Russian cavalry and vanguard troops are "chasing ener getically the beaten Germans," in the direction of Mlawa. Both sides claim captures of prisoners, the Germans a large number. :From Warsaw 'comes word that a great battle is in progress 30 miles to the westward; that the German wedge has established Itself in a strategic position and that desperate fighting is in progress, with reinforcements pouring into both Germans and Rus sians. < In Belgium and France the Allies are - carrying on offensive operations, begun a few days ago, slowly and steadily. Progress 1b n'- W in the French official statement and it is believed infantry.on the two sides of the western \battle front bave come to grips at many pieces, the number of wounded indicating the desperate nature of the struggle. Further details from the English coast. towns bombarded by the Ger man squadron discloses an increasing' number of victims. At the two Hartle pools alone the number is how offici ally announced at 82 with 260 wound ed. At Scarborough 17 were " killed add it Is thought the full casualty list has not yet been vjut. One British light cruiser and. a torpedo boat des troyer which engaged the Germans lost five men killed and a, number ot wounded.' *\ ' That the German ships were hit several time* by the English coast batteries is announced officially at Berlin but It ib assorted that the dam age was slight Austria follows up the German an nouncement of a victory in Poland by the statement that the Russians are retiring along the whole front, in both Galicla and Poland, and It is possible this may mean the withdrawal of the investing army of Russia from Prze roysl. \T lltrl** V. .. .- Wamm_1 , _. V?_I . ?oj *-~ ?vu mvvm puviaiucu & om ish protectorate and lieutenant Col onel Sir Arthur Henry McMahon has been appointed high commissioner. The German field marshal, Von Der Goltz, according to lath dispatches, has been appointed military governor of Constantinople and acting minister <?? war. A German admiral is said to have taken over tho ministry of ma rine. The former imperial German chan cellor. Prince von Buelow, now am bassador to j Italy, referring to the German bombardment Ot the English coast towns, says: "This ia simply the prelude of what the German fleet is soon to undertake, which may astonish tho world." LONDON, Dec,l^?"The Russians are retiring along the eb'dre front in OaHr-ta and Pnlnnrt " This statement, officially issued at Vienna, is the outstanding feature of tonight's news from the battle fronts. While, there is no confirmation from other sources, such a move on the' part of the Russians would be in line with the announcements in Petrograd dispatches that the Russians, threat en 1 on both flanks, had decided ,to take up new positions ..where th?? could better meet the Auetro-Gorman onslaughts, from the Carpatbalna to the East iyufcslanlfron?erT s Should the Austrb-fferman armies, as on previous occaBlouB, follow the Russians in Poland, tjiothcr big bat tle SHU .soon be in progress, which i may decide whether the Germans are to get to Warsaw or wheth- r tho Rub v sians are- again to threaten an inva sion of'Oermany, ' The.Russian tfelay in fulfilling ex pectations that they would prove a serious menace to German territory is disappointing tho peoples of the allied countries, but military men express the view thai lt l? better for Russia to ?ght in her own terHtory, whero sHrmm O? C?aunan?c?t?onB wouia ne more on an equality. The German and French-; official communications do not disclose.much of what Is going on in the west, but it | -is apparent the Allies are still on the offensive from the coast to La Baasen and at other points,. Whilo no marked advances are reported, the French claim progress, and to havo organised . ths srousd th?/ fiaisaa during the preceding days. The Gern ans. ?n the other hand, aasen that the Allies*, at tacks have been tiPulsed. From tba numbs? of wounded reach ing the hoaniuv?? of b?>th the Germans 16 NEWS OF CTORY IN POLAND West of Warsaw and Des Prcgress With ReL'iforce Both Germans and Rus Carrying on Offensive im and France and the AllieB It 1b evident that the fighting in. Flanders today was moro I severe than shown in tho officiai state ments. Correspondents report tbat ' the hospitals again are filling, while j along the Dutch border continuous tyr ing can be heard. The Ion*; expected proclamation bringing an end to Turkish Suzerain ty over Egypt and the establishment of a British protectorate *7as officially I Issued tonight. The last straw doubt less was the action of the Khedive, who was the sultan's representative in Egypt, but with llltte or no power, In taking sides with Turkey against Great Britain. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Arthur Henry McMabon, who has been ap pointed high commissioner, although a soldier by. profession* has had long ' and varied experience as a political j officer In India and other parts of the I east. He has been foreign secretary In India since 1911. Andrew A* Manning Receives Appointment 3pecial to The Intelligencer. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.?Andrew A. Manning of Spartanburg has been appointed to a position under the ag ricultural department with headquar ters at Walhalla. He will have charge of the examination of land titled In volved In the Appalachian forest re serve area. He is a nephew of Gov ernor-elect Manning of Snmter. COLUMBIA MAN " MADE TREASURER Annual Convention of Southern Surgical aud Gynecological Association Closes. (By Asodttcd Prwal) A8HEVILLE, N. C, Dec. 17.?The twenty-Beventh annual convention of the Southern Surgical and Gynecolo gical Association came to a close this afternoon with the selection of Cin cinnati as the placebo! holding the next annual meeting and the election of the following officers: President, Dr. Bacon Saunders of Ft. Worth; first vice president, Dr. Thomas S. Cullen of, Baltimore; second vice president, Dr. S. M. D. Clark of New Orleans; secretary, Dr. W. D. Haggard o^Nueh ville; treasurer, Dr. LeOrand Guerry of Columbia,'S. C. Dr. Haggard and Dr. Guerry were re elected. Dr. C. A. L. Heed of Cin cinnati, was named as chairman of the committee on arrangements for the next annual meeting. Mr. Joseph Taber Johnson of Wash ington, D. C, and Dr. N. Shilling of Cedar Bayou, Texas, were ntmed as honorary fellows. Mr. John Wesley Long of Greensboro, N. ('/ who has served as president for the past year, becomes a member of the council, ths governing body of . the . organisation which Is composed ol the former presidents of the association. Two More Pardons Granted by Governor ?pocUl U, Tho IaV?llicencor. COLUMBIA, Dec 17.?George W. Long of Greenwood, sentenced to throe years for manslaughter and paroled one year ago was pardoned this after noon by the governor. A pardon was also given John J. loads, the Orangeburg j County lawyer who killed Abe Pearlstlne. at Branch - ville and who was paroled on condi tion that be leave the State last March after serving part of a ten year sentence In the penitentiary. j Berlin Aroused to Ansoimceinent ( :' Within Half an Hoar After Gree Russian* m PoiWI was Anno peri Appeared ana the Wl . Into Bo (By niiiilslM fimi 1 Berlin, via, London. -, Dee. 17*--. 11:10 p. m.)??er?ln wita aroused t? . enthusiasm today by , the announce ment of n great Auatrc-Geraian.vic tory over the Russlsas in Poland. An official bulletin announcing this ,waa German Warships Dresden and N?rnberg Beat en in South Atlantic. NURN BERG. . The German cruiser -N?rnberg was I The Dresden got' away and reports ... ., ._, . . ,_, have since come from South America the fourth vfessel to be sunk In the [ ^ she was Bunk .Qther reporUj great navar battle off the coast of Ar- : nave nad it that she was able to reach gentlna. 1 the port of Santa Cruz. The Germans Fought Bravely to the End Story of Great Naval Battle Off Coast of Argentina, in Which Four German Vessels Were Sank December 8, Told by Pas sengers Aboard British Steamer. \'-w^ ?? fei ifiik* >-r?r Hit DRESDEN. (By Associated Press.) 1 V,,.lHnr.l T_l--1 BUENOS AYRES, Argentine, Dec. 17.?The German erasers sunk oft the Falkland Islands December 8 appar ently were taken unawares by the Blrltlsh at a time when neither side waa,expecting an encounter. First de tailed accounts of the battle, -which reached here today from Puerto Gai legos,. Patagonia, saya the Germant thslr sv to Belto the Falk land Islands, British possessions when they came unexpectedly upor a lone British warship. Oth*r "m?m bera of- the British fleet, which wer? taking on supplies from Islands quickly closed in and the fate of Ad miral' von Spec's squadron soon wat sealed.. VJ . The story v>f the battle was told b> passengers ou the) British steamer Orlesa, Which' arrived at Punt a Arnat from Callao, Chile. They say that the Germans fought bravely to the. end even the colliers refusing to surren der. Losses of the British were plac ed at weight men. It was a formidable British squad ron which faced the Germans. Includ ed in it were the battleship Canopus the battle cruisers Invincible and. In flexible and the cruisers,, Cornwall Carnaravon. Bristol and Glasgow. The German squadron consisted of the flvo 'cruisers Scharnhorst, Gnelseiu\u Leipzig, N?rnberg and Dre-id en. The British squadron arrived at Poii Stanley, raikland Islands, Dscembef 7 to take on supplies. The n< ?. morn ing the Canopus, guarding .' en trance, to the port, sighted i hostlU warship. .Four others quickly came into view and were recognised as. the squadron of Admiral von 8pee. Th< German warships had left the Chil ean Islands of Juan Fernande? No vember 15 to take possession of th< Demonstrates Progress IMade in Surgery - (By AModatod PtmO PARIS, Dec. 17.?(7:06 p. in.)? Nc fewer than 64 per cent, or the French wounded returned to the firing line be. fore December 12, according to figures supplied today by the surgical- de partment of the ministry of war. Ci the reminder 24 per cenl. had been given convale3cepi ieaves, 17 per cent, were, still In hospitals and 11-2 per cent, had been discharged from the army. Three and a half.per cent.'of tbe>ounoed died. Those statistics demonstrate the re markable, advance - made ? in surg?ry and show a lower percentage of deaths from, wounds than in any preceding war. ' . ' ' Enthusiasm by )f German Vi?orv ?' ' 7 ft Anstrd-Gerraan Vtctoty Over oncod E**ra Estions of Pa ?o?e Cay Utterly Flashed Bang. - i^-aed zt?t?lr n?cr noon. vFKhi? Lu?? an Boar ex$rs> editions of the papers appeared add the whole city literally American visiterai who a'fow daya (Continued on pagft ' twelve.) [",: .-/s-. - . Qimviiuu imauuD auu ueuiroy me , wireless station. I Only tbe Canopus was visible at . first to the 0ennan6 and they steamed I straight at her. The Canopus opened > '.'re and the' other British warships . ] r ished to her assistance., i j The Schornborst, Gneisenau and . Leipzig formed In battle Una and the N?nberg and . Dresden dropped . bai.*-. Tbe British concentrated their fire ' on the Scharnhorst,. Admiral von ! Sper/s flagBhip. When it became evi , dent that she was doomed her crew as-jembled on the forward deck. The . Scharnhorst refused to surrender and , fitter an hour's fighting ploughed be neath- the wavfs. The crew preserved j Its formation as the ship went down , and cheered as the waters closed about them. Tho Glasgow engaged the Leipzig and sank her. The G? elsenau went ? down 8 miles from Port Stanley. The N?rnberg attempted to escape but af ter a pursuit of two hours was sunk. The Carnarvon pursued tbe Dresden ' but was not swift enough to overhaul ' her. After the battle tbe Birltish picked up 194 Germans, including a few of fleers. Of these 100 weve from the 1 crews of the two German colliers. An > opportunity to surrender was offered > the colliers but It was refused and they were sunk. t Tbe cruicdr Cornwall wad damaged ' slightly below the water line. None of the other British warships was dam - aged. ? On December 10 funeral services ; were held by the squadron for the ) eight British sailors killed. ! - The British admirallty report of the battle stated that only seven of the il British squadron lost their lives. Defeated Instead of Winning a Victory DOUGLAS. Arts., Dee. 17.?Instead ) of winning a victory, as claimed last , night, the Carranza force operating between Canute and Cima, Sonora, was defeated by a Maytorena detach 1 ment, according to report received today. Of two hundred and fifty Carranza- troops sent south, less than 75 returned to -Agua Priete. . The Maytorena troops are report ed awaiting the. reinforcements- at Fronteraa before attacking Aguti Prle ta. Maytorena now has control of eas tern Sonora south of Agua Pr leta ex cept Naco. Shot to Death in a Public Rest Room ASHEVILLE, N. C, Dec 17.?Her. bert Smith was shot and Instantly kiled In a public rest room adjoining police headquarters tonight and Wit 11am Bailey is being held without , ball charged with the ebootlng. The prisoner maintains that the death of cuv cuiupiuiion wm ta? r??5ii O? ?u? ' accidental discharge of a pistol and in this claim be la substantiated by the only eye witness of the tragedy. Both young men were residents ot West Ashsvllle and hate been play mates since childhood. Neither Is out of his teens. Baahtn* Troops te the West THE HAGUE, Dec. 17.?According to afternoon newspapers,, the Germans are rushing largo forces through Bel gium towards the west. If Is the im pression that the new troops are vol unteer forces, as-it is declared most of them a from 17 to 19 years old. Notorious Ai Bandit. Frank G. Hohl K?Ied by Cmchu Three Hour* Crime Inclut?in Banks end! Fatally V (By Associated Pi cm.) CINCINNATI, Dec. 17.? Prank .0. H?hl, a notorious automobile bandit, was shot to deatb by policemen today after a sensational tbroe hoars o? crime which included daylight rob I beides ot two Cincinnati banks, theft of an automobile and a pistol duel with the police, resulting, in wounds to one officer that are expected to prove fatal. Thirteen thousand and one hundred dollars are missing as the result of the bank robberies. The police believe that Hohl, in his wild I automobile drives, managed to pass the money along to confederates. . I Shortly after 10 a m. Hohl entered the West End branch of the Provi dent Savings Bank and Trust Com pany, at Eighth and Freeman avenue, fired two shots at Cashier Edward I Hughes, 'scooped up 98,000 in cur rency and backed through the door. Jumping into a waiting automobile, which bad been stolen, he quickly ! disappeared. Cashier Hughes fired af ter him but the shots did not take eifert - I More than an hour later the ban dit entered the Liberty Banking and Savings Company? at, Liberty .and Freenman avenue, three blocks away. fired two shots .at Cashier George [Winters, took $6,100 in currency, ran I to bis automobile and again disap peared. The shots were' so close to I Winters that he was powder-burned, I but he was uninjured. I Almost two hours after the second I robbery Harry Buckshorn, whose mother conducts an apartment house on West Ninth street, told the police that a man answering to the descrip tion, of the bandit had entered a room there yesterday.' Three policemen called at the rocm. When they knock ed, the door suddenly was thrown open and Hohl brushed psst the offi cers, dring ss he. ran. Pciicemsn SdWard Knoul was probably fatally wounded. I Koh l, again ! ran , to his automobile, which was standlng at a nearby cor ner," ' and bade fair to agaix make good hi8 escape. In roundln* cor? ner; -however, the machine crashed into, a telegraph pole, and was wicok ed. The bandit Jumped ou. and opened fire on the two officers WuO had pur , sued him. In the battle that followed Quesiiao of Cotto to Germanv II .... -0 ? j ii I. I .ii Willingness and Ability of Atceri meats on Seas is All That Mt at Least TwoVfJtl Bod .k (By AmothM PlM) WASHINGTON; Dec. 17.-<Wil!lng ncss and ability ot the United States to protect cotton shipments on the teas Is /all that must bo determined to restore at least two-thirds of the oxport business With German v. in the Uomobile Shot to Death tali Policeman After a Sensational g Daylight Rok>beries of Two ' founding One Officer. Hohl fell with four bullet wounds in his body. He died shortly afterward at a hospital. Hohl was well known to the police who claim he shot up an Altonoa, Penn., bank on March 3, was arrest ed and while being conveyed to the Pittsburgh Jail, throw a cup of coffee lu his guard's face and escaped. He was again captured but subsequently escaped from the Holildsysburg, Penn., jail. He was-wanted, authori ties declare, for a diamond robbery in Kansas City more than a year ago, where he bad > assumed the name of iiowe. The police say Hohl usually had a woman confederate and search is being made for her. Mrs. Lulu Hohl, who says she Is the wife of the bandit, was arrested tonight but the police were unable to find any traces of the money taken by the robber. Bobbed Baak In FenesylTanla* ALTOONA, Penn., Dec. 17.?Meth ods pursued by Frank O. Hohl when he robbed tho^Unlon Bank of Altoona on March 23 last, were almost identi cal with those that cost him his life at Cincinnati today. Driving up to the bank in u stolen taxlcab the ban dit forced the paying teller from his cage, and woun&ou the cashier. He took nearly $3,000 in bills from the safe, wounding a depositor he met at the door as he left. Scattering the crowd on the street with a fusillade of shots, he disappeared In the taxi cab. The machine was found aboan doned several hours later. Hohl was arrested at Salem, Ohio, April .4 He made a desperate attempt to esc*p? In Pittsburg while being conveyed hero. Hohl escaped from the Hollldaya burg Jail in a sensational manner April 12, Making a rope from the mat tress coyer In his cell, he removed his clothing and-slipped through the bars of a window eight feet above the floor. The, harp, .which be had covered with soap, were less than six inches apart. He then drew himself up to the root and lowered himself to the ground with the Improvised rope at tached to a chimnej Hohl began his career of crime in Harrisburg, his home town, when a boy. . N . d Shipments D to ilnirorl States ? can Government to Protect Ship ist Be Determined to Restore rcVof the Export i I opinion expressed by Gorman spin ners. Writing in answer to Inquiries of Senator tmith, of < South Carolina, as to cotton tirade conditions in Ger many. Addlx and,- Cordes, et Bremen. ?Wfrttri-'o? page twslve.) I is wm OCCUPATIONS RESIDENTS OF BOMBARDED ENGLISH TOWi S RETURN TO WORK HOLDING INQUEST OVER VICTIMS The Testimony yesterday Brought 1 to Light Some Pathetic Cases. (By AnwrUuxl I'rrn.) LONDON, Dec. . 17.?Residents ot the towns of Scarborough, the Hartle poolB and Whitby, which yesterday were Lombardei] by German cruisers, resumed their ordinary occupations today. The> only departure from the regular routine was the arrival of crowds of camera-bearing tourists, the return of thoso who had lied and busy mechanics at work repairing damage done by the shells. The mayor of Scarborough placard ed the walls with posters advising the people to keep cool, but this hard Is was necessary, for beyond grief for the Icbb of friends and nieghbors and the little pride displayed at the attention they attracted, citisens went about their business in a natural way. It will not be long before air marks of the gunfire will be removed. The attitude of the people of Eng* land is much the same as of' the bom barded towns. There is no excitement, and the only effect of the bombard ment is tue demand that naturalized German8 and those who have not been naturalised shall be excluded from areas open to a sea attack, and a Blight boom in recruiting, which had. befln slackening at the approach of Christmas. i 1 The Rt Hon. Thomas J. MscNsmara, parliamentary secretary to the admir al! ty, said the German raid wag worth two army corps to Kitchener's army. It is believed now that the Ger? man oqundron Included at least four battle cruisers of the euperdrcad naught class and two armored cruis ers. The shelling ot the Hartiepools and Scarborough was Sltaults^eous, but Whit by was visited after the war> ships had left the ?tat? towns. There has been some activity on the part of the Allies In other parts of the world. British ships have been bombarding the Germans along the Flanders coast and the Turks in the Gulf of Sates, while the Russian Black Sea has sunk a German steam er and an unidentified vessel, suppos ed to be a Turkish warship. Austria, it is reported, hss lest ths training ship Beethoven, which, if it was being used for training purpooeo, would have at least 200 cadets aboard. inquest Being Held. . HARTLEPOOL, Via London, Dec.) 17.?An inquest began here today OVer t h n hod I PR of 7ft Victim* nf Ihn German bombardment, killed in Har tlepool and West HarUepeoL In opening the court the coroner said that never before In English his tory had an inquest been bold under a similar circumstance and' that:he hoped th? occasion would never oc cur again. The testimony brought to light some ' pathetic cases. An old woman was picking up coal dropped from cars on the rsilway embankment when she was killed by a shell. An old man and his two daughters were starting breakfast i? fhe kitchen when a shell killed ail three. A young woman went to the bouse ot her sged mother, intending to con duct her to a place of safety. Enter ing the passageway she stumbled across ber mother's body. A ??l bad pierced the roof iuu Rilled her. Au el derly m an, who thought the gun fir ing was that of British ships at prac tice, sat down unconcern wily to breakfast, A shell carried away the corner of bis house, killing his two grandchildren. : ; \ . ' The verdict rendered by tho coron er's jury was that the deaths of tho 79 persons were due to bombardment of the twin boroughs, "by an enemy, of the twin borough, "by an enemy, under the cover of a dense fog, fired shot and shell into'the towns* killing many unarmed civilisas.0 Directed at Signal Statfem. WHITBY, Dec, 18.?(via- London* 1:16 a. m.)?At the inquest today over the bodies of ths two men killed is tho German naval raid, a coast guard officer testified that the entire bom bard ment was directed at the signal iisiion. uotwecn i?O ?nd io? ehoi?a were fired. The first s<reek tho eltfS face, which gave tho coast guardsmen time to escape. The Jury returned a verdict that the men came to their deaths frnta rhella tired from German ships. Flvo Killed t IS Wounded. LONDON, Dec .17.?{?G:5? - ;~.)_ The light cruiHor'PatroVan? ihe'de stroyer Doca were among the British ships which attacked the Gfcrman ?ttlsers raiding the northeast coaBt ot England. Both were struck by shalls. They lost five men killed and 15 Rounded. ._ . j.