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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY llYeeklr, Established 1860; Dally, Jon. 13,1914. ANDERSON, S. C,TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1914. PRICE SI.50 THE YEAR According to Official SU Germans Have Been Cross the Right Bai Poland and Fighting Developing?With th trenched the Allies' Belgium and France i (By \t?ocl^tc<},;l'rc<i>'.)' LONDON." Due, 10.?It IB bulieved ncrH?'rt celebration of a great German vi' :ory in Poland possibly wan prema ture. All that German headquarters says of th? bailie there in todny's?re port Is thai. tb<> pursuit of the enemy continues. Tho Russian official report tonight says engagements on the left bank of the Vistula have been nothing more than outpost nffuirs. In thcBo the Rus sians would s?om to have been engug ed in holding the Germans, wbUe the ! ItuBHlan main force was forming along tho Bzura river, where a battlo la. be ginning to develop, and the German attack is said to have been repulsed. As was expected the Germans at tempted to cross the Vistula in an en- ! deavor to -outflank the Russians, but ' this waH.Jraustrated by the Russian artillery and by the seizure of the pen- j toon bridges. Despite the desperate work facing I them in North Poland, the Russians i continuo.;>operatlons in East Priissia { and against Cracow, while in western ' Galici? they are taking positions along the Dounaetx river in an at tempt to stop the advance of the Aus tro-German forces. Part of the Przeraysl garrison had mado a sortie in force in ' an attempt ! to open the. ruilwny to the southwest, [ and is giving battle to the Russian' besieging army. With the Germans strongly en f| trenched, and the ground in had con a^g?ri^lAte'i*Q?^X8lve movement ; '^?**!n^MIgittTO--!tm1 Mfahce is mc-ung slow progress. At*several points,.how ever, the French official records the CARRIES $15,000 SPECIAL FUND Appropriation Bill Carrier Fund For.U. S. Notary Observer | in Europe. ??y Asaoc?atcii rrc-se.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.?The army appropriation bill, aggregating $101, 000,000, agreed upon today by the house ' military committee, carried a ' special. fund of $15.000 for United States military obsfervers ,.ln Europe. The bill Closely follows the war department's ' - estimate "We gave them practically all they asked for," said Chairman Hay. referring to ap propriations for ammunition and oth er, materials for defense. ! Increase of 25 regiments . In tho regular army was: proposed by a bill Introduced by ! Representative An thony.. It.would authorize the organ ization of flv? additional regiments of urtlllery, :flye of cavalry and .15 of In fantry and would repeal. the law limiting the army to. 100,000 men. f Appropriations of $400,000 for avia tion End .*i?0 0000 for armored auto mobiles in view of the uso of the lat ter In the European war are included In the bill. Villa Forc?e Go rer to Carranza ; . (Dr AssocUtad PruiLl LAREDO, Texas, Dec. 19.?General Pablo Gonzales has reached the Pnn uco oil, field, district . with 10.000 troopa. prepared ; for an offensive campaign against Villa forces at Tampico, according to a dispatch re ceived here, itydayi The; same message asserted Carran za trcopehnd captured Par ras, & small town inear. Torreon, and con firmed reporta ?h?f Villa forces at San Lula Potosi had igone over'to Carran za. Amendment to fBy /AmKbtcd Pi?) WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.?An amendment to the immigration bill to except from the proposed literacy! .test for the next five years Belgians* seeking a homo in the United States. ! was Introduced. today, by Senator WH- j ham*/-No icy on was taken. Senatpr Stone had spoken for mak-I ing an exception.in favor of those per-! ' secuted f?r: J?ie*? W*ih''.'fss-rrtr. j llglous' persecution showed possession of a high moral fibre, white the same could not be paid of one' persecuted for racev Senator Williams declared Senator Stone'* proposal would ad-1 "- mit a flood of ignorance.; 1 itement From Petrograd Repulsed in Attempt to ik of Vistula River in in Bzura River District e Germans Strongly En Offensive Movement in s Making Slow Progress. capture of GcriMun trenches. The of fensive is being pushed with consider able force in Flanders and from the Belgian border south to the River Oise, where the line turns eastward. Tho Germans keep up violent coun ter attacks, and by these and tho use ! of mines, in some cases havo prevent- | od the AllieS from following up their advantage. Similar tactics are being adopted by both Hides along the rest of the front with gains and lossestin fractions of miles. Tho Alllea havo brought up an | enormous weight of artillery which they are using to clear the way for the infantry. A message from Antwerp to the Amsterdam Ti?egraaf asserts that the Germans, preparing for a possible re tirement, arc constructing a line of defense across Beliiuin from the Scheldt along the Dendro River to i Maubeugo on the French frontier.1 This, if true, might be ensidered t>nly , a measure of precaution. | The German cruisers which raided the east coast of England sowed a large mine Held. In addition to the] three steamers previously reported as I having been destroyed, a mine sweep er, clearing the seas, was blown up today, and It is reported two other ves sels met a like fate. This occurred while the funerals of the victims of tho bombardment at Scarborough and the Hartjepools were being held. ' While, the motor section of the South African defense force is gath ering in the remainder of the scat tered ,rebels, tao-nuiin army is tonn-: Mg on the German South African frontier where the edvance guards are in touch. REP. WYATT AIKEN BUYS AT HOME Appears at Washington Church in "Jeans" Suit Tailored in Abbeville. The Intelligencer Bureau,.. Thos. II. Daniel, Mgr. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.?Rcpre-I sentative Wyatt Alken of Abbeville,] who makes It a point to buy every thing that he needs from South Caro lina merchants, as far as possible,! has gone a Bten further In the patron izing of home products. He appeared at Mount Vernon Place church Sun day morning, wearing an alt-wool "jeans".milt-p,f clothes, tailored by nn Abbeville concern; from cloth woven by members of tho .well-known Nich olson family, residing on White creek. In Ocohee,. ?n .one of the now practically extinct "hand looms" that were common a good many years be fore Mr. Aiken was born. " This jeans suit had the appearance of a 'swell" gray suit, and Mr. Alken idealeres that, until within the past] few days when the thermometer in Washington has been flirting with*' the ! 10-degree mark, ho has found ltj necessary to get out of doors to keep cool while weat ihg the "all wool and ai yard wldo" goads spun from Oconce| wool and woven by Ocdhec. ladies. Former tr. 8. Treasurer Dead. KNOXVDLLE. Tonn., Dec. 1?|.?Lee] Rlc Clung, former treasurer of the] United States, died late today In hospital In ' London, after a three mon?hs' Mines of typhoid fever. Rel atives here received information of his death from his brother. C. M. Mc Cm*' - Crowd Cheers Kings. LONDON, Dec. 20.?(3;05 n. m\)H A Reuter dispatch from Malmo, Swed en, describee an enthusiastic demon-1 s trat Ion in honor of the kings of Nor way' and Sweden, who have been con ferring there. A huge' crowd cheered | tho kings on their departure. *? CA Ann 12A?sU?j Harvard University j NEW YORK, Dec 19.?Pi?b?c be Quests of nearly a ha?t million'dollars were ma?e in the will of the late Anna Pi lmer Draper, widow of Prof, Henry Draper, of Harvard University, made pvbMc today.. The will, disposes of ran. estate estimated at more than ?1,000.000. H?ivard University is l*:t The New YorJr public llhrary is left $50,000 in tru*t for the bent at of li brary employes, and John 8. Billings, formerly a director of the' library, is left $200,000,'in trutt for the purchase of books for the library. Boys Called to Join the German Army. called out tho ^iass of 1915 to join j longer given crop in Germany. But boys pr?pa?e!fo^ in the war. They were required to j n#t5e 80U\? D* Germany? the des- supposed tb bo made up ot those 1 report to the army headquarters Becomes from, Isfe,!hv ?kv^T^0' twcnty ycara of nge' tbo plcturo ,nd| 15. How many of these is not known, I^Sl^^ ^?SS!? ?? ^ ^ C?n8,der Police Arrest Se^ Men in E One Said to Have Escape f ~ " Off With Gun?Ol ' . At 2 o'clock, Sunday movning a corps of patrolmen surprised and ar rested seven well-known young white men of the city on charges of gamb ling. Six of the crowd were carried to the police station, where each gave bond in the sum of $2f> for his ap pearance in recorder's court Monday at noon. . The seventh party placed under arrest made his escape, it is said, by a ruse which he worked on Patrolman Marcus M. Payne. Stood t/ftleer Hit, . - j According to the patrolman, this ! party objected to being marched up the street to the police station and re quested that he bo allowed to give ] cash bond on . the spot. Having ] known the young, man since childhood j dnys,'the officer said, he assented to his request and repaired to the Blue Bide'Railroad. ' bridge on Peoples street, where the two paused for the bond to be given over. Instead of .the' party j under arrest handing over the cash, the patrolman states, he drew a pistol and thrust It into the officer's I face, daring him-to move tf" muscle. ! Tho party then backed off, keeping the officer covered with the pistol in the meanwhile, until he had ' reached a distance where he could turn and flee. Places Ban on Liquor Drinking (By Affociatftl Press.* ANN ARBOR. Mich., Dec. 19.?By affirming' conviction of Lawrence Damm, an Ann Abor saloonkeeper found guilty of selling liquor to Uni versity , of Michigan students, the State, supreme court today placed the ban on under graduate liquor drink ing. -\. ' "The statute forbids sale, of liquor to any student in atten lance, at any public or private institution of learn ing," said Justice Oatrander. Union Soldiers Home. \ WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.?Senator Works, of California, introduced a bill today proposing that the homo for Union soldiers at Johnson Clty,^Tenh., be converted into an Institution for Confederate veterans,- that a branch be established in Washington; D. C, ana that sano-Ofiu be.anoronriated an nually to assist existing Confederate homes. ', ? German Positions .Heavily Shelled. DOVER, via London, DeoV 20.?Gor men positions between Ni?nport and Mlddelkerke were heavily shelled by British warships early Saturday. It Is aaid the Germans-replied at one point with 12-lnch naval guns. \ . \ -?-f? Tnpiure m>wics? ; V POSEN. German army, He?<i?oar ters in the East, December 20.?Field Marshall ..Von Hlndsnburg's army took Lowicttodij/ after heavy, fighting, for several days and compelled the furth er retirement of ibe Russian lines. ren Yop? arly Mping Raid. thera Eut Up Bond. I .Whoa the party turned, ihe patrolman states, he drew hiB own pistol and fired five BhotB at the fleeting form. ! The officer was not certain whether 1 any of tho bullets took effect in the man's body. The firing of the shots was heard distinctly up town and aroused considerable interest. ' * Arresting Officers. The corps or policemen making the arrest consisted of Privates IMbcoII," Clamp, Sanders,^ Payne, Stewart, 1 Whitten, Foster and Freeman. The of ficers had suspected that gambling was going on in a building qn West Earle street m-ed by the Palmetto Hilles us an armory. Early this morning the officers too* a ladder from the lire department headquart ers and carried it to the building, for the purpose of mounting to the win dows and obtaining evidence as to what they believed was going on in-, side. This particular ladder did not meet tho requirements of the occasion, so the officers secured another from a nearby place and ascended to the window. Here, It is alleged, they obtained a vie y of the young men . "shooting crops." The .raid on the hall follow ed .immediately, with the results al ready noted Federal Reserve Board an Independent Body (By Associated Fr?is.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.?Tho fed eral reserve board Is an Independent government body and not under Juris diction, of tho treasury or any other department, according to an opinion announced tonight by Attorney Gen eral Gregory The ruling settles a question much discussed in official circles. Tho board will have such a status as the interstate commerce commission and will be regarded as a coordinate part of the government. * Owns Own Training Camps. , NEW. YORK, Dec. id.?The New .York National League) Club today be came the first baseball club to own Its nwh training camp when It receiv ed a deed from the city of Marlin, : Texas, giving full title to Emerson Park there,. where the Clan ta havo done their spring work since 1908.' oooooooooojoooooooo 0 ?, o Warning to Job Hunters. . o o SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 19. O o,-?"If you are' looking for a Job, o* ? don't come to California." . o o This warning - was ierued here o o today by the California commis- o o Bion on immigration and'housing, o o which after - an Investigation has o n. founit thnrA ore in C?JifOmia ? o thousands more men than Jobs, o ? Plans have been completed for o o registration of unemployed and o o.and.It i* announced : that Callfor- o o nians will ho given preference, o o / e ,0 0 00000000000 0CO 0 0 o o PEACEFUL SOLUTION OF DIFFICULTIES With Mexican Factions Predicted by American Consular Agent Carothers. (By Associated Press.) I WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.?Peaceful solution of difficulties with Mextclan factions across the border from Naco, Ariz., was predicted by Ameri can Consular Agent Carothers in a message to the State department to day after a conference1 with the May torena leaders. It was learned today that General Bliss, commanding the American , border patrol, has recommended to Secretary Garrison a plan for settle ment of the situation. The plan was not made public. General Scott, chief of staff, who was sent to the border to take charge of the situation, was expected to reach Naco tonight. He will confer with General 'Bliss and it is t h might probable Secretary Gar rison will make no. recommendations to the president until he learned the results of that conference and has re ceived General Scott's report. Frank Denied Writ of Habeas Corpus (By Associated Press.) ATLANTA, Gu.. Dec. 19.?Loo M. Frank, condemned to be hanged Jan uary 22 next for the murder here id April, 1913, of Mary Pbagan, today was refused a writ of habeas corpus by Federal.Judge W. T. Newman here today. A motion was immediately made by Frank's attorneys, requesting aa appeal from today's decision to' tho United States supreme court and Judge Newman announced he would givfs a decision on this motion Mon j day. . Arrange Meetings to Commemorate Hanging .I,, I, (By Associated Frees.) * CHIASSO. Switzerland, Dec. 19.? (via Paris, 3:555 p. m.)?More than 500 meetings throughout Italy have been arranged for tomorrow to com memorate the anlvorsnyof the hang ing of the soldier Overdank, who paid. the death penalty on December . 20, 1882, for attempting to assassinate Emperor Francis Joseph,, of Austria. The Italian government is taking-ex traordinary measures to suppress an - li-?uBrii?i demonstrations. Cleary Acquitted. NEW CITY, N. Y? Dec. 19.?Wil Msm V. Cleary, town .clerk of Haver straw and Democratic leader In Row land county, was acquitted by a Jury -in,supreme court here tonight of the charge of murder in the first degree on which he .was tried for. -killing E"~CnC "i.u?S, u?d t>O?l-lli-?t*w. Govern meut Loan Arrntip:d. ' ROME, Dec. 19.?A government loan of 1200,000,000 at 5 1-2 per cent has b?en arranged for. The loan will be Issued January 1, 1916, and will ex tend ovor a period of 25 years. TO PERS Bitter Debate Ends in 1 The House?Statemen That Railroad Influi Shift Democratic Vot gresssnan Heflin as F< sentative Ragsdale, c Repudiates Charge. (By Awcriatrd Puss.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 10?After two days of hot words which culminated today in cxchango of Invitations to personal combat between Representa tives iu> fiin, of AI ahn inn, and Moon, of Tennessee, the house adopted n special rule to consider legislation for re forms demanded by the postoftlco de partment in connection with the an nual postal appropriation bill. A defection of Democrats from tho leaders yesterday defeated a similar rule, which provided for consideration of amendments decreasing postmast ers' salaries, elimination of assistai.t postmasters, experimental substitu tion of contract service for the ?ural delivery service, increased salarios for rural carriers, changes in the compensation paid railroads for car rying the mails and other reorganiza tion plans of the department The rule was pussed lato today with the provisions for cutting post masters' salaries, abolishing assist ant postmasters and tho rural service substitution scheme) eliminated. A speech by Representative Moon after defeat of the original rule, in which ho intimated that some "rail road Influonco" had operated to shift Democratic votes, caused -a blttor de bate today. ' Representative He?ln denounced Mr. Moon's' statement as "false and .untrue,','...Mr- Moon..chal lenged lirm-t?? mv^^fre" BmV"rjom: ment off tho floor of the bouse and j Mr. Heflln expressed his willingness to do so. The 't?vo representatives were advancing threateningly toward Substantial Bequeaths to Baptist Institutions rrtv AxwiHnlod Pre**.) SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, Dec. 19. ?One hundred and thirty-five thous and dollars was bequeathed to various Baptist institutions in North Caro lina by tho will of Noah Biggs, a prom inent business man of this place, who died here on Monday. The will, which was probated yesterday, dis posed of an estate valued at ?2G0.O0G. The sinus bequeathed to the church organizations are to be used for aid ing in church work and fostering edu cation, according to the will. The be quests follow; .Thomasvillc BaptlBt orphanage, $95,000; Meredith College. Raleigh, $20.000: Wake Forest College, Wake Forest. N. C, $5,000 and Baptist State convention, $15,000. Russian Lohr Enormon?. LONDON, Dec. 20?12:49 a. m.?A Berlin wireless says advices from Vi enna to main headquarters declare that in the battle of Limanowa the Austrian troops routed the Russians, j of whom western Ga?cia is now ctear. Tho Austro-Hungarian army made 26.000 prisoners, it is claimed "The Russ|in Iobb was enormous," the dispatches n*'l. "and tho pursuit is everywhere beiug followed up." Petition for Injunction. CLEVELAND. Dec. 19.?John D. Rockefeller,, through counsel today filed In federal court a petition lor an injunction to restrain County Treas urer O'Brlon from-collecting taxes on $311,046,337 assessment placed on Rockefeller's holdings 'by the Cuya hOga County tax commission. Mr. Rockefeller declares he is a resident i of New York State, that he maintains ' a residence there and performs^ all the functions of a citizen of that Stifce. t 33,000 Russians Captured. THE HAGUE, via London, Dee. 20.?(12:20 a. m.)?The total num ber of Russians captured by Austro Hungarlans in Gallcia in the last few days is reported .in Vienna dispatches at 33,000. After the fighting at Limanowa 26,000 Russians were cap tured, i it is asserted that the number of Russians killed is larger, 1,200 dead neing ?u??u at Limanowa alone. i Cotton Mills *o Run 24 Hours a Day <ny AModntcd Proa.) JLG"iVELL, Mass., Doc, 19.?The ma ci?m??y ?L -t?iv Troiiiuni and aunoiir; Cotton mills will .be run 24 hours a: day. beginning Monday, according to1 Announcement today. Four hundred) extra employes will bo hired. Antici pated demand for fabrics early in the comlni: year is* given ue tho reason for the increase in production* Near-Fight on Floor of it of Representative Moon snce Had Operated to es Denounced by Con alse and Untrue?Repre >f South Carolina. Also oach other when halt a dozen mem bers stepped in between them. "I denounce the statement of the gentleman as absolutely untrue," de clared Representative lleflln, refer ring to Mr. Moon's statement that Democrats who voted against tbe rule had "betrayed the Democratic presi-* dent, the Democratic postmaster gen- . eral, the Democratic rules commit tee, and tho Democratic postofflce \ committee." "You don't dare say that to me ex cept on this floor," shouted Mr. Moon. I striding toward' the Alabama repre sentative. "I am willing to say anything out side that I vould say to you here," retorted Heflin, and ho started to meet Chairman Moon. Representative Clark, of Florida;' Trlbble, of Georgia; 'Stahloy, of Ken tucky, ood McKellar, of Tenttoss?e, stopped between them and order bcou was restored.. ' Representative . Moon said he had no apologies to make for his speech criticising Democrats who opposed tho rule.. Ho said ho did not. cbargo corruption against, anyone. , "But tho . circumstances of that vote," he said, "left the impression that there <w??". some - Influence at work that prevented. tho adoption of this rulo, requested by v. the adminls- \ trat inn. Was it tho influence of post ; Ropros en tatl vi> Heil in 'declared no railroad "had- influenced him,*' end de. Glared ' Representative. \ Moon's crltt (TONTINUED OM\ t?A06 v FIVE.) W & A. PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILED Tw \ Trainmen Killed and Four Others With a Number of Passengers Injured. (By Associated Pirn) CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Dec. ,19.? Two ii a in men were. killed and four others and a number of passengers were injured, some seriously, when a Western & Atlantic passenger train was derailed today near here. The dead are Firemen V. H. Entrlcan and P. W. Bell, both of Atlanta. Ga. , The locomotive and five coaches, left the track and. rolled down a 75 foot embankment. Many of the in jured were brought here on a special' train and 15' of the. more seriously hurt were sent to hospitals; Officials of the road say the causo of the wreck has not been establish ed. ; ' . v " -v> ;y^u:*y{;/. Recover a Portion of Stolen Money (By Associated lv?sss.) CINCINNATI. Dec, 19?Eight thousand, one hundred and sixty, dol lars of tho $12,660 obtained by Frank O. Hohl, the automobile bandit killed after his raid on two banks last Thursday, was recovered by " detec tives here late today. Th? remaining S4.50O is believed to have been mailed by Hohl to P. C. Wright, Louisville. Ky. All efforts to locate this package however, have proved fruitless; Congressmen 111 in Washington (By Assorted Press.) WASHINGTON','' Dec. lfc?A trio of congressmen are 111 , at Providence hospital hero. Representative Em men Wilson, of Florida*, is in a'ser ious condition from; uraemlo poison ing and his condition became so crit ical that his two brothers at Pehsaco la hurried here. Ho improved slight iv todsy. Representation Brumbaugh, of Ohio, is ill of what is believed i to ha appen dicitis. Representative Godwin, of North Carolina, is suffering'from gall stonesi / ' h. ',, .' '. Sarro?i?ulag O^mtuu Troops. : DOUGLAS. ArLt. tu*r. i?.?v???? troops which defeated':' "a Carrants force, at s Fronteras nnd ?lnia : several days ago were reported today to be surrounding Agua PrJetft,>'' heluV^ by CarrSnsa; troops. Two bridges orx totr Nacozarl Railroad, 30 miles' sonW:?? here, were burned 'by the aa\"?fi? uoops t^Q deyjt ej;<).