The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, December 22, 1914, Image 1
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.'
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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
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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;<).