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ntellioencEf TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Weekly, Kpfalilfolied I860; Dally, Jan. 18,1014. ANDERSON, S. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1915. PRICE $1.50 THE YBAR THE ALLIES BELI SOON WILL 1 Would Provide the Missii X Troops 1,300 Miles L tween Greece and T Breaking Point Rest x (By Associated Press.) LONDON. Jnn. 9.?Should Rumunla, now that the Russians are on tile bor der. If not actually in TroiiBylvanin, deride to Jolncthe Allies, her army will provide the missing link in the chain of troops 1,300 miles long, wind ing from the Daltic to the Adriatic. This battle line would be composed of Russians, Rumanians, Servians and Montenegrins on the one side, and Germans and Austro-Hungarlans on the other. The Allies believe Rumania soon will take tbe plunge. Other develop ments are expected. Relations between Greece and Turkey have reached the breaking point over the alleged ill? treatment uf Greeks in Asia Minor. It aly Is growing restless over Turkey'a delay in giving satisfaction for the violation of the Italian consulate at Hodeldu. from which the British con sul, who sought refuge, wus forcibly removed. Italy also,, it is reported, has agreed that Servia should be granted a port in the Adriatic. Rumania and Greece, 'I is thought, however, may delay tak ing up arms until Bulgaria, which Is anxious for a part of Macedonia, is satisfied for a hostile Bulgarian on their borders would compel them to divide their forces. While there are no reports of start ling battle field developments, ex tremely important operations are pro gressing in both east and west. The Germans, simultaneously with renewal of their attacks on tbe left bank of the Vistuai, are developing SEA BELONGS TO ALL 1TH? WORLD Asserts Dr. Demburg? Former German Colonial Secretary in Address Before Club. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jsn. 9.? Tho sea is the common property of all the world and if its freedom is maintained it will mean cessation of war, asserted Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, former German colonial secretary, In an address to day before the Republican Club. The present struggle be declared, Was the fight "on the one sldo for absolute do minion of the seven seas and on the other for a tree Bca." "The English have iiuiu and again asserted," he said, "that Brittania must rulo the waves as a matter of safety. The British doctrine leads further, of necessity, to the claim that tbe British empire begins at the three mile limit of nil other territory, a Claim that has no foundation in the law of nattons or in the feeling of tbe civilised world. ''We must establish n free sea to be plied oh exclusively by the m?chant marine of all nations. Men of war of any nation whatsoever must bo forbid den upon tho'high seas. When that is done, the world as it ' is divided now will come to ? permanent peace;" Medals Presented. NEW YORK, an; .?.?William C. Redfield - secretary of commerce, presented today to Captain Pasl H. Kreibohm a. Watch .and to 39 officers and seamen of tho Red Star Line steamship Kroonlaod medals award ed to thorn by congress for their res cue of 89 survivors of the steamship Volturno, burned in mid-Atlantic on October 9 and 10, 1913. : . - Relief for War Prisoner^ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.-The lin er Mongolia sailed, tor the Orient to day with S consignment of relief sup plies for German and Austrian pris oners of war confined in Siberia. Governor Mm Special io Hi* fntelllftoiMX?! ? COLUMBIA, Jam^t^'^is i? Just tho beginning," said Governor Bleaso today in making public his proclama tion granting pardons to tho 1,000 or more convictsy- whoKlieve i?oeri parol ed by him slnce .being governor.. Ho i is seriously considering, ho said, t'urn ' ing looso all convicts remaining' '{ In the penitentiary, ?n , chalngangs throughout the State and In county Jails. Over 2,000 more convicts would bo freed ahoiird he do this. Tho fact that Governor Blca'so asked ^r$TOW? county supervisor to telegraph tho A,.; number of prisoners on the chain gangs helps ra the be?lef of the pub lic t&at he will "flir.g wide all pris* EVE RUMANIA AKE THE PLUNGE rig Link in the Chain of -ong?Relations Be urkey Have Reached -Italy is Growing less. a new offensive from the direction of Mlawa on tho east Prussian frontier. Some German attacks on the Russian line which runs Along the Bzura and Rawka rivers and thence southward to Opoczno. and along the Nida to Opa l-jwioc on the lower Vistula, have been particularly severe, but according to the Russian report, all have been re pulsed. The thaw which has set in in south ern Poland and Gallcia, has converted the country into a sea of mud and even cleared the snow from the Car pathians, so that fighting in this re gion is impossible. The French, after n heavy bombard ment of the'German positions between the Oise and the western end of the Argonne, and after suffering several repulses, have advanced their fronts at several points, particularly east or Rheims, where their progress has been slow but steady. In eastern Ar gonne the Germans have been advanc ing. The French again report progress 'in the vicinity of Flirey, in the Woe vre district, which is of particular im portance, for shoult it continue they will cut the road linking St. Mihiel with Metz and may compel the Ger mans to evacuate St. Mihiel, which they gained long ago at great cost. The Germans have sent reinforce ments to Alsace, where the French advance has threatened to cut Muel hausen from the rest of the German line, and have occupied Burnhaupt Le-Haut. TOOT OF WATER IN THE TRENCHES Straggle in Alsace Continues Des pite Heavy Rains?Thousands j Killed and Wounded. I (By Associated Pro**,) | GENEVA. Switzerland, via Paris, j Jan. 10.?(12:10 a. m.)'?Tho struggle in' Asace continues in spite of the heavy rains. There Is more than a I foot of water in the trenches. The Germans already have lost G,0Q0 in killed and wounded, according 'to re* liable reports, and Belfort, tho great French fortress, is filled with prison ers, men mostly 40 years of age or more. At Basel and Delle (11 mi les south east of Belfort) the firing of heavy guns is heard night and day. The fighting around Cernny 1b becoming more desperate daily, tbo Germans having constructed miles of,trenches in terra' _s along the meadows and forests. Steinbach has been taken and re taken six times, which accounts for the conflicting statements in the offi cial bulletins. It is now in the hands of the Fredch, according to reports here. , Tho Germans are hurrying rein forcements from Bavtarla and Baren and all ordinary railroad traffic - has been stopped to make .way for the troops. Killed His Step-Mother. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Jan. 9.?Jesse Coggins. Bt Louis youth, who was arrested here yesterday in connection with the killing of hhv step-mother, Mrs. Olive Coggins, in St Louis Tues day tonight admitted that he strang led the woman to death, a" ordlng to a statement made' by She A? William O. Hutton. "I didn't intend to kill her," Sheriff Hutton doclares the boy told him, "but once I .got hold of her throat I could not let go until she was dead." \$ Turn Loose ct in the State on doors" before ho retires from of fice. "I know I have turned out more than ono a day for every day I ha,Ye been governor," >.c ss?d, whea informed that his total, clemency list was about 1,700. - .A special pardon was. granted to W. TV Jones, the .wealthy Union County ; farmer, who was paroled after serv ing only a nhort part of a life sen tence for tho murder of, his wife. This Twas necessitated by other con ditions having' been attached to hfs parole besides good behavior. . This afternoon 37 more pardons and paroles wero .Sont across to tho sec retary o fstate from tho governor. Anderson County drew a blank in . this batch. Leader of the Persian ? This photograph shows how the great war has spread over the earth. The figure on the right is Omar Agha. leader of the Persian Kurds, who is fighting with the Turks against the Russians. The young man, is his brother. One of the bloodiest fields of the war is that in Turkey, just west OtTPereiai'V,, The"' Husfll?nff-'mareh?d over the Caucasus Mountains into Turkey and took several cities. They were met by Turkish armies they Problem of P Practic PROPOSITION OF ALL ARMED GROUPS IN MEXICO PROB ABLY WILL BE SAT ISFIED PLAN WAS NOT MADE PUBLIC General Gutierrez Reports to Convention in Session at (Mexico City. . (By Associated Frew.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 9;?An agree ment of "all the armed groups" in Mexico by. which "the problem of paci fication' is solved* has been reported to the convention in Mexico City by General Gutierrez, according to state department advices today from Consul Sllliraan. Details of the plan were not made; public General Gutierrez's statement to the- convention, was in substance as follows: . "It.may be considered that the prob lem of pacification practically is sol ved.! As .It would be Inopportune to publish at this time the decisions re cently arrived at, I refrain from giv ing their deatils and must limit my self to the statement that there have been in touch with the government over which I, preside, all of the arm ed groups operating in the country. Some. bf .these units have dispatched specU;l<. commissioners. The demands of .these groups have been reduced by them to two propositions. These propositions, which will be given pub licity in : due time, probably will be satisfied." / The'state department h?re issued a statement declaring . Gutierrez's announcement apparently "carried with it an intimation of the strength ening of tho central conventionalist party without the domination of any particular leader or, faction." A dispatch dated yesterday from Motlrn Oito until tl.? io?.?~^~?t.? ?-> P???;-? -* ?-. ........../Il HOU decided to hold daily sessions. ' As^ to tho recent Carranza decree regarding oil lands, the state depart ment issued the following: "The department is in receipt of a telegram dated January 8 from Vera Crus stating that on January 7 ; an executive decree ; was issued by Cat* ranza ordering development of ill oil 'and* In Mexico as well sa their oper ation to. cease Immediately unless such development and. operation' are carried .op.-:.'with the consent of the Constitutionalist government It is provided In the decree that tho' work on those oil lands shall remain sus* vanquished. Then Enver Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks and war minister, who has been the chief ad vocate of war; -led his army against the Russians A ?weok ago reports came of a decisive victory by the Russians, with the. statement that the war minister had nuit in disgust and . returned to Constantinople. The Kurds, who have been helping the Turks, have the reputation of being fierce fighters. , ' acification ally is Solved pended until there can be enacted new laws governing the matter. "It is alleged by Carranza that the properties hnve 'been operated to the detriment o fthe nation and lu the ex clusive benefit o ftho owners. General Carranza states that aa most of the properties are operated by foreigners the privileges they possess of appeal ing to their governments for protec tion gives accasion for danger of com plications o fan international char acter which- would prove embarrass ing to the government in any work v>f revising the oil laws. "It is stated that tho right to des troy work undertaken after .the de cree has been pramulged Is assumed by the Constitutionalist government, which also claims the right to charge the expenses thereof to the manegers or owners. Any wells sunk or brought into operation after the issuance of tho decree shall he considered nation al property. ' ''Practically all the Mexican, oil lands aro in territory which Carranza still controls." Dynamite Bombs and Fuses in His Trunk (By Anocisted FreM.) ; TRENTON, N J., Jan. 9.?Inalle Gabriele, a resident of the Italian dis trict, arrested today by th? Trenton police, who found about 60 dynamite bombs and fuaes In his trunk at ' his. boarding house, was charged with at. tempting to wreck St. Joachln's church, where an unexploded bomb was found last Monday. Cabriole pleaded not guilty and in default of $5,000 ball was sent to jail. German Leaving Outend. LONDON, Jan. 10.?German civi lians aro leaving Ostend'because the Allies hav* now advaned to within ! nine miles of tbat town, according to r a dispatch to the Amsterdam Tele great from its Sluts correspondent. o o o ooo o o ooooooo o ooo o o o Elopes Willi Son'? wife, o o {'fisejj pajniaosBV A"fT) o 6 ritflf YORK, Jan. 9.- Prank- b o lin D. Wood, a young hospital o . o Interne, named his own father as o o co-respondent in a'suit for dUo o vorce from his. who brought to o 0.trial.In the supreme court today, o o It was alleged that the young o o man's father eloped with his bride o o on tho very night of the wedding o 6 and took her to Chicago, Young 6 o ,Wood's mother testified in the o o suit that ?he had found her has- o o hand and her son's wife occupy- o o ing- apartments together in Chi- o o cago. o ? o o oo ooo oo ooooooo o ooo VILLA GIVES HIS WORD THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE TROUBLE NACO SHALL REMAIN NEUTRAL Mexican Leader Promise? Gen. Scott That Govc Maytorena Will Sign Agreement. (Uy Associate! Prem.) TSL PASO. Tex., Jan. 9.?General Villa today gavu Brigadier General, Scott his word tha' ho would prevent further border fighting, which slnco the Madero revolution In 1911, has lieeti a uienuce to residents of Ameri can border towns. The Mexican leader promised he would order Governor Maytorena to ulgn an agreement which hnd been drafted by General Scott at Naco. It would prevent a recurrence of the fighting there, which during the last two months has caused the wounding and killing uf more than 60 persons on the American side. General Hill, commander of the Carranza garrison defending Naco, Sonora, already has signed the agreement. The 8,000 Villa troops passing through Juarez on their way to So nora. will be sent, Villa said, to Guay mas, on the California gulf, and not to participate in fighting along the border. The agreement also provides that Naco shall remain neutral territory and closed to commerce until some constitutional government 'v .estab lished .lp.Mexico and recogntteu by the United States and until, one of the contending factions in Sonora entire ly dominates the other. Nogales, held by Maytorena, ana Ague Prieta, held by HU1, shall not be attacked for r.ny reason whatsoever. Maytorena's troops shall retire to{ Cananea or Nogales, and shall not molest the movement of the Hill forces from Naco to Agua Prieta. This last clause 1b opposed by the Maytorena faction. Naco is between Nogales and Agua Prieta. General Villa is expected to return south to direct j-crsonally .the cam-, pas g il against Carraza forces in the east. General Scott will return to Washington, perhaps after a brief visit to Naco. A Villa force will be detached to hold General Hill's force at Agua Prieta, but it is understood not to nt-. tack him. General Villa announced tonight he would welcome the return to Mexico, of all former regular army officers, many of whom were reported In a des titute state in the United State., and other countries. He also iBnucd a statement claiming a decisive victory against Carranza troops near Uattlllo. Prisoners Are Not Being 111 Treated (By Associated Frets.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.?Chandler Anderson, former counsellor of the state department, who recently visited France, Germany, Austria and Great Britain for the department and in spected detention camps for intern ed nationals of hostile nations, report ed to President Wilson today that charges that these prisoners were be ing ill treated were unfounded. So far as his observations went, he said, they were being given the same treat ment as the soldiers who guard the camps. Fifty-Seven Vessels Will Make Up Fleet fBv Associated Preis.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.?Fifty-seven naval vessels, will make up the fleet which will go to San Francisco by way of the Panama Canal next March, Secretary Daniels announced todey. There will be 21 battleships, healed by tho dreadnaught Wyoming, Admir al Fletcher's flagship; 28 torpedo boat destroyers, and 13 auxiliaries, including colliers snd supply vessels. At Chrlstobal the fleet will bo joined by tho faraoua'old Oregon and Doveys flagship of Manila, the Olympia. The Oregon Is being fitted on the Pacific coast for .the cruise and the Olympia at Charleston, S. C. Canadians Add Sarprise, . - NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 9.?Canadians here to attend the' celebration of the centenary of peace between Great Britain end the United States added an unexpected feature to the second days ceremonies today by placing a wreath on a statue of General. Andrew Jack son. Hon. J. R. Boyle, minister of edu cation of Alberto, officiated. DER TAI IS Engagement Takes Pia Norte With British Cri Was One of the Vei German Squadr Isla. (IIy Associated Prew.) IlUKNOH A IRKK, Jan. 9.?Lu Pren- | ea publishes the report that an en gageaient has taken place off Bio Grande de Norto, Brazil, between the IlrltlNh buttle crulHcr Invloelble and the Germun eralHer Von Per Tann, adding that the Von Her Tunn has been Hank. The German battle cruiser Von Der Taon uns, reported several weeks ago to hare crosse dtbe Atlantic to Join the other German warships in the Houth Atlantic or Pacific. Her ar* rlcal in the se waters never has been recorded: WAR SC/SirC^ES WHEAT TO DECLINE Number 2 Red Cash Sold Down to $1.36; rVray Optioria Goes to $1.38. Itiy Associated I'rets.) CHICAGO, Jan. 9.?Reports that congress might bo asked to declure ah embargo on foodstuff, and vague rumors that Italy might soon enter the war against Turkey and force an outlet for Russian wheat through the Dardanellen resulted In a break of almost 4 cents in wheat prices here today. Number ? red cash sold down to $1.36 a bur.hel and on change the May option declined to $1.38. President Canny, of'the Board of Trade, discussing today the recent Budden rise, said: "Those who are qualified to express an opinion of wheet valusa know that there Is but one cause or reason for the present range of prices. That cause is based on the fact that Nor way, Sweden. Denmark. Holland, France, England and Italy have been in competition as buyers In the Unit ed States markets during the last few months. Closing of the Dardanelles and elimination of exports from Rus sia has concentrated the world's de mand on the- United States. Manipu lations have had nothing to do with creating this situation, in' my Judg ment." Steamer Receiving Official Attention (Cy Associated Pros*.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.?Th? status of the former Hamburg-American steamer Dada, loading at Port Arthur, Texas, with cotton for Bremen, Ger many, is receiving official attention here, it was learned today, because of an Intimation from the British govern ment that this ship might be regarded as subject to seizure. -The questions involved are of great importance not only to Americans seeking to pur chase interned German merchant ships, but also to southern cotton in terests, now exerting every effort to find means of placing the staple In European markets. Vf ill Pass Through U. S. NACO, Ariz., Jan. 9.?The Ameri can State department has granted per. mission to General Benjamin Hill, Carranza comander In Conora, to. paSs through the United States on his way to. Vera Cms. Hill will depart to morrow under orders to report to General Carranza on. the killing and wounding of persona on the American side of the line during the siege of N'aco, Sooora. Plan to Bring and Manless it/?jV' 1- .''it." L>' . .' .' (By Aaeod* *i Prccs.) WASHINGTON; /an. 9.?A national employment bureau reaching, into every section of the. United States-will be put into one .-ation by the labor, de partment next week. It will be operat ed along the lines of President Wil son's .Utfgestion In his Indianapolis speech for "a systematic method of helping the working men of America." Pellminary work for the bureau haa been completed, it was announced to day by Commissioner Camincttl, of the immigration bureau, and Instruction?? sent to postmaster* and rural mall carriers throughout the country and to nearly ?00,000 field agents of the ag ricultural department; " The. general plan "was outlined by Mr. Cajninettl aa follows: Notices will be posted In al? post offices announcing that applications ce Off Rio Grande de liser Invincible Which isels That Sank the on Off Falkland I Ida? Th? Von Der Tann Is of 18,000 tons displacement, 682 feet fa length* ? speed of 27.6 knots. She carrlen s complement of 910 men an an orna ment of eight 11.Inch guns, ten r>.9? Inch guns, sixteen 24-pouHder* and four torpedo tubes. The British battle croiser Iflvlacl? ble is of 17,250 tons displacement with a complement of 781 men. Her area* ment Includes eight IxMnch, guns, sixteen 1-Inch gnus and fear torpedo tubes. The Invincible was one of the Brit ish squadron which mink the Germa a PENDLUM HAS SWUNG TOO FAR The People Are Regulating Too Much Says Former President Taft (By Aaodatsff Prww.j B03TON, Jan. 9.? "The people'are regulating tod much; tho pendulum has swung too far the othrr ..way/' said former President Taft, speaking of railroad matters at the alumni din ner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tonight. ['* Mr. Taft followed Howard Elliott, president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail road, / who oxpreaaed the opinion that the regularly,power or the government, wejs-gelnif, .too far. "At first." eald:Mr;: T?W^i?e :raU-. roada thought they Were the vvhcla thing. They violated .the; raw,- < ?f? things they should not co, defied the people as they did IBs interetai? com- ; merce commission during the early part of Its life. But their, found, as everybody elso will find? that nobody can defy the people on Questions of Justice. I agree with President Elliott that the pendulum has swung too far, that (he people are regulating too much, and conseuuentiy the. Beovw ??v hurl ing themselves. Wo must retrace-our steps if we would work for good." Convention Falle to iSleet, MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9,~The nation al convention called to name a provis ional president and adopt .a reform program, failed to meet .today. Ses sions have been suspended Indefinite ly. Southern delegates,, however, met today. Those present represented only ihu Zap?ta forces. Loaves XadeSaudler. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 0.?LoaveB of ! bread selling at five and. ten cents 'have been reduced three ounces in I weight, and master bakers today an nounced that if flour prices went higher they would be compelled to in crease prices Instead of further cur4. I tailing weight Job v o O O o o o O O O o o o 0.0 o o o o o o TURKS TO THE FRONT o O LONDON, . Jan. 10,~(4:00 : a." o o m.?"Tho eighth Turkish army o o corps has left Damactis for the o ,.vX; o Egyptian frontier, well armed, o o provisioned and provided with 8,- o o 000 camels for erossing the des- o o ert," says an Athena dispatch- to o o the. Exchange. Telegraph Com- O o papy. The message continues: a ? o "It Is reported from -Beiruto il<::. o (Syria) that all French and Greek o . o subjects have been taken to Da- O o msacus In chains because of an o o effort to escape." o o oo ooo oo ooooo 0 00.. o o o Jobless Man for work or workers will, h? received by the postmaster, who will bo . sup plied with forma to be filled out and forwarded to the labor department agent in charge of the eo?b in which the office la located. Tho distribution branch of the Immigration service wilt handle that part of the work and to It also will go reporta ot the agricultu ral departments as to sections where laborers are needed. Applicants will then be informed of tho nearest point where they can obtain work or tho kind they seek. v Commissioner Camlnolt. said tho plan bad been tried out la a small way and th? results ha satisfactory. After tho fl Mbbs., last June, when factory operatives: were t employment, the labor department sue ceeded in finding work mir many of them, ...-y ?-, 1