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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.
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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
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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
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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