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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NEW SERIES VOL. 1. NO. ll.lYetkly, EsUbllHhe? IS??; Dally, Jaii.13, 1911. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. BUT VERY LITTLE REALFIGHTING NEW TROOP DISPOSITIONS INDICATE BATTLES WILL BE RAGING AGAIN GERMAN SIEZES STOCKS OF WHEAT British Steamer Sunk With All Hand? Off the Irish Coast. (Uy. Associated Press.) LONDON, Jan. 26.?(9:35 p. m.)?It was officially announced at the admir alty today that the British armored merchant vessel Viknor had been loet off Ireland with all hands. - The ves sel, it was stated, either struck a mine or foundered. The admiralty states says: "She has been missing for some days and must be accepted as lost with all her officers and men. The cause of her loss is uncertain, but as some bodies and wreckage have been washed ashore on the north coast of Ireland, it is presumed that during the recent bad weather she either foundered or, being carried out of her course, strack a mine id seas where the Germans are Known to have laid them." LONDON, Jan. 25.?The eleventh hour stiffening of the Austrian front to check the Russian invasion of Hun gary as the natural sequence of the occupation, of Bukowina, seems for the present to be the event of chief military importance. The Russians, recognize this and all rcent dispatch es I from . Petrograd have emphasized the^ Aafstro-Qerman offensive in the southeastern theatre. Second In: Importance/ perhaps, are the Faivstan movements near the East >an& "W?iit "Prussian frontiers of which the.' German statement today .takes cognizance, although Insisting that no now advances into German territory are feared. In .6h? testera theatre there* hag been so Httle change that the Britisli newspapers print the officials. com munication with scant comment, pre ferring to feature Sunday's naval ac tion. The facts concerning this en gagement are not given in detail and the admiralty up to tonight had added nothing to the original announce ment. With great battles soon to be fought out at her front door, Rumania has not yet decided to join in the con flict, but it is patent that the situa tion in the Balkans is simmering and it is believed action will come sud denly. The Italian, Greek and Bul garian ministers were among callers at thp foreign office today. The Swedish press is showing re newed irritation against the. British contraband policy and some Stock holm papers suggest reprisals by for bidding the transportation of goods destined for Great Britain over Swed ish railways. One paper seva : the county ohould. strengthen her de fenses to command respect for her neutrality. Germany has eelged all stocks of wheat to insure a supply of bread uhtit the next harvest. Stocks of wheat will bo distributed according to tho necessities of the - various com* munities. . The British armored merchant steamer Viknor has been sunk with all hands Off1 the Irish coast. The vessie either foundered or struck a mine. A Vienna newspaper .decjiares tiie Austro-Hungarian foreign minister has stated he will refuse territorial concessions to Italy and Rumania, even If suchre refusal should be the cause-of their entering th? war on the side of the Allies. Berlin credits , to Vienna newspap er dispatches the statement that re ported AuBtro-Hungarlah successes In Bukowina have eervqd to lessen Russia's prestige In Rumania. /' -' V f It is stated In London that owing to reports that Germany is seising all foodstuffs for military use, th?? Amerl-; can steamer Wilhelmina. bound from New York .for Germany with : food. Is likely to be stopped by the Allies un tau n nQttiMvn guarantee ?3 given that : her cargo win not reach the German ' army. . -*1 . Amsterdam reports that the^Jf W*. year-old untrained men-of the" land-; Catorm in ther province , bt Brenden-. HroraV In which Berlin is located. ? have been cited to appear f$r hnsdl-; cal examination, t,:' " Austrian Cruiser Sans*-- , LONDON, Jan. 28,?.(e:lO a. m.)?A "Dally Mail dispatch from Venice says Trieste reporta that an 'Austrian' cruiser has struck a mine near Brionl Islands and sunk. ThoiBvi 1 alanda la at the mouth of the har ?Pola,, Austria's big.naval base the Adriatic. New German Gum Krupps Are ManufacUiring a Gun Whose Projectile Weighs a Ton. BERLIN, via London. Jan. '25, 11 a. m..?Remarkable figures regard ing a new German naval gun are given by a German artilery expert vritlng in the "Artilleristische Mon ats Hefte." In diseasing an asser tion by thc London Times that the German navy possesses a gun which carrries three miles further than the best British weapon, the writer admits that the Krupps ure manu-j facturlng a gun whose projectile weighs 920 kilograms (about a ton) and which develops muzzle velocity of 940 metres (about 3.700 feet) a second. The expert reckons from these figures that the gun has 58 per cent mm 2 muzzle force than the British navy's best weapon and has a range of about 42 kilometres (about 28 miles) while the channel at Do ver is only 333 kilometres (about 22 miles) wide. He says the figures given if correct, will permit the Germans eventually to command the English coast from Calais for a distance of nine kilometres (about six miles) in land with the new gun. ORGANIZED LABOR HIT BY DECISION Employers Can Dismiss. Employes | If They Refuse to Give Up the Union. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.?The con-| stitutlonal right of employers to re- ! quire employes to renounce their un- [ ion affiliations as a condition of em ployment was sustained today by the supreme court in a decision, far Teaching to organized labor, In which ' the. Kansas socallcd coercion statute, was declared unconstitutional. Associate Justice Day, joining a dissenting opinion with . Justice Hughes and Holmes, declared he be lieved similar laws in 12 other States, Sd 4n Porto .Rico tell by the decis-j l. v..,* -.i>-?.t.. 3- , -r ... - 4. . I Under the Kansas statute it was j unlawful for any individual or,cor poration to. coerce or influence any I person to enter into an agreement hoc' to join or remaiu a member of a la bor-organization as a condition of ob taining . and continuing employment The case today arose from the con viction of T. B. Coppage, a. division superintendent of the Frisco Railway system, for threatening A. R, Hedge, a switchman, with dismissal if he didi not withdraw from the Switchmen's Union of North America. . 350 Per Cent Dividend Declared I (By Associated Pi eu.) NEWARK ,N. J., Jan. 25.?A ape-1 cial dividend of 350 per cent, totalling 17,000,000, was declared today by di rectors of the Fidelity TruBt Com pany. The dividend was.due primar ily to the sale of approximately 20, 000 shares of stock in the Prudential Insurance Company of * America, which was. recently mutualized. The directors also voted a bonus of 10 f per cent, of salaries to all employes. MRS. EDMONDS DEAD Passes Away at City Hospital at Early House This Morning. Mrs. w. H. "Edmonds died at the city hospital this morning at 3:10 o'clock. The funeral services will be held at the family residence, 610 West Market street, this afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Dr. John F. Vines', pastor- of the First . Baptist church, of which Mrs. Edwards was a member. - 'The remains will be shipped on the B?2R train this afternoon to McCor mlck and interment WiU take place In the cemetery there Wednesday morn ing- : i The Dacia Will Sail on Receipt of Paper? I (By Attcciat?! Pres*.) GALVESTON, Tex., Jan. 25.?Th? ! Steamer Dada, which'cleared Friday for Rotterdam via Norfolk with a cargo of 11,000 bales of cotton, will start on the voyage aa quickly as a I "package of important papers,'.' said ' to be the record of tho vessel's trans-J fer from German to American r?gis- j try, are delivered to the captain. Promise of Independence. WASHINGTON, Jan. -&?V??promise o fcorap??te independence -for -. the j Philippines when "in the judgment of i the United States the people of the islands shall' he fitted tb?refor,55 is contained in a revision of the pream ble to the pending bill to enlarge the self-government of the Filipinos,' ? adopted by, the % senate Philippines committee. SPEECH AROUSES1 THE DEMOCRATS SENATOR ROOT SAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO RUSH SHIP BILL THROUGH BY | BRUTE FORCJE AND WEIGHT OF VOTES' Fears That If Put Into Effect Would Involve U. S. in Serious Controversies. (By Associated Pren>.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.? -rave fee* that the pending government ship purchase bill, if carried into effect, would involve the United States in serlouB international controversies was expressed in the Senate today by Senator Root, of New York. Address ing himself largely to the legal aspects of the measure end what the adminis tration pittas to do under it, the sena tor also charge' the Democrats with; attempting tc rusi. 'he bill through by "brute force anu areii " t of votes." and warned his colleagues . r?i '*>*t the dan- j ger of reducing tu? ?ei. mere "registering instead oi & legj .-L>e body." Senator Root's Creech aroused Dem ocrats, who for several days had re mained silent while speakers attacked the bill, and drew sharp replies from Senators Williams, Stone and Sim mons. The administration's purpose, the New York senator asserted, was' to' buy interned German ships for the ! proposed government corporation;. He attacked the opinion of the solicitor of the state department in this con nection, and commented caustically on the attitude of Secreary McAdeo, of the treasurg, declaring he was "filled' with apprehension by the idea Of- put ting such vast powers into the hands of a man who think* there is. no. ground for difficulty." ; : Senator Root pointed out that .Great Britain, Prance aud Russia had.adopt ed a rule that transfers of ships during the wars only could be valid \r?ea. it had been proved that the-transfer'6"f such- ships Was not made >to escape the danger, of capture or other conse quences of war. Senator Williams replied that he .be lieved Great Britain would he glad to see .the entire German merchant ma rine transferred to American owner ship and that Germany would, in time, be glad to see England's Bhrips lr, the same position. Senator Williams charged th it the Republicans had banded'.together, to prevent a vote on the bill before March 4, if possible. , .* Asked by Senator Slnm^ns If. it were true the Republicans bad decid ed upon "filibustering the bill to ^??.U I, CZ-.-n.iii_ ? _ ucuiu, ucuaiui uainugni i cpitt-u uu, Yesterday in the Legislature Special to The Intelligencer. COLUMBIA, Jan. 25.-?Representa tive 'J. A. McCuiiough, of Greenville, tonight introduced several bills' af fecting .cotton mill counties. One rais ing th0 age h-nit to fourteen' years, so as to conform to. the compulsory school attendance bills, -now before tue Senate and House. - Another bill gives the commissioner of agriculture authority to investigate the sanitary conditions in mill coun ties and make reasonable rules ano regulations with reference to same end the enforcement of ?aine, . Represetantlv? McCulh n^h also in troduced a bill relative u -8 re escapes In buildings and relative o the use of dangerous machinery. . Another bill requires mills to' post the hours when the machinery will start and stop. Which hours snail con form to law. . .-. H.? - The bill regulating shripment of li quors was tonight passed to the third reading on the House calendar. This bill prohibits the ordering of any.beverages from a point without the state in excess of one gallon .and only on permit from the clerk of court Only .one such permit can t-e issued in one month aod no permit will be issued to a person' under 21' years of age. . ; - , The bill of Senator Sherard pro viding-for, the appointment of four county commissioners for Anderson, county by the governor has passed both houses of the legislature and was tonight Ordered -enrolled for ratifica tion. Tha Senate passed io third read ing the bill to repeal the Slate income tax law and pasRed and sent to the House the bill.allowing moving pic tures In public schools. The Joint resolution extending time for the payment of taxes until Ao il 1st .went'to third reading. _?:?. OLUMBIA,v8. >, Jan. 25.?Tho House late tonight passed to third reading the Moore bill repealing tnc cotton acreage reduction law, the. vote being 81 to 22. SPEAKS ACROSS PRESIDENT WILSON TALKS DIRECT TO PARTIES IN ' SAN FRANCISCO C?NTRAGULATES THE INVENTOR Said He Could Hear the Voice of the Speaker in Western City . -Z Distinctly. hi!. - * JS* <B>' Associated Presa.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.?President Wilson today Inaugurated the first transcontinental telephone system by speaking directly to President Moore, .or the -Panama-Pacific Exposition, in San Francisco. Wtlh Mr. Moore, Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor ot the telephone, and President Vail, cf the American Telephone and Tele graph Company, on the wire at differ, ent . .pointa the president extended congratulations on the achievement. fi. - sjpyeui? tu the ' imagination tc speak aero Bs the continent," said the pr?sident to Mr. Moore. With.-Dr. Bell listening in on the lino .at New York the president spoke Bias A .Watson in San Fran Mr. Watfion was Dr. Bell's at the time of the inven t?.telephone and was the first hear a word spoken over a im [der it an honor," said the "to be able to express my for the inventive genius Itiflc kflnowledge that haB possible and my pride that cord should have been across America as a new ^fe^S^^. *ur unity and our enter prise! ^Will you not convey my cor dial cim'gratulattons to Dr. Bell? And JTwaut to convoy to you my personal coogra&Mtions, sir." Vail listening in on the line at, JekyH Iplapdr " the <' president th^?pokoyfe pr- im>\ ^e-ybttivery warmly.. on this notable consumma tion of your long labors and remark able achievements?" said the presi dent. "You are justified In feeling a great pride in what has bean doao. This lea memorable day and I convey to you my warm congratulations." The president said that he could hear Mr. Moore In San Francesco dis tinctly. Pr?sident Overheard by Scores. . NEW YORK, . Jan. 25.?President Wilson's conversations from Wash ington with Ban Francisco were over heard by scores of persons in the tel ephone company's offices, including city officials, business men and .rep ,ejjfo?jves of engineering and civic organizations. The tranB-contlnental service will not be established'for public use un til about March 1., It will cost $20.70 for a person In New; York to talk for three minutes with San Francisco and $6.75 tor each additional minute. New Train Ail Steel Equipment of Biro Ridge Railroad in Ute. The all-steel train of the Blue Ridge Railway wsb formally put into com mission yesterday, leaving out of An dereon for Walhalla on the noon trip. The old train was run up from Bel ton and when it arrived at the depot passengers, baggage, mail and express matter were transferred to- tae new steel train. The train yesterday consisted of a new engine, which arrived several weeks ago and which - has been fully described in The Intelligencer pre viously, two drat class passenger coaches and the combination mall and express car. Thn combination baggage and passenger car has not arrived, hut Is expected within the next tew days. The new equipment is' up-to-date n every respect and compares favorably with the best equipment of ' the mala Unes of the hie railroads In this sec tion- of the country. The new train ?s. ! of course, electrically lighted. All other fceatures of .the train are the most modern to b? found in railroad-train construction. Officials of the Blue Ridge Railroad are, of course, elated over the new. train and there la not an employee of the road who is not proud of It, to eay nothing of the the traveling public. . Pension Bill Reported Favorably* , WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.?The an nual pension appropriation bill ag gregating $105.000.000 was reported favorably to the house today. The hill reduces estimates by $1,000,060. It included an appropriation of $100, 600 for examining surgeons' fees. A Powerful Locomotive West?nghousc's Dream Fulfilled When Electrically Propelled Locomotive Passes Test. BLUBFIELO, W. Va.. Jan. 25.?The world's most powerful electrically propelled locomotives passed success ful tests on the Elkhoru division of the Norfolk and Western railroad lam week and thereby fulfilled a dream of the late George Westlnghouse, in ventor of thp air-brake. Fourteen thousand horsepower was needed to start a full tonnage traiu und nearly 8,0000 was used to propel. Two loco motives, onc at each end. were usea to haul the train, which weighed 4, 000 tons. Each locomotive weighed 270 tons and the parting effort on the draw bar reached 180,000 pouuds, enough to move a 250-car train. A test of electric breaking. Wesung houso's ldeu, was also successful. The engines were able to hold the train at steady speed on a mountain grade without the train brakes. The .electricity saved on the downgrade |.ls returned to the system for use on other trains Will Sail With 10,000 Bales of Cotton (By ArMirintod Pres?.) WILMINGTON, N. C. Jan. 25.?Wlth 1 her hatches sealed and cargo certified by the collector of customs, the Amer ican, steamer City of Columbus, Cap tain Johnson, received her clearance papers late today and will sail at day light tomorrw for Rotterdam with a cargo of 10,000 bales of cotton for trans-shipment to Germany. The chip has been under constant observation 9f a customs official alnce her arrival ior the purpose of certification. Can Prosecute Appeal At Public Expense prerae court today granted permission to ? Ti f U., "VaTlghd. nfo'rmcrly' s?perlh'-' fendent of a n orphans' home at Green ville, S. C? to prosecute at public ex pense Ip t":o South Carolina courts, for a grVre otlcnsc. Thla was done as the result of a petition setting oat that Vaughn was without money, hid family poor and that examin?t ton last Octob er showed Vaughn to be of unsound mind. COMMISSION MAY HAVE ITS OH TREASURER OR AT LEAST THIS WAS IN FORMALLY SUGGESTED YESTERDAY MET INFORMALLY Probable That Commission Will Meet Today and Perfect Or ganisation, Members of the'board of paving commissioners met informally yester day afternoon in the offlc0 of City At torney G. Gullen Sullivan.for a pre liminary discussion .of matters per taining to organization. It Is probable that the commissioner? will hold a meeting today and organize for work. The. board will elect a chairman, as city council, In special session, last Saturday, rescinded Its previous action In adopting, one feature of a resolu tion specifying that the mayor should be chairman of the paving commis sion. Thp commissioners yesterday af ternoon informally discussed the ad visability of the board electing Its own treasurer, who shall handle all funds, and It was Informally agreed that such a step would be taken. The idea in this was to entirely divorce the paving commission from city council. Going After New Trade. WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.?Creation of a Pan-American bank with princi pal offices at Ancon and with capital stock'of $25.000.000., of which $13,000, 000 would be subscribed by the Unit ed States government, was introduced today by Representative Helm, of Kentucky, with a view to returning out for the South and Central American trade. Federal Authorities Kei*e Oats? pi WASHINGTON, Jafr S?.^Seventy flve carloads of oata intended for ex port shipment hav?.been seised by the .federal authorities on the ground that t ho grain was adulterated within the meaning of the food and drug act; * I I .... V." STREET PAVING SUPREME ISSUE ENDORSED BY ALL ATTEND ING ANNUAL MEETING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HELD LAST NIGHT AT HEADQUARTERS Occasion One of Good Feeling and Many Good Speeches Were Enjoyed. The second annual meeting of tho Chamber of Commerce was held last night in the rooms of the organiza tion on North Main street, President Jas. D. Hammett, presiding. The oc casion was one' of good teellng and exemplified the spirit of cooperation and progressiveres that has always characterized the dealings of the cit izens of this city. The paramount is sue up for discussion was street pav ing and every member of tho organi zation was heartily in favor of pusb i hig the matter of paving. I The terms of office or three mem bers of the board of directors expired, Messrs. M. M. Mattlson, T. Prank Wat kins, and W. L. Brlssey. The fol lowing gentlemen were selected to nil their places: Messrs. J. E. Barton, R. E. Llgon, and E. R. Horton. Those gentlemen are repr?sentative of the spirit of progress and will carry for ward the ideas of those whom they succeed as well as any who could have been chosen. The exercises were opened by Rev. J. W. Speake, pastor of the St. John's Methodist chiircb, who delivered the invocation. The next number was a Bong by a quintet composed i of MessrB. Fi R. King, F. M. Burnett. J. D. Rast, L. L. Rice and H. B. Fitz gerald.' This song was quite catchy and struck tho popular fancy as evi denced by the liberal .applause.; ; ' ?encrai Bonham Speaks*. .j . "The Future Before Ob'* Vas .the *UbJfCt,pf, an address by Gen... M. !.. BbSm, who eldquenlirBpokc of m?*'* advantages enjoyed by this section, of the maximum production of .:all ferm products, of water power, and electrical development, which are re sponsible for th? supremacy of the Piedmont section. . Unfortunately, this has been a hard year for the people and now we havo a period of business depression but ' these periods are necessary for the proper development .of a man or of a people. Good will come from it, and it will teach our people not to depend upon a one-crop system, but that by diversification we shall grow more independent and richer by tar, "The future is bright with hope," said General Bonham... "This 1b no time for pessimism. We have much evidencing our prosperity. Our new opera house, our new Blue Ridge passenger station, the development of the C. & W. C. property and many other things speak of our prosperity." , The Bpeaker eloquently spoke, of j the courage of those who ware the gray more than half a century ago, who came , homo to an impoverished land, and set about making tho splen did law and heritage we are now en Joying. ' "Surely the people of the South will not despair, but we shall be worthy of our sires and look for ward with confidence in tho futuro and in ourselves,'* concluded tho speakor amid applause. G. Collen Sullivan, Esq. The next speaker.was City Attor ney G. Cullen Sullivan, who was as signed the subject of "Paving." Ho made a strong plea for the paving proposition and was liberally ap plauded. Ho said he had been read ing' the Saturday Evening Post re cently, and was struck by a remark of Andrew Carnegie who attributed bis success to concentration. "This," said the speaker, "Is all that we need to have the . paving issue succeed. There must be a give and take poli cy, as H is hardly ever possible for any plan to be proposed which will meet with the approval of every one. This audience eau accomplish the paving of Anderson if they will pull together " Speaking of the commission Mr. Sul livan said he felt the commissio of business, men had beep, appointed ful ly able to. handle the paving proposi tion. This commission will effect Us own organlation, select its presiding officer and Its treasurer and have full and complete control of the proposi tion. The speaker dlscssed the proposed law,' of which he Is the author, as in troduced in the legislature and ex plained soucrai af its provisions. There will be no tax for paving side walks, as it wan thought inequitable to have property owners pay for pav ing sidewalks as so rauch of the city has sidewalks already constructed by the city. Mr. Sullivan stated that If the abut ting properly law were defeated there would be no bond Issue, as the (Continued on Pago Four)