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erm Wttklp lm' *>?> ** ? m Anderson, s. c,fr.day morning. January ntr?toencer 29. 1Q1K REPORTS OF THREE DAYS' FIGHTING IN FLANDERS,. FRANCE AND ALSACE BOTH SIDES ARE HEAVY LOSERS Germans Claim to Have Inflicted! Severe Defeat on French at Craonne. (By Associated Pres*.)' LONDON, Jan. 28?Although no big battles, as battles go in this war, have been fought of late, there have been engagements hi all the arenaB from Asiatic Turkey to the English Chan- i nel in which the losses in men and material probably have been greater in the aggregate than in many of the battles of history. According to French reports, Ger- . man attacks against the allied lines In Flanders, France and Alsace on the , first three, days of the week cost them 20,000 men, to which must be added the Iosscb suffered In repeated at tacks on the Russian entrenchments in central Poland. All attacks In the west, the allies nnnQUPc?fpents K(1V failed except near Craonne. where It 1b admitted the French l?st 800 men, largely because of the collapse of an old quarry. The Germans, on the other hand, as sert that they inflicted a severe uo- , feat'on the French at Craonne and Utat they repulsed alt French attacks ; In the-Vosges and Upper Alsace, with heavy losses. While it is evident the?e ht???',v?? a'*d 1 counter attacks cost both sides heav ily, they made no great dlfferenec? in the relative positions of the opposing armies. They convey the intimation, | however, that the Go-mans by. no ' means have given up the idea of de livering a smashing blow at the allied armier. 1 "With the approach of dry weather and the consequent hardening of the ground. they brought up. new. troops \ with the intention of- getting rln their f blow before the'full strength of thai Anglo-French forces -was - ready-- to meet them. Thus far they .have mado little, if ^any, headway but, un dismayed'/ nf? Bending still more troops through Belgium to Ypres and La Russee, where earlier in the win ter, they attempted" to break their way through to the coast. Knowing, as they must; th?t the Anxin-V*-rv?h armies have been "greatly strenghtened since then, they themselves m'ust nave' increased their striking power.. The alli?s, however, are-confident of their ability to hold their present* lines and move forward when all pre parations are completed. In the east interest centres in the Carpathians, where the Austro-Ger. mans have brought up new armies to oppose the Russian Invasion of Hun gary. According to announcements In Vienna - they have recaptured some of tho? passes the.Russians were holding In strength. While th? Russians do 'not. relish giving up any ground gained they de clare, this is compensated tor by .the fact that their aggressiveness : has compelled the Austro-Germans . fa postpone the expedition. t i ny wore preparing to crush Serbia. Russia hopes with her financial position guar anteed by the recent London loan of $25,000.000. soon will send her amy in to the field and form the missing link between Russia and Serbia. The Turks, by bringing up their fifth, army corps, have resumed the . offensive in the Caucasus, but a Rus sian report says they have suffered another setback. Nothing further has. been heard of th<* Turkish army in vading Egypt The British admiralty tonight issued a formal denial of German. reports that some British ships had been sunk in Sunday's North Sea naval battle. The admiralty adheres, to Re former statement-that all the British vessels engaged returned safely. . . . .The same department also denies a story from the United States' that the German cruiser Von der Tann was Stink, by .he British battle ?miser In vincible in the South Atlantic and says there has been no engagements" be tween these vessels. _naeat $1.57 In New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 28,-?May -wheat sold in New;. York.at ?1.57 today, the highest since 1898. No 2 red export basis Was quoted at 11.613-4, and No. 1 northern Manitoba at $1.63. j :. FJobr prices also advanced- ? Fancy MJhhegpolfs patents were, .held . at 53.45 a barrel and standard baker noi ent.q at $7.35 to $7.45. WASHINGTON.. Jan. ^^ormat opentag-ceremonies at the Panama ?anal probably will be postponed from March to Joly, and President Wilson will go to San Francisco by ratl to March and to Panama law " T-3^J?*?- ^ewfi will t^to place. Although no for^uil anu^.hce ment of the change In pV.Mis hss been made, the president has ta*?m up tho question with Secretary Daniels. NEITHER HAVE LEFT MEXICO CITY Statement Claims President Garza and the Villa Army Occupy Capitol. 03y Ahsociated Prcsa.) EL PASO l ei , Juu. 23.?Neither Hoqun Gonzalez Gnrzu, head of the convention government, nor the Villa army has evacuated Mexico City, ac cording to a statement issued today by the Villa military authorities at Juarez. It was declared that Garza, in ; a telegram sent from 'he capital, has i denied reports of his fight or any dan ger that the Ourranza forces might occupy the rity. The official bulletin said: The provisional president of Mexico, Roque Gonzalez Garza, informed ua today that he remains In the City of Mexico where he is continuing the government, emanting from the sov erign convention, and that the capital 1b not menaced by rebel forces. "Troops of the division of the north now occupy the following places in the State of Coahulla: Cuatro Ciene Igas (the home of General Carranra), Sabinas, and Monclova, positions formerly occupied by strong Carranza forces which were utterly defeated. (With the occupation of these places the government of Mexico dominates the coal regions of Coahuila State and I thus controls- suffi' lent fuel to keep up traffic on all railroads in the re public." NOW LISTEN AT THIS! VERA CRUZ, Jan.* 28.?"We have recovered Mexico City." ThlB statement vas made officially at the Carranza headquarters here to night. It is beiieved, however, that the headquarters will be moved to Mexico City unless the Carranza forc es can gain control of virtually the entire country. The pubnc in Vera Cruz at 6 o'clock tonight wore apprised by the ringing of bells of the fact that Mexico City bad been taken by the Carranza forces. LOST ITALIAN SHIP REACHES NEW YORK Was Believed to Have Gone Down With Twenty-Seven, Men Aboard, - ? (By Ajttodatcd .Pre**.) . ' NEW YOEik, Jan: 2KSSfftS Italian steamship Angelo Parodl.. which was lost from view of the revenue cutter Itasca Tuesday in a fog and was be lieved to have gone down with her crew of 27, reached New York tod?y in tow of the Greek steamer Crios. The Parodl hod been adrift sine? January 19, when bar supply of coal was exhausted. For four days the Itasc? stood by and tried to get a Une to the drifting ship.. The Parodi'o food supply ran out and that increas ed the crew's sufferings. During Monday night the Parodi drifted away from the Itasca in thick weather. The cutter hunted all day Tuesday and yesterday for the ship, and not Unding it, sent a wireless message last night to rforfoik expressing be lief that the farodi had sunk about 380 miles off Cape Henry with all on board. After the Parodl became separated from the Itasca, her officers said to day, the Greek steamer Crios sighted her at 3 o'clock in the morning of Januar}* 26 The Crios got a line to the hel'?desB vessel and took her in tow. The rescue of the Parodl is the 'second one achieved by the Crios in successive voyages. On: her previous crulae from New York to Piraeus on November 23, the Crios fell in with the British steamer Gripwell, which had lost her propeller and towed her '.o Gibraltar, 800 miles. Alabama Bank Closes Its Doors (By Awodatod Pr?te.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 28,?Di rectors Or the Jefferson County Sav ings Bank announced tonight that the institution had suspended and that its [affairs were in. the hands of tho State banking department The bank's capital is $600.00 and surplus $250,000. Last summer it moved into its new 25-story office building home which 1b 3ald to havn been only about 50 per cent rented since the outbreak of the war and It is understood this tac* contributed largely to the bank's embarrassment. Stabs Wife to Death Then Drinks Poison HOUSTON, Tex. jW. SSl?After stab bing his wife to death at a sanitarium here today, Ward Snyder of Pitts burgh. Pa., son of hV S. Snyder, a wealthy oil man. drank poison and h* h jt expected to live. On recovering consciousness at the hospital, Snyder attempted to explain bio action, but was'unablo to .talk distinctly. "Mrsi Snyder. it is stated, formerly was-tho wife of a vocal teacher at ! Chicago from ^whom she Was divorced, about three years ago. She <had three children. NO NEED FOR ! IOREJC?E LEADERS DECIDE THERE * IS NO IMMEDIATE NECESSI TY FOR LEGISLATION BEST TO WAIT TILL END OF YEAR When They Can Better Estimate Effects of War and Decide What to Do. (By Associated Frets.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.?Adminis tration leaders in conference today., with President Wilson decided there'; was no immediate need for legisla tion to Increase thu government's.1 revenues. They agreed that at the, end of the fiscal year the government would be in a better punition tu eaii-r' mate th? effects of the European war and decided what, if anything, should j be done. /.J Socretary McAdoo said tonight he ! still thought his estimate that at the j end of the fiscal year next June, there would he a deficit of $10,000,000. was substantially correct. It Is understood that suggestions for extension of the war revenue act for six months, and abandonment of the $34,000,000 river und harbor bill, struck no responsive chord at today's) conference. The cabinet officers were [ said to have made it plain that they had cut their estimates until they could not make further reductions ' without risking the efficiency of their , departments. ~'A The estimates eent to congress De- 1 cembcr aggregated $710.000.000 to which $28.000,000 was to be added for. Panama Canal disbursements.. Some additional estimates have been sent in ] since, however, and substantial addi tions have been made by house com- j mlttees in drafting the supply bills. $ Secretary McAdoo's estimate of rev enues exclusive of the postolhce de partment, was $728,000,000. This in cludes $220.000.000 from customs. J $,305,000.000 from ordinary, internal revenue; .$54,000,000 from the."Wartax, and $80,000,000 from. the income hud corporation tax. " In a statement on the White House-* conference, which Majority Leader i Underwood and Chairman Fitzgerald,' or the house appropriations conna?t- j tee, attended, Mr. McAdoo said that in June, 1915, almost the entire amount of the corporation and nerso"?' in come tax will be paid, just as in 1914, and "what appears to be a loss in revenue in the meantime, will be over- i come." . In support of Secretarv McAdnn's' statement, officials pointed out. that there still was every reason to ?eiieve j the war tax would produce at least as I much as originally was expected from j It. Available figures up to December show that 600,000,000 revenue stamps | have been sold throughout the conn- j try. Secretary McAdoo's estimate for1 customs receipts for the coming year $220.000,00. Is about $72.000,000 un der Uio receipts for the fiscal year 1914. Receipts from that source sa far this fiscal year are about $122,000. 000. Treasury officials believe that with a revival of business there may be a marked increase during the next five months. . No accurate data is yet available on which officials can estimate what may be expected this fiscal year from, the Income tax. Last y?ar it produced about $60,000,000 from corporations and individuals. Officials are determined to make an active search for tax dodgers and have discovered ways in which they hope to bring out several millions of dollars. Many large' corporations have given the treasury department .Usts of their stockholders to whom dividends are paid, and that is expected* to. be of great value in income tax collections. ? The effect the European war and financial conditions in the United States may have no returns from the income tax also is being considered. How marked that effect may be, of ficials do not pretend to know. . The net balance in the treasury to night was about '5C.000.000. It slow ly. Is dropping, and some officials are inclined to beHove that If the ship purchase bill becomes law the gov ernment y;1U issue Panama Canal '3 per cent-bonds to provide the $10 000,000 to buy stock In the shinning corporation it creates. Mr.'McAdoo said tonight he had,hot taken np that question. The secretary bas authority to Issue canal bonds to the amount.of $240,509,000 if necessary. Nego?a?rig Purchase of Another Steamer NEW YORK, Jan, 28Edward K Breitling, owner of the - steamship ' Dacia, which Great Britain has an nounced it would seize if - it salted from Gal veston no contemplated, with a cargo Of cotton.' Is negotiating with the Ward I/ne tor 'purchase of :4h'e steamer Seguranca. His. intention Is to convert the. Seguranca,. n~ pae?en gor ship, into a cotton carrying freighter. IS VERY CONTRADICTORY HARD TO DECIDE THE EX ACT SITUATION IN MEXICO STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES SUMMARY One Dispatch Says Government I Has Left Capital, Another j Claims Some Remain. CBy Aaaocialcd Pro?.) ..-WASHINGTON. Jan. 28.?Contra dictory advices on the Mexican situa tion reached the state department to day. One dispatch declaring that the .convention government had departed south was supplemented by a consu lar message saying General Palafcx. a-Zapata chiettain, and 4.000 men, in tended to resist the approaching Car ranza forces. The Carranza agency claimed to have news that Koque Gonzalez Garza, head of the conven tion government, bad gone to Cuer navaca as Zapata's prisoner, and not of his own volition, but this was de nied by Enrique C. Llorente, conven tion representative here. ! i The following summary of condi tions was Issued today by the state department: t "Advices from Mexico City dated .'January 27, 9 a. m., state ?.hat the Za patista forces evacuated the city early in the morning, going to Cuernavaca. So far as is known no foreigners have been molested. . **A telegram from Mexico City dat ed January 27, 5 p. m., Btatcs that General Palafox, Minister Gomez and ; a iiumber of. the convention remained In. Mexico City after the evacuation. (The provisional president and staff are said to have left later in the day. .Palafox and Gomez have issued a manifesto stating that they us sumo .military and civil authority of the city I and will protect it against the enemy. Nothing definite appears to be known I regarding the entry of Constitutional ist": forces into Mexico CM ty. :i*^Ehe department-Is In receipt Of ? twortdated' Jadtmry:l|/ffonr"Mon terey1 stating that there has been no disorder there since the arrival of General. Angeles; that confidence has been restored among the people. "A telegram dated January 25 from Monterey reports conditions practi cally as above stated. The message states that the military authorities and the Chamber of commerce have brought in a supply of corn and beans to relieve, to some extent, the food, shortage. With funds that have been donated for. the purpose, the consul general^ has purchased some beans for the poorest families, which are be- , ing Supplied with small quantities of com and beans pending the arrival of , other food supplies. "As late as January 27 the troops of General Angeles were siiii in con trol at Monterey and trains were ar riving there from Torreon and Sait.il lo." " ' The convention agency aunounced tonight that dispatches had been re ceived announcing that convention troops under General Romllo Hern- j andez had captured Lampacltos, Sa binas and Monclova, In the state of Coahulla, gaining complete control of the coal region of that state. ?:-;-7?1-;-1? Yesterday in the Legislature Sped*] to Tbe IntcUiteucer. COLUMBIA. Jan. 28.?All bille re lating 'to compulsory education were, made special order in the senate for next Tuesday morning. Besides passing the bill to repeal the cotton acreage reduction law al ready passed by the house, the sen ate disposed of a large number of local matters. The house sent the prohibition referendum bill to third, reading by a vote of 99 to 17 after voting down all amendments Intend ed to. postpone. or defeat the meas ure. ? Both branches meet tomorrow morning at 10 O'clock. Tonight the . legislature adjourned and tbe inauguration of William Spencer Curroll as president of the University was held in tbe hs'.l of the honse, Governor Manning presiding. ' Steamer Sent to Price Court. L0KTJON. Jan. 28.?(10:20 p. m.)? The Divnlsh st rmer Kentucky,, which sailed from Ne?* York November 30 for Copenhagen, and was detained De cember 17 at Kirkwull, later .being transferred to Lelth. cleared tor . Co penhagen January 22. Previously 250 tons of meat had been removed from th? vessel and sent to a prize court. Highest Since Civil War. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 28.-Ten thousand bushels of May .blue stem Wheat sold at $1.55 on the Portland exchange today. The price is 4 cents over the record established several days ago and Is the highest since the civil war. ' .. ; v, PAID $200 FOR FALSE AFFIDAVIT, Atlanta Minister Receives This Amount For Signing Statement in Frank Case. (Bv AMormtrri Ptvss.) ATLANTA, ua., Jan. 28.?Tlie llev. O. II. Rngsdale. formerly pastor of a 1 local church, today testified he. was j paid $200 for signing a false affidavit ! in connection with the Leo M. Frank j case. Mr. Rngsdalo was the llrt wit ness in the trial of Dun S. I^ehon. I Southern manager of the William J. BurnB National Detective Agency; Ar thur Thurmun, a lawyer, and C. C. Teddar, a former policeman, who are charged with subornation of perjury. II is alleged they procured lalse af fldavits from Hagsdale and H. L Barber, shortly after Frank's extraor. dinnry motion for a new trial was filed. 1 In the affidavitu Hagsdale and Bar ber declared they ovierneura .lames conley,- a negro, tell another negro that lie had Ruled a girl in tue laeiory wnere Mary Phagun was murdered. | The former pusuir still was on the witness stand wuen court adjourned for the day. Ho testined to alleged meetings with the d?tendants wuen , h'o saiu the affidavit was discussed, described tbe signing or tbe document In tuo omce of t,uuier Z. tvosser, who was one of Frann's principal counsel, ; and told of the alleged payment of ! tue money later. He al?o testified tnat the night he received the money "a man rotte up to my notice on a mo i torcycte and told my sons to tell | Uieir luint r uol to say aaytuing u? anybody un leas it was a Burns man." Officials Plead Not Guilty. NEW" YUKK, Jan. 28,?-Isaac E. Chapman, vice president, and William L. Chapman, secretary of the Merritt and Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company, pleaded not guilty today In federal court to un indictment charg ing violation of tho Sherman antl- , trust Is?. They were, allowed until February 18 to change the pleas should they desire. They furnished bonds of $5,000 each. EIGHT SURVIVORS REACH NEW YORK c.--" Wg^eitaj ?i;? ? ;t? Wreduie'For.Three, f:.''l>.',;Vf^w- . .... . . .. . . :?'. (By AjoocinUvl Frraa.) NEW YORK, Jan. 28.?Eight of the survivors of two shipwrecked vessels wir.-, brought to New York today by th.i disabled freight steamer Algon quin, of the Clyde Line, which arrived in tow of her sister ship, tho Chero kee. The Algonquin picked up the men before sbe developed propeller trouble on her way from Santo Do mingo to New York. Seven of the rescued men compris ed the captain and crew of the Amer ican schooner Frederick RoBsner, which became waterlogged in. a storm December 13 while ?n route from Ja maica for Stamford, Conn. The eighth man was the purser of tho Norw?lgian steamer Anita, bound from Halifax for Kingston, which was wrecked on North Ca loos reef December 2C. The crew of the steam er were saved. Captain Swain, of the Rossner. said that when his schooner became. dis mantled by a gale the crew tried to put to sea, but their boats were smashed and for three days the men clung to the drifting wreck.' Finally they were sighted by the steamer Iroquols, which landed them at Turk's Island. 10,302 Lose Lives In R. R. Accidents (By AMoHftted Pre*.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.?During I the year ending June 30. last, a total] of 10.302 persons, including 265 pas : sengers, lost their lives in accidenta I on railroads and in railroad shops re* | porting to the in ter es t?te commerce j commission. In addition 192,662 per sons were injured vit whom 15,121 were | [ passengers. In the preceding year 10,964 per sons,, including 403 passengers were 1 killed and 200,308 persons. Including | 10.639 passengers, were Injured. Still Evidence of Bodies Abroad, NORFOLK, Va. Jan. 28.?While Hfe| {savers were etill unable to reach the I stranded yacht oft" Diamond Shoals, I supposed to bo the Idler, they dis covered grim evidence that tho bodies of .the crew of tho unknown craft may ! still be-on board. President Wilson's Barge Tested Out PORTSMOUTH. N. H.. Jan. 28.?A 40-foot barge of mahogany and high ly polished nickel, built at tho navy yard here for tbe u'ao of President |>WlIson during his Intended visit with the battleship, fleet to .the, Panama Pacific exposition, was grren speed trials today. The craft developed, a speed of 18.3.1 knots. It will be sent to Hampton Roads-when finished to be along aboard the bettle? hip New York. ?KICfc. FIVE CENTS IMMIGR?I10N BILL VETOED LITERACY TEST FOR AD MISSION OF ALIENS THIRD PRESIDENT TO VETO MEASURE Senate Leaders Insist There Will De No Trouble in Repassing the Bill. (By Ar.surint.il Prc??.) ' WASHINQTON, Jan. 28?President Wilson vetoed tbe immigration bill today because of tbe literacy test for admission of alieuB. His message was referred to tbe houBe Immigration committee, whose chairman, Repre sentative Burnett, will move next 'J nurs?ay tum tue measure be passed over tho veto. Much informal discussion among meuiuers o* tue bouse louoweu re ceipt? of tbe veto, and there were many who believed the two-thirds ma jority required to repaBB the bill could not be procured, immigration bills containing literacy teste were vie toed by President Cleveland and by Presi dent Ta?i, bul buiu Unies failed of repassage. Senate leaders Insist there would be no trouble in repassing the bill In the upper house. That was dune in the Taft administration but the lower house failed to muster a two-thirds majority. In his veto message President Wil son told the house, which originated tho bill, that be had no pride of opin ion on tho question and that bo was not "foolish enough to profess to know the wishes and Ideals of Amer ica better than the body of her chosen representatives know them." He ask ed, however, whether the bill retted "upoulhe conscious and universal as- ' sent and desire of the American peo ple," and. pointed sut that ?s politi cal party ever had "avowed a policy of - restriction In this... fundamental matter, gone to the country on it-and been commissioned to.contrat Its leg isle/on." I resident Wilson's message was as follows : "It is with unaffected regret that 1 find myself constrained by clear - conviction to return this bill (H. R. 6060. 'An Act to F-egulate the Immi gration of Aliens to and the Residence of Aliens in the United States') with- j< out my signature. "Not only do I feel It to be a serious.' matter to exercise the power of veto in any case, because it involves op posing the single Judgment of the - president to the, Judgment of a ma jority of both houses of tbe congress, a step which no man, who realizes his own liability w error, can take with* out great hesitation, but also because this particular bill is in so many im portant respects admirable, well con ceived and desirable. "Its enactment into law would un doubtedly enhance the efficiency and improve the methods of handling the important branch of the public ser vice to which it relates. But candor and a sense of duty with regard to the responsibility so clearly imposed up on me by tbe constitution in mattars of legislation, leave me no choice but to dissent "In two particulars of vital conse quence this bill embodies a radical de parture from the traditional and long established policy of this country, a policy in which our people have con ceived the very character of their gov ernment, to be expressed, tbe very mission and spirit of the nation In re spect of its relations to the people of tbe world outside their borders: It seeks to all but close entirely the J gates of asvlnm which have always I been onen to those who could find no [ where else the right and opportunity , nt mn?tlttiHnnn1 ncrl+AttOn tor what I thav conceived to be the natural and I Inalienable rights of men: and It ev I rlndes those to whom the onportnnl M?s of elementary education' hove b*en denied, wlthont regard to their character, tbelr purposes, or their natnesl ranaelty. "Pestrlctl.ina like these adonted earilsr In our hl???wv as a nation w*Mibi vprv marsHaMv? have, altered. co"r*?? end copied *bo human.-, nr ArtTfi of our noWlcR. The right of no RHnnt snylnm has browM to this counfrv mam* ? man'of noble charac ter snri elevated nurrtnse who was Tn??k*?rt,a? nn ouOnw in hl? own-less' fortnnato tnnd. nnd who ha? vet he onmo an ornament to jjriijr citizenship AVA to one nubile r'>n??:ni?. "The cb'MrA?, nnd *b*> mm??at Hots of tbnuA m na tr fnim American* must *?f?nd *rn<\9*4 to ?ee the. re w a ?au ta tlvs* nf their nation vow resolved, in the fullness of onr.national rtrenrth nnd n?. the msNHtv of onr sTASt fn RtHntlnnn. to r??k *?? ?? !?? ? such men b?elr from our shores without tA#t of ou?Htv or mirnrme; It,!* fl|fe?iitt for m*. to hiMIeve that the full effect. of this feat'nro ot the biU was rendbed when It was frariiwt and adopted; and ft is frooagstbl*. for me. to assent to fOontfhuad oh Page Frnvrl