The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, November 25, 1914, Image 1
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS
WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA
STILL EXISTS
No Conclusive News
From the Polish Bat
tle Field.
PORTUGUESE TO
ASSIST ALLIES
Th? Minister of War Will Issue a
Decree For Partis! Mobiliza
tion.
.'.^ ;?i^!?!';;!m???*m:'.-,r"
(By AMociAted Pms.)
LONDON. Nor. 24.-Up to iste to
night thors was no conclusive news
from the Polish tattle field, whero a
decisive victory tor either Russia or
Germany would vitally affect the
course of the winter campaign both
in the east and in the west/ .
Petrograd ?declares . the Russisns
have Inflicted at least a temporary
reverse on the Germans between the
Vistula and Warta rivers but does
not claim that the fortunes of war
have, been permanently settle?:?. A
Paris Matin correspondent describes
the Germans as fleeing. Berlin an
nounces officially, that the issue has
not yet been decided.
On the snow-covered fields of Bel
gium and Prance quiet continues, the
only unusual Incident being the bom
bardment of Zeebrugge anl Heyst by
British warships. A few stelle struck
hotels where the German staff waa
quartered and other buildings. The
German shore batteries vcve unable
to reach the warships in reply.
The riegue retort th?. railway
communications with Antwerp has
been suspended 'add that no travel
ers will be admitted to Belgium dur
ing the nest few days. 'The Germans
are believed to be preparing for an*
other assault on the Allies' defenses,
but for the time being there is a near
er approach to rest for the armies
spread out'"from Ostend to Vi. rd un
than et any timo In the past two
months.
The Portugese, congress today de
cided that .country should cooperate
with the ^mes when it? considers the
step necessary. The. tninistes,e?-.war
will issue.?.decree for partial;mo.bl?fc
satlon..
The greatest loan ia England.'? bia
tory, $1,750,000,000 has been success
fully floated by the Bank of England,
both large and small investors 'being
among the buyers. The country, awaits
announcement by the ' chancellor of
the exchequer aa to the amount of the
subscription, with the belief that they
will exceed considerably the amount
of the loan, and that tho collossul
transaction will have an impressive
effect upon Great Britain's enemies.
Berlin r?ports that the Bunderat
has passed laws to prevent ' and to
punish speculation in gold, to fix the
prices or potatoes, to llO'iti;consump
tion of bread In Berlin and to extend
the moratorium applying to hills of
exchange In Alsace-Lorraine, East
Prussia and parts of West Prussia
another thirty ;days? making ?Ita extent
160 days. It 4s expected the price , of
wool will be Axed this week. The Brit
ish government has taken up all the.
al-ocks of leather., .
The hunger-striken Belgians on the
border of Hplla'ud are Pictured as re
sorting to brigandage.., Reports say
a state of anarchy is approaching. .
Queen Mary has sent to Mrs. Wal
ter H. Page, wife ot the American
ambassador, a lotter^^mM? fer tte
mission ot the Santa [Claus jship ,, Ja
son, whlcW ffls".LbrmgUa^^?^*ti*W
gifts from American children to child
ren in England and on the continent.
The Jason will arrive at Davenport
tomorrow. She will be given an offi
ciel reception ty ?he municipality .of
Plymouth and bf representatives of
the government.
THE DA?'S NEWS
Uncertainty still exists es to tho
situation In that part of Russian Po
land between the Vistula and Warta
rivers where Russian and German for
ces are fighting.
Official statements are contradic
tory. Petrograd: claims the Germans
are retreating: Berlin announces of
ficiai?..' that tho forces of Emperor
William merely have halted irt the,
face of unexpected hordes or Russian
reinforcement*.. and are awaiting
strengthening cdlfiffiiii K=osi G?JL
man front.
Unofficial reports from Russian
sources declare . the- Raceiana ?ave
achieved a great, -??tcry, while like
statements fr?nt the German side
coincide witb^ttaJWtta^^
port They add that fresh troops ./al*
ready are on theft way from fortified
positions sl?ng the Vistula to a?d
General von Hindenburg.
To the south the Russians say they
bsd successes along the Cxenetocho
wa front and have captured ?.OOO pris
oners. Of the situation hera the Ger?
mens maintain that northeast of Cra
cow their attack is professing.
Only Intermittent artillery duels
and a few Infantry attacks were-re
ported from' Prance and Belgium.
Paris said all the attacks bad been
repulsed.
. British wsrshina have bombarded
\CvpiilN"v*v V*' ?Auis ?JUC) ; ...j
TRENCHES ONLY
300 FEET APART
Face to Face Men Are
Shooting Each Other
Down Point Blank.
NEWS FROM THE
BATTLE FRONT
[Every Ridge ?nd Mound Is Cov
ered With Four Inches of
Snow?
(By AasodftUd Pre?.)
PARIS, Nov. 24,-The trenches of
the opposing armies bet wen the oise
sod Somme ere st some points , only
300 fet 'i:part, according to liaras
dispatches from the front. The corres
pondent, says a French officer, acting
as guide "or fifteen newspapermen,
told them? when they approached the
firing line they must be silent, for
"the enemy can hear us."
"The crashing voice of the three
inch guns which we had left behind
us as we advanced," continued the
dispatch, "now -was almost obliterat
ed by the nearer and quicker stac
cato reports of the machine guns and
the Mausers. At a distance of 100
yards was a gray, winding ridge of
earth, the advance line of the enemy's
trenches.
'Here face to face, and within rangs
of each others forces, men were shot
log each other point . blank, while
from every . ridge. and every
mound, covered '.with four inches of
snow, unseen batteries completed the
turmoil ot war.
"Here and there a head rises cau
tiously shove a white crested .trench
There are six quick shots and then
the head hieappears. as though swal
lowed by a sea .of snow. Thia* is 'all
spectators seo of the thousands of
men in tho burrows;
?"The" vast chambers roofed ove>
with branches of trees and with,stout
wooden pillars In front supporting
sacks ot eej-th, protect men inside
alike from shells and the tempests.
These .are underground forts for rodd-,
e/n warfare, with'sanitary ditches,'
i kitchens f*jt lh?: nicks ind bunks ?o:~
the riflemen awaiting their tum on
[the firing line.
! 'Tb f.-ont rlBCB an ancient windmill,
neutralised without the form of an
armistice whence provisions sro
brought to the trenches of both the
combatants. Further on the. trenches
are ta near each other that the Ger
mans and French exchange newspap
ers.
'Complicated barbed wire defenses
I protect the trenches here from sur
prise. At a converging point on one
I spot stand's a building at the walls of
which the eut .nies arrived at thc umc
time, and a German rifleman, break
ing a hole through the wall, thrust
a bayonet-under the nose of a French
sentinel.
''This is the spot where the situa
tion waa critical for the French ten
days Ugo and where a brigadier gen
eral, saved the day and gained the
stripes of a general commanding an
army.
"To the right and left bia?k clouds
from bursting Gorman shells are in
terspersed by chimney stacks, from
which the'smoke of industry curls up
as In days of 'peace. Further down
appear .'the crumbling ruins Of 'Arras,
where th? -war baa- been more piti
less and Where no industry remains
standing. . . .
"From .Arras, where German shells
?still rage to. the Bassee Canal, a lng
of war continues across the asme
dead-line as during the last three
months. Over this Une bullets whis
tle and. shells screv h unceasingly,
i Dark clouds that mark the targets of
the Germen heavy artillery, stand out
in gruesome relief against a hack
ground of snow."
LJVNCH NEGRO
NEAR SHILOH
Escaped Convict Lynched For
Alleged Murder of a White
Woman.
1 (Br Aaaodsted hm)
&UMTKR, 6. C., Nov. ?A^Dtilard
Wilson, aa escaped -ejro convict, aras
lynched this afternoon near Shiloh.]
in the extreme eastern part of thu
county, for the alleged murder of
Mrs, Baekiel Truiuck, a white woman.
Tries to Blew Vp Saab sat.
LONDON. Nov. 24,-A German mis
?unary recently tried to blow np the
ri tish gunboat Dwarf with an Inter
nal machine in a West African har
bor, according to a report to the co
lonial office.
"When asked how he found tba ac
tion compatible with his profession,'*
says the report, "he replied he wee
a soldier first arni ?* "?J*e!?5?*ry ?ftcr^..
Ancient Towers to Defe nd Constantinople.
Tho Turks think these "ancient
towers will be strong enough to keep
allied forces from Constantinople.
The tower on the left known as
Mohammed II. and that on the right
known as Mohammed-1, are very old
and probably would aot last long
before modern artillery. They are
built of masonry instead of concrete,
and the modern concrete forte In
Prance and Belgium i failed to. with
btand the German guns .
THREE AMERICANS |
WERE EXECUTED j
Executions Took Place in Public
Square of Cotaro, Dalmatia,
?jw f^aUDCllWla' 3 IvMlW .
.. L .
' (By As-joriat?! Press.) }..<
OAKLAND, Cel.. Nov.: 24.-Three
American citizens have been executed |
hy Austrian officials at Cattaro. Dal
matia, according to' a letter ' received I
here today from l? Magvd? a priest.
One of the victims was the 14-year-old ?
s.m of Milo B. Magud, of Oakland. The
execution's took place in the public I
spuare 'of Cattaro.
The Medlin boy went to Dalmatia ' {
two year? ?BV> to i'mii hs? graudaicti^ '
er. The others executed were'Lolita.!1
VocotlBh and John* Ragc-novich, who, \
Medlin asserts, ware naturalised r
American citizens and, residents ot t
San Francisco. |i
Tho priest declares he witnessed, <
the 'execution ot a large number of j;1
other prisoners* suspected of being t
enemies of Austria. He says he.per- .?
sonally knew the three he mentions f
and conversed with them In English. 1
Mr. Moulin said, today he had
brought the execution of his son tc c
the attention' of Secrete-ry Bryan and s
had been assured.a rlgd investigation %
would be made.
Shortage of Ships
For Carrying Cotton]
-, i i,;.. - ? '
.' '.:-?i?t?'.-i?.-i;o? ti?iij y' "
(By AssocUW Pw-)
WASr?INOTON. Nov.. . 24.-Reports
to President Wilson show that orders |
for cotton in the United States great
ly exceed the number of ships avail
able for carrying the cotton.; ,11 o ;said
that everything possible was being
done by the government to remedy
the cotton situation.
President Wilson does not consider
that sufficient ships have taken out
Amerlcau registry since the beginning
of the war to interfere with his plan. t
for the passage by congress of the '
Alexander government ship purchase 7
bill. Ho told callers today that as far
as he has been'Informed there 1B'still
a shortage of ships to.care for Amerl- L
can irada. IJ
Uncertain as to
Their Next Step li
. ? ? . it
' . c
(By Associated PBM.) 1
. WASifsNTONG, Nov. 24.-Attorneys 1
tor Leo M. Frank, of Atlanta. Ga.. I>
convicted of f-s murder of Mary Ph*- j r
gan, said tonlaht thev ?tin u.-.??rA
certain as to their next step In the
light to sk vs -the condemned rasa's t
life. Henry Peeples, one of counsel. %
returned to Atlanta today leaving c
Henry Alexander to handle the case ?
here. Mr. Alexander asm yesterday ?
he would apply to other. Justice? of <
the supreme court tor the writ of er
ror refused by Justice Lamar, but de- ?
dared today that course might not be <
followed. He may make application 1
for the WTU to the entire court Mon- 1
day. 1
'_ . , . t
Fight fe She Bitter Ead. ?
BOSTON, lita 24.-Matthew Hale, *
chairman of- the Massachusetts Pro? ^
greestve party, Issued a statement to- 1
R'ght urging protrrcseive leaders who ?
are to meet in Chicago December 2 to
."maintain an Organisation ' and con
?isse ths ?gtt .iii to tte presidential
election to 1916," I
STONEWALL JACKSON INSTITUTE
TOTALLY DESTROYED BY
Dver One Hundred Girl Students Were Taken Out Without Accident.
' Martha Washington College, Another Large Female Insti
tWTIwrafaVii d-Aa the Students of Martha Wash
?&iinj '?agton Have Been Taken to Place of Safety.
(By AOOC?BUMI Pre?.) whole east end of the city waa
BRISTOL, : Va, Tenn.. Nov. 25.^ thraat?ned. &
" " - . At 3:20 a: m. the main building and
?tonewall Jackeon Inetitute, a ?arge fo-fa** ^lJlIly destro)(?d and
Presbyterian school at Abingdon, Va, the fire had spread to the Presbyterian
vaa i practically.' destroyed by fire to- Church. As the wind had changed to
light at 3.8? o'clock and nt that hour a . northwesterly direction it waa
be fire was, spreading to other build- thought that other buildings would
n OB. Over a hundred .girls were tak- be saved. The water supply ls said to
.r -emf without accident. Martha be very low and If the wind should
Vashlugton .College, another large again take an easterly course the
emale institute adjoins the destroyed whole east end lt ls feared would gb
ichool and aar there is a high wind, up In flames.
ears are expressed for this and other All the students of Martha Wash
luildlngs. ir. gt ten Col lese have been - taken out
Mayor Crabtree, of that city, has rc- to- a place of safety. Martha Wash
luested the Bristol fire tracks-and a Ingtton ia on the wost side of the
ipeclal train is be* g made up ?nd will burning district and unless sparks
?tart Immediately tor that place. should happen to fly In that direction,
At 2:50 it was reported that the that institution is safe.
FOB THE BENEFIT OF
SOUTHERN FARMERS
department of Agriculture Has Is
sued Special Bulletin ot?
'Growing Winter Grain.
'(By Anoeialrd Preta.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-To assist
Southern planters the department of
agriculture has Issued special bulle
1ns on the growing of winter wheat
ind winter .oats in the cotton belt.
C. W. Warburton, agronomist in the
rureau of plant industry, saja the
alua of a winter grain crop in the
kmth waa never more apparent than
low.'
"With cotton low In price." says
dr. Warburton, "farmers are looking
or crops that can be sold for cash
?r which will lessen their expenses
>y supplying feed for work stock.
Vheat, oats, and'barley ere all resdl
i* salable h??ujy ?nd in ncrihsm
narkets, while at present there is al
ic ? ces-id?rah?c demand for export.
"The oat crop succeeds rath ur bet
er taba ?Uber of the other'grains in
he South Atlantic and Gulf States, ex
cept perhaps on the heavy clay soils
>f the Piedmont area (western North
ind South Carolina and northern
leorgla and Alabarle )
"While lt ls now too late to sew
?ats to supply pasture this falk tito
?rep may be-sown safely for grain
n November ia eastern or southern
forth and South Carolina. Georgi*,
Corida, Alabama, Mississippi. Louis -
aaa and southern Texas. Many ex
?erlments have shown that October or
November seeding will produce fer
?teer yields of oats in the South At
ant'c and Galt States than sowing
luring the winter or early spring."
SiOfe Horses Fer War.
NBWPORiT* NEWS, a., Nov. 14.
)estined for use In the European.war,
2,000 horses arrived here today. Some
of the animals are being' loaded on
the British steamer Raeburn, and the
others will be put on another steam
er exepcted to reach this port later j
In the week. No persons other than
employees are allowed near the j
horses on the piers, in the stock yards |
or In the cattle pens.
LACK OF CHRISTIANITY
CAUSE OP THU WA Bl
(By AMociited Pron.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-Lack of j
Christianity in Europe was ref err. j
to by speakers at tonight's session cf
the World's Bible Conference ss one)
cause of the war. br. Frank Gunsau
lus, of Chicago, ssid:
"Europe Is soaked in blood because,
'church Christianity' there ' ls not
'Christ Christianity.' " He declared
the misconception of Bible teachings I
led to war and said a knowledge of j
the Bible wss necessary to remedy j
evils not only in Europe but every
where.
Conscience Contribution
to War Sufferers
\ ax jr ASSOOHliw ' KfTSS. J -
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-! -Dca'.-.tuto
widows sud orphans of Ru rope today
were adjudged beneficarles of a con
science contribution to tho postoffice
j department from an tinier own Min
nestian, who confessed naring roboecl
the malls of $35 moro than fifty years
ago. Department officials found lt
impossible to determine the ?rightful
owner, and, at the writer's t?<m?st,
the letter, conUinlng two $100 bills,
was tura?! Into a fund fat war suf
ferers.
WAI Ce-dperate With Allies.
LONDON, Nov. M.-(10*60 p.m.)-.
A dispatch from London says that the
Portuguese congress today d?cid?e}
that Portugal should co-operate with
tho Allies when lt considers the stop
necessary. The minister ot war will
Issue a decies for partial mobilisa
tion, .
DETAINED FOR
NINETEEN DAYS
Suspected ol Carrying War Fonda
from America to Ger
many.
(By ftworhtei Trim) *?* *
NEW YORK, ?or. 24i--p?t<m?on
for 19 days by the British authorities,
who suspected him. of beings German
rseelnrlst, carrying 'war funds'' from
America lo Germany, was the exper
ience of George W. Steneck, connected
with a trust* company In Hoboken, N.
J., according to' his story today on his
arrival on ' the liner. Fiotterdam. He
was released, h? said, on his'promise
m.i tu go into Germany.
The British light cruiser Isis stop
ped the steamship' Nleuw Amsterdam,
on which Steneck was sailing to Eu
rope. October 7, he said, and marines
boarded the steamer, where a British
officer immediately asked for 8teneck.
j Steneck showed his passport and
letters of introduction from a New
Jersey. member. of congress to the
American ambassadors in Rotterdam
und Benin, he said, and explained he
was carrying German and Austrian
currency to the firm's German and
Dutch correspondents to facilitate tho
honoring of letters ot credit issued
by the firm. The British authorities
had been Informed, however, thc. ibi'
money had been' subscribed in mo
United States for German wat funds
and that Steneck himself was a Ger
man reservist' so/ according to Stc
neck's story,' be was subjected to a
thorough search.
-When the steamer reached. Plyr
mouth, he said,.the military authori
ties decided the money should be seal
ed and thai be should be detained. He
was taken to Devonport, he said, and
kept under such strict . surveillance
that he was not permitted to. see the
American consul and all bis letters
were censored before being malled
On October 26 ho was allowed to go
with his funds td Rotterdam, .where
he transacted his German business
by wiro.
England Produces
Leta Foodstuffs
Investigation Shows England
Grows Leas Than Other Na?
tiona at War.
.?In ...
(By A?wci?t?i Prem.)
*?? A ainvnninti _ A. - _"
nouiiiimiuii, HU,. ?.1.-\JL mo uv
ilona at war England prod-ces le??
of her foodstuffs thea any other . A
department of agriculture Investiga
tion made public today indicates that
England produces about 53 per cent,
of her food requirements; Belslvm
07 per cent; Germany '38 "pet? Cent;
France 92 per cent, and Austria-Hun
gary 98 per cent. Russia produces
110 per cent exporting about 10 per
cent. Canada produces. 21 per cent
more than shs consumes; Argua tina'
produces 48'per cent more than she
consumes and the United States ex
ports and Imports almost balance.
"The United Kingdom," says the re
port, "produces only 27 -per cent of
her requirements of edible grains, but
62 per cent ot her meats. 42 per cent
Of her dairy products, 68 per cent of
her poa'try, more than'90 per cento?
her vegetables and 21 per cent of her
fruits. She is si exporter of fish pro
due's.*' ;
BABY IN TEETH
Clutched a Timber With
Hands Until Exhaus
tion Loosened Jaws.
MOTHER SAVED;
INFANT DROWNED
Forty-Three Survivor* Rescued ,
From Steamer Hanalei That iii
Sank Tuesday.
(By AmcUted Itaet-V
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 24.-PortyM
three survivor? had been rescued to
night (rom, the steamer Hanalel which
went ashore yesterday ia a dense fog
on Duxbury Reef, nine rolles aorta
or tho Golden Gate, and wes shivered
into splinters early today by the
pounding surf.
Eighteen dead either have been
washed ashore at Bolinas, east ot the
dreaded reef, or brought to port hy
the United State s revenue cutter Mc
culloch and the navy tug Iroquois.
How many sro missing never will be
known, for the company's best avail
able passenger list gives 28 passeng
ers and 28 crew, a total of'54 souls,
whereas the known dead and saved
number 81. These figures do not i In
clude two life' savers washed ashore
alive, and three missing. Their boat
was swamped.
The vessels was a email .coaster,of
880 tons, plying on a local ran and
all ?ho dead sra Californians. Among,
them was tbs infant son of Mrs. Val
entine Frans of San Francisco, Who
was saved herself. She held, her baby
by its dresses in her clenched teeth,
clutching a timber with her hands,
until exhaustion loosened her jaws, v
i, Sidney Ashton, chief steward, pick
ed op a .floating baby, lashed lt to his
back and .swam, Tiih lt flvo bohr? be?
tWVTt tts wrenches n.MtsTj. ,
Mest, of the dead brought in hy tho
Mcculloch had swallowed crude pe
troleum, emeared on tho waves from
I the ship's fuel tanks wnea abe broke
I up, and although many showed higos
of life when first picked up it. was
jBhBosm??* to rercs^ltste vjgssL
Thanksgiving
ia WasMngton
(By ft woriitnd Pr*aj.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-Secretary
Bryan, who returned from a week's
stay In Florida, today.. will spend
Thanksgiving in wa.ningtton and on
the morning of that day will attend
the annual Pan-American mats at- St.
Patrick's Church, later attending, a
Thanksgiving service a tone ot the
Protestant churches ,
Secretary . Garrison . will v spend
Thanksgiving lu Atlantic City. Mr.
Garrison will not return until after
the Army-Navy football game itt Phila
delphia Saturday.
Secretary Daniela will ?at, - his y
Thanksgiving turkey in Richmond,
Va, and incidentally will wi th ess the v
football game there that day between
the University ot Virginia and the
University .if Ncrth Carolina.
Appeal to Colleges
And School Pupils
. .(By Aaaodatal Prosa.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-An appeal
to American college and school pa
pila for aid in aller latin g suffering la
Europe, was issued . tonight by the
Red Cross.
"Frequently operations have to he
performed without anaesthetics," the
appeal says. "The lack of gs us* band
ages and absorbent cotton produces
infection, ending often in death from
gangrene or tetanus. The armies sn*
gaged are couposed of young mea of
yonr own age and tor this reason lt
seems particularly fitting that their
stuTering should appeal to you.**
President Ready
3 - Or l ?MaoxsuSBlVUlg
Oar JU iodated
.WASHINGTON, Not.
Wilson left here just
tonight for Wllliamsto
?pend Thanksgiving Day
daughter. Mrs. Francis B. Sayre,
Tbs president worked at th* anica*
tlve offices until late tonight frepar
atcry to his departure. -
The president virtually Has earn*
pleted the message he wDl read to '
congress next month end tonight he.
discussed it with Attorney General
Gregory and Postmaster General Bur
lasen. .
Lured Prem Hesse ead Killed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-A false mes
sage lured Barnet Barf, a rich poultry
dealer, to a spot In Thirteenth ave
ana tonight whirs he was chet and
allied hr two unidentified men who