The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, December 05, 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
VEIL OF SECRECY*
CLOSELYBRAWN
RELIABLE NEWS AS TO OPER
ATIONS OF ARMIES STILL
IS LACKING .
VICIOUS BATTLES
BEING FOUGHT
Unofficial Advices Say the Rus
sians Have Been Victorious
in Poland.
(By AiuoriftUxl Pram.)
LONDON, Dec. 4.-Reliable news or
tho progeas of -the battle in Poland,
which continue:; to monopolize inter
est, still iS lacking. An unofflelnl ilia,
patch from Petrograd says the bat
tle of Lodz has' ended in success for
the Russinns, but this statement, con
tradicts tho Berlin report; which Bays
the German offensive in Poland is
taking ita normal course.
Tho fact is that fighting in this re
gion has developed into such a Jumble
that it is almost impossible to follow
lt. Tlie most important factor from me
Alilies' point is that the Gurman ad
vance on Warsaw seemingly has not
succeeded in its object, nor has lt di
verted the Russians from their for
ward movement through ? the Capa
thianB and on to the plains of Hun
gary or against ' the fortress of Cra
cow, around which Uley are drawing
a closer ring of men and artillery.
Taking into .consideration Ute case
of Przemysl, which, has held out so
long against the Russian attacks, mu
lt ry men do not look for the carly
fell of Cracow and are inclined to be
lieve armies of Ehnepror Nicholas will
endeavor to keep' the large Austrian
force inside Ute fortress and enter
Silesia frpm ? the southeast.
Much depon?H. however, on the bat?
tie being fought with such Intensity
further north between the rivers Vis
tula and Warta and in which all agree
tho loue? on both sides have been
heavy. There is ah inclination to be
lieve that bud there been probability
ot an eafiy success ior th? Germans
in this ?eld Emperor William, who
has returned to Berlin, would have
remained to witness Ute victory.
The battle In Ute west appears to
be at a standstill. It ls evident that'
attacks which have been made have
not met with much success.
Under Ute title "Four Months of
War." Ute French Bulletin of the Ar
mies io publishing ??-eport of the. en
tire operations of the war. The - ex
planation Is made in the report that
th : French were unable to take Ute of
fensive unUl the British army was
reedy ana that ?he advance into Al- j
sace, which has been criticised as
had strategy? waa designed to draw
the Germans from the Belgian front
This plan did not succeed, lt says,
and tho, Allies were driven back to
the Seine ?,
The arrival of Australian, and New
Zealand contingents In Egypt on 40
transports ls quoted as another tri
umph for the British navy.
The German cruiser Emden was not
far from this fleet of transports when
ehe was overtaken and destroyed by
the Australian Cruiser Sydney. It ls
taken tor granted, however, that tue
convey of the transports was so strong
that even the Emden- would not have
dared attack them. "
The statement made in the Italian
parliament by Premier Salandra tusk
Italy shouW maintain her attitude
of watchful sympathy and armed neu
trality has created much Interest here
and sympathy is expressed for Ute
aspirations of ?he Italian people.
HA? Confidence in
Carranza Faction
?>'?? ?
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.-Rafael Zu
baran. Caranta agent here, tonight
made public a telegiasn from General
Alvaro Obregon, dated yesterday, at
Vera Cms. declaring his confidence
in the success of the Carranza fac?on.
The message said:
"You can feel tVwured that we have
honest mon in sufficient numbess to
overpower the reactionary movement
headed by Villa, We rook upon the
pre?ent alrtiss'it] us ? ??CwHur/ e?U
which will afford us o splendid oppor
tunity to Sst definitely in relief those
who like ourselve? are fighting for
principle and those whose only in
spiration ts selfish ambition.
"The northeastern army corps under
my commend ls well equipped and
disciplined and Ita ranks are tilling
each day. Regarding Ute union of Vil
la. Zapata and Angeles you may re
main at sase. The bad faith ot thee* j
men will never permit their union."
Baise* and Bett* the 8*me.
CHICAGO, ?>ec, 4.-Carleton Hod
son, wealthy lawyer, for years a re
spected church maa and citizen here,
and C H. 'Jetts, who fled from Nsw
York in ISM when he was free on
bond* charged with forgery are the
same man. Hodson, arrested yester
day at the instance of heirs of hts
former bondsman, admitted his iden
tity ia av statement issued tonight hy
hie counsel. Clarence Darrow,
j ^BsSi^^ '^^'^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ ; * '
..., . ,n WftV tho rond?n Scot- Germans until their name has become ( recruited frcm men above the aver- has been remarkable Thousands of, Had all the applications been takei
This is the way thc London Scot Germans^ umu ?J lme of age ln llfe, mon who were determined volunteers have tried to make t a many reglment8 mlght haYe bee.
I tish charge in thd face of tho enemy. batU(, reaching from northeast to win their way to fame or death, conditions of their enlistment J ,Rt
ENDS OWN LIFE BY
JUMPING INTO SEA
Passenger on American Steamship
Arapahoe Jumps Overboard
Near Charleston.
CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 4.- A
passenger on the American steamship
Arapahoe, registered as F. W. Tlb
betts, of Peabody. Mass., jumped into
the sea and was drowned off Diamond
< Shoals lightship Thursday afternoon.
The tragedy was pot known here to
day with the arrival of the Arapahoe.'
Only one passenger and one mem?,
ber of the crew saw the man Jump
overboard. The alarm was Immediate
ly sounded and a life preserver wa?
thrown in Ute direction of Tlbbatta.
It fell short and, according to mem
bers of the crew, he made no effort to
reach it. A life boat was manned, but
Tibbetts sank before he ' could ne
reached.
Efforts to'recover the body were
abandoned because of the fog. Papers
in TibbeUs. stateroom ' Indicated . he
was a member ot the Aleepo Temple
of the Mystic Shrine in Blostog.
PEA.BODY, Mass., Dec. 4.-Freder
ick Wi Tibbetts. who was resorted in
dispatch a from Charleston S. C.. to
night to have Jumped overboard' from
the steamer Arapahoe, left here TA ed*
ne?day. He bad said he expected to
obtain v.ork at a Florida resort. '
Reward is Offered
For Murderers
(By Amaritud FTMK.)
, MIAMA, Fla.. Dec. 4.-r- A reward
of one .thousand dollars was offered
today by Mrs. A. A. 3ogg3 for the ar
rest, and conviction of persons who
are supposed to have murdered her
husband and daughter November 25
in their home near hare. The city of
Miami- also bas -offered a rewrrd of
$500. The charred bodies of Mr. Beggs
and hts daughter were found in the
ruins of their home soon after the
fire was discovered. The coroner's
Jury which investigated Ute case ad
Jcnrned Wednesday after declaring
'.hat. death had been due to unknown
I causes.
Estimate Germans
Lost 2-3 of Army
. (By AMocUtad Pm?.)
LONDON,. Dec. 6.-2:65 a m.-Ex
perts estimate that the Germans lost
two-thirds of their army in Poland tn
the fighting in tho region between the
Warta river and Vistula tiver, say*
a Morning Post dispatch from Petro
grad Prince Oscar and Prince Joach
im, the emperor's . sons, are reported
to have escaped only by taking flight
In an aeroplanes The dispatch says
a delay in arrival of Russian rein*
forcements enabled Ute Germans to
break Unroogh Ute surrounding ting.
Another Ship With
Food for Belgians
, (Br A*K*Ut*d Prue)
NEW YORK. Dec 4.-Another ship
soiled from this port tonight wita
food for starving non-combatants in
Belgium, When the steamer Agamem
non cleared for Rotterdam. Louis De
Badeleer, minister of state for Belgi
um; wea t& Ute pier with members c'
the Belgian relief committee to , bid
Ute steamer God-apeed.
The ch ri p's cargo is valued at 3200.
000 On lt* arrival at Rotterdam, lt
will be distributed ander supervision
of the London-American Commttslou
for Relief In Belgium.
GREAT BIG GIRL
OF GOLDEN WEST
CAUSES MILLIONAIRE'S AR
REST ON WHITE SLAVE
CHARGE
THE ALEXANDER
WHO KNEW TRICKS
Accused of Transporting Society
j Gbrl From Los Angeles lo
Chi CATO.
(Hy 4 ^ dated Pw.?.)
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 4.-Col
onel Charles Alexander, a millionaire,
retired merchant here, was arrested'
tonight hy federal officers on a war
rant from Chicago charging violation
[of the Mann white slave act. He ls
accused of having transported Miss
? Jessie E. Cons. rf Los Angeles, Ca*.,,
frpm that city to Chicago, in Febru
ary. 1913.
When arraigned before a United
States commissioner. Colonel Alex
ander waived examination. Bail was
fixed at $7,500, which was furnished,
and the case was continued for a
hearing in the Chicago federal court,
the first Tuesday in January.
The complaint gives February 25? |
1913, as the date of the alleged viola-'
?lon of the Mann law.
Henry W. Hayes, counsel for Colonel
Alexander, declined to allow his client
to discuss the case, but said .that at
the trial it would be shown that an ?
attempted case' of blackmail, which '
had 'failed had resulted' in this ac
tion.
Colonel AlexanderNls widely known
as a clubman.
He has a residence in this city, a
country homo at Rumstick Point and
a third residence at Wiliamstcn, Mass.
He has a wife and two daughters.
Miss Cope is under surveillance of
federal officers In Chicago and it ia
reported the grand Jury will consider
charges ot extortion, said to hao been
made against her.
Colonel Alexander ls a member ot
the firm of Alander Brothers at Provi
dence, and a ' director of the Cana
dian Steel Company, according to d
statement isued hy District Attorney
Clyne.
"Colonel .Alexander met Miss Cope
At a social gathering in Los Angeles
two years ago." the statement said.
"He explained ho would procure e
divorce and marry her. Then he* pro
ceeded Co make violent love to Miss
"Tho evidence of the girl shows she
relied on a!? promise to marry her
At his suggestion Miss Cope met him
In Chicago Pebruarv 13, 1911 They
occupied connecting rcoms st a down*
town hotel: Later they went to New
Orl?ans and from there to Califor
nia. ?. .
. During the time they were travel
ing together, Colonel Alexander gave
her many costly presents and much
money.
"The colonel built for her a banga
low in the Berkshire Hills. On New
Tear's Day, 1913, Colonel Alexander
sent her a poem of greeting.'
"Another poem," Mr. Clyne said,
"whick Colonel Alexander wrote to
Mlss Oupe, ho called The Modern
Alexander.'
"Alexander of the olden days,
"Was said to sadly weep,
'i?eeeuse there were no other worlds,
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DATE CHANGED
FOR CONFERENCE
State Chairman Committees Wili
Meet m Washington on De
cember 14.
(By Anoeiat?! Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.- The cotton
?ono committee announced tonight
that the conference here with State
chairmen committees would be held
Decotnbef* 14 Instead v>f December jo,
aa previously announced.
W. P. G. Harding, chairman of the
committee, announced tonight that
telegrams from chairmen of State'
committees, indicate general Interest I
?r? ?he lear/ f".nd and large number of
applicaatlons for loans.
Letters have been sent/ td StaXe
chairmen asking them to call meet
ings of State committees Immediately
tor organisation and appointment ot
loca committees. Copies of the' plan
and application balnks are being mall
ed to all committeemen so that ap
plications for Class B. certificates and
loans may be received without wait
ing for the.meeting of-th?'cotton loan
committee end State chairmen in
Washington December 14.
It was believed in some - quarters
here tonight that applications for
inn ti? wn?ld total possibly $20,090,060
by January ?. It became known to
night that many applications have
been mode which hitherto were un
reported to Washington. It was said
Oklahoma alone bas asked for about
$1,000.000 and there are indications
that Texas may want several million.
Indiana State Officials
Indicted by Grand Jury
(By AftaocUted Prat-.)
INDIANAPOLIS, IndV Dec. 4.-?
Lieutenant Governor William P.
O'Neaill, Homer L. Cook, sneaker of
the house of the 1913 legislature, who
recently took office as secretary of
state, and 10 other officers and mem
bers of the patronage committees ot
the 1913 legislature wera indicted to
night by a Marion County grand Jury.
Tho indictments charge that the of
ficials signed warrants for pay for
employes in excess of the amounts fix
ed by law fer more employes than
provided for in the statutes.
Should Not Sacrifice
Ship* for Submarines
WASHINGTON. Doc. 4.---While aub-,
marinea have been operating success
fully under ideal condition* in the
European war, the American navy
shout accord important functions to
both battleships and submarines and
not Sacrifice battleships for -subma
rines lu the opinion of Rear. Admiral
wau, chief constructor o? the nary,
who outlined his views today before
the house naval affairs committee,
Questioning by members developed
? ?vi?Hg sentiment In the committee
for increasing the navy's submarino
strength.
. Admiral Watt explained that the
navy. department purposed to let a
contract December IC for a submarine
weighing 1,000 tous, with a ?peed or
20 miles an hour, designed to stay un
der water longer and to have a great
er radius of action then any other,
submarine afloat.
Typhoid Epidemic Among Germans.
LONDON, Dec. 5.--(3:05 a. rn,)
German troops in Flanders, like the
Belgians, arc suffering from a typhoid
epidemic according to Dutch corres
pondents of London newspapers. They
any the disease ls particularly preva
lent along the Yeer sad that there
ore many cases among the naval
forces at Contrai.
Villa, the Actual Ruler of Mexico.
The world waited to learn what
General Pancho Villa, ex-bandit,
would do when he reached Mexico
City at the head of an army suff. item
to hold the capital. It -waa teared he
might announce, himself aa president
and Immediately overthrow Acting
Prestdent Gutierrer. But he did noth
ing of the kind. Instead he Bred up
to the character he has assumed tor
more (han a year, the character ot
patriot and leader, when he leaded
this Platement:
I "My only mission ls ves io re order
'm Mexico, snd not to tase personal
i revenge on any ona I promise that
order will be restored at once. I sm!
acting as the subordinate of Provision-1
al President Gutierres and the nation
al convention.
"The provisional, president is now
tho supreme power in Mexico, ana
L am merely acting as Held comman
der ot the armies. All foreigners snu
foreign property wil ?. be protected."
Seldom before in the history cf
Mexico or any Latin American coun
try had a conqueror been so modest I
He might have taken the government j
i in his hands without the loss of a man.
j Yet the former bandit held good to I
I the promise he had made months ago. j
Mob Hangs Negro
RiddlesJ
(By Associated . Pre-?.)
FLORENCE, S. C., Dec 4.--? mob
took Willum Green, e negro, from of
ficers near Coward, 3. C., today, hang
ed him to a tree and then riddled his
body with bullets, according te re
ports received here. Green was arrest
ed after he had been detected tn the
act of hidlag nuder a house during
the owner's absence
The negro's/ presence under the
house was detected hy tba women oe
to Tree and
tody With Bullets
capante who were unprotected and
who summoned the'offlcers.
?rest Jubilation.
VBWCB, Via London. Dec. 4.-(8:46
p. m.)-There was great Jubilation tn
Vienna today When news ot the occu
pation ot Belgrade by the Austrians
was published and the streets were
decorated with flags. Newspapers
were Ulled with praise ot the Auatro
H un garton troops.
IN GOOD SHAPE
DEFENSES AT NEW YORK
CAN DESTROY ANY AT
TACKING FLEET
OPPOSITION TO
INVESTIGATION
As to Preparedness of United
States for War is Expressed
by Representatives.
(By AMooUtod Frc?.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.-Opposition
to Representative Gardner1*? r?solution
for an Investigation by e commission
into tbe preparedness ot the United
States for war was expressed to Pres
ident Wilson today by Representatives '
Fitzgerald and Sherley. ranking mem
ber s of the house appropriations com
mittee. Both told the president they
were preparing to speak on the sub
ject in the ho.IBO.
VI am against any spectacular in
vestigation into this subject," said Mr.
Fitzgerald. "All the facts are avail
able now, and through hearings before
a regular committee and debate on the
floor the question will he thoroughly
review.*
Mr. Sherley told the president that
statements attributed to Mr. Gardner
that the defenses, of New York were
antiquated were incorrect He .declar
ed the fortifications bf tho United
States were in excellent shape and
added that army officers had inform
ed him that the defenses at New York
could destroy any attacking fleet The
president will go ln%o the question fur
ther Monday, wheu he will see Mr.
Gardner and Senator Tillman, chair
man of the senate naval committee.
?T. LOUIS, Deo. 4.-Augustus F.
doer, congressman from Maasaehn
?et??, in an address beforo th'? Cow
ton! ivorsry Club here tonight replied
to Secretary Daniels' statement MK
garding recent assertions of Mr Gard
ner as to thp inadequacy , ot American
naval and military preparations.
"I state without fear ot successful
contradiction," he said, "that the big
guns on the latest dreadnoughts of
Great Britain and Germany are of
such long range that the j battleships
can stand a mlle and a halt outside
the range of the guns on the fortifi
cations of New York and demolish
those forts.
"Secretary Daniels," said Mr. Gard
ner, "baa elven out a snecial report
from Admiral Straus to prove mislead
ing my declaration 'that of long range
torpedoes there are only 68 in the
nsvy.'
"I reiterate my statement that there
sro 511 torpedo tubes on tho ships of
the navy and there are 550 long range
torpedoes built, building ipr (appro
priated for.
"It this statement is incorrect it is
not my fault I obtained the informa
tion from Admire! Straus . himself.
There la not a single figure given In
f pooch ot October 18 or tn my
statement cf October 15 npt
....dod by consultation with high
army and navy officiais or else taken
direct from the official publications.
"Many of my figures were prepar
ed for me in Secretary Daniels* own
department
j "I observe that Admiral Straus ls
quoted as instancing the tor?7?lolng
i of three British cruisers at 500 yards
range to show that long range torpe
does neither are required nor desired
for submarines. I cannot give any
opinion on Admiral Strauss' views,
but his argument will not stand In
spection.''
Mr. Gardner said a congressional
Inquiry into the national defense
would reveal many absurdities, nota
bly, tflbi there ls no coordination In
the preparation of military and naval
appropriations.
"One comlttee looks after the for
tifications, another the army, a third
the navy," he said. "The fortifications
committee provides for the guns for
the regular ead volunteer army; the
army committee provides the guns
fofcjthe militia. Can anything he more
absurdr
Mr1. Gardner has an appointment
to discuss the matter of a congression
al inquiry with President Wilson. By
request of tb* president. Mr. Gardner
will see htm alone.
Purchases $40,000
Worth of Flour
(Br AMoeUUd Pma)
WASHINGTON, ?eft. 4.-Forty
thousand dollars worth at flour for the
starving Belgians was purchased to
day by the Belgian RelUt Committee,
It will be seat imm?distety to Bel
gium by Linden W. Bates, purchasing
agent In the United States of the
American committee established in
London.
This som represents s part of tho
contribution received hy. the central
committee from nearly every State*