The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, December 13, 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
WOULD REGARD
AT NACO A
CARANZA SAYS HE IS NOT RE
SPONSIBLE FOR FIRING
ACROSS LINE
MAYTORENAS
MEN TO BLAME
Sayo He Does Not Know That
Rights of Americans Have
Been Violated.
(By Af?wi?ud Pres?.)
VERA CRUZ, T c. 12.- "If the
United States employs force to atop
the firing'by Mexicans across the In
ternational boundary line at Naco it
will be .Considered an unfriendly act,
notwithstanding the friendly motives
cloaking the act." ?
In this manner Oenersl Carranza
made answer, in s statement to the
Associated Press, to thn formst notice
served by the United States on both
Provisional President Gutierrez and
General Carranca that unless auch fir
ing ceased, force would be employed
to protect American territory.
Carranxa's reply to the American
note, which la expected to reach Wash
ington tomorrow, will, repudiate re
sponsibility for any shots that have
crossed the line and clearly set forth
that he and his government will re
gard Intervention at Naco as a hostile
act.
At no time since the receipt of Sec
retary Bryan's note calling attention
' to repeated ? wounding and killing ol
residents ot the American town, has
General Carranza appeared perturbed,
but he has bad long conferences witta
tho** clore to him, and in framing
his reply, it ld said, he has been care
ful not to let himself remain In an j
uncertain light.
"General Hill, Constitutionalist
commander ot the forces at Naco, is on
the defensive," continued General Car
ranza, "and since his back was to thc
Uno lt la difficult to ase how he could
" be responsible for the firing. The fad
la that Maytorena's men h?ve been at
tacking, and therefore U appears reas
onably clear and they, and only they,
could have been to blame.
"AB a matter ot fact, I do not know
that the rights ot American citizen*
have been violated. It seems to mc
that it would be well for the state de
partment to investigate this question
In order .to fig the responsibility.
"? remember similar instances at
Bl Paso, when the Madero forcea wen
attacking there. In that caso those
shots' wsre tor the most part the Im
prudent and curious individuals whe
flocked to witness the fighting as If ll
a spectacular show staged for theil
benefit.
"As to the use ot force, of which Mr
Bryan talks, that ls something Un
gravity ot which I fear he does not ful
f ly appreciate. He ssys lt would noi
mean an invasion of our territory, 01
a violation of our national sovereignty
It would: And moreover, it would cer
tainly be an act directly against th?
Constitutionalists, who now. hold th?
town and in favor the vmistas. wtu
would ' be left free to ' conn one - theil
operations. Ti would be simply tyinf
General Hill's banda and leaving May
to rena fre?,
"I sincerely, hope that the good
friendship ot the American peoplo to
wards the Mexican people will prevent
the consummation of Secretary Bry
a ab's threat."
Request That
Sent to Cana! Z
(By Aanehtod Pren.)
WASHINGTON. Dec 13.- -Colone
Goethals hss requested that destroy
ers be sent to toe canal sofie' limned
lately, it was learned tonight, but nt
specific explanation of Ute need foi
naval v?asela there was included ii
the message. A reply asking f?r th ti
explanation was sent at once but p<
answer hah hean received from Colo
net Goethals st a late hour.
Officials believe, however, that tfai
canal governor, has experienced- aom<
difficulty in preserving the com plo t<
neutrality of the tone and its territm
lal waters. Hauy ships belonging ti
belligerent nations are ia the vicin
ity, and lt*j thought possible Colo
net Goethals has found himself un
able to check use of their wirelesi
planta within the three-mile limit.
With swift naval vessels to sid i
would be an easier matter to regu
lata use of wireless and it wai
thought probable tonight the necee
.sary destroyers wtrald be dispatcher
a? soon aa Colonel Goethals explana
tlon waa received.
Recent activity by-British and Jap
aneses warships In tba vicinity of th?
canal sons which followed tho dises
ter to the British fleet ruder Admira
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Revokes Passes For Crossing Line.
NACO, Arl?., Dec. 12.-Brlgad'.e!
General Tasker H. Bliss, commander
of the United States troops? here, to
night revoked all pass?es for crossing
tlie International lines. Later com
munication into Mexico was limited
to press correspondents and froight
teamsters.
G?n?ral Bliss, it was stated. Intend
ed to break up efforts to both Mexican
factions to send agents into Arizona
for recruits and supplies.
Representatives of General HUI,
commander of the Naco, Sonora, gar
rison, and of Governor May to rena,
whose forces are besieging the town,
were refused passes into American
territory.
The belligerents tonight continned
exchanging Are. General Hill tonight
placed two ""--millimeter Maxim guns
in position. ,
' No Orders to Stop Fir! ag.
NACO, ARIZ., Dec. 12.-Jese Mayto
rena. Insurgent governor of Sonora,
who has been besetging the Carranza
garrison of Naco since September, is
sued a statement today declaring he
had received po order from Provision
al President Guti?rrez to stop firing to
prevent bullets struting in American
territory. He ls preparing for a final
assault on Naco Tuesday night.
I ? ? ' ?- - .
. Second Warning Reeelved.
EL PASO, Texafc. Dec 12.-A second
warning from the Washington govern
ment to Govern?v Mar*"rena was re
ceived here today demanding that May
torena withdraw immediately from the
rangt, of the American border town., It
had been given verbally, lt was under
stood, to one o' Maytorena's agents st
Washington.
Pursuing Maytoreaa Force.
DOUGLAS. Ari?., Dec. 12.-Two hun
dred and fifty Carranza cavalrymen
left Agua Prieta today in pursuit nf
the IJaylorena force which captured
Fronteras Isst night. After the capture
of Fronteras, 30 miles south of the bor
der, the Maytorena troops are report
ed to have left today for Cuchuta.
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Threatening Windstorm
Moving Northeastward
-i-it ...
(By Aikodated Pr*?.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-- A threat
ening windstorm, moving northeast
ward fora be Texas coast tonight
prompted tho weather bureau to order
warnings to shipping displayed along
the Gulf coast and Atlantic coasts
from Brownsville ' to Washington.
Heavy rams with occasional snow
flurries and rbarply falling tempera
tures are expected to accompany the
disturbances eastward.
Destroyers Be
Cradock, bas given rise to some con
cern here, although no specific re
ports ot neutrality violations haws
been received so far as known.
Reporta of wireless interruption
from Panama have led to the belief
that colliers sod warships were ex
changing messages, which, If they
have not otherwise been open to ob
jection, hsvs hindered commentai use
of wireless tc a considerable extent.
In view ,of Colonel Goethals *nee
sage> lt is believed code m osages have
been .picked up which disclosed that
to eome extent the watara of the tone
hare been made a base of operations
by one or both of the allied fleets and
that the governor wisbes to establish
a patrol which will prevent further
v?oin\ions of neutrality.
An unofficial report was In circula
tion tonight that the collier Lena, of
the British auxiliary fleet, had mate
improper use ot ber wireless equip
ment by sending British navy code
messages whll*_jrithin tho three-mile
limit What steps Colonel Goethals
may hare already taken or contem
pl?tes beyond his request for destroy
ers ls coi known, however, ead con
firmation of the re?rt ae to the liena
waa net' obtainable.
Von!
This i8 the first photograph of Field
Marshal 'yen Hindenburg, consider
ed by military experts to be, with
General Joffre of the French army, the
greatest genius developed by the war.
SHORT RECESS
FOR SENATORS
Democrats Determined to Speed
Up Legislative Program to
AMAUI PT*_. ,LT_ CaMMM
' fwWQOa nui seamon.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Senate,
TvjniiCrai!! in caucus today determin
ed to speed up the legislative program
td enfold an extra session after March
4. . . ?
It waa decided to abandon a long
holiday recess, the senators agreeing
to coater with house readers on 'a
plan to recess from December 22 to
December 28 and to remain in sesBinn
New Year's week except on New
Year's day. It also was decided to
bold night sensions of the senate at
least once a week and oftener If the
steering committee found it neces
sary.
"Appropriation bills will have the
right of way In the senate as rapidly
as they come from the nose," Mid
Senator Kern, chairman of the cau
cus. "The legislative program will
not be extensive otherwise. The con
servation measures, the Philippine
blil end the ship purchase bill will
be taken up ss soon as they come
from committees. The immigration
bill was not discussed in the caucus
but it is expected it wiil be voted on
before many days."
AWARD CONTRACTS
FOR DESTROYERS
Socrelary Daniela Places Orders
For Sis Torpedo Boat Destroy,
ert Authorized by Congress.
(Br Associated Prca.) -
WASH INO TON, Dec. 13.-Secretary
Daniels' awarded contracts today for
the construction of the six' torpedo
boat destroyers authorized by the hvtt
naval appropriation bill as follows
Fore River Shipbuilding Company,
two ships, 1795,000 each; Bath Iron
Works, two fhtps, $800,000 each;
Cramp Shipbuilding Company, one
ship, ?820,000.
The sixth ship will be constructed
st the Mare Island navy yard. It will
be the first destroyer built in a gov?
eminent yard.
The appropriation bill limited the
amount to be paid for each destroyer
to #925100 but made no prpv*-ion for
> more than six vessels Money saved
in today's sward may not be used tor
additional construction but must be
isrhed beck to tho treasury.
in this connection Mr. Daft-,
lett issued thia statement: "ir
the appropriation bill had al
lowed the construction of six i
or metre destroyers tor tba amount
authorised, lt would have been possi
ble for the secretary of the navy to
order eev*an destroyers instead ot ala
and keep within the appropriation.
Secretary Daniela will ask congress
*o appropriate for destroyers this year
as it did for submarines last ' year,
when lt made the appropriation read
'eight er mere submarines* for a
given sam,**
taken since he has been in Poland. 1
Despatches show that he has Just 11
captured Lodz, ? city of 450,000 in 11
Russian Poland. This is the third time
he has driven his troops into Russian I
WILL SE CALLEO I
STANDS ON HATIt
(By Awocistwl ???)
WASHINGTON, Doc, 1*.-Members
ul thc house of. representatives will ,
be called upon to take definite stands
on- national prohibition and woman
suffrage as a result of action today ?
hy the rules committee. It was de
cided to report sp?cial rules for cou- !
alderation - of constitutional amend
mbtats bn both subjects. Tea and nay
notes will be required:
? Chairman Henry said the ruie on
the Hobson prohibition resolution ;
would be presented December 22 and
after eight hours debate would be
pressed to a vote. Tho suffrage res- <
olution, he sold, will follow Immed
iately, i
Prohibition and suffrage support- l
ors' Immediately began to line up their i
BRITISH WARSHIPS Al>
MEET ON HIGH
(By Associated* Proa.)
PANAMA. Dec. 12.- lt was persist- .
ently reported here today that als
British warchipa met four British col- ?
Hers yeserday on the high sess 60
miles so a th of Panama and coaled
from them. It ia believed locally these
warships came from Australian waters
One of them is even said to be the
Australian battle cruiser Australia, j
Por several days there has beep !
much wireless Interference, sud lt' ls
believed the colliers and the warships
GERMAN OFFICER FO
IN TRUNK Al
(By Associated Press.) .
LONDON. Dec. if.-(4:32 p. m.)
A .vigilant customs officer at Grave
send today captured a. German army '
officer whom he fcan'1 hiding in a
huge trunk thafc Tras about to be
shipped to F.otteraara. The trunk
was going for wara ss ordinary mer- :
chandlse on board the steamer Bats
vier. The customs officer became sus- j
piclous and gave orders that the pad- i i
NATURALIZED AMERK
WILL BE TRIE!
(By Associates Prm.)
.'?PARIS, Deo. 12.-Geneva police. .,
says a dispatch to the Journal, have
arrested a nc.iur?iissd American nam
ed Muller who. lt ls alleged, organis
ed an Important German syp system
with ramifications in Lyons and the
principal cities of eastern France.
Maller, the dispatch states, will ho '
tra id by courtmarlal.
Fer?ese Possibility of Complications.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. -So Inter
ested were state department officials 1
la the reported arrest of Ute Amer!- 1
ctn Muller by Geneva police that 1
American Minister Stovall waa today '
directed to make an Immediate In- 1
qulry. Should tbs report prove accu
rate, officials forste the possibility ot
War. and His Staff. Takt
Poland. It ls the second time within
i few weeks that ho came near War
saw, one of tba greatest Russian cities.
If he should succeed in taking lt he
will have dealt a severe brow to the
uinolwir
INAL PROHIBITION
forces for the coming . encounter, lt
generally wao pred:ci?a that the spe
cial rule would be passed, aa a ma
jority vote only is required. Oppo
nents of the two amendments, how
ever, were confident that neither of
them would have the necessary two
thirds majority on the final vote.
The prohibition amendment would
forever prohibit "the sale, manufac
ture for sale, transportation for sale.
Importation for sale and exportation
for sale of intoxicating liquors for
beverage purposes in the United
States and all territory subject TO
the jurisdiction tb<|'eof."
The suffrage proposal declares that
tho right of citizens to vote shall not
be denied or abridged on account of
sex.
ID COLLIERS
I SEAS NEAR PANAMA
have been In comunlcation.
Ships' captains reaching Balboa
have reported the nearness of British
cruisers.
?Six British colliers have called at
Panama daring the, last few days. A
British cruiser was ?std last night to
have como close in to Balboa. She is
BU posed to have been trying to locaba
colliers. . - ;?t
A Japanese fleet is said tq be off the
Chtlesn coast and tho British war
ships are believed to have sailed for
the south to effect a Junction.
UND HIDING
?OUT TO BE SHIPPED
locks be broken. When the lid was
removed a man later Identified as a
German officer waa lifter out of the
box. He was removed to Gravesend
police station. Bedding, food and
water were found la the. trunk.
It waa believed the officer escaped
from one of the interment camps in
England. It is supposed he waa en
deavoring to convey inVrmatton to
Germany.
: AN ARRESTED;
) BY COURTMARTIAL
complications through sn attempt to
extradite a naturalized American citi
zen fros* Switzerland, a neutral cour
tly, to France.
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en in Poland.
hopes of tho Russians. Von Minden- ,
borg was recently made field marshal !
by Kaiser Wilhelm for his success In
the eastern war. He ls shown In the
center of the photograph.
OF SUPPLIES j
American Red Cross Seeds 401
COM Hospital Supplies and
Clothfoc to Europe.
(By Aawiated Frew.) .
WASHINGTON, Dec. ?2.- The
American Red Cross today shipped ;
401 cases of hospital supplies and
clothing for women and children to
war striken countries ot Europe.
Prance will receive 80 cases and an ad
ditional donation of 5,000.000 cigar
ettes. Germany will get 71 cases;
Austria-Hungary 71 cases, and 20
! hales of . absorbent cotton'and Belgium
! 159 cases.
Enclosing a check for $100, Vice
President Marshal: wrote the Red
Croea today: "I fear the calls for
help at home and abroad are to be
numerous and all-compelling that
many of ua muat curtail our pleaaurea
at the behest of duty and that larger
charity which apella love."
Germany's Answer
Not Satisfactory
STOCKHOLM, (via London) Dec. 12
-Germany's- answer to Sweden's ire
quest for an explanation of the lay
ing of German mines which have de
stroyed three Swedish vessels, ls con
sidered far from satisfactory by the
Swedish press, according to the Afton
bladot.
'The answer denies that German
ships laid mines Saturday or Sunday
last but says nothing concerning pre
vious days. It admits that, owing to
the intention of Russia to establish a
winter naval base, German mines were
isid in the Aland Aschipelsgo, . "Leter
tbsn Sunday," of which Sweden wss
notified Mondsy after toe Swedish
steamers were sunk.
tamigf ants Fra
Be Maced On!
(By Awoelated Preta.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Resolu
tions calling on the federal govern
ment and the Southern States for
legislation to care for immigrants
who seek refuge 1n this country after
the European war were adopted to
night by the immigration conference
called by the Southern Commercial
Congress to consider the feasibility
of distributing Immigrants on farms
In the South.
A committee was appointed to work
ont some practical plan of action.
Dr. Clarence J. Owens, managing
director of the Southern Commercial
Congress, declared In an atV ress that
tbs future develorfneuT of the South
was measured In terms of on efficient
Industrial and agricultural immigra
tion.
At the sitora ooo session ot the
congress Secretary of Labor Wilson
predicted, that many of the destitute
immigrants who would come to the
United states from Europe after tho
NO IMPORTANT
DEVELOPMENTS
LITTLE HAS BEEN REPORTED
FROM EITHER EASTERN
OR WESTERN BATTLES
RUSSIAN LOSSES
REPORTED HEAVY
Conflicting Claim* of Advantage
Aro Made by the Opposing
Forces.
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LONDON, Dec, l??*Ko important
developments have? been repotted la
the lest 24 hours, either in,the east
ern or western battles, although fight
ing of a more or lees violent charac
ter continues. Conflicting claims of
advantage aro made by the opposing
forces.
As an offset of the Russian claim
of having checked the advance of
three of fire German columns Invad
ing their territory, the Germans state
today that their cavalry has repulsed
the Russisn horseman on the Bast
Prussian frontier; that in North Po
land the German operations ara de
veloping and that in South Poland tba
Russian attacks have bera unsuccess
ful.
It is admitted in Berlin, however,
that the Russian resistance ls by no
means broken, although, according to
the German estimate In the battles
preceding the evacuation of Leds, t"o
Ruaslans lost 160,000 men, including
80,000 captured, while the German
losses were light.
There is tho same disparity between
French and German 'accounts of tho
bettles in Flanders a: ?d France. It ia
apparent from both, itowover, that the
Alliea have assumed at least a partial
ogenslve. |^^|^^^'^<^yQ ti,a*
COBS, while*the Gensans^eclsre the
sttack of tbs Allies have bseu repulsed
wi:h heavy losses. '
The genersl impression here, is that
the Allies, with artillery and occas
ional infantry attacks, are preparing
the way for ? general offensive, hut
In doing so are meeting with stub
born resistance from the Germans,
who are firmly established In en
trenched positions. The advance, lt lt
is possible, must therefore be slow.
The Servions continue to claim suc
cesses. The Austrians tried to stem de
feat by sending a force from Belgrade
southward against tho Servian light
wlug, but this army. Ilks that re
treating westward, suffered heavily;
The pope's plea for a Christian
truce has failed, though a majority
ot the powers received lt sympatheti
cally. Berlin declares Russia would
not consent to the truce ss the Rua
8isn Churstmas does not fall on the
esme day as that of the other coun
tries.
Rumor persists that the German
cruiser Dresden, one of the squad
ron Which was defeated fay the Brit
ish Squadron In the Bp?th Atlantic,
either hss been sunk or'has sought
ref ugo in a neutral port. There t.% no
confirmation of this report and confi
dence that she will be caught ls shown
by the betting on Lloyd's, which was
25 to 8 that the Dresden would ba
rounded up by January S.
' Resolution Voted Down.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 12.-Repre
sentative Gardner's demand for a
hearing on his resolution for an in
vestigation into the nation's military
preparedness wa? voted dow* by {(he
house rales committee by a straight
party vote of 6 to 3, all Democrats *
voting against IL ? '
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ni Europe Can
Southern Farms
war could he placed on Southern
farms If proper efforts ara mada to.
secure them. He explained the efforts
of the labor, postofflce and agricul
tural department? to bring together
"the jobless man and the maniese
joh, the landless man '?ad the man
lesa land.'*
J. j. DeKinder, an expert of Dutch
colonisation, who recently came from
Holland, said many Dutch and Bel?
gian farmers ruinad hy the war were
anxious to coma to. the United States.
Senator Duncan TA Fletcher, ot
Florida, prealdent ot the Southern
Commercial Congress, presided at the
sessions. Many Southern States were
represented by officials.
The committee ohos rn te decide oai
a definite plan to encourage desirable
immigration ls composed nf Dr.
Owens. T. R. Preston, Chattanooga:
Hugh Mac Rae, Wilmington, N. C.; M.
V. Richards, Industrial eosnmlssiener.
Southern Raliway, Washington, and
Rohan IC Misson, a member of. tho
South Carolin* legislature. ,