The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, February 28, 1915, Image 1

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VOLUME II. Na4?L Weeklr, EttabUshed 18<J0| Dall/ Jan. 13, 1914, ANDERSON, S. C SUNDAY MOBING, FEBRUAR Y 28, 1915. ALLIES TO STOP I ALL SHIPPING GENERAL BLOCKADE OF GERMAN PORTS WILL BE DECLARED NEUTRALS BOUND TO RESPECT RIGHT Authorities Agree a Belligerent Has Right to Blockada Enemy's Ports (My A**ocia(r<l P?I-.-B.) LONDON, Feb. 27 (6:50 p. ra.). rirekt Britain, France and their al lies have advised neutral countries that they hold themselves at liberty to stop all shipping to and from Ger many and the countries of her nllles. Public announcement of this action will bei made early next week. Tbe text of the declaration will set forth that this decision is necessary be cause of German submarine attacks tit that Great Britain and Franco will respect the lives of crews and passengers In any steps they may take. Tho declaration ls not a reply to the American representations looking-to a cessation of German submarine ac tivity and the admission of food to Germany for civilians. The declara tion will not affect cargoes shipped before the date of the advice to neu trals. Thc exact date carried by thc declaration has-trot been announced, but lt- probably ls February 26 or 27. No. special articles of commerce will be mentioned In the ? Urltlsb Fra^ch declaration. Cotton and food stuffs, for example, will not bo speci fied, but the terms will be general. The situation created will bc entirely Justified, according to the English j view, because of Germany's unpreced- \ ?ciririnWfg^a^sobTna rlnc b?ocVado regardless of danger to the crews and passengers of ships. Shipping In ?he Baltic will not be affected ' except as Great Britain and her allies prevent supplies from en tering Norway, 8weden and Denmark ; for re-exportation to* Germany. Hol land, by making Its prohibited export list conform with'the British contra^ band Hst and by the creation of The Nethorland inter-seas trust-to which . virtually all cargoes entering Holland are consigned with the government guarantee that they will not be ex ported to Germany-has put Us ship ping: In a position which will be slightly affected by. the declaration. It is. believed here that the Scan dinavian countries doubtless will take similar action to insure continuation nf supplies from America and else where tor homo use. While Denmark, Sweden and >'Grwar have repeatedly modified the lists ol pr?h?Mted ex ports, their regulations for the in vention of re-exportation apparently have been unsatisfactory to Great Britain, or the administration of the regulations has *een unsatisfactory, as cargoes havo uot moved tc the Scandinavian countries with the same freedom as to Holland. Arouses Wide Interest In Washing ton. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-There was no confirmation here tontght of the report from London that neutral governments had been notified by Great Britain and her allies that a general blockade ot German ports v/ould be declared next week. The press dispatch to that effect aroused wido interest In official and diplo matic circles as to the probable course the IJ tated States guvernsceot would pursue. Authorities on the international law agree that a belligerent has the right to, ''blockade an enemy's ports with & l competent force," and _ jietreht French Cruisi American S ?(By Associated rr?*.) PARIS, via London. Feb. 20.- fl 30 a. m.)-A French cruiser baa arrested the American steamer Dada tn the Channel ?nd taken her to Brest. This, announc^nnent Is officially made, .WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-While no officiai word had reached the state department tonight on the seizure ol the American ?teamer Dacia, lt ls known that no protest by the Ameri can govermaent ls probable until a French prize court passes on the ohip'a t latus. This has been the general policy la ail similar ?asea. The village of the Dacia has bec* ABANDON PLANS EXTRASESSION PRESIDENT WILL NOT CALL SENATE TOGETHER BE FORE OCTOBER SHIP BILL READY NEXT TUESDAY Republican Senators Declare They WiU Fight Measure to the End of Congress (By iK midi IVrau.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Plans for an extra session for the senate to ratify treaties and confirm nomina tions immediately after March 4 hu.r. been abandoned. The foremost of pos sibilities being considered today was an extra session beginning probably on October 1, two months e?rlier than the 64th congress would assemble. Leaders today were agreed that by assembling about October t.an carly start could be made on the remainder of the administration program which includes the Philippine bill, the con servation bills, the regulation of is sue of railroad securities and the ratification of the pending treaties with Nicaragua and Columbia. The situation on the ship bill still 1B in definite. Favorable action was taken today by the senate interstate. commerce comrajttee on all of Preslaent Wil son's dominations to tho federal trade commission except George Rublee. That removed one. remote possibility of an extra session of the senate in March and the determined announce ments of Republicans that they would tight tho Colomb .ap treaty all summer ? if necessary probably waa another de ciding factor- Many of the president's political fr'en?e have adv; an immediate o?irar-ee??foa?-"--^???i Both houses today Worked ca ap propriation bills and conference re ports. There ls every prospect that all will be completed by March 4 with'the exception of the river and. harbor bill. I Senator McCumber'*, rural ired Ita ' plan, attauic? to the agi lea Hu mi bill in the senate brought the first i serious wrangle in the consid?ration 1 ot the supply bills in tae house to- ? day. The bill finally went to a com mittee which will report lt back for consideration ot all proposed rural credit plans. Proposals to sand lt to conference were defeated. At a con ference between Democratic Leader Underwood, Postmaster General Bar leson, who spoke for the president; Chairman Lever of the agriculture committee, and Chairman Glass of the banking committee. Mr. Lever was charged with composing the situation. The conference report on the ship purchase bill will be put through the house Monday and will be ready for the senate Tuesday. Republican sen ators promise to renew their filibus ter and the end of the 63rd congress i probably will see the bill not passed. The Hollis rural credits bill, fav orably reported today by the senate banking committee, is a compromise between proposals for government 'loans end the Idea of private land banks. It would establish a system of pri vate national farm loan associations co make loans to farmers and issue honda. The government would super vise the system. The. committee re .lorted the plan proposed took from European systems such featu as were adaptable to Americas ndt ttons. Dies Frap? \niurle?. * RALEIGH. N. C.. Fob. 27.-Sneakier Emmett R. Wooten of the North Caro lina house of representatives, who was Injured , In an automobile acci dent fieveraPday* ago, died here late today. . / ^, ^ ?^ ^ zr Arrests teamer Dacia Orcat Britain quss'ioned the validity ot her transfer from forman to Amer ican registry- Tho Dacia touched at Norfolk on February ll, then proceed ed.':' Vi" - She formerly was a Hamburg American freight steamship which had boen used . before the war in trade between Bremen and Gulf ports. At the outbreak of hostilities she was tied up at Port Arthur. Or December 8f she wa? purchased by an American . ami on January 4 American registry j wao obtained, it wa* then announc ed \hat ehe waa to be used U move J cotton, and loading was begun with j a earj?o to be taken to Rotterdam, J i heno shipped to Bremen, where it NONCOMBATANTS ORDERED TO LEAVE Carranza Commander With 25, 000 Men Will Attack Monterey Sunday at Noon (Uy A i .l Pn-wO SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Feb. 27.-Gen eral Pablo Gonzales, commanding the Carranza forcea, said to number about 25,000 men, hus notified General Felipe Angeles, Villa's'commander at. M-ont?rey, the city will be attack";! Sunday at noon, and asked that non combatants be notified that they may leave the city, according to a message from Nuevo Laredo. General Angeles is eald to have replied that be would be ready to receive thc Carranza army. Villa reports say Angeles has about 20,000 men while Carranza sources inusit? that hiB force num bers between 10,000 and 12,000 men. Uprising Against Carran/ i Faction. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 27.-A succes ful uprising against the 'Carranza faction controlling Yucatan,, was re ported today in official Villa advices x ^ceived here. It was not Indicated wheiuor tin revolutionists avowed al liance with ihe Vila faction. The capital, ?.!?-rida. f.-ll into the hands of the revolutionists after a brief battle three days ago, it was said. The Carranza officials fled to Central america and Havana with tho exception of Governor Santos, who was captured. The new party named Ygnaclo Magaloni," governor of the State. INQUIRY ENDS Interstate Commerce Commission Completes Investigation of Railroad's Affairs <Hy A.??oriatcil Pnv>..? WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.--Inquiry by the interstate commerce commis sion into tiie affalrn of the Chicago* Rock Island and Pacific Railway.Coen?, H?aay andnlts. silted rorpnnitlnngirfnrtad today but with no possibility that any report to congress on the resolution culling for the Investigation can bo made at this session. Counsel for tb railroad agreed to submit by March 20 abstracts of the evidence ottered, presenting their views of the facts brought out. Joseph W. Folk. . chief counsel for the commission, who has conducted the inquiry, will present similar statements, but. If is improba ble that the commission's findings will be made known before congress Is again assembled and the formal re? pr** ia made. NO WORD FROM EITHER NATION Great Britain and Germany Un derstood to be Considering . Suggestions (Hy ! A?orlntcil PIVMO WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-No word came from Great Britain or Germany today concerning their attitude ou the American government's proposals for the removal of mines, the aban donment di submarine . warfare on merchant ships and the shipment of foodstuffs tb tbe civilian population of belligerents. Both sides were understood still to he considering the Washington ad ministration's suggestions. Replies were not expected for two or three lay?. From the press reports ot Eng land's plans for reprisals, decided on bol-ore the American proposals arriv Ofl. oiVu?!?s* did not draw much en nt fer thc success of their plan. They are hopeful, however, that it an acceptance of all tho proposals ls not possible now. there, at least wilt be an acqulescnce by all the bel ligerents In the suggestion that mines be removed from tbe high seas except those directly guarding coast defenses and hart/ora. . leales For Hearing* Announced. CHICAGO, Feb. 27.--Heering ot tho defendants' sido of the dissolution iu!t brought by tho .United States government against, the Quaker Oats Company wi!! be hela, according to nn 'announcement made today by Char'** F. Clyno. Vnlted Stathes dl?*"?.- t torneyv March 5. Memphis- ?. I>illas; .tr!?-.-!*; 12. Atlanta; 15. I Jacksonville, nn?l 17. Richmond. Rel?) R-tee ?ature o? Meei. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-Athletes J representing Georgetown University, I won first honors st the annual indoor j ?meet of t?;at institution here tonight. ? ; [scoring 24 polntsb. Johna Hopkins was ? j second with 10 points. ? j, J A two-mile relay reeve tfon by] j Prfnceion, running against Yale, waa ' the feature. Frenrk Snrrender tee Easily. BKHLIN, Feb. ??,-Wireless to Say ville).-"Ab army order baa emanated fro??n the Frene',*, general headquar ters, ?tating French Holdlcr?? surren der loo ea9?7," rays the Overseas Agency. It threatens t-vory soldier who I? made a prisoner of war will Lusitania Captain Wh< l : ?a ? ? [ j J. (Uplelll !?(!AT ll Cairtaln Dow oi*?? groat Curuardor usltau'a flew Ide ?American flag on Ia last trip from; the United States ?> Liverpool. K<! put it up after he ad got into Lrltish. waters, and there y, at once raleed |an. Internationa* uestton. Thc captain, on his t* n ack, said lie wonldl?fce the Amer"; Exonerated on Moonahine Still on Stati Line (Hy AfW??d Piw.) HAMLET, N. C.. Feh. 27.-A caro ler's Jury today exonerated Deputy (heriff Brown, of Richmond county, ?orth Carolina, and a posse composed f a Hamlet policeman and three Marl - ?oro county,. South Carolina, officers rom blame In the. dej??h of. Colin McIntosh, who waa shot and killed n a raid on n moonshine Killi on the ?tate Une six mllca from Hamlet ear y this morning. A .brothel in-law of McIntosh -jamed Fry waa captured ty the officers, it is said, while making ?ff with the still, and three other moonshiners opened fire, on the raid ira and attempted to fret him. No ?ne elso waa hurt. MUCH ACTIVITY AT LIVERPOOL Ho City in England Bears Leas Trace of War--Warehouses Ct owded With Foodstuffs (t'y Ai?K-tn?i?t frw ) LIVERPOOL. Feb. 18.-(Correspon lenco of the Associated Press). Sever In the history of this port has Lbs congestion of shipping been so great, nor have the Liverpool ware houses ever OPMI HO crowded with foodstuffs as at present, importers aero believe that even should the Ger mai submarine blockade provo effec tive there is enough food now stored here to fee** ?h? country a year. Perhaps no city lu England bears less trace ot ilie wa?",ts ??e way ol mMltary or naval activity than Liver pool. Far removed from the fear o! jCcppellns. lt ls brilliantly lighted at hight and gay by comparison with London. - Liverpool is not a naval base. Activity along , Its ' miles ol Aoek* ls feverish because in spite ol the usually ample docks factlltle v a? least 30 heavily laden steamers await berths. -'^?3? Ship owners are reaping a golden harvest. Some loss is caused hy th? reliure of ship? to get berths on theil arriva!, but this is more than com pensated for Joy tba increased rVe)*hi rates. " Ordered Caecluai?tif Benign*. WASHINGTON, Feb; 27.- bleuten hhTAdflemuel Peacock, of the c-bael guard ship Miami at Key Weat has sent In his resignation -berause hr refuses to be vaccinated against smallpox. "I do not ^t?;.*tr?- to aga lr submit to'whati consider an infringe ment upon 'ooivtfuat constitutional > Flew American Flag. >f the Lusitania. flag again, if be thought it necessary He took tblB view because he carried American passengers and goods and insisted lie had a right tv> protect *-?m. However, action of this kind 1 British ship-owners was tho cause die note of President Wilson to thc ? '?*Hh government. ttoycott Japanese Chinese Refuse tc Patronize En terprises, Owned by Jap anese (By AnaK-iutiHl Prc?r?.) SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. .27.-A Chine-e boycott.naalnrt all Japanese industries and business Uwii^ee as a form of retaliation, in said, against the demands made on the Ci?ese gov ernment by Japan, has started in this city, according to a statement made tonight by John L. McNab, counsel'for the Six Companies. Word of this action ?.lias been sent broadcast throughout the region un der the jurisdiction of the Chinese Six Companies, which includes all the States west of. the Rocky Moun tains and as far louth as the Mextcun border. Mr. McNab said, WILL ANNOUNCE NEW PROGRAM Mayor Grace Withdraws Publish ed Program for Enforce ment of Laws !>J*Tlal to Tiwi (lltttligl J.r. l. . CHARLESTON. Feb. 27.-Mayor John P. Crace today issued a state ment saying that lie would withdraw the program for the enforcement of law in Charleston which bo isscd some days ago. and which was the subject of a telegram Oovernor .Mann'ng dent to tho Charleston mayor in wl.lch tho chief executive let it be known that lie did not approve of the pro gram. Mayor Grace will announce a new program in the next few days. BELGIAN RELIEF SHIP SAILS Clears From Charleston Carry in g Foodstuffs From Caro linas and Georgia k..'K?ut 1? Tb* Iritrlliffttcpr, ' ' CHARLESTON. Feb. 27.-The steamship Saint Helena cleared from Charleston custom house today for an European port, carrying some 7.000 tous of foodstuffs form the Carolinas and Georgia for the Belgians. The car go la rained at 1400,000. ; Blshep Haw?weeny Pend. NRW YORK. Feb. 27.-r-Bishop I Raphael lfnwaweeny. head of tho Sy rian-Greek Orthodox ch? "ch lp North and South America, died today at bl? home In Brooklyn of heart disease, seed ?4 He waa the first and only Greek orthodox bishop tc be ordln HE INNER FORTS OMBARDMENT AT EN TRANCE OF DARDANELLES CONTINUES )UTER FORTS DEMOLISHED rinc Sweepers Clear Passage (or Allies' Ships in the Straits (Hy AiuOdAted Pr?N.) I.ONDON. Feb. 27.-After having ompletcd the destruction of forts ot ie entranee of the Dardanellen, thc Hied riect of British and Kreuch rarshtps, the greatest which ha? ever eon In action. are now attacking the nner forts, which heretofore have tood between Turkey and invasion by lie sea. Apparently the outer forts could ot withstand a great bombardment, nd when they had been levelled, and oBorted by their defenders, men were anded from thc ships to complete the rork oi demolition, while mine sweep? rs cleared a passage for ships In tne traits. More serious work ls .iow ahead, or the most Important fortifications ire at Kalld Bahr and Cbnak, which ;uard the narrowest part of the traits, which the fleet is approach' ng. There is no doubt, however, that ito allied commanders have Inatruc tons to make their way to Constant! iople In spite of all obstacles and lavo been supplied with the best neans for carrying out these orders. A complete Hat of the-ships engaged j s not available, but. reports* from blber Peint* say .that 201 ?argo vessels are taktng part and Ute report issued tonight by tho British lOtniralty up to Friday night men- j lpns no les* 'ann toe of these. Prev ous report mentioned others *.:.at N?re not engaged on Thursday or friday, ih? p^ri-^d cerered by the ad alra?y o?a?crr.en?. At bte head of the fleet ls the Queen Elizabeth, one of England's latest au [?erdre?dnoughts, which has been corn uissloned since the war began and which mou?*? sight IC-inch guns. The 'luven Elizabeth took part lu the ooinbardtuent, so that for the first Ircr these monster weapons had been iHed, and according to the admiralty -eport, theyl did their work "with jrcat accuracy." Other ships which assisted in si cneiug tlie outer forts were the Bru sh battleship Agamen?n, which was it ruck by a Turkish shell and had three men killed and five wounded; he British battlesliips Irresistible. Vengeance. Corn wallis. Albion and Majestic, each of which carries four 12-inch' guns, and the Triumph, which ia? for. - 10-inch guns, and the French luttlesbips Gaulois, Suffren and Char lemagne, each of which carries four 12-luch gum). Oilier vessels, including the French lattleshlp' Bouvet, and one or two Llrltlsh bottle cruisers, Sve In the vi cinity to render assistance should lt !>e required. The tort Dardahus, which the ships tttaeked Friday after the entrance to Ihe straits had been swept or mines, H not from from th0 narrows, and it is probablo that the big and more Im portant attack has begun by this time. Reports from neutral Balkan states say that thc residents of the Island?) in the Sea of M?rmora have been br icred to evacuate their homes and that an imperial train is waiting to take the Sultan to Asia Minor. So rorros G feat Britain la concern (????Ti N UEll JON rV?0E~f?vZNJ Panic In Com m Inhabit (By AnacUtaci Preta.) 'LONDON. Fob. 28.-(8:30 a. ru.) "There ls a panic in Constantinople anti many inhabitants are leaving." ??aya the Athens correspondent of the Weekly Dispatch." Internal trouble ts imminent. The cabinet has decid ed to transfer the seat o? government to Brouaaa. Asia Minor." WamMp Kater Dardanelles, LONDON, Feb. ?.-?<2:45 a. nj.) Twenty warships of the allied fleet in tered the Dardanelles at noon Satur day and bombarded the Inner torts, according to a dispatch from the Athens corresoondant of the Elvehange Telegraph Company. The message adds that a battleship bombarded a Turkish camp on the ?tiff of SaysS?. May Kernot e Seat of Gor*rain**t. WASHINGTON, F*b. 27,-Bombard ment -ff,the Dardanellen fort by tho Anglo-French fleet has caused appre hension in Constantinople, according IERMAN OFFENSIVE IN NORTH POLAND EX HAUSTS ITSELF -ATE SUCCESSES ENCOURAGING Selie ved in London That W?r ? About to Enter Upo? a New Phase (By AMOCO tod Pi au.) LONDON'? Feb. 27.-WHU Ruaslan ?uccesses la the region o'. Prsaanysz, Cortil Poland, and Kriomcs, East .iaUcla; the successful t/rogress of (he tperationi, of the allied fleet In the >a rda nelle.-, and the decision of thc tilled governments to stop all ship ing to and from Germany, Austria md Turkey, the war. it ls believed tere, is about tc enter upon a new Vause. While the suer .'ns reported by Pet rograd covers on?r c "miall portion u? ihe long front in North Poland, and n 'termans have been able to rec ; m .i counter success near Kolno. the ". temi impression among military men in London bj that not only has the German offensive in thc north Exhausted Itself, but the tide is turn ing in favor of the Russians, who. with railways at their back, have been able to bring up more reinforcements than the bunding army, whose communica tions, after German territory, is left, must cross a country of marshes'and overflowing rivers. Much more fUrhung. ncw?ver, must be waged before a . final dccis'nu ls reached.- Meanwhile the battle T?an been rerumed tn central Poland wi?.':? the Hessians have mad? a slight at?. Carpathians, eastern Galicia ond IJuk ovina continue with unabated fury. From what can be gat it 3 red from officiai reports, the Russians, despite the onslaughts made ipon "hem from all sides by Austrians and Gormans, have been able to maintain their Btrc?gth St ail IrClUt? U??u iv ?5;;'!?-V l? new troops where , they Wtrftj neces sary. As a result, the Austro Ger man plan of compelling 'hem jo weah . on their center by attacking the ?wc . extreme wings, baa tailed,, and while the Russians have been forced from East Prussia and Bukowina, they have been able to make a utand.vaml when reinforced, deliver counter at tacks, which apparently are making some-headway. The only activity of any Importance in the west is in the Champagne dis trict, vhere the Fronch continu s their offensive and where the fighting, ac cording 'tc the. German report, - ha* been quite spirited; and in the coun try to the north of Verdun, where there have been heavy artillery en gagements in which the Freneh claim to have done damage, to Gor man guns aiid_encampmcr.t:*./ Fronch airmen have been dropping bombs on Metz. General Luis Botha's army contin ues to make BIQW progress In German Southwest Africa but this hardly ls as interesting as the news that at. tho opening of the parliament of the Union of South Africa the guard of honor for tite new British governor waa composed entirely of Burghers In khaki, a duty which heretofore has devolved upon British soldiers. In a letter to parliament, General Botha, who ls at the front, said he anticipated lite speedy conclusion ot tho operations and appealed tor len iency for the rebels, especially the rank and file, who, he said, "in roosV cases acted under compulsi?n or. wore the victims of wrong leaders." The British government's peremp torydemand that work should be re itantinople; lunts heavina to advices to Washington, and Turkey Ia considering removing the seat of the government to Scutral, opposite Constantinople ort te Asiatic sido of tho straits of Bosphorus. The approach ol the allied forces lisa caused some of tbe foreign em bassies and legations to ask for in structions in case the Turki jh gov ernment moyes, but Ambassador Mer genthau, it is understood. Some de partments of the Turkish government, lt ls said, win remain in Constanti nople even If the others go. Badge* Ksttsnatea Adaptad. BERLIN. Feb. 27.-(via London. 8:45 p. m.)-Tho federal council adopted todav the preliminary budget estimate?. Including $2.51 O.GOO.OOO for extraordinary expenditures This amount is for carrying on the war. The estimate of ordinary expenditures Is, aS40,7f>0.<MH). Almost all tba amount io be devoted to war will be raised . by loans.