The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, March 21, 1915, Image 2

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

. ?y... Intelligencef NEW SERIES, VOL. 1, NO. ?. W??kly. l?tobU??e* 18?; Dal?* Jan. 18, !'./.<. _'_ ?_._ _ ANDERSON, S. C., MORNING, MA\32, 1914. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR, ALL? ES UNDAUNTED BY THE LOSS OF BATTLE SHIPS TUKRS EXPRESS CONFIDENCE No Important Operations Along the Eastern and Western Fronts (By Associated Fini.) LONDON. March 20.-Undaunted by the loss of the battleships Bouvet. Ocean aud Irresistible, the Allies are proceeding with their attempt to force j I the Dardanelles, confident of success, j < The Turks, however, express con- : fidence that the forts and the Klines j 1 in the straits will be able to keep out | i the Allies' ships. lt The French battleship Henri IV and 1 the British battleships Queen and Im placable are on their way east to ? replace the ships sunk by the mines ; I and those ships which were damager were undergoing repairs on the ?pot. This, within a few days at the latest, the fleet will be as formidable as ever, while the Fl ss tan Black Sea squadron ls believed to be ready to cooper*.--'. Except iu the case oft lie Bohvet, of whpse crew only 64 were-saved, eas dalties suffered in the bombardment of Thursday are -said to be light. The British admiralty tonight published the losses among the officers on the Irresistible, and although the ship was sunk and the crew had to be trans fered under a hot fire, the list con tains the names of only four officers killed and one severely wounded. Part of the fleet reentered the I 1 straits yesterday, but owing to un- ? n favorable weather the bombardment of thc day before was' not repeated, and proably the only object of the. war ships as to prevent the Turks from repairing the damage already done. The admiralty states that steps aro being taken' to deal with tbe mines, but experts warn the public that so long as the Turks havte mines to set froe in the strong current which rushes through the straits, the ships will be exposed to that danger. The ? direction of tho currents, of course, jA is known, but with a big fleet opera ting, some of tho ships must enter thc area thus mined .and. lying across I the straits to fire broadsides, offer a large target to floating explosives. Thc intentions as to thc landing of a force arc closely guarded, but lt is known that an army of considerable size ls ready to attack the Turkish forces along the Dardanelles when the admirals, advise that the moment has arrived. Although fighting of more or less intensity ls always In progress along the eastern and western fronts, there have been no Important operations In the last few days. The Germans claim small suc cesses against the British near St. Elol and against the French at Notre Danie de Lorette, north of Arras, and to have repulsed several French at tacks* in Champagne, the Argonne for est and the Vosges. But the French communication Issued today Bays nothing ot sufficient importance to re .port has- happened. In North Poland there have been several affairs of the outposts, but neither army apparently is attempt ing any large operations while the ground remains soft, unless the Rus sian movement turns out to be more Important than lt at present appears to be. namely, a cavalry raid. The Austrians, lt is said, have been -reinforced In Bukowina, and they re port they ha\t? repulsed Russian at tacks there and in the Carpathians, although In the latter reglen U ha* generally understood that lt was the Austrians and Germana who were act ing on the offensive. Neutral hteamers in European wa ters are having rather an uncom fortable time. The British have seiz ed and are holding several. Including the "Maracas, which are suspected of haying contraband for Germany. The Germans, besides seising two Scan dinavian oli steamer in the Baltfs bave just taken the Dutch steamer Zaan stroom. loaded with egg* for England, to Zeebrugge. Holland bsa formally protested to Great Britain and France against the order prohibiting the movement Of goods to end from German port j. A German aviator passed over Deal today but 'was driven off after drop ping bombs, which fell Into the sea perilously close to the American bark Manga Rom. Turkish Verre* Reinforced. ATHENS, March 20 (via i.o-,ton, March ll; 12:44 a. nt.)-Turkish fort es on the coast-of the Gulf of Smyrna have been reinforced to the number of 80.000. lt Is reported IC.000 -, coops have been sent lo strengthen the gar-1 rraon on the Dardanelles. DEFICIT WILL NOT EXCEED $26,000,000 Chairman Simmons of Finance Committee Takes Issue With Prophets to Contrary (By AMOCMttd Prc???.) WASHINGTON. March 20.-Chair - nan Simulons, of thc seuate finance .onimlUce. took issue today with irophets of a large treasury deficit a a statement saying Iiis investiga tions at the treasury have convinced lim the deflcit will not excede $25. ?00.000. Senator Simmons said there had icen so many conflicting estimates of he probable deficit, some as high as illtO.000,000. that he decided "to as; .ertain the real facts." Total estimated receipts in Septem ber. 1913, were $7.o>G.000.000. Senator Simmons said, and estimated expen litures S718.000.000 showing $18.000. 100 excess of receipts. '.The receipts from practically (very source," he added, "have fallen lelow the estimate, due to depressed lusinesc conditions on account? of the var in Europe. Although- the reve ille derived "from internal revenue ax probably will be increased by the uergency revenue act over the csti nates by about 320,000.000 there wa? m March 15. an excess of ordinary xpenditures over receipts of approx mutely 8y.000.000 against a deficit of 24.000.000 in the ?ame date last year. "The estimated receipts for the re nalnder of the fiscal year total $226, 00.000. while the ordinary dlsburse uents will amount to $207,000,000. an ixcess of recetpts over expedilutes or the remainder of the year of $59, 00,000. showing a net deflcit of $26. 00,000 ot the end t?* the fiscal year, 'he increases are due iii part to the ormal.growth o? the government and ?art are due to conditions arising out 1 the European war and the abnor mal conditions in Mexico." Auch Concerned About Fate of Constantinople (lix- .WHAOUKI P-?iw?.) ' . LONDON. Marc"i\ 2" (l-MfS p. ni.) n Amsterdam dispatch to the Ex '-nge Telegraph Company says: The emperor received Djavld Boy. urkish minister-of finance, at Berlin asterday when the Dardanelles cit ation was discussed In an inter lew which appeared in the Berlin ' aper Djavtd Bey intimated the em zTor was much concerned about the Dsslble fate of Constantinople, *not lly because of the trmendous polit al consequences which would resuit it also on account of the prosperity hieb the forcing of the Dardanelles ould bring to Odessa. The emperor quoted as saying: 'We cannot al iw Odessa to become another Hani urg.' " Front * Warnings issued, WASHINGTON. Mardi 20.-Frost arnlngs have been issued for the ulf States, including northern aud .ntral Florida, the weather bureau mourned tonight la its general i?re ist. Temperatures in the south, it ns stated, were from 10 to 20 dc *ees below the seasonal average. Snow fell last night and today .at )!nts aa far south as Meridian, Miss., id Selma. Ala., but it was believed op damage wjild be negligible. The low quickly melted. 5ark Manga I Adventure (Oy AtaorUtrd Prrtt.) LONDON. March 20.-A German 'roplane dropped several bombs to ly off Deal, a seaport on the straits ' Dover. The bombs all landed in e sea. A "at roi boat opened fire on the ?roplane, which turned sad disap .ared. One of the bombs dropped oag aide tb? Ao#irlcn.n bark Manga sva and deluged her witta a great durne of water. Has Hod Adve?tnr?eaae Career. PHILADELPHIA, March ?C-\i?i* nericon bark Manga Reva, which irrowly escaped ?/dng struck by a ?mb dropped by u German aviator Deal, England, nss had an adveu resome career. She was formerly e British bark Pyrennos and was lilt on the Clyde in 1891. In 1900 kits bound from Rangoon to Ncw fftHe, New South Wales, she struck e island.of Manga Reva, a low lying ] ral reef In (he South Pacific. When e vessel, struck the natives, many whom never bad seen a white man. towed an unfriendly spirit ?od at- j Amer GENERAL SCOTT RETURNS SAFELY I Arrives in Bluff Utah After Ten! . Days' Search in Indian Country (Hy AfXKiut.il I'll--."? DENVER, fol.. Merell ??.--Geaejra:| ("S??blC'chlc? of staff of tho army, ac companied by Tse-Ne-Gat, a Plate lu- ? dian wanted by the federal authorities ! for murder; "Old Polk." his father. Chief Posey and the latter's son, ar rived in Bluff. Utah, late today, ac cording to a special dispatch to the i Rocky Mountain News from Bluff. General Scott entered the Indian country two weeks ago to seek to pacify recalcitrant Piules who were aiding Tse-Nc-Gat in resisting arrest. A posse of federal deputies under ( Marshal'Ncbeker, of Salt Lake* City, I recently made an unsuccos.ift<) at I tempt to arrest the Indian and in a . I battle between the posse and tho PluteS a member of thc posse and two Indians were killed and several were wounded. Six Indians were captured and one of the number was later anet dead while attempting to escape. General Scott, accompanied only by his aide, an orderly and Navajo guides, left Bluff ten days ago tn an effort to Induce the Indians to sur render. Details of ho he ?ot tho lead ers of the band to return with him have not been received here. Florid? Men Arrested. CHELSEA, Mass., March 20.-Two men . thought to be Frank Weil, for mer postmaster of Wade. Fla., and Claude DiRosa. oL Newbury. Fla., were arrested here tonight as fugi tives from justice. The police say DIRoBa han adm ti ted that they are j the men wanted by pvistofflce Inspect ors for tbe alleged larceny of $7.500. lt was charged, the police say. that various sums of money were obtained frauduleutly through postofflce money, orders which Well sent to DIRosa, who cashed them. Reva Has esome Career] tacked the crew with spears. When they had exhausted their weapons thc { Ballons carrying rifles, went ashore and. captured several of .the natives responsible for the attack. For months the 33 sailors lived or. tbe island without being further mol ested, subsisting mainly on cocanufs j and birds e-*s. AB bauds finally | Were recaed by amassing vessel and taken to San Francisco. Thc wreck was sold at auction in San Francisco for $236 to a Captain Thayer who fitted jut a wrecking ex pedition, floated the ship in March. 1W2. brought her to California, re paired ber. placed the vessel under the American flag and named her the Manga Revs. in October. 1913, while she was on s voyage- around Cape Horn, from Vii i ladet pt i lu to-8an Francisco, the majority cr her crew mutinied, found the captain and first mate, locked them in their cabins and navigated ihe vetwcl hack to Delaware Break water. There the crew was arrested ead some of them we.-a tried and con victed of runtier and gtven prleon terms. icas Greatest Batt - ?' Jr I CROP ie PRODUCED ? j? _ GROWN H THE UNITED STATES LAST YEAR 16,102,143 BALES OF 500 LBS. EACH Alabama, Louisiana and Oklaho ma Only States Making New Records (Hy Ax.vx-iutc.1 V.i.-.> WASHINGTON, March 20.-The greatest cotton crop ever produced in thc United States wan grown in ll'14. Census bureau statistics issued to day giving final ginning figures, of ficially place the 1914 crop as a rec ord with 16,102.14:) bales of !)0C pounds each. That is 409,442 equiva lent 500-pound bales, or 2?4.721.O00 pouuds. more tha\ produced iu the ?reat crop of 1911. In addition to th* production of lint cotton, a record quantity of linter cotton, which IB ex tensively used In manufacture ot military explosives. was obtained. This amounted to 395.732.0CO pounds and brought the total 1914 crop to 164193.604 equivalent ,">00-pound bales, or 8,446,803,500 pounds. While the crop was a record one, the only States to make new records in productions were Alubama, J.uuis nna and Oklahoma.' The other colton States all came close to (heir rec ords. T ?. Pnofncial .estimates place the value or the crop at $570,000,000 for lint. . That ia bused >m an average price of ? 7.2 cents a pound to producers, and' an estimate of 7?" per cent as the quantity already sold with the re mainder selling at an'average of 7.8 cents a pound. On the same basis the value of the seed is estimated at $134,000.000. These together make the intimated value or the 1914-'l5 crop to cotton farmers $704,000.000. com pared with $911,000.000. the value of thc 1913-'14 crop estimated in the jame manner. Included in the figures are 121.541 bales estimated to bo turned out after the Mardi canvass. Round bales included 57,618. Sea island oaks 81,598. Aversgc gross wet 4M or baie? 507.2 pounds. .'Gin neries operated 24.S22. Linter cot ton, not included in total, 772,270 running bates; or 791,464 equivalent 500 pound bales. Production by Stales In 500-pound bales: Alabama 1,750.281; Arkansas 1.015. 574, Florida 80,963; Georgia' 2.713.470: louisiana 447,861; Mississippi 1.244. 703; Missouri 81.587; North Carolina ?25,233; Oklahoma 1.261,350; South Carolina 1.524,595: Tennessee 382,431 : Texas 4.684.933; Virginia 25,182. All other stati s 63,880. At Tb? Exposition. SAN FRANCISCO. March 20.--Vice President Thomas R. Mhrshsll. srrlv ? here today with his party to take ??rt in the formal dedication of the Panama-Pacific exposition aa the rep r?sentative of President-Wilton, and at/.r to partic?pete In similar cerc nonler, at the Panama California ex xtsitton nt San Diego. Cai. tleship and Her Sp VOTED 22 TIMES ALL IN ONE DAY Statement By Witness in Election Fraud Case Causes Laugh iii Court (Hy Aj*<K-i?t.tl Pn-^.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 20. A record for voting cf 22 titncs In one Say wa? cluinied by Fred Finner,' who testified today in the trial of the Ter re Haute election case.. Eisner told 01 lils work on November ". IM I. with x smile and <>au?ed a laugh, which ' uns joined in by Judge Anderson, af- I :er be had had the witness renes* the lumber. Eisner said bc confined his iterations to three precincts and >vith one exception, received a dollar '?? each- time he voted He sahl he ivas cheated out, of thc other dollar 'as thc paymaster ..aid I lia " made .nough money already." Eisner \\a ?nallenged only once during th ?lay. ir said. r inlier and others, who today de 'cribed alleged fruuduient voting in which tltcy participated iaBt Novem ber in Terre Haute, hove pleaded, -ullty. l'?vidence beariug on thc alleged 'training school for witnesses," which Inlted States . District Attorney .'rank C. Dalley described In hi:" ?penlnp statement, also was intro* luced today. Sloted Woman Writer Jumps From 5th Story (Jiv A?M?iM?d Vn<-.) NEW YOUK, March 20--Mrs. Ellen len?y, editor 'of thc Woman's Mag zlne. published in Detroit, and wrlt f ot short stories,, plunged five str ;s to her death ai her home here to ny. She was delirious from typhoid svor. . Mrs. Heney kvas a slater of W. W. arley. State excise commissioner, he Was 32 years told. Passengers Ab Steamer Witt (By A-*oci?|?vl Pmi.) NEW VOR.K, March 20.-Passen era aboard the British ?teamer Lsp ind. which reached here today from .ivcrpool, witnessed a battle in the r I *-. i i channel between a British t?T edo boat. which escorted the Lup .nd, and a Gc nunn submarine. The upland, '.rovditig on all steam, fled i a nlguM iine ironi the/combatants. The Laplsr-d JciUed h?r escort Just btside Li ver po,.I harbor. They were ot far from Liverpool when the tor edo boat opined tire. The raidt?: hr.'d a ' torpedo at an ther vestal. Passengers aboard the .?pl and wa'eh ed the progress ot the dssde ' throw'gh. the . water, sad say went wide of its target. No tor '.do was discharged at the Lapland > far aa could be learned. Meantime the torpedo boat's guns td quickened their Are. The Lap* md'* captain ordered full speed tjead. ' To afford the submarine a Mr target, the l?apl**ad waa steered , intervals abruatlv to port and to ur hoard. Tho steamer *joon left the St rc SD sh pt of he M< T> oil bonsor ? greatest bain??:.;.!;. ever built in tilt ?-tl staten, ff not in the world, ?il down th?* ways al Newport th,, other duy. as MU* Eliza - Kolb. declared by the governor mnsylvanlit to l>e the "sweetest n the State," smashed a bottle of pugne on lier bow. >re is u question If tin- new bat p, and the five more like her ? way. are grpater than tho i Elizabeth, now bombarding the melles. a::.l the riv?, superdread itB Just being completed for the h navy. The Pennsylvania win 14-luch gum. The Britisher has di guns. The latter will shoot .r. but thc total tonnage vf steel may be fired from the Queen beth is less than that of the sylvania. At close quarters thc i Elizabeth would not do as damage us the American ship, it a distance the nritlsh ship strike while the American I be miles out of range._ Eight British Vessels Lost During Week (By AiMoriatcd Pirm.) LONDON, March 20.-Carman sub narlne raids during the week end ng Mareil 17 resulted in loss of eight . ritlull vessels, with a total tonnage if 22,825 out of 1,539 arrivals and tailings, according to a summary is sued today by the admiralty. Threp ither vessels which were torpedoed vere able to reach port. The total losses to Drltlsh com nerce from the beginning of the war o March 17 were 90 men hunt ves els and 47 fishing vessels. IKITI*!! ( IU SK1IS IKIVKIIIMJ A KOI VI? VIRGINI A CAPES (liv AwMieinlod PM?..) NORFOLK. Va.. March 20.~ Appar ently anticipating that the German axillary cruiser Eitel Friedrich, now t Newport News, would attempt to nake a dash for the sea under cover >t a fog, two British cruisers whlcti ave been hovering around Un- Vir Inla, capes for a week, came in close o s':ore today and wore plainly visi le from Cape Henry. Thrown Children Ont of Window. PHILADELPHIA. March 2.-Sam el Liobmun of New York charged y police of that city with throwing is two small children out of a iifth tory window, resulting in the death f one and the serious injury of th? tlier. was arrested here tonight .lehman admitted his identity and. ccr.rding to detectives, said lie throw ic children out of the widow because: e wus tired of supporting them. Cargo of Mau eh u ria ii Corn. SEATTLE. Weah.. March 20.-The apaneso steamer Hakushika Maru Is ue here from Kobe In a few day? ich the Prst full cargo of Manchur tn corn over borne across the Pacific, mounting to 5.000 tons. It will be ised in the manufacture of stock rod. * High grain prices tn the Unlt ? States has caused a brisk market ir Manchurian corn and further eavy importations are expected. Carranza Forces ('nt On. DOCGLAS. Ariz.. March 20.-- j olonel Samanlego's Carranza force of* >0 men is reported to haUe been cut fi. from ila bas,, at Aguu Prieta, op osite Douglas, and to have "started xii h ward In an attempt to join Gen ral lturbldc and Colonel Comez, the urranza leaders who are trying to ivade Sonora from the south. Hen Fruit Stopped. LONDON. March ?0 (6:40 p. m.).~ he 1 linell steamer Zaunstroom. with cargo of eggs, has been stopped in i? North Sea by Germans and taken i Zeebrugge. oard British less A Battle ombatants far behind. The Lapland un ir i 113 passengers. ' The submarine .was mink by the >rpedo boat. In the opinion of Cap tin Bradshaw, of the Lapland. A Idening circle ot oil on the water, te cal tain said, told of the .-.ubina ne's fate. . y Henry Morgentbau, Jr.. a passen er. .son ot the American ambassa ?r to Turkey, said first warning of ie submarine came when the torpedo lat. which had been in the rear of te Lapland, overhauls* ?he steamer full speed und inquired if Captain radsbaw had seen a submarine He td not. and <he worship fell back, hen she was 1.000 yards behind the osmer, shs started firing in the di ction Of the Lapland. Her guns toke In quick succession and thc ote fell so close to the Lapland's .rt side that the sprays from Jets water they raised almost touched r. Then the water became oil-coated, tanwhlle the steamer sped ahead, te torpedo bout remained near tbs I spot. WILD SCENES IN THE GERMAN REICHSTAG SUCH AS NAVE BEEN UN KNOWN SINCE THE WAR . BEGAN SOCIALIST DEPUTY MAKES SPEECH Criticise* Military Authorities for Trying to Germanise French Territory (tty A noorla tc<] PrrM.) BERLIN, March 20 (via Loudon. March 21; 3:2R ?. ni.)-The socalled ..truce or God" among the political parties suffered a breach In tho ttcUhstag today, leading to exciting peone* such ,as have been unknown Since thc war began and revealing *. upparent rift In the Socialist ranks. Ceorfge Ledebour, a Socialist deputy, made the leading speech for hfs party and during his remarks criticised thc ficrman military authorities. Philipp Scheidemann, another Socialist mem ber, later made a formal statement in behalf of the party, however disavow ing Ledbour's attack abd Deputy Meine one or the leading Socialists, interrupted while Herr Ledebour waa talking and shouted that the lattor was not speaking on behalf of the So cialists. Deputy Lcdebour's offense consisted in saying that he was absolutely hor rified when a few day ago the military authorities announced that they would burn three llnsian villages for every one burned by the Russians. These words raised a stormy protest among the non-Socialist mombers wlvo shouted "treason!" "we protest!" "call him to order!" and "shameless n?s!!" Dr. Karl Liebknecht, Socialist, in terjected the word "barbarism'* for which the president of the RetchBtag later called him to order. Herr Stad thagen, a Socialist member, criticised tho censorship which he claimed ex ceeded purely military requirements. Thc German people, lie said, have come ot an age where there do not need a censorship. Freedom of the press be seid, must be restored.. pre cisely for the reason that Germany is gaining a victory end the press must, be allowed to discuss a basis of rea sonable peace. 7S0 POUNDS MEAT MD 75 00ZENSJEG8S A DAY A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE FURNISHED LO CALLY FOR CADETS ? DOES IT PAY? ll Rations for the Glenison En campment Will Be Bought of Local Merchants Any person who may bave doubt, ts to whet lier the encampment h T. his week of the Clemson college es leta will be of benefit to the commer .ial Interests of the city will prob ibly alter his view when he learns hat already contracts have been Clos >d with at least one merchant -tat arge quantities of meats, et ,s and frocerles. Mr. W. A. Power. In conversatlou vlth a reporter for The Intelligencer .esterday, stated that he had con racted with Caterer -Schllettar of : ninon college to furnish the cadets s itli about 750 pounds of. fresh meats tally during the - encampment. Mr. ?ower's contract also .calls for fur lubing the cadets with a- issdnlssmii f 75 dozen eggs a dar. besides large uantltles of grist, coffee, etc. "the caterer, bas made arrange ments for purchasing bread from lo ni bakeries sad large quantities of saves will be furnished every day. 'hese are Just a few of the necees!* les which will have to be bsd tor the adata while they are ia camp here. Aa for the amount of money that rill be turned loose in the city by the 30 or more cadets during the five syn they are here.' there ls esti-. tating that, lt ls estimated thal.Ujtt ?dots will average spending $3 MM? bile here. This represents the turu tg loose of nearly 11,600 aloes.