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VOi.UME II. NO. 64. Weekly, EaUblUned 1860; Dally Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON. S. C. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS A WAITING J CARPATHIA ARMIES ALONG WESTERN FRONT WATCHING OUT COME BEFORE STRIK ING TELLING BLOW RUSSIANS DOING ALL THE FIGHTING! Negotiations Between Austria and] Italy Suspended-Rumania Contemplating Immediate Action LONDON, March 26.-Military cir-1 des here believe thc comparatlce in activity along the western front means the armies are awaiting the reBult of thd Carpathian fighting be fore attempting to strike a telling blow. The British are resting on the Neuve Chapelles victory, which cost them nearly as many men as the Germans lost. The Germans are reported to be preparing a frosh offensive. They have undertaken nothing comparable to last fall's rush. Some observers Bay the Przemysls' fall will not im mediately influence the warfare in the Carpathians. The British press claims that Aus tria's fi?*-U wing haB been turned and that Carnowitzs evacuation is Immi nent. Germany ia reporte)! to be sending vast reinforcements to the Carpathians. This, therefore indicates that the Carpathian battle is in fluencing ?the German campaigns in the East and West. Unofficial reports bv way of Buchar- | *i\ credit th?. F.'isBlaus with a great victory at Utek. while Petrograd officially claims an important success In the canture of fortified positions near Lunkow Pass. These formidable positions were taken- by storm, the Austrians losing machine guim and more '"ian 500 prisoners. Unofficial reports also credit - the Rus3ian army with further successes at Buckowina. Vienna admits an im portant Russian offensive In mountain passes, but declares fierce attacks in these positions have been repulsed. Politically, no declslMo move has been made to lncrea?e the number of combatant;, but lt freely rumored all negotlat'ons between Austria and Italy have been suspended. Rumania in also ua'-l tc. be con temphiting immediate dion on tho sid A of the Allies.. Rumors continue, that Italy ls about to enter tho war.. Austro-Gernian troops are massing on thc Italian frontier. These are not substantiat ed. , T^e Dardanelles situation is un* changed. . The admiralty has not confirmed the report that British battleship ships have entered the straits. It is', reported that German officers are leaving Constantinople. The sit uation there is gloomy.. There is nothing official showing (hut theTurks are discouraged. . Dulcfc. papers preteaU against the ainklng of the Dutch steamer, Meden by.a German submarine off Beachy head. .' j The sinking of tho steamer bas cauBod much uneasiness in Holland, where the people ar? already irritated by the German capture of two Dutch merchantmen. GERMAN CRUISER BEING REPAIRED Rumers That Print Eitel Freidrich is Preparing to Depart Ap parently Untrue WASHINGTON. March. 20.-It wss rumored her? tonight from Newport Newe that the German croiser P?inx Sltel Friedrich, docked for repairs, is preparing to depart. Tim rumors are apparently untrue. The cruiser ia at the dock tonight and is atilt being re paired. Government officials 'refuse to dis close the time given the cruiser to re na! r. She has been at Newport News for seventeen day* ? Mystery has Bur rounded the ships repairs, but lt ts }4 understood that the naval board which Inspected her. thought two weeks suf ficient. AEROPLANES 81 PANAMA PANAMA. March 26.-?<MHUarv and ?-anal officials are Investigating a | lock guard officer'* report that aero planes have been seen over Pedro' Mfgucl Mlrnflorc.j tocks. Canal Stone I :< Governor Gnnthalij and Brigadier Gen- j I o.ral IMwaidA, military commander, j detailed men to makv a thorough j B for tho aeroplanes reported ? I RESULT OF iN FIGHTING WARLIKE ACTIVITY AT NEWPORT NEWS Troops Sadoonly Ordered to Quarters-Engines Around Coast Guns Start NEWPORT NEW, March 2G.-Fort ress Monroe and Fort Woo! tonight assumed an atmosphere of warlike activity.- Fort Wool is .in the centre of Hampton Roads. Troops were sud denly ordered to quarters. Big gun crewe and nine companies were sent to stations. Engines around the coast guns i/arfed and searchlights put in operation. A United States subma rine and three destroyers were an chored between the forts. Search lights are being played on the harL%r entrances of all ?hipping. At ten thirty the German cruiser Prln? Eitol Friedrich was still moored at the pier where she lum been repairing. One of her officers said she would not leave tonight, but "some other night." Smoke was rising from one of the Eitel's funnels. Suspected Kidnapper Will Be Released WAYNESBORO. Ga.. March 26. Mrs. Jane Redd, arrested here ye?' terday suspected oe kidnapping Rober', j Allen Striker, gon of Mrs. Wi'.Hnro H. j Richter, of Brooklyn, will be released < tomorrow waa announced by the sheriff tonight. Thc sheri.V ls satisfied that the child" recently brought here by the woman ls not the Striker boy. Note to Great Britain and France Completed WASHINGTON, March 26.-Presi dent Wilson and hir advisors today completed the United States' note to Great' Britain and France regarding the blockade of commerce with Ger many. They continued Its considera tion tonight. Probably thc note .will not be. dispatched until late tomorrow. Secretary Bryan refused to Intimate the notes character. He said merely it had not been sent. Air Haid on Metz. BERLIN? March 26.-The official statement, tonight said several hostile airmen dropped bombs on the south ern part of Metz today. They were driven off by German artillery. Three German soldiers were killed. No material damage was done.. Typhus Epidemie in Serbia. NEW YORK. March 26.-Henry James, Jr.. of tho relief commission of Ute Rockefeller Foundation arriv ed tonight from Liverpool. He said Serbia ls in the grip of a typhus epi demic, the most violent of modern times. ?AN SUBMARINE IN 300 FEETOF WATER Naval Officials Abandon Hope for the Uvea of the Men Aboard HONOLULU, March 26.-The Amer* can submarine F-4 which failed to reappear when submerged yesterday norning waa discovered today in 300 'eet of? water. It was discovered that lt would be m possible to tow the Submarine into diallower water, lt was then decid id to bring the marine crane from ho Honolulu naval elation and raise, be Vessel. No Hope Fer Crew. WASHINGTON, March 26.-Naval officials tonight abandoned hope for he Uvea of men aboard the Ameri can submarine F-4. The vessel la leslgned to resist water pressure at lOO feet depth, but it is not thought ho could remain that dept safely for J-.?? length of tlm^. ?E?OVEk CANAL LOCKS ?en and Iieard over locks last night. A achines also were reported flying >ver hill fifteen, which ia heavily en renched. locater?, cast of th? ks- forming part of Uie sse. It is known that a Heriot achine ft; owned on the Isth QUB. but Us present ?oeatloo io net Wc Herc ?3 the designers' view of the greatest submarine thc navies of thc work! have yet* known, and lt will be tho property of Uncle Sam when it ls finished in two years. besides lt the German submarines used in the present war pale into insignifi cance, and thoje being constructed in the yards at Kiel are of l'.ttlo con sequence. She will bc named the Schley, after the hero of Santiago. The contract has just been, lot and the Schley will be ready for action within twenty-two months. Tho Schley. which will be classified as a "seagoing submarine," will have the power to enable her to accom STILL CONSIDERING ENGINEER MATTER AVING BOARD HAS MADE NO DECISION AS TO CON SULTING ENGINEER MEET MONDAY When Further Propositions Will . Be Received on Thu. Question/ A meeting of the street paving com mission to receive propositions from engineers for service as consulting engineer during the laying of strfeet paving in Anderson was held yester day morning at 9 o'clock in the of fice of Chairman E. H. Horton. Cl! hort v. White, of Cluj ri ot te. and the .landon Engineering company, of havannah, were th', only bidders on the proposition, and while the propo sition of neither was accepted they were not rejected. The commission postponed action on thc matter and appointed Messrs. Horton and D. A. Ledbettre a committee to cimier fur ther with the engineers and obtuln the very best propositions possible', und report back at a meeting of tho commission scheduled for next Mon day night at 8 o'clock. In the meantime Resident Engineer Sanders ls to. proceed with the work of preparing plana and profiles and gathering other data with reference lo the sheels, which will be nsed in plans and specifications to bo turned aver to prospective bidders on .the ?laving work. . At the meeting of the 'commission Mr. Ernest P. Cochran, Who ls serving ?a attorney for the commission dur ing tho Illness o? the regular attor ney. Mr. G. Cullen Sullivan, announc ed that the bonds which the city is ba sell next Wednesday will be ex nnpi from all taxation. A law passed t>y a recent session of the legislature oakes municipal bonds exempt from nuntclpal, 'county and * 8tate taxes. Jnder the federal laws these bonds ire exempt from federal income tax. This fact 1? of great Importance and will hate material effect on the sale >f the bonds. Effort? to Pacify Completely Fail? i.OMR. Match 24 -l?lTorts of fvince Von Buelow, .Je roma atnbaasx' I <>. tow*r<! wi- agie^nent between taty and Austria ragarduitj the ces i?n of terjitory to tia v, have de> lcll*?ly fallet, according te the A?u? M Natlona.c Th" OJP< ' say? it in orm?M that when last the courier rom Vienna brought to the nmbassa lor the Austrians* final icm naturi- that ho did not it wo.kh while to . reign office here. pany tho Atlantic ?V:'.. Naval experts say that the Scldey will be the largest abd moat ternMc engine of warfare in her claaa that ever ha? been constructed. The type of submarine which is now being used W.'.th great effect hy the warring, navies carries crew.* of twchli and. fifteen men. Thc Schley wi?l need thirty tuen to handle her. The design of the Schley is r?volte tionary in submarine construction. Her upturned bow resembles an old fashioned torpedo destroyer rallier thnn a diving submarine. The tir?t submarine in the world able to cr?sa the ocean, nav.-d expertr any, will he tho Schley. She is being built at Groton, Conn., by the Elec tric Boat Company. at a cost of $1.350,000. A GRE/ SIT OF CLEMSON CADETS A PLEASURE FOR BOTH THEMSELVES AND AN DERSONIANS REVIEW OF WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD From the Time the Cadets Arriv Ied Until Their Departure They Saw One Round of Gay and Wholesome Amusements Tired but happy and enthusiastic in their prion,, of Anderson hospitality, Lhe Clemson College cadet corps, iver TOO strong, who came to Ander son last Monday afternoon for a week'n encampment, dppa^ted lalo friday afternoon on a special train o? heir return to rout'ne of-college life., A large number of citizens wen ' present when the cadets entrained. | :onsplclous among those there to bid arewell to the "boya" being scores of ?roung ladles., who. after all. contri-, juted more to the enioyiuent of the mcampmcnt for th* cadets as a whole han any other J. It was tho fir-t time that Anderson md seen an encampment 'of the Clem ton cadet corpa tn pome eight years, md citizens generally showed their tppreciation of thc authorities having i (elected Ute ?"Electric City" for tho mcampment by giving a number of1 Mitertn'nment.- for tn s cadet H and of :iccr? of the Institution. Besides the | >onofit of u momentary nature ac .rulng iVom the encampment, the stay j >f the 700 young men In - the city for c veek was of Inestimable, vod in itrengthenjng tho strong bond, of I rh ndshlp which has always bound*! Inderan county and Clemson Col-1 ege together. Review of Week. Leaving Clcm-oii College ISBt Mon tey noon, the cadets proceeded afoot o Sandy Springs, where they cn rained on a special for Anderson. Jpon their arrival In Anderson late j hat afternoon, they were met by a arge reception comra'ttee of repre entstive citizens end given the "glad ia nd," The camp havl:.?- been prepar ed In advance for their coming, lhe adels .marched Immediately to 'Camp Riggs." christens! in honor.of he talented and popular presiient of 'lemson College, where they made cady Ur the tirai night pr camp life. The remainder of the week was one onilnuonr. round of camp duties tn erminglcd with recreation of a nature sogt pleas'og,' * Among the events of the week wai t visit to several of the electrical ,nb-sta*lons of tb? Southern Public lt los company by the Junior and ?tor students of the electrical de rtirant. Tuesday evening the cadets ^OTIN?BD"?ON PAGE Ci Will Belong to Uncle Si The craft will have a length of 20JJ feet over all. speed of 20 knots an hour, a displacement of 1.100 to:ia at thc surface, and a cruising radius of 7.000 miles. Thia will take her to Europe und hack again without re plenishing coal. ruder water the Bonley, it ls cal culated, can go twelve nautical miles un hour. She IS expected to accom pany the Atlantic fleet anywhere it goes, her DlcBtel oil engines develop ing 4,000 horsepower. The oil engine, using Internal com bustion, will enable her to divo in stantly, whereas. If her engines were of the ordinary steam type.? it would take her about half an hour to pre pare to dive. There wi|lbe freeboard enough to make" the craft seaworthy under any weather conditions. VT WAS IT SUCCESS oooooooooooooooooooo o o o In Five Miles of Montunioras o o WASHINGTON, March. 26.-A o o Brownsville telegram tr. the Villa o ? agency herc tonight says the 0 o main body of Villa troop3, ad- o o vanclng to attack Matamoros o o reached I .-usda today, lt ls five o o mi lo i from Mtttomora. o ? o oooooooooooooooooooo UNDECIDED AS TO TEST CASE Attorney General Says Officers Have No Right to Examine Carriers' Records COLUMBIA, March 2C-V.hether lhere wit be any test case of the "gal lon-a-raoth uct" following the opinion of Attorney General Peepies, here, that peace officers have no right to examine records of transportation companies and that a man may trans port a legal amount of liquor to his homo without having it confiscated was unable to be determined here to night. ITALY PREPARED TO ENTER THE SI ?IEE ROME. March 26.-A royal, decree has been promulgated extending pro hibition of exports to tnclnde nil metals, sulphate, aluminum, cenicnt, stearin, paraffine, ceresln and all ma- ! terlals for tanning. Haly on February ] s. prohibited the exportation ntl lood Btuffs except fruit, vcgolublea. milk and butter. Grandoon For Emperor. LONDON. March 26.-The Duchess'{ of Brunswick, frfttcrly Princess Vic? loria Louise, daughter of Emperor William, gave birth to a son. yester day, according to a Reuter dio pat eh trom Brunswick. . The marriage ot Prince Ernest August ?f Cumberland and Princess Victoria Louise?took place at Berlin >n May 24, 1913. Their first son was jorn March 18 r.f last year. French General Killed. PARIS, Marah 26.-Gen. Rene loseoh deLarue, chief of ft division of ! ho Frencb army, han been killed. He wai struck In the bead by a bullet eulie inspecting a trench. )OOOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOOO > o > Try.'ng te Protect Americans o i WASHINGTON. March 36.,- o > The state department today made o ) further efforts to* Obtain proteo- o > tion for American misionarles o > and refugecri?near Urumish, Per- o i ?ta, where the Kurd uprising o > threatens a general Christian > massacre. > ' ? i.i. IOOOOOOOOOOO 0 0 o o o o o ! In addition tn the u.mul conning I tower, there will be an elevated I bridge. The battery for use at the aurfac,? ls to consist of Bcveral ma chine KIHI* und gunn of small calibre. The toppedo tubes' will bp ten In number, so urrauKed aa to dlacharge torpedos ut any angle without hav ing to manoeuvre the cruft Into Any pnrticulur position,. The largest subrourino now build ing in, Europe ls tor thc British, ana 1H not over 200 feet in length, it 1B Mated. The big German snbmarlnes have about SOO tons displacement, a cruis ing radius of 2,000 miles and a speed of Hebte,.n knots at the surface ard seven knots submerged. Th? Schley's torpedoes, tho design ers say, will penetrate anything afloat TAX PAYING TIME TO EXPIRE - WEDNESDAY DELINQUENTS WILL PAY A PENALTY OF FIVE PER CENT. AFTER PAYING UP WELL About 60 Per Cent, of the Total Amount of Taxes Due Has Been Taken In countv Auditor Winston Smith ls authority for th? statement thst the tax booka will close Wednesday 'March 31 and that those taxpayers who have not made their payment* by that t'mn will have to aettlc with the aheriff. |? y lng a penalty of fi per cent. ? According to Information given ut from the treasurer's Office, something over 60 per cent of the taxes for 191.3 Jiavo been paid to date. The total amount of taxes duo for ri ir- is ap proximately $280,000. The county auditor declared that there will be no extension of time in which taxes can be paid after next Wear...' ?day. When the books clo:--o on the night of the 31st inst., those tax payers who "have not "come across" will have to settle .with thc sheriff. While the treasurer has collected the bulk of the tax money, the bulk of the work t? net done. The money which haa been collected 30 far re presents, for the most part, taxes from the larger taxpayers. The outstand ing dues are owed by smaller taxpay ers. There ia ju;t a.; much work at tacked to issuing receipts to a smull taxpayer as a larger one, consequent ly the collecting yet to he done repre san!? a considerable amount of gabor for th0 treasurer's office force. RUMANIAN WAK FEELINU RKVIVF.U PARIS March 26.-Th? ?fall of Przemysl .'nto the Russians' hands has caused a sensation at Bucheraset ! and resulted in Increased popular 4 clamor that Faimania enter tho war on the side of the allie}, according to a 1 ) dispatch from the correspondent of I < Petit Parisien. ' 1 PAIULK?LLEY S F ATT ALLY INI Spc?UI to The Intrilicrnerr. I SENECA, March 26.-^Joseph B. I Kelley who lives with his ooo on tho 1 Ramsey place on Keowee river waa l shot and perhaps fatally Injured by ' his sou Paul Kelley. One ot the phy- 1 sictans attending him ls quoted as 1 saying that the chance's are again?!, s Kelley's recvery. The older Kelley makes his home f with hts son and Monday tho young t man was away all day. On his return t at night be found his wife sitting by 1 TWENTY-TWO STORES. RESI DENCES AND OTHER BUILDING DESTROYED FIRE STARTS IN BOX CARS Supposed to Have Originated From Spark From a Loo . omotive Upocial ?o The IntaUigenw. PROSPERITY, March 2?.--The town of Prosperity was v^'ted early this afternoon by a. disastrous fire which wiped out a large aection of tln> business district and entailed a loss' or neve .Ml thousands of dollars. Twenty-two store rooms, residence* and other buildings were wiped ont bj the conflagration. ' The fire started at 12: ao o'ciocfc_in three freight cara on the Columbia, Newberry A- Laar-' ens Railroad tracks, near the depot, and two solid carloads of guano were destroyed to begin with. The Are ia supposed to hftVe origi nated from, a spark from a locorao tlve. The blaze raged for two. or three hours. With only a bucket brigade with which to check the flames, the progress of the flameB met with little check. Amohg the property lost was the following: W. H. Moseley ..residence, valued a*. $5,000; Insurance of $3,600. W. L. Mathis, grocery store, total lOBB. E. A. Counts, grocery store and un dertaking establishment, total ross. W. L. Dominick, grocery store, bad ly damaged. O. W. Araick. shoe shop, total loss. P. E. Cunean three vacant store rooms. Walter Morris, grocery store. W. J. Mitchell, grocery store. Prosperity garage.' N. Gauts shoe shop. Prosperity Brassing club. A. J. Wise, vacant dwelling wita ?00 bushels cotti seed. Other minor buildings. President Wilton v Will Lay Cornerstone WASHINGTON. March !?.-Presi dent Wilson will lay the corner stone tomorrow ot the American Red Cross ocrmanent home "here. Former President Taft will be the'principal speaker. Mabel Boardman are to be d memorial to the -women of the Civil War. It wtll be erected through .a few subscriptions congressional' ap-' propriations. WAH HAS NOT MADE PRICES HIGH ?fftet? of the Department of Justice Elnd That There Has Ree? Se Conspirar y. WASHINGTON, March. .20.-Tnere has been no conspiracy In the Unit ed States to increase the price of food on account of the European war. This Is the opinion readied by agents of the department of justice who have made a thorough investi gation into the cause ot high prise?. Tho/r formal report was flied today. SMITI? FOUND DEAD IN Wi OFFICE ALBANY, Ga.. March 26.-Samuel W. SmDh. ordinary of Dougherty county, and also a luwyor,-end reel state dealer was found deaden the vault at his office In the courr- hou-so here early today with u shotgun wound In hia breast. Authorities be lieve that bo commuted suicide as s result of despondency caused by ill health. Smith waa ihout .'it years old, and unmarried. He was a son of tho into Congressman Wm. E. Smith. Amends "Seven Sisters.'? TRENTON. N. J., March 35. -The New Jersey house yesterday passed he senate bill amending tho "Seven Sisters" anti-trust laws to permit a ?a rp oration to buy the Stock of anoth er corporation for . Investment pur poses,-, but not tor voting power. HOOTS AND rrjRES FATHER the fire sobbing. She said her father in-law bad been abusing her all day. He asked bia father for an explana tion of his conduct toward bis wita, whereupon, the old man bl said to. tat? made for bis gua. bat tea young uan waa the quicker, and Jet als first md used lt with telling effect. The father ls sahl to have made. ?worn statement exonerating hts aaa rora anv blair.? le the mailer. Hading hat If bis ion had not have shot aim, ia would hara killed his son.