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. ?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, GERMANS SI MORE HOS SUBMARINES . TORPEDO FRENCH AND BRITISH STEAMERS THIRTY LIVES REPORTED LOST British Airmen Kfcep Up Attack? on German Underwater Craft Plants at Hoboken LONDON, April 1.-Whl!e German submarines continue their activity around the British coasts the naval wing of the Royal flying squadron keeps up attacks ou the German un derwater crafts being built at Hobo ken and Zeebrugge. The British are without means of ascertaining the ex tent of bomb damage on, the enemy's plants. The Germans added two more steamers to. the long list of mer chantmen sunk off Beachy 1 Head. The3c *vore: the French steamer Edu ino, torpedoed yesterday with tlu loss of nineteen of ber crew, and the British steamer Sevon-Seaa, sunk to day with a loss of eleven lives. The UritiBh ioHse3 already report ed for the week ending March 31st were five steamers. The sixth ves sel torpedoed reached port. Beyond these attacks official re ports contained little new? today. In the west there has been nothing that approached proportions cf bat tle., in ibo east the armies stand ubout US they wero. German official reports for the last two" dnys noted f'a?siau attempts t< "resume the' offensive on Uawkr river. Vienna tonight reports a Russlar [ attack uear Pillica river, which the) j claim to have repulsed. These move mants- wort. doubtless undertaken tt Proviant the AuHrians and Germans from reinforcing the . armies tryin; Operations, In the Dardanelles ar< ?-til! in a state of abeyance. All Officers,,Drown. NEW MAVEN. Eng.. April 1.- The British' 3teamer Seven Seas wus tor pedoed by a German submarine oil Beachy Head this afternoon- The Seven Seas waa attacked without warning. Eleven . of her crew of cishtuen, including all oillcers, ex cept thc s ecorid engineer, were drowned. The steamer was bound from .London for Llvorpool. The ex plosion wa.i so great that the hatches were blown off and a big bolo torn In tho steamor's side causing .it to sink within throe minuten*. A destroyer landed tho survivors, three cf whom are injured, hero tonight. Lives Three Hours More After Dying BOSTON, April 1-After Willard O. Wallaco, of Pittsburgh, an alleged confessed swindler, .who took poison in the city prison "today had 'beer 'pronounced dead, his heart action wa3 restored .by massage and he lived throe hours moro. Wnliace was on hlB way to court to answer charges of larceny by falso drafts on banks at New Or . leans, San Fraucfeeo, and Portland. ore., when he told an inspector that ho had swallowed poison. Hospital physicians worked over the man fer an hour, then declared him dead ' and .turned tho body over to thc medical examiner. ft was nine minutes lator when >. Dr. William H. Brlckley, of the hos pital staff; began a trial of manual massage. An Incision flvo inches In length - wag made and through this Dr. Brlckley thrust his band and gently massage the.heart. . . In IB minutes the .color of tho man's face changed from purple to red and heart action was apparent With constant massaging bv eight .member of the hospital staff, work ing 1n relays. Ufo waa maintained for thre?'hours. DIVING BELL 'Experiment- rVith.lt Provo Value of the Instrument. -7 HONOLULU, April 1-Tests with the specially built diving bell-design ed for uso, in locating and raising the submarine F-4, lost at the harbor en trance since last Thursday with 21 man aboard, have resulted satisfac torily. \ Thc. bell ls reported'to have 're mained water-tight while submerged inside for further In?ftMi. the point rino ls ><aid to hav bel! i? n 54-inch | high, fitted with scopic connection! and'air .tubes. 2VK TWO WILE SHIPS Mm CRUISER TAKES ON SUPPLY OF-JOD SUNDAY PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH GUARDED BY U. S. SOL DIERS AND SAILORS LOADS 1600 TONS OF FUEL COAL Repeated Threats Against Vessel Called to the Attention of Washington Government NEWPORT NEWS, April 1.-The German merchant rained Prinz Eitel Friedrich tonight had loaded 3lx'.cen hundred tonB of coal, a sufficient amount to carrv her nearest the Gor man port, and is preparing to take on supplies Sunday. Government officials conferred today without, anuou'icing tho object. The Eitel's cemmander refused to make, u statement. Strong military and nuval guard was estab lished around the Eitel's pier. It waa said that this Is (lue to repeated threats against the vessel, which was called to the attention of the Wash ington government, 'it ls understood that the blowing up of the. battleship. Maine In thc Havana harbor was recalled In re presentations made to Washington.' A machine gun is mouuted at thc pior at which the Eitel ?3 moored. $20,000 In Gold To Mr?. McManus 'H? ati'4 WASHINGTON. April 1.-The pay ment by the Vilia-Zapata government o? 160.000 pesos or $20,000 In gold at the prevailing rate of exchange in Mexico City to -Mrs. Ruth McManus, widow of John B. McManus. the American killed by Zap ' * troops on their reoccupation ot Lie city, was reported officially to the stato depart ment today by the Brazilian minister in thc Mexican capital. Mra. McManus sent thc following message to the 8tatc depiMtment: "I wish to extend to you for myself and family our sincere thank.i for your efforts In securing indemnity from the government and also ex press niy appreciation of the great courtesy and personal interest shown bj? Mr. Cardoso, the Brazilian mln ?3ter. In transmitting this, the Brazilian minister added: "Am gratified with a lette" of thanks received from Mrs. McMan .r In which she says: "You have accomplished .wtat seemed to a,'l Americans an impossi bllity. and I huvc no word3 in which to express-my gratitude." President Denies Giving Interview WASHINGTON, April 1.-Presi dent Wilson tonight authorised the statement that he had ghten no inter view and had given no expression of opinion about current affaiis to Gabriel Alphaud, who cabled the Parla Temps what purported to be a interview with the prcjident on thc European and Mexican attain. The president let it bP known that AYi/ baud waa presented nt thc White HOUBO yesterday by the French am bassador merely-to pay his respects. Asked to Report on Arrest of Swoboda WASHINGTON, April 1.-Ambassa dor Sharp of Paris was called on to day by state department for a report aa to the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Raymond Swoboda an American, charged v/lth .having set Ore.to the Frencfi liner La Touraine on her recent-trip from -New York to Havre. Now York friends of Swoboda vouched-for his American citizenship to the state department filing affida vits to that effect. It was stated,to night that he department could not ! do more than inst met Ambassador I Sharp to seo that Swoboda gets a-1 fair court trial. j MOKE BEER* LES? WHISKEY | Xevr North t'aroilna Llqaer Law ftf Effeei Today. RALEIGH, N. C.. April !.- Thc IRA- recently enacted by the North Cirollna legislature limiting the quanitity of liquor that may be de livered to any individual to one rjuart every two weeks and five gal lons bf beer in the same period, b*^- j como effective today. Exnre?s com-J pantes t> ..an returning r" ship-} pera all packages not delivered prior} PLAIN GLOMS MEN RAID BLIND TIGERS "IN CI??HE SEA" CHIEF OF POLICE SENDS OUT TWO SQUADS WITH DETECTIVES i <? ORDERS FROM MAYOR GRACE Proprietors Caught Unawares,. Fixtures Smashed and Goods ' Seized ffperiol to Thc InU-llin lurr. CHARLESTON. April .-Acting oh orders received from Mayor G raed to enforce the law. Chief of Police Cant well yesterday morning sent nut two squads of plain clothes men and mem bers of the detective department to carry out the instructions of the may or. As a result many blind tigers were raided and all during Hie day the patrol wagons at the police station were kept busy hauling contraband goods and slot machines to the sta* tivjn house. /. Xews of thc Raids/Spread. Yesterday morning Chief Cantwell, having received orders from Mayor Grace, instructed the members ot the regular raiding squads and another organized squad along with the de tectives that the law must bc . en forced. The men left thc station house and, working In different sec tions of the city, came down on blind tigers like a bait of lightning from a clear sky. , ' Call after call was received from members of the squad to send the patrol wagons to haul Mn the goods seized. The. police, however, had hardly gotten to work. - before news of their activity spread like wildfire. While in some places the Hxtures of the blind tigers had been removed be fore .the arrival of the policemen .?KW??-, were, atrttjfki in fulL swing und their fixtures . were smashed. One man. who was making a spec .alty of inking down fixtures, stated yesterday afternoon that he had al ready "disrobed" twenty-seven tlgerB and had orders from others. Statement of Seizures. When asked for a statement last night Chief Cantwell said": 'T have received orders from tho mayor to enforce the law and I am now en forcing it. I hnve out two raiding squads and my detectives at wo"k." This was all ho would say about the raids, except to give opt a statement on the goods seized in the raids, which is as follows: 663 bottles ot beer; 28 gallons of ?vine; 39 quarts . * whiskey; 146 half r-ints of whlske>, ano 38 slot machines. The liquor will he delivered to the (iispcnsary headquarters this morning and the slot machines wil be smashed ii; the yard of the police station. A number of blind tigers were re l-orted to have closed their doors yesterday and it is said that the bars lo two hotels have also put locks on their entrances. The wholesale raids will continue today, but it is not believed that the police will make aa great bunin as they did yesterday, when their work attracted so much attention from thc public. No disorder marred the Work of thc police, lt is reported. Louisiana Strawberry Crop Killed By Frost WASHINGTON, April l.-Doparl ment of agriculture reports ,tonight from . Louisiana said that three fourths of the strawberry crop In that district already set had been killed by frost, causing a reduction of five hundred cars in thc shipment of this fruit. Reports from the Caro linas indicate that no damage, but cropB' wil! be two week J late. Rain interferes With the Fighters HAVANA,'Apri' 1.-Hain today In terfered seriously with the work of Jack Johnson and Jess Willard, who ?rattle Monday for the heavyweight championship of the world. Willard boxed nine rounds in the rain. Ho fininh?d by letting a wrest ler throw h medicine ball with all his strength against his stomach 12 times and showed that he was net :ire<l hy the experience. After a short morning run Johnson swam nearly a hour in the. harbor, then attend d the 'races. MA88ACR?~Or CHRISTIANS IN -HOLY IVAR" TABRIZ. Persia, April l.-The "Holy War" has resulted. In tba fur ther masacre of Christians 10" Per* s'a. In Kalmac Plains the bodies of 7::0, mostly naked and mutilated, were found by the Russians when the re-occupied town which bad been held by the Turks. A general massa cre of ten to fifteen ttmurand Chris tians remaining lu tim Crumlah dis COMMANDER OF THE SUNKEN F-4. Lieutenant Alfred L. Ede. Lieutenant Alfred L. Ede waa the [ "The trouble in the case of the sub commander of the United States Bub- ?marine is tlint the lead storage batter marine F-4, which sank to the bottom'! ,es are*carfled in a compartment sur of Honolulu'harbor and was found \ ^"?/L?7 'IV!'**",''wV*?1. {^ ,_,. .... , . , """ " ivnen sea -,;iter is admitted to these forty-eight hours inter in :J0P feet j u?k8 ine ?,mt sinks. This, in con of water. His home was in Reno, Nov.. j Jin."tlon with other means, enables Speaking of the danger of sub- 1 tne bo?" to submerge, lt ls evident marines, in connection with the sink- j when the wa'.er is admitted to this lng ot this vessel, Thoma? A. Kdlson, | tanK lt is under pressure, who baa made a.study of then?, had "The containing Jars of lead cells thia to say: j nrc made of fragile hard rubber, "If any ot th? men on tho submarine i easily broken. Surphuric acid leaks F-4 lost their lives their death was: from ?hose Jars and nttackH the steel undoubtedly due to chlorine ges gen-j v'aR of . tho mnln ballast tank, with 'fXifWtitiff'1'" ?l,"Tf" 'lh" resultant corrosion. When lite batteries ?^MfTvi^Si^' by .sea'-watbt."! ?Pa w ater is pdmiUed to the main . Early'in Octotsr last he had visit- j ballast tani: wueu submerging, the cd the Brooklyn navy yard and there weakened ?all glvaa way sad the sea hod inspected the submarine 0-4. It water floods the battery tank. When was the first timo lio had been on &ea water mixes with ^sulphuric acid such a craft, and after his vi.dt he in a lead battery hydrochloric ?cid is said: formed. This attacks the^lead plates "The danger to the life and health ?nd produces chlorine gas. Also of those who go down on submarines when a lead battery is submerged in will not bu lessened until tho posBibil- sea water, electricity passes from thc Itv of the generation of chlorine fumes cells through the sea water and i removed. liberates chlorine gas in volume." SAYS DETECTIVE INFLUENCED HIM Alleged Anarchist Testifies in Own Defense-Says Hs Was Forced to Act NEW YORK, April I.-("a mimic Carbone, eighteen year old boy, ac cused with Frank A bar no of at tempting tr. explodo a bomb In St. Patrick's Cathedral, testified In hi? own defense today. In ti faltering volco he accused Aniedio 'Polignanl the detective responsible fer his ar rest, with forcing him to take pan In the alleged conspiracy, under threat that he would meet tho fate of a spy at Patterson if .ne didn't do the detective's bidding. Ha ewe.re that Polignanl continually urged h;m tb commit violence, Carbono mid' th. detective tock him 'along' Flfht ave nue, where ho had never been before and denounced befbro him rich mon and churches. Oilier dofenBo wit nesses testified that-Polignanl urg^c" violent actir.-i at meetings of ?ho al leged anarchists. Canada Approves King's Stand on Liquor MONTREAL, Apr! I 1 King George's stand on tba liquor question ha3 been warmly approved here. Dis patches quoted Premier Clark New brunswick as saying, .bhr government was considering prohibition during the war. Premier Murray of Noya ?co tia, today aasured a delegation, whii-n nckod that an advance step toward prohibition be taken, that bin go ornment hail thc matter under con sideration. . ' i- vs^iWss U. S. OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF DEATH Ambassador Page Cables That L. C. Thresher Was Drowned in Destruction of British Liner SPAIN CALLS HOBE RECM'ITS Coast Ifefonoe* tb be Organised Premier Rato Explains. LONDON. April 1.+-A'. Reuter des patch from Ma vid says an ofTiclal decree was iasvvd today summoning to the rotors the recruits bf Ibe ll?) 4 c?a?j, who dave not been al ready called. Premier Rat?, ufter a council of the ministers In the royal palace, said thor}) was no question of the aban donment of 8panlsh neutrality or af taking offendive measures against anybody. He explained that the summoning of tho recruits to - the colors was necessary for the organ ization of the toast defences. WASHINGTON, April 1 - The re- [ por: that an American pershlcd in the ! war zone around tho British Islcaj was brought officially to the atten tion of the United ?Statoi today weetj Ambassador Page and Consul G?n?ral Skinner, of London cabled that Leon ('. Thresher was supposed to have been drowned In the destruction o? tho British liner Eulaba by a Ocr ?an submurinc. Instructions were sent, bun officials to - begin Immediate in vestigation. No notion1 will bo tajean by the United, States, until an offi cial vT-ranon of Thresher's death tisj received a id thc facts surrounding the destruct on of thc Falaba aro carefully considered. Official* believe the'cn ie will eventually be" thc sub ject of representations lo Germany. Death Penalty for Circulating Bad Money EL PASO, Texas. April I.-Gcncr-I al Villa has ordered to those guilty of; circulating counterfeit paper money, j large (lunnitltlos of which, are repert ed tn use along thc Mexicau border. In a statement received hero last night from Torre?n, Villa 8ald: "1 nm^sorry 1 bavo bean forced to tal:.: this stop because it has been impos sible to cause punishment to cujprltr" In the ?Jnit"d Stat's, notwithstnhdlnp truthful evidence presented . against defendants In many casca." Villa and Carranza papter money is. sold r.a the banking market in sev eral border cities. H KAW TAX PLACE!) ON WORKS OF A RT j NE WYORK. April 1.-The legal lime limit of two years, in which J. P. Morgan might have escaped pay ment of the inheritance tax on his art collection by giving it to a public institution, expired today, but . the Morgan estate had not signified, tb, the state comptroller its intention to' make such disposition of thc collec tion. lt la now on exhibition at the Metropolitan museum of art, and has been estimated to.be worth between j forty-five nnd seventy million dollars. \ Inheritance tax har 'ht..* estimated at from two to three million-dollars. ? PAVING SEC BRINGJ1 U S. PROPOSES THAI MEXICAN CAPITAL BE DECLARER NEUTRAL TRYING TO SECURE PRO TECTION FOR 25,000 FOR EIGNERS IN THE CITY VILLA-ZAPATA FORCES AGREE Willing to. Evacuate City As Soon As a Similar Agreement is Ob tained From Carranza WASHINGTON. Aprt'. i - With thc hope o? .securing po rm an eut protec tion for. twenty-live thousand foreign ers in Mexico ("tty tho United States government has proposed to .'''.?a and Zapata forces and Carranza ii... the Mexican capital be declared neu tral and the outside the field of op erations hero-after in Mexican civil war. Villa and Zapata forces agreed to the proposal and are willing to evacuate the city aB soon aa a sim ilar agreement is obtained from the Carranza authorities. No important engagements befveen Villa and Car ranza forces have been reported to Washington authorities today. Des patches says comparative quiet pre vailed along the border and the Mex ico City situation ls unchanged. Livestock Disease Virtually Eradicated WASHINGTON. April 1.-Virtual eradication of tho livestock foot an? "tnouth diseastt aeourge in thc Ptrttrd States wa? announced tonight by the department of agriculture. It waa Bald, except for a herd ot animals near syracuse, N:>Y.telegraph reports from throughout the country showed th- disease Is wipec out. The de partment figures show 124,141 dis eased animals have been destroyed front time to time since the outbreak in October to March 25. Only a fe infected herdj have been reporte.1 since '.oe latter date, lt was said they' have boen slaughtered. The total value of animals killed by State and federal authorities is estimated at j between ii\\. and six million doliera FIBED AT VESSEL German Submarine Crew Passed Around Cigars. BARRIS, Wales, April 1.-The crew of thc,British steamer Crown -of Cas tile, stink by a German submarine off tho Scilly Islands Monday was landed herc Inst night by the French steamer Magellan. Tho sailors said the sub marine was a much faster boat than tho one which previously had chased tho steamet.' They said their ship was sunk by shell lire from the submarine anil not by a torpedo. One four-Inch shell, they declared, was deliberately aimed at tho bridge of the steamer V 'fore the crew had left it. It passed between the legs of an apprcntlco who was standing by thc? captain. After the sailors got into their boats the German commander handed them I cigars. : V DEALERS ll I'M Birt I GERMAN PIBLR' Museum at SttitUrart Contains Many War Noveltlpx. STUTTGART, Gerntany. March 20. -Royal Museum of Industrial Art has begun a unique collection, and is gathering for exposition purposes all the incongruous, bogus, inartistic and eatch-penny devices which unscrupu lous dealers, taking... dvantage of the war, have manufactured andi are foi?tlng upon the public by appealing to Its patriotism. Friends of the museum Ic all parts of the empire aro daily sending in. cither actual samples of "horribles" or photographs of them. The articles against which the mu actim ls waging its war embarca every conceivable kind of gift offered for pal? as "Liebesgaben" for tho soldiers in the trenches. 5?w Warden at Allanto Prison, ATLANTA. Aoril t.-FreO 1% Zcrbst today succeeded William H. Mover as warden of the United'Statt, penitentiary her?, herbst was form erljo deputy wnrdeh at the United States r>enltepil?rv at Leavenworth Ka?. Moyer had boen warden ot the prison here for th,, last twolve years. Slr Edward Grav TsWag Rest: LONDON, Anrll 1.-Premier As quith bas temporarily taken charge of the British fo-clgn office. Slr VA ward Grey having . bcea 'cr/npelled to lake ?/ abor* rc*t. lt I/i experted timi Grey will be a wa v from the min PURITIES OOD PRICE CERTIFICATES BID IN FOR PAR ACCRUED INTEREST AND PREMIUM $100 SOLD TO FIRM OF TOLEDO, ?. Bid Received Yesterday at Joint Meeting Paving Commission and City Council ooo o uoooooo oo o o o o o o o. o o A special rommittee of city o o council appointed to call for o o bids on the city's paving certi- o o catea having railed to receive an- d o H wc rs to telegrama sent a num- o o ber of brokera asking them to o o bid on the securities, the commit- o o tee met late yesterday afternoon o o and decided to accept the bid o ;> made by Rodney Spettser Co., o o of Toledo. Ohio, at a Joint meet- o o lng of the paying commission o z> and city council held Thursday o o morning. This concern offered o o pur and accrued Interest and a o o premium of $100 on the city's o c. paving -ertiflcates. The Toledo o o concern I j to take all. the certlfl- o o catos issued by the city, which o o ure to bear interest at the rate 6 o of C per cent, payable aeml-an- a o nunlly and issued serially from o r. one to 10 years. o o o ooo o ooooooo oo ooo oo o At a Joint meeting ot city council and the street paving commission at 9 o'clock yesterday morning in the couru1! chamber a bid for the city's pavl?g certificates was received from John J. George. ? agent for Rodney Speltzor & Co., or Toledo, Ohio. Par and accrued interest and a premium of $100 waa offered for the paving certificates by the bidder. The coun cil und commissions expressed their approbation of Mr. Georgia bld. Dat thought it unwise to close a deal with him without first giving other brokers and banks throughout the country interested tn such securities an opportunity to submit bids for the certificat*??. Following the action of tho council and the commission with reference to the bid. telegrams containing all information fe the guidance of brok er.- in making a bid were sent to a number of brokera who are in the market for this kind of securities. As soon as replies havo been received to these telegrams council and the commission will hold another meet ing and consider the bid of afr. George together with all bids that might be sent in by telegraph. The joint' meeting, of council and the paving commission was called to order and presided over by tho mayor. All members ot the paving commission were present, as were members cf" city council, with the ex ception, cf Alderman J. E. Barton, ^'"S^ifl?rH?iSH6-* UiS m.ay9\,PP- to hold (CONTINUED ON PAOB 4.) VITY PRIZE TO THIS G ERM AK Baden Peasant Takes Cake for Writ , lng Short Account of Self. BERLIN, April 1.-All prises for brevity and a few more besides for modesty go a Baden peasant who for tome tl.nc has been with th* forces in Flanders. His wife has Just made public the following laconic let ters from him. Thc first reads: "Dear Wife: I am still alive, and have received your bundle. If tho boy te bad, spank bira. Greetings, Adolph." Shortly after came a second: "Dear Bertha: I am still alive, which surprises me tory much, li the boy still ts naughty spank bim again. Greetings, Adolph.'* The third communication was In the form ot a photograph of Adolph'* troop, showing him decorated with the Iron Cross. No mention however was made of tho medal, and. th0 pic ture .a. rely boro o'nthe reverse side this brief note: ". r "Dear Bertha: I was wounded but am well again and tomorrow I go nt lt again. If the boy ls haughty, box hts ears. Greetings. Adoplh." Perplexed, the wife wrote her hus banded, demanded to know how he had received the Iron Cross, and're ceived t?e following Illuminating re r-.y "It waa very simple about the Iron Cro3S. The major ordered me tc stand still, and the sergeant-major plnnod it on. Greeting-, Adopih." FRENCH STEAMER BEST TO BOTTOM LONDON, April 1.-German sub marines, which have recently been operating successfully in the vicinity of the British Isles have sent anoth er ship to the, bot .om. The French steamship Emma, bound fer Bor? deaux. was torpedoed Wednesday in the RnglUh Channel off Beachy Hoad. Nineteen members ot her crew were drowned, only twa being saved.