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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 $1.50 THE YEAR, BATTLE RUGES IN CARPA! K IANS GERMANS UNABLE TO CHECK | STEADY ADVANCE OF RUSSIANS GERMANS REPULSE FRENCH IN WOEVRE Two More Vessels Sunk-Bul garians Explain Recent Raid Into Serbia. LONDON, April t.-Public attention ls now being directed toward the'-great struggle for the Carpathian, passes, where the Rujsiaus arc apparently j making steady progress despite the I t.bstinate resistance by Aut nan and Ociman troops. The Russians arc on the Hungarian aide of both Dukia and Lupkow passes. Aided by reinforce ments they arc gaining the heights which dominate Uzsck pa3S. Comparative calm continue.! In thc we$t. The Germans announce they repulsed French attacks in Woevre and Argonne region. Thc Ucrman l'-3l replaced U-28 off the West coast of England. During tho day reports were received of the sinking of the Russian bark, Hermes and the ?teamer Olivine, both small vessels. Bulgarians have explained that thc recent raid into Serbia WAS the work of rebels. They have promised to dls aim them when they reach thc Bul garian frontier. With thc king's example In barring liquor* from his households and prob ably shorter hours for the sale o liquors, it is believed that total prohi bition wont be necessary. (JKUM IN SI BV?AR?NK SINKS ITALIAN STEAMER. GENOA. April B.-Nowa was receiv ed here todayjhat the German ubma rine lanna tho Italian steamer, Luigi l'arodia, from Baltimore with coal. Tho report caused a profund Impres sion here and many expressions bf re sentment because cf excitement Authorities have taken strong meas- j ure? to protect German, colony. Nothing vis known regarding tho j crew's fatel EITEL FREDERICH AT NEWPORT NEWS -r, German Cruiser Did Not Attempt j to Escape . During Storm, ? NEWPORT NEWS. April ?.-Great er activity was shown by government officials with relation to the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Freidrlch today than at any other time since her ar rival. Many conferences were held, j the nature of which' wore not. revealed Collector of Custom^ Hamilton went from the Eitel to the battleship Ala bama. The Kitel's. commander visited j the battleship. There is no indication of what is to be done. It is known that British warships are still off the capes. _ ASKS INDEMNITY FOR WM. P. FRYE! Only Want Fay For Damages to | Vessel-No Claim For Cargo?. WASHINGTON, April 5.-On behalf of tho owners of the American ship j Will'am P. JPryo, sunk by the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Freidrlch, the United Jtates in a note made public today has asked Germany to pay an indemnify of two hundred and twenty eight- thou sand dollars, . which rep-i resents vessels coat, freight, charge] for cargo and damage, from being un able to use tho ship. No claim for ?argo damage was made. CHARGE VIOLATION OF NEUTS^ilTY i ?i ii A British Cruiser Said to B* Re ceiving Supplies From Outgo* mg Vessels. * NEW YORK. April 6.-Collector of Port Mulcne ch?r$ed tonight thst n British cruise.- patrolling waters along the United State? ^ast hat) been violating the neutrally law by I coaling and taking supplied front vas* sela leaving New York. He declared he espected io brlhg the subpect to the attention ot the federal grand DENIES ALLIES' RIGHTS TO INTERFERE WITH TRADE MAKE REPARATION FOR EVERY ACT If It Constitutes Violation of Rights as Neutral Na tion. WASHINGTON, April :>.-Thc Unit ed States government today made public ita note to Great Britain an nouncing it could not admit either the right of the allies or their claim for jurisdiction in placing an embargc on commercial intercourse betweet Germany and neutral countries. The com mu nica lion said: "To ad mit it would bc to assume an attitude of unneutrality toward the presen ?>nemie3 of Great Britain, which would be obviously inern3istent with the s;)l -nm obligation of this government in thc present circumstances. Foi Great Britain to make such a claim would bc for her to abandon prln ciplea for which site has con3tantlj and earnestly contended in othei times and circumstances." The knited States states its expecta tion of Great Britain, "after having considered tho possibilities of a ser ious Interruption of American trade they will take steps necessary to avoid them, and in the ovent they should unhappily occur, will be prepared to make full reparation for every act. whinh under the /ules of international law constitutes a violation of neutral rights." GERMANS BAR GIFFORD PINCHOTT Aa Member American Relief Com mission Operating in Bel gium. THE HAGUE, April. 5.-Gifford Plnchot, ex-chief forester of thc Unit ed States, who it is understood has been acting a8 special agent for the American btate department in the war /.one, has been expelled from Belgium ' by German authorities. State department advices said that Gifford Plnchot reached Antwerp, but was not permitted to proceed further in hts work as a member of the Amer ican Relief Commission in Belgium,, although detailed as special diplo matic agent of the United States. Ger man authorities objected because Pin- < chot's sister ta tho wife of a former British minister to Denmark, who ls ' still In the diplomatic service. .Heavy Fighting Near Tampico, WASHINGTON. April 5.-Heavy fighting continues between the Car ranza and Villa forces uar Tampico, according to, advices reaching the state department Verdict Today in Terre Haute Cases INDIANAPOLIS. April 5 -The case of the twenty seven Terre-Hauto men charged with . conspiring to corrupt tho November election went to the Jury, late today. Court adjourned un til tomorrow^ Verdict, lt reached will not not be announced until then. Killing Lee Robinson Lodged ( in Jail Charged With Kitting His Brother Pmk. _ l-.ee Robinson, charged with having slain Pink Robinson, was lodged in the couulT Jail yesterday following an Inquest into the killing which was ? held Sanday at the place where the homicide occurred, on.the W. R. Geer, p?.tco, between Belton and Honea Path. The. testimfny showed that. the brothers had engaged in a quarrel Sunday morning and that Lee struck ?ila brother with a stick' and stabbed him in thc heart With a knlfo. The j .dead negro was said to be half witted and about 22. years of age. while hla slayer is about 35 years old. , FLORIDA MAX FOOD ?UTII/TT ?V Mi lt BF it OF I NI?! AX MIAMI, April ft.-A Jury here to I night found John Ashley guilty In the I first 4#grs? of the murder cf Desoto [ Tiger, a Seminole Indian. BURGLARS KILL THREEJ N. ?. PROPRIETOR, COOK AND PORTER MURDERED BY KNOWN INTRUDERS ASSASSINS USED MEAT CLEAVER Threw Iron Safe Into Cellar But Failed to Break it Open. NEW YORK, April Three men, Otto Zlnn, a restaurant keeper, Ste phen Uovoriaky, the cook, and Rona Held, the porter, were killed early to lay in Zinn's restaurant hore, sup posedly by burglar.:. Zinn and his wife, who slept over the restaurant were awakened by a crash downstaira aud the proprietor went down to investigate. When he failed to return his wife called a po liceman and found the restaurant keene.- and his lw(> employes in the cellar. In tho cellar was found the safe, which had been moved from thc floor above and evidently thrown down thc stairs. It had not been broken open. ?e-ides thfc dead men lay three .bloody cleavers with which the vic tim's heads had been battered. The police found also u revolver and a set of burglar tools. There was evidence that the mur derers had secreted themselves In the cellar after eating a meal tn the res taurant The porterNand cook had been surprised and killed when they carno down to get some coal YILLA-ZAPATAS WON'T EVACUATE No Intention of leaving Mexico City, Suj* Representative In Vi S. WASHINGTON, April 5.-Ismael Pal af ox. In charge of the foreign ofHco of the illa-Zapata government lu Mex ico City, yesterday telegraphed En rlqua C. Ll?rente, Washington rep presentatlve that there was no inten tion of evacuating Mexico City, as re ported in diplomatic dispatches sev eral days ago. "We have 6,000 troops in the city besides 10,000 in the suburbs," the dispatch said. "General situation good. Commerce, industry and banka are opened and all administration working harmoniously. The spread ot the rumor of the evacuation caused a little alarm but as soon as denied by the. government calm was . re stored." The Carranza agency gave dut the following: "The ? constitutional agency has received advices from Agua Prieta via Douglas, Ariz., that. Coi. Cama 'niego returned to Agua Prieta yes terday With ' his command . of 1,000 men after a most successful cam paign against ?he Maytorcnlsts in northeastern Sonoro. He reports that region as now cleared of the enemy and the Maytorcnlsts as demoralized by continuous defeats. They have Evacuated all northeastern Sonora and concentrated at Cananea. Thc arrival ot Col. Samaniego's force brings tho garrison at Agua Prieta by three thousand men." CAPT. W. H. AUSTIN DIED LAST NIGHT Highly Esteemed and Widely Known Citizen of William, ston. Capt. W. H. Austin, highly esteem ed and widely known ' citizen of An derson county, died last night at his home at Wllllamston, at ll o'clock, tn the 83rd year or his age. He was captain of the Gist Rifles, which went out ot Williamston at the breaking out Of the Civil War. Capt, Austin is survived by the fol lowing children: Mrs. W. J. Tram mcll ot Anderson; Mrs. Joseph Scott, Mr. T. G. Austin and Miss Henry Aus tin, ot Williamston, and Messrs. V. I), and Matthew Austin of Richmond. News of Capt. Austin's death, was teeelvcd in Anderson at midnight. Thc funeral arahgementa had not been perfected at that hour. ?LUCK MILL NOTES Aged Woman ls Critically III of Paralysis. Mrs Harriet J. Adams, who reaires on Wellington street, is critically ill ot a paralysis, which seised her last Taursdajr. She hes been living at Cluck Mills, for ? years, having resid ed et the Anderson Mills before that for 14 years. Olin McOtll ls Ul at his home on Wellington street. Alonso Lee, who has been qnPe ni wtih pneumonia, la recovering. American on British Ship Sunk by Germans. When *,h?s German submarine soul to the bottom of the Hr!..toi channel tho British aftth ifthnha, March 2*. with Bomc HQ passengers and crew, they causetl the death-, it is believed . o? Leon Chester Thresher, an Amcri \ can. Thresher waa a mining eu I glneer on his way to West Africa. ! His hem,, was in Hardwick, Mass. , I He was about thirty-one years of | ace, and was not married. His mother and brother live in ll aro wick. No representations have ao far been made to tho stau- department nt Washington. Th,. (?crinan* Lil lei', him -unies... he ls muong those HU ved und yet unaccounted ror-od a peaceful mcrchunt veaseh The attitude of the admin'-tration in Washington will cf course not become known tint!! the case hag been investigated. JOHNSON DEFEATED BY JESS WILLARD KANSAS COWBOY KNOCKS OUT NEGRO AFTER LONG BATTLE NEITHER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURY Johnson Going Back to France ! to Farm-With Thirty Thous and Dollars. HAVANA. April 5.-Jess Willard, the Kansas cowboy, won the world's heavyweight championship from Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist hero to day by a knockout'in thc twenty cixth round, when the fast pace he bad set sapped the negro's vitality. Then Wil lard opened a fierce attack, smashing his opponents dcfen.ie with n f uri ?ade of blows to his body and head. In the final romd th? giant Kansan landed a right swing on tho negror? Jaw. Johnson crumplod. took tho count laying oh thc ropes. ; Seventeen thousand,excited people saw the fight. As tho new champion arose tho crowd rushed into tho ring. Se'ilior protected the fighters and dispersed the mob. Willard declared Johnson ?ever hurt him. Johnson na id the better, younger man won tho cham pionship. Johnson nn exile from hts own country, will sall Wednesday for France to begin farming. Ile lo through with the ring.. Willard'.* go ing back to tho l'niteil, Staten to win a fortune was denied him today when Johnson got thirty thousand dollars before the light started. WU lard tak lng only a small shav nf the nef re ceipts.' What ids:shgT.e wan is ui known. Tooar'a fish* 1* probably . with out pan?:.'?! tn tho. history nf the ring. Ftir twenty rounds Johnson punched and pounded Willard at will, bul,his blows grew perceptibly lese? powerful as the fight progressed_ until he seem i ed unable or unwilling to proceed ; Johnson stopped landing. For three I or four rounds tho buttle was little ! more than a turtons of plastic poses of j white and blsek gladiators. So lt wis until tho twenty fifth round, when I Willard ?ot In ono, his widely swing j ing right hana smashing on Johnson's i heart ThU wss the beginning of the j end. When the rou.?i closed Johnson sent his wife word he waa till in; told her to start for home. She wai pas sing the ring going out In the twenty sixth when a stinging left to ills body and a cyclonic right to his jaw caused Johnson to crumple on thc floe.* where ho lay. partly outside tho ropes until the refrce had counted ten. The concensus of opinions Is that John son knew he could not '.win, und winn knocked down chose take the count rather than rise and stand further punishment A moment after the ref? ree counted ten Johnson aros'e. It was well, for spectators rushed tn to the ring and almost smothered thc ? pugilista. Neither fighter teemed much damaged. Automobiles return ing to the city from the fight flew white flags which spread tho new that tho white challenges had beat the black champion. Willard was the fav orite throughout thc fight. Tonight be is the hero of the island. Willard, said tonight "The blow that brought th,, fight to a quick con clusion was my right hand smash to the jaw o' Johnson earlv ii the last round. 1 felt Johnson grow limp in the p~xt clinch. I knew I had the championship within :each. A left to thc body and a right sma?h to the Jaw nut Johnson down for thc count. Contest To Decide Name of New Hotel WUI Close April 15th. Messrs. Jule II. Karie, and Jamos C. Prejr/ly, proprietors of tho uew hotel which will bc opened up May 1 In the building vacated by th,. Voung Mon'a Christinn Association, announced yes onlay that' the contest for the selec tion of a name for the new hostelry fi ls now open and will ci?se April 1$, A -, previously announced, a prize of 5.". will 1M< Riven the w'?o submits tho best name for the hotel. Those dealrlng to submit nSmoa may in iii them t-. pojt offl.CC bo\ So. '??'.I. Four disinterested parties wlU act as judge of the contest Messrs. Karie and Pressly announc ed also that. tranHents .Stopping at their hotel on Saturday night will havo the privilege of tho beth* Tree of chargo. In the article in Sunday morning's issuP ot The intelligencer announcing Hie opening rf the new hotel lt waa rrated that the rates will be *2 per day.' The rates should havo been given ax f2.C0 per day. WOULD DfS( SVPERVIS FURTHER PLANS FOR GLEAN UP CAMPAIGN LAID YESTEpr>AY AFTER NOON AT .LETING OF THE COMMITTEE WARD MEETINGS Will Be Held Between New and Another General Meeting Set For April 14. For the purpoBo of laying further plans for "olean up and paint up week." which will be observed in An derson in the near future, a meeting of thc various ward committee* was held yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock in chamber of commerce quarters. A general meeting of all commit tees will be held on next Wednesday, April 14, at 4 o'clock at thc chamber of commerce. But between now 'and that time meetinga of the various ward committees will be held. The Ward 1 club will meet this af ternoon at 5.30 at Hotel Chiquola. The Ward 2 club will meet tomor row afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the Carnegie library. ? The Ward 4 club will meet next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, the pluee of meeting to be announced later. Ward G flub will meet next Tuesday afternoon. April 13, at 4 o'clock the residence of MrB. James Ander son. Meeting? of tho other ward clu will be announced UH soon an the in formation is forthcoming. A program ot suggestions was glv cn out yesterday afternon with th following statement: This program is issued to try and simplify the work for the different committees in charge of "clean . up week." Every home maker ls asked to have the entire premisea cleaned of the cans and trash and^everythlng nf that kind and put In. one place for thu city wagons. The duty de volving upon ouch committee IR tn aee that vacant lots ure thoroughly clean ed und rubbish put in a convenient place for the wagon... To see that there are no breeding places for mosquitoes of flies. It is tho Intention of the various committees to enlist tho interest of every person in the ward. The duty of the committees to see that drains are properly ditched aud dry. Every home maker is asked to talk to their servants and get them to pay more attention to sanitation. Tile city will furnish limo and dis infectant to use generously on thc premises, where needed. A RECORD BREAKING ATTENDANCE SUNRAY AT THE SUNDAY SCHOOL OF ST. JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH 1,002 PJEOPLE One thousand and two persons, by actual count, attended Sunday school at St. John's Methodist' church last Sunday morning, the plans of the pastor, superintendent and teachers to,haye one thousand people at Sun day sc hool on Easter ^Sunday morning having been crowned with absolute success. Of this large number - of people, there were 891 grown men in the Wes ley Bible cia SH. of which Mr. R. S. I.lfton is teacher. The plans called for an attendance of bot 350 for thia class. There were 86 young men in the class or Or. W. H. Hardin, and the plans calred for an attendance of but 75 hero. Of the total attendance there were 141 grown ladies, the others being young ladies, girls and children. The large attendance at thia sunday school came about as the result of some hard and systematic work by the pastor, the superintendent and va rious teachers of thc Sunday schol. The plank were announced the Sun day before, and throughout, hut week a diligent campaign to attain the goal was followed. Advertising space In the newspapers wax ua?wl. Postal cards to members of the Sunday school and people generally were resorted to, while street signs were brought into use. Other Sunday School*. Attendance at otb*** Sunday school* of thc city wan a?, the "high mark last Sunday morning. AC the First Baptist 'church there, waa an espec ially large attendance, the Buraca class having an attendance ot about 100. CONTINUE OR'S WORK I . COUNTY TRUSTEES NOT iU FAVOR SERVICE DONE BY MISS GAW 1NGTON i ADDRESS BY PROF. E. MARION RUCKER County Trustees Association Held Quarterly Meeting Monday. Interesting Session. Hy n :f)to of 2:l to 12, a small per centage of the membership of the An derson County School Trusted As sociation, In regular quarterly session yesterday to the county court house, went on rlfcord as being apposed to the continuance after tho present fis cal year or ittie office ot the County Supervisor of?Snral Schools, a apian* Hil work whitier hus been carried on most acceptably by Miss Maggie M. Carlington' to the great good of the .schools ol the county. Tl'1... action was taken by the tras tees at the close of the meeting, the ma'.ter being brought before the sea* don by Prof. E. C. MCCants. superin tendent cr city schools, who, ss a member or thc county board of ?du? cation, asked that the trustees giro .'OHIO expression lo their wishes on thiB matter. Thc subject of finances was gone into and County Superin tendent of Education J. B. Felton stat ed that the money for the employment of the supervisor had been derived from two sources, the sum of 9250 ccmlng from tho Peabody fund and tho county board paying ber $75 per month and expemoB/ .After thia fis cal year, he stated, lt would be Im possible to got any more money from the Peabody fund. !f the county board wc;-c forced to come forward with, this addition amount, how much would it erst each school In the coun ty on the average, tho superintendent was asked by a trustee. The auper? Intentloni replied that the supervisor cost thc county board about $500 n year, and that if the board had to pay the entire cost or the supervisor, which In about $750, lt would cost each school or thP county an average of something ovor $8. Several trus tees remarked that they would not bo m favor ot taking thut much off tho appropriation for th^lr respective schools for tho employment of a tup' orvlior. This brought tho matter to a general discussion and finally to a C. te. Though several of the trustees spoke In opposition to the discon tinuance of tho work, 23 members went on record as opposing the con tinuance of the oflk'e while 12 voted for lt to be continued. An I npttiitilar Hove. Persona who are conversa?;?: ?*lth tho value of the work of tbs super visor and who know how the patron*) of the country schools feel about it believe that were, the question put to a vote of ? malortty of thQ trustees thty would go cn record aa favoring the continuance ot the office. It waa also suggested that it lg not from a larger percentage ot the membership of thc trustees association before they vote to Abolish Inc ofil Sj of the sup ervisor. Trustees In Seaslo** The trustees met in quarterly ses sion ats noon and w?**o addressed by Prof. E. Marlon Ruck?-.-, fermer Au dorsoninn, who 1B now in instructor In the law Behool or the University or South Carolina. Prof. H?cker madf Ute trustees a splendid talk, laving stress on the great need add tho valu? of higher education for thc young men and women or tho land. He em phasised th0 importance or'the trus tee* getting good teachers fer tao'.r schools and keeping them. Frequent changes in teachers, he stated, ts both bad for the schools aid for the pupils attending the school?. county Superintendent of Educa tion Felton gave next a*l account of the State Teachers' association meet ing in Florence recently and made a plea for full t?nus for the schools.. He resd and explained to the trustees the .ecently enacted compulsory school attendance law, and a?ked them to g ?fe the matter their eerlour consideration. County Supervisor of Fmr?l Schoolt Miss Maggie M. Carlington appeared before the trustees ' and r. j-ve an ex haustive account of the work she bsd been doing since taking over the du ties ot the office. Trustees' Feknt. . Arter tho bunine;, or thc meeting had been brought o a cleat tho tras tees were treated to fruit and cigars by thc county Superintendent. The meeting wits presided over by Presi dent W. Av Tripp. Secretary Welter Sanders v.aa on hand- to discharge his duties. The nert meeting of the or ganization will be held In July. KINO OEORGE HOUSEHOLD TO PRACTICE TEETOTALISM. IX)N'no.\, April Q<--Teetotalism been forced in all r.f the king's ot or household*, beginning Wednesday, according to an official announcement issued tonight, which saya no wines or spirits will he consumed thereafter.