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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, ALLIED ARMIES AWAIT RESULT RUPIAH PLANS GERMANS ARE RUSHING RE INFORCEMENTS TO HUNGARY EXCHANGE NOTES Between Bulgarie and Servia May Settle Recent Border Incidents. LONDON, April 6.-Though the French ure conducting a sustained of-' tensive between the m*ers Meuse and j MOBOUCI In an cito rt to dislodge the Germans from St. Michel, tbe allied armies as a whole appear to be await ing the outcome of Russian gigantic' plan to force tito Carpathian bar rier. . Thc Germans are believed to bc pcuring troops Into Hungary even to the extent of weakening their own forcoB in Flanders. Vienna tonight notes the presence of and recounts the success of Ocr inun-AuHtrlau troopj in Aborozs Val ley. There is less talk in England of a spring advance in France and Bel gium, and an Increasing appreciation of tiic task Russia is attempting. This leads tc thc belief In some quar ters that the allies in the west, rec koning the- heavy cost of smashing Ute German linea, may seek only to hold ground In the belief tbat the Russians will Invade Hungary, ul timately to join hands with the allied forces working northward through Serbia. Meanwhile it la argued that tho bombardment ot the Dardanelles may bc contlued aa the shortest, If most costly method of crushing Tur key. Lack of news from the Darda nelles is taken to mean that important operation? are in progress. Excluding active military opera tions, questions of munitions aed al cohol dominate public mind in Eng land. Lord Kitchener, was secretary, tonight named a committee to round up labor sufficient to produce muni tions commensurate with tremendous demands. What the government pro? fjoscH to do with the liquor problem won't be disclosed until parliament re assembles April fourteenth, but the Idea of general prohibition is not taken seriously. Authorities seem to hope that thc desired results will follow voluntary abstinance and resrtictlons on sa loons. Bulgaria and Serbia have ?exchang ed notes, which appear to have ended recent border Incidents, but officials of the Serbian government insist that . tho latest outbreak was engineered from Bulgaria and that Austrians and Turks were found among the dead raiders. GLOOMY PROSPECT FOR TEXTILE MEN ... *? , , ff' , . -V anpMMMMatsw Must Close Unless Enabled to Im port Dye Stuffs From Germany. WASHINGTON, April 6.-A gloomy view of the Immediate future of thc American textile industry waa prc ? aeutcd at the,V? hito House and state department today by a committee rep resenting four hundred mills. Unless some relaxation ot the British block ade ls obtained and Gorman dye stuffs reach them within six weeks time the committee said two seventy mills will bo forced cloao and two hundred and ' .sixty thousand operatives* will ta idle. Government officials promised to make renewed efforts but held out no great hopes. Republican Elected Mayor of Chicago -r CHICAGO. April ?.-Returns from fourteen hundred precincts out of fif teen hundred and sixty six Indicate that William Hale Thompson, Repub licen, ls elected' Chicago's mayor to day by a hundred and thirty thousand plurality ovar f.obert M. 8weltser. Democrat. Other city offices were won by Republicans by sevfenty ave thous and plurality - Women's votes were divided between the candidates in about the same proportion as men's. Illinois' Cities Yate Dry. EAST ST. LUIOS, April 6-Dry forces were victorious in mont central and southern illinois cities when local option electlops were held to day The women's votes divided al stoat evenly between two Issued. >? , ' Beseaa Crew af Hefewoaer. NEW YOftK. April ?.?-The crew of the schooner Lissie B. Willey was res cued today off the Florida coast hy the steamer Proteus, according to a wireless received hare. The schoon er, bound from Savannah to Caw* tucket, struck Saturday'* storm. SINKING OF TALABA CLAIM ARMED TRADERS CONSTITUTE WAR VES SELS COMPLICATED CASE Involves Right of Neutrals to Travel on Belligerent Ships. WASHINGTON. April ?.-Govern ment officials took auder considera tion today a statement from thc Ger man embassy quoting an official mes sage from the Berlin foreign office disclaiming responsibility for the loss of any neutral lives aboard the Brit^ Ish steamer Falaba, Bunk recently by a German submarine. Germany claims that the Falaba, as well aa other British merchantmen are arm ed; that military necessity made it impossible for the submarine to give any longer time than was allowed passengers to escape. State depart ment officials say the death of Leon. C. Thresher, the American citizen, who was lost with the Falaba, con stitutes a complicated case. If tho German view that , all merchantmen being* armed ar? warships is accepted, the rights of neutrals to travel on belligerent craft of any kind would be circumscribed. THE EITEL FREDERICH MAY LEAVE NORFOLK WAY CLEARED BY ORDERS ISSUED TO PILOTS BY GOVERNMENT COMMANDER SILENT Will Give No Intimation or In formation* As to Inten tions. v NEWPORT NEWS. April C.- Tust before midnight tonight everything appeared to bo in readiness for the Germen cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich to leave the shipyard here. Collec tor of Customs Hamilton, who had vir ?led the ship carly In the evening was given farewell by the officers. The first officer invitad him to remain, "go with us." It . was learned that Commapdcr Thierichens bade fare well to government officials when he visited the battleship Alabama today: NEWPORT NEWS. April 6.-?-A way for -the German merchant raider, Prins Eitel Frcdrich to leave neutral waters was cleared today by the United States government. Pilots were given orders not to take a merchant ship of any belligerent enemy of Germany out of Newport- News. Norfolk, until further notice. The order which be came effective about noon today, fol-1 lowed directions last night by British authorities to British merchantmen not to clear their ships after noon of any day. It developed today, that the holding up of clearance of British ships last Friday for twenty-four hours, thus giving the first period ot liberty to the Eitel Friedrich, which had' not been done by the United States, but by orders of the British government through consuls herr.-. Commander Thierlchcna ?vould not say whether he would take advantage of the li berty nc'vlod given .by the United States. Tonight his ship ts apparently ready' to sall, eh? was paint*-.! today by the. crew. It was reported today that the Eitel had been Interned, hut the naval patrol around the cruiser, the presence of the" Alaterna patrol lug Hampoon Reads seems to indicate ' that the reports are unfounded. PRESS ASSOCIATION AT CHICK SPRINGS Editer? and Master Printers to Meet in Joint Session June 20-29-30. The South Carolina press Associa tion will meat at Chick Springs on June 28-29-30, the date having been Settled on at the meeting of the ex ecutive committee In Columbia this afternoon, lt ia probable that the Master Printers Association will meet with the Press Association, the- presi dent of the .Master Printers. C. <'? Muller, having been present at ?he meeting by Invitation and expressed Ns approval of the plan for a joint dag. Russian Battleships May Go Down the Bosporus. B LACK '?ii . fV J ./?t? ' x*wtc& (pwAr/mi* Jp i, : ^ L . ? /fe ^ /^V^*>*VA?^V >- yti.oit if.-osH, jj * { V. " -, , "? WC?/ S!^w^^ t wv /r'iAv^ ! mi'KOi)\-<?K~. . , ^BATTERIES SEA 'OF ^^SV. ^..MAR M ORA A?? t?^? Europe W83 Btartled the other day to learn that the russian battleships ot tlie Black Sea, which had been in hiding since thc Gooben, the great German battle cruiser, had entered lt, had begun thetr long' expected at tack on Constantinople. The . only way in which it could be explained was by the assumption that three new battleships, which Russia began building about two .years ago, had been completed. However, ' the bombardment will compel the government to toke some of tho engineers from its fortlflcatioi-, in'the Dardanelles to case for the j Bosporus forts. That will help the allied fleet in the Dardanelles by weakening the defense. While no mention ls made in the i Petrograd despatches ot the makeup of the Russian fleet, it !? probable) that the three new dreadnoughts which haye been building at Niko-! lalev have been completed and are now with the older vessels of thc Black Sea fleet. II?I? MAY DECIDE NOT TO ENTER WAR STILL HOPE OF SATISFAC TORY TERMS WITH? AUSTRIA IS STILL PREPARING SPLENDID REVIVAL AT SECOND CHURCH PEOPLE OF ANDERSON MiLL ARE ENJOYING A BIG RE VIVAL MEETING Military Activities Are Being Push; ed With Increased Vigor. REV. JAS. ANDERSON Pastor of Second Baptist Church Is Convicting the Services! -Bethel Joins In. ROMK, April 6.-There has been no outward change in tho situation re garding the malntcnnnc" of Italian neutrality, but military preparaloas are being pushed with ever Increas ing vigor. Information obtained from_ ml ??bte Sources is that negotiation? regarding.territorial concessions from Austria are being continued; that there' ts yet hopo of reaching a sat isfactory understanding So that war may be avoided. Increased activity on the part o? the Italien fleet may be presaged by incidents reported at -Marlon.-, ports which, while not importent in them selves, e.re: regarded here as signifi cant. , Rattle flags recently were pre sented to ttvo battleship* with, patrio tic demonstrations attending. VILLA^A?TI?G ON ARTILLERY TRAIN BFOWNBVrLLE. Texas. April fi. Except for an exchange of rifle shots between Villa outpost? and Carranza forces ?esl to reinforce the Mau* moros garrie* , quiet prevailed on the Mexican std? of the Rio Grande near here today. mp.nder r reeraents got through th? Vi1}? traes uninjured., The Villa artillery train, which is awaited be ?ttack begins was re Undcr the leadership of tue Rev. .James Anderson, pastor of the . Sec ond Baptist church, a revival meeting ls now under way with the church, having started' last Sunday night. The revival will contine for) some two weeks or longer. The congrega tion of Bethel Methodist church are taking' an Interest in the meetings as well a? members of the Baptist de nomination. While the series of'meetings are under way regular services at Bethel church, with the exception of Sunday school. This la done in order that the members ot the Bethe) congrega tion may be free to take part' In all the services of the revival. Iisrge congregations ?re attending the meeting? every night and under the splendid work of the pastor great good is going ' to result from the series of rr-.tetlngs, Germany Has Lost 31,000 Office*-? I PARIS. April 6.-The Germans lost t'.tirty one thousand, two hundred andi seventy-six office.?, including a hun-1 dred generals killed, wounded and missing tu March l&th, according to the French war office? The list is sued today was complied from Ger man' official report* o*f losses Of their] sincera. Germany uria ntty-t,wo thous and. elgin hundred ?nd nv?, officers when i the war began. MAY ARRANGE FOR TRAIN SERVICE TO VERA CRUZ QUIET IN YUCATAN No Further Interruption of Ex portation of Sisal Hemp. WASHINGTON. April 0.-Tho Atnorican government hoe received intimations thal Carranza w<nt con sent to Hie neutralisation of Mexico City as was propose! and agreed to by ?he Villn-Zapatu faction. It ia be lieved, however, that arrangements may be made for the uninterrupted pas ;e of trains between .Mexico City and Vera Cruz. The latos*, advices to the state de partment wen tout the armies ?.r Vil la ami Obregon were expected to come in contact yesterday near Irapuato. Reports -Ja>" a-l is quiet in Yucatan; Sisal hemp being exported. ANDERSON COLLEGE ON ACCREDITED LIST STATE BOARD EDUCATION GIVES RECOGNITION TO LOCAL INSTITUTION TWO ELECTIONS! Superintendents For Berkley and Newberry Counties Were Chosen by Board. Special to Tim Intellisencer. COLUMBIA. April 6.-The State board o? education, in session here today, elected I.. G. C. Porter superin tendent of education for Berkeley County, and S. J. Derrick, professer of history in Newberry .College. Sup erintendent of education for Newberry County. Friday May 7 was set as tho ?ate for holding the spring exam in 'i lions for teachers at all the conn.y courthouses Thc legislation affecting education passed by thc recent session of'thc legislature . was considered and the board endorsed local option .compul sory education law, aa " a most do Birable beginning." and expressed the hope that as manv school districts as possible will avail themselves of thc law for the new scholastic year. The*hoard will now b? able to is sue State teachers certificates. Grad uates of accredited colleges in this Stat?- will ??t State teachers certi ficates only who they teach in come o'her State and graduate of accredit ed schools in o.her States which re ciprocate with South Carolina will b:> given State teachers certificates when teaching in this State. Credit will be allowed by the board for tue sum mer school work in IOU. The Hst of high schools was gon over and the money appropriated j the State as aid 'o these schools will be oald out in May. The boards of education of the vu rlouB counties were opointed for tho term beginning April 101$ The committee on scholarships ol the board submitted the following re port: Columbia, S. C.. April 6. m.". Hon. J. E. Swearlngen. Secretary State Board of Education, Columbia, 8. C.. near Slr "Thq undersigned committee, ap pointed to investigate the standing of scholarships students at State institu tions beg leave to make the following recommendations: 1 Ti.t>t no scholarship shall extend beyond a period of 4 years. 2 That State adopted text hoi.ks should be a basis for question for scholarship examination. 3 That the examination questions should cover a? least three.years high school work. 4 That members ct ope family should no* be thc recipient of, several scholarships it there ?re other eli gible. ? . ... . .^Tji . ft .V That aeholarships should be awarded Tor merltorln-i work rather than on competitive examination. The board named a committee to consider the revision of the,system of, examination and certihcatlon of teachers with the view of securing ? more flexible and effective system Anderson Collage was added to the list of accredited colleges. The board recognised the liberal policy cf the l?gislature in making in eroased appropriations for the school? and expressed the hope that they will sse the'day when the per capita; ex penditure will ba at least as much as per whit? nunil At nresent lt ts a little o"4n- $14 per capita. YEGGS WOE POINTS ?XHIB?TS FOR FIELD DAY BEING PLACED SPLENDID SPECIMENS OF WORK BY SCHOOL CHIL DREN MANY VISITORS Will Be in Anderson Friday Pro vided Weather Conditions Favorable. Final tloinlio for School Fair and Field Day exercises to be held in An derson next Friday by the schools of Anderson county are being worked out this week by Miss Maggie M. Carlington, county supervisor of rural schools, and those who are assisting here In the preparations. Weather conditions being favorable. Friday will probably see the largest number of pupils and school patrons in Anderson that have ever congre gated at one place In a county of this State. Special trains will bo operated toand from the city while the third railroad will enrrrf extra equipment on its regular train i for the accommodation of the alsltors. The placing of exhibits from the various schools at Anderson College ls occupying thc principal part ot the committee's time Just now. The ex hibits are being brought to the office of MISB Garllngton and from thorc are transferred to the college, whoru they arc placed in position. Judging from exhibits that have been brought in so far, there will be many a surprise in store for those who visit the exhibit hull at the col lege on Fair and Field day. NEW SUPERiNTENBENT FOR INSANE ASYLUM DR. GEORGE S. SARGENT WILL ASSUME DUTIES MAY 10 '. SUCCEEDS STRAIT Governor Decides to Place Ex \ pert *n Charge of State Hospital. COLUMBIA^ April 8.-After giving tho matter most earnest and. careful attention for three months, Governor .Manning has appointed Dr. George S. Sargent, an expert in the treatment of mental diseases and care of the in sane, superintendent of the State Hos pital for the Insane. The new sup* ?r,ntendent will assume his dalles on May 10. Dr. Sargent IB :16 year? of ace and has been married two years. Ile graduated from the College - of Physi cians aud Surgeon... class of I9?3. and served for two years at the Worches ter, Mass., State Hospital for thc In sane. Me then went to the Northern .Michigan Hospital for the Insane, and .since his services there has been as sistant physician, at .'heppard and Enoch Traup Hospital for the Insane st Towgon, 'AA. Dr Sargent was high ly recommended by Dr. Brush, the superintendent of the Shepp*.d sad Enoch Trttpn -fV. >pit?i and by P-rs Henry M. Herd and Parker of Johns Hopkins, and by Dr. Munson, super intendent of he Northern Michigan Asylum and Dr. T. A. Herring; sec retary of the Maryland lunacy Com mission, who made tho Investigation and report on conditions at the State asylum as the governor's efficiency expert. Aa roon a?, the' nlans'for the reor ganization of the State Hospital foi the Insane was decided upon the gov* ernr-r sent for Dr. T. J. Strait, th? present superintendent, and told him it was hts Intention to gel an ex. erl for superintendent but that br would give him ample notice. As noon na. he'selected itr. Sargent for the place Ute governor again sent for Dr. Strati and told him that he had appointed Dr. Sargent superintendent and tha' b? would assume his duties on May 10. Rrj x Grhi In Wisconsin. MILWAUKEE. April 6.-Early re turaa from today's election show gains for the dry's in thirteen Wis consin towns. The wets gained one town. Klection In Michigan. DETROIT, April 6-Complet* un official retorna frorr. yesterday's elec tion in sixteen fe'tJhigan Counties shows that the drys carried fourteen counties, Wets two. ; . ' .( ? . -, IK AT TWO IN COUNTY POSTOFFICE SAFES AT HONEA PATH AND WIL LIAMSTON SLOWED OPEN EARLY TUES DAY GOT MUCH BOOTY AT HONEA PATH Robbers Got $76 Cash and Over Thousand Dollars Worth of Stamps Besides Much Val uable Paper. After taking the precaution against detection by plunging the town in darkness, yeggtnen entored tho post office ut Ilonca, Path early Tuesday morning and blow open the satd, Se curing about $76 in cash, $1,761 In stamps and thousands of dollars worth of Insurance p?lleles. bank stocks and ' real estate deeds, and made their escape In an automobile. About an hour after this burglary waa committed the postoffice safe at WU Ilamston was robbed, and inasmuch as several suspicious looking charac ters were seen to pasa through Bel ton In an automobile, traveling from Ilonca Path toward Williamston, be tween the hours the two crimes were 1 comm I tied. it is believed that tho same men are responsible for both jobs. At Williams ton less booty was uecured, though byN oversight tho yeggmen failed to get something Uko $80. Early yesterday morning Sheriff Ashley was notified of the robberies, and with his. deputy set off in the di rection of Oreen ville where the yeggs are said to have been seen Tuesday morning. Up unti: a late hour last night the officers had not returned from Greenville, and no word had come back as to what success they hud had In getting on Ul? trail of the thieves. Cleverly Planned. The safe blowing at linnea Path was cleverly planned. The yeggs first plunged the town In darkness by putting tho electric lighting sys tem out of commission'. ""Ms was done by going to an arc lamp of the outskirts of Ute city, ascending s pole, breaking the globe and Insert ing a piece of cardboard tn-the me chanism ot the I?cht, which caused a .complete short circuit, plunging the town In darkness. The light weat out about ll o'clock Monday night, but not until late yesterday afternoon ' did P. W. Sullivan, manager of the plant at Monea Path, discover by what means ^he yeggmen managed to put the lighting system out of com mission. After darkening the town the rob bers secured a monkey wrench from the premises of u residence near thc postoffice and stole several lap robes and a quantity of old carpet. The wrench was used in knocking tho ccmblnstton off the safe, while tho tap robes and the carpets were soaked first iq water and then wrapped abouj the safe to deaden the report, of thc explosion. This leads to tho belief that the in -? who did the Job are profes sionals, as IS also indicated by thc foot that they first took the precau tion of crippling the electric lighting system. Nltro-glycenrlne wa? used lr blowing the safe, ind reports from Monea Path are to the effect that the sato is a complete wreck as a rusait of the heavy charge of high explo sive set off in it. Escaped In Automobile. nho'ily after the explosion oc curred an automobile was heard to pass through the outskirts ot the town going in the direction of Belton. Citi zens of the town, awakened hy Ute noise of the explosion, were np and about shortly after to ascertain whence the noise and after consider able investigation made the discovery of the robbery. Suspicion rested immediately ' ?m a party of strange. > men. numbering cbout 5. who wera sect about tho tonn in an automobile at carious time, doting the day. As a matter ot tact, a young druggist or Monea Path, Mr. Callahan, observed the men actln?', tn a suspicious manner is he went home a howl ll o'clock, oed when he ranch ed als home Jm?t beyond the town limita attempted to telephone oack to tho p'oilce about wh?i he had obi.erved ut was unable lo get into touch with the <.fi:cer. The policetnsa on dulf *t: nttfht waa taken *tctt ?h?bt ll.ZO o'clock and went to hr? home, hei?? o there was no officer on duty <vhcii thc rothery occurred. Robbery at V>IIHoiisl<?e. About 2:S0 o'clock yesterday, morn ing tho safe In the Wtllininstoa post office was lown much* In the same manner aa the one ??l< Hones Path. Here the robbers secured only 26 cents In money, 80 cents worth ' of stamps bnt missed geting $10. which was also la th? safe. The robbers gained an entrance to the postoffice building at WlUtamston by forcing the door with an iron bar. A party of men were asen .leaving Wllliamston shortly after the explo sion, traveling in a lford automobile and going tn the ville.