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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, HAS DECLINED TO MAKE ANY TERRITORIAL CON. CESSIONS PLACE TROOPS ON ITALIAN FRONTIER Ronra C?rrete ender* of Figaro Say? Rome Believe* War i. e !.>.?.. e ?ISSlMi TROOP* ? . . ,:. ,- ? . KtMfK. Aerif. ?k-Beports re. e* . ?hei here from A ?stria today a ? says tue Deal monarchy ls ker* o e neely gathering breens ea the o e Ifalum froatkrto face a ?esslele e o tarante* hy Italian soldiers. A o a largo contingent ff Austrian o o treepM 1? qBartered Ht several o e frontier polst*. . . e PARIS. April 20.-Italy'? decision for or, against war ls' believed le Home to be imminent. The.Home-cor respondent of < the Paris Figaro says that today marka the expiration or the time limit which was fixed by Italy1 for a presenttloo of proposals by Austria. U la generally under stood that Austria bsa' declined to make a territorial concession that ls satisfactory to Italy, and, according to thia report, the German''and Austrian ambassadors are preparing to leave. Greece also ia endeavoring to arrive ai a fixed policy. A representative of . -Xlegvjtj^i?i?teft.Js on his : way ^ tb yi?aaa and Bftflln, presumably'on iib intimation has been given as to the exact purpose of the mission.-al though lt ls known that King Con stantino who ls ? brother-in-law of Kniperor William ol' Germany has net himself against .tho party which favors the intervention of Onfeco on the Kids of tho allies. ill REVIEW FLEET ?? HEW ISM M ?7 ... .. ARRANGING DETAILS OF PROGRAM FOR PRESI DENT'S S/iSiT ? WATER CARNlVAIi Lent* Parada And Many Other Features Planned To Fol? , Bow Review. WASHINGTON. April 20. -Tue navy department has selected islay iT. for the-president's review of tho. Atlantic fleet at New York. The department officials today er? working out the details of the ra\ <* and the events to follow ashore.. These lncludo a wa ter carnival on thc 17th and a land pa rado by bluejackets, marines, federal troops and other military organiza tions on tho asst d?.y. The erosleeui.wUl retrain In New York "until titer 1?th. HI" reviewing party Mil Ipcludo the cabinet mem bers, senators.'Aongresamen. diplo mats' and others. After the New York events the fleet bolds its maneuvers oe Naragan ?cit bay^ Thsn it will rendezvous at ^llampteu Roads soon after Juno 21st. 'Between th* ilst and 25th the fleet will atari Its Cruise to San Francisco, passing -through the Panama cansl about July 4th. TLv president has definitely decided that lt wilt be im possible for him to attend tb? formal . opening of th? cattai la July. FRENOIWILL NOT TRY SWOBOD A PARIS, April JfO-The French mll tuu-y authorities have decided to drop the charge that raymond Swoboda ?ot tire to the steamer La TourrsJue, anya a ?oeai newspaper today. Tho officer who was, appointed to Investi gate the case ts quoted as saying that there ta not suawtent evidence to con vict. - Stajbode still fsees au espionage charge. Kc admitted at tue pteiim leary beering that his real nam? waa ?chwind. Ms Is now permitted to bav? ?eal? seht from a restaurant. The ??ruer* walsh bim closely, fear ful that Bwopdda will attempt sui cid*, v EMPHASIZES NEED FOR VAST AMOUNT OF MUNITIONS OF WAR ASKS WORKMEN FOR COOPERATION No Indication Yet of Govcrn ImehU Plant On Drink ProMain. I LONDON. April 20.-Prime Minis ter ABQUHU again bas emphasized the a?eV. of a vast amount ot supplies and war munitions. Sneaking at New I'nstJc tonight, he appealed to work TS in armeaent factortoa to rival : lie patriotism ot their tel Iowa who liad'*? gone to the front by regular ittcftdance* of the factory and by us ing 'their utmost endeavors to In crease the production of c'jpplies. \squitr. aald "Once factories arr or-, ganfxed and mobilized, all will bc "LOX??N. April 20.-With cabinet nlulstera in the house ot commons, ;hc house- of lords subjected to rapid Eire questions, and Premier Asquith lellvcrjng a speech to armament rrorkera. the British public expected nany- questions on which Information a dekired, to be answered. ilm?^m???t?fi?iairt were .^ot^eppfe ntnn^tlTo ySnnvno Indication was ?iven regarding tho government's ?lan for dealing with the drink.prob lem. Regarding conscription. Chad* ;ollor Exchequer Lloyd George said, .hp government didn't believe the war .vould bo more successfully prosccut :d thereby. He doclarod Lord Kltch juor waa gratified with the response :o his appeal for volunteers*. There 'bas been considerable fight ing at. several pointa on the western iront- The Austro-Italiau situation a still shrouded with mystery. lt la reported that martial law has been proclaimed at Trent, owing to dla >rders. JUDGE JOHNSON ASSUMES DUTIES GREENVILLE, Agril 20<7-The Hon. ioseph T. Jc anson, for twelve years ho representative of the Fourth Con gressional district, is now judge of tte Western District or South Carc tna, and until the election of bis auc iesaor'the Fourth District will be without repr?sentation in congress. Judge Johnson was inducted into >fflce today in tho presence ot a crowd hat overflowed thc courtroom. The ;cremony incident .to his assumption if the bench was formal, though dmple. consisting of the .. reading itoud of his commission signed by 'resident Woodrow Wilson and coun cr-slgned by Thomee W. Gregory, tttorney general. Upon the formal equeat the oath was then admlnister ?d to him by the clerk of the.court, dr. Richard W. Hutson, tn open court m required by law.. rasWiiRs OF EARLY PEAGE Reports From Rosne Say a Gen eral Peace Wilt Soon Be Concluded . ROME. April 20.-Within the last ?4 hours, persiatent reporte have arts ? here that a general peace in Eu rope may be concluded at no distant late. The reports can not at. present lie! ascribed to a definite source, but sro reflected in.high quarters and ire ; given heed ny the careful observ ara of International polities. lt ls pointed- out that Rome ts in an excellent position for the con iut.6 of peace negotiants, as Prince Von Buelow, one of the ablest Ger ajifc*$ptomat8, ls here as ambassador to Italy, while the offcial retatlona ??tween Italy and the triple ontente. ?re cordial. lu certain quarters here the idea prevails that the advent of ?pring has act seen such a presumption pf ag? rressiv? policy aa has been promised, That ia ?regarded ss significant. IN ADDRESS BEFORE ASSO CIATED PRESS ANNUAL LUNCHEON SHOULD ASSIST IN ' RECONSTRUCTION Says Tesl of Friendship . U Not | Sympathy SrV'th Either Sede. NEW YORK. April 20.-President Wilson today gave a definite and j clear statement of the neutrality guid ing his administration during the European war. ? He chope the occasion of the annual luncheon of the Associated Presa for what he said he regarded aa a state ment of tho grayest importance to ' the Americanpeople. The newspa pers' Influence In moulding public opinion1, the president said, prompted him to. make, clear his ideas ot true i neutrality, and in doiug so to impress on bia hearers the Importance of ad hearing strictly to truthfulness and honesty,In the dissemination of news. As the only great nation not engaged in the war, or Buffering under the immediate influence of the war tone. r-frts^ftraffl^ distinction awaited thc United States when the ,hbur of re-adjustment should come; provided the nation ahould prove to the world Ita self control and.self-mastery. He said the past.had been difficult but the future would lie'more dim cult, and declared an America should ?novel sit In Judgment on another na ttait. Ile said, America, free from ? hampering ambitions as a world pow 1 er, free from the lust for territory, calm, cool, and without self-interest, i must bc appealed to assist in the re ? constructing processes of peaje. Tho [ neutrality of the United States, the I president said, had a higher basia than a petty desire to keep out of j trouble, 1 ' The president added: "Th?ro'? something so much greater to do than fight. Lets' think of Amer ica bet?re wc thii.\ of Europe. In or der that America may be flt to be Europe's friend when the day to test her friendship comea. The teat of ' friendship isn't sympathy with ope aide or the other, but in getting ready help both sides when the Struggle la over." The president wrs given a tremcudoua ovation. Frank B. Noyse, prcsidoht ot the Associated Press, who introduced the pros ide nt. said: "We afc gathered here today, thc membership of what is, I believe, in scope ind importance of activities, the greatest co-operative, non-profit making organization in, tho world. The functions ot the Associated Press is to furulsh ita members sorvlce of world news, untainted and without j blaa of sfhy sort. To ensuvo thia we have formed an organization that la owned and controlled by Ita members and then) alono, ono that is our ser vant and not our master." FIRE ON ?. S. ARMY BIPlAHEi Machins Gun Fired At Aviatoi Flying Over Browns ville. BROWNESVILLE. Apr II 2O.-*A United States army biplano ?iytng over F?rt Browa, near here, waa fired upon this afternoon from the Mexican Side ot the Rio Grande. Twenty rifle shots. ware directed against. the ma chine, white a machine gun en the Mexican aide from Fort Brown fired fifty shot?, :: ta believed tn army circles here at the biplane. The ma chine landed safely at Matamoros, op* poalte Brownsville, which is occupied by Carreara troops. B. A. K. Klee thu* Today. WASHINGTON, April 20.-Lines are drawn tonight for a vigorous con test for control or the national, or ganization of Daughters ot the Ameri can Revolution. Mr?. William Cum ming story of New York, president general waa re-nominated and Mrs. George Thacher Ouernzy of Kanau was nominated hy the opposing fac tion. The balloting will begin to morrow. Bife gs Bank and Its Prssi by Secretary 6 Thc Riggs National Bank of Wasii flngton. D. C., and it.; President 'bari?" C. Glover, have become tho ?object or bitter attack by Secretary pf the Treasury William. G. McAdoo and John Skelton Williams, controller of the treasury. The building occu pied by the bank la one of the finest business structures in Washington. It ls not far from the treasury de partment building and the fighting jfficlals of both Institution!* may sec each other as they go back and forth from their office?. Controller Williams has charged President Glover and other officiais of the bank with practices incom patible with the spirit of she Federal Reserve act and the nuUbn.il banking IEVED HIMSELF JUSTI FIED IN MAKING STATE MENTS BARNES FAVORED BIG BUSINESS Said Barnes Told Him P<vple Were Not Fit To Govern Selves. SYRAv SE. April 20.-Theodore Djpsevelf took thc witness stand in Iths' Sup? ?me Court herc today and testified II an effort to prove. his contention tl?r? b0 was justified,! fri causing .the publication o? the state ment on which William Dames, aned him for fifty thousand dollar? for alleged libel. Roosevelt, testified Barnes urged him not. to antagonize men of targe business Interests who contributed to the O?mocratfc or Re publican parties - so they would be protested, ile said Bardes told him it. was essential to protect big busi ness Interests, for otherwise they would not .contribute, and without contributions tt would be impossible to carry on the organization. He quoted BarneB as saying, party gov ernment would be Impossible without organization leaders and bosses. He also quoted Barnes aa telling him "thc people arcot fit ' to govern them selves." Barnes' attorneys rested before Roosevelt took tho stand. Roosevelt sketched his political, war cartons. He talked to counsel on boto sides, offered auggeatiobs and entered Into a discussion of marv Uteri one;poipt ith ibo trial judge. He will continue ils testimony tomorrow. 1 SYRACUSE. April 20.-The counsel ;>r William Barnes In hi? libel, suit ilnst Theodore -Roosevelt, asking ).000, retried their caa? today sflcr tey had offered evidence to prove the publication of th? alleged libelous statements. Wm. Bl; Tvin.s chief of Barnes* legal staff, outlined the plain tiffs case. Roosevelt's entire pollti cal career wan outlined and the wide publicity which waS given his remarks was emphasized. Wm. it. Van Benschottea ot Roose velt's counsel outlined the defendant's case! Much attention was paid to what he termed Roosevelt's tong fight for clean government. Only oee witness wa? called to tes tify for the defense. Ile. was John McGrath, Roosevelt'? private secre tary. McGrath testified that he gey* Out a statement which ts complained j or to newspaper reportar? at Oyster j Bay. A partial Hst of th?* ?8 newspa- | per? la which the statement appeared i t was read. ?i '.-.ti iw. How far the eonteat will go is ot known. The bank brought the ght to a head by bringing Bult gainst the treasury heads who had eld out $5,000 interest due on bonds, tut the tour! fight, it ls predicted, rill be only the beginning of a con est which may Involve several Annu lera with tho department. FDR B. i. a P. RY. GO. PETITION FILED BY AMERI CAN STEEL FOUNDRIES COMPANY DIRECTORS ADMIT ROAD INSOLVENT Former cretary of W?r, J. M. Dickinson, One of Re Reivers Named. LCHICAGO. April L'O.-A petition for receiver for thc Chicago, Rock la laud.and Pacific railway company was fi!.M1 (n- the t'nited States court herc today by the American Steel Foundries company. The counsel for the plain tiff told Judge Carpenter! that (be Kock Island had admitted its Inability to meet Hs obligations and that the receivership waa asked for the bene Iflt of thc stockholders, bondholders and other creditor?. The defendant company ls opei'iU ing a company which, according to tho-company's officers never . before had been named In such a BUH. Tho Lock Inland company filed an answer, consenting to thc receivership sud Judge Carpenter appointed ll. u. Mudgfe. president of the Rock Island company, and J. M. Dickinson, former secretary of war. as receivers. A. C. Ridgeway, ns vice president of the railway company, and SV. F. Dickinson, Ita general attorney, were In court. Doth admitted the com pany insolvent. Short term notes ag gregating $5,000,000 are due May 1st ind it ls said that there are other ob- ? ligations. CHICAGO,. April Al.-iH, ^ Mudge, president of the CMcagO-f'ftb'ck Inland Mid Pacific R.iilww- who with Jacob M. Dickinson, former secretary of . war, was named receive j* for that pro perty in federal court today, declared he will.depend ofr'Jtbe excellent bhysK-<: ?1 condition Qf the joadjhnd jttfejpro aerty he think* ls .returning to the Kountry. ,tp ret?^Mmajiv'', ' thc; rorpora Hon while the court- apord?* lt protec tion ,from creditor-.'. 'He said the Rock Island ls thc largest railroad nor placed tn the hand? of receivers md minka tho receivership will be }f short duration. He declarer! the real and underlying trouble is the gov srnment'H attitude toward ir Ilroads. i issertlug they must bav? high vt rates md lower costs ot operation. The- immediate csr-e cf the receiv irahlp waa tbe maturity of obligation? >n April 30th. aggregating -more than i ..oi o.ooo. which the road could not ?sy. Picnic ai Ebeneser Scheat, ' The Ebeneser school will nave a ?lenk on thc ?'hool grounds Satur day. April 2-t. The public ls cordially nvlted. ERNEST COC ACCIDENT J ?SYINTTO TEN Om TUESDAY HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR STAPLE SINCE OUT BREAK OF WAR MANY BALES SOLD Estimated That Between 500 and 600 Bales Were Sold On the Local Market. For the first time since tho oubrcak of tlie European YVur last tall, the price of cotton on the local market wont to ^10 cents per pound yester day. A buyer stated that bctwecu 500 und 600 bales of the staple were sold on the loc-al market, this being the larg* j est amount that has been sold on any one day for many months. A report Btated that something over SOO bales were aold nt Iva. and that much colton was bought at other towns about In the county. That cotton, had gone to 10 rents on the local market yesterday, waa commented on aenrrnMv through"" . the business district of cae city, and hud it very i^rceptlble effect ou tub state of mind fi* the pr: ol lc. (iUAIX RATE II KA il Mi Will lie Held hy the llnllroad Cowmla siou uti April 28. The chamber of commerce has been advised that the South Carolina Hall iliad tommi^sion^vill, hold a hearing, bri tlie petition f??: modification o? tho intra-stoite rate?'.on prilln, hay''ana. otho;' furm products on April 28, at ll o'clock a. m. I In the absence from ' the cltv of Chairman W. W. Sullivan of the traf fic committee of the chamber of .com merce, it is probable that some other ; member will bc called upon to re present the committee at the hear ing. CLEAN-UP MOVEMENT IS MEETING WUCCESS DIRT IS MOVING IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. WAGONS BUSY N? PICTURES AT COLORED CHURCH Impossible To Darken Church To Point Where Pictures Will Be a Success. Owing to the fact that lt Is im possible to darken St. Paul'8 (color ed) Baptist church sufficiently in tho day to make the showing of lantern slides a success. Ute arrangement which had been .made fdr exhibiting there today for the benefit of the. col ored school children the lantern slides ands the> motion picture reel, apropos of clean-up and palnt-np week, which were exhibited yesterday morning at The Anderson for th't benefit of the white achool children of the city, has been called off. Those who had charge ot arr menta for thia feature of dean and paint up week regret that it is necessary to call off the event, but aee no other way id which tho pic tures could be< successfully shown. The. 2,400 "wliite school children ot thc city marched to the Anderaon yesterday morning in three ..actions and 'at three1' different hours and viewed the'slides which were, shown there for .their .benefit. The groups went to the theatre at 10:16, ll and ?l:45 o'clock. The'lecture'*'accom panying the pictures ^ were read by Dr. W. H.- Nardin.' secretary of the local board of health; Rev, D. W. Dodge, pastor of Central Presbyterian church, and Secretary Porter A. Whaley of the chamber of commerce. The subject-, treated In the slides shown yesterday were: vision, ath letics, ont of doora and boy scents. Dr. Nardin delivered the lecture on vision. The Rev. Mr. Dodge read the lecture on out of doora sra Mr. Whaley read the lecture on ahtletlca and boy scouts. The clean up and faint up wrak, especially the clean up work, seems to be progressing on a . successful ^atg from the nuinlior of oai'a thai ar* coining lo Hie city hs" tor tl :HRAN, m. LY KILLED SON OF FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY VICTIM OF SAD ACCIDENT ISHCT SELF WITH: FATHER'S Pl Heart-Pending Tragedy Occurred Yesterday Afternoon About 4J10 'if, M. Krncxt Ford, Jr., 14 years old and only er-.'ld of former United States District Attorney a?ul 'Mn.. Brae: F. Cochran, accidentally shut'blniac?f through the head with Mn father's automatic ph-.tol Tuesday afternoon1 lat 4:10 o'clock, while In lils father's roonf at their home at ?00 north Ma num,, street, and dim! at 7: ir? last night without haying regained con sciousness. ' , Thc tragedy-ls ono of" tho most heart-rending that hus ever occured In Anderson. Mrs. Cochran had loft the house only a few minutes prior to the accident, white Mr. Cochran ?was In Greenville, where ho had gone ?to attend United States district court, which convened there yesterday morn The fatal shot was heard by Mtv* Sarah Dixon, a trained nurse, who Was passing the house at the - time. The young lady made her. way to tb') room and found the tad lyinv uncon scious tn the floor. Within a I minutes Mrs. Cochran had bei ?moned, and in the meantime ? and neighbors gathered lo thc grief stricken home. .Medical ss?slst?. was summoned, but lt was seen N*e?t?''\ ?the first that there wss no cbs. H for the lad to survive the fee' wound; The bait from tho weapon entered the lad's right ear, pafl^^H through the head sud esme, through tho loft temple. . The father first hea^-?frtk* drcafi? ?tnt accident to his eon when met by Dr. John F. Vines, pastoso? the First Baptist church,, sud bli friends at the Calhoun street crossing; of Ute Piedmont & - Northen" W?HR.' Though it was a terrible blow to him, ?the father bor" his mirroring frith splendid Chrl. ilsa fortitude Rome coming was pathetic In thc ?-os trera*, and. tho grief of tho parents over the loss of thefr only '?'rita, ?to whom they were devoted with a love that WAS . beauUful to behold,- ia alf but unbearable. I Tho funeral services .' will bo' held this ufternoon at ? o'clock, at the residence, and will be conducted by the Tm. O. L. Martin and Dr. John P. Vines. Interment will bo In 811V*T Brook Cemetery. Tb* pallbearers will bo these young men: diaries S. Sulli van, Jr.. George Fant, Charles Minor, Duff Murray, Philip Wllhlte, Dan l.edht-lter. Jr. Ernest Cochran was 13 years of ?ge last November, ile was a pupil of the sixth grade, attending the North Faut ctrcpt school. . Hei..'ft'e* "a rp mark a We bright hoy;- abd Ja Vis ? len remarked that ho had the po ia o ind the intellect of bus a great ?cal rider; Timm was npt a mcrq pepnje? lad in Anderson and he endeared hini leif to & wide ctrcle-of devoted friends iud adir:rern pf aU-ages. I A more beautiful Christian charac ter than his. ts not to be found in Anderson, ills pastor. Dr, Vines, stat ?njrjast night that he had tho Chris tian character of a man ot mature fears. Only last Sunday the little tetlow reminded hta motlier that that i lay was the first anulver?ary ot .his k inion with the church. In ?peaking it the beautiful Christian character >f the lad. Dr. vin va stated tbst Km >st was never known to retire at night Without first reading his Bible and toing down upon his anees In prayer, if ever a light wa* noticed in tis -oom after tn unusual hour," said "ir. Vines," hwestlgstlou would show hat this boy was reading hi* Bible ?r In prayer." Incident* of tbs boy's isat hours i pon earth aro particularly .strikt?.*, le'had been In a particularly Jolly nood' throughout the afternoon and lad been dawn to cell'e* his aunt. Mas Jeme'Edwards, who lie* ll! in her ionic 'hut a fchort distance away. Kb ra* with his mother bot S few mia- ; lies' before sh* loft the house abd ilayfuiry proposed that they drink >aeh other** health with" -glass**. vt finger sie'which he had. One; bf tba JeattA?^)^^ icen to hare In his hands tv** '* heh* >n"cat?? life, and it is thought that h? tad In mind plans for going camping n the near future. Bey ilk*, he was ?nd of out door life anti *** often ?en playing with wooden goos and luch tove. Shortly after his mother eft the house the lad wen*, up tb his ether'* room, where ho picked ap ir. Cochran'* automatic pistol. Tie ra* never known to toy with tb* wea km before, and bow he came, to bb laadtfng it this finit Usu* la. not mows, unless he picked it op In pase*, ag. and. without thought of the den ier that might be attache* to handling U either twirl**; lt on hi? flu. ?ade some other moV*.with lt that au ?ed it Us shoot with th? ?Wi fe