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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, OPERATIONS ASS! WHICH PROMISE FAR GIGANT OF LAST i GERMANS DETERMIN They Have Undertaken the Capta the Key to French Coast Porti Many Reinforcement* Rushing and Wounded Returning-Alli Russians Resume Attacks in C LONDON, April 24.-Germar Flanders to press the attack, whicli back'to Ypres Canal, north of Ypre ment has assumed greater dimcns'n last October. These operations ei ' Apparently, the Germans intern jei\tive. They have undertaken called the key to the French coast lacks "have already been checked, left, retired with the others and lal They regained nearly all lost grou abandoned. flhe Germans retail north. Their attack south of Ypi believed these attacks mark the st the war's. Woodiest. Telegrams f reinforcements the Germans are rt of dead and wounded returning. In the Carpathians the Russians ; the Austro-German positions at I confirms the new Russian offensive Dardanelles operations. Apparel course she will pursue. Negotiate proceeding. Diplomats are an.Joi LONDON, April 24.-Over, a ten mlle arc-like front In (Belgian Flan ders; touching the region of . Bix Choote on the north and St El ol on the south, the French, British and Belgian troops aro lucked with thc Germans today in a aeries engage ments which recall the stupendous struggle of last October. Driven from hill number sixty, south bf Ypres and failing to take it by counter attacks, the Germans have* begun a sudden ad vance northeastward and, after stupi fying, and killing men io the first trenches with deadly gases from shells, according to the British official report, have driven a wedge of infan try that at some places forced the French and Belgians back across the Ypaer canal, and compelled the Brit ish Uno north ot Ypres to fall back to conform with the French. . APIough the Germana advance is considerable, the allies with ' the French occupying tho center, and the Belgians occupying the center, and the Belgians the left, the British right. Immediately started a counter attack, and compelled thc Germana give up some ground they had taken, according to the allies'' report. Berlin declarea German advances extended over a front of five miles. Some London newspapers today char acterize the Gorman rush as another attempt to reach Calala. Some esti mates say Emperor Williams baa 500. UOO available for this effort . By this time the British are. presumably aro well strengthened and have consoli dated their position on hill No. CO. The hardest fighting, consequently, ls expected north of Ypres. Just as the ' Germana have been battering Ypree-salient, so the French continue their pressure at St. Mi hlei, and with acme success. The campaign. In Uta .east. < con tinues a ta standstill. Tao re he?' been no AO th en tlc newe of movements; ot the allies troops In European Turkey LONDON.' April 24.-''A strong col umn of Russian cavalry again has in vaded East Prussia near Mantel,", says The Dally Newa' Petrograd correspon dent, "and ta threatening the Ger in w. left flank." LONDON, April 24.-More Ger man successes along the western bat tle front ls claimed in todaya official report from Berlin. It la said at tempts of Ute allies to recapture ground lost In Belgium hav? failed, while the Germana captured another town near Ypres. The report de clares nearly 2,500 prisoners, 35 EST BAT' [RAGIN J ME PROPORTIONS TO EXCEED BY IC CONFLICT OCTOBER ED TO REACH CALAIS re of Ypres, Which Is Regarded As i-Message From Holland Tells of ? * to Front and Long Trains of Dead ?es Regain Part of Lost Ground Carpathians-Italy Still Undecided. i troops are now pouring into i at thc beginning, forced the allies s. Holland reports say this move rs than those befo-e the battle of tided in the Germans' discomfiture. 1 reaching Calais, their former ob the capture of Ypres, which is : ports. It is said the German at The Canadians, on the extreme ter made a brilliant counter attack, ind and retook four guns they had i their hold on the Yser further es apparently failed utterly. It is ;art of another big battle, possibly rom HollandJonight tell of many ishing to the front, and iong trains The outcome is eagerly awaited, apparently resumed their attack on Jzsok Pass. The Austrian report :. There is no official news of the ntly Italy hasn't decided what ons with Germany are apparently is. pieces of cannon and large amounts of rifles and ammunition have been captured by Germans in this region. Tho French wau office report givea a different version of the situation in Belgium. From it, it would appear that the German advance has bees halted. It is claimed the allies have captured part ot lost ground. are well organized and fighting under good conditions. Advance of ?the Germans is also attributed by the French report to ' the use ot bombs developing gas which asphyxiated tho men n the trenches. . ' WASHINGTOV. Apr?! 24.-The Ger man embassy annonced today it had information "from a reliable source" that a British battleship was severe ly dsmaged in the last Zeppelin' at tack over Tyne. COUNCIL OF MINISTERS POSTPONE HOKE MEETING ROME, April 24.-The council of ministers to have been held here to day to diacss the international situa-' tlon was postponed. This is under stood' to mean that Earoo Sonnino, Minister' of Foreign Affairs, was not ready to tell his colleagues anything definite about negotiations with Ger ? many and Austria, contrary to expec tations. It is reported that Austria has made further concessions iu an I effort to preserve Italian neutrality. 1 It la said those are not.satisfactory to Italy. It ia said Baron Sonnino ' is obdurate In the demands representing the minimum which Italy expects. Excitement over Ibfi negotiations are great hero, at Vienna and Berlin. Pre mier Satan dru and Baron Sonnino will see King Victor Emanuel, dis cussing the situation after interview ing the German and Austrian ambas sadors. Italy's military preparations aw-really nearly perfect and are be coming more complete dally. Submarines Active. LONDON. April 24.-Tn* freighter Ruth waa sunk by a German subma rine Wednesday. 100 miles east of May Island In the North Sea. The crew waa rescued ead landed at Leith. Finnish Steamer Soak. STOCKHOLM. April 34.-The Fin nish steamship Frack nea been tor pedoed, and audie by a German sub marine. It is believed members of her crew were saved. The Freck carried a cargo of Iron ore and Waa on her way to Abo, Finland. . ?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, Lieut. Roland O. Garros of tho, French Aviation Corps, who before the war was known tho world over as one of France's most daring and skilful aviators and who since Hie war has become even more famous by his exploits an a fighter and st . it, U a prisoner in the hands of the Ger mans. First news of the capture of the flyer came fro man official German announcement, and confirmation was received shortly afterward, whon the French war office admitted that the encmr. While flying over the German lines near Courtrai on a scouting expedition Sunday cveniug April 18. Garros was forced to alight GE?SJ???LE LOO! ROBBED EXPRESS CAR ON LOUISVILLE AND NASH VILLE TRAIN BAGGAGE MAN SHOT White Man ' Arrested at New Orleans Believed to Be Robber. NEW ORLEANS. April 24.-A re volver arid a mask found here today near the place where a ma-- giving his name as Harry Lester was arrest ed late last night charged with hold ing up and robbing the express safe of louisville aud Nashville passenger train No; 1, thirty m'lo3 from herc.? Loss estimated at S&O and a small amount of Jewelry. Poler Mlarcey. baggagemaster was shot ?md seriously wounded by the robber, who did not leave tho train until lt ?lowed down on entering the city. Tho robber locked the doora of the baggage and express car af' ter the robbery, preventing entronco er tho train crew. R.. P. Barry, express messenger, was found bound hand and feet. Lester bad $44 whjen arrested. JAPAN ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO CHINA- IS REPORT HONOLULU, April 24.-An ulti matum, demanding a satisfactory re ply within three days to the Jap anese demanda on China has been sent to Peking by the JapAnese cabi net, according to a dispatch from Toldo td the Hawaiian Shin Po, a Japanese newspaper here. - near lng Imuster, about seven miles \ north of Courtrai, ?said more than twelve miles inside tlie German lines. He was immediately made prisoner. Tho capture of no other aviator I would prbbably please the Germans so much as that of Garros. On addi tion to ii* s work - - ? scour the fa mous Frenchman ha* utilized his mastery of aeronautics and the speed of I l.i machine to hunt down and de stroy German scouting aviiators wno ventured over the French llneB. Only a few days ago one ot his exploits in this lice was made public. Ascend iug alone, he puraued a German Taube with two officers in it, mount ed abffvta lt, and killed both Germans wl'".i his rovolver. SOUfH CAROLINIAN HAS WORLD'S RECORD FOR ALTITUDE FLIGHT IN A HYDROAEROPLANE-10, 000 FEET LIEUT. BELLINGER Native of Cher aw Yesterday Broke His Own Record in , Flight at Pensacola, Fla. An Associated Press dispatch sent out yesterday from Pensacola, Flori da, stating that Lieut. P. N. L. Del Hoger of thc United States navy ?tad made a new worlds record of altitude flight ia a bydro-aeroplan?, soaring to tho height of 10.000 feet, is of peculiar interest to South Carolin ian:;, because the young officer who made this wonderful flight ls himself a native of thia state, and is well known to a number of Auderson peo ple, and especially to Mayor Godfrey, who was born and reared in tlie same town and in almost the samo block with Lieut. Bellinger. Fo the past several yeera Lieut. Bellinger baa been In the United States navy. He waa born in Cbcraw and is a great-nephew of tho late Bishop Lynch, who. was bishop ot thia diocese before Bishop Northrop. He is about 29 years of age and distin guished himself several months ago in aeroplane wofc. It will be recalled that when the American troops in vested Vera Cruz last spring Lieut. Bellinger made some daring aeroplane flights out over the country between Vera Crux anl Mexico City spying out the positions of the Huerta troops. The best previous altitude record waa held by Lieut, Bellinger. At that time he soared to a height of $.200 feet in an aeroplane at Anna polis. DECLINE RESULTS FROM HEAVY PROFIT MAK ING PRICES STILL UP ON MANY ISSUES Rock Island Receivership Had Great Influence In Holding Prices Down. NEW YOHK, April 24.- Indications )f H reaction from th? recent activity if thc stock exchange obtruded them* selves nt irregulur intervals during .he week Just ending. Heavy profit aking and some dimunltion o' public Interest left : :i impress)an upon iiuoted values. Standard shares de clining 2 to almost ."> points from der recent best. Numerous industrials and equip ments, which made striking gains ..amer month are relatively quiet. Their place ls taken hy United States Steel und copper?. The latter group nade general advances, their rise be ing accompanied by a succession of advances in nollivg . rico.? ct' the notul to the highest price tor several pears. Steel failed to hold any cou- j Udorable part of UH. rise, the stock hoing sold large in amounts as a result or Chairman Cray':; cautious trade statement. Foreigners were imong heaviest sellers of -tho woelr, holli Ixindon and the continent un loading large amounts nf Investment Issuen ns well as low grade railers. Thf 1 ock Ifilund receivership ia one jf tho chief factory urresllng upward ino veinent. GcnCru! tracV reports railroad sarnings und bank clearings were of encouraging tenor. WEALTHY PACKER D?AD AT CHICAGO John Cudahy, Who Lost and Re Made Fortune Died To ds.-/, i CHICAGO, April 21.-John Curdhy. one of the fonders of Chicago's meat packing industry, died at his home here early today, aged 71. tn 1893 Curdahy's. fortune of $6, 000,000 was swept away, and be was plunged into debt for more than a million and a half. By 1898 he had paid all his obligations and amassed another fortune. His death came after four years' Ulnt'SB. He never fully reco-teAed from an operation for appendicitis'in 1911. ROCKEFELLER SAYS WALSH IS WRONG NEW YORK. April 24.-John D. rockefeller, jr., today published a statement referring to corresprm lence with I.. M. Bowers, chairman of the- Colorado Fuel and ?ron Co., which was made public yesterd?y by ('hair pia ii Walsh of the Federal In dustrial Relations Commission. Rockefeller declared ns falso Walsh's conclusions and asserted tba: Walsh drew his Inferences wiUiout ascer taining whether they wero correct. He said he would gladly testify be fore the commission. He declared rte is anxiQUB for the public to have all the facts. * VILLA UND ANGELES HAVE j? ROW Villa Orders His Personal Follow # era to Torre?n-Angeles Remains. WAPHINGTON. April 21.- Karrte Pass dispatches to the Carranza agency here today, reported a s-?r loii8 breach between Villa and bis dilef lieutenant. General Angeles. The message said Villa lias ordered lils personal followers to Torre?n, where he ls concentrating ' all gar risons from border town?. Angeles remained at Aguas Calienten, it was Raid, to meet Obrcgon's advance from Iranuato. The state department didn't receive confirmation of these repets. Offi cials said they had no knowledge of i Villa-Angeles rupture. A message IO Carransa's agencv herc said thc breach between Villa and Angeles was caused by Villa's blaming his recent defeats on the cowardice ot ?.officfaiSi including Angeles. WHOLES A Ll FOR SELL i rai ELECJR0CII?E0 IN BASEMENT OF HOME YES TERDAY WHEN HE TOOK I HOLD OF Li'JHT INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY Funeral Services at the Home at 4 O'clock and Burial at Sil ver Brook Cemetery. James Payne Met'own, 13 year? of ige and second son of Mr. and Mrs. j S. Augustus .McCown, was electrocut ed yesterday about noon while he was handling an Incandescent light cord in the basement of their new home, originally the li. li. Beybt house, just across Hooky Uiver, and about a mlle from thc elly. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at I o'clock at tho home, after which interment will be lu Silver llrook Cemetery. The fol lowing young men will serve as pall bearers: John Will robinson, John Hood, Hex Hice, Tom Campbell. Charles Sullivan, Jr., and Sum An derson . Deplorable Tragedy. The tragic death or this bright Iud ii tho second deplorable accident that has occured in Anderson in tho past week, the other being tho death of little lernest Kord Cochran. Tho sym sympathy of the community goos out to tlie grief stricken family in what must be the greatest sorrow that has ever come into their lives. The manner in which the lad met his death was somewhat unusual. H? and his younger brother, Aubrey, ha? been in the garden cutting down weeds up until about cn half hour before the little fellow nwt his death. Shortly after quitting work in tho garden James McCown went down in to the basement and caught hold of an ?xtonatoi iKhting cord, turned on the current on the Incandescent lamp, *and holding it In his band, walked to thc foot of the stairs leading to the floor above, called to his brother Au brey, telling Hm to come down stairs as he had son..'tl.int: to show him. . After calling to his brother. Aubrey. James McCoWn walked away from' the stairway, and judging from his position on the floor he must have walked to Che rear part of tho base ment room. The shock must have come on him us he was standing whore ho was found late;- lying on the floor. Delected by Mother. Mrs. McCown deu. *M cloth burn ing and went into the kitchen and looked into the stove, thinking may be something there wa.i scorching. On rinding nothng wrong m tue kitchen Airs. McCown called to the negro woman around the house, thinking maybe the clothing ot one of them was on fire. The smell and smoke attracted ber to the basement, and on entering the room she found her young son lying on the cement fioor, his clothes from the waist line up on fire. Mrs. McCowu's first impulse was to free the body of her son from thc electric light wire; which lind be come wrapped around his little body. On touching the wire she was shock ed and was knocked down, bu'/ fortunately the contact was not suf ficient to cause serious injury. .Mrs. (CONTINUED^O?"PAOE 4.) EPfi??BS?lE? ! OVER DETENTION State Department Asked to Try [ To Have Five Cargoes Released. WASHINGTON. April 24.-Tho that American cotton shipments totuling thousands of bales, destined for neutral ports are being detained by the allies is causing exporters grave concern, it was learned to night that tho state department has boen asked to make special efforts in thc case' of tho fivo steamers are de tained at European ports. Some aro bound for sweden, while others car ried cargoes for Switzerland. Switz erland has already protested and sought the good offices of the United States at London and. Rome to obtain the release of tho shipments. The United States mrbassador has been ordered to present the 8wiss views. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, aald tonight there are at least Biz other cotton ships being held. HnH^BratSBMBK^Bi^nSl 5 ARRESTS ING LIQUOR SIXTEEN CASES DOCKETED LATE YESTERDAY "Y POLICE 8 DEFENDANTS ARE INVOLVED , -- Action Taken Upon Evidence Gathered By Force of Local Detectives. Wholesale arrests for alleged sell ing of whiskey were made late yes tordap afternoon by the volice, six teen cases being tittered on the dock et against eight defendants, all ot . whom ure negroes, both men and wo men . Those against whom allegations have been lodged are: Houston Rice, arrested by Privates Stuart and Aiken. Will Garrison, arrested by Privates Stuart, sanders and Aiken.4 Will Garrison, arrested by Privates Stuart, Sunders and Aiken. ? Will Garrison, arrested by Privaten Stuart, Sauders and Aiken. Ernest Stlnson, arrested by Privates Stuart, Sarders and Aiken. Ernest Stlnson, arrested by Privates Stuart, Sanders and Aiken. Ernest Stinson, arrested by Privates Sanders, Stuart and Aiken. Arthur Dillard, arrested by Private Stuart. Arthur Dillard, arrested 1ty Private 3tuart. Maggie Stlnson, arrested by Capt. Dell and Privates Payne and Driskel. Maggie Stinson, arrested by Capt.* Dell atid Privates fayne and Dris kel. Maggie Stlnson, arrested by Capt. Hell and Privates Payne and Driskel. Lena Williams, arrested by Capt. ' Dell and Privates Paynn and Driskel!. John Bradley, arrested by Capt. Bell and Privates Payne and Drla kell. .onn Carter, arrested by Chiet Sommons and Private Stuart. ? . John Carter, arrested ny Chief Sammons and Private Start. How Worked Up. Warrants for tho arrest of these defandants were sworn out yesterday afternoon, and served between 4 o'clock and night. No trouble wan experienced by tho police tn round, lng up the defendants, with the ex ception'of one Instance whore they found a defendant who "played pos sum" by getting in bed a".l pretend ing that he was -lek. This was in the case of John Carter. When Chief Sammons and Private Stuart went af ter John they carried along with them a physician, who mads an . examina tion or the defendant d forthwith pronounced him a faker. John was made to risc and accompany the of ficers. The arrests yesterday afternoon came as the result of work which local detectives havo beau carryng on for the past four weeks. Chief Sammons stated last hight that he had had the assistance of local "talent" in working up these cases, and he was satisfied that strong evi dence had been secured In each In stance. Caught In Act. While Privates Stuart and Aiken were out on the war path for some of the d?fendants for whom warrants wcro in hand they decided to dd a little Independent work of their own. consequently located themselves in th? vicinity of Che blacksmith shop on tlic corner of Peoples and West Mar ket Btreets and kept a watch out -on the wagon yard nearby. After BO long a while they swoop ed down and arrested ons Houston Rice, who, the police stiege, .sold * (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.) BOY COUNTERFEITER 6IVENYEAR IN PEN Greenville Youth Convicted of Making Spurious Half Dollars. GREENVILLE, April 24.-John I Pearson, charged with counterfeiting and passing spurious cotna, yesterday was found "guilty" in United .States court. Judge Johnson toCay eenteno ed him to serve on? year In the Fed eral penitentiary at Atlanta. The boy, through his counsel has appealed for a new trial, which will be argued Monday morning. Pearson was arrested together v ith Frank Byers at Woodside mill, sever- . al paontba ago. They were appre hended by Chief Howard ot West Greenville snd E. M. Patterson, a de puty nf Woodside milt, the officer ha vf tv; found trace ot (.'parlous 50 cent piece that had been exchanged I at tho Woodside drug store. EtHaaXKaBDHnH