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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS
WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA
QUIET IN WEST,
FIGHTING IN EAST
RUSSIAN NAVAL ARM COMES
.".ORE PROMINENTLY IN
TO THE WAR
SINKS GERMAN
TORPEDO BOAT
Austrians and Germans Are Offer- j
ins Vigorous Resistance fri the
Carpathians.
(Hy Ancx-i uteri Pr??.)
Parin, Fob. 8^-(3.20 p. m.)-An of.
li cia! statement from Petrograd as
transmitted by the Hmas Agency says
that a (?crinan torpedo boat destroyer
HOM sunk by a Russian submarine in
the Baltic on January ?9. The sub
marine attack vrus made off the Dan
ish Island of Moen.
LONDON. Feb. 3.-With compara
tif; quiet prevailing on the western
front, thc fighting in the east, which
is more strenuous and widespread,
monopolizes attention
While the Russians are on the of
fensive in Kast Prussia, in northwes
tern Poland and the passes of the Car
pathians, the Germans continue their {
uttacks on the russian line aloug the
Hzura and Rnwka rivers. The Invad
ers reached the Rawka line about the
middle of Dpcernber and since that
time have made at least half a dozen
attacks in force against the Rusisan
trenches, each time at undoubted
heavy cost.
Nothing gaunted, however, they
have beea repealing the attacks dur
ing tbe past week and while they have
made a slight advance lt has been ac
complished only after further great
losses, according to Petrograd reports.
Now lt is believed the Germans are j
urcparing Tor still "another onslaught,
Warsaw can they hope to divert Rus^
sisn attacks from KaBt Prussia and
Hungary.
Military mon here believe the Ger
mans are attempting something vir
tually Impossible in their efforts io
. force- their way through Warsaw. Tue
Rnwka and Bzura Unes, which they j
haM) been attacking for six weeks, are |
exceedingly strong, for on the right
banks of the rivers, which the Fus
sions for the most part hold, the
groend ti considerably higher than
on the left banks, so tho Russian in
fantry and artillery have a decided
advantage.
Should the Germans break through
this bun-lor there is another line of
entrenchments half way between the ?
Bzura and Warsaw. - with Blonie as |
the center, which would have" to be
forced before the Polish capital fell.
In- tho Carpathians the Austrians
and Germans are offering vigorous re
sistance to the Russians and a decis- j
lon has not yet been reached in the
battle which has been in progress
there for some days.
Tlic statement in the Russian offi
cio] report that there has been fight
ing southeast of Ussok Pass, In the
interior of Dukla Pass, and southeast i
of Beskld Pass, indicates the extent |
of the struggle.
Tho attempt of a German subma
rine, as officially reported, to torpedo I
the Britts, hospital ship Asturias has {
attracted wide attention tn Bnnland, j
where lt is strongly condemned.
There has been another skirmish
between -British and Turkish scouts
east of the Suez Canal, near Ismailia.
The Turks were driven off with some
loss and the British bad six men
wounded. The opinion still prevails |
iii London that the Turk3 will not at
tempt to cross the desert with a large
force and that the present phi pricks
were a "anged only to compel the |
British io keep troops In Egypt In
stead ofJ?endlng them to France.
r? . . M ??rea*
AA?* fittaair mai ?ll
rcai miaut ff in
Canadian P
? * J
(By AMoelmtod Pre*?.)
OTTAWA; Ont., Feb. 3.-The dyna-I
rotting of the International bridge at]
tVanccboro, Me., yesterday hos led the
authorities to take extra p/ccautlons !
to prevent au attack on the Canadian
parliament building at the opening of
legislative sessions tomorrow. Offi
cials fear that some partisan of a hos
tile nation may take advantage ot the I
presence of tb? Duke of Connaught,
governor-general of Canada, to at
tempt some demonstration.
Tho guard stationed la the parlia
ment buildings will be Increased.
Strict scrutiny has been, applied to
the Issuance of tickets ot admission
to the opening functions.
The chief business .ot the session
will be the voting ot funds for the
maintenance of Canadian troops'. It
ts understood tho appropriation will
be one hundred million dollars and
that parliament will bo asked to give
tko strwotaent authority to borrow
CHARGED WITH
BANK ROBBERY
G. W. Proffitt ?nd G. L. Long
of Laurens, Arrested in Green
ville Yesterday.
(By AMorUted Pren.)
GREENVILLE. Feb. 3.-The police
arrested here today G .W Proffitt and
G. L. Lon;;, both of Laurens, upon a
charge of having robbed the Bank of
Waterloo, a small bank in the town
by the same name. When searched
the boys had only $.10 between them,
but later confessed, according to the
police, to the robbery and stated that
the money ts burled upon the farm of
Jxmg's father.
Long, the police pay, confessed that
he entered the bank during tho noon
hour Saturday while the doors of
both the building and safe were open
and quietly .helped himself to all the
money in sight. He absolved Proffitt
from all blame.
Mail Carrier and
$3,000 Are Missing
'By Amocut?d Pres*.)
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Feb. 3.
A. Hill, a rural mail carrier, and a
mail pounch containing $11,000 in cur
rency are missing, according to a1
telephone message today from the
Ehei iff of Stokes County to. the local
police. HiU'3 wagon and overcoat j
were found several miles from Dan
bury. Tile money was consigned by a
Danville, Va., bank to a bank at Dan
bury.
Italians Going to Germany.
VENICE, Italy-(via London, 4:23 1
p. m., Feb. 3.)-Many Italian peasants,1
both men and women, are going to
Germany to engage in farm and fae- j
tory work in response to promises of
unusually high wages. Men are offer- 1
ed $1.62 a day and women 75 cents a 1
day. ?.l
Italian newspapers advise against i
accepting this employment, in view nf j
the uncertainty in regard to Italy's
foreign policy. .
Schooner Baily Passaged.
NORFOLK. Va., Feb. 3.-The I
ffluamagi^
barge Bessie early this morning, near I
the tall of the Horse Shoe inside the
Virginia capes.
? The barge was being towed by tho j
tug Charles W. Barker, Jr. There
was a dense fog and the schooner's'
lights were not seen until tho tug ,
was too close tc clear her with the ,
tow.
Dewey's Shins Ready.
CHARLESTON. Fob. 3.-The Unit-I
od Stales cruiser Olympia. Admiral
Dewey's flagship at the battle of Ma
nila Bay, put to sea today for rt trial
run of two days. The Olympia has
been Atting out at the navy yard here
preparatory to participating.in the
naval parade through -the Panama j
Canal at the formal opening of that
great waterway July next.
Senator Lewis Goes to Washington.
ASHEVILLE. N. C.. Feb. 3.-Senator
James Hamilton Lewis, who haj been
in Asheville for the past week, left
tonight for Washington to resume his
duties as Democratic whip In the sen
ate. Tho senator ls hastening to the
aid of his Democratic colleagues who
are making, the fight for the ship pur
chase bill In the senate. He appear
ed much improved by his rest here.
Sall? With Cotton.'
WILMINGTON. N. C., Feb. 3.-The
British steamer Edernlan sailed from
this port today with a cargo of 12.
800 bales of cotton valued at $640.000
for Liverpool. ? t
Mother and Children Bara to Death.]
ELKINS. W. Va., Feb. 3.-Mrs.
George W. Doyle and two,of her chil
dren were burned to death in a fire j
which destroyed their home at Cass,1
Pocahontas County, today. The hus
band and father rescued two other |
children and suffered serious injuries i
in a futile a^enipM
ITA MslAHA A
uc matu; AW
arliament Boildiogj
that amount from the -Bank of Eng
land, which Is largely flnancln Cana
da's war operations. There also will j
he a war revenue hill which is ex
pected to toke the form of a stamp tax I
and* increased customs charges j
against a number of necessities, in
cluding tea, sugar and citrus fruits.
?Would Divide Texas
Info Three States
(By Awamlad Prent. )
AUSTIN Tex., Feb.. S.-r-A Joint res
olution fdr sn amendment to the 8tate
constitution dividing Texas into three
States was introduced today by Sens
tor W. U Hall of Wharton County.
The States wonld he North Texas,
capital Palestine; Weat Texas, capital
Abilene, and South Texao, Capital
Austin.
MUST ALL POOL
OUR INTERESTS
NECESSARY TO DISCOVER
BEST MEANS FOR HAND.
LING PROBLEMS
WILSON TALKS TO
BUSINESS MEN
Says They Should Cooperate
With the Government in Fram
ing Laws.
(Hy Anjoriatrd Preta.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-Coopera
tion betwec-u business and the gov
ernment in framing laws for the bene
fit of all the people was. urged uv
President Wilson tonight in an ad
dress before several hundred repre
sentative business men here attending
the annual convention of the chamber
of commerce of the United States. He
declared that "we must all pool our
Interests" to discover the best means
for handling public problems.
The president urged the creation in
the United States in time of peace of.
the same kind' of united spirit which 1
moves nations during ware. He de
clared that "when peace is as hand
some as war there will be no war's,"
and that "when men engage in the
pursuits of peace in the same spirit
of self sacrifice as they engage . in
war, wars will disappear."
Predicts Great Food Shortage.
The president predicted that,' while
there ls a shortage of food in the
world now, the shortage will be much
greater later. He pointed out that
under the guidance of the department
of agriculture, eports must be made
by American farmers to grow more
and more grain that the world may be
fed.
Speaking of the foreign trade of thc
United Stater, the president asked
thar-hwt?fe?s*T!r?B MMfUi^iome %vay
ot allowing American exporters to
combine to form common selling
agencies and to give long time credits
lu such a way that these cooperative
devices may be open to the use of all
He declared that apparently the anti
trust laws prohibited such combina
tions now, but that he would favor a
.lange, if a method fair to all could
be found. - He spoke of the bureau of
foreign and? domestic commerce's
work in "surveying the world" for
the benefit of all business men.
Business Men to Blame.
Business men themselves are to
blame If intelligent laws affecting
them are not framed, the president
asserted. He added that they should
come out into the'open and use their
knowledge of conditions to bring
about laws to prevent business evils.
The Mexican question was men
tioned by Mr. Wilson as an example
ot thc difficulty he had In geUng ac
curate Information.
"I would preter that you receive me
If for the time being I were one of
your own members," said the presi
dent, "because the longer I occupy the
office, that I now occupy the more 1
regret any Unes ot separation, the
more I deplore any feeling that one
" (C?fftiNUElT'bN^P??E* TWO.)
ISurrenders Boer Rebels
to the British Forces
(By A*aoe*?t?l Prc**.)
CAPE TOWN, Feb.. 3. (via London,
Feb.. 4; i:4& a. m.)-It is officially
announced that Lieutenant Colonel
Kemp and his commando of Boer
rebels have surrendered to the British
forces.
Lieutenant Colonel Kemp was a
Boer leader In South Africa who fol
lowed Lieutenant Colonel S. G. Martiz.
t? enc ral Christian De Wet and General
Christian F. Beyers In revolting
against rule shortly after the Euro
! pean war Sutf?e?.
EXECUTED
Three Conspirators m Assassina
tion of Archduke Frances
Ferdinattd Fut Ut D??tn. .
(By Amoriatert Pr*??-)
AMSTERDAM. Feb., 8.-(via Lon
don. Feb. 4; 2:43 a m.)-A Berlin
dispatch says that three of the con
spirators in the assassination of the
Archduke Francis Ferdinand were ex
ecuted Wednesday In the prison of
the court fortress ci farejevo, Bosnia.
Tb? men put to death were Veljko
Cubrllovlc, Mleko Jovancvlc and
Danelo Hie. The death sentences of
two others, Jakov Illirie and Ned Jo
Kerovic, biter were commuted to im
prisonment for lite and for 20 years,
respectively.
Gavrio Prinzip, the Bosnian student
who actually slew the archduke and
his wife, ls serving ?& years Imprison
ment, lt having berti impossible, bo
canse of his youth, to sentence bim
to death.
COLORADO COAL CO., KNEW
UNIONS WOULD FORCE IT
TO OBEY LAWS
SAYS EXECUTIVE
BOARD MEMBER
Of U. M. W. of A.-Witness De.
scribes Shooting at Women and
Children by Militia.
-1
(By AMMiaSsd Pn-Ju )
NEW YOF.'A, Febf 3.-John H. law
son, executive boafid member of the
United .Mine Woilatrs of America
from the district which include:; Col
orado, today told th" federal commis
sion on industrial relations that the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company an.l
other operators had refused to deal
with organized labor because they
realized that the unions would fore*
them to obey the mining laws, which,
he said, they repeatedly had violated.
Mr. Lawson, who Vas a witness last
week, was recalled? after Mrs. .Mary
|Petrucci and Mrs. Margaret .Domlnts
ki. wi t's of Colorido mine \s, had
told the dory of laidlow. MrS>. Pet
rucci's three children were smothered
to death In a nubnrruneah chamber
in which they hadSihhlen when the
tent eclony was hulaed.
UwEon said thoa the only reason
the operators had 'panted thc minors
anything was becaffcc "they had seen
the handwriting , on the wall, placed
there by the unions/' The operators
realized, he asterten, that the unions
not only would force them to obey
the statutes, hut would prevent them
from importing vast numbers of Eu
ropean workers ..irap never had seen
a mine before, andijthen paying them
what they pleased.Iud working them'
as long as th?
jejBmeiJkL? a ol th<?
Rockefeller Foundation, anrt formerly
a member of the personal staff of
John D Rockefeller, defended the
practices and policies of the Rocke
feller Foundation. and thc alms and
ideas of its founders.
Greene admiiicd that the_founda
(Contlnued on Pogo Four)
REQUESTS SURRENDER
OF GERMAN OFFICER
British Ambassador Asks Extradi
tion of Maine to Canada of
Werner Van Horn.
(By Aaaoetafca Fie*?.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. rt.-The Drlt-!
ish ambassador today led with the
state department a requst for the ex
tradition of Maine lo Canada of Wer
ner Van Horn on charge.of "attempt
ed destruction of human life" in con
nection with the dynamiting Of tho
St. Croix International railway bridge.
The ambassador's note -tated the re
quest was based on a communication
from the Canadian minister of jus
tice.
If the application is found regular
in form. Van Horn will be ordered be
fore a United States commissioner and
Canadian authorities allowed to ap
pear against him. Should tho com
missioner decide there ls no case, the
prisoner might be discharged with
out further proceedings. Should ex
tradition be ordered, however, an ap
peal to tho state department would be
admissible. Van Horn already has
Indicated he would fight extradition.
A telegram from the prisoner today, ;
asking the German ambassador to.
safeguard his Interest? herc, as he
was a German subject, declared he '
"did not put root on Canadian soil."
That was taken here to mean that,
though he was. on the bridge, he did
not actually stand on Canadian soil.
Officials attach no Importance to this
Pieu- \ ? ' ?
The German 'embassy delayed pass
ing upon aVn Horn's request ponding
a report on hi? citizenship from thc
German consul general In New York.
State " department officials declined
to express any opinion as td* Van
Hom's contention that hts offense war
'political;" that it was an act of war
directed against hts country's enemy,
and lt. was his Intention to prevent
continued transportation across thia
bridge ot troops and munitions of war
going to Europe to be need against
Germany. It was pointed out, how
ever, that to prove his act was an net
of war. Van Horn must produce evi
dence that he was acting und';.- high
er authority and by direct orders.
On the other band, if thc prisoner
should produce evidence that he wes.
acting under direction of the German
government .it ls said, a violation of
the neutrality nf the United States by
Germany might be Involved.
Tho-Canadian government tn mak
ing Its application referred to the nun
aa aa ordinary civil crimlnaL
SUMO'S BILL
GOES IO HOUSE
REQUIRES ANDERSON COUN
TY TO PUBLISH FINAN
C?AL STATEMENT
ANDERSON COUNTY
DELEGATION BUSY
Both Houses Ratify Act Providing
For Appointment of Four
County Commissioners.
Special to The tntellu-wipcr.
COLUMBIA. Feb.. 3.-Tho bill of
Senator Sherunl requiring the eoun
ly I pard of commissioners of Ander
son County tu publish a quarterly
financial statement today passed third
reading in the senate and was sent to
tho house.
The bill require the county board
lo prepare aud publish, under oath,
in one issue of a newspaper publish
ed at the county seat, every quarter,
beginning April 1. 1915, a condensed
statement of all receipts and disburse
ments by funds of departments, to
gether with a jtutement of the bal
ance of cash on hand, and the amount
of the county indebtedness, if any.
jind ut what rate of interest contract
ed.
The original of the statement must
be filed in the office of the clerk of
the county as a permanent record.
The act providing for the appoint
ment of four county commissioners .
for Anderson County has been ratified
by both housej of the legislature and
the appointment of the new officers
will be made at once., The men to be'
named for commissioners were chosen
tn the primary election last AugUBt.
They are: \V. A. Spearman. R. D.
Smith, J. L. McOeo and W. R. Cul ber -
SOP. V
The Anderson. County delegation
thu afternoon recommended E.* T.
Tolllson OT Be!io?i'TOT-srppointmert tte?
the vacancy on the county board of
education. Township assessors were
also named, but no action on the ap
pointments of magistrates will be tak
en until Friday afternoon.
Thc Anderson County delegation
met at five o'clock this afternoon for
the purpose of framing tbs county
supply LUI for 1915. The tax levy
for general purposes will remain the
same as it was this year, three and
one-half milla. The levy for all pur
poses will be seven mills. An In
crease of onehalf mill, was necessary
for thc purpose of paying past in
debtedness, as there a deficit of $20.
fOOO according to the comptroller gen
oral's report after all taxes for 1914
are collected. Under the law the
amount of money expended by the
county board of commissioners for
one year cannot exceed the revenue
derived from taxation, but lt seems
that for the past year this amount
has been exceeded by twenty thous
and dollars, thus making it impera
tive that the delegation provide in the
levy for retiring the deficit.
The tentative draft of. the (tupply
bill will bc gone over nenin by thc
delegation, arid, when revised, will be
turned over ;-o the ways and means
committee to bc incorporated in tho
general appropriation bill.
Resigns Presidency
Of Baptist College
(Dy Assorti tnt Frei?.)
RALEIGH, N. C.. Feb.. 3.-Dr. R. T.
Yann, for Gie past 15 yearo president
of Meredith College, the Baptist in
stitution for the cducat. m of women
located ip Raleigh, today tendered his
resignation to take effect at the close
of the present session.
He resigns to accept the position of
secret arv and. executive head of the
Baptist board of education recently
created by the Baptist State conven
tion, fand will have bis headquarters
at Durham.
DISMISSED
Government Anti-Trust Snits
Against Steam Ship Lines
Charging Restraint of Trade
(By Associated Presa.)
NEW YORK. Feb.. 3.-The govern
ment's anti-trust suits. ,against the
Prince Line, the Hamberg-American
Line, the Lamport & Holt Line and
others, charging restraint of trade in
connection with freight and passenger
steamship business between Amer!?
can portia and Brasil; and against the
American Asiatic Steamship cotupany
and others, whose steamships play
between New York and Asiatic, were
dismissed today.
The snits were filed about two years
ago. -That against the Prince Line
and others cha.-ged that the companies
composed the socs lied Brazilian ton-,
terence: defendants to the other salt
were all members of the socalled Far
Eastern conference, lt waa alleged.
PUPIL WHIPPE0;
TEACHER KILLED
Father of Child That Had Been
Punished Engages Teacher in
Revolver Ficht
(By AasooiaUxi PreM.)
JASPER, Fla., Feb. 3.-The whip-1
pii>K of a pupil by a school teacher j
at Melrose. Fla., near here, resulted
In a flicht late yesterday in which Wil
liam Yates, the teacher, was Bhot and
killed and Claude Holtzemlorff, father
of the pupil, probably was fatally
wounded. According to tito authori
ties, lioltzendorff and two sons at
ataeked Yate.i on the highway after
school closed. In the light, it ia al
leged. Yates and Wilbur Holtzendorff
used revolvers. The latter ls In Jail
here charged with the killing of Yates
and the elder Holtzendorff ls under
suard at his home.
I American Neutrality
Merely Hypocritical
(By Aiuociatrtl Prem.)
AMSTERDAM. Via London. Feb.. 4.
(12.25 a. m.)-According to the Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger, the war committee at
Zwlokuu, Saxony, has passed a resolu
tion to decline Christmas gifts ot" the
American people on the ground that j
American neutrality in the war ls
merely hypocritical since .supplies of |
arms and ammunition are being sent
i to Germany's enemies.
?Ready For Fight on
Immigration Bill
(Rv Awociatrd PiaaO
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Decks 1
were cleared today for the fight lu
thc house tomorrow for repassage of
tho Immigration bill over Prosldent j
?Wllson'a veto. Both supporters and
': opponents of the measute seut urgent
j messages to absent members to be on
hand lor the vote. Representative 8a
bath in charge of the opposition de
? dared the measure would fall by 20'
votes of the necessary two-thirds.
?M Thtj^pw?ji SPUTUM?11*
andants In the socalled mllllon-dol
I lar swindle, er Great Western Job- !
bing" Company case, pleaded guilty In I
ithe United States district court hcre|
tonight of using the mails in a con
spiracy to defraud.
They were Samuel Brown, of Phil-1
[ adelphia, and Jacob L. and M. M.
Llebovltz, brothers, of East St. Louis, j
111. Sentence was deferred.
Cotton Ficlgbt Bates Declining.
GALVESTON. Tex., Feb. 3.-Ocean
freight rates for < oi.on are declining,
according to Information received
! here today. The rate to Bremen has
[decreased from $3.50 a hundred
pounds to $2.50 and Barcelona from
$1.35 to 85 cents in some cases, rot
terdam Is $2 to $2.IQ as against $2.50.
The rute to Liverpool remains at $1.15
to $1.25 but Is reported as likely to j
change.
Prominent Mill Owner Dead*
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Feb. 3.
|W.-P. Wilso:,, president of the Peer-1
lesi Woolen Mill? or this city, died at |
his home ni Athens, Tenn., today. Mr.
Wilson waa prominent in textile cir
cles in the South, being a director In
; the woolen mills at Athens and
Sweetwater, Tenn. , and Louisville, j
Ky.
Pieparing For Mobilization.
LONDON. Feb. 3.-(9 p; m.)-A
wireless dispatch from Berlin says
the Berliner Tageblatt reports from 1
Constantinople that Greece is prepar- j
ing for mobilization and continuing
the fortification of her frontiers.
Increase Price of Dread.
CHICAGO. Feb. 3.-The price of
bread was increased to 6 cents a loaf
! today by many more bakers and the
I weight of loaves In some cases was
I reduced. Many of the larger baking
I companies Joined ?mall dealers In la
cea si ag the price.
German Newspape
American Geyer
(By Associated Praam.)
AMSTERDAM. Feb., 3. (via London,
Feb., 4; 1:45 a. tn.)-The. Cologne I
Gazette, a copy of which has been re
ceived here, contains a long attack on
the American pvernriicnt'? neutrality.
The article criticises Secreatry]
Eryji".'?. Aot^eL *?. Jj**"**01* yjJJi8"* - j?
?Alarm Felt For
.Safety of S learner I
(By' Aaaoriatail XtraaO
LONDON,' Feb., 4. (3:65 a m.)-The
British steamer Oriole, which lett
London for Havre last Thursday and
was due to arrive Sunday, has not ]
been reported. Much aler m ls felt for
safety on account of German sub
marine activity. The steamer Bor
rowdale has not been resorted since
leaving here January 21 for Granville,
near St Molo,
STILL HOPEFUL
OF PASSING BILL
DEMOCRATS BELIEVE WAY
WILL BE FOUND TO SAVE
SHIPPING MEASURE
AWAITING RETURN
OF S. C. MEMBERS
With Their Vote? Leader? Hope
Bill May Be Recommitted With
Instructions.
(By Associated Pr?ts.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-Pleas of
administration Democrats to dreg tbs
government ship purchase bill out o'
danger in the senate had not been
completed tonight, but champions o?
the measure bsd not abandoned hope
that a way would be found tomorrow
to recommit the bill with d?finit* In
structions for its amendment.
Recalcitrant Democrats flatly I rat
fused to yield to concessions agreed
upon by the majority in secret caucus
Tuesday night, and administration
leaders found they could not muster
enough votes to defeat the coalition
of Republicans and insurgent Demo
crats who insist on sending the bill
back to committee without instruc
tions. That would mean ifs death fer
the session. ? 1
instead of pressing their plan to
recommit with instructions, ta?f?wrv,
the party leaders contented them
selves with castigating in the open
senate the seven Democrats who over
turned the shipping hilt program last
Monday. Senator Stone, selected' tor
this undertaking, held the floor sever
al hours, bitterly denouncing the '
seven insurgente as the "recreant
Democrats who. had endeavored to un
horse their party."
Senator .Stone particularly attached -
Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, whom
he described as the leader In the rs:
volt; end Senator Camden, of Ken
tucky. He charged.' thar Senator
Clarke had violated a caucus pledge.
Thc Arkansas senator denied that, ex
plaining he had warned his colleagues
that he would not be bound to any
action which would depriM) him of hts
right to vote against the bill..
While Senator Stone was speaking.
Scnatois Kern. Simmons, Fletcher,
Martin, and others were at work to
forestall a vote until absent Demo
crat? could return to Washington, or
assurances could be secured that
enough progressive Republican sup
port could' be counted on to Insure, a
majority.
Tonight the Democrat are count
ing on Senators Norris and Lafollette
to vote with them, but had ceased to '
hope for the support of Senator Ken
yon. Senators Lewin and Smith, of
South Carolina, absent Democrats,
are expected back tomorrow. With
these votes leaders hope the bill may
be recommitted with instructions far
its return within 48 hours with
amendments limiting to one year the
term for which the government might
lease ships to private corporations,
and prohibiting purchase of ships
which might menace neutrality.
Republican senators tonight were
hopeful that Senator Penrose would
be able to reach Washington tomor
row, adding one more to their forces.
His absence, they . declared, would
give th"m enough votes to recommit
the bill without instructions. Should
the effort xo a Mend the hill and re
turn lt within 48 hours succeed, how
ever, Republican leaders declare
their attack on lt will be resumed and
kept up until it either ls withdrawn or
its passage blocked by the death of
the session March 4.
"We are through caucusslng." Sen
ator Kern, the majority leeser, declar
ed tonight, "and except to make pro
j (C?NT?WKD ON PAU?~ro?R.)"
r Attacks the
nment's Neutrality
Stone, chairman of the senate foreign
relations committee, repudiating
charges that the United States bad
shown partiality to the allies against
Germany and Austria and announcing
the American government's stand with
regard to the exportation of war mun
itions.
'The article sara:
"Mr. Bryan made himself the mouth
piece of the brutal British standpoint
which ls based on force. We are cer
tain that German Americana and
those who share their views shortly
wi?! furnish the right reply to Mr.
Bryan's epistle. We known sow whist
we must expect from Mr. Bryan's
management of foreign affairs.
"American neutrality ls only s tata
viel behind which Ia concealed eager
ness to do England a good turn
Knowing this, wa will be guided %j
our knowledge. It American respecta
only brute force thea wa shall gie?
full slay to bruta tores."
