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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
JSJEW MC
UJNITE1
FOR BASIS OF UNDERSTAND
ING ON SUBJECT FOOD
STUFFS FOR WAR
VICTIMS
UTMOS? SECRECY
AS Tj| PROPOSALS
. , *'. --?.-??
St
No Concealment of Apprehension
Over Situation Should Ameri
can L^tves Be Lost in
Submarine War.
T- * f
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Proposals
have been made informally by thc
l'nited Stale) to both Great Britain
and Germany, suggesting a basis for
an understanding on thc subjects of
foodstuffs for the civilian. population
of belligereuts and submarine war
fare against merchant ships.
These proposals have been guarded
t^^)Lh.tlie utmost secrecy and officials
"^"^HU^?\.'."'"ed their nature because
have not revOtal^,,e "egQtiaUons.
of~h.? d2,Ic.acy", ?SV revelation to
Coincident with th^.*. been made
night that a new move naso?L. ??^ ?
by the Washington govcrnmeryt,, ^.^ I
patches were received tolling tcjltac
blowing up of a -second American ves
' r.el, tho steamship Carib, near tba
German coast.
The wreck of the first vessel, the j
Evelyn, was viewed by President Wll
spn as a tragic accident due to pos
sible failure of the captain to heed
the German admiralty's Instructions
respecting the location of mine fields.
Officiait tonight believed tho Carib
disaster was of similar nature; though
they had no official udvicea.
Proposals made to the belligerents,
ii is known, aVe ot farreachlng im
portance. They were embodied lu a
confidential memorandum which both i
Ambassadors Page and Gerard were
instructed to take up informally with
"the. respective foreign^ offices at Lon
don and B*riip,' The' new c?mmunl
catlonc ure not? replies to the notes
of Germany andiGreat Britain though
they relate \t> the ahme aubject. They
constitute what as described in llplo
macy as 'Mnfornaal inquiries" anl,
frequently, lr acceptable, became for
mai. . '5
Speculation ?s & what the 'sugges
tions were was. wldaspreal in Idioma
tic quar.tcrs, it wassyeaid. The belief
most commonly hefe.d waa that th
United States had pr&osed some form
of supervision overlie distribution
of foodstuffs- to tiie willan ? popula
tion of Germany, either, by American
consul agents or Ameraban organiza
tions.
Germany has. offered to abandon her
submarine warf ar? if assured that
shtpa laden with foodstuffs for Ger
. many will not. oe Interrupted by
i Great Britain.
\ President Wllaon dtacuEued 'with
|hla cabinet today the general situa
tion produced by tho declaration of a
submarine war on merchant v?asela
'?nd lt was said later .the replies from
england and Germany to trie lnform
a repri^T.tationa wpuld haye oon?ild
elible beating on the final course of I
thk. American government.
. It ri 1er In the day the President in-i
dlcaed that he had not decided wheth
er t% notes received from German;
and treat Britain on the sea tones
anti ne use of neutral flags rap.ulr
ed rejoinders.
Offlchls tonight spoke guardedly,
but with.no concealment of their
apprehensions otter the situation !
which mig* develop If American Uve?
wero lost t\ a result of a submarine
attack.
. The Carib Vas the second ship in
sured by thi\ government war risk
, insurance butuu. There waa S235,
000 on her caro and $22.253 on her
hull. With a hhs on the Evelyn, the
bureau 1 probablylwlll have -tb pay a
total ot teSB.OboVhicb about equals
the Bum collecte n date tn premlume.
Undoubtedly bon casea.will be the
aubject or civil sn|s fo* damages by
the. bureau.
MAD BOranVftTAOK
Fruit Steamer CdppAoff fape Hat
. Wr?s !l?sd CloiVcalL
(By Awociatwi AM.)
NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.\The Unite?
Fruit Company's ?teamefWanta Mar
ta, which broke her rudd<%February
19 off Cape Hatteras reachM quaran
tine here tonight In tow pf t% wreck
ing tugs, the coast guard cater On?
ontiaga steering tibe disabled ^~
The Santa Marta, whian wa
for New York- from Port
brought ?9 passengers.
TMM*WM|S?(t*r the accident!
tain Davidson, of the Santa M
sent opt a call for he'p. Th* C
deco and the wrecking tugs rest
ed. but could not get a lice to the t
ta Marta op account of the heavy
They ?toed by. however, until yester
day when they made linee fast to thJj
-?-?j A ?rn ,hW ?. gi
There waa no undue excitement
among th? patueogers.
<> O O ? ll o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
o o
o Rioting at Singapore o
o LONDON, Pe?;. 24. -A com- o
o munication issued laie last night o
o by the colonall office glvcB the o
o known casualties in the Singa-, o
o pore riot as 35 persons killed, in- o
o eluding^six officers and 15 men of o
o the local native forces, and four- o
o teen residents of Singupore, one o
o a woman.
o The report sayB that some of o
o the rioters were killed and that o
o many surrendered or were cap- o
o lured.
o o
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TREMENDOUS EXPORTS
BREADSTUFFS NOTED
Exports of Cotton Last Month
300,000 in Excess of
Jan. 1914. <
fT.y Amoclatrri hm.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2:1.-A" trade
balance of $31.783.231 in/fa?^tflV)tyd
?Wh^f^JtfTtlie week ending]
-MfluV.f?4\r was shown by figures |
from port? handling about,85 per cent
o fthc trade, announced tonight by the
department of commerce. Exports
amounted to $66,442.280; imports $34,
650.019. The highest trade balance,
$37.134,226 waB reported for the first
week in February., Cotton exportB for
the week were 336.953 bale3.
Tremendous exports of breadstuffs
continnued throughout the month of
January. Their value was $55,687,
! 445, compared with $11,042,318 the
same month a year ago. Three hun
dred thousand more halos of cotton
wero sent abroad last month than in
\ January. 1914, but the value ot the
shipments was less. Total cotton ex
ports tor January were 1,372,175 bales,
compared with 1,952,265 -bales one
year ago. Values, respectively, were:
$59,898,921 and $68,426,384..
Shipments in the food and oil group
brought the total value of exports,]
not Including manufactur?s, for Jan-j
uaxy up to $144,737.885, compared ?
with $106,205,564 one yea rage.
CHICAGO MAYOR
MEETS DEFEAT
?
Carter Harrison Bested by Robt.
M. Sweitxer, Clerk of Cook
County.
(Dy Amoetfttod Tjmf.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Carter H. Har
rison, now corni leting bis. fifth term
as mayor of'Chicago, waa defeated to
day for the Democratic nomination
by Robert M. Sweitzer, clerk of Cook
County. Sweitzer'a plurality was es
timated late tpnlKht at mere than 75,
000.
The fight for the Republican nom
ination was close. Harry ?L Olson.
"chief justice of the municlpsl court,
and William Halo Thompson wero
within 300 votes of each other, Olson
having the lead.
Police patrols were on the move a'.l
day answering riot. calls. Agnen
Scanlon, eight years old, was shot tn
the foot when a policeman fired into
a crowd that attacked him.
The women's votes were on a dif
ferent kind ot ballot from the men's
and showe.1 a sturdy plurality for
Sweitzer although Harrison ls a
suffragist. Judge Olson held his lead
tonight by gr?ce of the women vote,
the Republican men giving Thompson
a plurality. ???a_ _j
A rmy-For Hf icat it
Passed By S
(By AnoeUtod PTMS.1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Wlthbnt
a dissenting vote tho . senate today
passed the? army appropriation bill
carrying approximately $103.000,000,
while the house passed-tho $0,000,000
fortifications bill.
An all-day discussion of the nation
al defence preceded the passage ot the
fortifications bill in the house. Rep
resentative Shirley, of Kentucky. In*
charge o?, the measure, declared there
was no danger of American fortifi
cations being destroyed by a hostile
fleet; that the fleet of an enemy would
not seek to reduce, fortresses lt lt
had cor; roi of the sea and would not
waste ammunition shooting from a
range ot 21,000 yards,
i Mr. shirley admitted that there
?night b? danger of bombardment of
ka? cities, but insisted that th? cost
Bk fortifying all coast cities would be
Wk tremendous to consider. Repre
3Bk*iivs iinnn asked why uresi ?rp
fJBbssd th? Alli?e, having control of
BY SUBMARINE AND MINE
WARFARE-TWO MORE
VESSELS LOST
WAR AT A GLANCE
England Hears of Riots Among
Indian Troops at
Singapore.
rBjf AnsocleUsrV Fr?*??
LONDON. Feb. 23.-Another Ameri
can Rtpamor. the Carib, has boen des
troyed by a mino off thc German coast,
while a third Norwegian, the Regln,
has been torpedoed or destroyed by a
mine off Dover. All the Regin's crew
were saved by British destroyers and
although not stated in the dispatcher
from . Berlin, it ls believed the crew
of the Carib also escaped. fc
Thus, neutral states continue to be
the greatest sufferers from the va\y?
and submarine warfare. It hy Con
sidered possible. howeverIytl,Y?ft one or
two British steamers^li?fvo Buffered a
similar fate, ona-^&'ing overdue and
iuJS?l)?X??!ff?n* reported blown up off
"Rye. AB a result of the activity of
German submarines the British admlr
ialty has announced that thc Iii. li and
North chaunels have been restricted
for navigation (rom today.
In the case of a few Scandinavian,
Dutch and British steamers, the
crows have refused to sall where thc
voyages were to Include the war zone,
but in each instance substitutes were
found. The crew of the British steam
er Darleydale, which haB grain for tho
Belgian Relief Commission, refused
to accompany the ship from Falmouth
lo Rotterdam, but men were found to
take their places.
Other wiso, the trade of thc country
is going on much as usual, and ship
musters continue to express confidence
that-tboGernMEr submarines cannot in
terfere seriously with commerce, tu
fact, tho threatened blockade, which
haa had such a small effect thus far,
is beginning to give way in the public
interest in military operations and the
bombardment of the Dardanelles forts
by the allied fleeL
It appears from the official rca irt
Issued by the admiralty tonight that
the continuation of. tho operations
against the Dardanelles has been de
(CONTINliED ON PAGE SIX.) ;:
TWO MORE TORPEDOED
Steamer Reports Two Vessels Lost
Off Hastings.
Cir Associated Prem.)
LY DD, via London, Geb. 24.-The
steamer Kali bia has arrived here and
reports that two vessels have been
torpedoed off Hastings. One .sunk
and the other was supposed to be in
a sinking condition with three traw
lers standing by. The crew of the
first vessel was saved and landed. A
mine, sweeper was attempting to tow
the other to Dover. Her crew was
saved by a Ramsgate fishing smack.
?i. A. ?. CONVENES
- ,
Delegates Front Every State Are
v Present.
(By Aasoristrd Frww 1
- CINCINNATI. Geb. 23.-Wtlh dele
gates from every 8tate present, the
annual meeting of the department of
superintendence of the National Edu
cation association opened here, to
night with addresses by President
William Lowe Bryan of Indiana Uni
versity, and Franklin B. Dyer, super
intendent of the schools ot Boston.
The meetings will continue through
Friday.
Health problems in education wan
the. principal topic before the Nat Son
ni Council of Education;
ms Bills
tenafe and House
the sch. did not bombard German for
tifications.
"It ls IA good deal better for them to
undertake, to bottle up Germany's
fleet." replied Mr. Phoney, "and con
trol avenues of trrdc tba*? to risk go
ing up aginar, tho German fleet mid
fort I float lons and ' with aime?"? cer
tainty that they would be unable to
subdue them from the sea. tn thu
Dardanelles ii is different. They are
there undertaking to attack those
torts to get to a given place, but their
success remains to be seen."
Tho house appropriations commit
tee . completed tho general deficiency
hill, the leal, of' all the annual supply
measures of congress. The estimates
> veted In tho bill aggregate tP.OOO.
000, from which a considerable cut
was ciado. Thc bill probably will be
reported tomorrow.
.'.fter disposing of the army bl tl
th* neni\te began consideration of the
?B??W? ui'-anufe car
rying $S17>?4G,8??.
Villa
zotes Victory Against Carranza
Men, Killing 1,800 of
Tbfcm.
-4
(By A*K>ct*<ed IV.".)
WASHINGTON, J Feb. 2.1.-Fifteen
linn''." J Carranga soldiers were kill
ed and many captured by villa troop.?
in Friday's Inti le at Zayula, according
to G?mirai Villa'? version of the fight
ing, forwarded from t'hlhauhau today
to the state department. After thc
battle, Villa reported, he pursued the
Carranza troops toward Mau/.anlllo.
Villa said his ow|l losses were 100
ki led and 250 wound'd.
Six military trttis and thc head
quarters of General Die<iucz. governor
Of Jalisco, were aJhpng the equipment
Villa Claimed to hgye captured.
Defeat of Gene, il Carrasco, a Car
ranza coinmander.tand the capture of
Rosario on the west coast also were
reported by Villa, i ?/irraseo was said
to have lost 500 intel missing and to
have retreated.,
Carranza troops' were reported to
have arrlvo^f at Mazatlan.
Gp(MANS|t?RPEDO
V NORWEGIAN SHIP
Second Vessel of This National
ity Attacked in Channel
Recently.
(By A?*n?ftt?l Pre?.)
LONDON. Feb. 23.-The Norwegian
steamer Regln was ?tink off Dover
this morning by either a submarine or
a mine. The crow of ?2 was saved.
The Regln, carrying coal from the
Tyne to Rordeox.'. sank ton minutes
after she was struck. i
The Regln ls tjf? secot d Norwegian
steamer to encounter a tuhmarlnn or
mine In thc En gil?h (fannel since
February 18, tho . cffOJtlvo date of
Germany's war e?fe^'c-eroe. The tank
steamship Bolridgi was toroedoed by
a German aubms?fro off Folkestone
last week, but w^rafct sunk.
? The Regtlr^?* oT^PWrertommgc,
265 feet loug and was built in 1913.
The Nordykn. another Norwegian
ship, went down in the Baltic last
wee'.t. probably as a result of striking
n mine or being torpedoed.
DOVER, Feb. 23.-Th? Regin's crew
j landed at Dover this afternoon. The
jHnen said they believed thc ship was
torpedoed by a German submarine.
"THIRTY" SOUNDS FOR
CAPT. CHARLES PETTY
I Veteran Newspaper Man of Spar?
tanburg Dead at Agp
Eighty-One.
SPARTANB17AG, 8. C., Feb. 23.
Captain Charles Petty, associate edi
tor of the Spartanburg Journal, died
here early today in tbe 81st year of
bis age. For 31 years ho edited thc
Carolina Spartan and for the last five
years has been an activ? member of
The Journal staff.
Captain Petty served throughout
the war between the States as an
; officer in the l-lth South Carolina re
giment, was with Loe at .Gettysburg
and Appomattox. Ho was a member
?of tho h'.-torie Wallaco House, the
South Carolina legislature that over
threw Republican rule in South Caro
lina In 1876, and made Wade Hamp
ton governor. Until ten days ago ho
was regularly at his doBk in thc news
paper office.
.T-HBEATJKXK? PKE8IPBKT
And' Now a Pennsylvania Will Serve
in Prison Per lt.
4 (Uv Aioact%V*a Prr?? >
GREENSBORO. IV... Feb. 23.
Frank Grandovcc. of Grccnsburg, en
tered a pl<*a ot "guilty" here today tb
n charge of having written A lotter to
President Wilson threatening him
with death. He was sentenced to
serve not less than one year , and not
more than throe years ip prison.
Graijdovec's letter, signed "an anar
chist," b?_..ipa the president because
the writer was out of employment.
IHHMINGHASt PIKE
Two Nnineslitted ?>m rensn ia iiotei
Blare, "
(By A?x*i*??t Frew.)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Leb. 23.-Two
unidentlrcd men were burned to death
and 12 mo nwere injured, one fatally,
in a fire that damaged a umall hotel
here early today. Most ot the injur
ed were guests of thc hotel who were
trying to Jump from tho third story
windows.
J. W. Burner was. fatally Injured by
i losing bis grasp on ? rope while being
hoisted from a third story window by
firemen on the roof.
The property damage is estimated
at 175,006.
INQUIRY INTO
RISEJHLOUR
HEAD CHICAGO BOARD OF i
TRADE TESTIFIES AT IN
VESTIGATION
SAYS THE POOR
WILL NOT SUFFER!
Believ v, There Will Be a Surplus
of Wheat at End of Crop
Year.
(By A**ort?U?d PittnO
NEW VOItK, Feb. 23.-The recent
Increase in (he cost of wheat bread
and flour will not cauHfe suffering
nmonjr the poor. In the opinion of Ci
II. Cunby, president of the Chicago
Board or Trude, who testified today
at the investigation of the New York
State attorney generul into tho cause
of this increase. Tho witness also
expressed the belief that there will be
u surplus of wheat ut the end ot tho
crop yenr June 30.
"Tho poor will not stop eating
bread because it ls raised in price ono
eon? a loaf," asserted Mr. Canby. "but
they will economizo. In a country
like the United States, where mil
lions aro spent for chewing gum and
five cent cigars. I fail to see how it
can bc disturbe:! by a ponny risa lu
the price of fodstuffs."
Thc witness characterized as "moon
shine" tbe impression that any indi
vidual or group controls the .wheat
market or any ..other commody marr
kit. It seemed inconceivable to him
that such a situation should ever
arise. Elimination of speculation tn
commidty markets would not benefit
the producer and the consumer, be
maintained.
"Not only won jd th,, producer bo
Injured, but the consumer also lt spec
ulation is killed." ho asserted. 'Tito
first result or such a cours** would
be the csi?wUshm?nt of a monopoly.
A monopoly cannot permit specula
tlon-rlt fixes price."
Mr. Conby admitted that, os presi
dent of the Chicago Board of Trade,
he had* appealed to the federal au
thorities last fall to limit the expor
tation of wheat. Asked if tills action
was not due to "a desire on your part
to depress the market because many
of pour members had been caught
short of wheat," the witness dented
he had bad anything of tho sort tu
mind. His appeal, he said, was made
that the panicky condition ot the mar
ket, dn,. to the suddenly increased
demand, might be ameliorated.
Questioned regarding speculation,
he declared emphatically that although
the board hud experienced the largest
volume of trade in Its history since
the war affected the prlco and expor
tation he did not know of one of thc
1,624 members of the board who had
speculated ia wheat.
A detailed report of daily wheat
shipments from chicago for the years
1913 and 1914 was given by the wit
ness, who explained that, the board
kept on record the purchase and sale
of wheat because -much wheat ia
bought and sold while in transit. Thc
government's system of computing
wheat figures, he termed "extremely
faulty" because, he said, Its agents
who collect the fl gutes .rarely are
farmers and thus "the system cannot j
produce correct resuits."
Ile verses. Court.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 23.-The Ten-1
m .- :eo ii? uf imposing ?t $500
ileenre tax on wholesale liquor dealers
was held today by the Supremo court
to not to apply to wholesac dealers
^nghgod excuslvely In selling liquor
to residents of other States. The de
cision roversed a Tennessee supremo
court ruing in the caye of Pdhl H?y
man^ and others. ^ ^
Another America
h; Victim o\
(By A??oet?ted Pr??,)
. BK??MN. Feb. 23.-The American
Bteamcr Carib har gone to the bottom
3ff the German coust In the North Sea j
ia a result of striking a mine.
At the time of the disaster the Carib
was not using the route laid doVc ni ;
thc German marine instructionr.
The Carib iurmcrly wi?? unun! by
Lbe Clyde IJna and was recently sold
by them to'Walker, Armstrong.?: Co.,
if Sawanah, Ga. She left Charleston
fanuary 27 for Bremen with a cargo i
>f cotton. Sb8 had a capacity of j
1.600 bales.
Youthful Slayer.
BIUSTOU Va-Tenn., Feb. 23.-Pau
Ine Horton, 19 years old. .vas tv. lay
'omni gulley ot voluntary manalaught
;r in the ailing ol Merritt Walker
3ond. aged 30. to thia city In Decera
>er and guren un indeterminate sem
ence of two to ten years.
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o WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.- o
o Davihnar Theodore hua abdicated o
o as president of Halli atid taken o
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O Frederik Hendrik at Port au o
o Prince. The ?teamer will pro- o
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i
U. S. JUDGE DAYTON
IS BEING QUIZZED
Charged With Conniving With
Railroad People to Oust a
Former Judge.
(ry Amoclalfsl PW?.)
WASHINGTON. Feb 23-Federal
Judge Dayton, of West Virginia, be
foru the hoUdc Judiciary subcommittee
today, denied thut he was "tempera
mentally unlit" for the bench, an?
charged that he had tailed to enforce
tho law. Ho declared that be had no
recollection of taking part in the In
vestigation that was made before
the resignation of Judge Johu D. Jack
son, Ms predecessor.
At tho conclusion of cross examina
tion by members of the committee,
John V7. Trainer, of the department
of justice, testified that Judge Dayton,
then a member of the house, hod. not
volunteered any Information concern,
lng Judge Jackson and had not been
in CIOBO touch with the investigation.
The charges against Judge Dayton
include a specification that he Join
ed with railroad representatives in
an effort to oust Jackson so he might
have a place on tho bench. '
Judge Dayton ass orted be, had no
prejudice toward laboring orgunlsa
tiona, but he hod' a strong conviction
against the liquor traffic.
Trainer said the .?ackson Investiga
tion was conducted by himself, C. W.
Elliott, who was then marshal of
Judge Jackson's district, -.-nd Frank
Durke a secret service m?.n. . Ho de
clared that Judge Dayton and re
presentatives of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad liad nothing to do *ltb
IL
F/imell L. Blane ytold the commit
tee that Judge Dayton, in a suit
brought by Binney against the Balti
more and Ohio railroad, bad been "un
fair and unjust" and had directed the
jury to return a verdict favorable to
the railroad.
immigrant Shot
Himself to Death
Ordered Deported Stepped Into
Adjoining Room and
Suicided
(By Associates Press.)
NRW YORK. Feb. 23.-After the
board of inquiry at Ellis Island hud
decided today that Carl C. Mogensen
must bo deported for "committing an
act ct moral turpitude," Morgenaen
stepped into a room adjoining the
board room and shot himself dead.
Morgensen arrived last Saturday
from Copenhagen. He was detained
on advices that he was wanted in
Copenhagen for taking a $2,700 bond
from the Danish National Bank, where
he was employed.
Restore Divorce Law.
CARSON CITY, Nev.. Feb. 23.-Gov
ornor Boyle today signed the six
months residence divorce bill. Tho
bil} restores the law relating to dl
n Steamer
f a German Mine
rBt- AawtrUUd IYNO
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Feb. 23.-Oeorge
F. Armstrong, vice president of Wal
ker. Armstrong A Co.. owners of thc
Carib, said tonight that his company
probably would make repreaeutatlons
to the stat? department at Washington
concerning tho sinking ci .the Carib
in Hm North Ken by a mine. He add
^d that the ship was Insured partly
>y thc war risk bureau and partially
jy private oomranles. 4
Palmer Ripped Opea.
DELAWARE BREAKWATER, Del.,
Feb. 28.-Tho wreck of tho 300-foot
Uve-mas'Dd Elizabeth Palmer, awash
near Fenwick Shoal gos buoy since
ihs sank with .ho steamer Washing
tonian in a colloslon January 28, wan
ripped apart today by the explosion
if 12 sun cotton mines. The explos
ives were placed aboard the e'tooner
[rom the coast guard cutter Mohawk.
ONE AMERICAN/A NORWEG
IAN AND A BRITISH COL
LIER VICTIMS SUB
MARINE WAR
AUSTRIANS LAY
CLAIM TO VICTORY
Assert They Have Shattered Rcu
s?an Attacks on the Carpath
ian Front-Other
Developments.
The, Norwegian steamer Regln,
coal laden; the American steamer
Carib, with a cargo of cotton aboard,
mid the British collier Branksome
Chide have fallen victima of minea or
torpedoea from submarine* tn the wat
ers of the war zone. The Regln went
down near Dover; the Carib off the
Gorman coast in the North Sea. The
Branksomo Chine waa struck lo the
English Channel off Beachy Head ar^i
is reported still afloat.
A large steamer also ia reported In
distress where the Branksome Chine
was struck, but lt has not been ascer
tained what brought her to grief.
Tho cross-channel steamer Victoria,
Boulogne for Folkestone, with nearly
one hundred passengers aboard, nar
rowly escaped destruction by a Ger
man submarine. The French minister
of marine says a destroyer shelled the
submarine and po.-ilbly sank her..
A Berlin dispatch stating that th?
Amorican ambassador has presented
to the German foreign office an Ameri
can not embodying proposais for the
nettlemcnt of tho situation arising
from the British embargo on food
stuffs into Germany and the German
warfare against British mercantile
shipping dlnda partial confirmation
from Washington to the effect that the
proposals have been. made by tba
American government to both Great
Britain and Germany . a?ggeatt?tvV
basis for an understanding on thia
subject. These proposala have beep
guarded with great secrecy.
The British admiralty has placed
stringent restriction? on merchant
vessels with r?sp.jct tc the Irish chan
nel and tue Nor*U chunhei, through
which these vessels may not pas? at
certain hours and then only hy fol
lowing e. specific course.
Seven German aeroplanes were re
ported flying along the east coast
of England early Tuesday night. They
are thoug. ' to have been on a re
connoitering expedition.
Much 'nterest attaches io the bom
bardment by the French and British
Dr the forta in the Dardanelles, some
of which are said to have been bsd Iv
iamaged. .
reports from the battle fronts are
meagre. The German victory in East
Prussia is admitted by the Russians,
who. however, have brought up large
reinforcement and express confidence
in their' ability to prenant a further
Sermon advance.
The Austrians claim to have shat
tered thc Russian attacks on the Car
pathian front.
In the weat the ordinary give-and
take engagements at various points
dong the line apparently cover the
ixtent of the fighting.
Commissioners sent hy the Ameri
can embassy in Paris to investigate
."reneh concentration camps report
hat in the departments of Basses
\lpia and Var they found Interna
ional regulations strictly observed*
>y the French.
Tho house of commons has . ap
iro ved the plan for a union ai the
mancini, ami military-resources or
he triple entente powers,
Slr Edward Grey, the British for
eign secretary, has Informed the
Vmerlcan Commission for Relief In
lelglnm that as Germany ls alleged
o have refused to confider the ces
ation of its pecuniary exactions on
klgium. the promised British sub
entlon to the cvrnt/i'saloa would not
ic given.
The Scandinavian powern? accord
tig to a news agency dispatch, will
legotiatlor? with London and Berlin
> Ith a view to obtaining the British
nd German governments' consent to
leutral merchant ships of the Scan
Inavlan countries being convoyed by
warships. ?
.OWEB I. f. C ClBt'UBSCRIBEO
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?presse Cent Bales Board Cannot
luKpeet Railroad's Co^poneeuee.
WASHINGTON/ Feu. 23.-Gorrea
ondence of railroad companies la
ot subject to Inspection hy tba tn
i r.stato commerce commission, the
upreme court ruled today in a con
est between the commission and the
louisville and Nashville Railroad
lompany. * <.'. > , -
The deciston loaves the comiafaaktt
rlth power to Inspect all accounts,
ecords and memoranda, and euipow
ra the commission to Inspect euch
ecords made before the paasaga of
?te Hepburn rate law authorizing the
ispeetlon.
The court old not pass Ott t?mmk^?
iii Ul ?0:1 i i Rui ut in? frvwv???CQWlf tO
ass a law to Inspect correspondente,
