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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, NO REPLY 1 NOTE TO DEMANDING AN IMPROVE MENT IN CONDITIONS IN MEXICAN CAPITOL FOR FOREIGNERS LIVING . THERE FOOD SITUATION IS STILL SERIOUS Increasing Confidence That the United States Will Not Be Compelled to Take Further. Steps in Situation (By ASM* intel Vnv?.) WASHINGTON. March 10.-Sec-| retary Bryan announced tonight that ' ti;c food situation in Mexico City coi: tlnu2d serious and that General Obrcgop's forces appeared to not have. e Vicuatcd the city, though this was expected at any morii?bt. He sa!d the state department hud re ceived nothing definite as to thc re ply General Carranza ls preparing to thc American note demanding an im provement in conditions for foreign ers. Slr Ceci! Spring-Rice, the British I ambassador, brought to the depart- ? ment p. cony of a telegram from I Thomas Hohler, charge d'affaire of the British legation in Mexico City, declaring thc American note, a copy j of which had been presented to Gen oral Obrcgon simultaneously with j Its delivery to General ?Carranza, had j produced a good effect. The charge pointed out, however, the necessity ut ail times of keeping open railway und telegraphic communication be tween Mexico Oltv nnd Vera Cruz. British View. The text of his telegram waa made oublie by tho ?t??? department as fo'lows: - I "In my opiricn th" effect of thc American m.'e io Carranza and Obre gon hus been ?i*tremely good. It b<, ..however,1 absolutely'"?! '?essary that immediate steps should be taken for sending supplies of food and fprago to the capital. " Whatever party ?9 in po-.vpr in Mexico City and Vera Cruz, ft is now plain that the best means to prevent the recurrence of such a situation as now exists woui? oe . to m sit ab solutely on the local troops maintain ing Inviolate the railway communica tio between Mexico City and Vera Cruz:" >'o Warships Sent. No more warships were ordered to Mexico waters today and none will be sent pending further develop ments In the situation. Mr. Brynn said tonight that Charles A. Douglas, Washington ad viser to the Carranza government, now at Vera Cruz, was cooperating with American Consul Sillimau In un. attempt to solve the transportation problem. The secretary said consu lar reports showed that the trains, ffom Mexico City were belnfr used for military purposes'or being held for that object. AB yet no requeats had I come, he added, from Americans ip Mexico City for transportation facil ities,,, but thc- der?rtment is doing what it cap to arrange for trains for those .who desire to heed the Ameri can .citizens, td leave Mexico City. : SJtuution Seems Improved. -^iZL^^^^.L^^y^j"1^ situation ;Continued~on Page~Four) OFFICIAL WAS PROFOU Over Arrival of German Cruiser 1 American M (By AuocUUd Pnns.) WASHINGTON. March 10.-Arrival of the German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich at Newport News to day with the announcement that dur ing ber four months raiding as a commerce destroyer, sho had sent to the bottom one American-owned ves sel which (lew ihe flair of the United States* : profoundly . furred official Washington. . in the absence of a detailed story of tho.finking ot tho American sliip, Ute Winiam P. Frye, of the coast of South America.i judgment waa withheld, .but there was no attempt to deny the ser iousness of the incident, and it was confided.that Cn ita face It boro the appearance of aa unfriendly act on the pnr! cf a German ship o? war w?iit?i muai reuaU'ja diplomatic ne gotiations with tho German govern ment. Such Information as had rana to official oars tonight from Newport News was in 8ubstan.ee that the Frye wac blown up because the commander of the Eitel held her cargo of whoat to bo contraband. It was pointed out that wheat is not contraband unless consigned to a belligerent or some agent of such government. The Frye's manifest ?bowed her bound for Queenstown "for orders." Officials explained that this declaration bi tba ET TO CARRANZA GREEK Cabinet Takes Oath of Office and States Position on War (By Ar?*'* intnl PHVW.) LONDON. March 10.-A Heuter dispatch frctn Athens says the new Oroek cabinet took the oath of of fice today and also contained this ministerial decision communication tc the newspapers: "For Greece; after her victorious wars. n long period, 'of peace was au Imperative necessity to enable ber to work foi' tito prosperity of thc th? country. Tl<c organization, of lier public Ber vices and laud and sea forces ami the development and wealth of the country would have' guaranteed ber against any attack on what alie has acquired at the cost of such great sacrifices, and would also baxli enabled hey to carry out a pro-, grain of serving the interests of the state and to adopt a policy conforni lug to national traditions. "In these circumstances the ob servance of neutrality was impera tive for ber from the very beginning of thc European crisis. .'lt was, and always is. ber abso i lute duty to fulfill her treaty obllga I tion as an ally and to cock satlsfac I tion for hor interests, without, how eve", compromising the integrity of lier territory. The government, con Ecious of the. duty of thus serving the interests of the country, is convinced that the patriotism of the people will ensure hu entire security _?t those interests." All Mexico Would Repel Invasion Says Gen. Villa in Statement Denies Reporta of His Non interference EL PASO Tex.. March 10.-General Villa in a statement to the Associat ed Press received today from Torre?n declares that In event of Intervention of foreign troops to subdue the Car ranza, forma ha aw ti on ethsr- Ms?i cans would unite against the insiders. Villa denied recent interviews in American newspapers, wbth.kl said had just been called to his attention, in which he was. rfuoted as saying that ho would not opposo armed interven tion on thc oart of several i owers, ''to reduce Carranza to order," pro vided that he would bo made com mander of such move. "There ls nothing more grotesque and absurd than such ah assertion," said tho message from the northern leader, "since-1 al wa/s have insisted that all our troubles bu settled solely ? among ourselves. Should tome nation -invade our territory, I would be ready to fight against lt until 1 would soe the entire country in the possession of Mexicans only. All of% us would I fight, united against the enemy." Vfonid Repeal Hasel Law. DOVER. Del.. March 10.-The Delaware senate tonight passed a bill designed to repeal the Hazel law, which prohibits the shipment of in toxicating liquor into local option tcuritory. Tho measure bad passed the lower house. HfNGTCMV TrT~ NDLY STIRRED rVith Announcement of Sinking pf [erchantmac manifest waa not unusual r.nd added that circumstances so far pointed to the fact that the Frye, aa a vessel of a neutral nation engaged in a legit imate voyage, .was. nc* subject to seizure or destruction. Every effort will be made by the state and treasury department to get to thc bottom of th? caa?). The mafe .ter, officers and crew ol the Frye, wJU appear tomorrow in Norfolk . before Collector of Customs Hamilton and will be questioned at length about circumstances of the-ship's departure from Seattle last November and of ber capture and deal ruction. If nec essary the state department will con duct HH inquiry of ??? own and wiii not undertake negotiations with Ger many Until lt? en?e einnr Jost what demanda might be made upon Germany if the blowing up of the Frye were considered as unfriend ly, were not disclosed tonight, but it was understood the United States probably would seek the usual hon orable amends under international, law as well as reparation for the [owners. The Prinz Eitet undoubted*^ wllLbe interned at Newport News unless her, commander la willing to take u chance' with the allies' ships in tho North Atlantic BESTIAL MODE OF PROCEDURE Said to Have Been Planned by Russian Forces tn Province Galacia WASHINGTON. Maren 10.-A for etell office dispatch made public to night by the Austro-Hungarian em bassy told of un unsuccessful attempt liv Russian forces to send 1.500 Jewish families from the Russian into the Austrian lines in Gulicia. "A Russian Officer." says the report, "came before the fortified position of our troops north ot' Nadwprna, Galicia, with ?/.lap r f truce and im parted what follows: " 'Ry order of tho Russian com mander tomorrow morning about 1. 500 Jewish feniilies will 'je sent out from the Russiaii lines to tho Austro Hungnrlan lines.' "By tills unheard ot' and bestial, mode of proeneduro tho enemy Intends doubtless/ that thousands of outsiders fchall be driven before him as a I shield. A realization of this plan can. |pot '.e permitted for military reasons, us no armistice for sending away Jcw I isb families was offered I / thc enemy. j nor would il be aceentable on account of approaching l?ostile r?lnforce Vnents." BALLOU Trial ' Goes on in Courts of Bridgeport-State May Conclude Today I BRIDGEPORT, T'onu., March 10. Details of l/.e finding of Waldo R. Bal lou in a dying condition at the street entrance to the Rippowan building in Staniford on the night of Vuna last; the events whfh transpired ni Mrs. Helen M. Angle's apartments in thc- building shoilly afterwards, und the relations between Mrs. Angle and Ruilou were interwovtu in testimony of witnesses for the State today as the prosecution continued to place its story of {tallou's death before a Jury In tho superior courts, where Mrs. Angle is bomg "tried on a charg? ot manslaughte** . John J. McMahon, of the Stamford police department, described a. visit which he and Chief of-Police Brennan, with other officers, made to Mrs. Angle's rooms after Ballou had been found lind laben In tlio hOHpitnl. M'J ! Mahon said he heard the chief ask if Ballou had been there and Mrs. Acglo ! replied he had, but . left about 10 i o'clock. Chief Brepnan told her Bal I lou had been injured a?id she asked J if he had been badly hurt. I The State is expected 'to conclude : its case tomorrow and the defcusc to begin Firday.' v . CAL.'FORNIA TO BUY RAILROAD First Step Looking Toward Pur chase of Western Pacific Taken SACRAMENTO. Cal.. March 10. Thc first step toward the purchase by the State of California Qf thc West ern Pacific railroad, now In thc hands of receivers, was taken today In the office of Governor Hiram W. Jolin Eon. This announcement was made after a conference participated in by the governor, Lieutenant . Governor Eshle man, Rudolph Spreckles. a San Fran cisco financier who originated thc plan, and Charles S. Wheeler, un at torney for the Western Pacific.' The movement waB initiated on tho theory that California's ownership of a trans-continental r?'!road would render Gie State indopondent of priv ately controlled railroads. The project' will bc taken up im mediately, lt ls said, with a view to legislative action and a State election before the end of the year to submit the proposal and an v issue of bonds to the people. ('.debra Cat Cleared. PANAMA, March 10.-The channel in the Culebra cnt, closed March 8. by a slide, 'waa reopened today and ; flamers walting at each end began to take turns passing through thc canal. It was expected that 12 of the 25 ships would lie passed through before the end of the day. Gen. Brv Enthroned. WASHINGTON, March IC-Gen j eral Vllbrun Guillaume Sam. head of I the revolution which recently over threw the government of General Theodore in Haiti waa inaugurated president at Port au Prince yester day, according f> a report today to tho state department. Kleien Mnbnsarlnrs Lost. LONDON, March ll.-A Copenhagen di-patiVi to The Dally Mall says: "lt ls r? y>rted in German naval circles that ll submarines have been lost aiftca February ?8. The loss, of four bas been officially admitted, while ?evan have been- m'usine for .nearly ihre? weeks," ROTES! BRAIN PROMISED BY RAILROADS IN LETTE^ TO THE COMMISSION l PROF. COlicOCK HAS RESIGNED Chair of Mathematics at the Un iversity South Carolina. Other j News _i_ ? ?iwinl to Tlir I:.v!lu:i cv .T. COLUMBIA. March lp.-The State tailroad commission this afternoon made pul'.lc a letter written to VV. \Y. Long, demonstration agent for this State, by the representatives of the Atlantic Coast Lin?, C. ii W. C., tho Southern and tho Seaboard Air Line Railroads in which a reduction In rates on grain from points in South Carolina to markets In the north and east is promised. Tfhey also promised a reduction of grain shipped to point J in Georgia and o?\*t interior markets. Carload rates ?ije established to itichn.\md. Petersburg. Roanoke and Portsmouth, Va., at 18 cents per butt ered, 20 cents to Ballimore and 24 cent to Philadelphia anil Xew York. These figures, railroad representa tives say, represent; reduct ion ranging from 6 to 15 cents pi-r hundred, equal Ivenl lo reductions [of, $24 to $?<) per car. Coveruor Manning ic a letter tri Secretary of Wov Garrison tonight promised a tliorougii! reorganization of the National Guard} of this State to conform to requirements of the fed eral service, fie said that, such com panies as were found deficient upon inspection will be mustered out. He asked the war department tv? suspend their rule withholding federal aid from tin." State to permit Hie militia te draw Gie federalidlotmont for the fttfcal j ua?b?*?m?W m It was learned in Columbia last ? night that Prof. Fi Horton Colcpck of I thu University of South Carolina has j resigned and that his resignation will I ho laid before the board of trustees at their meeting tomorrow. Prof. Colcock has been connected with the university since 1894 and Bince 1859 has be*.n professor of mathematics. His resignation becomes effective nt the close of the present scholastic year. Dr. R. Ottolentui. a nativo of Char leston, but for the last .40 yen? a dentist of New York city, and a man of national reputet.on, will make a public address in Columbia on April 28 at the annual meeting of the Stato Dental Association. At the same time Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure food ex pert, will also speak. Tho hoard of regents-of the Slate Hospital for the Insane met In the office of Governor Manning this r.fter noron and organized by electing R. B. Scarborough chairman. All of th? members were present. The board will inspect the asylum tomorrow. The State pension bourd is in ses sion, going over appllcatlans for pen sions and arranging to pay out thc money to the pensioners, tho legisla ture having appropriated $282,645,25 tor this purpose, comptroller Gener al Sawyer said the checks would be mailed out by April 15.' Tho penitentiary directors at their monthly meeting today decided to send 20 convicta to the. State farm in Kershaw County. Routine matters were discussed by the board. German Submarine Rammed and Sunk (Itv Aworialrri Pr?**.) LONDON. March 10 (8:50 p. m.) The British admiralty announced *o (night Gmt the German submarine ./which was rammed and sunk today by the British torpedo destroyer Ariel waa the U-12. instead of tho U-20 as previously stated. The admiralty statement said: "Later and more detailed reporta have now been received which estab lish tho fact that the German subma rine which, was rammed and Bank by H. M. 8. Ariel waa Gie W-1?. and. ?that out of her crew of 2ft. the num ber saved was io." To Enforce Neutrality. WASHINGTON, March 10.-Secre tary Daniels today ordered the naval Hebt Dolphin from Gie Washington tnavy yard to New York, to aid in the enforcement of neutrality in the har bor there. Recently there havfl been no naval.vessel at Now York, and the entire task of guarding th? harbor and preventing ships from loaring without proper clearance papers has fallan upon coast guard CiPtere. IMMIGRATION TIDE TURNS Number of Emigrant Aliens Leav ing U. S. Greater Than Immi grants Entering (Hy A".K-iutr.l Prc**.) ? WASHINGTON, March IO.-FOB th? first time in American history the tide of immigration Itas been turned to ward Europe. Statistics announced by Commission er Camlnettl show the change, caus ad by Hie war. came in December when- tho number of emigrant aliens leaving tho United States was greater by 11,240 than the total of immigrants , entering. In January, 1.757 more de- . parted tbau entered. Departures for the six months from ! 'August. 1!H4. to January totalled 18. 545 more than arrivals, including both emigrant and non-emigrant aliens. ] Thc heaviest ci~igiutlnn was shown among the aliens from southern I Italy. Of those 75,029 ni-^re departed than were admitted during the seven I months ended with January. That ; presumably was ?lue to the calling of i ' Italian reservists to the colors. FRAUD j Charges in Connection With Terre Haute Election Be- | ing Probed INDIANAPOLIS. March 10 -Many and varied were Hu ways in which men were manufactured /> vote in. Terre Haute on November H, 1914. ns iodated by government witnesses to day in tbs trial of Mayor Donn M. Roberts and 27 others chnrged with ! conspiring to corrupt the election, j "When I ran out of cards," testified J Waller forde:!, a cloiV in tho city en- 1 j giiK er's office, telling of making oui j i egistrat i.in applications. "I made ?nell rout of my Iniagitfatlon, I gav?' ibero a I rome, an ugo and set out thc place OL their birth." Harry Forcbeck, .tn employee in thc city engineer's office, told of "umnu facturing"' about 200 men for voters. Ho V?rroTtoft?ted Cordel- Ri?timent that whll*? they were in the roomin the | city hall making -ont registration ap plications, Roberts knocked on (he j door and summoned Cordes. Cordes said that Roberts told him to go to Edward Holler, then chid of i Pulli - Tm iiisii*c?;uiiB. ?roiier has ! pleaded guilty. Tho witnesses Iden ! tined a number of registration appli cations as iuado out in their hand- 1 writing. These previously had been j Identified as part of tho election re cords. Congrrs8man A. O. Stanley, coun sel for the defense. Indicated that he would contend the cards were part r? . an elaborate index of Terre Hau. , voters. Hf said this was legal and it i was the custom in some places to ; maintain such a system. Judge A. lt. ; Anderson presiding, told timi 'not in ' I Indiana." THAW A VICTIM I OF RHEUMATISM _ Suffering So Judge Had Couch in His Chambers Sent to Prisoner NEW YORK. March 10.-Harry Kendall Thaw, on trial hero with five co-defendants .for conspiring to' es cape from tho Matten w?.a State Hos pital for the Criminal insane. >vas no 111 at the conclusion of the proceed ings today that Justice Page, before whom the trial ls tn progress, had (be couch in his cliumberK moved to (he , Tombs prison for Thaw lo sleep upon. Thaw 1B suffering from rheumatism, brought on. tho jail, physician snld. hy the draughts in his cell. . Unless his illness interferes with their plans, Thaw'a attorneys will place him upc ti the witness* stand to \ morro AT. Io this manner they said they j hoped to ?how the Jury that their client ? had recovered his sanity. Nearly ull tho witnesses today wera employes at Mutteawan or persons who had seen vine or both of the au tomobiles In which his flight from the hospital to New Hampshire was af fected. Each of the employes waa asked quent lon s designed to indicnted tr the i?rv Hist Thaw was anne nt tho time of his escape. Many of the witnesses i who saw. one or both of thc machines 1 during the piMgresK of the fl'^t iden ? Ulled one or more of TbaWB's co-tie \ K-idants as the men they had s?en io them. Franklin Kennedy, special rtoputy attorney general In charge of- the prosecution, announced tonight that the State would closo its case tomor row. As soon as the Stile's case is com pleted Abraham Levy, counsel for tho co-defendants, will make a motion tn dismiss the cases on the ground'that no evidence has been produced by thc State to nrove its contention. Should this ho denied. Mr. Levy asserted he Iwlll Interpose a ceVplete defense for tho five divorcing l,* .possible, their case from that of Th?v. EIGHT VESS, BY GERM/ FLEET Maneuvering in Southern Wat ers Most Powerful tn History Navy (By Asuoriat?! POM.?.) WASHINGTON. Mani, IO. -Socro rotary Daniela todny issu<-?1 a state ment on tin- condition of tin- Atlan tic fleet mid ita auxiliaries now man euvering in Mexican (Juli anil Carib lican waters. It was consdercd slunl ficant by some observers of thc Mer Ican situation. It follows: "Xever before In the history of our navy has such a powerful fleet been nssetnbled for act I'fa service, man euvcrn. und target practlvc with guns and torpedoes, as that based on Guantanamo. Cuba, for the last tw months nuder th?, command of Hoar Admiral Fletcher. commander-ln chier of thc Atlantic fleet. Thia force now consists of 19 battleships and 20 destroyers with a flagship and tend er. "Ilased ahio on Guantanamo Hay is :ht> cruiuer sriuodron consisting of two armored cruisers and seven light cruisers and gunboats, tho various units or which have been operating in thc vicinity or Haiti. ?anto Domingo and tue east coast of Mexico. , "Th,, vpaseia comprising thia fleet arc ready for any service, and ore accompanied bv -epnlr ships, supply ships and fuel ships, carrying coal. oil and sunnites for an extended per iod . i "A4 Key Weft the reserve torpedo flotilla, consisting of ?en destroyers a sd c. tender; have been engaged in extenden operations. "At Pensacola six submarines with four tendera, have been operuting, engaged In maneuvers distinctly thereon, and in joint operation with aircraft and with the San Francisco. <a mine inying ?wesuclV "Results of the extended operations In -which the above mentioned vessels to thc numtipr of 8:> are engaged can not fal] to be of great benefit to tile navy." Gibbons Secures j Report on Status Of Catholic Church Affairs in I Mexico- Situation is De plorable NEW ORLEANS. March 10.-Cardi nal Gibbons was given a personal re port here on conditions in Mexico OB regards the Catholic church, it be came known today, when late yester day he received in conference Arch bishop Moray Del Rio, head of the church in the southern republic, who recently came to New Orleans from Vera Cruz. The cardinal did not ?lis cus? tho conference other than to say thc archbishop reported all his clergy ns having been Imprison??** and 'hat tho situation was deplorable. Cardinal Gibbons ?aid he now is in correspondence with President Wilson nnd Secretary Bryan, having brought the reported condition to their atten Uojrb_V * , HEAVY FIGHTL FRANCl French Declare British Have Cern uation Taken ii The northern part of the battle line in Franc,? and Belgium has seen heavy fighting, according to the latest French statement Nieuport has been bombarded, but thc dis trict between the River Lys and La Bassec Canal has witnesses a vio lent engagement between British in fantry, supported by French artil lery, and German troops. The British have carried what the' French declare to be a strategic posi tion In capturing the village of Neuve Chapelle and they have made at..'anees In the direction of Au ber?, to the northeast of La Baassee, and also to tho southeast. German losses are reported heavy, one thone-, and being take?- prlroners. Tin- Hame statement declares that BV^ral fierce counter attacks by the Germans In the Champagne region were repulsed without the gain of nn inch of ground. The Germans, however, seem to bo weil satisfied with what they have been doing in this particular region, and officially estimated that the French losses ivave been at least threo times as heavy as the German losses, numbering about 45,000. In the eastern war tone, particular ly in northern Poland, the Germans are attacking In large force. In oth i er sections ot Poland engagements ELS SUNK VN CRUISER WARSHIP LIMPS INTO AMERI CAN PORT AFTER DRA MATIC SCOURING OF ATLANTIC AND PA CIFIC OCEANS ENDED IN SINKING OF AMERICAN SHIP Three British, Three French, One Russian Merchantmen Other Victims-Passengers and Crews Saved (Br Associated Pr MS.) NEWPORT NEWS. March 10.-The German auxiliary culser Prim Eitel Friedrich, arter a marine wrecking; scouring of Pacific and Atlantic oceana, which culminated in the sink ing of an American sailing ship In tho South Atlantic Ocean January 28 last, limped into this port today and anchored for supplies and repairs. She brought with her rescued crews and passengers of American. British. French and Russian ahlps and lies at anchor tcnight in Hampton Roads, proud of her trophies of war that crunch thc bottom vjf the sea but in a statc of mechanical exhaustion from the strain of a 5,200 mile journey. The German cruiser began .her scouting for the ships of enemies of tho Fatherland at Tsing-TBau, Chins, last November under mastership ot Commander Thlerichens and put into this historic American port today with the admitted sinking of eight merchant ships, three British, three French, ono Russian and one Ameri can. Thc sinking of Gie American ship, thc William P. Frye, a sailing vessel bound from Seattle to Queens town with &T..OO0 tons of wheat, Jaoit concerned American port officials hf re and the Washington government. '\> 'easels ftsnlr.* The list of vessels ?M?> by the Ger man auxiliary cruiser Prince BlUi ? Frederick as given out by Collector of t'u si om a Hamilton lato today ls as follows: wiitin!, ??iiltllt ?ftiap a?lVo?C?^, TT. rf. King, master, crew 23. Owner, Inver line, of Aberdeen, Scotland. Bunk February 12. British steamship Mary Ads Short. A. E. Bobbing, master, crew 28. Owfi er, James Westolla, 'of Sunderland, England. Sunk february 1*. French steamship Floride, Mf4ji sion, master, crew 78, passengers lt. Owners, Compagnie Generale Trassat lantloue. * ?ank February 19. British steamship Willerby. J. Wedgewood, master, crew 27. Owners, Ropner & Co.. of Wes? Hartlepool. Sunk February 20. Russian sailing ship IsabollaBrown, Axmnr Eriksson, master, crew 18. Owner. Tronberg, Finland. Bunk Jan uary 27. French sailing ship Pierce Loti, Tranchant, master, crew 24. Society Nouvelle Darmoment -of Nantes, France, owners. Sunk Januar'/ 27. American sailing Ship William P. Frye. H. H. Klehne, master, crew 31. Owner. Arthur Sewall & Co.. of Baltl. moro. Md. Bun* January 2*. Cargo ot wheat from Seattle. Wash., to Queenstown. England, for orders <V ?VGTN S AND BEGIUM ed m Strateigc Positicv.-War Sa ri at a Glance. are proceedings, while in the Car pathians the Austrians are following the German example ana are driving with full strength against the Rus sian forcea nlong the front from Gorlioe to the Ussok Pasa. One of thc most Interesting inci dents of the war from AB Internation al standpoint is th. arrival at New port News of thc German auxiliary cruiser Prins Eitel Friedrich. This raider of tho seas Lis been destroy lng commerce In toe Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and on January 28 sent to -je bottom an American sail ing vessel, the William P. Frye, bound from Seattle for Queenstown, with a cargo of wheat. The Eitel Friedrich has on board ninny, persons wno were taken off the vessels that she ?tank and abe came into i port for repairs. The sink ing of the American ship is to be in vestigated, the German commander holding that her cargo of wheat was contraband of war. Another German submarine, the IT 12. has been rammed, thia tone by a british torpedo boat destroyer. TBS U-12 was sunk but ten ot her crew pf 28 were saved. A report reaching Berlin trent Rotterdam says' that the British col lier Beethoven baa bean sunk at .some place, not stated, either by a torpedo or a mme.