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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 OOOOOOOOoOOOOOOOO.OOO 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. 3 MORE S DOWN oouooouoooooouooooo o o o Haiti's Henil (?ultH. o o WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.- o o Davihnar Theodore hua abdicated o o as president of Halli atid taken o o refuge on the Dutch ateanier o O Frederik Hendrik at Port au o o Prince. The ?teamer will pro- o o ceed to Curacao. o o Local officials have taken o o charge of thu capita} awaiting o o General Guillaume, leader of the o o revolutionist army which is out- o o side the city. % o o o o o o c> o o o o o o o o o o o o o o c 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 . . ??; ?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,