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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, RUSSIANS TAKE SEVERJJOWNS HEAVY FIGHTING GOING ON !N RUSSIAN POLAND AND GALICIA STRUGGLING IN THE DEEP SNOW; Turkish Soldiers KUI Hundreds of Civilians, Loot and Burn Villages Wliilc there IH a lull In the wost, heavy fighting i? going cm in Rus sian Poland and ?-astern GalfCla. The fjusjliin official dlspatchea report the capture of several vllingps and heights northeast .if PraaihySa; in l err ?tory when- some of the fiercest fighting of the wur has occurred. Al so, near the border town of Taurog gen and in East Prussia, close to Memel, battles are being fought which Indicate tfne intention of the Ru.isiu.ns o? again forcing their way, If possi ble, into tho country of the German3. Although the opposing forces in the Caipathlans and East Galicia ar?, struggling to their utmost in the deep snow and under the most trying con ditions, no i.hange worthy of note has taken place in the situation. Austria is reported to be continu ing work on fo"rtiflcatlon3 aleng Uv.' italian frontier, and the garrisons have been reinforced by artillery and infantry. A largo quantity of sholls bound from Germany for Turkey has been held up by me Rumanian govern ment, according to a dispatch from thc Kalkan agency. Switzerland advices say that th? Germans are building two strategical railroads on the Alsace-Lorraine frr.ntior to strengthen the strassburg system of fortifications. ?ft? Zeppelin has' attached- ..-?Ca?ale, dropping bombs with tho pbject, ot destroying the railway station. This mot with no success, but'seven per* sons were killed. Another British steamer. the Glcnartnev, from Bangkok for London, loaded with rice, has been torpedoed by a German submarine off Reachy Head in the English Channel. One of tho crew was drowned. The entire Sudan, including Khar tum and ais? parts of Nubia, are held by tho Dervishes, according to tho .story told by a German merchant who* has returned to Berlin from Egypt. Thc British general Hawley and almost 2,000 of his men are said to lhave been lulled near Fashoda In December: while earlier in November Scnuss! tribesmen are reported to have killed two hundred Australians near tho Pyramtds. Railroad and telegraph lines were destroyed. Advices received by the British foreign office say Turkish soldiers in thc Urumlah district of Persia re cently killed several hundred civilians . . and looted and burned village?. Tli ree st camera carrying American meat products, which bsd been de tained hy the British government for examination, have been permitted to proceed. ?'They are the Norwegian ICIsu, the Swedish Greklnnd . and the American A- A. Raven. The German Reichstag has adopted, without debate, the war estimates and also passed tho foreign estimates. The French chamber of deputies ha? unanimously passed a bill au thorizing tho government to raise the limit for the issue of treasury bonds from 1700,000,000 to $900.000,000. Owing to precarious health oonr dit lons in Serbia, an American aanl .tary commission under the auspices of the American Red Cross and the rockefeller foundation shortly will begin work there to stamp out typhus j (CONTINUED ON PAG?TT) I The Whole of Held By * ?)?%SJocUt<)d rrrts.) rtERLlN. jtfrch 18.-(By Wlrlesa.) . -A German merchant who recently has returned "from Egypt ls'authority for the declaration that tho whole of tho Satten including Khartum, and also parts of Nubia ure in possession of the Denrisbus. The statements of tho traveler are published in. tho" Vbsslsch? Zeltung. He d', cribe , also ian engagement near Fashoda last December tn which Gen oral Hawley,-of the British army, and a number of other officers, together with almost 2.CO0 men,, lost their Urns. Thc merchant In question relates a Btcry of the alleged uprising of the' Scnushl tribesmen In November, ile declares that they destroyed an Aus tralian camp near tho Pyramid? on November 1?, killing 200 Australian? ami capturing guns and pro Irater In .largo force, not loss than &M>00, they overflowed the entire province of Fayum and destroyed all railroads, including tho Catro-As FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY Against U. S. Government in Aid ing to Procure a False Amer ican Passport (By A?*ccii?tcd Presi.) NEW YORK, Mardi 18.- Richard Madden and Gustave Cook, of Hobo ken, were found guilty tc. lay of con spiracy a?ainU the United States gov ernment in aiding Richard Stegler. a German navul reservist, to procure a false American passport. The jurors, selected for their neutral opinions bh Ihe European war. made 'a strong recommendation for mercy." Tho inen will IM? aenteuced tomor row and Immediately afterward Stea ler, who bee-rue a government wh iles;., will be called for trial. His counsel announced Stegler would plead guilty and throw himself upon Hie court's mercy. It ia expected that in asking y light sentence for Steg ler, his counsel will refer to inter national aspects of the ease not brought out in trial, but given pub licity nt the tim? Stegler was arrest ed. The penalty for tho offense 1? a maximum of two years In prison, $10. 000 fine or both. Cook was accused of Introducing Stegler to Madden, and Madden of furnishing Stegler willi his birth certificate to enaglc him lo pro cure the passport in Madden's name. Fourteen University Professors Resign ?(By A??orialcft Pro,->.) SALT LAKE CITY. Utah..'* March 18.-Fourteen State university pro fessor;* resigned todav as a result of the attitude of the board of regenta In upholding President J T. King* bury's dismasRal of four profesBor? and his demotion of the head of the English department recently. Other resignations are expected. Feeling throughout the State has been strong since the dismissals. The fact that all the five men affected are non-Mormons led to a belief fhat re ligious or political considerations caused thc action. Fire* lit Deserter ; Wounds Blind Peddler (liv A?Mc?Ucd I'nw.) NEW Y?RKj Marc'n 18.-Sergeant Henry Wetiting. of the 64th coast artillery. U. S. A.. fired four ateel jackeded bullets from an automatic pistol at a deserter whom he was pur suing at ?.Sth Stree', and Broadway to day, nnd wounded a bliud puddler, thc deserter. JoBenh Fleishman, and Charles Hunt, of Washington. D. C. In the general rush of the matinee crowd for shelter, several pcraous trampled uor.n the wounded peddle.*. He was hurried to Bellevue, while the sergeant and his prisoner were taken to a police station. Sergeant Wetiting was charged with felonious assault and paroled in army custody to ap pear in court tomorrow. Denies Receiving Letters. NORFOLK. Va.. March 18.--Oaptalo Max Thierichens, of the German aux iliary cruiser Ei'el Friedrich, which arrived in Newport- News a week ago, stated tonight that he had not receiv ed any letters from persons threaten ing to destroy his uhip. Captain Killed. . HALIFAX. N. S.. March 18.-Cap tain J. W. Hatherly, commander of 'the Allen liner Mongolian, was killed aboard his ship here yesterday when a wire holst broke, striking him on the head. Discover New Caite*. . LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 18. State and federal authorities who had believed the foot and mouth dis ease in Ulis section had been check ed discovered todsy that a - herd of 480 cattle and 280 hogs at a Louis ville distillery had become Infected. , Tgf- .-? <r~t.- , , ar- - the Sudan the Dervishes ts shan'line. December 1 they destroyed the Alexandria-Cairo railroad near Darna nhor. Thousands of tribesmen responded to Che appeal of the Dervishes and on December 13. 40,000 of them marched in the direction of Fashoda, on tho Whig? ?jlle, where Gc?man Hawley opposed, them with ?,000 troops. Of thc men under Hawley ail the native soldiers deserted to tbe Dervishes, leaving him,with only 2, 000 men. Most of this contingent was killed, .and General Hawley and all his officers fell.- Nnbnr-El-Asl, com manding the Dervishes, had all hla prisoners decapitated. . As a result of this victory ell thc nativo chief joined-the Dervishes, who on January 1 took possession of thc Important military nost at Nofoer, In the district of Senoar. Thia merchant declares- further more that the Dorvishes destroyed al! the telegraph lines In lower- Egypt. No word of the conquest of the Sudan has been allowed to leak out. WILL INSPECT PRISON CAMPS REPRESENTATIVES OF U. S. DISTRIBUTE SUPPLIES TO j WAR PRISONERS FROM THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS Belligerent Governments Will ' Allow Prisoners to Furnish Statements of Treatment (By A*.ivci:itr.l Pn'M.) WASHINGTON. Maret) 18--An ar- | rangement between Great Britain and I Germany anti Austria by which re- .1 presentatives of thc United State:*;1 will inspect and report upon I allen prison camps in those countries, j ] and distribute to prisoners supplies [ (roux their own governments or other ?iources, was announced tonight by the ..tat.- department, and it was stated that through the good oflices ol the American government similar arrangements were under contem plation between Russia and France ? and Germany and Austria. i The agreements tire based upon rec ommendations in a report by ("hand ler P. Anderson, ?ormerly counsellor of the state department, who con ferred with the foreign ofllcc of Great Britain, Germany and Austria last November and visited some of j the detention camps lu those coun tries. The departments statement In part I follows: "Through the good offices of the | United States an arrangement has been entered into betw-.-en Great Erl tain and Germany and Austro-Hun gary and t?. similar arrangement is un der contemplation between Germany and Austria-Hungary and Russia and Francell by which representatives of the United States ia theed countries ^wlll be_aulhorIzed to inspect and re "\vSri upoii prisoners'* camps "and 'o?a-*' ' iribute to the prisoners the supplies from tinelr own governments ?nd from other sources? ' "Thc basis of this arrangement is, briefly aa follows:. "(li Each of the belligerent gov- . ornmente undertakes to furnish for . thc information cf the others a com plete statement of its policy with regard to the treatment of prinoners, . with full detalla showing the supplies j furnished and the conditions of their life during interment, supplemented by copie? of orders and Instructions issuL-d to thc commandants of thc pr i S? me rs' camps: "<2> The belligerent governments will permit the representatives of the United States In each country to have access to thc prisoners and will allow tho prisoners to furnish state- < men ts about their treatment, the con- ) dillons of life and requirements which thev wish to have communicated to '. their own government. lt is understood that thc Uni.ed States, in undertaking this work, as sumes no responsibility of any kind : beyond ?lie mero transni'ssion of th? statements and the distribution of , supplies furnished, ns above indicat ed, In accordance with such rcstric . (lons and regulations as are imposed by the sOVernmcnts concerned. "In addition tr. the arrangements thU3 adopted, these governments have under consid?ration further arrange ments for tho exchange and release of detained enemy allens, which ar rangements, and the rospr dive posl- j tlon s o? the belligerent governments j with respect thereto are understood j to be as follows: <j "1. The German and Austro-Hun- I garlan governments are prepared to I agre* to the reciprocal release of i civilians over the ago for compulsory ' ml .tary service under their respoc- J tine laws, which in Germany Is AT, j . years, but In Austria-Hungary 42 j years of fc?c. The British government ' have refused ia yet to reduce the age I below f>5 in th? cure cf Germany and i *>0 In tho case i f Austro-Hungary, but this question Mai been under consld- j eration and may be reconsidered. "2. Both sirles have expressed a willingness to agree to an exchange, man for mar, of civilians of military age on the lists to he proposed on each ?ide for tbe approval of the other. "3. The British and German gov ernments are disposed to. observe the provisions of articles 6 and 7 of the 11th Hague convention of 1907 rc . garding tho crows of enemy merchant ships captured hy a belligerent, but there has been a difference between i the two governments ns to tbe mem / lng. of these provisions. The German government internr*. these a rt'cl es os meaning that th? j crews of captured ships are not only i to bc roleosed from imprisonment, but permitted to return to their own , country without hindrance if they so , desire under parole against employ ai ment in atty service connected with i the operation? ox the war. "The British government, on thc . other band.. Interpret these provis ? Ions as merely requiring the It'sers tlon on parole in Great Britain of ? the crews of captured merchant ship?, I . (COKTWra'D ON PAGE 4.) ^ OOOOOOOoOOOjOOOOOOOOl ? ' > o J Passenger Robbed, o' ) HOUSTON. Tex., Mu.^h 10.- o! ) The Galveston-Houston Interlr- ol ) han due in thin city nt 12:40 o j o'clock, wuH held dp and robbed o j j ?onie miles from thc city early o , J this morning by three masked o ? men who escaped. Eight passen- ol > gers lost money abd valuables, o ! 3 including ltobert Hu OVnell, of o. j Houston, vice pr?sidant of tho In- o j > ternational Itotary j^Bsociation. O > " J o o o o o o o o o O o-. O o n o o ri o o Writ of Habeas r^t^us Signed NEW YORK. Marcial?.-A iccond writ of hubens <orpus?through which counsel for Harry Iv. Thaw expect to bring thr ipiestion Of his return to Miitteawan before tip appellate di vision of (he suprenfce court. v\aa signed tonight bv Justice Bljur, of the supreme court. The ^hearings on the previous writ, which: was to have been tomorrow, wilt t h continued one week, it V/UB nnnrnf) :ed today after a conference of rf.hji iel . representing 1 .ll .-.ides. L IO tSUE ,000 OF TO BE USED IN DEFRAYING CITY'S PART. OF COST OF STREET PAVING BIDS TO BE OPI NED MARCH THE 31st At Special Session Aldermen Yes? ter day Ordinano * Providing for Issuance ol Bonds Were Adopted ~.A? rtsrtiwnfriliraw rectlng tho city council of Anderson Lo i -sue and sell coupon bonds ot the mw value of $8o.OOO.' to be known "as "permanent street improvement bonds" and to be used in the payment of tho clty'3 one-half of the cost ot laying street paving in the city, was? adopted yesterday afternoon at r. special session oi the aldermen held at ."> o'clock. Receive Bids March SI. The ordinance further provides that bids for. tho purchase of the bonds shall be opened and the bonds sold on March 31, next, or on some con venient date thereafter. If tho council should deem it advantageous to the city's interests, nt the city hall. The bonds will bc cf ?1,000 denomination each and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding' ~> per cent per annum, interest payable semi-annually. The term of the bonds and the prevailing tate of interest arc points which w!!l be determined after bids nre received on 30, 40 and 50 year term bonds, at inten-.it of 4, 4 1-2 and 5 per cent'. The ordinance in full is published in another column of The Intelligencer j this morning, in tho nature of a legal advertisement. , 4'ity's ?and Lin:ii. It hud been generally supposed that city council would authorize the is suance of bonds to tho amount of $100,000. It developed on examination, however, that .the city's bond margin was hut 983,000. Consequently bonds exceeding that amount cannot bo Is sued and sold. Another Ordinance. Prior to the adoption of the ordi nance above mentioned, council adopt ed an ordinance "to provide for the payment of the cost of permanent im- 1 proveniente on t'he s'treetB of the city | of Anderson. S. C., by laying upon ? the owners cf property Immediately . abutting on thc streets na Improved j an assessment in proportion to the frontage of such property, declaring 1 a lien upon such property for tho pay ment of the assesjment. etc.." Trafile Regulations. When the resolutions mentioned above had been adopted council re ceived a report from the police com mittee with ? reference to the conges tion of. traffic at the hew passenger ! station of the Blue Hldge depot. Thc | police will be instructed to enforce ! the traffic regulations in regard to the matter, that ii, not allow mall cr j express wagons to stand In front of i the station for longer at a time than S 15 minutes; not allow teams to bet backed up to tao < curb * with the . horses'g heads turned Into the ntrret, ; but make them stop facing north amt ' south; not al lew tho soliciting of \ patrons by beckman., etc. ' ,\ HldewRlk Paving Ordered. Council authorised the ?ireet com mutee to have -tho elly engineer pro coed with tho laying of crUii ?ldc- j walks about the city as soon ui work now nader way on Riler street ls completed. A section oi thc north side nt West Whitner street, between Tho Intelligencer building sud the tele phone building, and a section in front of Mr. J. P. Catle'.t's place wree or dered paved. A section of sidewalk where the nw .miranee to Hotel ChlquoTa is belns constructed was ordered Improved ?-as th? sidewalk In front of the Crtyton drug store. ORDERS SPECIAL TERM OFJOURT WILL CONTINUE ONE WEEK IF NECESSARY, TO TRY CHARL*" LOGAN MURDERER OF MRS. M. E. SCOTT The Negro is in Penitentiary for Safe Keeping-Other News From the Capitol City S|x-ri:ii to Tito fbU&iSmr-tr, COLUMBIA, Mardi 18 -Al (1.ar tiest request of Solicitor Cooper. Gov ernor MaimiiiK lias ordered a ftpocltJ It-rui of court for Abbeville count., to begin on Thursday, April K. and la continue for cine week, if necessary, tn fry the negro Charlie Logan, who killed Airs. M. B. Scott at Ixiwndes ville early Tuesday morning. Tho negro is in the penitentiary nt Co lumbia for safe keeping. Undsr tho law. a speclul term can hot be held j .Hider 20 days after the crime is cont" ? milted, j . 6 . CALLED BEFORE GOVERNOR Hk'liland Coinuy Dispensary Board Questioned The Richland - county dispensary board was called before Governor Manning this afternoon and question ed about complaints that flagrant nepotism had been shown by them in the election of dispensers. This they denied, except in the case of Ben Harrison, the Assembly street dispen ser. The governor told the board that they were responsible for all appointments they made, and that they must be careful to keep within the law and to name only efficient men. He told them that, bc would not commission. Thoroton, the dis penser at Eastover In thlB county. Only two members of thc board. J. F. Veruer and J. W. H. Duncan, were present. Tho other member. S. T. Wesbcrry. was out of the etty. Thc govert.or told the board that he would jail them back for further admoni tion winn Mr. Wesberry returns. . . . HAMPTON COI NT? SHERIFF (ells on Governor Regnrdlng Law Enforcement ' Sheriff J. B. Lightsey of Hampton couuty was here today to sec Gover nor Manning regarding law enforce ment in that county. IL- brought en couraging ropo-ts and said that al thougn his county was surrounded by three "wet" counties he was doing all he could to .-.Tump cut ?ha blind tigers. He is determined ?.o enforce the "gallon a month" act, and only last Saturday arrested a negro nam? 1 Dent Bryant who had gotten moro than one gallon. Tho sheriff want* some instructions about having thc records of shipment by the express companies filed In his office Monday so he c .ii clu-ck them and see who Is getiinr 'more thau the gallon a month. Sheriff Lightsey is probably tho young sheriff in the Stato, being only 22 years old.' He beat four op ponents last summer. . . * . Will Appear Before Governor. Sheriff W. W. Huckaboo of Ker shaw county who has been ordered to show etiuse before Governor Man ning why ho should not bc rcn.jved from office becaitso of bis alleged fall- . ure to enforce the liquor laws bas written a letter to the governor In 1 which he says that he will b? present ? on the date set for thc return. He ' ays that bc ls at pre-cut sick ol bis home. Appointment Held fp. letters and telegrams are contin uing lo reach the governor's office regarding tiie proposed .appointment of Harry A. Dargan as clerk of court for Greenville county. Some of them are favorable to Mr. Dargan and some are against bim- -The appointment ha? been he'd np tndeflntely. Many applications for appodintment as sheriff of Abbeville county are re ?ch ing the go?rernor by mall. telegi?tnh and telephone. The governor has uot yet received the resignation of Sheriff c. J. Lyon, who was appointed Unltel States marshal of the Western . dis trict. ? * * No Notice of Resignation. Thc governor sold today that he had not received any notice of the resignation of Congressman Jos. T. Johnson of thc Fourth district, who bas just been named judge of the Western district by President Wilson. IV hen his resignation is received thc governor will bc. lu power to order a specter elccton to fill the vacancy. * * . Gees to Washington. State Warehouse Commissioner J. L. McLuurhi left tonight Jor Washing. (Cb'?T0???b"ON"'pAnTV.) . OPERATIONS SUSPENDED lurks Are Profiting By Respite to Repair Their Batteries and Fort? (Hy Awodatod Pic**.) PARIS, March 1.8 (3 a. m.).-An Minim dispatch savs tho ulllcs" navul ip? rat inns ut Smyrna. Asiatic Turkey, luve been temporarily s ?pended, and be Turks are profiting by bis respite o repair their batteries _ad forts. They are pursuing tho same course liso at the Dardanelles and on either ihore of the Sea of Marmora. There are about 180.000 Turkish Toops wext of Constantinople, nc lording to latest information reach ing A i inn... Porty thousand are on iiu> Gallipoli pculnsula; .10.000 in European Turkey, and the rest on tho Asiatic side of the Durdanelles. lt I* reported in Pails the Turks ure placing guns on the principal heights surrounding Const nt inople. Will Participate in Council of War (Hy Associated Pr*m.) LONDON. March 18 (3:35 p. m.). The Evening News prints a dispatch from Copenhagen saying Emperor William and General von Falkcnhayn, chief of the German general staff, ar rived today at thc German army head quarters near Lille. Their visit, tho News states, is for the purpose of par ticipating I" ? council of war. There has been some mystery re cently concerning the whereabouts of the German_crown prince, Frederick William. He has been reported va ri^ jsly as dead, wounded and living in seclusion on the orders of the em peror, his fathor, after a dispute. Rural Credit Subcommittees Named. WASHINGTON. March 18.-Reper srntatlve Carter Glass, chairman of the Joint congressional commute au thorised. In the compromise wbtcli eliminated rural credits legislation from the agricultural bill in the clos ing days of the last congress, today named subcommittees to work on two different rural credit plans during the sinn mer. Reports will" be made to the whole committee one month before congress reconvenes. Cause of Disaster HINTON, W. Va., March 18.-A dust explosion following a "blow out" shot caused the disaster on March 2 which cost thc lives of lil men in thc Lay land coal mine, according to a cor oner's verdict rendered here today. Thc Jury did not blame anyone. Firemen Will Not Strike. LONDON, March 18 (10:30 p. m.). A threatened strike of London fire men, it now appears, will not materia lize. About tho tim? the men were deciding to demand ^creased pay the lire committee of the Loudon council, which controls thc department, un aware of the men's meeting, met and decided to recommend a. substantial wage increase. ]r.;at Steamer Arrives. LONDON. March 18.-(2:46 p. m.) -The Norwegian steamer Elsa.'from New Orleans and Newport News for Christiana, and tho Swedish steamer Grekland, from New York for Gothen bunt, .both carrying American meat products and which had been held in Kirk wall since March ll because the destination of their cargoes was sus pected, have arrived, respectively at shields and Middle-boronga. Passed Icebergs. NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. March 18. -Captain Syrdahl, of thc Norwegian steamer Mirjam, which arrived In this port today, reported tbr.t on March 9 ho passed within close proximity of five largo icebergs In latitude 47:29. logltudc 47:5*0, and on the same day passed th rough c lot. Of field ice. The location of the icebergs, the cap tain said, was about 250 miles due east of St. .li lias. N. F.. and directly In the path of trans-Atlantic linera. Typhus Fevet ft 60,000 Viel (By Aaaoaated Pren.) LONDON, March 18 (6:50 p. m.). Appalling stories of conditions In Serbia were told here today by Ernest Blcknell and Henry James, Jr., of the war relief committee of the Rock efeller foundation, after a tour of In spection through that country. Typhus, most deadly of the several epidemics in Serbia, already has caused the death of 60 out V 400 na tivo doctors, they said. Foreign Red Corss units have suffered great losses. Two American and one British units have bad to suspend regular work. Nine American nurseo and two phy sicians have contracted typhus. The commissioners first visited Nish, Belgrade, and Uskub. the-three most populous towna. They learned that typhus, typhoid fever, cholera, smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever and recurrent fever existed in more or less epidemic form: The largest number ot cases is of recurrent fever, but that seldom is fatal. WILL RETURN E?ILFOR EVIL GERMANS TO BURN THREE VILLAGES FOR EVERY ONE DESTROYED FRENCH SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES Aviators Drop Bomb on Semi* nary Killing Two Children, Ten Wounded i (Uv Aswi?t?d Pm?.) BERLIN, March 18 (vie London, 3:40 m.).-The wnr department KU vc out thia .statement today: 'A French advance against our position on the southern elope of the Lorette hills was repulsed. "Partial French attacks lit Cham* nngnc. north of Le Mesnll, were broUKUU to u standstill by a counter attack. A fresh French attack which was begun there last night has been reposed with heavy losses to the. en emy. "In the Argonne yesterday the fighting abated. French aviators threw . bombs on the undefended Alsatian town of SchletlstadL Only one bomb took effect, falling on a seminary con ducted by women teacher^ kilting j two children and severely, wounding ' ten. In reply Qerman aviators last night dropped bombs of big size on the fortress ot Cal?ais. . "Russian attacks on ('firman posi tions between the Plata and Orsyc rivers in northern Poland aa well 'gs nor /.east of Prxasnysz continued? yes terday without success; Weat of. the Skwa River we took 900 prisonera of war and east of the Skwa 1,000 prisoners and four machine guns. "Hordes ot tile Russian imperial militia gained a cheap victory hy ., Invading tho most northern' corner ot ' East Prussia in thc direction ot Memet. They pillaged and- barned villages and estates. As a retaliatory measure Russian towns occulted by us will bc compelled to pay largo sums. For every village burned down by these Russian hordes on Qerman territory, and for each estate destroy* ed three villages or estates on Rus sian territory occupied by us wJU be sacrificed .o tho flames. All danrfige caused ty fire in Memel will be an swered by the destruction by fire of itusslan government buildings at Sn waihi and other'provincial capitela in German bands." No Information Concerning Vessel . (By Awoeutai Pre??.) WASHINGTON, March lfc-r-No In formation will be made public by the United States which might aid Brit ish and French cruisers walting off the .Virginia capes to catch the Ger man converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich in the event ber uoramender should decide to make a dash from Newport News. State and navy department officials made lt clear tc Jay they intended to overlook ho point In preserving strict est neutrality in the treatment of the refuge ship. Only 800 of 1,400 Survive. LONDON. March 19 (.1:48 a. ra.}. Evidence ls accumulating of the heavy British losses In thc recent lighting In Flanders. Lord Hamilton, addres sing a meeting In London last .night, said that the papers ?rere not .giving full lists of thc losses. . His own r?g iment, the Grensdler guards, he de clared. Inst their coloae) and 16 of ficers killed and wounded, and of 1, 400 Sine, the fi neat in the army, only ?I0O survived. ->f-r . Claims tims in Serbia The Serbians assort typhus alis In troduced by Austrian prisonera of aar who spread vermin which con veys the disease germ. No figures ar? available on the number of cases, but the commissioners believe the mortality ls so heavy aa to bring the situation within their purview. Mr. James said the situation could be dealt with effectively only by a Joint organization of medical unite operating for strict sanitary control. Sanitary Commission Organised. WASHINGTON. March 18.-Aa American sanitary commission, or ganized under auspices ot the Ameri can Red Croea and the Rockefeller foundation, soon will he at work tn Serbia fighting to suppress typhus fever, which already had claimed 60. 000 victims. 'The Red Cross announced today $50,000 had been furnished for carry ing on this work.