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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, THREE GB BLOWN Ul Two British and <] the Bottom of the Dar, TWO OTHERS RAKE CANNON Fil if -- Both Great Britain and i First Serious One Suffi They Began Attemja " tuous Waterway Constar fBy AsaocitUd Prc??.) LONDON, March 19.-The- British battleships Irresistible and Ocean and the French battleship Bouvet were blown up by floating wines while en gaged wHh the remainder of the al lied fleet In attacking the forts in the narrows of thc Dardanelles Thurs day. Virtually all ot the crews v)f the two, British ships were saved, hav ing been transferred to other ships under a hot Are, but an internal ex plosion took place on board the Bouvet after she had fouled the Une and most of her crew was lost. The 41ouyeLjjanJt,three minutes after she hil the mine. Thc waters in which the ships'were lost had been swept of mines, but the British admiralty asserts that the Turks and the Germans set floating containers of explosives adrift, and these were carried down by the cur rent onto the allied ships gathered inside the entrance of the straits. Ali the ships sunk weiro old ones/ The Bouvet was built nearly 20 years ago and the Ocean and Irresistible In 1S98. They were useful, however, for the Work in which they were engaged in the Dardanelles. The sunken Brit - lsli ships are being replaced by the battleships Queen and Implacable, vea?els of a similar type. They are said to have started some time ago in anticipation of Just such losses as have occurred. 'Two other ships, tbe BrltiBh battle cnulser. Inflexible and the French battleship Gaulois, were blt by shells and damaged. British casualties, according to the British official report, "were not heavy, con sidering the scale of operations." The damage done to the Turkish forts by-the heavy bombardment nae not been ascertained. It is stated mat operations against.them are continu* lng. The forts attacked were those .'on either side of Kepher; Bay and on Kephez Point outside the narrows and those on Kalld Bahr *uid Chanak lu the narrows. The Kephez forts replied strongly when the battleships advanced np the Dardanelles and all the ahlps__were hit. It ls asserted that those'forts Anally were silenced and a bombard ment of those in the narrows was under way when the three battleships hit the minea, The blowing np of the ships did not canse a cessation of the fighting, which continued until dark GennanTAre! Slowly I Russian Offensive Against the Ca Down Quicker Th) (Br A:-.!.-.!'.! Pre-*,) B KR LIN. via London, Msrch 19. (11:60 p. m.)-J??rr Lennbofr, cor respondent of the Zeitung Ammtttage, sends the following dispatch frpm Austrian .headuuarters nader date of March 18: "The Russians offensive against the Carpathian Une haa broken, down <(.ilrker than .waa anticipated con sidering the vigor with which the attack was begun. The Russian hope waa to break the Austrian and Ger man Unes east r.t Lu plow Pasa. They sent forward hugo forces there, but all attacks, wore repulsed with enor mous r?*?g?ian losses and thc Hin* trian s and, Germans aro steadily lt ?lowry gaining ground. "The Russians charged In fIve* auc cesaive lines. A? soon as one line was cul down, another advanced until sll f!vo hod been shot down'. The ?tua stans sent forward all available troops, even adjuncts. Ilks t"n<< older mea who pmfously were faed as ? BY FLOAT hie French Sent .to the Straits of ianelles. D BY TURKS' RE AND DAMAGED France Admit the Losses,' ired By the Allies Since ? ?ts to Pierce the Tor / Leading Up to itinople. ness Intervened.- It is understood tho engagement was resumed today. The British battleship Irresistible was commanded by Captain The Hon orable Stanhope Hairke and in times of peace carried a compliment of 780 men. She was the largest of the three allied battleships sunk, being of ir.1100 tons displacement and 430 feet long. Tho warship carried four 12-, Inch and twelve 6-inch guns. She also carried sixteen 12-pounders, six 3-pounders, two maxims and four sub merged torpedo tubes and was pro tected by Krupp armor. Her speed was 18 knots an hour. She was built in 1898 at a cost of $8,000.000. - ? The Ocean was commanded by Cap tain Arthur Hayes-Sadler and had a crew of 780. She was 418.feet iong and of 12,950 tons displacement. Her armament was composed of four 12 inch and twelve 6-inch gnus, ten 12 poundcrs," six 3-pounders, tvo max ims, four submerged torpedo tubes and her armor was of Harvey-nickel make. She was ot 18 knots speed and waa built in 1898. The ministry of marine tonight gave out the following communication: "Ia the course of the operations in the Dardanelles on March 18, the allied naval forces were subjected to a very intense fire and wraships ran against floating raines in the straits. French and English battle r-hips violently bombarded Forts Killd Bahr, Chanuk Kalessl and also Forts Souain Dore, Dardanus and Kephes Point- . "The results during the ^course of this hot day were acquired at the cost of a considerable loss. The Bouvet was sunk following the explosion of a mine. Tho Gaulois was momentarily put out of action by reason of damage caused by the fire of the enemy. Th<> English fleet suffered equally, two of Its battleship being sunk by mines. These losses, painful as they are, wt]l not stop the course of operations. "As soon as the news of the acci dent to the Bouvet was received the. minister of marine sent a dlsnstch to the battleship Henri IV, which was on the Syrian coast, to replace the Bouvet Information as to the fate ot the crew of the Bouvet has not yet *>?>?n received. A certain comm.unlca I tion permita tee statement that part j of the crew, the exact numbe.' un ' known, h 18 bren saved." Steadily If Gaining Ground jrpafhian Line Has Been Broken tn Waa Anticipated. guards for thc military work shop3. Even military tailors and cooks were forced into the attacking line. "This caused an apparent relaxation In tho vigilance of the Russian vedette service. Gorman troops,-mak ing a flanking movement over diffi cult terrain, found all th* pickets, even he -machine guns divisions, sioenlng. In the hattie, bowevor, the Rn.'Jane fought recklessly, firing white standing with their bodies en tirely exposed o the hottest hail of bullets. "Thc attacking forces, chiefly Si berians, held their ground stubborn ly. Although many hundreds were taken' prisoners, none surrendered roadity, bot had to be overpower in the trenches. It tlnally became evi dent that the fcKjBaianu, lacked rc serves of equal quai.'ty. "The weather continues severe, '/he hornes sink up to their bodies In the n JW. Splendid morale prevcils among tn? Austrians and Gormans." LESHIPS ING MINES III PnRT PLOT REPRESENTATIVE OF GER MAN GOVERNMENT INSTI GATOR OF CONSPIRACY SAYS ATTORNEY FOR STEGLER C neel for Stegler Did Not Men tion Name of the Repre sentative (By A?K/ciatc<l Pres*.) NEW YORK, March 19.-A repre sentative of the German government in this country, "who. on account of hit* position, ii immune from arrest," was described in the federal cour? here today as the "arch conspira tor" in tho plot to obtain ? false American passport for Richard P. Steglcr, a German navhl reoervmt. The accusation wao made by Charles ll. Griffiths, Stegler's coun sel, in asking for a light sentence for his client, after he had pleaded guil ty, Steglcr received 60 days In Jail. His two fellow conspirators-Rich ard Madden and Gustave Cook-who yesterday were convicted by I a Jvy largely on StegWa testimony, were sentenced to ten months each. ' "Stegler is not the Instigator of this conspiracy," Griffiths told the cou?*?. "He i3 not thc arch conspirator. Hav ing lost bia position in sn exporting house, Stegler went to a representa tive of hi> government here to sec if he could help him out. There a plan wan suggested to hi mto get a pa ?sport to go to England as a spy. Monoy was given him to get the pass port together with recommendations from firms in the United States to firms in England to carry out the scheme. There was where the money came from-$200 in all-out of which he paid Madden and Cook." Stegler, the attorney continued, was to get ready to g?, but wanted writ ten assurances that in case he met death in England his wife would be provided for. "Ho gave up the plan," Mr. Grif fiths declared, "because he cou'd not get the written assurance. Tn- re presentative of the crinan government then offered nlm work around thc har bors and docks. This representative is on account Of his position .immune from arrest, if he were not, I cou!** 3how this court that Stegler was led on by this person to obtain the pass port." Griffith) did not mention the name of the "representative of the German government" to whom he alludded. Judgp Cushman, sentencing Stegler, sa'd he would.take into consideration the fact that he had made a clean breast of h i part in the conspiracy, .but said: "Since at this time there is a large foreign-born population which still apparently showed allegiance to for eign governments, something should be done to discourage acts ot this kind, lt would not do to send him out from here scot-free and let him pass as a hero." Tell? Why Election Returns Were Held (By Awocistcd Prc.?.) INDIANAPOLIS, ind.. March 16. How returns from precinct B, of the Sixth ward In Terre Haute, were or dered held b-cause Ell H. Redmahd. I Democratic candidate for circuit 1 judge, was running behind, was re : lated today at the hearing in fed eral court of the election fraud case by Sylvester ' Jordon, Democratic committeeman, and one of the 88 who hin??, pleaded guilty. "Chief of Poltce Holher," t aid Jordon, "came down to the precinct end told me to have the returns held back until late, aa we might have to add a hundred or two votes to save Redmav. I lat ev got word that we wouldn't have to add any votes." Fought and Died As a Private PARIS. March 19.-(?:55 p. m.) The death bf Henri Collignnn, coun sellor ot State, on the field of battle In eastern Prance wss announced to day. M. Co'llgnon. who was 58 yearn of age. volunteered aj a private sol dier. , He bad been fighting for months lc ;lba trenches and, according to his officers,: showed remarkable coolness and bravery. He was recommended several timee for promotion to 'the rank ot.second lieutenant, which he refused, preferring to serve as a pri vate. American Killed ?n Mi This IH a photograph of J. H. Mc Manus, formerly'Of fchicago, who was killed Thursday, March ll. in Mexico City by thc adherents of Zapata, the bandit, who are now in possession ol the capital. President Wilson, through the agents ol'. the j state department now in Mexico, Uf-ljrylnR to learn the of tile Ameri details of tho nu can. Accounts as to ' Manus varied. Soi fired thc first shot killing of Mr persona said he the Zapatstas as they were Hying to-force au entrance to his house. Oihcrs said the Zapatis tas began Ute- shooting. The American's hat was full or bul let holen, an-1 that is said to indicate that the attack on him was made from a short distance. After he had been killed the house was looted. The matter was immediately reportad to Generals Baroma and Guerra, who promised to make Tn investigation. Mr. McManus wis ono of .the bent known, most respected and most re sponsible, member^ of the American colony in Mexico CKy, according to a prominent Chicagoan who har. large Interests there. . .-Hpjtras -flnJM)d?S?>$p,n/ ( ? Mcllhonny & Co., a big firm which manages a large group of mines in the Guanajuata district He* had been in business In Mexico City for about 15 years and was a leader of affairs Capital Special to Thc liitcllitracer. Governor Manning onight ordered all the dispensaries In Barnwell coun ty to close to remain closed Indefi nitely. The grand jury of Barnwell county has employed an expert to audit thc books of the Barnwell coun ty dispensary board, which was re moved from office by the governor. -. Governor Manning tonight express ed Condemnation of thc fact that some people arc applying for office made vacant by the death of some county officials even before the oftVdals were buried. Hu expressed strong disappro val of tbis lack of respect which -jonie men exhibit in letting their greed for office run away with them. The governor. has recv.'-ived 16 ay plications for the positloi of coroner of Greenville qounty and there ls no vacancy in that office. The Green ville coroner got Into some trouble ! the other night, and lt ls presumed that his 15 constitutient thought that ; he would resign. Governor Manning named the mem bers of his staff anu among thc hew crop of colonels are John B. Adger of Belton. George W. Dick of Sumter, and R. M. Cooper of Leo county. W. J. Mnldrow of Anderson Is a lieuten ant colonel, and among Ide other lieu Two. British & Torpedoed I (Br Ai.?oc!?t?? Prc?.) GLASGOW. Scotia^, March 19\ The British steamer Hyndford was torpedoed today in tho English Chan nel by a German submarine. . , It is reported one member ot her crew waa killed. This steamer wa? torpedoed in the favorite ponting ground of the Ger man submarine off Beachy Head while she waa proceeding for London under ber owd steam. .The Hyndford wa? of 2.775 tons net burden. She waa 976 feet long and wa^^bottt^^ Port ^Glasgow in 1905. Found Mot ?aii*y. BR IDOKPORT. Cona., March 19. Mrs.. Helen M. Angie waa faned not guilty c\' manslaughter by a jury in criminal court here, tate today. Sim waa accused cf having caused . the death r.f Waldo R. Ballon at Stamford on the nigh? of Jdne 2.1 last. Tho ann ?? ncentent of the verdict was greeted with cheers. exico by Zapata'? Men. J. Ii. IMAM'S OF CHICAGO of the American colony. ity News tenanf colonel? on lils stan* are Rion McKissick of Greenville and H. C. Ingram of Greenville county. L. W. ? Cheathnm, editor of the Edgefleld Ad vertiser, is the only newspaper man to draw a lieutenant colonelship np I the governor's staff. Capt. R. II. Jennings, former State treasurer, ls seriously ill with pneu monia at his home in Wlnn.sbo.-o. Capt. Jennings is 7fl years of age and fears are entertained for his recov cry. Metropolitan, Columbia and Elks clubs and the Ridgewood country club have taken all lockers from their clubs and discontinued the serv ing of intoxicating liquors to their members. Thcso are the leading clubs of Columbia. l? is understood that Governor Manning ls goth;, to make Columbia dry at once, and that the same course will be followed in Charleston. When seen tonight the governor would have nothing to say . or publication on thc matter, but lt is known, that ho thinks tho time han now arrived for some re&uls and that he will proceed tc enforce ti e law without waiting further on local officials. Thc edict has gone forth that al', blind tigers must, close up shop and leave the State. \teamers iy Submarine She wad owned by the Scottish Ship Owners Comprtnv." of Glasgow. Wheat Steamer Torpedoed. LONDON. March 1ft.-(4:07 p. m.) -The British steamer Bluejacket with wheat from Llfcrnool has been tor pedoed by a German submarine off Bear-by Head. ' - The crew took to th? boats. Tho steamer, alt heigh badly damaged, re mained ufloat. The Bluejacket was of 2,271 tons. She wai 336 feet long, was owned by G. Hallet, of Cardiff, and .wa? built st Sunderland In 1904. ? .si Capitalist BICK In Aiken. NEW YORiK. March 19.-William Douglas 81oane, n prominent mer chant and capitalist of this city, and member rf the firm of W. ft J. Sloane, died today in Aiken. S. C., ac cording to advices received from tbs aoutlt. VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL SAYS SITUATION NOW SAME AS IN 1812 IT IS ALMOST A PARALLEL CASE Predicts Wilson's Renomination by Acclamation and Re election (Ry A . I':. ) OGDEN. Utah. Mnrch 19 -Likening the present international situation to conditions preceding 'he war of 18.'^, Vice President "Marshal! made this statement today while on his way to San Francisco: "Personally I am a very peaceable man. I rather think now is the time for the entire United States to be peaceable. We now have a situation that has practically the s:'Jie prob lems that brought on the war of 1812. It ts almost a parallel case excepting that war ls more terrible now than uver before. The question arises in my mind whether we as a w.vld have actually progressed In "the last 100 years when lt comes to war, peace and diplomacy. "There WOB a time In the west when cowboys used to come In and shoot up a town. It was safer to stay at home than to venture on to the streets and usually the man that did not want to ge into trouble took the safe side of his domicile until the' shooting was over. He might get hit and he might not. ' Of course, his action might af feet the amount of business he was doing. Tho situation as to the world is just the same, only on a larger scale." Mr. Marshall predicted President Wilson would be renominated by ac clamation and without opposition, and that ho would be reelected. FIELD COVERED 1 WITH THE DEAD Attacks on Austrians in Southeast Galicia Result ci Heavy Loases to Enemy (Hy Ai?oriat?l PPM*.) VIENNA. March 19 (via London, March 20; 12:52 a. m.).-The Austrian war office tonight made public the fellowing communication: "In the Carpathians, in the region :>f Lupkow and Smolnik, there ls vio lent artillery fighting. A Rusalan at tack on the heights southwest of Roligrod wan repulsed. "Strong hostile forces have attack ed our positions no th of Vdzok Pas', They were repulsed w'.ih severe 'es ses. "In southeast Gr.llela In the fore noon there was Perce fighting. Num inous attacks by the enemy against our center and left wing* were unsuc- . :esBful. The enemy suffered heav osees, the Held being covered with lead. We captured five officers and SOO men. "In West Galicia and Poland the situation ls unchanged." \ LA HA MA PROHIBITION , ' LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Msrch 19 - The law recently enacted by the Ala >ama legislature prohibiting thc <h ivery Into the State or more than inc quart of intoxicating liquor to ?ne parson in any one month, was cid unconstitutional today by Judge i Sunter, in city court. The court ruled hat the statute ls a regulation of in erstate commerce; thst congress aonot delegate such authority to the States; and that the federal Wc'ub Ccnyon act prohibits the shipment of Iquor In a State only when soase* lon of any quantity of liquor In that State ls unlawful. Belgian Relief Ships Sail. NEWPORT NEWS, Va.. March Itf. -With a cargo of grain vetoed at 391,980. the Belgian relief ship, the lt ?tish steamer John Hardie, cleared h.'s afternoon and will sall tonight or Rotterdam from whence the cargo viii be re-3hlpped to Belgidm for att ribution among the desltute ctvt (ans. The cargo, . which includes in,.".un bushels of wheat and 25,000 >UBhols of corn, was supplied by the imerlcan Commission for Relief in lelglum. Aeroplanes for Mexico. SAN ANTONIO. Tex., March 19. 'bree aeroplanes of American manu icture have been purchased for do very to the Villa forces at the Mexi nn border within three weeks, ec ordlng to an announcement made to Ight by I?. C. Laffuratta, a Villa agent ere. Aa aviation corse already had cen organised. Laffaratta declares, nd a company bf young soldiers now re being schooled ia the art of fly ig by five experienced aviator? in ie Villa service. a ??iv/t. ??vc. ?-tn 119 RUSSIANS TAKE GERMAN^ TOWN OCCUPY MEM EL? A CITY Oh IMPORTANCE IN NORTH WESTERN PRUSSIA NORTH POLAND AN IMMENSE BOG Political Situation AS Regards Austria and Italy Remains Obscure t (B) AMnriaUd *?.;*.? IX)NDON, .March i9.-The opera tions in the Da -dt neile y in which the 'British batt'oshlpB Irresistible and Ocean and the French battleship Bou vet were sunk by mines and a British I battle cruiser and several other of the allied warships were damaged by theil fire from the Turkish forts, held thc center of attention tn the war. news today. . There wen no other, events of im portance reverted except the sinking of two more British steamers by Oer iiian submarines and the occupation by thc Russiana of Memel. a German port on the Baltic, which was an nounced in the German official com munication. Memel ls a town of con siderable importance In northeastern 1 Prussia and the presence there of T-usslan forces ls taken by military observers here to indicate that the Russian generals ha vb decided to at tempt a big sweeo down through East Pruissla In an endeavor to compel? the Germans to fall beck from Poland. - Again North Poland has been trans formed into sn Immense bog by the ' thaw which has set in Just as Field Marshal con Hindenburg has started his offenslvo against Przasnyz. It ts I declared that it ls Impossible, except at widely separated high places, to move, let alone fight. ..... The Germans, however, seemingly anxious always to be doing something, have started an offensive In central Poland, where they have commenced ! an .attack on the Russians in the re gion of the Pillea River. There also is heavy fighting in Galicia, the Car ! pathtuns and Bukowina, despite tho heavy snow. j On the western front no operation I of great importance has tak?u niece. ! although the French continue their I efforts to work their way forward in I the Champagne and Argonne regions ? and the Belgians still are active in ! thc little bit of thtdr territory re maining in their hands. The politic??; situation aa regards I Au J tri? snd Itsly'remains obscure, but there- aro persistent reports lo- Lon don that negotiations for the cession ol Austrian territory to Italy have broken down, Italy's demands having i been considered excessive. Carranza Forces Take to Mountains Defeated and Routed By Conven tion Troops Southwest of Piedras Negras (By Associated PIM?.) WASHINGTON, March 1?.-Defeat and complete rout of the Carr&nxa ' forces under Ge:/>.ral Monclovlo Her' rera by the convention troops of Gen eral Rosalio Hernandez at Oregano, southwest of Piedras Negras was re* ported trday to the Villa agency here by the military commander st Piedras Negras. The dispatch said a large number of prisoners were taken by the con vention forces, and Herrera's men scattered and fled,to the Burro Moun tains, near the border, tx/ween Chihaut. .a and Coan ulla. The defeat, the agency claim?, marks the end of resistance by the Carranza element In that section. Another report, today said the scat tered remnants of the Carranza forces aurprised and routed by General VMla at Ramonefc, east of Monterey, rwtfa retreating northward toward the bir der city of Canargo and the nain body had reached Aldamas. with Villa troops in close pursuit All their ar tillery and ammunition was captured. WASHINGTON. March lt.-Dla* patches from the border to the Villa agency tonight aaid convention troops took Aldamas today after severe fighting and were marching on to at* tack Moiamor.Jr. the Moretean port across the Rid Grande from Browns ville, Tex. _i Bryan Celebrates Birthday. WASHINGTON. March ls.-Secre tary Bryan celebrated his fifty-fifth birthday anniversary today hy ex changing ratifications of the peace treaty with Italy, with tba italian ambassador. Count Di Cellere. Ou H>nday ratifications of the treaty wtlh Ruse's will be exchanged and 16 of these conventions will actually h? rn effect. Thirty have been negotiat ed and 20 nave been ratified, by uta senate.