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The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-11
OFFICIAL WASHINGTON
PROFOUNDLY STIRRED
Over Arrival Of German announcement of Sinking
American Merchantnan

manifest was not unusual and added
that circumstances SO far pointed to
the fact that the Frye, az vessel of
a neutral nation engaged in a legit-
innate voyage, was. nee subject to
seizure or destruction.
+ Every effort will be made by the
state and treasury department to get
to the bottom OF the case. The mas
ter, offcers and crew of the FRYE, will
appear tomorrow. I'm Norfolk before
Collector of Customs Hamilton and
will be questioned at length about
circumstances of the ships departure
from SEATTLE last November and OF
her capture and destruction, If nee
essary tie state department. will con-
dict astiit Fiii inquiry uf It's own anu viii
not undertake negotiations with Ger
MANY until it's case ID clear Z. 7ts.
Just what demands might be made
upon Germany IL the blowing up OF
the Frye were considered as unfriend-
lly, were not disclosed .aniglit, but Il
was understood the United States
/ probably wonfd seek the usual hon
orahle amends under international
law ms well az repatriation for the
sowners
The PriHz Eitef undonbtedir Will be
interned at Newport News unless hef
commander Is wtliinz to tako d chance
with the allies ships in the North
Atlantic
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CALIFORNIA TO
BUY RAILROAD
First Step Looking Toward Pur-
chase of Western Pacific
Taken

? SACRAMENTO. CAL. March TO-
The first step toward the purchase by
the State of California of the West
fern Pacific railroad. now in the hands
of receivers. was taken today in the
Office of Governor Hiram w John
son. 3fz&
This announcement was made after
o conference participated in by the
governor, Lieutenant Governor Eshle-
man, Rudolph Spreckles. a San Fran
cisco financier who originated the
plan. and Charles S. Wheeler. an at
torney for the Western Pacific.
The movement was initiated on the
theory that california's ownership OF
9 rans-ccntiDental rci,road would
render the State INDEPENDENT OF priv
ately controlled railroads.
The project viii be taken up i'm
medlately, IL is said, with a view to
Legislative action and a State election
before the end of the year to submit
the proposal and an tissue of bonds
to the people,
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HEAVY FIGHTING IN
FRANCE AND BEGUN
French Declare British Have Carried Strategic PoscWar Sa
uaton Taken in a G Glance.

The northern part of the battle
line in France and Belgium has
seen heavy fighting. according to. the
latest French statement Nieuport
has been bombarded. but the dis
trict between the River Lys and La
Bassee Canal has witnesses vio-
len. engagement between British in
fantry. supported by French artil-
lery, and German troops.
The British have carried what the
French declare to be strategic posi-
tion In capturing the village OF
Neuve ChapeIle and they have made
az, ;ances In the direction of Au-
bers. 10 the northeast OF la Baassee,
and also to the southeast. German
losses are reported heavy, one thous-
and being takes. prisoners.
Tho same statement declares that
sVaral fierce counter attacks by the
Germans In the Champagne region
were repulsed without the gain OF
an inch OF ground.
The Germans, however. seem TO be
well satisfied with what they have
been doing in this particular region,
and officially estimated that the
French losses have been at least
three times as heavy as the German
losses, numbering about $4,000.
In the eastern war zone, particular
Iy Ia northern Poland, the Germans
are attacking in large force. In 9th
er sections OF Poland engagements
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NO REPLY YET TO
NOTE TO CARRANZA
CREEK
Cabinet Takes Oath of Office
and States Position on
War
(By Associated Press.)


LONDON. March 1O.-A Reuter-
dispatch from Athens says the new
Greek cabinet took the oath of Of
flee today and also contained this
ministerial decision communication
tc the newspapers:
For Greece: after her victorious
wars. long period. of peace was
an Imperative necessity TO enable her
To work fo.' the prosperity of the
the country. The organization of
her public services and land and
sea forces and the development and
wealth of the country would have
guaranteed her against any attack on
what she has acquired at the cost of
such great sacrifices, and would also
haNE enabled he. 10 carry out a pro.
gram of serving the interests of the
state and to adopt a policy conform
ing TO national traditions.
I'm these circumstances the OBJ
servance of neutrality was impera-
tive for her from the very beginning
Of the European crisis.
1t was, and always is, her abso-
Lutte duty TO fulfill her treaty obllga-
tion rs an ally and to seek satisfac-
tion for lior interests. without. how
ever, compromising the integrity Of
her territory. The government, CON
scious of the duty of thus serving the
interests of tile country. is convinced
that the patriotism of the people will
ensure he entire security OF those
interests
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EIGHT VESSELS SUNK
BY GERMAN CRUISER
FLEET
Maneuvering in Southern Wat
ers Most Powerful in History
Navy
(Bv Associntetl Pn,ss.l

~N'"N'NNNa
WASHINGTON, March 1o-Sccrc-
retary Daniels today issuc;l state
ment on the condition of the Allan
tic fleet and its auxiiarics now man
euverlng in Mexican Gulf and Carib-
bean waters. 1t was considered signi-
ficant by some observers of the Mer-
lean situation. II follows:
Never before in the history of our
navy has such a powerful fleet been
assembled for active service. man.
cuvers, and target practive with guns
and torpedoes. as that based on
Guantanamo, Cuba, for the last two
months under tlIa command OF Fear
Admiral Fletcher. commander-in-
chief OF the Atlantic fleet. This force
now consists of 10 battleships and 20
destroyers with flagship and tend
, cr-
"Bascd also on Guantanamo Bay
Is The cruiser squadron consisting
OF two armored cruisers and seven
light cruisers and gunboats, the
various units OF which have been
operating III the vicinity of Haiti
Santo Domingo and the east coast OF
Mexico.
THE vessels comprising this fleet
are ready for any service, and are
accompanied by ,epair ships, supply
ships and fuel ships, carrying coal
oil and supplies for an extended per-
iod
AT Key West the reserve torpedo
flotilla. consisting of ten dessroyers
and r tender. have been engaged In
extended operations
AT Pensacola six submarines with
four tenders. have been operating,
engaged In maneuyers distinctly
thereon, and in joint operation with
aircraft and with the San Francisco
"a mine laying NesseI. s'5rs'ss
1 "Results of the extended operations
III which the above mentioned vessels
to The number of IS are engaged can
not fail to be of great benefit to tile
navy"
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THAW A VICTIM
OF RHEUMATISM
Suffering So Judge Had Couch
in His Chambers Sent to
Prisoner

NEW YORK, March 1O.-Harry
Kendall Thaw, on trial here with five
co-defendants for Gonspiring to es-
cape from the Matteawan State Hos
pital for the Criminal Insane, vas SO
III at the conclusion of the proceed
ings today that Justice Page, before
whom the trial is in progress, had the
couch in h,s chambers moved to the
Tombs prison for Thaw to sleep upon.
Thaw is suffering from rheuniatem.
brought on. the Jail. physician said, by
the draughts in his cell
Unless his illness interferes with
their plans, Thaw'1 attorneys will
place him upoil the witness stand to-
morrow. In this manner they said they
hoped to chow the jury that their client
had recovered his sanity.
Nearly all the witnesses today wers
employees at Matteawan or persons
who had seen one or both of the au-
tomobiles In which his fight from the
hospital to New Hampshire was af-
fected. .fEg
Each of the employees was asked
questions designed to indicated to the
inrv that Thaw was sane at the time
OF his escape. Many OF the witnesses
who saw. one or both of the machines
during the p1oeress of tIlh tii49f iden-
tified one or more or Thaws,s code.
PENDANTS as the. men they had seen
ib inem.
Franklin Kennedy. special deputy
attorney general In charge of. the
prosecution. announced tonight that
the State would close its case tomof-
row.
AS soon as the SGte's case is COM
pleted Abraham Levy, counsel for the
co-defendants, will make n motion "a
dismiss the cases on the ground that
no evidence has been produced by the
State TO prove its contention. Should
this no denied. Mr.. Levy assorted he
Will interpose a ccNplete defense for
the five divorcing IL possible, their
case from that of Tht.w.
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DEMANDING AN IMPROVE
MENT IN CONDITIONS IN
MEXICAN CAPITOL FOR
FOREIGNERS LIVING
THERE
FOOD SITUATION
is STILL SERIOUS
Increasing Confidence That the
United States VIII Not Be
Compelled to Take Further,
Steps in Situation
(By Associated Pn.ss.)

WASHINGTON, March 10.-Sec-
retary Bryan announced tonight that
the food situation In Mexico City COIL
tinuad serious and that General
Obregon's forces appeared to not
have evacuated the city, though this
was expected at any moment. He
said the state department had re-
ceived nothing definite as to the re-
ply General Carranza is preparing to
the American note demanding an i'm
provcmcnt in conditions for foreign
erS.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. the British
ambassador, brought to the depart
ment = copy of telegram from
Thomas Hohlor. charge daffaire Of
the British legation in Mexico City,
declaring the American note. copy
of which had been presented to Gen
cral Obregon simultaneously with
its delivery to General ,CarranZR, had
produced good effect. The charge
pointed out, however. the necessity
at all times of keeping open railway
and telegraphic communication be-
tween Mexico City and Vera Cruz.
British View.
The text OF his telegram was made
public by the ::.:--.c department as
Follows:
.'In my opinion thu effect of the
American nGte 10 CgfranZa and Obre-
gon has been u1lreinely good 1t is,
however, ahsulutety ]; itEessary THAT
immediate steps should be taken for
sending supplies OF food and forage
to the capital.
Whatever party e in power in
Mexico City and Vera Cruz, It is now
plain that the best means 10 prevent
the recurrence of such situation
as now exists wouIa ne TO insit abb
solutely or, the local troops maintains
ing inviolate the railway communities
ito between Mexico City and Vera
Cruz"
No Warships Sent.
No more warships were ordered
to Mexico waters today and none will
be sent pending further develop
ments in the situation
Mr.. Bryan said tonight that
Charles "A. Douglas Washington adj
wiser to the Cerranza government,
now at Vera Cruz, was cooperating
with American Consul Silliman in an
attempt to solve the transportation
problem. The secretary said consul
lac reports showed that the trains
from Mexico City We're being used for
military purposes or being held for
that object. AS yet no requests had
come. he added, from Americans in
Mexico City for transportation facii-
1ties,i but, thci department is doing
what it can to arrange for trains for
those who desire TO heed the Ameri-
can citizens to leave Mexico City.
situation Seems Improved. 60.
- In n general way the ritnnf;nn
sContinued on Page Four)
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WARSHIP LIMPS INTO ANfERE-
CAN PORT AFTER DRA-
MATIC SECURING OF
ATLANTIC AND PA.
CIFTC OCEANS
ENDED I'M SINKING
OF AMERICAN SHIP
Three British, Three French, One
Russian Merchantmen Other
victims-Paasengers and
Crews Saved
(By Assoe!s.ea Presa.l

NEWPORT NEWS. March lO.-The
German auxiliary cruiser Prinz EItei
Friedrich. after a marine wrecking
securing of Pacific and Atlantic
oceans, which eliminated in the sink
ing of an American sailing ship In
the South Atlantic Ocean January %
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 ships and lies at
anchor tonight in Hampton Roads,
proud of her trophies of war that
crunch the bottom of the sea but In
state of mechanical exhaustion from
the strain of a $500 mile journey.
The German cruiser began her
scouting for the ships of enemies Of
the Fatherland at Tsing-Tsau, China.
last November under mastership OF
Commander Thierichens and put into
this historic American port to-day
with the admitted sinking of eight
merchant ships, three British, three
French. one Russian and one Ameri-
can. The sinking OF the American
ship, the William p. Frye. sailing
vessel bound from Seattle to Queens
town with $4,000 tons of wheat, most
concerned American port officials
hsre7Rnd the Washington EoS SernIne1t.s
T;s Hessela G.lAs
The list OF vessels ,iirS by the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Prince Esiitt5ii Esiitt5ii
Frederick as given out by Collector
of Customs Hamilton late today Is
as follows:
British smiling snip inv1TIUu. ". j.
King, master, crew 90. Owner, Inyer
line, Of Aberdeen, Scotland. Sunk
February ~.
British steamship Mary Ada Short.
A. e. Dobting. master. crew 2s Owh-
er, James Westolla. Of Sunderland,
England. Sunk February IS.
French steamship F1oride. MGna.
sion. master. crew 78, passengers 30.
Owners. Compagnie Generate Tran sat-
lnntidue. ltank February 1e.
British steamship Willerby. j.
Wedgewood, master, crew %. Owners.
Ropner & Co., OF West Hartlepo0l.
Sunk February 20.
Russian sailing ship Isabella Brown,
Axmar Erlksson. master, crew Is.
Owner. Tronberg, Finland. Sunk Jak-
nary 81. as
French sailing ship Pierre Lott.
Tranchant, master, crew "a, Society
Nouvelle Darmoment OF Nantes,
France. owners. Sunk Januar3 "a.
American sailing ship William p
Frye. II. II. Kiehne. master. crew 81.
Owner, Arthur Sewaii G. Co.. OF Balti-
more. Md. Sunk january 2s. Cargo
of wheat from Seattle. Wash, TO
Queenstown. England. for orders de-
fcoNTTNUED on PAGE FoURI;
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Gibbons Secures
! Report ON Status
OF Catholic Church Affairs il,
Mexico Situation is De.
plorable

NEW ORLEANS. March .1O.-Cardi-
nal Gibbons was given a personal re-
port here on conditions In Mexico as
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. 'rhe cardinal did not dis
cuss the conference other than to say
the archbishop reported all his clergy
as having been imprisont~ and that
the situation was deplorable.
Cardinal Gibbons said he now Is in
correspondence with PRESIDENT Wilson
and Secretary Bryan, having brought
the reported condition to their atten-
finn
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FRAUD
Charges in Connection With
Terre Haute Election Be-
ing Probed

INDIANAPOLIS. March 10--Maay
and varied were the ways in which
men were manufactured IL vote in
Terre Haute on November 4. 1914. as
related by government witnesses to-
day in the trial of Mayor Dom NJ.
Roberts and 81 others charged with
conspiring to corrupt the election.
when l ran on: Of cards" testified
Walter Cordes. i c!oll. in the city en-
gineer's Office, telling of making out
registration applications. II made men
out of my imagination gave Them a
rame, an age and set out the place OF
their BIRTH
Harry Forebeck, IN employee in the
city engineers office, told of "mnnu-
featuring" about 200 men for voters.
TIo corroDorated Cordes' statement
that while they were in the rooinin the
city hall making ont registration ap-
plications, Roberts knocked on the
door and summoned Cordes.
Cortles said that Roberts told him
TO go to Edward Holler. then chief OF
puiiu= TvT INSTRUCTIONS. iToiier mas
pleaded guilty. The witnesses iden-
titled a number OF registration appli-
cations as made out in their hand
writing. These previously had been
identified as part of the election re-
cords
Congressman A. o. Stanley. coun-
sci for the defense. indicated that he
would contend the cards were part ~
an elaborate index OF Terre Hau,
voters. He said this was legal and II
was the custom in some places to
maintain such system. Judge A. Il.
Anderson presiding. told hmi mot in
Indiana
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are proceedings, while IN the Car
pathians the Austrians are following
the German example and are driving
with full strength against the Rus
sian forces along the front from
Gorlice to the UzsoR Pass.
One of the most interesting incl
dents of the war from an internation-
al standpoint is the arrival at New
port News of the German auxiliary
cruiser .Prlnz Eitel Friedrich. Tits
raider of the seas l. IS been destroy
ing commerce In the Pacific and
Atlantic oceans. and on January %
sent to lie bottom an American sail.
ing vessel. the William p. Frye,
bound from Seattle for Queenstown.
with a cargo OF wiieiit
The Eitel Friedrich has IN board
many persons who were taken of
the vessels that she sank and SHE
came intolport for repairs. The sink
Ing of the American ship is 10 be in-
vestigate6, the German commander
holding that her cargo OF wheat was
contraband OF war
Another German submarine, the G-
IL. has been rammod. this time by n
british torpedo boat destroyer. The
U-l2 was sunk but ten of her crew
of 20 were saved.
A report reaching Berlin from
Rotterdam says that the British coll
Her Beethoven has been sunk aE
Fsome place. not stated, either by q
torpedo or mine.
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German Submarine
Ramrned and Sunk
tBy Assoeiaie.l Pfese.l )

LONDON. March 10 $3.50 p. MI
The British admiralty announced TO-
night that the German submarine
which was rammed and sunk today
by the British torpedo destroyer Ariel
was The U-12. instead of the U-2e as
previously stated. The admiralty
statement said; b
Later and more detailed reports
have now been received which estab-
Ilish the fact that the German snbma-
rine wlieh ~as ras..::.ssss;.. q sssffsi sunk BY
II. III. s. Ariel was the U-I2 and
that out OF her crew of 2S. the nnln-
ber saved was l0..'
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10 Enforce Neutrality.

/ wASHiNGTONS March 10. Secre.
tary Daniels today ordered the naval
Faeht Dolphin from The Washington
navy yard to New York. to aid In tic
enforcement of neutrality in the har-
Dor there. Recently there have been
no naval vessel mt New York. and the
entire task OF guarding the harbor
and preventing ships from leaving
without proper clearance papers has
fallen upon coast guard cutters.
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Gen. So, Enfhrnned

& " 4INllz1.SeessS, March fa.-Geii-
eral yilbrnn Guillaumo Sam. head of
the revolution which recently over
threw the government OF General
Theodore In Haiti was inaugurated
president at Port au Prince yester-
day, according to q report today to
the state department.
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Eleven sabmarfnes LOST.

LONDON, March IL LA Copenhagen
dispatIS TO The Daily Mail says:
II IL ftrorted I'm German naval
circles that III sutmarines have been
lost sitssy February rs. The loss of
four has been officially admitted,
while seven have been M 'sssng for
nearly three weeks.Y
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C,liebra Cat Cleared.

PANAMA, March 10.-The channel
In the Cnlebra cut. closed March s.
by aside, was reopened today and
steamers waiting at each end began to
take turns passing through the canal
1t was expected that 12 Sof the %
ships would be passed through before
the end OF the day.
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Wonld ReneaI Hazel Law

DOVER. Del. March 0.-The
Delaware senate tonight passed a bill
designed to repeal the Hazel law,
which prohibits the. shipment OF In
toxicating liquor into local option
territory. The measure had passed
the lower house.
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REDUCTION IN
RATES ON GRAIN
PROMISED BY RAILROADS
IN LETTER 10 THE
COMMISSION
PROF. CoLCoCK
HAS RESIGNED
Chair of Mathematics at the I'm
iversity South Carolina.
Other News

COLUMBIA, March 1O-The State.
railroad commission this afternoon
made pull a letter written TO W. W.
! Long, demonstration agent for this
! State, by the Representatives of the
Atlantic Coast Line, c. e W. c., the
| Southern and the SeabOard Air Line
Railroads in which a reduction in
| rates on grain from points in South
| Csrolina TO markets in the Forth and
east is promised. They also promised
a reduction of graili shipped 10 points
in Georgia and otlSF interior markets,
! Carload rates arc established to
Richmond. Petersburg Roanoke and
| Portsmouth, Va. az IS cents per hun
dred, 20 cents to Baltimore and "a
cent TO Philadelphia and New York
| These figures, railroad representa-
tives say, represent reduction ranging
from to Is cents per hundred. equal
went to reductionsIof s24 10 $50 per
car.
! Governor Manning in n letter to
| Secretary Of Wa Harrison tonight
promised thorough reorganization of
the National Guardi of this State TO
conform TO requirements OF the fed
I cral service. He said that such com
! JULIUS -WCIC upon
inspection will be mustered out. He
! asked the war department To suspend
/ their rule withholding federal aid
/ from this State to Hermit the militia
! to draw the federal allotment for the
i fiscal year. uf 49, -
It was learned In Columbia last
/ night that Prof. f. Horton Colcock of
| the University OF South Carolina has
i resigned and that his resignation will
he laid before the board OF trustees at
/ their meeting tomorrow.
| Prof. Colcock has been connected
with the university since 1894 and
since 1859 has been professor Of
mathematics. His resignation becomes
effective at the close of the present
scholastic year.
DR.. r. Ottolentui, native of Char
! lesion, but for the last 40 years a
dentist of New York city. anu man
of national reputs..on, will make a
public address in Columbia on April
2S at the annual meeting of the State
| Dental Association. AT the same time
Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, pure food eX-
pert, will also speak.
The board of regents >of the State
Hospital for the Insane met in the
Office OF Governor Manning this after
noon and organized by electing r. b,
Scarborough chairman. All of the
members were present. The board
will inspect the asylum tomorrow.
The State pension board IS in ses-
sion, going over applications for pen
sions and arranging to pay out the
money to the pensioners, the legisla-
ture having appropriated S2S2,545.25
for this purpose. Comptroller G1cer-
al Sawyer said the checks would. be
mailed out by April i5.t
The penitentiary directors at their
monthly meeting today decided to
send 90 convicts to the State farm in
Kershaw County. Routine matters
were discussed by the board.
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The State pension board IS in ses-
sion. going over applications for pen
sions and arranging to pay out the
money to the pensioners, the legisla-
ture having appropriated s2S2,545,25
for this purpose. Comptroller Gccer-
al Sawyer said the checks would be
mailed out by April 1851
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The board of regents @os the State
Hospital for the Insane met in the
Office of Governor Manning this after
noon and organized by electing r. b,
Scarborough chairman. All of the
members were present. The board
will inspect the asylum tomorrow.
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The penitentiary directors at their
monthly meeting today decided to
send 90 convicts to the State farm in
Kershaw County. Routine matters
were discussed by, the board.