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VOLUME II. ANDERSON, S. C. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1915. NUMBER 177. RUSSIAN CAPITAL LONG RUSSIANS REAR GUARDS FOUGHT DESPERATELY TO SAVE MAIN ARMIES RUSSIANS ARE STILL IN DANGER Are Being Steadily Poshed Back By Combined Attacking Forces. Ixmdon, Aug. 6.-The Germans hold Warsaw, the capital of Upland and the third largest.city of Russia. Piv ui ?an troops under Prince Leopold er'?red the cltv this morning, having taken successively Blonie lino and tue outer and inner fortresses. The RusBian fought with rearguard ac tions ito allow the main army to es cape Emperor William and his con sort aro expected to make State en try soon. Thc real conquerors of Warsaw are Von Hindenburg, fighting along the Narcw River to Northeast; ?tho Aus tro-Germ?n who crossed the Vistula South of Woiraw; Austrian Archduke ? r3$seph Ferdinand, .and Von Macken sen, advancing northward between tho Vistula and th?' Bug. The RuaeJana ero. fighting desper -..Mi?ly to check the -?vogiess of these four armies nod have had nevera! successes, inflicting ' heavy lorises on their pursuers, bitt '<ho_,RuBstahS< ere beling steadily pushed back. rcvoii now, although the Russians' Rteadl problematical whether the whole Rus " alan. army , can gain new position s or even If they get there will no< find these i positions, turned by Austrians who have crossed the-Bug southeast ot Cboltn and Germans ; who have crossed ?the Narew. Tho Russians are threatened on thoAnortheast. Thus far tho Russian retreat baa been successful for although tho Ger mans claim to hay^c^ptureJ many i-.i inoncrs, tho aggTagflNro entail com pared with the iuunetiso armies c? '? gaged. It is .believed the Ruaslans saved nearly all their guns also. Ref ugees arriving in Moscow said War aaw .wa? strippe dot everything pf '.Hilliary value, even factory machin ery being taken away. Tho Gormans also have had lot-al successes In tho west, recapturing: on crest of the Hoe in Vosges tion of ?hoi treuches the Freuen cap tured Tceontlljr. Otherwise tho battle line. France and Belgium is unchang ed . . .... ,. : . 'Petrograd ^pff??iol?y. announces pro gress against'ipo Turks in Cacacusns, paying they ex'pollod tho Turk? from th? Merehin^frcglon In the .direction of Olli and {ShSBlans occupied three vil lage's tteor Sari Kamysh. Stubborn fighting is reported in other " BOC-? tlons. V j'?HWans Cross Vistula. PetrqBraO. Aug. 5.-r-It was official ly announced that the Russians lp Ivangorod district have crossed to the right bank of th.> Vistula, blowing up bridges ^ehi^ thom. Riga to Kali Next, The Ruasiin? are also iireparing to'] evacuate ftlgajn the north. The sr rival of Germans ion miles south'of I that city haH already caused civilians j to leave. While exwessing fullr^ confldfinoe lu . the futuro, BriUsh ob f*Tvor? don^^lieve the Genni achlevemenfi.^br the effect their s cess will Hhjny have iu th?? near < ". mm* .Ha^iiflmlon whether the'.Rennaus will try to finitely crush,?fte Russians or win rder io igt?ml MBS. WIMWROW BIKU tl DAV fitton SAW 1 FINALLY OF POLA] ITUBBORN AUSTRIAN BURNED FIVE HUNDRED LIVES LOST TION EXPLODED WHEN] TWO TRAINS ENRol Geneva, Ac?. .*>.-Fire hundred Austrl I eight cars leaded with ammunition exp! (wo (ruins enroute (o Reverie, accord] I'elozz eight Italiun attacks were repi the Italians rapturing several mile? ol up more heavy guns against Gorfcla ai u hielt (he Austrians are replying fre?d ll. 3. TD iLLIOHALES SUGGESTION CONTAINED IN LEITER TO PRESIDENT WILSON COULD BE USED IN EXPU A Lu Suggests Tbat Allies Be Ask ed to Purchase Similar Amount? Charleston, Aug. 5,-In a lettor to President Wilson, John li: McLaurin, state warehouse commissioner, and former U. S. senator, suggests that tho United States buy two million bales of low grado cotton to make hSgh exploslwjss, .thus relieving the cotton situation. A socond suggestion is that thc. ailles buy this amount. Ie says this would help change the rend of sentiment Belting against <land, especially tn the sonth;/' HIT 6B?K0 JURY IO REVIEW TESTIMONY ? ; ' ? 1 1 . ictoiertts in Eastland Case May ?Be Returned By End off This Week. Chicago, Aug. 5.-The county grand Jury will review tho testimony which han given, considerable reports tit tho Eastland dht.ster. They baye practically completed the evidence taking, ii Ix not believed the indict ments will bo returned boloiv tho week end. PiedtieM did not complete the inuiry yesterday because the last witness. George Uhler juper vlsor and insnector general of . ths eteauboai ?ervice ?pont the day with county grand Jury labor loaders preparing plans for an independent Investigation. AREEST RAILWAY R?AN FOR WRECK Vsce^esideni ?af fotemational Ry. Co. Chuted With Criminal N?gligeai ce. i AKEN LEAVE ) AFTER CONFLICT SOLDIERS TO DEATH IND EIGHT CARS OF AMMUNI ITALIANS SET FIRE TO ?UTE TO REVERTE. Ian soldiers were burned tn death and lodcd when Italian artillery set fire te ?nir to a dispatch to the Trihune. Al ilsed, hat Ute ninth attack resulted ito trenches, "ine Italians bnre brought I hegnn a systematic bombardaient to | y, the dlspotcii says. DEATH LIST OF FLOOD IN ERIE 57 TWO MORE BODIES RECOV ERED FROM DEBRIS, MAK ING 26 FOUND CORONER THINKS -^JfffMWU GROW I Damage Estimated at From Six j to . Seven Milliou Dolla: Erie, Penn., Aug. 5.-The death Hst. from Tuesdaj night's flood was brought to twenty-six tonight by tho recovery, ot two orare bodies. The search continues. Coroner Honiey said he thought, the death list might reach sevtnty-frrc. The total di mage In tho city and connty is now estimated at from six to sewn million. Erie Pa., Aug. 5.-Police and firc ?men volunteers are working in re plays searching the masses of wreck ?age along Mill Creek for bodies, still believed to bo in the debris left by Tuesday night's freshet. . Ono body ?ras rooovered during -th? night. WTwenty victims were identified. At agt fifteen more ere known td have ?herlfthed. CARRANZA FORCES WON T ? NOGALES Agents Say Attack Was Only to Allow Villa Troops to Desert. Nogales, Arizona. Aug. 5.-Car ranxa agents here today said vesier nu tho Villa forces In Nogales, i+onova. WAS merely to', al low the ViHn troops to dese7v. ?nd chat they wonjo not annes town it ftelf becenso of the danger te tho :A.norir.'iii nido, Tii6j wO?ltl, "?owc?cf, Utaek it by aeroplanes. NEW DISCOVERY WILL PREVENT INFEC?I?N! Paria, Vitftf. Rr. Alerts Carroll if the nockefelier Inatf?tte of Medi cal Research, sn* Dr. Hent?y D. Dakin >f the Lister Institute, today an - !ouo<*d' thfl ?fjacorery of a new naru ep+ic which Uifv ci-tlni if aeplied in ?me will make infection in a wound oiposcibie. BY AUSTRd Connecticut Off to Fight in Hay ti T??# battleship i Con?e?lo*|t Wa pc il.ed froai -PJiUa?l0lphia*TOT I [?Jj ? I . < iSPfrioI. order ?ifter .the assassination of tho":president tljcre. ^ Tho Connecticut had nearly 500 TrinmiiiiiaiiriHw4iflgr(i a,,u nl,e picked up rnoro ^ft* CTte^'irginia capes. Tl.? (ineitjtt&tso ordered the ?Cut Off Fr?i4 and Were Jump-EU g Barned. Dclevnn. \V i\ AUB. r,.- Throe children were lujrnod to doath and .eight cottages/ V(?!'1' destroyed witllo three wera dyn; united to save others, at Lake Deleva 1,5 a resort near hore early today. , ,i The, dead: U Sen, Lucy and Mary 'Dfiryant^ tho c iftlren bf George G. Bryant, preau! at of tho 1 ? cine Rubber compan ',' in whose cottage the fire is bel ?#ed to havo started from an orerb ^ed cblmuey. Grnte fires were light vf in the cottage? se- - eral nights on ecount or cold woath The children' bed room was cut oft by tho ftames and smoko and ap parently dared they refused to jump from the wlndo vwhen told to do so. The parents w bibed helpless while their clothing ijjught fir?, nnd they fell hack into \ ie burning room. hospital shin Solace from "Newport,! Ft. I., to Port au Prince'. Fa view of the possibility of further fighting und because of conditions of servie?; foi the ?nen aBhoro at the liuythvi capi tal, it was thought ndvis bio that tho hospital ship Bhould be on hand to ! provide, every necessary attention in any contingency. ATLANTA ROW TET UNSETTLED tairway By Fire Council Will Act on Beaver's De Frightened to ' motion By Police Commission Cottages Were j -Action of Commissioners May Be Reversed. ILL HAVE OESENDERS S--The Georgia se J ~ n bili creating tc? efender In, counties a hundred thousand grill had already pas yho Public Defender \nr the people to de cl'arged with crime, abolieres them guilty. VIUU\ CONFERS WijTH SHIPPERS i ! t'a.so. Aul f?.-General Villa ar ia -Juat<S?today and conferred wWh foreign aiiipers whose conslgn metUs to Wenawts and ruining eor rin (rochnuhnu have boen seized by tho V'nia government Atlanta, Aug. 5.-Muck ns Atlan ' tiona on both sides might wish lt, for. ' tho Interest of harmony and cfllcloncy, : '."no Reavers fight ls not yet ovor. I The next test of strengt' 1 will come ia city council Its.Mf, when tho point j-wlll be settled whether Ibo council j is in sympathy and accord with -tho ? action taken hy t'.io police comnils j sion. I Council will bo asked to choose bel ween Heavers and the commission, and council will have the right to make such e/joice. The pollco com mission under tho. present arrange ment is all powerful and a perfect right to reduce or dismiss ('blot Beavers. K even had a power, which lt chose not to exorcise, to have ?ls mlseori 'him outright without either trial or hearing and to appoint a man in his stead. But IhlB power Js mere ly delegated to the police commis sion by couucll, and already -tho ad herents of Henvcr.-i aro planning s fight, it Is said, by which council bc asked to abolish thc police com mission cntlretly, and chango the present form of pollco government so that co-.mctl itself shall have fJhe final say-so tn important pul ico mat ters. This would mean a simpTo councllmanic polico board, wh-tee actions; would require rutificu??or? by council Just as in tho case of the board of fire, masters. The cMcf of fire department is chosen by council direct. No surprise was occasioned by the fact that Chief Beavers refused to ac cept-tho captain's place to which he had been reducd. Tn addition)'to the humiliation and moral questions In volved. lt ni ca n't tho cutting' of his salary in half. The Wilson Kennion. Tho Wilson reunion will, be held at tho old homo of Mr. George Wilson, deceased, near Crnytonvillo, August tile twelth. AU the connection are invited to come and bring well tilled baskets. )-GERl MEXICANS ONE MORI TO EFFE U. S. REPLIES TO AUSTRIAN NOTE ON INITIONS REITERATES STATEMENT THAT EMBARGO WOULD VIOLATE NEUTRALITY SAYS U. S. CANT HOLD UP EXPORTS Chango in Law? at Present Wou ld Abo Ba Un neutral. Wellington. Aug. 5.-Tho Ameri can reply to Austria-Hungary's re cent diplomatic note suggesting an embargo on war exports to the allies oh tho ground that thc trafile had grown U?*pTop?rtlonB which violate Amcrl?tn^WsatroVty, baa practicality1 been finished, and will be , dispatched ta Vienna shortly, lt r?it?rait;? tho position ttmt~ th? United States has expressed to thc German ambassador, that "placing an embargo on ' the trade In arms at this time would bo in direct violation of the neutrality of the 0. 8." . Tho reply calls Impractical tho au thorities contention that a neutral government is not permitted to allow an unhindered trade in contraband of war If this trade ha? stich char acter or nroportlons that the neu trality of tho country 1B thereby Im paired and contends that die limit beyond which the amount of war ox portB to a belligerent endangers the neutrality of a non-belligerent can not be Bet arbitrarily. The Austrian contention is that congress under the constitution would be Justified In empowering thc president to restrict war shipments is met with the state ment that the United States fecir. any change In its own laws during the war would bo an unjustifiable departure from its policy of strict neutrality. GOVERNMENT REPORT ON EXPORTS ISSUED Breads tuffs, Cottonseed Oil, Cat tic, Hogs, Sheep and Other Meat and Dairy Products Washington, D. C., Aug. 5.-The monthly bulletin showing exports of I domestic hrendstuffs, cottonseed Oil, j food animals, meat ana datr~ pro duces, coUon and mineral oils from the principal customs districts of the United States was today completed by tbe bureau of foreign and do mestic commerce, department cf commerce. It shows exports as fol lows: Exports by groans June, 1916 BreadstulTs. Gol. .. 28322.676 Cottonseed oil, lbs.26 186,688 Cottonseed oil. Dol.1,853.085 Cattle, hogs, sheep, ">ol. .. 446,880 Meat, dalry products, Dol Hj^lijUS Cotton l?ales. 323,140 Cotton; pounds.?67,768,309 Cotton. Dol. 15,844,362 Mineral oils. Gal...209,368.274 Mineral oils, Dol. 13,349,794 Total Dollars. 86,690,292 FRENCH WARSHIPS BOMBARDED TURKS Paris, Aug. 5.-U waa . ? 'ally announced today that French 'sr Ahlps have bombarded SlghadJU on lbs cojiBt of Anatolia? destroying the customs house and fortifications. An ann CA ed cruiser bombarded other Turkish joints near by, which ire supposed to be a supply depot. vlANS TO GET E CHANCE CT PEACE LEADERS WILL GET DEMAND FROM NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA IS INTENDED FOR CARRANZA MOSTLY AU Other Leaders Favor Plans -Carranza Moat Ac cede. ' Washington, Aug &.-The armed faction5i tn Mexico ore io he given one more opportunity to ^ay whether they are ready to ma'.e an honest effort to compose their differences. At a conference today between - Sec notary lansing and six ranking dtotflnjKta of tho Pan-American leasiton corps lt"" waa docided to send J?3n%' Mexican chlofs a rn ea sage expressing a con certed demand from North and South America for peace and. the yebtora Uon bf a constitutional government. Tills appeal, while geing to all leaders, is intended especially (cir Carranza, who opposes the . conven tion suggested and has expressed himself as not willing to step aside?. Valla ie willing to step anide tor peace, and virtually all other faction ' leaders are understood to favor th? fflfia?^' f " " '' ^JatftW'ff gUVVt UlUCJlt. Tho administration Relieves ?hat Op account of their tfffneneea ell chiefs should step down in favor of some: ene else. Carranca notified tibs ?aa?-^:. \ ferenco today he opposed any- mem ber of the former Madero cabinet as prov I/-ii on a I president. Carranza's attitude ls regarded aa important, but was unanimously agreed that there will be no long diplomatic correspondence with him. He will be- given a certain tfime to decide whether he agrees to help form a government the United States will recognize. Should Carranza refuse, li ls ex-,.<< poeted other chiefs will participate in . organizing a government to which other American government will give moral support. Further steps that might be taken against Carranca are, not yet utllned, except for an em bargo on arms againag, him or any other factions opposing the plan. All Latin American nations will be asked to approve before anything ls done, lt ls understood none of the conferees today desired armed inter vention it lt is avoidable. They will continue .the conference tomorrow. Washington, Aug. 6.-The six Pan-Amorlo.n diplomats who have been Invited to Join the United States for making a plan for restoring peace to Mexico arrived for a conference with.Secretary of State Lansing. Th? first result ts expected to be the groundwork cf an understanding for an all-American project to restabllsh constitutional government in Mexico, to preserve the sovereign tv of Mexico and convince the world thv_i the Unit ed States is acting as Mexico's best and near st friend. Ambassadors Naen, Dagama and Saureso of Argentine, Brarll and Chile and Ministers Calderon. Mea* dez and Depena of Bolivia, (guatemala and Uruguay Went to the state de partment to meet Secretary 14.n sing at 2:30 o'clock. The diplomats were orly parity advised ot President Wil son's plan aud the purpose of the conference is to invite help in work ing out the plan. So far as is known the president's plan proposes first the cessation of warfare and establish ment of a provisional government hy ?he factional leader*. If this fails the American nations will assume the tasa, Villa and Carranza leaders are tic ing steps tc get a claim before the conference through the courtesy of some participants. Orrunzlstas point out that they control Mexico and restored civil government and indus try follow In the wake of their armies. The VUliatas pl'tn to submit a wil lingness to par?clpate in a peace con ference between the factions and op pose tho recognition of Carranza. Washington, Aug. 6.-Herberto Barron.. head of the d?l?gation ot Carrarxa supporters, called on each of the atx Latin American diplomata today :>nd informed them that Cae* raaaav under, no circumstances, would submit to the selection of a member ot Madero'? cabinet as provi sional president.