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ne purer , VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1915. NUMBER 192. r-im-1?rrmn?? " -... _ GERMANS IN GULF CH?CKS MAY MEAN END OF SWEEP ING ADVANCE ON PETROGRAD , GERMAN VERSION NOT VET GIVEN Observer* Declare Entire Cam paign is Hinged on Envelop- ;! ing Move in North. London, Atig. 23.?The German naval reverses in the Gulf of Riga and tb Jaltic sea, German occupation of Otsowetz, and British naval bombard ment of the German naval base at Zebruggo today temporarily divert ed attention from the issues arising the sinking of the Arabic. Great Britain, however, announced definitely that the Arabic was tor pedoed by a German submarine with out warning and without haying at tempted, to escape or to ram the sub marine. All affidavits from American pas sengers agree no warning was given. Tho approaching torpedo was Been but no tthe submarine. Tho result of the German defeat in the Gulf of Riga, in which the Russians state the Germans lost the battle cruiser Molktc, and two other'cruisers and eight torpedo boats, will be to check and possibly to end the German operations in that section sweeping to ward Petrograd. Tho German version of this sea bat tle hao not yet been given. Tho de fiuKeness of the Russian statement, however, sent a wav? of - enthusiasm throughout Great .Britain. The German center has pressed steadily forward until it 1b near to th* new Russian line of defense. Military observers declare the entire campaign is hinged on the vast enveloping movement of von THndenburg in the north, who pushed beyond Riga, and that the Russian held on Riga is a continuous menace to Von Hindern burg's rear. ' The 'Germans' capture- of Ossowezt gives them another stronghold, onlly Grodno and Brest Litovsk remaining in the central section. Special reports from Petrograd de clare 'Russian positions at Brest Lit ovsk are gradually eeomlng untenale. Meagre details received concerning the British omhardment Zeebrugge. Berlin report." forty British ships at tacked and th t- firing tested several hours. German heavy artillery re plied. No British statement has been Issued. ; Marked artillery activity north of touches and nor^r Neuville Roclin conrt 1s reported from Paris. Rome report.s the capture of several strong Austrian trenches on the Carso front. Other minor engage ments are reported. Vienna reports the repulse of Italians on tho high plateau of Dob berdo and the bridge'head of Toltnlno, and says that In the three months since Italy declared war Innumerable Italian attacks now here have not at tained their object, and the. Austrian* are still maintaining positions on 4>r near the Austrian frontier. London, Aug. 23.?The allies' cau itals are Jubilant today over the unex pected naval-victory which the Rus sians, according to '.heir accounts, hare won In the F/go gulf. England had more than a sympathetic interest, as o British submarine accounted for the loss of the German battle cruiser Moltke. The loss of the two cruisers, eight torpedo boats and four trans ports is the greatest naval disaster that Germany his suffered during the war. Both Petrograd and Berlin for a week have been sending meager re psrts of naval operations in tho. Rtga golf. These.' were .interpreted aa meaning that Germany was trying to ing the armies.along the coast route ' land forces to support the left flank of von Htndenburg, who is trying to overrun Cbunrland, thereby establish ing the armies along the coast route to Petrograd. Tho Russian official report claiming a decislco a decisive victory contains few de tails. It is assumed thai the Russian mosquito flotilla assisted by subma rines and the land defences'wreaked' an unexpected destruction on part of Germany'* convoking fleet and trans ports. Petrograd announced some days ago that the-large attleshlpe had withdrawn from the gulf. Ths moral effect of the victory op the Russian people is expected here to c treat and wUT probably do much to allay the depression caused by the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.) REVERSES OF RIGA ADVANCE U. S. AWAITING MORE DETAILS ABOUT ARABIC is -tf COURSE WILL NOT BE DE CIDED UNTIL OFFICIAL REPORTS ARRIVE WONT WAIT ON GERMANY LONG It is Known Officials Don't Intend to Encourage Lengthy Arugment. Washington, Aug. 23.?Four days have passed since a German subma rine sank the Arabic with a in: s of two American lives and the United States is still without detail's and of ficial information necessary to shape its course. The United States is trying to got affidavits from American passengers and has cabled Ambassador Gerard at Berlin asking if he bas received a report from Germany. Gerard, how ever, was not instructed to seek one. It is sal" the United States will not waTr Inttefinitetty bn Germany and doesn't Intend to encourage argu ment. Tha only development today was a break in the official silence when Secretary Tumulty, after con fering with Wilson, announced: "Soon as all the facts regarding the Arabic are ascertained, our course of action will be determined." Washington, Aug. 23.?Secretary Lansing cabled Ambassador Gerard asking if the German government had received an official report of' the Arabic's sinking. The ambassador however, is not told to ask for one. It is officially stated that the Ameri can government la not sure of the facts hut considers the information fragmentary. , Washington, Aug. 23.?Lansing Raid that no steps had been taken other than to get accurate 'informa tion. An inference Is drawn from the fact that Ambassador Gerard was not desired to seek an explanation that the state department had decided to let the German government initiate any explanation. Ambassador Page at London mailed somo affidavits and other data. He has been instructed to cable a synopsis. In the view of the. state department no points are established beyond doubt. All information received nsido from newspaper reports which reflect censorship is embodied in the brief affidavit of Zellah Covington an American. The department considers a corroboratlon of this essential. The aTJpnrent delay In securing the affida vit is accounted for by the fact that the survivors of the Arabic left Queeustown almost Immediately. FRENCH AVIATOR ! MAKES ESCAPE Paris, Alig. 23.?Eugene Glblert, the French aviator'who landed In Switzerland on June 27 through an ac cident to his motor, after bombarding a Zeppelin with shells at Frledrlch shaffon has escaped. He was intern ed near St. Gothard. He arrived in Paris last night. It Is reported today. GALL DEPUTIES IN TRACTION GO. STRIKE Cars on Allegheny Division of W. Perm. Traction Co. Stoned tsy strikers. Pittsburgh. Aug. &%.?Deputy sheriffs wer? Called out today to pro tect the property'of the West Pennsyl vania Traction Co., os a result of vio lence growing out of a strika of em ployes on tl;e Allegheny division. The car was atoned and derailed. Oars ran at intervals today but, suspended tonight. White Star Liner Sunk by a German Submarine The Arable. fi( |B thf1la.tC8t >)4l0toSroP,? of the Arabic, the rftoamshtip of the White Star line, which was sunk. Auguot 19. by a German snbmnrlne The man shows^her position at the. time; she was sofc? forty or Ofty miles fro? the poina where th.. Limitante went down.; ? ?? REDRAFT NOTE TQ_ENGUNO New Draft to Include Protest Against Making Cotton Con trandband Besides Other Pro tests. Washington, Aug. 23.?The new American note to Great Britain on interference with neutral trade will probably be redrafted in order to in clude a -prot?st against making cotton contraband. Lengthy diplomatic ex changes add ? final settlement of the cotton contraband order _by_nrbltra tion are expected. While redrafting the note the United States will contin ue its efforts to release millions of] dollars worth of Austrian and German goods consigned to the United States now held uun art. neutral ports' by Great Britain. ADMIRALTY SAYS ARABIC UNARMED ??. /. ent Says it Was Impossible j for Her to Have Carried Contraband. London. Aug. 23.?The British ad miralty announces that the Arabic! Was an unarmed passenger ship, out ward bound to a neutral port. Thus it was imposrJaie for her to bjtye been carrying contraband to this country. She was sunk by a Gorman submarine without warning and neither attempt ed to attack the submarine nor to es- j cape. SCENES ON STOCK Doubtful Result of Arabic Inci dent Caused Sharp Decline. New York; Aug. 23.?Wild and er ractic charges attended today's stock market mainly as a result of the an xiety resulting from the Arabic inci dent. Lending fmares fell ono to three* points after a fairly steady opening, i while shares of the Ao-called war I group registered ext**me declines of three to almost eight points. SAYS GERMANY NEAR BANKRUPT Amsterdam Report Said Secretary of Treasury .and Von Holl weg Advise Honorable Peace at Once. Amsterdam, Aug. -23.?The Tele? graaf says that Karl ?lelfTcrl?h, the 'secretary of the Ucrman treasury, ex plained to a secret conference of cabi net ministers, political leaders and in fluential writers that tho new Ger man war loan completely exhausts the empire's financial resources and said an increase of exchequer bonds would cause bankruptcy. Therefore, he urged tlie noo(1 of preparing for an honorable peace. The moetlng was called by Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg before the reassembling of the 'Reichstag last Thursday. The chancellor, according to the re port, declared the difficulties of the empire were increasing and advised his hearers to use their influence to soften a bellicose inclination and an expansion policy in tho roichstag and In the country and to : ?rcfully pre pare a neuco proposal tcceptauh- to the four members of tho entente. Dr. Dernburg's report of tho fall-, ure of his mission to the United ' States - and other neutral countries, Tho Telegraaf says, made a strong Impression. Qen. von Moltke, former chief of tho general staffT declared he fully agreed v Ith the chancellor and added that only those who ara not fully In formed on the situation could hope for th? possibility of a complete Russian defeat. Despite those declarations, the story concludes. tVo meeting re fused to adopt a resolution advocating moderation in tho relchstag. Tbt chancellor then dcclaryd if the releh Ktag majority should show an Irre concilably chauvenlstlc attitude he would be obliged to resign as be could not accent the responsibility for a dis aster. WOUI^RliPEAL W.VA. LIQUOR LAW Petition In Circulation for Extra Session of L?gislature to Act on Repeal. Charleston. W. Vm. Aug. 23.?A petition is being circulated In Park ersburg and other cities calling on Governor Jiatfleld to .convene the leg islature for a special session to re peal the Yost liquor prohibition law which b-jt ame operativ? last year* NONE L?ST' IN ?MAC FLOOD ?r Property Loss Very Heavy, But Receding River Fails to Sub stantiate Reports That Twelve Were Drowned. St. Lois, Aug. 23.?The roceding Meramoo river flood today failed to substantiate reports thnt twelve drowned Sandfly when the river rose' to n high mark. It Is believed now that none perished. It is impossible to estimate the property loss, hut it is heavy. Earlier Itcport. St. Louis. Aug. 23.?St.- Louis county is recovering from the third flood in as many days, twenty lives were lost and a million iu properly damuge while two tnousand families are homeless. Almost' a hundred per sons are listed "as mlsstng. F/.ver men fear that tho fall of the Mera mac river will disclose a heavy death list. Conditions are equally distressing iu southeastern Missouri and parts or western Illinois. The prdperty damage will probably aggregate five villagers are homeless. The flood was duo to the tropical storm Friday which swept Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois. St. Louis had hardly recovered from tho effects of the Btorm when tho river l>esperes went a mile out of its batiks and drowned clew.a. Ilcforo^th? Oespe res fell to normal the Mcramec river went two to four mils out of its banks. The Meramoo rose during tho night and caught,thousalnds i.f summer cot tages and clubhouses dotting Its banks. Many of the inhabitants spent twenty four hours in the tree, -tops. Twenty flvo hundred families of Valley -Park woro forced fr? flee. GERMAN SUBMARINE GROUNDED IN DflLTIG Dispatch From Petrograd Adds Another Vessel to German London. Aug. 23.?A Morning Post dlBpntch from Petrograd ?eye in **3i tion to tho German losses previous ly reported In the Riga attic a Ger ?r.' m Kumftrlne . was grounded on irago Island in tho Haitic Sea. .Jpst outside tho Gulf of Riga, and dount lecs was also lost. Germant Call Attention to Many Varied Accounts Given by Brit ish Press?Say Vessel May Have Struck Mine. Berlin, Aug. 23.?(Oy Wireless to SayvHIe.)?Tlio Oversens Nowb Agency today announced: Naval cir cles call attention to the remarkable contradiction in English pross reports concerning the Arabic. Ono report says the passengers crew received life belts when they entered the danger zone. This statement .Is declared non sensical because a vessel leaving Liv erpool is immediately In the danger zone. However the distribution of lifebelts it Is argued, admits of the conclusion that the steamer's captain was obeying admiralty orders and spurred on by high money reward, in tended to ram the submarine as soon as it was sighted. Other reports state that no submarine or tornedo was sighted, permitting the assumption that the ship Btruck a loose mine. All this Bhows the necessity of awaiting tho official report. British Sink Celllet. .Sona, Bulgaria, Aug. 23.?A British submarine has tornedo?d tho Turkish collier Bspapan at Kaldar Pasha. The steamer Bodos of the German-Levant line, loaded with munitions and pro visions has been su;ik In the Marmora seAV New Grcrk Cabinet Formed. Athens, Aug. 23.?The-new Greek cabinet was fonned today and took the oath of office in the prnsencve of an Immense crowd which enthusiastical ly cheered Kleutherlcs Venizelos, the new premier. ARABIAN CHIEFTAIN WILL AID ITALIANS ? ii ii ii RevolU Against Turki and Will Attempt to Free Hode Idea From Turkish Rule. Home, Aug. 23.?It is said Idrlsb. one of the mast powerful Arabian fhtctans in Yemen, who, during Ute Libyan war, w*s ar*<W| by Italians,: la reported to have rebelled agalnot the Turks. M ts'sald he Ms gathered forces to Tree I?ode Idea from Turk ish domination. THIS AMOUNT, OR MORE, TO BE PLACED IN NATIONAL OR RESERVE BANKS TO REDISCOUNT LOANS ON COTTON May Be Deposited Directly With National Banko to Loan at Six Percent. Was!, inn tun, Aug. 23.?-Treasury officinlH tonight made public an an?, nomm?ment by Secretary McAdoo, that in view of tho action of tbe al Iii s In making cotton contraband ha would, if it become necessary. de ponlt thirty million dollars or more in gold, in the federal reserye banks in Atlanta. Richmond and Dallas to en able the reserve banks to rediscount ioatiB on cotton secured by warehouse receipts made by national banks and state banks belonging to the federal reserve system. Tho sold would be deposited, tem porarily at least, without interest. Jt was explained that if the object could be accomplished with greater efficiency by depositing the money directly with national banks which would agree to lend tbe money on cotton at not more : than six per cent, this would I", done. USJ?I?BS SOLD MUNITIONS ________ Stole Several Thousand Rounds Rifle Cartridges and Sold Them to Mexicans?Many Under Arrest. El Paso, Aug. 23.?Jesus Real, a" Mexican, was arrested today on a charge of purchasing ammunition from United States soldiers. Several thous and rounds yl rifle ammunition be longing to tho Sixteenth Infantry dis appeared recentlly. The investigation Is said to have disclosed the fact that soldiers have been selling to Mexi cans who sold it to the revolutionary factions. A number of soldiers are said to be under arrest. Washington, Aug. 23.?Vice Con sul Blockor at Piedras, Negras, -re ports a terrific battle on Sunday near Monterey. Villlstas and Car ranzlstas both claim victory. It is believed that the battle was an Im portant one. Secretary Lansing today conferred with the Brazilian minister to Mexl so, Cradosa. It is believed that he wished to get the lattor'a opinion on the Mexican situation. The Import ant details of the conference have been wit held. JAPAN TO RENDER RUSSIA MORE AID Arranging Greater Facilities for Supplying Munitions to Al lied Forces. Tokio. Aug. 2a?The Kekwrit Shlmbun nays: Premier Ok a ma stales that Japan has decided to give great er assistance to Russia to prosecute the.war. Ho could hot dlscuas thr details but allowed It to be under stood that this assistance will take the form of forwarding greater mu 1 nttiope suppl'#s. I The Associated Press learns that ' Japan ha* decided to employ all tbo available governmental and private I resources in increasing the out-put of 1 munltiones for her allies, particularly Russia. .MUNT Arri?ff AlUUMJKI? POK ALXIBfl' AtiAiftCT TURK* Undine; Aug. 23,?A Joint military action with England, France and Rus sia against Turkey was arranged by the Italian general Pirro during his visit to the Anglo-French front in J?ly, it Is disclosed. The plans stu died then It is skid will immediately be put into action. . . 'vV . ;