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VOLUME IL ANDERSON, & C. TUESDAY JliOfcNING, AUGUST 31, 1915. NUMBER 198.
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HINDENBURG HAS RENEWED
ACTIVITIES ALONG DVINA
IN COURLAND
LIPSK IS TAKEN
BY GERMANS
Approaching Equinoctial Storms
Expected to Serve to Check
German Advance.
London. Aug. 30.-Teutonic forces j
continue 'pressing the Russians. Ber
lin and Vienna emphasizes thu state
ment that Hindenerg'a forcea along
the Dvina In Courland renewed the
activities brought to a sudden halt
recently with tho success of the Rus
sians holding Riiga as a menace to j
Hlndenberg's rear.
In the Brest-Litov.sk region in
southwestern Russia tho Teutons are
striving to drive the Russians further
Into the <Prlpst Marshes. They evi
dently intend to try to repeat the ear
ly success of the Germans in the
Mazurian Lakes region of cast ]
Prussia.
Northwest and east of East Prussia !
Berlin reports a Teuton advance and
the capture of Lipsk, west of Grodno,
upon which the alms of tho Germans
are now evidently centered. Military
Observers ? direct attention to the fact
that the Russian equinoctial storms
are due to begin about October 21st.
They believe these may check the
Germans. Some recall that the au
tumnal equinox marked the turning
point of the Napoleonic campaign.
Desperate fighting continues in the
Dardanelles. The Turka claim , to j
have recaptured allied trenches with \
heavy allied casualties. Great Bil-j
thia doesn't concede. these ci al ms.
Western- operations are confined to !
trench fighting. Tho Raisins claim
to be advancing on tho Auptro-Itul
Jan frontier.
London, Aug. 30.-Deports from tho j
eastern front indicating that thc Aus
trians and Germans are engaged in 1
an effort to clear the last corner of j
Galicia held by the opponents, excited
great interest here. The Russian line,
on the upper Bug and Ziota Lipa river I
. "have been pierced, but it is not yet !
clear how serious a resistance ls be
ing-offered" to'the vast enveloping j
movement from the south.
Having lost Brest-LRovsk the Rus
sians can not afford to hold their river
position , in tho Routh, in the face of j
important movements, without CUCL ri
ge ring their armies. Options aro
ventured by some English critics that J
his move may conclude for the pres- j
ent the great offensive in progress!
since the last of May, and when the
Austrian's soil is cleared the invaders
new.campaign will -be started in the I
near east. Reports that tho cen ral
powers are massing troops near the
Rumanian frontier are. cited to sun
port this theory.
The -week-end witnessed Violont, al-1
" most continuous activity, on he part
of tho aWed artillery from the North
sea tee the Vosges. There are no Indi
cations,, however, that lt is, being
_ followed >by infantry attacks.
London again is awaiting ofTioial
reports from British or French au
thorities concerning tho Dardanelles
campaign. Constantinople reports
heavy fighting lhere.
WHEELER OPPOSED
I FREE EDUCATION
President California University
Favor? Largar Tuition Fee? al
SUte Universities.
Berkeley. Cal., Aug. 30.-SUB tui
tion- f*4?fc Instead ot free education at
?tate universities was suggested hy
Dr.; Benjamin Wo Wheeler? president
of California University, la an address
.before tho National Association of
Stete Usiversitfes. Ho Bald constd
ering that comparatively fuw aro go
ing- '4o anlveraitle." lt would be fairer
to taxpayers to charge the student*
a half or third of the cost of their
education. . He advocated military in"
strncllcfR for students, sur% tenure
for presidents and non? political ad
ministration.
Ne Trace of Boat or Crew.
New' Orleans, ?ftt. 10 .--Careful
search at Ooriumel Island, off Yuca
tan,'failed to reveal traces oZ crew or
passenger? missing from the liner
Marov/ijne. Of no wreckage oS the
vessel, according to a wireless from
United Fruit steamer Coppenamo..
Governors .
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1-Gov. Manning of South Carolina;
2-Gov. Williams of Oklahoma; 3
Gov. Flolder of Ndw Jersey; 4-Gov.
Spaulding of New Hampshire; 6-Gov.
Holcomb of Connecticut; 6-Gov.
AUTHORITY OF
Investigation of Charges Against
Colorado Militia Officers Re
sulting From Recent Strike,
Halted by Question of Authority
Denver, Col., Aug. 30.-Thc inves
tigation of the chargea against Ad
jutant General Chase and of thc men
who made tlie charges was halted
temporarily today when witnesses re
fused to answer questions. The au
thority of tho court was questioned
and the matter referred to the at
torney general for an opinion.
C. E. ElHott, an alleged detective
In the employ of the United States
Mine Workers .refused to answer
questions regarding the alleged plot
of detectives and labor leader.) to hin
der the reorganization and recruiting
of militia. The court contemplated,
his arrest on. contempt charges but
delayed, action.
Later former Captain Van HlEe re
fused to answer questions and was
ordered under arrest. Ho refused to
consider himself under arrest and
raced with Major Edward J. Brough
ton of tho military court for Ike gov
ernor's office, lint h arrived at tho
asme time. The governor declared
Van H(so should bc released and thc
legal tangle referred to thc attorney
generali
POUND STERLING
j, STILL ON DECLINE
Presence on Enchange of Forty
Five Million in Gold Securi
ties Was Without Effect
New York, Aug. 30. -Pounds ster
ling declined on the loi^tl exchango |
market today to four sixty-one. T.ils
ia a new record, being twenty-Mx
cents bc??w normal. The presence of
forty-five million additional gold se
curities, . presumably aent to help
brace the fall?a grate, apparently "iras
! without effect.
There was no 'indication that the
end of tho slump is In sight.
MASONS MEET IN
SAN FRANCISCO
San . Francisco, Aug. 30. -Masons
from ail perta of tho United Sintos
are hnra to attend-th? twelfth trien
nial asstiably of Royal and Select
Masters of tho United States, which
4s opening tods.y, and . tho triennial
Chapter of the Hoya! Arch Mason
opening M riknesday.
at Boston Who
Walsh of Massachusetts; 7-dov. Spry
of Utah; H-Gov. slLtci of Washing
ton; 9-Gov. Stuart of Virginia; 10
Gov. Byriio of South Dakota; ll-jQov.
Capper of Kansas; 12-Gov. Stewart
I Three Arrested After Meeting at
Which it Was Declared no
Harm to Kill Americans or
Germans.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 30.-Fed
eral authorities and -thc polio > believe
Uiey nipped a plan to incite .Mexicans
here to violence when they arrested
'twenty-three Mexicans today. Throe
leaders of thc Mexican colony here
were arrested Sunday, follpwing a
mass meeting in the public plaza here
at which one declared it- was no harm
tc kill Americans and Gunn ans.
Federal agents huve been watching
here since tho recent uprising at
Brownsville. They learned that
members of two inf lama t ory organi
zations Were herc. Tho pollco claim
thoso arrested are adherents to tho
plan of San Diego, the manifesto, Of
which proclaims Texas a republic for
Mexicans.
The prisoners were turned brer to
Ifederal autnorltlusi Ohni-ges of trea
son may lie' If they, were connected
with tito uprising, plan.
Washington, Aug. 30.-Zapata and
Villa agent here, eald today'that-a
perice convention woulld soon be called
in the neutralized territory In Mexico
to set "up a provisional government.
Independent Mexicans, not affiliated
wdth any faction, wHl take part, they
said. It. Is possible that t^o Tan
American conference will be ujhed to
arraaigc'the details.
TI>o delay of the Carranza reply
I has raised hopes that influences- are
I working to Induce him to particip?t?.
WAS OFFERED $1,000
TO S 6N BQS?S WILL
I Witness Say? Mrs. Mamie Ham?
lin Poisoned Mrs. Davis
at Jackson? Ky.
Jackson, Ky., Aug. 30.-M. " A.
Moses "and his wife testified at th3
trial 'rf Mrs. Mamie.Hamlin charged
wlih tho murder of Mrs? Bolly
Davis, a wealthy widow, that Mrs.
Hamlin offered Mrs. Moses a thous
3id dollars to sign an-alleged will,
rs. Davis was poisoned.
The will would make Mrs. Hamlin
the chief beneficiary tor tho hundred
thousand dollar estate.
rnderwoort "First ('Itfeen."
Montgomery, Ala.. Aug. "p.-Gov
ernor Henderson han appointed Sena
tor. Oscar Underwood to represent Al
abama at tho Pan-American Peaco ex
position as her "first citizen."
of Montana; 13-Ex-Gov. Haines of
alaine; %A-Ex-Gdv. Fort of New Jer
sey; 15- ExUov. Carey of Wyoming;
16- Ex-Gov. McGovern of Wisconsin;
17- .Sec. Miles C. kiley of Wisconsin;
J Drouth, Followed by .Rain, Had ^
Deteriorating Effect-Caleula?
tion, From Government Avar
age Place Crop at 11,817,236.
Washington, AUg. ."0.-Drouth fol?
lowed hy excessive rains during1 Au
gust caused a deterioration silently
mono than thc August average to
growing cottel l, the depaxtmeiit of J
agriculture announced-. Condition 69'.'2 ?
l?er cent. Tills is 6.1 below July.
. Unofficial calculations bai;cd on gov
ernuiont averages for yield, and con
dition acreage place crop at 11,817,
232 bales.
Washington, Aug. "30.-Th? condi
tion of tho ?rowing cotton" crop of
?tho- United States on August 25 was
69.2 per cent of a monrnul, tho 1'ni
tcd States department of agriculture's
crop, roportlng board announced at
noon today in its fourth condition re
iport of the season. That condition
compares with 7C>.3.per "cent on .Inly
25 this year. 78.0 per cent on August
215 last vtiar, 68.2 por cent In l?l.?
and 72.8 rv r cent'the avorage. condi
tion on ?.ciguBt 25'during thc inst
ten years.
A crop slightly under 12,000.000
hales was forecast by th? crop re
porting board from th? July 25 eonill
'tibn. Tho bureau of crop estimates
announces that a ? condition of ' 100
on August 25 would be equivalent to
a ylold or 258.0 pounds to thc acre.
Thc area planted this- year lias been
officially reported as 31,535,000
acros.
Weather conditions for the crop
had mot been very favorable during
tho month, iiot and generally con
tinued dry weather greatly retarded"
growth over many portions of tin
belt during the first week and but
little progress wa? possible except
over tho northern portion where local
rains and moderate warmth favored
satinfacvjry growth. Daring thc car
ly pnrt of Ute month drought con
tinue very generally tn T?xaS and was
becoming severe over largo arcas.
Continued dry weather over tho
greater part of the moro Important
producing ?taies prevented satisfac
tory growth and the-crop very gen
erally deteriorated.- Shedding was
reported 1n many sections .and bolla
wore' opening prematurely In dis
tricts where tho drought preyollrd.
Insect pests were reported generally
lesa active than nsual.
' Deterioration due to adverse weath
er during tho carly weeks of the
moa th' vtas arrested: by good rains
over much of tho c> atral and eastern
portions ot tho licit during the later
part'of tho.monti* and ?bo crop re
port of thc month and the crop1 r< .
sponded to the more favorable condi
tion. Rain was atm needed in a
greater part cf Mississippi arid in
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tes to Support of
18-EX-COT. Am mon S of Colorado; 19
-Kx-Gov. Adnnr . of Colorado; 20
Gx-Gov. Manu i : Virginia; 21-Mayor
famefl M. Curley of Boston; 22-Ex
3ov. Fclker of New Hampshire; 28
?x-?ov. Dix of New York; 24-Ex
ELIHU ROOT
BOSSISM
Says "Invisible Government'' Sys
tem Has Ruled New York for
Past Forty Years--Declares all
Parties Alike.
Albany, N. H., Aug. . 30.-Bos
sism" and "invisible government"
wero condemned today ou tho floor
of t?ic constitutional convention by
President Elihu Boot. He declared
this system bad dominated New York
for tho past forty years.
He pleaded for the Short ballot that
people might establish their town
. ule, and declared the people demand
ed the change. Tho domination of
tho bosses has caused resentment hy
the people because they were govern
ed by men they didn't choose.
Foot declared tho system had pre
dominated no matter which party
wa? in ?power. "'Both parties aro
alike. All parties arc alike, tho sys
tem extends to all," he declared.
FIVE MEXICANS DEAD
AT niii
Alleged Cattle Thieves Killed By
Posse of Custom Guards,
Civilians and Soldiers.
Paso, Tex., Aug. 30.-Fixe Mex
icans, cllcgcd. cattle thieves were kill
ed today St Eagle Mountain, thirty
mil's ?ost of Biara Biarra, hy a
posse tit customs guards, civilians and
soldiers. None of tho posse were
injured.
1*hd report that Pascual Oror-co was
killed in the .fight was based (on a re
quest from Sierra Bland uuUmrlUes|
that some ono be sent who could lu
den Hf y General Ororzco.
BRYAN AT HEAD
WINONA ASSEMBLY
Property of Bankrupt Association |
Sold Today to Directora for
Hundred Thousand.'
Warsaw,'Ind., Aug. 30.^William
Jennings Bryah will- bo president of
tbs , re-organized Winona Assembly
and Summer Schools Association.
The property of the. association,
which waa recently declared bank
rupt, was bought today for a hundred
thousand on behalf ot tho board of J
directors.
President
it-Arms Pcdrick of tho Massachusetts
XJgiBlature; 26-Ex-Gov. titease of
South Carolina; 3?-Ex-Gov. Qulnby
)f Now Hampshire; 28-Gov. liam
uond of Minnesota.
England to 'Permit Shipments
From Neutral Ports to America
of Goods Contracted for Be
fore Order Took Effect
Washington,.AUK. 30.-British Am
bassador Spring-Rico - assured the
state department today that GrcM I
Britain would relax the enforcement I
of the order in council to permit
shipments from neutral ports of Gor
man and Austrian goods contracted
for by Americans "prior to tho effective
dato of tho ordor. He said arrange
ments would b ema de to accept proof
of contractait tho embassy hero in
stead of In London. Details will be
given later. Millions of dollars
worth of these goods have accumulat
ed at neutral European ports.
DIPLOMATIC ARGUMENT
ON DIICIII POSTPONED!
Government Awaits Action By
French Courts on Appeals of
Vessel's Owner.
Washington. Aug. 30.-Tho United
States won't resort to diplomacy in
Ce case of thc former llairtbuVg
American liner Daria, condemned
with her rargo by a French prise
court until the. ship's owner has ex
hausted lils right to appeal by French
courts.
lt 1* stated officially herc tho dc?
cisi?n holding tho transfer of thc
Dacia lo Amerit an ownership and re
gister illegal was bnscd on an erro
nous finding In several particulars:
Thc coe. t Hummed Um Dacia's cargo
was purchased with Ibo ship, although;
the state departmcn- has evidence
m w cargo was loaded after thc ship
changed hands.
ILL INOIS NEGRO
TO HANG OCT. 16
Three Companies of Militia
Guarded Court Ronna Darin?
Trial of Tls&co Murderer.
Murphysboro, Ills., Aug. 30.-Joe
Dchcrry, the negro who Ulled Mrs.
J. H. Martin. July 30 was Indicted
here today,' pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to hsng October 16. The
proceeding occupied leas than six
hours. Three companies ot mr!Kia
guarded the court room sod Jail.
Largs crowds witnessed tho tr isl.
KIT ON PEACE
SM!LW[T
?IO INTIMATION YET GWEN
OF NATURE OF NEXT
DEVELOPMENT
ZAPATA AGREES
FOR CONFERENCE
Carranza'e Agent? Expect Hts Re?
Iply as Soon as He is Settled
in Mexico City.
Washington. Auf . ?IO,-Thc next
stop In the Pan-American-, proftcxm
for the 1-i.i.oratioq of peace Ut . Mexi
co will he taken regardless of^ tho
nature of Carranxa'a reply" to the
Pan-American pence plant, according
to au atitltorlatlvo istatenaent tonight.
I here was no Inkling of the form of
(he next-development.
Thc responses of Zapata and bis
Ieadera, accept ?ag, reached the state
?department today. With the receipt of
these replies Villa adherents here as
serted a peace convention to form a
new provisional goverrvm-ut tn Mexi
co waa assured, ovn if Carrants re
fused to participate.
Ce n an ia's agents declared they
expected their chief's reply soon.
They think it will come as soon as
Carrasse completes tbe installation
of his government in Mexico City.
Sta to department reports said Vil
la forces have be gua an attack on
Monterey. The message said heavy
fighting ls is progress.
HOWELL ?ND WHM
, CUSES f IS lffll
?Former for Second trial and
Vaughn to Be R ?-sent ei teed
Will Ask Sanity Heal lng.
Greenville, Aug. 30.-Two cases ot
conspicuous character that aroused
interest not only in Greenville county
but throughout the state will ba heard
in the court of general sessions this
wc ok *
George W. TIdwell. Sr., will prob
ably arrive in Greenville tomorrow to
a watt his arraignment Wednesday
morning on tho charge of murder.
TIdwell ia now at liberty under bond
of $10,000 hts commuted sentence of
severn years for manslaughter having
been set aside when the supreme
court granted bim a nsw trial. For
the second time he will stand trial
for the alleged murder of Emmett
Walker.
t Thurston U. Vaughn, former super
intendent of the Odd Fellows orphan
age hero, will probably bo brought
back Friday whoa ? new data,?viii be
set for hui execution, unless the de
fendant's counsel ts successful In the
effort to have Vaughn confined to the
insane asylum. His lawyers, McCul
lough. Martin nud Blythe .have an
nounced that H motion will be made
for a jury to pass on Vaugn's san
ity. It is alleged that he is insane.
A jury of 24 mon would be required.
The famous Vaught* case has now
taken a turn very similar in nature
to the' onnlty trial of Harry K.
Thaw.
HEAVY FROST
IN WISCONSIN
Garden Track, Corn and Potato
Crops Damaged By Sudden
Drop in Temperature.
Wausau, Wi a.. Aug. 3t>.-Dam
ago estimated ut two hundred to three
hundred thousand dollars was oauae?
to p..iatoo? and Karden track through
out Marathon county last night by a
Killing frost. Tho eora crop also sus
tained a heavy loss,
Chicago, Aug. 80.~Only twice in
the history local weather bureau bas
the mercury dropped sd low in Au
gust as today.
lt registered 47. This record equal
ed 1872 and 1?87.
PRESIDA T ASA*lH>ltf? 10*1
Ol' A Pl'BTKEK VACATION
Washington, Aug. 30.-President
Wilson has given up the Idea or a f?ir
iher extended vacation tiela year. He
bad planned to spend September al
Cornish. Hts plan? now are to re
main hers until th? German-Ameri
can situation clears.