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VOLUME IL ' ANDERSON, S. C SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 25, 1915. NUMBER 220. G REECE'S MOBILIZATION WILL BRING ALL STATES UNDERARMS PLANS MATTER OF SPECULATION Should Roumania . Join Russia Teutons May Abandon Move ment Against Serbians. London, Sept. 24.-Greece's orde ed mobilization, caased by Bulgaria' military preparations, brings the last Balkan state under arms for Ru mania have been ready for some time for an emergency. While Bulgaria and Turkey seem, to have composed differences, the plans of ail the Balkan states is stili a metter for specula tion. The successes* of the Russians ic Galicia and Volhynia where the Aus; trlans were driven across the Styr river, it is believed, will ease the sit uation on tho Rumanian flank and should Rumania Join Russia it might prevent the Austro-GormanB from sending an anny of half a million against Serbia r* The Russian successes have caus ed von Mackensen, wf.iio ia fighting north of the Pr I pot marshes, to with draw somewhat. Tn the center the Russians aro falling bock but east of Vaina tho Germans admit a tem porary check. Von Hindenburg; in the northi--advan?os slowly. . In the weat where artillery' fighting continues. Berlin claims the British attack south of the Labasses canal broken down. Tho French say a German ammuni tion depot waa destroyed 4>y artillery north of Arras. Cannonading ls re ported heavy in Artois, Champagne and Lorraine. German submarines are active off the Irish coast, sinking five Brititth ers ainco Tuesday, including the Ho*?*vn liner Hesione, Liverpool for Buenos Aires, sunk yesterday. . The crew was saved. London, Sept. 24.-Military activi ties on the eastern front are again assuming tho familiar phase of the slow German advance. The German' plan of dividing tho Russian armies, nen eh ' and south of the Prlpet has been a. strategic success in a way, but the immediate effect was to tlhrow the Increased burden on the Austri ans, who seem nimble to chock the Russian drive. Unofficial Petrograd dispatches state that the latest Ruar.hVn victory northwest of Dunno is more impor , tant than the Petrograd official com munication, 'indicates.. It Involves tao recapture of the fortress of Lutsk, . ncrtWest of Dubno. In rellnqulsh. in/r this fortress the Austrians arc ' said lo have retired across the atyr. From Ki?'.a oakthe Batte to. the Pri pet, the aiisslanrare holding the line eutbbomly in an attempt to bring the long retirement to an end. The fight ing ia partfcu'iariv aevar southeast of . Vlkra, ?iti? east Of Dvlnsk. Tho envelopment of t)he Vllna anny .aav 4t?g tailed it ls assumed that tho Ger mans will ..develop an offensive at Ovinsk with a vfew of an ultimate blow at Riga. It ls generally believed that the- Garmansaredeterminat th e that the Germana are determined to capture Riga before the winter. Optimis?t Over Bulgaria: Roms, Sept, 24.-The Gtornale d'ltalia says: If the Bulgarian mo bilization does not anean the imme diate Invasion of Macedonia or an at tack ?pon Serbia In tho rear, in case of an Austro-Gorman drive through the Badana Vie nco ra may have an optimistic explanation. - ta it an at tempt to blackmail the allie? to press Serbia to make further territorial con cessions, a? tho Bulgarian Ideal is to Obtain Macedonia and Thrace without going to -war? Tb? Greek mobtlfca tfon , will prohoblv be followed by simitar step? in Rumania. 709,009 Walgarina Treejw. Sofia, Sept. 24.-Although a par tial .mobilisation of the Bulgarian anny has beets announced here a? Imminent, it is now s?rierai hud .comprises all the reserves slnce-'^a? .thu? inctadm* t<> men approaching tho nrtieth >?nr. Tho total Bulgarian forceft including the Macedonians I? I ?ie; y to reach ?ev?? hundred tihou crsnd. Those not Included sn for are untrained mon nod a small class"cx enxp*. nuder taxation. 24.-The Overseas total ?3,0?7,!-00. RUSSIANS TAKE CITY OF LUTSK Petrograd Correspondent Says Russians Recaptured City and Four Thousand Prisoners. , London, Sept. 24.- The battle norUi of Lutsk was a great success for tho Russians, who took four thou sand prisoners and recaptured thc town of Lutsk, says the Fluters Pet rograd correspondent. I Receiver Files Cross Sil' Against Central Trust Co. and Ten In dividuals for Recovery of $1, 250,000. Chicago, Sept. 24.-The echo of the crash, of the La Salle Street Trust and Savings bank, of which William Lo rim or was president, came today with tho filing ot a cross bill in cir cuit court seeking the recovery ot I a minion and a quarter doilaia allegri ?{?ed1 <jy "tho recerrer of. tho La Salis] Trust to have been manipulated In [ an improper manner. - The octlon isl against'.the Central Trust company of| Illinois and ten individu:! 3. Die amount in cash it said waa put up by| tho Central Trust Co., for a bank ers' check of the La Salle National! 'bank secured by notes of ten- or ganizers of the La Salle Trust. At ter the La Salle Trust recahpd the state auditor's certificate on the strength of cash the bill alleges thc tfu'ud was returned to the Central I Trust in exchange for the check. IV. Dumba9? M?*senger Back To Explain. Archibald. ali photograph shows James P J Archied stepping from the Rotter dam, the Dutch liner , which brought him had: on orders of United Sfates M!n?tor'.*aB Dyck from his journey toward Vienne with messages from Constantine T. Dumba, tbs .Austrian ambassador. Archibald had the moAsage to Premier Uur?an lu which ?he proposal was in&do tc tb? np American ammunition plants. A m AT PROGRESO RAIDERS WERE SURPRISED EY CAVALRY WHILE LOOT. ING POSTOFFICE ESCAPED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE Ri*/cat Wes Protected. By Fire V.GM Mexican Side-Said to I lave Bscn Carran rr?ta?. r.r?7.-;:r,vnie. Sept. 24.-Mexican ba Milts mounted and some wearing jut J forms nttackod Frogreso, Texas, ead killed Privates Henry W. Stuiibel fieM, troop, B. Twoifui Cavalry, wcnudod Captain A. V. Anderson, same troop, and escaped under cover of the Ure of several hundred men entrenched on tho Mexican side of thu Rio Grande. Two Mexicans are known killed, but reports that several Americans were wounded aro Incorrect. About eighty Mexicans wore dis covered by the American detachment looting tho postofflce at Progreso. (Stubblefield fell at the first ex change of shots. Reinforcements under Captain Anderson caused the Mexicans to rotreat to tho river, where they took to boats. An oariy report to the war depart ment from Generat Funston said tho officers described the raiders as Car ranzista soldiers. Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 24.-Tho Mexicans attacked a detachment ot United States soldiers at Progresso, forty miles west here .and killed Pri vate Stubblefield of troop B. Twelfth United States cavalry according to advices reaching here. The Mexicans approached from the j direction of the Rio Grande a mile j from Progresse. An American de tachment wns camped in front of the! house. The Mox leans opened fire and i j Stubblefield fell. Telephone wires ; were cut e&riy today and only meager i J details are available. It ls reported j j that two American soldiers were I wounded. The soldiers returned the fire end moved toward the house, fir ing every time a Mexican showed himself. The Mexicans retreated .to ward the Rio Grande. * ? mm m w m ? . w wv -mr mm m w m-mr ? m 0 FFI 11ERS_ ELEOTED I P. L. Atherton is President-Each State to Have Three Execu tive Committeemen. I : , Nashville, Sept. 24.-The Jackson I i?ighway association chose perman ent officers and the claims for the various routes were placed before thc j convention. Peter Lee Atherton or Louisville, was chosen president and tito vice president sad executive com mittee for Mississippi fellow: J.i M. McBeath of Meridian, vic?, pr?sident; T. J. Locke, Jr.. of Columbus; W. P. Potts of Kosciusko; V. D. Denton of | Pascagoula. The differences between the Mis sissippi and Alabama over land routes will be settled when on agr?e ront is reached to Increase the num I ber of executive committeemen for each state from two to three. Thu ls done to give the northwest coun ties of Alsbama representation. The effort to include Florida la the asso ciation waa defeated. Governor i O'Neal of Alabama, advocated'the old Jackson military route. NO CLEMENCY FOR BLANCO! Obregon Refuses to Intercede for Him and. 0 nwt Marshall , W?1 Be Held. El Paso, Sept. 24.-Effort* to ob tain clemency irora General Obregon fdr General Lucio Bianco, who was I arrested roccptly with G?nerai /..ula lio Gutierrez at Saltillo on an unstat ed -maltee, have failed*. Bianco,'who j was ?believed by Obregon to be acting wi tb tb* Cu ti-ir roz faction lo advo cating a peace plan, ls to be co***} mar Haled. rsaer Kassian Minister PeaTn mrrad\ Sept. 24.-line death *>' Nlkolae-vlch Dime vo, former Postor Who Failed and Church Ply mouth Ch nf eh. Dr. Kewell Dwight mills Dr. Newell iDwight Hillls, paBtor ?ot Plymouth fconsre^atlonai church in Brooklyn,' poe of tito famous ?churches ot United States, of which Henry Whrd Beecher waa pas tor, told his congregation tim other day that aa-wap ?Sty ?wrry for having ventured'into'business outside his I regular duties as ?pastor. Dr. Hillls haw bean brought into notoriety ty his statement several days ago, when be GERMAN Wi LARGES! LOAN JUST COMPLETED DE IMPERIAL TREASURY lu ERATIOM IN WO Berlin, Sont. 24.- Dr. Karl Rolf ferich, secretary, of~ the Importal j treasury, declared tho German wa: loan ol' tlrrcc billions raised on .Sep tember twenty-first was the large?* financial op?ration tn the worlds history, exceeding England'-- last war loani , I Englani, hillier to, be said, had raised four billion sixty-two million five hundred-thousand and Germany six bllllom two hundred and fifty mil ?Iii Freeman Says Conflagration Con cussens Exist -at Every Atlan tic and Pacific Coast City. Eon Francisca; Sept. 24.-Ameri can seacoast cities would invite de struction by bombs dropped from air craft ' should this country softer a beattie attack, according' to John M. Freeman, past president of the Amer ican. Society of Mechanical {engi neers, in an edd rei? before the inter national Engineermg Co-uwress uero: Conflagration conditions exist, he said, in every Atlantic and Pacifie coast city. ,. '{?' CLASH S?lWCAIH-lK? ?EAT?l OF FRKSI1BAX Princetown. Sept. 24.-Heult failure, superinduced by participa tion in the annual elates rn Sh at .Princeton, today caused the1 death of Stockten Wells, a freshman from Madison, New Jcrsay. Four classes cfctded tonight to discontinue the {Tushes ?or this year. ti ERM. AN SrilMAtPJfK* ARK ACUTE 15 M?i#?m??.t !Sr.\N I Berlin, Sept. 24. ?SpanJash news ; papers, says the Ov0i<**aa agency, re< i j-iiri |h?? Connan submarin** m the j Mediterranean stink several. JFrencB I ! And ? Bnglbh steamsra and one Raia- ! AR LOAN *JN WORLD '.GLARED BY SECRETARY OF \RGEST FINANCIAL OP? RLD'S HISTORY. lion in long term loans, whereas Eng Inna's expenditures to the present are lejs than Germany's Ile said ti'.at Germany is financial ly able to continnne the war inde finitely. In speaking ot the Anglo French loan in tho United States he said America could not class Ger many as a poor relation. The British passed a credit '"^st week bringing their war total to six billion three hundred and ten mil lion. U?~*?~Jj~iS??^-J?.~?.i~~!J. ? ^??.^U^'JLCUJ.tX.??ss JAPS AT EXPOSITION DEMAND UN APOLOGY Agent of U. S. Treasury Seized ! Pearls and Books From Eft" htbit ol Private Firm. San Francisco, Sept. 24.-Japan ese officials at the Fan-America-Paci fic exposition have protested to the Japanese embassy at washington de manding an apology and tho return oS fifteen pearls and books Of a pr I-i vate firms exhibit seised by AQ agent ?of W. J!. Tidwell, special agent of | tho treasury department. Tidwell ssys tho pearls were sent hera from' ! the San Diego exposition where they were under bond. MER IC A NS RECEIVED BY GERMAN CROWN PRINCESS Berlin, Sept. 24.-American sur geons and nurses on thstr ?*iy to Sorb?a to attend German * wounded [ prisoners Jn >FJussisn detention ramps. ; ?were received last night by the Gsr-I man Crown Princess. CAPTAIN AND CREW OP CHANCELLOR AT QUEENSTOWN Queenstown, Sept. 24.-Thirty-two' ?members of the crew and the attain I of the British etentner Chancellor, which was sunk yesterday, were .landed here by tho rosen > i today. Others, of s"? tft*ew ware re-i .ported taken to Kiosalc by s trawl- ? !er. LO AN TO OF HALF SEEMS PARTICIPATION IN LOAN HOSTILE Subscription By Pro-German Banka Would Be Considered Support of Enemies. norlin, Sept. 24.-Tho Overseas agency says a committee representing a combination of tho largest indus trial associations have lasuod a state ment sayfng participation by New York banka witfa German connections in the Anglo-French loan would be considered in Germany as Intention al support to Germany's enemies. ZAPATA RAIDS GROW SERIOUS Food Situation in Capital and Elsewhere Sugri 0 Through De precation* of Pillagers-Villa Holds Railroad. Washington, Sept. 24.- Successful ! raids by Zapata troops od the Vera Cruz and Mexico City railway ?.ave aggravated th? famine conditions in the capital, the state department ad vices say. Tho city "water mains'are' partly disabled and the water short age is becoming serious. The fuel oil supply to run public utilities is virtu ally exhausted. The Zapatistas wreck ed a fuel oil train. The consular agent reports ; from Nogales, Mexico, dated yesterday said i the Carranca forcee under Gen. Caliea have withdrawn entirely from that portion ot th? ?tate , and Villa troops under Maytorena axe holding the Can- ; nanea railway. The Villa agency hore made a pub lic ata temen t, issued at Juarez after a conference between Villa and bis mil itary chiefs, regarding possible recog nition of Carranza. He said they did not believe President Wilson can be persuaded to take the step, because that would signify the recognition of a military dictatorship or despotism without courts or other public insti tutions which, de facto governments are required to have under American precedents to justify recognition. Ho wjra Carranza has never proclaimed a government, assuming all the powers to himself. Villa demands and ls fighting for a constitutionality. The government agency at Desles reported tho evacuation and sacking of Torre ?n by Villa troops and say? that Villa garrisons still occupy Torre?n and Durago. ALIENS AUK NOT BXKWPTED UNDER INCOME TAX LAW Washington, Sept. 21.-Aliens tem porarily resident In the United States will not be allowed exemptions grant ed under the Income tax law to citi zens. Resident aliena must pay 1 per cent ot the net income the treasury department says. This is aimed at actors, singera and otters here for a few months. YOUNO NEGRO BOY II AN OED FOR USUAL CRIME IN GEORGIA Jackson. Ga., Sept. 24. -Joe Per sons, a negro variously estimated from 12 to ir> yearn old. was banged here today abd his neck broken. Ile welftjted 75 pounds. He waa convict ed August 22 ot assaulting an eight year old white girl near here June Tl. Ile claimed to be ohlg 12 years bid. hut testimony led to tit* belief that ho waa 14. Prince Killed IR Battle. Amsterdam. Sept. . -Prince Frederic of Thorn and Taxis? son ot Brinco La moral waa killed Monday In the I Ki lester region In Russia, ac cording to a Vienna dispatch to the Berlin Lokal Ansfeger. field Useless Mills. ' New York, Sept, 24.-Testimony that tr,ie Corn Products Refining Co.. ?old twenty-two useless mill* alor it had absorbed them was given to day In t* hearing of the government's ault? to dissolve the corporation. Fire Preventfen day. Columbia, sept. 24.-Governor Manning today Issu* da proclamation designating October 8 as Tir? pre vention day." BANKERS INTIMATE SUM MAY NOT EVEN BE QUITE THAT MUCH FIVE YEAR NOTES AT FIVE PERCENT I Negotiations Said to Have Pro gressed to Extent That Ap proval of Allies is Ashed? New York, Sept. 24.-It seemed de finitely reestablished tonight that the proposed Anglo-French loon would not exceed hal billion and lt was In timated for the first tune that it [might not be that much. A report was current that negotiations had progressed so far that the commis sion sought Parla' and London's ap proval of the ten stive program. Members of Pro-German banks who conferred with Ohe commission today sra believed to have signified their intention to subscribe. Tho assertions ot bankers tonight I are taken to mean' that five year notes bearing five per cent Interest will be Issued for half billion. New York, Sept. iM.-Five hun dred million dollars ts reported ss Hie new baals of negotiations in the An glo-Frenck loan. The commission it ? ls said is still inclined to insist for a j greater amount bu the bankers were reported to have Jufonrod them that this ?um would not be exceeded. Rus sia appeared to he out ot tba nego tiations as a participant. If neces sary she too ensy establish cr?dit here and lt seemed likely ' that indepen dent arrangements have been made. The final d?cision on this point hi de ferred until something is beard from Pierre L. Bark, the Russian finance minister. On behalf of both parties to the negotiation? it is said today that matters arc progressing smooth ly, and satisfactory agreements are being approached. An announcement ls expected soon, A Fr?tait. Now York, Sept. 24.-The Ameri can Troth Society sent a protest against the proponed Anglo-French loan to President Wilson, the New York state treasurer, fte state banking department tt?e mayor, comptroller and chamberlain of New York. The protest li expressed m r?solu- ' tiona adopted last night at tbs first of a scries of mass meetings held for the avowed purpose of blocking the loan. Alphonse 0. Keelee, presi dent or the Gornnn-American Al liance of New York was one of the speakers. The resolutions ctharacter ke the proposed loan are "unsound, hasardons imprudent, and subversivo to tb? Interests of depositors and cor ruptive, of the purpose of our ladara) banking laws." EARTHQUAKE IS FELT IN ITALY ! Was More Pronounced in District Around Avaxxano-Caused Panic at Meston*. Messins. Sept. ai.-There wss a strong earthquake last night which caused a panic. Many remained out of doors all night. There wss ac dam age. Rome, Sept. 24.-The earthquake hera tonight was more pronounced than in other Italian districts. So far as report'xl there was no great dsm sgo et A esta?o. The people rushed from the huts in which they had been giving eintee the january disaster, The damage was small. In Aquilla the shock was dSstlnet. GREECE TO ASSUME CHARGE Of RAILROADS London. Sept. 24.-Btehange Tele graph dispatches from Athens says a convention of the oh amber ot de puties has been called for next Wcdneoday to deelsre martial Ssw and put state railroads at'Cbs ' disposal bf the government. Hi?t? Werai** IMU?S. Washington, 8?pt. 24.-A warr ?ne has been issued by the weather bu reau, for a CaHbean etona raging southeast of Kingston. Jun sics and probably movies west by no**h wsst.