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VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1915. NUMBER 228. BY ARABIC CONSIDER NOTE DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH VIEWS OF U. S. ON INCIDENT LANSING TO SEE VON BERSTORFF Will Explain That Germany is Expected to Assume Respon . sibility for Attack. Washington, Oct. 4.?While kigh officials io hot consider that the sit uation has again become acute, Secre tary Lahsing will confer with the*' German ambassador in a few days and explain that the last German com munication on tho Arabic does not meet fully the view of the United States. The ambassador will be informed,' it is understood, that while Germany has admitted her submarine comman der erred in thinking the Arabic was about to atack him no responsibility for it mistake has been assumed by Germany. Washington, Oct. 4.?Th? note of the German ambassador, presented to Secretary Lansing on Saturday re-1 gardlng the Arabic Is unsatisfactory to the United States because of the Germans' failure to disavow the act. Negotiations, however, will be contin ued through the ambassador with tue view pt having Germany not only dis avow the act but assume responsibil ity and liability and make full repara tion- _ ... Secretary Laitalhs and President Wilson conferred regarding the note last night. Wfrilc olflcla?s declined to ti'ament in view of the confidential character of the negotiations, it be came known today "that Count von BernBtorff will be- requested to come to Washington when ~ie witl be made acquainted with Washington's atti tude toward communication. A rupture in the diplomatic rela tions over the cas? is considered un likely unless Germany fails to satis fy, the United States. Officials here are hopeful that the question of repa ration can bo amicably adjusted. This hope is based upon official advices In dicating that Germany wishes to avoid a rapture. CANAL CLOSED UNTIL RBSUFJ0V?1ER Lieut-Col. Harding Asks Execu tive Order and Refund I of Tolls. Panama, Oct. <1 . ? Lieu ten ant Colonel Chester Harding, engineer In charge of the canal, sent a message to I President Wilson recommending an executive order closing the canal un til November first, Harding explains that he may clear the channel by then. He favors refunding tolls to Ships and also arrangements to tranship their cargoes. It Is estimated It would take the Panama Hail road a month to tranship the cargoes of the ninety vessels awaiting passage. Navy Begins < War Gat Ever Available Vessel in U. S. Nary ? fariae^tSa*. in Maneuvers. Waehingtos, Oct. 4.?W?lh the at tackers sailing from Newport and the defender* is Hampton- Foods com prising every available vessel on the active Hal, what naval authorities ex pect to be the most important war game evet played by the American n*vy, began tonight off the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida. The pJtrposo of tho game is to as sist the, navy in working ont a scheme of national defense and the movements wlli be ktfpt secret for that reason. While submarines and mines will play an Important part no provision waa made to use ttse navy aeroplanes. Admiral Flstcber commands the at tacking fleet end A du.4 irai Mayo the CREATED NOTE NOT ED SERIOUS SWAM RIO GRANDE RIVER TO REPORT GATHERING OF OUTLAWS TROOPS PATROL CAPOTE, TEXAS Preparations Made to Repel At tack?Carransa Troops Pa trol Mexican Side. Brownsville, Oct. 4.?Heeding the warning given by a Mexican who swam the Rio Grande today to report the gathtering of a number of Mexi cans opposite Capote, Texas, United States troops patrol that section to night. \ The Mexican declared the bandits planned to attack Capote during the i night. ? Carruaza patrol has been established on. tho Mexican side. The authorities are holding Charles Demur, a former soldier, in connec tion with th? killing of Cavalryman Patrick J. Sullivan, who Was shot near Ifort Brown In what the officers believe was a personal quarrel or robbery. El Peso, Texas, Oct. 4.?General Obregon has-a large force en route westward via Guadelajara to reinforce Generals Miguel Dleguet and Iturbe in Teplc and Slmaloa, according loan announcement from tho Carransa con sulate. It is stated that the object j is to invade Sonora'from the south and contest the control of that state ; with Villa, who is heading for Sonora via Casas Grandes, with most of .his army. It is predicted that toe forces [will meet in the vicinity of Navajo Ion the Sonora-Sinaloa line. WESTERN ONION OPEN WSBES1 tl NEW ORLEANS ? - Makes Record in Resumption of Service m Storm Stricken District. Washington, Oct. 4.?President Wilson has about decided not to call a special session of the senate, al though he Is desirous of having tii? aeuato's rules amended so as to give the majority power to li?vji debate. I Some, of the president's advisers still belie re a special session advisable to amend the rules-ana ratify pending ['treaties with Nicaragua and Colum bia. Saloons Must Close ea Bandars. Chicago, Oct. 4.?Mayor Thompson notified the city council tonight that her~*fte- the four 'hou?abd saloons in Chicago must ciwse oh Sunday in I compliance with the state law. Greatest ne in History GERMAN CRUISER Siim IN BALTIC Svfem Ran Ashore und Was Fired On By British?Crew Was Saved. .. London, Oct. . 4.?Itjc * German steamer Svlonla of Stettin has been tornedoed in the Baltic by a Bi submarine, according to an Amster dam dispatch. Ten of thy crow were landed, and 41m' remainder are on the way to Lossnitz. The Svlonla ran aShiore acd wm fired on. British Monitors Damaged. Berlin, Oct. 4.?(Wireless to Say* rille.)? It is officially announced that two British monitors were damaged in lappanae by the Germ ex naval air* shipc. TIME LIMIT NAMED B DIRECT INTIMAT TRANCE OF EIN M London, Oct. 4.?The time alloted Bulgaria by the allies to turn her | back on the Teutonic powers expired j today, bat no surface indications ap peared to clarify the situation. Whether the- Kassian minister |e?tl Sofia, whether Bulgaria dlssembKv asking more time or whether the So fia government was merely silent, is not V^os.n here. irtusslan wars-hips appeared off the Black Sea ports uf Bulgaria; French and Britisn troop3 landed a*. ?-\lonl ki and Bulgarian troops are massed along the Serbian frontier, indicating the near entry of the Balkans iu the conflict. . More reports come from the Teu I tonic powers, indicating tho German ! determination to drive through Ser-I bia. While the Greek minister at I London declined to comment on the report the Athens government con-' sidered the landing of allied t'-ooj.-; I a violation of neutrality and had pro tested, the news of the landing, al though Greece is still outwardly neu tral, caused no excitement at Athens | [ today. In the wv>st Paris reported violent I trench fighting in Artois And admit ' ted the Germans gained a footing at | ; the crossing of five roads south of ; Govenchy. Tfoe Germans persisted in driving attacks until they had re-1 taken most of the 'Hohenzollern re doubt. This was admitted by Field Marshal! French, but was not claim ed specifically by the Germans be cause the loss had never been con Iceded by Berlin. The German charge the British us [ed asphyxiating gases in the recent offensiv*}. The German claim (hat: the JFrcnch and- British lost a hun ; dren and ninety thousand Is without denial _so .tar. ' Tho Germans claim the Fmsslan at tacks east of Vilna were repulsed. Petrograd admits the loss of trenches at Dvlusk. v I Trouble Expected at Clifton When Militia Arrives to Assist Sheriff in Maintaining Order?May Declare Martial Law. Clifton, Arts., Oct. 4.? (Telephone to Phoenix.)?It is feared that trou ble will be hard to avoid when 48 Arizona militiamen arrived late today to assist in keeping order among hun dreds of striking copper miners. Ad- 1 Jutant General -Harris is expected to visit the district with the view of re porting to Governor Hunt * whether martial law will be necessary* There were no serious dlsorderr last Inight. Reports from Met calf and Mo renol camps ?ald tho miners- there were thteatening serious trouble; A mob of strikers yesterday assaulted and beat badly Engineer Thomas Simpson and Fireman Mike Penn, who j were in charge of the engine which carried Normal Cannichael, 3. W. Bonnie and Milton McClean, three mine managers, to Lordsburg, New: Mexico. Saturday night minor copper , officials ware threatened. Those re maining put themselves Under tho sheriff's protection. Throe managen i escaped whilo serious efforts to stop; them were being made. A miner ! I swore >ut a warrant for them clnVrg ing th?iaa with riot. FVE81DEST RESERVES SEATS ?OR BIG GAM* SaWRBAY Washington. Oct. 4.? Pr?sident] Wilson today telegraphed for ^saatsj to the world's series game la itrtta delphia on Saturday. He will t? ac companied by Secty. Tumulty, Br. Gr?.yson and possibly several mem bers of his cabinet. U.a. JfA? ESTABLISH SHIPPING 00KXIS8I9X Washington, Oct. 4.?-The advisa bility of a federal shipping commis sion, similar to tho roterstate com - coetmbwionwas discussed by Seoretauy edfield ar,J merit Ine in j Wests' today. KtJRAi cTrRu??S BAY mi USE MOTORCYCLES Washington. Oct. 4.?Postal regu lations were'modified today to per mit the use of motorcycles with sida boffin by rural carriers ander spec ial authority from the department in each V ALLIES EXPIRED YES ION OF BULGARIA'S IT (TIRE BALKAN GROUP ] ORIENTARILY EXPECT! TO BE PLY IMMEDIATELY + ? London, Oct. 4.?A Reuters dispatch from Sofia says it is 4> officially announced that the Bulgarian government will + immediately reply to the last + note of the ehten'o powers. + Six German aviators arrived * * at Sofia and Oerman work men are leaving Constantino- * + .pie for Bulgarig. + + *+*** #*? < +++ . * ' \ Vienna reports vigorous activity on the part of the Italians on the Tyro lean front. . Earlier Report Doubts Bulgaria's In tention to Fight. London,-*Oct. 4.?There is marked division of opinion here as to which side King. Ferdinand and Premier Radoslavoff will choose. Notwith standing signs of 'hostility toward Serbia, opinions are expressed by some well Informed diplomats that Bulgaria will not fight, and that even though the government should elect to do so, tho Bulgarian people would ror, 1st such a policy. Meantime Sofia continue to deny the existence of the threatening conditions on which the Russian ultimatum is based. A nega tive Action will not satisfy the allies, who demand that Bulgaria shall "opehly break . with the enemies of the Slav cause." It action by the al lies becomes necessary when Bulgaria makes a f!??al disclosure of her in tention, thla action will be undertak en by troops now Toady to take the field simultaneously with the Greek forces. Opinions aro expressed hore that a prompt movement such as will be undortsvon, w*ould be Hkoly io cause definite action by Rumania, whose intentions for the moment seem obscured. British military writers claim to! GERMANS DENY HEAVjriOSSES D?claire French Lost Hundred and Thirty Thousand and British Sixty While Germans Lost Only Fifth This Niuaber. Berlin, Oct. 4.?German official statement ssys French casualties in the recent fighting were at least a hundred and thirty thousand and the British sixty thousand, while the German Josses were not a fifth of this number. The Oerman official estimate of the allies* losses follows within a few days the estimato of German casual ties made by tho French' war office, which declared the Germans bad lost three army corps or a hundred and twenty thousand since the beginning Of the allies' offensive. Minneapolls Elect*** Yesterday. Minneapolis, Oct. 4.?Minneapolis is vi ting in the icxnty option elec tion v> deter*!*'-.* r mother the clt? will bt irr- Tb>; ireta claim 15.00? .ttiaJo'-Ky; the drr, l? 000. First 8ho*fall in St. Faal. St. Paul. :./Jnn.. Oct. 4.?First Snow of the season Ml here today. Dead wood. South Dakota, reported a fall of three to six inches throughout the Blackhills last night. GENEB?1G CO. EMPLOYES 1 SHE Fifteen Hundred Maclnmsta Quit When Demands for Eight How Day Refund. Schenectedy, N. Y., Oct. 4.?About fifteen hundred machinists struck for an eight hour day at the General Electric plant here. They have been working ten hours. There ta no dis* tnrbauce. There are approximate! sixteen *??ouaand employer* in tais plant. Members of. twelve urrioT??) rop resentlng about ten thousand, remain ed at work, awaiting the action of the committee of the metal trades union, oonftfdertag the proposal of the com pany, shortening hours. 3 TO MATUM 5TERDAY BY BUT NO ^TENTIONS?EN IN CONFLICT ED see in this situation great danger .to the central powers and argue that plans must have been laid weeks ago, when it was suppc sed that the Oer man armies were likely to force a de cision in the east, and before the un expected mobilization of Greece, and the formidable offensive of the allies in the west.' Since the Germans con ceived plans of a campaign against Serbia. Russia has brought the Ger man advance almost to a stanustlll. The allies claim now to hold the inltatlve along the most of the front The results of a great recruiting rally In England are not yet known It is generally understood that Lord Kitchener gets the necessary men. know how many men I Want" ho told the labor leaders "I know their names and the numbers on their doors, and if they don't come I will fetch them. Give me the men and munitions I want and I guarantee we shall have tho war in th~ hollow of our hands." Flyers Active. Amsterdam, Oct. 4.?The Telo graaf says, five allied aeroplaues yesterday bombarded JJecbrugge on the Belgian coast. Anti-air craft guns brought down one machine. Another waa compelled by engine tremble to land near Nleuwliet, Holland. The British officer was Interned. British Used Gas! London, Oct. 4.?A German offl clal statement explaining tho reo ?-.ms for the recent British success in the region of Lens says it was not be cause of any soldierly qualities of tho British but due to a surprise and gas attack. Mali do ff Treat With Allies. London, Oct. *.?A Kvuter dis patch from Sofia dated September 30 says M. Malinoff, leader of the Bul garian Democrats, has been appointed I l>y the opposition parties to treat | i -ith the entente allies. Slows Two Million Nine Thou sand and Seven Bales Ginned Prior to September 2??In cludes Sea bland. Washington, Oct. 4.?The second cotton ginning report of ?he season, <y>mnii?H fnnfn reporte of Census bu reau correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt and issued at 10, a. m., to-lay, announced that 2, 900,007 bales of cotton, counting round as half'bales, of tho growth of 1015 has been ginned prior to September 25. This compared with 3,393,7f>2 hales or 24.3 per cent of the entire ~.*op, ginned prior to Seutember 26 last year, 3,240,655 hales, or 23.S pel cent in 1912 and 3,007,271 bales, or 22.3 per cent in 1 M . Included in the ginning wore 32,263 round bales, compared with 8,891 last year, 26,983 In 1913 and 19,574 In 1912. Sea Island cotton Included number ed 19,094 bales, compared with 1*4,297 bales to September 25 last year, 10, 57(1 In 1913 and 3,051 bales In 1912. G tattings prior to September 26, by states, with comparisons for the last three years follow: Alabama. Year ?ales 1915. ... ... .. 309,676 1914. 393,217 M-*3.,.'.. 326.735 I?i2. 192,310 Arkansas. Year Bales 1916.,... 60,957 ?&i?.*.: .. 99,347 1913... . 70,0% 1912.. 41,43V Florida.. ^"ear Bales 19lf. ,. 19.000 1914.... 26,670 IfciS. ... . 16.367 1912 . . o wo eGergia Year Bales I9l5.*r. 715,92? 1914.. 7fS.D95 191?. 491^11 1912. .. 272.^35 Lenhtana. Year Bg'.orj !S|r?.. llU'f* IT'14. ?i.jW ?9JS. TM16 1912. 73 Jta (CONTINUED TAOB WrVav). PLANNING I BEST ARM? FASTEST ROCKEFELLER'S PUNWPTEO DIRECTORS OF COMPANY] AGREE TO ADOPT HIS SUGGESTIONS MINERS VOTING ON TOE QUESTION] Believed They Will Accept Mil lionaire's Great Industrial Plans and End Strift. Denver, Oct. 4.?The directors of the Clorado Fuel & Iron company, on I behalf of the company, today accept- j ed the Rockefeller industrial plan. At the same timo a half dozen camps j in Southern Colorado are taking a vote. Officers of the company be-1 lieve tho minors will adopt the plan. That Governor Carlson is on tho] point of ordering the dismissal of j most of tho criminal charges grow ing out of the miners' strike of nine-1 teen thirteen and nineteen fourteen,] is rumored bore. ; CONSUL WHO MUST RESIGN Thomas St. John Gaffney, Thomas St. John Gaffney, American consul general at Munich, haa been asked to resign his post because of partisan utterances on the European war. It Is intimated by officials at Washington that if he refuses to re sign he will be dismissed. Despite repeated warnings from the ; state department, Gaffney har. in dParad his strong German sympa thies on numerous occasions. Anglo-French Been Ovt ? UIUV3 XL V ALUA1 & ra?NtTC?lWWTSl Munitions Depots Also Withdrawn | After Turfco-Bulgarian Treaty was otgneot London. Oct. 4.?It is learned thai directly after signing the Tureo-Bul garian treaty Turkey evacuated all fortresses on tho Bulgarian frontier, whence trop pa estlroatad at eighty thousand had been transferred from the Dardanelles. Munition depots were also removed ly a few Turkish, companies in the fortresses of Klrk MfatlA and Adriaaople. HGGEST, DRED AND 1 WARSHIPS TO MAKE NAVY EQUAL OR SUPERIOR TO ANY IN WORLD TODAY BIGGEST TO COST EIGHTEEN MILLION W?son and Daniels Will Make Elaborate Recommendations to Nest Congress. Washington, Oct. 4.?Bnperbattie cruisers, bigger, faster, more heavllyl armed than any ware raft now afloat, to cost eighteen millions each, will be recommended to congress as a part or next year's navy plan. This deci sion was reached today at a confer once between President Wilson, Sec retary Daniels and representative Padgett, chairman of the house com mittee on naval affairs. The number of battle cruisers and dread naughts to be asked will be de termined in a tew days. The cost of the construction of navy craft has risen since the war and the dread naughts will cost eighteen million against fifteen millions, the cost of the ships now building.. Plans for battle cruisers contem plate thlrty-f'.ve knots, tt bas not been, decided, but officers believe each sulp will carry twelve fourteen inch .fifty calibre rifles, but it is pos sible the new sixteen tnebt the largest naval gun, will be used. Secretary Daniels Intimated t> ,t enough submarines to create an toner line of defense along both coasts would be recommended also. He said the nsvy..would not make Ihe-error of pinning too great faith on flubttta rine8. MAY m CALL EXTRA SESSION OF SENATE About Decided Not to Call Session Although Wants Roles Amended. Charlotte, Oct. 4.?The Western Union Telegraph company announc ed today that notwithstanding tie work of restoring it's tines to New Orleans has been impeded by heavy rains in that section, substantial pro gress has been made and that at the. opening of business this morning a number ot wires were available for service, although their efficiency was below normal because of swings caused by the prevailing high winds and continued rains. It fa under : Stood that the Western Union Unes constitute the sole means of tele graphic communication with New Or leans up to date and tho officials of I the company point with considerable I pride to this achievement, the notable character of Which will be apparent when it is understood that the damage was so severe that train service by I some of the routes will hardly be re stored for severe 1 weeks. PARADE OF CHICAGO STRIKERS WAR DISPERSED BY POLICE Chicago, Oct. 4.?PMty young wo [ men. members of a patty of striking garment workers, which etempted to march into the business district today wore arrested. Mounted police dis posed of the paradera Who dared them I to ride over them. i Loan Has ir-SubscHbed [Pr?sent Indications Are That ?oty Million Moire Than Needed Are Spoken For. New York, Oct. 4.-rTh? Anglo . French halt billion loan ha* beer, oversubscribed.,; It is possible th*t I when (ho underwriters' books close j tomorrow, it will he found *h?t fifty I million more thru Is needed will have j been spoken for. It is reported tbat John D. Rockefeller subscribed ten million: William i&ckefeller some lese. John Willys the automobil? mannufaeturer; Harry fayne Whitney and William Boyce Thompson, it said, each enbscribed a million. Sir Ern est Casual, former financial adviser to t&e late Edward VIS said at strb acitbed fire million*