?lye Snfcelita^urjer """' " ' ' - ...J . , , j. ?' VOLUMF II ., .u.--- . .^^^^M^H?MrMr?fap??r?^^ _ ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 191S. ,- ' ' ' ? ? , ? ' . -' .. . GlGirpONS ADVANCE OF INVADING FORCES IS BECOMING SLOWER ITALY'S ACTION DISAPPOINTING It Said to Have Superflou? Forces But Wi]l Stay Out of Bal kan Fight. London, Oct. 13.-In the Balkans the Serbians, though gre? My oui num bered by armies with superior equip ment, are making a stubborn defense.' The Austro-Oerman advance is slow and will probably become slower wttien the mountains, where the Serbs are .itrongJv entrenched aro reached, ^?ince Nish reported the repulse of the Bulgarians nothing has been he^rd while the movement of the An glo-French forces landed at Saloni ki are kept secret. It ls believed the Russians will find difficulty In landing at Bulgarian ?Black Sea - ports which have been doubtful if Rumania will' give con sent for the Russians to cross Ru manian territory.. The Entente powers arc disappoint- j ed " over Italy's decision to stay out J of Balkan operation?. Italy with as pirations .in Asia Minor and', claiming I great influence in nthe Falkaus is Said to have superfluous forces and transport facilities. , It is reported hi Paris tTmt' General Savoff, former Bulgarian war minis ter, resigned" his command in the Bul garian army rather than fight against | Russia. - On the eastern front tho Russians j ?won . a- ol g';victory -In- Onlleia,- vautin?; three /.ustrb-German divisions on the i Stripa river.; Von Hindenburg' has been pushed several miles f?rthor west of Dvinak. Tho French report they repulsed a I strong German infantry attacks! around Souches and Vimy . Zeppelin bombs killed eight per sons and injured thirty-four in a new raid over London. The material dam age ls reported slight. Germany ls convoying steamers to Sweden be cause or the activity of British snb marIne.s lu the Baltic. OF AERQPLA! IT Q UI FACTORY! Has Sold Entire Interest to Syn dicate-To Take Long Rest. I "Hm awi Now York, Oct\ 1?..-Orville Wright j has_ sold.: his cntlro intc:\ist in ttte Wr?giJt Aeroplano company at Day ton, O., to a syndicate consisting .of Wm. II. Tn?i?psob, August H. Wig-i gio, president of the Chase National bank of New York and T. Frank Man ville of tho li. W. Johns-Manvllle company, lt is announced here. The. Wrirht company holds all the Wright prox?ers' aeroplane pafents. T?c com pany ia capitalised at a million with $800,000 pustanding. Orville Wright owns 07 psi* cent. . The purchase price was withheld-. A new company will be formed wlih Orville Wright as consulting engtnere. He will own stock. Dayton, Oct^ 13 - Orville Wright . bas been ill nearly a'year. He an nounced that he would rest nt least a year. Tho deal for Wright utock- ls reported involves about a m i Hi JU and a half. TRIHI OF NEW ?I IS BEGUN! Test of Crtwniment** Ability to Convict Director* in Mon opoly Cases. Now York. Ort. !3.-r-The trial, of tiie directors and former directors of the New Ycrk, N*w Haven and Hart ford railroad, which la to test the gov ernment's ability to convict dirncaors 6f Sieged monopolistic corporal iona nuder the Shermnn act, was begun te federal court today. Three tenatlve jurors hnve been selected.' The eleven defend? nt? reprint watti, ru na tn g ln HYDE ELECTED BY SMALL MAJORITY If Contested Box ts Thrown Out Majority Will Be Larger. Charleston, Oct. 13.---Unofficial re-1 turns indicate that T. T. Hyde, has a I majority of 10 votes over John P.I Grace for mayor of Charleston. This I takes into consideration all votes cast. A box In Ward 10 has been protest ed, and there are also many chal lenged votes to be considered. The executive committee will meet Fri day to declare tho result of the elec tion. UPH8LDPREM1ER Vivian! First Criticized Then Given Vote of Confidence Criticism Caused By Balkan Policy. Paris, Oct. 13.--After a stormy ses sion ot the chamber of deputies in which Hie government ?headed by Promler Ijene Vivian! was severely criticised for the Balkan policy by the foreign military and naval affairs committees, Vivlsni' received a vo:e of confidence of three hundred ind scv A^fw.tw/. 0j? ..Inn ~" 'J ?.nw *~? ....... The overwhelming approval of tho deputies, coming as it did on thc heels of de resignation of foreign minis ter Delcassc, wno has been shaping tho French foroign policy, is called a notable triumph for the Vivian! min lslr]yi. It waa declared Oolcasso's resignation was not due to discord in tho ministry hut to ill health. Vivian! was criticised for his alleg ed failure to arrange an ample alliod force at Saloniki to effect tho German Bulgarian move. Reading Tulls on Wilson. Whshlngton, Oct. 13.--Lord Read? - lag,- -chairman - of -tho Anglo-Frcm?t financial commission called on the president, but remained: only a few minutes. Her Grandmother Robbed Of $75,000 in Jewelry. ?^.jwmmaW?????M^L.' : ; / h \ M/fa. Preston Gibson. Ono of the largest jewelry rob beries in macy years was thnt of lars. James McMillan, widow of late Catted States. senator from Mlchi ffbtf, at her sommer home. . Eagle Head, at MhnchcstorViby-ti.e-Se.n, in Massaohusot**, when valuables worth JI75.0OO wore taken from the house. And it hss becomo ons of the most mysterious cases on whltfV detectives have had to work. One agency was called off aftor considerable Investi gation had been made. Mrs. Preston Gibson, grandmother of Mrs. McMillan, was with lier at the tlrao. Mrr. Mi Millan kept lier Jewelry in a ?aro near her room. Mrs. McMillan saved soins ;}6.0>k> worth of her Jewels because she wore & $4,000 .pair of carinas and a $2,000 neckJ*e*' to bed f* Detectives oiM th* j. cou id learn nothing aboot the case, bot a. statement was made by ? company whlrh tasnred the- valuables that $42.000 had been pae I nnUiorlaeu"/to",'established steamship | lines! v'ib' ?buntries where American trade needs' suda accomodation, lt might operate ships or lease them to other parties, lt would have power ? also' 'b reform navigation rules, and regu?-ai?ons, studying shipping prob lems and moko, recommendations to congres/s for Ic^?lation "to encourage and dovvlop a great merchant marine under tho Amefchjari flag." Further; Mr . McAdoo suggested that | the shipping, board, should have au thority, acting in conjunction with.J tho interstate. commerce commission, f to arrange for. through bills of lad ing by rail und steam lines to. foreign J ports and for special through rates toi foreign ports so American railroads j and sieomshlpes " might meet foreign competition in thc markets of tue world. He declared the time had) co ?no for congress to consider regula- | Hon of merchant marine eompanlec. j He did not say that such regulatory powers should be gi?, erl to tho shipping ' board but r^ued that tho rec*>_k, j withdrawal from bio oriental trade] of the ships bf the Pacific Mall com pany, which Jie criticised, would barb | boen prevented If congress had pass-, cd the ship ball at tho last session,. Hie shipping board, in that cane, ho said, would have bought tho naclffc mail's ships, and kept them In the orient?t trade. 8oci*etary McAdoo Jald particular | emphasis on the need of uavaJ au xii-1 larlcs in plana for preparedness 'for ] dofense. "Tho most indispensable factor in i any sensible - plan or national de fense" he paid, "ls a powerful navy ho?h offensively - and defensively supplied witfr essential naval aux illarien io tho form of ?a American merchant t?mi?no and mahned foy American seamen who are ready and witling to fight for tho tSsrs and ^tripes against any enemy on the fact of the ?tarth. We cannot with sattiit r-]y upon our.,.?bUity to charter < r C OK Ta r? u r?D ?N P?GJS ITU uti. j SBKBVQKSHSHHIS?MII MIK WON ! IIVUVIIII1V BS VII BIG VICTORY _-_ Petrograd Confirms Report That Genera! Ivanoff Broke Austro German Front Along Stripe, Taking Many Prisoners. war on Serbia, thus I joining issue be tween the two nations sn nardy. Lit tle is known of the progi?jss of hos tilities beyond the fact tua'. Bulgaria t.as invadod Serbia, and is ?aid to have suffered reverses in the opening engagements. In northern Serbia tho Teutonic inraders aro meeting a" stubborn resistance. Petrograd' reporta that tho impor tant Russian successes '.n Galicia are officially 'confirmed.. General Ivan off has broken tho Aiis?ro-Germnn front along the Strlpa, taking 1,000 prisoners and n number of guns. If the Russian victory ia as definite ns Iidicated by the official announce ment, the Austrian^ will be compelled to fall back-on Ijcnihcrg. Sm.i a considerable-moral effect In.tho Bal kans, where the continued neutrality of .several states is believed to be due largely to Rnsfdan reverses. In the Dvinsk region desperate, but indecis ive fighting cohtniniioe. The offensive fre?oently shifts' from ono side to tho other. Hindenburg evidently intends . to continue his attack.' It is reported that reinforcements-for his army aro oh hie way. , American Rill-Pass?e. Ixmdou,'j?ct. 13.-Th? American bill approve' by thc: house of com mons y esters..ty, today passed all stages of tho house of lords. Im mediately there af tor it received thc royal'assent. ' ''? IB?KUED ON BOLL WEEVIL Department of Agriculture Ad vises Gvroers ilk.Cotton Belt to Take Positive Action Against Pest. Washington. Oct. 1?.- Unless Itt? mealaic measures are taken tn Okla homa, northwestern Toxas, Tennessee ond Mississippi the boll weevil will cause great damage next yeert says, a we ra log tssned by the department cf agriculture -tonight. Plan teri In Alabama and Georgia are advised to kill the weevils this Winter to avoid losses. . Tho unusual elora* last August resulted fa a tremendous movement of foe Weevil to northwestern Texas and Oklahoma. Information shows, lt .ls said, that more than half of Ok lahoma. aR of Mississippi, two coun ties th Tennessee, ?ll of Alabama ex cept four or five counties antf more th.m thirty courtlea In western Geor gia aro already ??ected. .P?uxters are -urged, to plok cotton at once and destroy the plants ky barmogor plowing uiroer. j HBHHnnuSv RflSTRN TF?M WW I U ll I L.III?I WINS WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP FIFTH AND FINAL GAME WAS HARDEST FOUGHT OF .SERIES BOSTON WON IN NINTH INNING Sox Did Best Hitting of Season Driving Out Four Home Runs -Hooper Got Two. Philadelphia, Oat. 13.-Tho Bos ton Americans aro the world's cham pions for nlnoteen fifteen. In thc fifth game of the series fought to the very f'nish tlie Hod 8ox defeated t).;e Ph ll Ilea hy a score of fivo to four. Twice Philadelphia took the lend only lo be tied. Harry Hooper, the Sox outfielder finally clinched it, for tho American I.oaguo by smashing a homo run Into the right centor stands making Qls second in tito gamo. George Foster, who pitched Ute second game for the Sox, .faced May or, who hurl.'.I against him before. Mayer later gave way to Bixey. Hoop er faced Ilixey when the winning drive was made. Tho Quakers started the scoring in tho first inning wp'* two nins. Bos ton scored one in t/.ie second and evened the score in tho third. Phil adelphia with two moro In tho fourth Jumped ou' with a lead of two. BOB ton evened tho ?core, again lu' the eighth and won in i. <. ninth. Not a Quaker reached first baso in Philadelphia's half of the ninth. For the last five innings there was never a threat of a Phillies tally. The i- .ort Phillie Park caught thc batting eye of the 8ox, Hooper making two and Lewis ons home run. Ludcrus also hit for four bases.' ?i, The Phillies started the game fast. In tho first Stock was lilt by s pitch ed .ball. Bancroft singled. Poskert bunted safely and the bases were full, fra va th nit into a double play, retir ing Stock und himself. Bancroft and Paskert scored on Lndorus' ?loable. In tho second aud third Boston be gan hitting, (lardner's triple in the second and Hooper's first, hom? run in tho third caused tho retirement of Mayor in the eighth. Gainer, who replaced Hoblitzell In tho third, got a. scratch hit nnd scor ed with Lewin on the*' latter's home run; Attendance twenty thousand three hundred six, Becolpts today wert fifty-two thousand and twenty-nine. Score by innings. R . ff B) Boston. Boston.Ol t OOO 021--S 10 I Philadelphia. . .200 soo ooo-4 9 1 First Inn Inj. Boston-Hooper singled. 'Scott fouled to Luderus. Speaker' forced Hooper, laid ont H to Bancroft. 8peakv er out stealing. Burn" to Bancroft. No runs, one hit, no errors. , Philadelphia-{Koch (hit hy pitched ball, i 'an ero ft Kin gi ed. Stock going to MComK Fastyort singled. ('ravath iwn?ihwsii? un raua ssvswj MEXICANS READY FOR BIG BATTLE Carranza Forces to Begin At tack on V?i?s tas at Guaymas. Ouaymas, Mexico, Oct. 13-(Radio to San Diego, Oct. 13.)-Carranca ex peditionary troops which arrived here Monday night were ready today to begin tho 'attack against Ouaymas. Tiie Villa forces refused to . surren der. A neutral rone was establish ed for Die protection of foreigners on tho demand of the officers of the United States cruiser Chattanooga Tho cruiser and tho United States supply ship Glasier aro anchorod off the harbor. The flagship san Diego is en route here. GOTTlRlRES i LAW IS INVALID Judge Hough Holds Law Uncon stitutional Because it Taxes Methods Instead of Trans action. New York, Octl3.-District Federal i Judge Hough today declared uncon- j stltutlonal the cotton futures law de signed to prevent speculation m cot ton futures. The judge held the law IA a revenue measure andi therefore should have originated In the hanse instead, of tho senate. The dlclslon was rendered io thc test case of Sam uel T .Hubbard a cotton broker, to recover a thousand dollars paid to the luternatiolal revenue collector under the prcvloua levjer Jaw. Tho court, in holding also that law was vo'.d because it taxed the manner of i.eiformlng the transaction instead of thc transaction Itself, deplored de ciding the case on a technicality, but declined to discuss the other argu ments on tho litigaron. The cotton market broke on tho de cision, lu t recovered, part kUU^njiaji ,1f( became known tho decision would not effect existing contracts. Atti my General Gregory in Washington to night would not say whether the gov ernment would appeal from the decis ion. French Steamer Torpedoed. Paris, Oct. 13.-The Messageries .Maritimes liner Ynnnan, six thous and four hundred seventy-four tons, has been torpedoed. She was presum ably In the Mediten-can In French government service. The crew of ninety was eaved. Directors Close Georgia Bank. Georgetown, Ga., Oct. 13.-The di rectors have closed the Farmers and Merchants Dany which Quid a capital of twenty-five thousand. 'A state ex aminer was called in. RICHEST TITANIC WIDOW WEDS 1^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' ' i Hrs. George B. Widener. Mr?. George D. Wftdner, richest of the Wemen who lost their husbands when so many wealth Americans were drowned on the Titanic, (has married Dr. Alexander* Hamilton Rico of Boston. He ls noted as a surgeon and explorer. In getting the license Ive. gave his age ac forty sod Mrs. Widener's as forty-sevw. Mr?. Rice was the daughter of William ?, Elkins, the Philadelphia traction magnate, who left a very larca for* ADMINISTRATION WILL ASK FOR FOUR HUNDRED MILLION IS $140,000,000.00 OVER LAST YEAR Proposed to Increase Standing Army By 30,000 With Re nerve Force of 400,000. Washington, Oct. 13.-Four hun dred millions for the army and navy, approximately ono hundred and forty mSUions over last year, constitutes the amount Pr?sident Wilson and his advisors estimato will pe appropriat ed by the next congress. While the appropriation to be rccocimeuded has not beou definitely fixed indications are that tho army budget of a hun dred and ten millions last year will be increased by at least sixty mil lions, while Danlols is counting on a Umndred million increase over the hundred and forty-eight millions navy appropriation last year. It is understood the administration program, which will be given right of way over other legislation, will call for on Increase In the regular army probably from the present eighty-sev en thousand to at least a hundred and twenty thousand end perhaps the creation of a reserve of -fcur hundred thousand. i^*,i?*d? It is Intimated* that four capital fighting ships will be recommended for the first of five year.'', three for the second and enough thereafter to total between fifteen and twenty ships for the entire period. In administra tion quarters it ls believed a bond Is sue will be proposed to meet ts? added ex./enso. WANT PERMANENT PEACE CONGRESS David Starr Jordan to Urge Wit son to Cal! CoB&rasce of Neutrals. San Francisco, Oct. li.-David Starr Jordan, president of the Inter national Peace Congress, was em powered by the organisation today to urge President Wilson to call a con ? f?-nico of neutral nations to form a .permanent body to bring ?bout peace.. Players Oe West. Boston, Oct. 13.-The world's se lles contestants will go intact to the I iclflc coast for a series beginning at San Francisco October 20. Ar rangements have been mado by the national commission and presidents of the two clubs and representatives of the Pan-American Pacific exposi tion . They will play In Chicago, Oma ha, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los An geles and San Diego. Oreen ville Hesn%? Pardoned. Columbia, Oct. 13.-CCmrley Laa drum, a negro was pardoned by .Governor Manning this morning on the recommendation ot the board of pardons. He was convicted . from Greenville county for obtaining money under false pretenses, lt waa stated that Uie negro is innocent ot the charges under which he waa con victed. jap Munitions For Busala. New York, Oct. 13.- Russia has been receiving twen?y cammais of munitions daily for oevr two months from Japan according to Cyrus Rob inson, mining engineer of London who arrived on the steamship California from Liverpool . INDIANAPOLIS MAYOR IS FOMT GOUTY His Acquittal May Hean That Over Hundred Other Cases WO! Be Dropped. indianapolis, Oct. ia .-After a ti lal lasting mon? than (ive weeks Mayor Joseph B. Belt, charged wilta con spiracy in connection with the nine teen fourteen primary and election, was acquitted today. The.mayor WAS indicted wtth more than a hundred others, including T?H^HHH^^M| D?mocratie national comml.teaman. The prosecutor was silent tonight on the disposition of other eases. Taggart said faa osn*at?<* - .ttUtal,