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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
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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.
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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 pa<d to Mn,.
Pr?sident and Fiancee at Batt Game.
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OT iran ?i
?P?Wll?
Tells Indianapolis Business Men of
Administrations Plans lo Build
Up Merchant Marnie and Naval
Reserve.
Indianapolis-.' Oct. 13.-Outlines .of
a new administration' snipping bltr t? 1
provide tho United States with naval
auxiliaries in war-time and to be|
ua.';d In upbuilding foreign trade-in
times cl peace, were made public to
night by Secretary McAdoo in a
speech to the business men of . In
dianapolis. Tho new plan, which
probably will bo presented to con* j
gross nt the coming session, ' pro
poses appropriation of ?5<\i)00,000 to j
be expended by a.shipping board toi
consist of the secretary of tii:c navyt j
the secretary of commerce, members j
ex-o?Rcio, and three members to be !
selected by the presidnt and conftrm
d by the senate. .
Tho board would be empowored to i
organize- a corporation or corpora
tions and to subscribo tb thou- capi
tal stock in whole or in part. It would
have authority to vote the Block be-j
longing td tho . 1'nited States'in ti'ie j
election of''directors. The directors
would choose tho ol?lcors rind em
ployees of the. corporation and by!
that, moans. ' Mr. McAdoo declared,
they, wo?l?Vbe ; romovod from: politi
cal Influences'. The board would l>e 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
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BIG VICTORY
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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
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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,