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ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, IMS. NUMBER 248. Tm SERBIANS EXPECT TO Sr?AKE| STAND IN STRONG POSITIONS - BULGARS HELD IN SOUTH EYFRENCH ! Von Hindenberg Claims Progress] in Cnrnpaign for DvincU Tiirkuh Boat Sank. I/Qndon, Oct. 2G.-Serbian troops liol dine tito northeastern corner of their country Where Uio AustroKSor mau and Bulgarian forces are about to suer ge arc slowly being forced back .ito strong positions in the mountains where they expect to. inflict heavy losses on tho invaders. In the south ! ? where the French : troops Joined the Serbs, <tho Bulgarians are being hold, j . Athens pfllcial dispatches announced thar, th o Sui binns had recaptured, Voles, southeast of Uskup, after des perate fighting. Wtth the Anglo French reinforcements; their hope IB; to drive. ttiecl Rulgars out of Mace donia, although English statesmen arc not optimistic over. Serbia's situa tion.' Slr Edward Grey today -told ? the house ot commons that Britain's offer to Greece of. the island of Cyprus had: lapsed. . On thc eastern .and-western fronts heavy fighting continues. Von Hin-: den bur g, undaunted by repeated fail-' urea "to reach. Jpvlsk, has renewed his. nt tau ks in Dvlhfck and F-i?ga res i ono, and 1B claiming progress, especially In the vicinity of Illouket. Battles are J underway1 in the - provinces j bf -Vllna, ! Grono and Galicia. .i v-:'j Fighting eWr ;the Z<acourtino works in Champaignc. continues; Tho French claim-gains north of Mas siges. The Italian offensive -hrsUll ?vigorous; - 'it ia oD\cieJ|ly.T?hh9a^eM that ?lte British.transport Marq?ott?;has been torpedoed 'in''tha^s?^-,<^^?hcl only u?nety^nthe ?.'.p?Thbns on the ' vessel, i accounted for? Tho Marquette was formerly . owned by. .'?the . Atlantic Transport coiftpany. bf- Philadelphia, Baltimore ami London. She is a ve? an! of more'' than soven thousand thousand t?ns. * Tho . Turkish transport Carmen, laden with munitions? was sunk by a British submarines In Marmora Sea. London, .Oct; Sd.rr-The Taco for tho. road to Constantlnppio' has reached an oxcitlug stage? Tho Bulgarians are within a-ffew- miles of forming a Junc tion with the AustbfO-.nerraans. iv small French force has; Joined tho Se: blahs. The French aro "not yet; in suf? cient- force to aottuuie the actual of fensive in Macedonia, but tho rapidity of thu* V-Bulgarian advance in that : region --has dUnihished. Along the . old Bulgarian frontier from northeast . Vranya,.to tho Romanian border, the Serbians aro, yielding little ground. The ootnaj Juact?ua^wBiwcen he Bui-.' garlans and.germane will soon show wh?thor tho Serblsner aro able to hold the mountain positions until tho ut iles thring up strong, forces. Italy is still hammering at tho Aus trian, front, which whilo shahen still iri unbroken. v ItrisExpected in. Lon don,-that tho Itali?ii; offensive will preven!:. the AuSfrlahs from 'reinforc ing tho Balkan afn?y. : Russia hy a stubborn' dofenae of Riga and Dlvinok, lind a continued of*; ?cnslvo- ia Galicia; to keeping. the op-, - popen ts. . In the west there ls. evl-i donee -that th(?;: allies ;arOig??b;B ' pre-! paring the ofensivo which -.may; pte-^ - vent, the . Germane- from ! divert! ag their forces there. Troops Xi-a'. 2 Toda?; Saloniki,' ekst':'^2^~(D?l?V??d. )-A brigade, of Britishjiroops leaves here, . to?nqrn?w ?or,vt>0risn. The object is .- oWw ?n H?.-t? s?x- ???.vaacs>o??'. Strumit?a hi exjunction Vith tho French htopemerViV?a^tlie Tura valley, when. Ute a) lien M?ohslvo against Bul ; Cerm?ft ?uecesn. ^Reritn,' OsiV??.^iWireless. )-An \ o (Cef al stat?nV?ht reports German ad-; vanees "oh all front?; Tbs- Germs?? petitions, ey^^l^y'j^teF rbht caji w?wu.'hy M?O .Fruriol?:on .^afurday ara . s#d ,to hajv6. b?eh^ , >lgftt;i& %%fcharap?ano. >-\ Pafl?, O^t;'^fi\;i^if?t?i4jft^0hti??^' in ' thoiChm?*^^ tine ?I^IHpW^Hilittt)?^ ?ccar?* lng to th<&. Vi sr oKcer vf^tubo-fh French r**l#fcii?r-'and;;the, cffeiisiye cctivth' ol th? French trosas',?bee*?M? Cue Gorm?? '^antnr. ;ati*ek*:.. . ?leh?!ee Ci>Htie!?i? aitohfr, <l?m Wo?^V.G?tV;>gaV--^<*o^4a?y' dee. h?t^i??ft tj^iife - Jt?A?hfe. . the America* lightweight, champion, in a tit? rq?BO bout h?re/tonight, . " :, i IS LOF SE RBSrS? G G CABINET MEMBER THINKS DEFENSE WILL SOON FALL BEFORE TEUTONS DEFENDS SENDING BRITISH TROOPS I I Declares Lord Kitchener Knew and Approved Every Move of Government's Action. London,' Oct. 2C-In defending the 1 action of th? government in despatch ing troops to tho Balkans, Marquis ot Lansdowne Unionist lender and cabi net member, .admitted to tho house of lordB that "it is Highly improbable (that tho Serbian army will bo ablo lo j understand- for. any .great longth of j time tho attacks to which lt 4s cx ipoBed.". Lonsdowno's defense and explana tion of Britain's part in the,Saloniki landing, caine when EaTl Lbreburn wanted to . know if the' government j [ acted In this matter on tile advice of tho naval and military authorities. lx>repnrh . spoke of tho Dardanelles1 j disappointment,/, questioning whether ! I lt was begun on . sound rrtllitary ad i .vices.' HO wanted to/know whether [the Balkan move would be a repeti Ition. lansdowne said thirteen thousand British .were TUBhed to Saloniki to] support the. French troops, hurried to savio Serbia. | Tho British -force he I shid, was- merely a forerunner of a j larger force which had/heen-ptyt? Un der orders. . Lord .Kitchener,. he . de clared,/ had heen present at every I cabinet meeting where' tho Balkan | .move was discussed and full, mili tary approval .waa 'given the govern ment's action. . Vyitni >ii'iOi"ii'iii ?To Be Used Only for Payment j of Munitions Bought in the. United States. New York, Oct. 26.-Plans for the establishment o? a French credit of] from tea;to fifteen millions designed "solely for tho . payment bf munitions i shipped . for account to Franco/ was I reported in W?\l street today . The ] form tho credit will take was not di-1 vulged. Archibald' Si ?Tutte? whorl*, a friend' and buiit?et* adviser bl <3ewaan; ?hv-: ht?s?dor voh Bern?t??X has~ *?ught? the South Porto f?ilv^ Susair:.-?d^)luis^\; which ?rWaa'-h^Jhj^ Germana. Considerable - inquiry,-- has tqUbwAd, because n^ithWi/nlg^rr mea ?or d??'^rn?ts-<&n. understand why Csra?hft 1 would want to - sell :.sueh a ebacern r?-' tht-?? time. Tho ??mpanyv, hwtts extonslvc ' c?h?:. land?:' It pro duced more thap 63,000 lom o? sugar t?r the y^??en^4':'^e^?r.^*:::^j^: waa much activity on the StocK JEx ehna?fir' in - Now York fol?otfh? the news ot ; the salo . But JK?; "White would; not tell, the n^mee bf thc men rot:;whom h* ben?ht the company; ; Chief Witness Against ! Charles S. Mellon, who was presi dent of thc New York, New Haven & Hartford1 Railroad company 'during ? tho timo it violated the Sherman act ? as charged by tho attorney general of {ho United States In tho trial of $368,- jj 000,000 worth of millionaire: directors no?' going on in Now York, took the stand as a government witness. i : . . ' ?luirles S. Mellen, Former President . old din House Majority Leader Won't Support Administration Meas ure in Present Form. Washington,. Oct. 26.-Representa tive Giaude , "Kitchin, .majority leader in tho house, has- npt yet Ijeen coa vor4ed?to?Htai?^pport-of-the adminis tration'sdefonse"'program.' The hm jprlty .leader ,who loft hero, today, be fore 'word/ pf j" President Wilson's de siri .'j confer with him was receiv ed,\K 4"'b>' could not support the de fens^ program as it had been outlined, publicity. Ho declared, however he' "would'Oppose', it an un individual abd not as majority, leader. RpssK; to Help Serbians. Paris,..Oct". '?8.-Russia ha*) c?r?r pl?ted/preparations for the dispatch of str??grfo'rc?s of troops to help-the Serbs-at p?lhl$^whore, they are most needed,; flaysi'ihe Petit ; Parisien . ? ?a!i|wit?if : British; Monarch Abo '.. Called on '? * ' ? Geri-id&ffi?a'^ Ff?teh Colonials. .. . - . . Par!: , (H t.-.i2fi.-President Pon caite and i Wur'Mlpistbr M?ilerand -yes-" tcrilsy reviewed .tho. British - troops with King',,CH'?rge. ' Today K?ng O?Qrg?t'jivith th;? -Prince o? Wales., re-I ?.umed ' ?he .?vis'j^called > bn/.'?enoral' Jeffie and watched the. French Colo nials. ',';-P^ Pt?nca?ro. c?riterred ?.tiie^v?r cross on the Prince.or \\*lal(?5.; ! New Constitution Goes Into Ei* j feet ?Inst Before t'extGeri > eral. Election. ... Londoh,; Oct. 26.--A Copen'ihi^en dispatch ' saya . tho. Danish. governuiehtr lotende to .' put the. new ^ V.'?istU?dou' provj(ding.-fox women's HUffra'g?V^ln forci* Jona, fifth? uiDot^n ?ixteen. lt is expected the. general ? election will be held in July, when romun wili vote for ;the'; first. tima. Y-. Pmyhj^hfc.?fft... X?.^Mfs. \:?mi? bothy, ?^rV to'fllctad as; an acce^?br in .connection v?rftfc ibji'/der of h hutibahd{ ; Dr. ; C. F- Mbhr. .%??"'. : a pointed; guardian for. her two chu ron by the municipal eora rt < today. fcelorado. Towed to IVri. Clmrleston,. Oct. 26 ^Tho tu?a/^fe celhv ffctl Wkcfthv at 4^o-,??o?k\ .fhl* paorsipg "brought thc steamer". ?olpra? ?o, which v/t?.tithe at,sea, into port. Most ot th? suRorstt^cttiro abd; a . "facge portion ofiihe cargo wa?. burned tffjSlp origin ot the, fife is unknown. New Haven Director? of Railroad, Testifying Against His tctors. Witness Chargea Head of San Deigo School Wa? San Francisco, ,. Oct. 26.- Letters I purporting to ahpw. that there was a j understanding/?'?between Captain Ar ith ur-S?-Cowan,'comn^nulng the North Island Aviation school' near San Die go, California, and Colonel Samuel Rober, head, of tho aviation school at Washington, regarding tho promotion lot . certain officers ..of the. aviation corpa, was introduced at today's hear-I in fi in the courtmartial of Lieutenant j Colonel Lewis' F. 'Go?dler, judge of) |tho western department of the army. Goodler. ia ; accused of inspiring ?charges against Cowan, : Lieutenant ?Ti F. Dodd, the army ; aviator.'' who ! preferred1 charges . .?that Cowan' ' Is j drawing. "Dying pay"- he 'ia ! not ' entit led to; also testified that Cowan is in competent. ,.-' "',.." . ' pes^rt for vQuarter Shows In- j srsass ci ?Tcar Eleven PrSillion '.: Over.Pr??ed?ng^Quarter. !New York, Oct. , 2G:-Tho United ?ElatesSteel C?rporatlonyearnings for j Itho';quarter ending;. September i thir-' ; Mj^vam???ted;'to:^:v^t7-^ight ;, mil lions,' seven hundred and ten.thous and; si* 'hundred ..?hdii.for?y-four d.oi hvc$? ?n'.incr?aEO of sieh millions, aoven hundred, .and . slxiyv- thousand -. . fjyo htmd^?tt arid; nlnety-oigbt. over tho I preceding'quarter, lt la. tho biggest| earning announced since-the second: tiuarier in nineteen thirteen. Mira II8? Six . Thousand ? Cars Foodstuffs] t?locked ?n Freight SLeds i >: v' - at, MoseW. , "' ? Lbhdon, Oct. 'it, -Alexei Khvostoff, mln??ter ?f y the interior, at anextra ^dthhry meeting of tho Ru^?.av?wHn? vU'ot_muivner?, ' bas...b?envSaft>aMi|?^li to. take urgent measures Cd cifpe'wUh tho food problem yay* a Times. Dis-* patch from'l'etrogr?rfi During a t??? in th? aoiith Khv?oto?f ascertain ed that' "there w*3ro ;n& roany as six thounnnd caro of foodstuffs In Moscow KpTO^rahWSw Cong?st?mi in Height various centers is' causing > a rise -n t>Hces,\'he said. Sfakiojr Cars fot^ Russia,; ii Pittsburgh,. Oct : 26\4fiti&A "Vr.. _ - Steel Cte'r* company diatHn^fc?mpIol? an order for aovwnty-flve hundred! steel can, "for tits; Ruasiah govemment? j ^t?rdAy, Chised a contract 3t>r,.*n' ad dittdha'i 'elghty-flve-h??dre?. issn SHIP LIEUT. FAY MAKES ADDI TIONAL CONFESSION TO SECRET SERVICE MEN TO RUN SHIPS TO GERMAN PORTS Success ol Pion Would Have Meant Large Additions to Ger man . Copper Supply. Now.'York,. Oct. 2G.-Robert Fay, said to bo a Germa nanny lieutenant held with four others lu aa alleged \ im:: p i ra ey with Germaii agents to prevent munitions from reaching ISu roue from the United States, mado an additional confession to secret sor vlco officials today. It ls said he told of a plot to bribe the commanders of Russian ships to run copper ship ments Into Gorman, ports. Fay and his brother-in-law, Walter L, Scholz, wore released In Wee h?wken, police court and locked up in federal custody,, tonight in default', of twehty:iivo thousand dollar bonds Tho hearing was set on November fourth. , Paul Daesch ls also held and Dr Herbert Kienzele are unable td furnish bond for release from the tombs. Max Breitung, tho fifth mah charged with conspiracy, is Still at large. New York, O?t. 2G.-Robert Fay, the German army lieutenant, Walter Li. Scholz and Pa. il IJ a o che were ar raigned at thp. Woehawken police [court for an alleged plot to blow up ?steamers sailing from New York with munition' for tho allies. They I wore discharged, but were. Immediate ty rearrested by federal, agents oh conspiracy charges sworn to by Chief Flynn* of 'the.'secret BervSce. . Fay '.and Scholz- were immediately ?brought hero and arraigned before the J; United ; Otates Commislsoner Pour,ton ?on a complaint sworn to by Chief ?Flynn, which charges that Fay, Schob* ?and Daechei in coup june t ion "with Dr. I llrbert Kl en-,: le, ?eld yesterday . on ' ' twenty-five thousand bal?, and Max Brietung, still at liberty, conspired 11 to commit an offenes against tho Unit ed States. Airmen Visit Trlest. ' Vienna, Oct. 26.-An official stato 1 meat cays enemy airmen visited Trlesl Monday. Tho bombs killed two and wounded twelve. Officials Declare Building VV he Death Trap-Defects Had Been Reported. Plttshourgh,: Oct. 26.-City and county officials continued their inves tigation of the !tox factory fire yester day, which klUod twelve g ^Is and one mahmoud se'rioiCHy injured" eight other pnrsdis. Mayor -Armstrong it is announced :is helping, probe the cir cumstances. The county fire marshal Thomas Pfafr, saki last night * he condemned tho structure last .lune as unfit for the use to which ii was be ing put. "Hoseman.Kuhlm?n? whose duty it ws3 to inspect-the building for tho fire department said ho re ported a few months .ago ,'. that there was' insufficient means of-exit. Of ^icdals. complained. tha? inndeujiate itUi.Oting ?5.?T5, a.?*/.?a?u.nviv?v. Paters handicapped them. 4? ". . $ 1 4* GALLON* A HOVfH LAW ^ \ & -- :- i ;^V' ^Cc4umbla;->Oct..''- 26.-Judge * .*! 'Bowman th *? decree flied to- r ;* : day keia'the "gallon, a month" 4 4> law to. ce constitutional. ?'. /7.'* ??????????^????^??.???????.?. j ' Wtomlttgton, Oct. 20.-SOc?i?i, ?third. and founh clttss postmasters who? cannot properly. pj\3tect their aLrjnp> dgalnst robberies will bo llr?Ut-, ed to 'approxlm?t^ ply of ones arid twos ?rom nw on. according lo do order:.ImnoA.'-"ny postoffico department today. ! . ji Chief Figures in British Cabinet Crisis OHM Ifrom To^ to l?ottom: 'Yemlcr Asquith. A. ^Xoaar Law. Slr Edward.-Cnraon. When Sir Edward Carson, attornoy general 'n the BrltlBh cabinet resigned liter he'had Seed-King George, and irhn A, Bonar. Law, leader, of tho op position,.hut a member bf'-the Coall loh cabinet, was called by the Kingy Lhere Immediately followed reports )f a cabinet criais which might'compol . genera^ election In Great Britain. Premier Asquith waa taken ?lek' and hat is skid to-have delayet! tho dis/ nolyUon of the cabinet. BASKED MEN ROB : BWK;IN TEXAS fill Bookkeeper and Fore? Cash iei to Open Safe-Took AW Monry. Morel Fallas; Texas, Oct. 20.-Two marked men entered the First < Na lonai bank hero today, fatally shot Ulbert H. Jelnetz. tho b?ok/teoper md forced the aB???tant cashier. Wal* fid;Page, to open th" safe. The rob bers escaped with all tho money in he place reported to bo two th?uB ind dollars. POUT ROYAL NOW TRAINING STATION FOR V. S. MARINES - Beaufort, S. O., Oct. 26.-In nc icrdanco: wiih the nivy' departments,, lectfiion to r/ako Port Royal a train ing station ' for1 marines instead of Norfolk, tUA United States transport Prarie' arrived afc Port R'oy?l7 with five; snndred men today. IfpfV ? ' . . Parcel Post From Germany Stoss., Berlin, Oct. ?G.-Thc . percol post iervfee tb Awierlc?. la indefinitely Sns ) lend ed ; 'M? ?fll?lnf '< r?ri?nu ta-irl^i?*?.; ; Post?nico robberlsa In the -last year, .esultcd in fourteen hundred claims' NggregatiQg a losa to tho ^br?rprn?nt: ?f a hundred add ninety ^ tnojjsSnd lollara. Investigation ;by po?b?ficar n spec tora 104 the deparOaonl officials o believe that stamp brekors in l^rg? Ules ar? making 'a business: ot dl?? K>slng bf?'the stolen" gooda. ARE AMONG DEFENDANTS NOW ON TRIAL FOR CONSPIRACY HENRYK. McHARG ANDR F. BREWSTER Said to Have Qulf to Avoid Caus ing Embarrassment io Pres ent Management. Now York. Oct- 20.-Henry K. J\T: llarg and 'Frederick F. Browstcr, di rectors of tho New Haven railroad, on . trial wi I h nine fonnor directora un der thc Shcnnun adi, have resigned frem tho road's directorate. While no formal mateinQht or reason for tho action Syas obtainable, lt was said their . resignations wore duo to a de sire not to embarrass tho present N?\y Havea management. . At tim trial today the d?tense attar-. heys Indicated that they. 'ptondod .to show that the Now Hayon directors did not know, the.yworo violating Ute. law when tho New England road was ?absorbed. The famous Missouri freight rato decision, tho first rail road case under the Shopman law, came about tho samo .time. Venlzelos Told GoverTrunjmt Hi? Party Controls Chamber of . Denudes, y ? J .' Athens, Oct. 26,-^Atu>thW/xC&*}ittei criara;wah narrowly averted, whcn^M.; VenUelos reminded thogovernment, that its control of tho chamber,of dep uties, depended, entirely, on tho votes of his party. Durln-, tho debate a dif ! terence; of opinion wOvelOped between Stephen Dragoumia. Hie minister.of finance and Vonlzelos. The debate was on the subject of Turkish prop erties in Macedonia confiscated dur i lng the, Balkan war. : There ; we're .heated remarks, and interruption* from tho government side. This led to Vohixelos remark. The Bitting Waa suspended. Tho cabinet waa hastily assembled. As a result theconsultation, Dra jgburals made eonellatcry ?ycp?ahatl?ha which ' brought a sctHem&iit. nw ftnpnniirf?t?io?i?E: m ftuu?uii i ?? ywm~ ?InWease, m'/Uu^ber^?f :':S^era Forces MAI to Suspend Operations. Greenville. ; Oct. -r 2613 J 13. Geer, president of the Judson mill? has Vest ed a notice to. the. effect that oh{ No vember' 6; 'Judson ..mills will close. Ita doora indefinitely., it has. bcec^tated . that tho strike, which started Friday, ls tho reason for this act on the part of the milt m?nagement, Some: of : Hie macliincry te: the weave room han not hedged since the Hrst walkout of Fri day morning. .Sfnco then a large humber of others:hnvo quit work. Thc closing of the mill Novdmbcr .Eu I is Hie only cou;^'e open. IQ the m'?-.n cd by Mr. Geer. i HELO FC^DEATH I Woman Ki?ted in -Acci?$??$ Awhile Ri?n? in ''' Ueute'nan?ll 'Fo^WCarv1 - ^teg?c^ls;-..?ct. 2G.~Li?utenani. I.. ' IC. Ford, of tho cruiser, Norlh Caro jytfg?f$as. today, hehl, under, a thous and dollar .bond charged mah- ' slaughter aa a result ot an aqtomo blle accident In WhWt ft-womaft, Irma j^Hhson^ who was riding tnr "Ferd's car. was killed'. ---ii ; '.''-'.? iV>v-j .'. AVSI^A is; w^sfe^ Torre?n,'Mexico, Oct,' 2?;-^A'di'? patel), ?rbm;H'te Au ?tr tah "charge .4'a? falrs ia MeileblGityvtwo^ht-feot?nca> itt?f?vaSt the, t^?^iHont dt; t3hs 'Car* . /ansa government by 'Austria Hun gary. She te tho first Env^enft na'