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WS^P. MJ^F HBt SH |MT JBT ?m SSI MB BH ' HRT^ BR ' ffSfl BS '8B* fin wBr^ j? fiW BB HB**^^ ESS' VOLUME IT. . -:. ' ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY M^^^WTOB?R30, 1915V ~ ".' - ' - ' ?'ej===^^^ -11 , y..... i.. jgggggg.?i . . ' ? ?_AW?W?ER*W< TE MING TO TMP IHSERBABNF PLUCKY ING SERBIANS SPIRITED SISTANCE OFFER RE* ROUMANI A MAY JOIN THE ALLIES Greece Gices Assurance of Con-] tinned Friendly Neutrality Gen. Joffre in London. London, Oct. 29.-Tile Germans, | -with their Austrian and Bulgarian allies arc still trying tc cut 'ott tho j retreat of tho main Serbian army, ] which is offering spirited resistance as it retires.' on Mnckousen'sfqrees aro advauclng- slowly from tue north, tho Austrians .have crossed the western border oi. Serbia south of Vlshegrede, and the Bulgarians aro-marching west ward on a .wido front from". Plerbt, ] which thoy haye Just captured. Tho Bulgarians aro heading to- j ward Zajecar, but it ls a long distance ; anil tha Serbian defense is expected to' bo desperate an their groat arsenal at liraguyevatz, is situated. In tbis area, and they doubtless will hold on .' with tho hope of, tventually retiring | Into the Montenegrin mountains. Tho exact situation on the Oreok border whero tho . Anglo-French and serbians aro opposing the -Bulgarians is unknown,, but unofflclal;ropni{? aay tho French occupied Strumit?a, and have advanced about twenty nilles in to bulgaria, caiUBljiff heavy Bulgarian! losses. The tlulgarlana, are known tb I 'have recaptured Voles on tho railroad .south of Usktip. From Grecian Bourns it ls reported | ' Rumania l? about tb join the aillos. Gro?co has assured tba allies her. neu~ j - trallfcy toward- tlicm ^remttlna-^rien*4 ly. ' 1 Paris reports-that the French cap tured several trenches in. tlio JA Cour taine Salient ihOh?mpagno with! German* casualties at about four hun dred. The fighting continues.. Ar tillery ?luc?s predominate on tho rc main der of the Proncb'front. In tho east t^alGennans are still striving advance toward -Dvinsk end .Rlfii}. but, accOrdlnr to both sidos, theru. la" no chango 1, tho eastern sit uation. , , . . Tlie Italians . continue violent at tacks on thc Gorlxia bridgehead, but tho Austrians clalta they repulsed the Italian? along tho whole frone." \-;\ Gonsral- Joffre is visiting in: Ion-'j don, ami hos ^onferrsd wit!; IT .?Kitchener'and Pr?mter Asquith. ' IOng George waa' thrown -to the ground when his horse reared,.slipped" and ?ell yesterday'While he review ed troops.' The latest retiprts say he 4s Testing easily and-that his.Injuries are not serious. ' (OONTINUED Ol* PAGE FOUR.) GCTS NINE Y??S?S Swindled Telegraph Operator Out . of1 Funds FatJfbb.' t .Now York, ; Oct...' . 29.-Mrs. Zora Johnson, tho elderly woman who- hy. representing herself.-,os thc wkl?w or Henry M. -F?gier, a Jato .standard oil millionaire^ procured from Frank J, ??a?iouoy, -a telephone operator, his F a vin ita *nd hoco?bV hArroi? from "^relatives, : was : " sentenced' tb . from three to nine; years in. the ...Auburn prison.-: 'Sito' o?Um'?d about (5.200. Mahoney eaid che promised'to mako him priyato soorotary, at 520,000 yearly,;.7 l^WB^BB^^B^wBaE ?lil ' rnooi ".F^??ali . Star "Fovr Baltimore,iO?t,S^^Tonn. 'Prentiss Poo,.'Jr., :and fanioujj-".PrinceWr. foci* ?^V?i^r"'-^'.^0' Blueties, wa? kilted i "^i^mb?t: 33/ ': British army in. tr^^\?<ic?i^^gy\b'r i: le tters i o. ??'?la Utf?i?ore- today. Poo -iron international ?am? an a espt&in >K'the'Off bfedttrb^ ?tarijj when With\tt 'h*Rd*tt?vtf''?&^ j?ttnbo?t Stem Wf^faft- hai-hor. II* >'< . ri ?qrfy yea/?i oh!/.. -A?;/ TWENTY-ON?: C H I L DRE N L?ST ?N ??A&iES AT PAROCHIAL SCHOOL FIVE BODIES ARE YET UNIDENTIFIED Five Families Report Girls Miss ins Rut Condition of Bodies Prevents Indent!fication. Peabody, Rf ass., Oct. 29-A search' of tho ruins of St. Johns .Parochia school was made for evidence of tho cause' of tifo flro which, cost the llvr?i of tweaty-onO girs, and the ru(uB ex amined carefully for more victims. Five bodies aro still unidentified. Five girls aro reported ml?slng by their families. Owing to the condition of the. ?bodies, positive .identification will probably ?bs impossible. Tho fire- is known to have starfrd tn a small atoro room . In the basement. It waa custo mary to place waste paper and sweep ings 4n wooded barrels thoro. Accord ing to th eslstors In char'go there wao nothing else'in the roora. Plans for n publi s tune ra:- of K-h victims are being discusser. Alt Bodies Identified. Peabody, Oct. 29.-Tho bodies of all of the 21 victims were claimed; by-relatives. Only one, tody remained at-noon. .That was a little girl too badly bur nd for recognition. Mrs;" John Atman, .'the mother-ot Agnes. Ahearn, nged eight;' later went to the mcrguo and finally accepted the body. 'oman,. Son -and Friend Alleged to Have KOied Young Mbun tairi Ghi Near Greenville/ Qrocnvllle, Oct. 29-Lizzie Pxiiltt, a decrepit.widow, her son, John, and Charles Tapp today * were placed on trial for lifo in .tho court of g?n?r?t sessions, charged ivith the murder ot Minnie England ,a mountain gi??, who. tho coroner's jury- reported, came to. her dtetitli; f rom . gunshot- wounds in- ? ii ic ted october 3 at tho hands of. tho trio, whoso fate will Test with' tho' Jury tis ?vening. * Examination of state's .witnesses was concluded about i" o'clock. r Tho defense offered, hp evidence, except that which was ps'oducod iis the coro nerte deposition; james.H. Price cbari aol for tho" defensb- has: oponed-and will ol OK? the ra nu men t, after Solid" tor fcimhanv. speaks this afternoon^ 7. ' Eyifl?intly the cnsO is based on cir cumstantial evidence. Tho theory ad vanced by tho defense was that the deceased,"Minnie England shot herself With a singlo, barreled shot gun, .which was exhibited' to tho Jury. The prose cution'attempted to proYo .by Its wit nesses that tho accused trio r<at-.the girl, out ot'oxJaiouce for. a purpose.- -V ; <r----[ < .;.-./: : .SOO'Balen T.ont In Fire. . Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 29.-A firo at Nowyillo this morning destroyed < tho couiTOunlty warehouse containink j 800 bales' of cotton, which was the ? season's picking of'- the community.v| The lesa Ia approximately 350,000. ijf inn- ??4ir^; ?h?^e?is by-Kc?rso. ^ London,, ?S?t. 29?-Ivlng ^George; ?re? tiirssfs ? ???^ - a ???T?V wnsie" In-, spooling; the British* nrmy. in . Fra oca and-; severely bruised^. Ho will ba coufined to bed: fort?io .present. . Ho had a fair night. , Says- Germany- $?tonld?, Demac? Thai ?^fcrter to BelghW Be Approved By Her. Lyndon, Octy J&.-'-The Vossischo Zeitung; according to d&pfttches vfci ; ^KSterdam; challenges tho-??^rma?i j government ti?'v request ; th? United Ste les to - recall: - Urnnd ; 'W^.lt'o?k. ! American ptlnSsttr "At Brussels, '.and saya "if tba United States desire a represW'^tW'.ai/.B ^d-^e osr?eab?e to .Germany. " '?? - j Ready to From left lo right: Hebert Fay, (lera Hornby to Attach to Hlcaihsfal j Lieutenant Robert Fay ot Uio Ger ! T'en army, who descrlbos himself ns ja veteran of Ibo. battle.of tho Marne J and the Champagne country, was ar ) rested ju New Jcrse yby New York i *lty detectives as uv Conspirator ready State Department Last Night Says Attack Was Error On Part Of Submarine Commander. Washington, .Oct. 29.-A memoran dum from Germany explaining the un successful attempt to torpedo the Cunard liner Orduna, July 9th. last, was made .public hero tonight. ? chows ihat nroviouu to that date abd more thwt. h month before tho Arabic attack:,' comrt^ders ci German sub marine's; were m^ not' to sink ^largo passenger steamers'' without warning, And states that the attack on the Orduna was an error, which is not likely to occur agata in vclew. of more, explicit instructions having been Issnedi I Will ^Ask Congress to Correct Errors Found m Year's { Test of System, Whshbigton, Oct. ^29,-Members a? tho federal reservo board .ard ebnatd-r' "cring changes which' may be laid- be-J iori congress, Most of the-chan gC3 aro technical in nature, and aro de signed A? correct 'mistakes in ? the original la win light of tho year's experience. . \VOne':'wottld chango tho law t? allow fedora! resbrvo banks to handle ac xcot?nc?H''- b?fe**^l;^Afv arul domeatla?r?nsacUons. Only, accep tances on imports or exports can . bo handled uow. Tho reports say all fedora! roservo bank? are in excellent siiapo. iiilGf?P lillili j Officiais Believe Fay and ?ccom- | j^Miaj&lo tot Many; rEm^ian ^Vessels,-.. B??w Up Mutdtio p Propel lorn. ?:? r to biovr.up atenroahlpB ?nrrylng-fr?lght to tho a 11 h- in -km-oiie..'Largo quanti ties ol explosives \yero. found lu his possession. Walter I,. Scholz, his brothor-ln-llaW, was taken at the Burne time. .'Paul Daeche, who denied he i New Haven Directors Used In Suence to Aid or Prevent Legis lation Affecting r ?an? of Road. Now York, Oct. 29.-Charlea S. Mollen testified today at the trial of j eleven former dlrec-tors, of tho Now! York,' Now Haven and Hartford, that ho had never known of the; political activities ,of tho lato John M. Hall, vice president and later president of ibo New. Haven, Influencing legisla tion in favor bf tho New llamen. -Mellen also said that aa ter ?2? be knew tho :Hali letters, which* rovca'.cd in court thso activities; ? wer un known to, the other directora or offi cers of the New Havoo. Tho govern ment,-' howovt'r, continued to intro duce Hall lettors today,.in which po litical activities and plans to de stroy competing team obat linea were told. Now York, Oct. 20.-Charles S. Mblle? made a statement'ln: the court trial of 'eleven former- New' Haven railroad direct ora .that ha ' ;dld act knbW; until yesterday of tho existen* i of tho documents which . tho govern ment' Introduced' yesterday relativo to the political activities of John . M. Hall, a' former vico president. Mellon eald .'he; ?teerely. identified tho,, sig natures ct the letters. Ho had no per sonal connection with them In any way. Tho alleged!, activities of Hail had ta do with the trolley completion, of tho : New Haven ..through action ; by the Connecticut and Rhode Island leg islatures.. Mellen, who has been . on :ibe stand seven daya, . wa? . excused Th? ?vf<;uBo announced It would not croea exanilno him at tute tune. IiK&OCKAT?C NATION ; ^?O?TTlBK-TO MEET DEC. ll ?1, Now York, Oct. 29.-William P. SfcCrunbs, chairman of tho,democratic' national., cotninlttee, tonight called a' meeting of the committee to ho held at Washington December, 7, tb choose tho 'next national Convention^?pjptw POPE WOULD HATH CITIES r COSTAI2?I.NO AUT Tl?KAS?JItEH Rome, Oct. /29;~The;- Carrier? D' Italia, states that the pope haa; aaked AttiftSrta.ibot te;?'^b'a^^wM:*aeror' placea; nudifended * cities ri?at -in art 1*eaaui^r?; Tho Ychlce :rai4 ls bclt?v-^ od to, havd (caused the1 request; * . JAPAN WONT HAKE V:". . .' ?r m^p^T^PAKCK ? * * Tokio;-Oct. S9.^*pan ha?. * & ubllshed ofllclat corrcspon douco showing that on OcuMflr ~ * & jap?n agreed not to thake ^ .Si*^ separately iront the: ms Ships. dd, and Pani Da?clie, arrested later. l^f^^StSBjML^^J^ n ? .Mliiin .rr had anything to do with them, was nrrestod hitor. Pay confessed . tho whole story to iho New York police, but he denied that ho had so far been able to attach hts bomb to tho pro poller of any steamship. Ho had been caught hcforo ho could do that. jSSl Kia ShauV Ching Waa NolmSynV pathy With Proposed Chunga From Republican to Monxurcbial Form of Government. Washington, Oct., 29,-Tho resigna tion ot Usu Shalh, Ching, Chinese premier, was announced today In an ofllclal telegram from Peking. Tho reason-was not given, but it is pre sumed ho does not sympathise with tho proposed chango from a republic* tb monarchy. . Tho United States has? declined .to express any oplnlo??, va the, proposed chango in the Chineao government, it became known today, although - it is understood that privately officials op poso the change because of tho na Uu'al sympathy fo ribo repubmaa form government and bocauue of the bolief that the chango might, affect the cquilibrum in tho far east. Inter ested powers bavo been , trying to sound tho United States on it's atti tude toward the chango, but' China has not, asked our'.views. v;:' - . --'?--^-- ... ? ' Jumped to Death.. Birmingham, Ala., Oct; 20.-W. It-. Foster, age sixty, jumped or fell from tho eighteenth'story of tho Jefferson County Savings bank building thin af ternoon. He was dead when ho struck tho pavement. Maxim Calls ort; Daniels. Washington, Oct. 29.-Hudson Maxim conferred withtSoorewry Dan*' tels regarding a device of ht fbi' tint-i lng tho explosion of torpedoes, front ftrcpl&ussr-vThb'omhiia aire kept se^ crot. FOB EXECUTED NURSE Many Prominent DipSomats, Lord Mayor, Norse? and Soldiers Honor\ Memory. ? -' ? .?'*. v. .?',*>/..' Loftdcit,' Oct- 29.-Service was hold at St. ' Paul's cathedral . fn memory pf JHssi -Bdlih Cavell., the British nureb' executed; in Brussels aip&C' attended by-a throng whlbh recal tho fluaoral' Of Xord H?*>ert3 at cathedral almost a year ago., Kef S o'clock a great crowd Vfctocvt shiver ing in tho first cold fog oi tho sba' son awaking tho opening of tho doors, Shortly ?fter ia sign.^ rodding that tho church" had a >funV ho?so' ; wer? hung on all tho debra except those re-r mab?:\(?r , ticket holders, . (^fended floMlom, attended by Pod Cross nurses? were In the orowd. The l??, R maydr^eat^ntb allies dt ploma ts tfOtjf t?urse? and repre8cntAUv<Mrof roy alty attended* v >.??-. v-:'^: ??> ALL PARTIES AND FACTJON. REPRESENTED IN NEW FRENCH MINISTRY ? FIRST TIME IN FRENCH HISTORY! I Military tav) Naval Leaders Chos en to Head War Office and Ministry of Marine. Parla, Oct. 29.-Tho now Itrench caiiiot headed by .Aristide Brlnnd as premier and. minister of foreign af fairs, come into formal existence to night. This ls. tho first time in the history of Franco that there has boon a coalition ministry, of all parties and [ factions, and the action ls taken to bo tho result Of popular sentiment in favor of all parties backing tho gov ernment and being represented dur ?Ing tho war. Vivianl'S cabinet represented only a j ! few political parties, but this one i Includes, virtually all. Tho Driandj cabinet ls OlRO llbtablo in lia vin.;; <?en era! Galllenl, a popui-ir military lead er, as head o tho war office, and Rear Admiral La cazo as head of tho minis try of marine, both replacing civi lians. _ Poincar Receives Resignations. Paris, O?tj 29..-PTe.ildent.Poincalro] has received tho formal collective res ignation of tho ontlro Vivian! minis try. This gives tho official form to ?tho decision of the cabinet yesterday tto retir?. The president refused to al I low Aristide ?rlnnd .to form a new | ?cabinet. : I Former Employes of Judson Milk | Preparing for Winter Campaign. Greenville, Oct. 20.-Ari ent?nalas* iilo sud well ?atondea mooting waa held yesterday '. sfte/no?n at Judson :.il!t at which time'a relief com in lt too waa appointed, in caso any ?f ibo ? Judson-people should suffer, f rom iack j of funds as a result or tho recent j strike lt shall bocomo tho duty of j this committee to render all possible! aid to tho ono In need. One of tho employes of tho Brogan I mills lu Anderson* whore a atrike has [ been in progress for sense tim, was.| present ot tho meeting and told , what | the strikers' in Anderson wore doing.' Ho- said that instead o being antag onistic towards tbs ' "scabs" os isl usually.tho case, that .they sang and i prayed with them and that this ethod as a rule had'a belter effect j tari a disorderly display. , (}?Tho meeting was adjourned with a prayer by Rev1. Caldwoll. - STERILIZATION _ _ Madison, Wis., Oct. 29.-WIscori-i sin'? fitorlizatlon law will bo pitt into I effect in November, according to the | statement of the state hoard of con trol todr.y, with twenty-iou:- opera-l ?tions outpatients In the iristltriilou for j fecb!o minded at Chippewa Palls. Workmen Busy Night and . .Pay p|||frang^ Machinery and Prodoct?. ^??e?nville, Oct. 29.-With only two] working days before tho opening of ? tho mammoth. Southern Textile expCt tlon, which will bp held in Greenvll November 2 to C inejuslve, the wort trian,'at tt??' expoBit?ori.' building arc j lirorklng night and day . installing the many exhibits of textile products and raachirittry; .: Thte work 1? being au**] pen ded by repreaentativea ot the va rious ' concerns arid manufacturers. There ar?; i\w> or tJir?o hundred ot J these renrettcutaUvCs in ik$ cito,'* " pr?sent and -tlioso ;wb? have bes?: i t?rviftwv?d have ?f,rcs?<4 themaelv ? being ?greatly aurpvlaa dat tho Ml DECIDE FATE np PREPARATIONS COMPLET?D FOR THIRD BIG BATTLE AT TftuAT P?INT U. S. TROOPS TO PROTECT BORDER I Five Thousand Troops Mobilised to See Thal American Ter? ritory is Respected. --'Douglas; Ar!Oct. 29,-Propaga tions httvo been .completed for a third battle at Agua Prj-Jtn, ' bo:worn Um various factions 'iniiec Madero opened war In Mexico fh o yeal a. ugo. Plvo thouin nd American troops, with six teen ihrec^lneh nunn- aro mobilized hero to soo that Mexicans shoot only on their own eldo of the ? boundary. Tho Carranza troops aro behind en elaborate system of.. earthworks - awaiting tho Villa army. Fighting may begin today Or bo delayed until ' next week. This de pends upon tho plans, disposition and condition of Villa's troops. Tho out come will probably determine whether Sonora shall bo under Villa, or ne be driven across tho American bor der. . Hostilities seem likely to begin quickly. Tho Villa forc?? are report ed scattered fifteen to twentyvfIvo miles south ot Agua Prieta In a waterless region. ; *. Tho'. Carransa forcea at Dlguez aro reported wbr&r ; lng in behind thom. The Carranza garrison'ot Agua Prjeta numbers '. about thirty-seven hundred. Tho relnfor^eiucuts of ?oooral Calloa expected front Piedras Nogra? over Amerlc?n}terrlto?ry chu dot reach hero for two or titr?e doy?. Thfete is .borne apUpreher?slo ?hoe on ^?uttT Of previous battl?s-whO?r five were.killod and twenty wounded ibis' side of tito b der. ' , ( . Brownsville. Oct. 29.-Bandits early today mad? two attacks' on. a- half company of United States Infantry at Capote vliiago about OS miles up tho Rio Orando. No casualties aro roportod. The attacks wero niftier at : 1:31 thia morning. , Ropdrts of n b?tUo between ban dits arid Carranza' troops under Louis do la FJbsa we?e rcc?iVsd at MatcraoraB.. It is rumored that de la I Ros ala captured . , v ^ FRUITGROWERS North Carolina Man Heads As sociation for Nekl Ifear-^5?ei Next in Jaek?ehv?!e. Albany, Ga., Oct. 20-Yr*. Hutt bf Raleigh, N. C.', was re-elected as president and Jacksonciilo was select ed as tho next 'meeting place of .the National Prplt Growers association convntlon; wich closed hero late inst night/ P. W*. Stone Ot Thoiuasvlll?, Georgia ls first \3co provident. Theo dora Jechtel, of Oc?an -Springs, Mis sissippi, Bccbnd vice" president, W. P. ; Ballard of Albany, Georgia, secretary; Nathaniel B. Brewer, Jr.; Of Newport Florida, treasurer. Priests Murdered liy Eskimos. Winnipeg, Oct. 29,-The North west Mountain Police;-.?ie.'ri? ?~-??-J murder of two Catholic, priests and two prospectera In tho Par. North by Eskimos... il RESPONSIBLE FQ LIVES Or AMERiCAN Villa vAovernor of Sonora De clares . Recognition of Carrana* Relieves Vaia of Uab?U?y. i. :'. -: .>">' ;. .''..'.'. ' ' [? .? 1 ? Douglas; AriS., Oct, ..??K-?b'rlos Randall, Villa governor of Sonors, waa j^porledf today to havo issued a proc lamation yesterday that since the United States has r?cogn iced Carran - zn. Villa authorities ar? not r?sponsl b?fei for the live? of Americana. it {?fotioVaT a hundred Americans! and American mining interests wbrthv nliHii^^i^ in grave ' danger ?a & result of amor Rartdali'd protlt?ailo?, tyjUm 'Wal .kWiatute'o'r? $&|&%>fc into Ajnia; FH?*