VOLUME If. ~.Z 7Z : -a .... ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, HOV EMBER 10, 1915. SERBIAN ARMIES IH|fi|PEB?L FIGHTING DESPERATELY TO HOLD BACK A?STRO GERMANS HOPINO?^HELP OF THEIR ALLIES Bulgarians Are Also Making Progress in Close Touch Y'y/- With Germans. London, Nov, 9.-'Every day and every hour adds to U?e" peril of;tho ?or blp.n ?rmleH, fighting1 desperately to hold back the Austro-Gormahs. ;from tlie-north and thc Bulgarians from the east, until tho assistance 'their; allies are sending can reach thero, 'v'Tho. invaders, new- hold two-thirds - of .Serbia. In- the meantime Berlin newspapers; aro quoted id dispatches through Heiland, as says tfiat<3D<>,0?0 allied troops Mav? landedat Saloniki.' Tho. Au^tro-?ermans",. advancing southward, aro progressing,.except in , tho west, where tho '.v?mtenegrins are delaying the Austrians, tho.-inva'ding forces'now reaching th?'mountainous' regions of Serbbi, where the Serbian? bre taking "ad van tage \of ' every .-bill,' and gully, but tli? invaders have plenty of mountain guns and expect to. shell the Serbians out. . . . Tho -Bulgarians h'axe extended their grip on ht? I?** r> . . of-tun ca>;t*t4i Mule line on-, which, th ;.\'.>v'.' invadedbato kepit up-aaything initt . .?aturo bf ? definite offensive.::... , ' : 'Thus'far-the .'ceatriii. -pewc'iT.' pia in the;j??lh??a ;nas';wo'iko'd-'llhe viol ' oned T?nehinor^ .'.. Eatssl :?4sSi irs ?< 'T- J^cdonia; ko*** vcr,.fendlcafc& tito in tlativo 1? not to be left entirely, to tl invaders much longer.:. H?/^rts v Pat ia, that" ??gte-Freneb . ?es..'a: '... .".; making ih?lr presence ' felt1 again " } their -operations are pr??aedtng. alot tho vUnl? front wfth- sutcp#. ..ft I|-;h?\fbrted t^'thf?}Bi^TmM*?? folding rp>^:? haVa rl j^l^HbS^^ ab ti* join ?>&$:?&yt?v bt .V?l?s. The>?tb t un .-cmtlxjc :>. IS*" ,y of sh ADVOCATED INLAND WATER WAYS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NEWT?BftlTORY TO BE OPENED UP Declares Project Would Greatly j Aid -ii Defending Atlantic Coast. Savannah, Nbv. .9.-Prosldont J. Hampton AToore, in his animal address before the opening session of tho At lantic Deeper Waterways convention this, afternoon, advocated improve ments of tiic inland waterways, pro ject, . saying that it would ' open up new territory , to commerce, cheapen j transportation, conservo lite and pro perty and prove of immense value to the havjy Ja const defenso work.' . He declared <3p enemy attacking tho United States .. oukl strike along the Atlantic Seaboard, whore they would find plunder and do the most damage, and that ibo inland waterways. Bys? tem-should be built as a part of na* tional preparedness. 0RE?T INTEREST i lIB|yF TROOPS INTERNATIONAL : C R OW D V WATCH MOVEMENTS AT * . SALONIKI . ....... ?. -f Greek Officials' Seem Friendly to Arrival of Allied Tro?p?. -London, Nov. ' 9.-There, was an in ternational; flavor to the crowd which watched tho landing of tho; first al-| lied .troops'' at Saloniki, a large niim-. ber of" English ' and American Red \ Croas', workers having i --come down I from Belgrade and Nish to await tho j course: of .events et tho Greek port. Save ral of these eyewl?ietisea reached Saglasd"ibis week. T?i?j w>v_. ?. H^J wZ~itxiSux?~?n~ serum, spoke. ~> In en thusiastic terms of tho completeness, ??U?Ct.aSd T?p?Ed Wlth'Wt the ul??o? expedition disembarked and pf the un mistakable cordiality with which lt j waa received by/the populace. ,; _ "A British vanguard reached S alon i KI oii September 30," ho said, "con sisting of .; Brigadier General Hamil ton-whom everybody mistook for sir ian HamUton~ahd ' n?a, staff, with a following of twenty strapping British Tommiefa in brand,now, khaki. "Beth. "bflleers api} mon. m ?db them selves as inconspicuous CB possible in Saloniki, their purposebeing mere ly to Inspect'.the! camps prepared for the Unding.force some tr?o miles.out side tho; t?witii ; Fotir 'days later re ports"gajh^?'ehe^?r??rr^n?y, that the expedition, was already walting In a hugo, fleet; Of transports outside tho harbor.? There was academic discus-? sion among the' populace ns to ; the ethics of. a landing; hod crossing ot neutral Greece; ;tii:l one boara &ugge? tions.'her? andauere that It waa 'just what the G?rn?anh hud done t? Bel gium,' but. nowhere waa thfVo any. at titude o? hostility to the a'dted plans. Indeed, when opinion was oppressed at all, it was li? ter?ns ot cordial wel CST?O. '.'..". '.'ila-Oetofccr- 5.' the . trans i^irC*. bega? to arrino In the j harbor : prbp?r. They were crammed wi?h French troopsf which ponr?i ever.the gang;planka in to tho 'Serbian quay.* The Saloniki test' agalast ?te; lauding t ano, second, that the governor ot-Saloniki, harbo h^ ??vibn crd?rs tn;clearAii, in or?e that rio'?t?)?r tr?ftic.might Interior: with the . conifortahie dls&vYbdrkutlbn of the aliied??dreesv:-^jaafc ; typified. the, whole op?ration: Greece had en-? Wi^lt?"L. ?,*??? lui? i ni)l) ,i,[,';*Ml;i*ft,mHtyl timi,. iiPn-rW' LORD k?TCB?tNER NOW] ON WAY TO THE BALKANS AFFAIRS IN EGYPT SIMILAR TO imi?\ Reported That . German ? seats Haye Been" Very Active7 in ? England's Oriental De pendencies. Washington, Nov. D.-Earl Kitch oner'B ultimate mission . during bia absence ffrom the ?ritlBh war office,' ls said by confidential information re ceived here, will, bo In India,. Ac cording to the same information; British' rule -Ibero li. confronted with a more Berious state of unrest, than is generally known outside British offl dal circlea. Through tlie thick veil tho British censors h?ve thrown about events. in India and TCgypt comes the statement that Nawah, Sultan of Ul MulkVNh scam on Hyderabad, one of tho, mort, influential nativo princes and staunch supporters of-thc'.British, -?h?a. been deposed by his people; This follow ing -successive' reports of ' mutinies and unrests, sold, to bo tho leading .reason lord Kitchener left England. It has been officially announced that Kitchener ls un I1?3 way to tho,near' east. This was snnpoaed, to n?can go ing to tho Balkans. Information through channels net-subject to cen sorship is to tho effect it is .wolf known in London among those close to the government that although Kitchener , may stop' in the Balkans, his ultimate destination is India and Egypt. Coupled with repealed rumors ol activities German agents fermenting chacen tent among Indian natives come reports ot disaffection in Egypt, oleo ascribed tb.the same sources- Since ?tho Turks-failed to cut the Sues Ca nal, mainly through prompt arrival of colonial troops from New Zealand ?nd Australia,-it has been roportod agents from Constantinople and Berlin have been; conducting a ; persistent-'propa ganda anton's the natives.-- ~ i Such information as comes here 15 j unofficial,. , Inasmuch' ia's lt docs not em an ato from 'sources interested in spreading reporto of disaffection lu British- territory lt has been given credence. .Latest reports ..at the . state de partment on" British, Asiatic posses sions came twe .months..ai? in r? Til ilrim??TI roiling iV?EfiuDiisiLEanira m .m* m Washington, ' Nov. , 9'.--The I'sec ona' and; third divisions of the Atlan tic fleet,.,including tho battleships South Carolina, Utah, Michigan, Kan sas, 'Florida, Virginia, Georgia, Now Jersey and F.Ciode Island and a flo? tilia, o? torpedo boats, submarines arid other naval' craft' will bV'oi-dered to Charleston, S: (C. during tho conven tion of tho Southern Commercial cori gr?lstV there .Dec; 13 tb 17? Beeretai*y Daniels so notified ' officials. - of : the congre?s today. ".' Features of tho sessions will b?.gen eral discussion of the national, def en s? problems : and a 'celebraron of the 50th anniversary 'of tho . ; conclusion of the civil war. Secretaries Daniels and -Garrison will, deliver, adtiessos. jP?a?mA Canal Not Open. l?o viever,! W?ffiy Before January 1. ?-/?'?" { Panama, Nov. 0.-The progress "bf-( th? dredging Operations: infih? new j channel of the Panaiii ; ?CSnal at i Calila WI Cut hats been saj?*j?fMto?[ th ?t ii is: sc^.-Tirtss.'Sy ?worw ^-iof * there will be a channel loo feet'^ldo iTormer -Prenti .V . TII?K ia tho I latest photograph oft former Premier Vente?lo*, who has hy I his;''control .JU, Jho.. parliamentary') majority in Oreeco overthrown the pro-German government. Mo has BE QN STEAMSHIP If UNDI Vi, \i'? Rochambeau Has Resumed Her Voyage to French Pori i Li 1 Now York, Nov. 0.-Fire In tho hold pt the passenger steamer-'Koch-.I urnbeap, which hr?ke out after thb.J liner loft hero last. Saturday, has been extinguished and tho vessel ia proceeding to Bordeaux. A wireless from Captain Juham jljj^ffift-fire, whichwas .in tho rc. j serve coal bunkers, had been ex tinguished and all well on hoard. Th? Rochambeau carried 65L per r>on?, and a large war supply cargo. AVhen! .?ire was discovered overy' ef fort was "made to extinguish it. Capt. juham wirelessed ho waa heading tor Halifax. Today's wireless paid he X^hmed tho voyage In Bordeaux. Capt;; Juham didn't- indicate . tho'j ra trew, o? tho fire. No' high explosives j were aboard, :v, ?'.>?... T je B?fiRE . fian Francisco,- NovV O J-f-dlaxn -Cnn dra.-it local Hindu editor; tod?y n?ado ?t?5??p/-a letter,.signed^JthAhe ?iamc ?? the local. postmaster; declining to accept for mailing ?o Indl??avphamph? lot called An gan "DI Garrah/,' which ic I a. lixjuyiliiiion nf fixcer.nijj ?i*? Irr? .'to ii ?|??t?s ! J.jSryj^V':nrlt^ ; ?j >-77??. lotter expiafrt,ed 'thattho Bru- ? lah government had barred,thfc.pamph wit?tt?mVth? malls to India', v I Sf?olt '?HfsJorUy o? ' l^mOtraisl^l?! Mp ? - - Tanas . Contest:' ? ' .. ' to?lsrille, Kyl^Ri^iT^.^With cm-^ t???^.wUrns practicallytempl?te, O^SmfMeyi-.I)t?nio?ra^j''^haw?'-^;-''raof1 #?lt*?ve?Sd wiri '?\ M?rrS*; ?t?p?tTct-' Ii^*it/ bf only 1?0. ;-rTh?~??puhl!caua Wik--?? fcbnteet?ng the ' ?l?c??oft ; wm OIL SHIP. Ak'IK?J; Bsi?d to Sive Been, ; Ahi?aoncd In tho x '?- . y:....-. - .fotlf. . ,, ' Alveston, Nov; 0,^A? ii?llaa.ahlp. .Th, oil fror* ,.1'ort Arthur.; to i rewHW t?Tro and a^aapnS .abro? hair. A' tug ls ?aid'ta TrWrTO'erew-; it ia. bsttev* 'ship ;r??y ba the -^teawoV I OF GREECE Vcnlzeloa' is now stronger ia;~??co?e tliun, tho.kine himself. THE FEDERAL LE?81?? Probable Effort to Settle War With Organized Baseball Indianapolis, Nov. 9.-Tho Federal Icafttio. nt thc annual meeting or tho ti! rec tor? Koro . iopay. ". ???in?iciy.. de* citied to Invade New York..- j.$>$ tho directors announced .that tho KanSUB City and Buffalo franchises wtoe forfeited, and' the kansas, City club, would he transferred to ' New York and BO strengthen it that "it '.will merit the support of the Now York fans." ?$S; Buffalo will; probably, remain .in the league after a reorganization of it's .business' affairs.' : r,: Alter'the meeting, a majority of, the club' owners went -to Freh?h lack, In diana, where'lt was rumored that they would meet the representatives' of ?>>*-' goais?d baseball, with a view, lo set-, tiing the war between the Federals and organized baL^jall. S Washington,' VKovl 9.^Tfte'. comp troller ot' currency " announced today that the First National jpajik of Toe ?oa, Ga., had closed Ita doora. Ife Btatcil that tho failure waa due te, continsc-d mismanagement'. i'sWM -s'R..*?pita?,-,',^y: large; loans to yj^t?ta and improper real estate lochs. Stale of 3il?alsplppt and: pity ot Kat che* to Hare Birthday. ^i^&0zf.Mifis.?>NoV:V9;.^Pian8'bave h?ch launched for tho ??T?bjhition of" tho i?OMli ."birthday, of :the.'?tale o? MlS??saipp? anti-'the '2d0t??ld>*hday of tpe$Rjr of Natches. ', Tbp celebration bf these; two1 erefits will>' take pleee.ia W#^i^Sf au<1 w'11 national in character', v the ?tat* e^ait??!**!-, lp^\'5Wli''-riri?Ve> the cel?h'ratibn a stata holiday>;?^'d "'triti appropriate a anro for,its success'. \'.,'- . ,r'::. It i* planned to have. tbe cetehr?-; tloa iast a wek. ': The mayora and o.fil CIA'.S of ail the eitle* along tho XHCTIB afop'l 'Fiver' :a?.?,weU aa/ the'?orer?orW Pttneatatea; TfHlI. be asked to narticl i$&L$?ffi$**- founded in.i?i?'andl& tW oldest' city on the ? Mt?Sas?a^'rjff er. and wita J^?t !t*o: ??te^idns: is'the oi?eat ' city in the -ttotatt^iwpli^ ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE FLYING THE AUSTRIAN FLAG 15? LIVES WERE SAID TO BE LOST Sailed From New York to Naples With Italian Reserves. Rome. Nov. 0.-Hallan liner, An cona, was Blink by a largo submarine flying tho Austrian flag. The Ac coola carried 422 passengers and six ty In tho crow. There are 270 sur vivors, eomo of them wounded, were landed at Bizerta. New York, Nov. 9.-Tho Ancona sailed from New York Octobor 17 for Naples, carrying 1,345 Italian reserves and a general cargo., Bho arrived at Naples October 29 and was due .to sall today'from Naples for Now York. The Ancona** groL?* tonnago is 8,210, length 482 feet, beam 58. For several months before Italy entered' tho war, tho Ancona waa engaged in carrying Italian, reserves from the United Si? tes to Italy. Whon the. Ancona leit here all her crew were italiano. Ono hundred and fi tty il ves: wera said to have .been lost when the An cona sunk; >'lavaba, Cuba, Nov. 1.-(Abs?elated Fress Correspondence.)-Tho consti tutionality of tlic order recently issued by the secretary bf public instruction to discontinue, tho- teaching of Eng lish in tho public schools of Cuba ls being questioned, abd; lt appears at present that the matter - will be the oubject ot an appeal lo tho supreme court unless .? ; Preftdont. ? Menccal should, by decree, revorse the ruling of the secretary of public instruction, who is Ezequiel Garcia, whoso antl . American sentiment has been indicat ed on several occasions. Tho Havana Fo'Bt, a paper published in English, in an editorial which t~ isaid to be Inspired hv hla-h letral an- 1 ?ihority. ?onteh'?~ ?h-.t tu?~*?~?v.:~~ ~? - ! English in tho public schools in obllga jtbry i nail gradea except to first , by I virtue of military order number-326: of 1899, which* among other military orders, of the First Intervention, have have been made laws in Cuba. The terms ot tho law are most explicit and leave no discretion whatever lb the matter to the department bf pub lic ^ instruction beyond , the . arrang?; ment of tho courses of study. It IS pointed out by the newspaper that tho military order'.of 1899 directed a spec* lal appropriation to cover the ox ensos of English instruction in the' schools and it ls- contended that this looney c?nhot.bo legally diverted, to any, other purpose. Article IV, of tho Platt Amendment law. Which is included In tho famous amendment of thc constitution ot Cuba; says:/"All acts realized by tho United States in Cuba during the mili tary. occQpfincy shsll ba ratified ?sd" held valid and all rights legally ac quired through them shall be main tained and protected." . The Post ^therefore contends that bot only have tho children bf Cuba been - robbed of the rig?i t to, instruc tion in English guaranteed Ahem by the law. of tho land, but thai?jhe d? prlvaUOn ot this right constitutes a violation of tho amendment tt tthe constitution.. Th? abolition of Instruction In Eng lish In.the nobile schools, affects-most seriously' the children of the poor, for tuero is not a bingle privviiVseaool in tho ls'and in which English ii .not In eluded aa an important feature of te eui rico lum. It b? declared that there is no doubt tho. action of Secretary Garda was prompted by. his antl ?Alnericnn feeling, it being asserted that - among educational authorities generally- there bas beeni po tiemarid for the abandonment of English. The Sscretary i's reponed to bc In favor Of ti? substitution of .French- for Eng lish, but the practibllUy, of.this ls not plainly seeu since tho French consti tute one of tho very Smallest colonies 'JfrCnba. ; . . V KURAL CREDITS (^MMIXTEK I^r?ee?ln?* Bilis lot Coil gres s on Lana and rerssssl Credits. Washington;'^Nov.. P.-^Joint con gressional rural'credits commUtes. ?Sfr gah holding: daily -.a?jsipna- ann* .-' w\u continue catii perfected .bills are pre/ tented in ^cfi^^iimilia^iwiA per sonal :fitmil^i;.e^ib!U^i liston will T0tos?r tomorrow tcf give. IWs Ideas. KtAUHtULn . , . ____ . . yr PATRIOTIC SPEECHES MADE AT LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET NATIONAL 1D?EALS ARE CONTRASTED Lett Sump ?uouo (Menu Served s& Ancient Lon-joi. Ceremonial -Many Minify fcrct&nV. Lt-iu i. Nor. ?.-^At the annual banquet Uilght, celebrating tho':, itt- ;?3fSl auguration of Slr Charles . Cheero Wekeflold, as loni mayor of London, Alfred J. Balfour, finit'lord of ad miralty, replying to the .toast- to ibo ''??.?:?l? army aad navy, dociared -thut it had been many month*' since the /dormans i : could claim any. success on.tliaFrentih front and two months since they had . advanced any cn' thc. Russian fr?jffiSggjfal Ho declared that tho pause in tho war > ; mount tkatt tho tide of enemy suc cesses bsd:reached Rs;limit and that -? what .tho , Austro-Oermans had to " : look forward to was an ebb, slower than lt was fast, but ah ebb-all the samo. *- He .declared' that tho Gormans' won' one triumph, that was' when they caused Bulgaria to ?betray all her traditions. Paul Cambon/Fronoh . ambas^ndbr, referred to the, ideate; of Justice: and Mberty which inspired ; the allies, abd to their, will to . employ ohly legiti mate means ot defense,, while lt? enid on tho other band was forgetfulness of ell - principles of humanity and ti sort ; of perverse. Joy in tho accom plishment ?t evil. He referred to tho .?xecutlon ot ?*?lss ?Sdlih Cavell. ' , Tho only difference between ti t . ,and former banquet ... ?was. tho je-na, - - sumptuous , merni and the p'res?ac? ot many military uniforms. ... 'Whoa tho -traisfrtoyhi^fct^^ [given, th?.*.assembly--jpos? und a?rig tho national anthem; which wfe'X never done boofro. '. ' London, NOV; 9,-Lord Kitchener ; ? seems, to bo tho only cabinet minis- . ter "Sfhu SM VHP.T-^55G? 4"?"'i"agir.itriihi'?? ii Of tho J?kurli?h'chUdrcn. according ir? :': 0=z SHZV^-;-^^..;^ \rir ?,,v?rvi?-iwii*u*.? 1047'; proinptu cSBays'.wrltton by 1,081 schaei chliCr?n at tho instance pt Dr, C.' W>' KlirirriinR nf ShiijhmarV 'f lia m?.' Ici'?i wes conslauily referred io, but not B single other minister' was mentioner. Tho. dasays classified showed th)*; girls reached tho pitch of warlike feeling at tho age Of ten and tho hoyit ht eleven; years. From -the ago of eldvefr upwards the pupils: began to show anxiety Of such questions, ns tho cost of food and the Dardanelles op?r ations, connecting/ tho .forcing of the narrows with ? plentiful food supply from Russia. Girls'at 15 manifest a maturity la 'their-views, hf the war at least o year ahead yt the boya; Cur ios?sly enough, the advance on Pans and tho retreat from':.&ohav>nade; Mil tie Impression oh thh>ehilu ?m. A little girl, aged ttl wrote> "The origin of .tho war was this": That when th? German^^raper?r ww at Windsor: h? J???itrdvprcen victoria^ and sis'; King Eldw?rd. wraaeked bim round the fo?e .'...." The ; German " em peror ea?d, 'I'll bo lavcngodi" Vana hence the war." .; A hoy of l-Vwroto: l^?j? "The advantage pf the war is that tho men hat* learned to-, knit?; and . another! boy wrote : "Tho main edvan? tage ot the war fe that girls mast remain old i aulds because there will, not be any men lem" CONSHRXGYT^ '.. .Berlin, Nov. ; A.-Tho ;'. Overseas* "' New* Agency today gave out the fol Idwingf. Constantinople reports From Cairo say a great conspiracy woe discovered:there to^iwmeveithe'.'^'neirj'.i Saltash : and minister? and liberate JBjBfpti tr?m Ah? Rsigllah yoke Tho conspiracy' was ;:bead*d by ncr?ons i eloae'r'te'th?'Ji?w'.'?lhlt?av . Fbr^?ip?r 'eofU attached -t? the court wore ar rested ' sud twent^OW :tftthem hav* : ; olready b^n'exec|tt?d. ? ': ' .' ' P?E?I? .; xw miiwv; ..' ' Alleged Conspiracy of, Sertaan New .' YOtk???:?>NOV-/: '>.^Uaat7% Robert Fa* W0i*r gekoh? #?#k?3 Brcltuog,,?>r< Herbfyt li^ Ki?a?ltfu?d ; Waiter, -1. ' Bronk'hurct pleaded '?.'?'. hot guilty to the gt^* :^ry:rin^thttht ?oTr.:-'ail?g?a': &t\wit$&y to ?. blow? .^i&;ica^ajp?^