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''' |j ' 3 ' ' ''''''''' ^ / ' ' ' ' 1-E _ *?npDCAN| . f T|Tnnr-n<1 np ||lI III li i.'. '" . GALLES ANNUM. MESSAGE TO CON GRESS LISTENED TO BY NOTABLES OUTLINES PLANS FOR GOVERNMENT Hb Definition of the Monroe Doctrine Evokes the Great est Applause. "Washington, Dec. 7.-With t<:o gal leries crowded with members of the diplomatic, corps and .Mrs. Norman Galt making her first appearance in tho capitol since the announcement of her engagement, the president de livered his longest annual message to congress today. Outlining his national defense plans, hin theory on pan-American relations and a merchant marine, he evoked tho greatest applausa from his vigorous denunciation of natur alized Ame ricans..who used their cdtl censhlp to take part In plots against American Industries. Hardly a ripple of applau<30 greet ed tho national defense outline, vbut there was great enthusiasm for his definition of the Monroe doctrine. BRILL! A?T^SCENE AT THE CAPITOL ? .. Washington. Dec. 7.-President Wilson entered tho j ouse chamber shortly a?ter 12:'?? o'clock. Ho was applauded al all sides. Mrs. Galt and party Were In tho executive gallery. Other serged piucos w?rt? ?ccuplod by government officials' wives. Tho diplomatic gallery was unusually well filled. Humors of a suffrage demonstration in the gallrey caused extra guards to be posted throughout tho galleries. Just before 12:30,; Cbs -sonate "filled in two by two.'. Thorpres^ :*-id?mt soon1 apr-arcd. ,- Tense silence Bottled over tho itali as he begun reading In a low volco that could be heard everywhere. President Wilson.'In tito adure.33 laid down -tho administration's plano for national defense. Ho tokl hi? hcarcro it was necessary for' the new and broad doctrine .bC. pan-Ainerican ' ism and with sharp words arraigned .tho American citizens who by sym pathy with foreign 'belligerents..; en danger tho United States, neutrality.. "Americana have never witnessed anything/Uko this bofore," he declar en wilth great feeling. Fupt atten tion of senators and repr?sentatives greeted tho defense plans. .The dec Iar&tion of th t? now PanrAmerlcau doctrino received deep interest. Tho reference to all parts of Ameri can standing "so far as we are con . r.eriicd. oh :a-feat" of ganuino cnu?lity" aroused the fhT.t applause. . The allu sion to "tho United States aid but , net coercion" of Mexico evoked more en J tusiasm... <Many members followed thc address from the printed copy. BEIR??SI?EB Barns Burned By: Night Riders in Georgia County Sunday Night, Atlanta, Dec. 7.-Governor Harris today" p<Iered $250 reward for tho. arr 1 rest ann conviction of the night rldr ..era why! fired thc barna in Cherokee county on Sunday night,- when the vbwhers would not oboy warnings to '?'getrid bf -negro err playeo, :.-.*'.. Sheriff Spenrs asked the local police .to ^arch-for mules' driven to wards" Atlanta hy the men Ruining the .bh'fpg? ot. Coggins Brothers ' of -Can'*' : ,tb^,v''G'a^:-i?i001t'-'dealers. ' Cherokee, county adjoins Forsyth county frbra which the negroes wero ' driven four yeare ago. .. ' tJisImV lfe ^' Student'.:,\"^'T', : "S?w' York, Dec. 7.-Anton E. i'Xfeh^e, the young Auatriajfaafo wCtose /.-?.' room a, quantity of explosives, and . chlorine gao Wera found by tho police . ' yesterday afiaeris' he is merely a/ettt? tient of chemistry: and, has had no criminal intent in his experiments, lip challenged th? ptflfce.to find -tiny thing.Irregular in hisaction^ and p?TOWd he tims received . money from any foreign government. Schooner Abandoned. , Pascagoulhr ^iss., Dee; > .7.-The Pensacola schooner J. H. Rahel, for a West Indian port,''has ?wen aban doned waterlogged off tho Mississip pi coast during the heavy weathers.. . The" crew.Ja Safe. OIL TANKER SENT MESSAGE RECENTLY SENT WIRELESS ! .CALL THAT SHE WAS ATTACKED ESCAPED FROM A SUBMARINE! Hardly Likely to Be Diplomatic! Incident as Facts Are Lacking. Washington, Dec. 7.-Word which came to the navy department today j from t'.:e cruiser Des Moines at Canea. Crate, says that the American 6hip recently sending S. O. S. call that Uso was attacked by au Austrian submarine was the. Standard Oil tanker iPetrolite, and only ene of tho crew was slightly hurt before the tanker escaped tho submersible^ shell tiro. The attack was made 350 miles west of Alexandria, off tho western end of Crete. Tho slate department tonight re ceiving, tho information from the navy! department said tfcat nothing could j bo done until more facts were sup plied. v If the Petronia's captain-^fused a| demand to ?bo searched there would probably be no ntlempt to make a diplomatic incident of {he case." The Petrolite is proceeding . to Gibraltar. Member o? Ford Peace Party | Sends Radiogram to Sec retary Lansing. On Board Steamer Oscar. II. Dec. 7.-^Wireless)-Governor I.. . ; B. Hanna of North: Dakota, today sent n radiogram to Secretary Lansing.urg-| lng him to provide members of the Ford peace party .with passports to ] uciltgervni -countries. Peace Pilgrims Organize. Aboard Peaco Ship Oscar -II, via wireless to. Siasconset, Mass., Dec. 7. -Despite tho resul?'tlous governing ] passports, Henry Ford is determined to cross Gorman territory ot hia'way from ?oponhaken to Tho Hague,1, where the peace conference ls to ba staged. Mr. For d's passport author izes -him to visit only neutral couu- ] tries, hot .to stop at or pass through any ot tho belligerent countries, end some of the passengers are .appre hensive, lesj ho and his party bo ar rested it they attempt to set, foot on Germ?n soil. Already, foe peace pilgrims are or ganizing for'tho work - ot. pacifying j Europe. Committee'' Of the passen- j gerny in general and separate commit-j ^ees of clergymen, atudents and news-, paper ;men havo boen organized -to j confer; with blmilar committees .in tito neutral nations when tho ship ar rives; , ' , A peace flag, the gift of > Mayor Blankenburg of Philadelphia and pre sented by Mrs; Joseph Fels of Phll adelpuia, widow of the soap manu facturer, who : ts a passenger, will, tis at the masthead ot ?he, Oscar ll. ;\Msny.. Wireless" messages of God-. J speed have .teer, received, and hun?! dr eds of telegrama received Just fco? fora sailing aVi? yet unopened; Somo oi. tho peaco phgrlms ?i?d.j the; rolling ;s?? ;?mri?Utral-,t?ud bave j 'already / retired'-itb/'ltlielr^?ablns.- The uninitiated mistook 'the gulls Yoliow^ lng the R.ip .-for; doves. r Washington, pac, 7.-The advldAry beard of TallroM mon, manufactuir?r& J and technical experts; recently (under j general, investigation, by the war col l?ge and recommended hy the presi dent in his ' message,' may be organis ed shortly. Such e, board; H Is , thought would] be valuible assistance to; the anni ! and navy in case ot WA? and, ulsivj dleat-ing up conflicts' between thc*; federal and ?tate law*. ;- ' ' ?ATTLES BEGUN OR IHNG Mir FRONTS REARRANGEMENTS MADE IN DISPOSITION OF COM MANDERS AND FORCES GERMAN RUSH ?N THE BALKANS I Will Join Bulgarians in Efforts to j Strike Allies Before Aid Arrives. Lcndon, Dec. 7.-Battles, have be gun or are impending in Mesopota mia, where Field Marshal von der Goltz assumed command of the Tur kish army about to attack the British at Kut-el-Amara; In . southeastern Serbia, where the Bulgarians aro] about to be reinforced by 40,000 Ger mans under von Gallwitz, who wore already attacking the Anglo-French and reported -repulsed; on tho Galli poli peninsula, where the allies are on the olfenslve and on the western j frofit where, Holland reports Say, the Germans are concentrating for ?drive at tho allies in Flanders und I Artois. The news that Von Gallwltz is to reinforce the Bulgarians in battering 'she allies at Vardar, Cerna : and Krasu, {Serbia, indicates that the Germans I are anxious to strike before thc ?l: lies can complete their Balkan prep arations. Une hundred thousand en tente troops 'aro said to have been landed at Saloniki, although the j Gree* diplomatic situation is still causing anxiety. r Tho Serbian army is retreating in ho Albania, pursued by Austrians, who continue to hammer the Monte negrins as well, and is Bald to be I hampered by cold weather and bad i roads. One hundred . thousand Serbian j troops, .20,000 refugees and ?0,0001 Austrian prisoners are said to eon s'nute tho retreat. " Tho French '"ubmarine, Fresnel, alic steamers arid a humber .ot Mon tenegrin sailing vessels, bound from | r\nly to Albanian ports'with war sup plies, were sunk in the south'Adriatic 1 by the Austrian cruiser Novara omi j destroyers, cutting off munitions be ing . sent, . either to tho) Serbian or [ italian troops, said to be landed in' Albania to assiBt in the Balkan cam paign.- Vienna thinks that the Italian | steamers were to supply Italians. SERB CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN CLOSED! London, Dec. 7.-The campaign j against. the main Serbian army has closed. It is expected General Gull wltz with German forces'viii Join tho Bulgarians '. in Macedonia, trying to crush the. French and British before they become stronger. Berlin information Indicates tho German forces engaged ; id ?arller move, m outs in the Balkans have now been detached for the purpose of staring in thc attack of the Franco British' \forcett1-';along tho Southern I Macedonia front. Dispatches f>om| Athens partially cbrroborate#itbIs the ory ns it is reported two German divi-? Slops aro cor'rperating with the Bul garians near Slrumitzi. Thoro is little report from other fronts save the usual minor opera tions. The French, however, aro carrying on a( particularly energetic bombardment, of German. . U?es In Champagne. - Tn Mesopotamia, the. Germans are beginning to show considerable inter est in the campaign .Which is devel oping favorably for the Turks. It is reported from Geneva that the Ger- ' mans uuder Field - Marshal Von Der G6lt2, are preparing, an extensive campaign, which willie directed to ward tue''Persian gulf via Bagdad. ., Further impetus ls given the peace] movement taken. by, a -papal Consis tory ; at which the Pope delivered an I address calling . upon the belligerents j to moko just and immediate; peace.' -v The..effect bf the' dismissal ot Ger-, man military ..and naval attaches at Washington, on i tho Germ?n; 'public not ascerta ?nable, German newtpa pej-a :b?v? not. been pern?.lt)tec(to pub? tish : even the bare facts' of the'/ in cident A Walhalla Pastor Resigns,y^y. >'"VVaihalia, Deo. 7.---Rev, George M, WSl^bx,./pastor ;?f tho Presbyberl&h ?j5tts?U,V?ere, bas booh extended, u cull to Oro ^ pastorate of .tu? church at Bennott?vHlo and hes sent"-In his re signation to the members of his con gregation. It ie not known whether or not they if-;).l accept, \*it Mr WllcoxV bas ?oryed this ch^^h.jraitt'r-fUily for ?Sg 'ys?fS >nd not only mcmi??rs af his town" congregation but tho,-entire towii ^onld regret to lose- him :and kia family. Youngest Ambast ?/QT* MP 1 Ur. I?. V. li. Wcillnc?on Koo, Chin en?} Minister to United States. Dr. Dr V. K. Wellington Koo, Chinese ministe:- to tho United States, who is the 'youngest minister a na tion of the importance of China has eVcracnt. to the" Unitel-States*,'- has JUBt returned from Europe with Mrs. Koo. She is tho gran;ldau?.t:t:r of fe* m New Orleans, Dec. -7.-'Tho associa-, tlon of state presidents t? the Farm ers'. Union' announced to,- ?y "that tho organization Iiud a bou?> ?\l-i offer from ono ol' mc waning nations to kuy I.vCO.GC'y h?s?.n aii?diinrj c.o?. ton at twenty cnn tn. The committee composed of H. Q. Pope, D. M. Lyday ?nd Porter lied ford, all, of Texas, were appointed tu go >to Washington in an effort: ta ob tain protection for tho' tuipment, Which would be assembled hcVe from ASSIGNS HIS?EASQUS ;--. Replies to German Request as to Recall of. Boy-Ed and Von Papen. lill -~ Washington, Dec.. 7.-Naval and military activities., wero assigned by Sosr?tary Dunstag "aa ti?e principal offens?s ot Captains Eoy-?d and von Papen in his reply to.Germany, com ir.jnicatcd through Ambaasador von Bernsiorff to the Berlin foreign ?f rico, toddy; Tile reply contained no discussion of facts. . IfceiH lUuraeat hi Bcrllu. Berlin, Dec. 7;. -Tho rexpjest that, has heep rcceivsd from tho United. States for the rf .-.all pf Captain Franz von Panta and Captain Boy:Ed will undoubtedly bu compiled, with la ac cordance with diplomatic usage it;.is stated. > However, /.Germany probably will Jiret ask Information, regarding thc- grounds on which ,the undesirabil ity [of.: tho attaches Ms. based- The news ot tlie incal? K request 'has not been published yet by -German'press. ?? '-. . . ...--T-, ' ?'?AM??H ?rinusT??,sM AUVK J * Berlin, Dec. 7..-~Tho report. ? that Anton ;'^ang. tho famous ? ? , ' .Christns hi .the Oberammorgan ? ? passion pity *:ad been killed '? * In bartle ls untrue. Tho AH- * '? . sociated Press'.- correspondent ." + * talked with Dang today, ?n^o * j ? v ?aid ho was wa?r.. and..'had *j * never beon to" the front'. i* * sador and His Wife Mr?. Koo, Prince Chine nml daughter of Tung Shao Y Ul, both famous Chinese stutesmeu.. Mrs. Koo is now gojug to ^establish hcrsaif. in ; Washington, ? where she and fter .hu8hand_^wlll go into "American society. "He io a git?di. ructe of Columbia University and he has many American friends. CENTS' NG COTTON -'. 1 - all the" cotton states. Assurance* would be given by tho belligerent, it is said, that tho cotton would be used only for domestic pur poses and tho purchaser agreed io t.:j American committeo's demand to ?co that it wai not used io manufac turo ammunition. Tho order is from private partie? and not connected .with tho order from Germany for 1,000,000 balea at fllteoa cents announced by Hoke Smith on September 8th. SPARTANBURG MAYOR WAS HOT RECALLED Other Members of Council, How ' ever, Will Be Replaced By Opponents. Sparenburg, Dec. 7.-Tn tho fire'1, recall election since Spartan bur;?, adopted tho comutlsslon form of gov ernment, Mayor John. P. Floyd was returned by about 125 majority-over his opponent Q. '. L. Johnson, .former mayor. Commissioners C. ?. Wal ler and Jno. P. Fielder will be re placed by O. T, Gallman and J. T. Hudson, .w??oao terms ns., commis Eloncrs expired November 13.; There -.vere no other candidates. CnoftlclnV figures aro: Fioyd, 723; Johnson 5?IS; Fielder G16; Oallman, 721; Hudson* 720; Waller 595. An Approaching Marriage. Walhalla, Doc. 7.-.Mr. and Mrs. Wesley White, have issued invitations to ?i'ie marriage of their daughter, An oto Irene, to. Professor Herbert Wil liam' Casque, the ceremony to' ba Ju the Walhalla-, ! Melhpdi?^ church, De cember twerity?flrst<et one.o'clock. . j. Both of the contracting parties haye many friends who will learn with*.in-, terc-st of their approaching mar riage. / Will Protect Japs. : -, Tokio, Dec, 7.-It la understood that'Japan, In view of disturbed .?on* ditions in 'Shanghai, Viii a'd?pt mea sures for >tho , protection Of Japanese res! den ts - ami '. Interests. f hore. 'Several J?p?neVe warships are aliready; (here. The cruiser V.Ta.ugard'has^ hams, and. ls hclioved to ba cn route Shanghai. S E N H Q W? R CASE mBEGUN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF DEPUTY SHERIFF OF FAIRFIELD JURY DRAWN YESTERDAY Sheriff of York Tokes Precautions and Searches Everybody En tering Court Room. York, Dec. 7.-The only thing ac complished today in the (trial of Ernest Isenhower, charged with the murder of Raleigh Boulware, a dep uty shewn of Fairfield county, wah the R?lecUon of the Jury. This was accomplished In slightly over two hours. Thc history of tao case is familiar to South Carolina people. Ou June 14 of tills year whllo Sheriff A. D. Hood and IIIB deputies were about to carry Jules Smith, a negro charged with criminal assault, into the court house of Fairfield county the ofilcors and the negro were fired upon, Sheriff Hood, Deputy Boulware and the negro being killed. Ernost l6cnhower. Jesse Morrison and Jim Rawls were in dicted for the shooting. When court convened at 10 o'clock this morning, with Judge H. P. Rice presiding, it was announced that So licitor J. K. Henry of this circuit, Solicitor Albort .E. ?itu, of the eleventh circuit, and Thornes P. Mc Dow of. York, would appear for tho state; with Cole. L?. Bisase and John R. 'Hart fOr tito d??enso-of-IsenhOwerr Col. Arthur L. Gaston' of Chester, Wilson f lanallan of Choator and N. W. Hardin bf Blacksburg for the defense of Morrison and Rawls. It was this morning determined to try Ernest Isenhower first and at 10:30 o'clock that case was started. Thirty one were summoned from the jury panel and in two hours time twelve" of these wert selected and seated, lt .was then announced that because of the fact that there are over 125; witnesses present court would take a recess until 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning, allowing counsel an opportunity to consult with their witnesses. Sheriff Brown of York county has taken every possible precaution to prevent any trouble at this -trial. Fifteen special deputies have been sworn in and these are all in dif ferent parts of the court room on the . alert. Every man entering the court room was searched today for concealed weapons before he was al lowed to enter the chamber. Members of counsel e-. lima te that it will, take through Friday to completo the present, caso. . \ AUSTRIAN PRISONERS - SAVING THEIR MONEY > New'York, Deo. 7.-Thousands, of Austrian prisoners in Russian hands at Yekaterinburg Russia, IP the center of the Ural Mining region, aro saving money out bf wages al'ovr?d them aud miners.. Many have bank acsounts and are also sending.money to Aus tria. Tils statement wan tuade by J. A. McVJcar, or Buffalo, New York, who for three years has represented tho American Diamond. Drill concern In Fussla. "Ho arrived on . the liner Cameronia (rom Liverpool. Charles Fryer,.another passenger, estimated tho Fron'ch i*.nd British aro using 05,000 automobiles on the western front. -.--- . Wont Revised Treaties. New York, Dec. 7.-A revised treaty between the United States and tho. European, belligerents after the war, .the establishment in America of a. credit system for foreign 'buyers, and the . popularization of foreign in* T?sfments were suggested by syefck ers at the International trade conrer nco. held under tho auspices - bf the National as?o?latlio.n of. Man?fsct?r* ttcAdoo to Mpeak. Washington.-Deo. 7.---Secretary Mc Aflop today, accepted an invitation tb address tho Southern Commercial con gram; ai . Charleston, &. ?".. December ?J6> Tho secretary probably : will chongo t.iis occasion for. bia v- first discussion ot the new- administration merchant marine bill before a repre sentative body of business men.: MATTER DECIDED BY NA TIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE HALF OF VOTES FIRST BALLOT Resolutions Adopted Calling for Renomination of Wilson' as Trusted Leader. Washington, Dec. 7.-Tho national democratic commiltoo today selected St. Loula for tho 1910 convention and Juno 14 as the date. Tho first ballot stood St. Inou?s, 2G; Dallas, 14 and Chicago. t2. Texas later moved to malte it unanimous for Bt. Louis. Resolution? calling for tho ronoml DC>V.on of President Wilson as tho "trusted leader of national democra cy" were adopted., Political leaders hero are- certain that Chicago will bo Bclocted for tho republican convention w??'?r, the com mittee meets noxt Tuesday. Tho plea of the Mlusourl delegation that the convention was needed to help keep Missouri in the democratic column had much to do with tho de cision . During the open session early today suffrage bud anti-suffrago leaders urged their respectivo claims, the suffragists calling upuoa tfie demo cratic party to espouse the suffrage cause. Thomas J. Pence of North Carolina a protego of Secretary Daniels and recognized as a representative of tho administration, was elected secretary. The committee doclared that report? of differences between him and Chair man W. F. Mccombs. was without foundation. Mr. Mccomb said that fiore was not a cloud on the democratic horlion, and the work of party i organization would go on harmoniously,.1 All con tests for seats were settled without feeling, ' ASH PLEDGED j 1RKE16 C0T?0H Would Make the Season of Sel ling Entend Over the En lire Year. New Orleans, Dec. 7,-Assistance . to farmers in marketing ' and financ ing tho 1916 and futuro'cotton crops &hd in prompting a selling season ex tending over tho entire year Instead of a few months, was pledged today. In resolutions adopted at the closing session of tho Cotton States Bankers' conference. Permanent organisation of the con ference was effected with Joe Hirsch of Corpus Christi, chairman; . Moore head Wright of Little Bock, secretary and O. Newton, Jr.; of Jackson, Miss., -treasurer. Adjournment was taken to December 1910 at a' city vto be selecte?? lofter. . POPFS INFORMATION i? : ; Home,, Dec. ,7.-The ,government semi-officially stated tonight/ that Popo He ned i c t had hean given inexact information, when he-said ia ta|s'ro?' cent address to the'secret consistory that the ministers of tb., teutonic powers accredited holy see had been obliged to leave Italy to protect their personal dignity. Tito 'government asBuretl tho pope that the vatican ,%a*. not'tiampered and the 'minister^ .left voluntarily.'. -- '.? ''}''*/'/?' ?? SlB?Rbiiii? SUNK AY .SUBMMiE I. 11 ll nimming - Rome, Deo: 7.--The Aruerlcaa steamer Communipaw h?s been sunk by a nubmarino \in ifa? 'M?diter ranean sea -near Tobruk, Tripoli. There is no information concerning the crec er nationality of the sub marine. Tito Couwnualpaw is own^ by. tho 8tanC \rd Oil and was recontr ly , held t?y tba itat?ans et Gene?, but ?j^jjt?wfd to 'proceed Decembers. She was bound from New York to