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z TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ZXltZ NEW SERIES, VOL. 1, NO. 35VYeckly, Established 1660; Dally, Jan. 18, 1814. ANDERSON, S. C,FRIDAY MOKj ING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1014. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR. FIGHTING Cl WITH UNABi ALLIES HAVI GERMANS REPEATEDLY AT TACK POSITIONS BUT ARE DRIVEN BACK THE OUTCOME UNDETERMINED Great Battle May Last For Many Days?Reinforcements Daily Arriving for Kaiser's Men (Dy Associated Press.) London, Sept. 9.?The allied armies continue to have the advantage, ac cording to French official reports, in what only can be the preliminaries of' a grent battle extending from Meaux, I northeast of Paris', to the Fortress of Vordun, about 200 miles farther east.! The Germans, who have brought up reinforcements, are striking at the al lies' left and center between Montmt rail and Vitry-LeFrancois, a front of from fifty to sixty miles, but each time they have been driven back. This is not surprising to military men, as the Germans' have been com pelled to advance through the swamps of the Petit Morin, and then over bare uiilands to the extremely strong French position on the right. It is! their only chance, however, and it is expected they will strike and strike, again. The Germans are bringing their ro-j inforcements down from Chalons oni the roads leading to Fere-Ohampe nolse, Sommesou3 and Sompuls, In the fe.ee of the French artillery posted on the heights, which give the French a great advantage. General Pau, who commands the renter of the French army, in this district, is reported to be advancing north of Sezanne towards the plateaux commanding the" cetft?r 'efYrb?~ wbbie, battiefleld. ?favhlg ??ft the 'British force bas driven the Germans across the Grand Morin and Petit Moria rivers, toward?, the T.?u-ne itself, while on the extreme left the French sixth army, advancing from Paris along the Ourcq river, has had further suc cesses and is ttireatonjing General Kiucks communication. In the east tho Germans so tar have failed in their attempts to break across the rivers and through the hills of Argonne between Vitry-LeFrancoiB and Verdun op the right wing of the allies-. \ Again, according to French reports, there has been no action against tho Grand Couronno of Nancy, and in tho 'Vosges and Alsace the situation re mains unchanged. All this favorable news has- cheered the allies, but military critics warn the public that the battle has not been won yet, and that there probably will Kc r, waa]r Qi- ?SCTC fighting bcfOTu vi decision Is reached. There la a possibility that the Ger mans- are trying to draw the allies in to an attack on the high ground that lies between tho . Marne and Aisne, about Rheims, arid while it.is believ ed some or'the edgo has been taken off the Gorman defensive It is not at all probable that- it has* all been re moved. . " General Joffre, tho French comman der-in-chief, ' however, baa won some points. He has gained the time he required, ia in better positions and has completed his concentration, ao ttiat he is believed to have a fair chance against the invaders who have hewed their way from M?ns to the gates of Paris. The Austrlans* and Russians are still battling in Galicla, and although Russian official circles are silent, re ports from Rome . which generally have been accurate, coming as- they do through German or Roumanian BOurcns,indicate that the Russians are making progress against General Auf fenberg's army, which Is being sup pOrt?u uy Gwi ??i?iin Some doubt is- now expressed as to whether the Rniaaian enveloping movement from the south of Lemberg can be developed quickly enough to cut off tho.'Austrian. . should they be defeated by theRusarians advancing from the north.. But should the Aus trian be defeated, as Rome says, this second army is likely to hasieu Gen eral Auffenberg'o retirement. There 1b still a pause In the opera tions In cas PtrUBBla,- doubtless due to a paucity of troops on the part of Russia, whiph always has had diffi culty In transporting troops west ward. Besidjas. the defeat they suffer ed in the fighting between August 21 anl August 27 may temporarily have taken the sting out of their attacks. In England . where tho saying 10 "Britain is jnst starting," the greatest enthusiasm. has .been created by the king's message to India, his .domin ions and the colonies In which bo >:hanks his over-oea subjects for their promptitude with which th?y responds . od to the call from the mother coun India alone is sending 70.000 troops. Kitchener's Pets." aA they have been 9NTINUES \TED FURY; E ADVANTAGE called since Field Marshal Kitchener reorganized the Indian army. The latter are to be commanded by their princes and chiefs. Besides this, India tB to pay the cost of transportation of her troops to Eu rope and the Indian princeB' arc send ing rich gifts to the war funds being raised in their own country and Eng land. The dominions and the colon ies have placed their ships, men and money at the disposal of the home government so that the whole forces of the empire have been recruited against her enemy. "The official bureau has issued a denial of the report that dominion troops have arrived and while no statement has been issued regarding the movements1 of the Indian contin gent, except that some of them left India several weeks ago, the opinion 1b general that they either have join ed General French's forcoB or are about to do so. The report that a great Russian force had goue to join the allies' in France seems to have arisen from the fact that Russian reservists from Eng land, the United States and other countries who could not get to their own country, joined the French army. In the United Kingdom recruiting continues*. Men are joining the colors by thousands and it is expected that Lord Kitchener's half million men will have been obtained by the end of the week. A problem with which England is faced is that of caring for the thous of refugees driven out of Bedgium. A splendid organization, however, has the matter In hand, and as< the refu gees come in they are sent quickly to different parts of the country, where hospitality awaits them. One boat brought 1,100 from Ostend today. Many of these refugees landed with all their worldly possessions in bags or paper parcels. A striking feat uro of the arrivals' was tho number of widows and little children. :::... HO?gH.BgAyjEy ... .... SUnit'tic Elected Iii Race Y?d? More Interesting by Local Conditions 'Jamden, Sept 8^?Returns from 26 out of 35 boxes Rive, the following: For Btate senate, Beattie 1,150, Hough 754. The race for state senate created a ; i;reat deal of interest, W. R. Hough ; the incumbent, has always been con sidered a strong man in politics in tliis county. He was one of the ad ministration's right hand men. He was opposed by W. J. Beattie, a young business man, who is making his initial appearance in politics. Beat tie is leading by a majority of 400 and the final count will hardly make any changes. < The state races were of more than ordinary interest on account of this county being the home of John G. Richards, candidate for governor. The vote stood: Manning 1,121; Richards 647. In niemand county W. T. Miller was defeated for reelection to the house. Miller is a printer who has re ceived employment from The State newspaper for years and yet was, a Bleaso supporter. He was snowed undtfr. WINSTON.SALEM WINS Greensboro, ' N. C, Sept. 9.?The North Carolina Baseball League sea son of 1914 ended today with Winston Salem, winner of last season's pen nant, again at- the top of the percent age column, the Wlnston-Salem club finishing three pointa ahead of Char lotte. Durham closed the season In third place, Raleigh fourth, Greens boro fifth and Asbeville sixth. War News Firft! If not already a subscriber e\C tu?. r\?i\.. i?i-iir-. VI m 1IV. L/ailJ !lltCIIi&Cllk,9l; Anderson's favorite paper, call 321 and order it deliver ed at your home with all the news of the night bright and early. The Intelligencer is the be$t appetiier for break fast. As to war news/ The In telligencer brings it all COM PLETE frpm the GREAT EST NEWS SERVICE IN THE WORLD?-the Associ ated Press. ; The , big news comes In the night and appears "in The Intelligencer FIRST. . By thei year, only $5.00. A trial subscription from a new subscriber for three months will be accepted at $1.25. Ring 321 NOW. I.: ENGLISH C UH, by American Preai Association. Note the cook stove and fuel. Th FRENCH O ISO, py American Prejsn Association? MAKE ALLOWANCE Belgium Will Pay Women In America Small Sum Whose Husbands Are In Army (By Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 9.?Fifteen cents ? day will be paid by the government of Belgium to every Belgian Woman in America whose husband Is with the Belgian army. If she has' children, she will receive in addition, five centa a day for each child, which will be in creased to ten cents a day n case the .husband be slain. Pierre Mali, the Belgian consul general here, so an. nounced today. This1 applies to all families of sol diers indistinctive of their financial situation. About 200 families in the city of New York, It is estimated, are entitled to receivo the enumeration. Many families in the southern states, it is aald, also are eligible. AUSTRIA IS NEGLECTED Germany la Accused of Not Giving Her Ally a Square Deal. London, Sept 9.?Whether Germany has played the game fairly by ber only ally, says the Petrograd- correspond ent of the Post, will be decided by his torians in the years to come "At present," adds the correspond ent, "Austria Is badly in need of those heavy siege .batteries and that army corpB which she sent to help Germany on the French frontiers, while all we hear of German'help to Austria is the one German division now retreating toward G racow before the pressure of the Russian advance. "The conflict on the Russian front soon must terminate eitber In tho de struction '.or capitulation of Austria's the. German forces merely baa post poned the inevitable denouement, pro bably not for more than two days.. "The Russians have -crossed the Vistula to-meet the German division, which carao to protect the' Austrian left flank, nut tire German move has only delayed this encircling movement of the Russian forces for a short' time. This obstacle has now been overcome." O 0 00 0 0 0 0 o o 0 o o o o 0 O O O 0 o A MONET CROP . o o Columbia, 8ept 9.?A report o o Issued by the state, department o o of agriculture Wednesday o o shows that 16 millions pounds o o of tobacco have been marketed o o in tho. state during the year, o o The amount ' received was* fl,- o o 770,000. ' The average price for o o the season has been 10} and 1-4 o o cents.' This money was turned o o loose during the . summer, o o months. - o o . ? oooooooooooOO 0 0 OO O 0 . ' ' - '. [ TROOPS ON TH] e government bas promised to feed Toi [ ARTILLERY IN TAK?tiO SIDES All Papers Asked' to Take Non Partisan Stand on European War (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 9.- An earnest admonition to Americans to preserve the spirit of neutrality in the Euro pean war, despite sympathies or pre judices, was delivered in the senate today by Chairman Stone, of the for eign relations committee. In a pre pared speech he urged that naturaliz. ed American citizens from European countries observe closely the presi dent's neutrality proclamation. "Our power for effective mediation." be said, "will be materially dimished If any government or people becomes convinced that we are unfriendly to it." ' He deplored a tendency, which he eald appeared in "influential news papers and periodicals" to take Bides. COUNTY BOARD MET YESTERDAY George W. Williams of Anderson Elected Janitor of Court House ?Claim Against County Paid (Prom Thursday's Daily.) About 4> men In Anderson will be disappointed when they learn that George W. Williams was yesterday el ected janitor at the court house to ?uuuuim? W. A. Ciamp, who resigned to accept a position on the police force. These men do not cherish an? apimosity againt Mr. Williams, it is merely the fact that all of them ap plied for the job and each wanted it for himself., The board went Into session yester day morning at 10 o'clock with all the mc-mbers present and remained in ses s ion until shortly after 1 o'olock. During the day . a nunwt. of claims were audited and ordered paid. One Very .pathetic case was called to the attention of the board when an application was received from a man .for admission of his wife and their five children to the county home. The' entire seven are suffering from pellagra and are unable to earn a llv ">K- ___J Dr. Vines at Home. Rev. Dr. -John F. Vines returned Wednesday from his summer vacation and 'was greeted by manjy. friends. Dr. Vtnea shows the good effects of bis rest and states that ho feels very much beneutted, He visited a great many place?' this summer and enjoyed, ' very day of his recreation. ' . :; ' . '' ' .. /'''> < , .' E MARCH mmy weit. ACTION AVIATOR GIVES LIFE FOR OTHERS Makes Dash Into Austrian Aero plane About To Drop a Bomb (By Associated Press.) London. Sept. 9.?Captain Nesteroff. one or tho most daring Russian avia tors and the first of Iiis countrymen to loop, the loop, has sacrificed his life in a successful atteiupt~to 'destroy aft Austrian areoplane, says a Petrograd dispatch to the Reuter Telegram com pany. . Acocrding to a report from the front Captain Nestoroff was* returning from an ?Oritti reconuuibsunee when he saw an Austrian aeroplane hovering over the Russian forces, preaumbably with the intention of dropping bombs. The Kfussian aviator immediately headed straight for the Austrian at full speed. Although he must have known well that victory by auch tac tics could be gained only at the coat of his own life, he dashed into the Austrian areoplane. The force of the Impact caused the collapse of both machines, which plunged to the earth, the two aviators meeting instant death. MEMORIAL TO MRS. WILSON Fond for the Education of Mountain Children May Re Raised (By AsBOclated Press.) Washington, Sept. 9.?Rev. Homer MacMillan of Atlanta,' decretory of the executive committee of the Home Missions board of the ProBbyterian church, South, laid before President Wilson today a plan for a memorial to Mrs. Wilson in the form ef a fund for the education of the mountain children In the South, a work In which Mrs. Wilson was deeply Interested. The president interposed on objection. Atlanta, Sept. 9.?The proposal to establish a memorial to Mrs. Wood row Wilson In the form of a fund for the education of Soutbern mountain children took form at a recent mla atonnry meeting of the Presbyterian Church, South, at Montrent, N. C. Women delcgatea who kpew of Mrs. Wilson's activity in aiding mountain children, discussed the proposal in formally and tho home mission board of the church later made plans for the proposed memorial. Officials of the board here said that ; since the president has interposed ho i objection, plans for the creation of the fund probably would be made public shortly. \ Explanations . Are In Order* Bordeaux, Sept* 9.?A committee of i deputies *nd senators is organising lecturing to.-rs through the country ! district, with the object of explaining ! .the origin of th? War and the justice 'of the Fronch cavse.' DELAY CAUSES JAPS TROUBLE HITCH IN NEGOTIATIONS AS TO THE SPHERE OF WAR 500 LIVES DAILY Delay in Move Against Germans Increases Toll of Human Life When Fight Does Begin (Hy Associated Press ) Tokio, August 18.?.lapnu's decision to Bend an ultimatum to Germany and thus extend the theatre of war from Europe to Asia, was reached only, af ter some discussion among Japaneso statesmen. It was tho genro or elder statesmen who first opposed Japun's participa tion.. Extensive negotiations were necessary also between Great Britain and Japan before an accord waa reached as to the sphere of Japan's ac tion and the exact program Japan was to carry out in the fulfilment of her alliance with England. As soon as war waa declared be tween England and Germany, Japan mobilized her fleet and soon after that several army corps* were ordered in readiness for quick mobilization. The third Japanese squadron, located at Shanghai, was reinforced by several warships from the home fleet and a patrol was* established in the historic Straits of Tsushima. A flying squadron of seven cruisers was organized at Yokohoma with Prince Fushimi In command, while Khe battleship squadfron at Saaebo was Increased to eight big gun ships, including the dreadnought Kongo and now draudnought Hlyel. On August 11, when everybody in Japan bad been prepared for a com munication from the government re garding her participation in tho hos tilities, a halt came in the general* ac tivities1. Tl>is was explained as dud first to a. hitch in the negotiations between Japan and' Englitntd 'concern in g 'the scope of Japan's action and being also due to Great Britain's desire to calm America that Japan had any designs fears1 that might exist in China and in upon the integrity of China. Great Britain was dealrous that the world should not Imagine that, with the en trance of Japan Into the conflict, a violent and limitless war was to be carried on in' the Pacific ocean. . Some discussion, it ia said, also was held upon the question/ of Japan's status In the peace congress of Eu rope to he held after conclusions of tho war. Another important factor in the situa tion was that the Japaneae themselves were not in harmony as to Japan's at titude, but after a series of delibera tions they reached unanimity.. As this correspondence iB- leaving, troops are being mobilized In differ ent parts of the empire, including four regiments of artillery at Tokio. A fleet of iiunsporis is waiting at Moji to convey Japan's army to the shores of China. It is not improbable that an army corps will move down to wards Klao-Chow from Manchuria. Japaneae do not regard the reduc tion of Kla-Chow as an eaay matter. They do not, of courae, give it any thing of the same importance as they attached to Port Arthur, but they re alize that during the long delay the Germans have strongly fortified the port of Tslng-Tau. They -know that the Germans have dismantled several warships and have placed several big guns on the heights of the two arms of Klao-Chow Bay. They know, too, that the harbor has been thoroughly mined and that am munition enough has reached Klao Chow to enable the Germans to en dure a long alege. As one man put It: "Each day that we delay In mov on Tslng-Tau means a sacrifice of 500 additional Uvea." BIG SHOW HERE ON OCTOBER STH Rmgling Brothers' Magnificent At traction Is Said By Advance Man "Bigger and Better*' The advance man for Riegling Bros., circus came to Anderson yesterday to arrange for the appearance of his attraction in this city on Thursday, October 8. Ringllng Brothers' Shows Is the biggest show of Its kind In the whole world and Its tour Is the one big event of the South this year. The representative of the circus spending yesterday in Anderson said that hut show was meeting disastrous flnacial losse when he last heard from them playing in the middle west, and he does not see how they are. ever going to make it back. He says that his show is probably $80,000 to the bad already for the 1914 season. He closed a contract with Sam Moore for the regular show ground on River street, Just across, from Buena Vist. Park and Ute "big top" will be pitched on that site. CHANGES MADE IN WAR TAX PRESIDENT DOES NOT AP PROVE OF PROPOSED LIST * "CIGARETTES TOO" Tax on Cigarettes Will Add Sev eral Millions to the Amount Asked By Wilson (By Associated Proaa.) Washington, Sept. 9.?President Wilson's disapproval today ot the pro posal to Increase the income tax as a means of raising revenuos tooffset a treasury deficit due to tho European war set democratic members of the ways and means committee to revis ing their plans. They will renew to morrow the effort to draft a war revenue bill. The president made his attitude known at a conference with democratic leaders of congress. Preliminary Bteps also wore taken by democratic senators today to read just the pending $53,000,000 rivera and barbora appropriation bill, against which republican senators have con ducted a filibuster on ground that It (s framed on extravagant Hues. and that tho $100,000,000 war revenue bill would not be necessary if the new projects proposed In the bill were abandoned. Senators who champion the bill have asked the war department to re vised estimates on the amounts abso lutely necessary to carry on existing river and harbor works and the ut most urgent new projects in antici pation of pruning the bill. It was reported tonight that con ferenoo between republican- sanajt?ja. opposing/the, bill and d?mocratie lead ers had'bsen hold at v/hleJs ougg&a tions were made for a compromise paving the way for early adjournment and removing much senato opposition to the war revenue tax. .y Democratic members of the ways meanB committee conferred in formally today. They were not dis appointed by the president's disap proval of their decision to increase the Income tax one half of one per cent and to decrease the exemption. The president's principal objection was said to be that such a tax was not immediately available and there fore undesirable. Chairman Underwood, who discuss ed the subject with the president, was inclined to agree with this view and it is Improbable that an Income tax amendment will be proposed. ettea probably will be added to the list ot taxable commodities al ready agreed to, such as bear, wines and rectified spirits. A plan also Is under consideration to make a tax on beer one dollar'a barrel, which would yield $05,000,000. That amount, to gether with the $10.000,000 from wines, $2,000,000 from rectified spirits probably $5,000.000 from, olgarette?, probable taxes on railroad freight, gasoline, automobiles, acme proprie tary articles and soft drinks* it Is es timated, would yield all the reven?o necessary, particularly if it 1? deter mined not to appropriate all of the $1)3,000,000 proposed for river and harbor work. Representative Oglesby, of New. York, in a letter to the committee, suggested a tax of fifty cents a horse power on automobiles, not encased In commerce .and a tax on sol? halls. He estimated that $25,000,009 could be realised from the automobile tax. Official estimates, however,'are $16, 000,000 on motor cars. The proposal to put a.general tax on railroad freight is the main ques iiuii now before the committee.. 'ihe r^tl Issue said to be whether to make up the necessary balance of revenue by a tax on freight traffic or by dif fusing the tax among many lines of business. A levy on freight, it is es timated, conld produce $40,000,000 revenue, but there is considerable op position in both houses. The ques tion will be decided to morrow. oooooooo oooo??oooo ? SENATOR'S REPLY o o - .Je o In response to the telegram o o sent him Tuesday by the Ander o Ron Chamber of Commerce, ften- o o at or B. B. Till man yesterday o telegraphed to Anderson as fol. o lowsi < o o "I sympathise with Ike ?Uoy. o, o A-Bale" movement, hat prefer e o to boy in my own home tov*n. o I will do all that I can as Sen. o o aior to secure Federal aid wtth> e o in the limita of the law and safe o o flnandai policy. o ? B, B. TILLMAN? o o U. 8. Senator." o e o o o o o o o ? w o o ofi