JOT TUESDAY AND FRIDAY nc IV? ft ly, EiUbltabcd I8C0; Daily, Jan. 13, 1914, ANDERSON, S. C,TUESDAY< MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1814. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR, SENATE DEFEATS RELIEF AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY SOUTHERN SENATORS War Revenue Bill, Levying Approximately $160,000,000 Additional Taxes to Meet Emergency Caused by War in Europe, Passed-Southern Senators Fought to In definitely Postpone the Measure. THIS WOULD HAVE KILLEO BILL FOR THE PRESENT SESSION OF CONGRESS The Enlivening Contest That Marked the Passage . of the Bill Foreshadowed the End of the Long Drawn Out Session cf Congress, Which Has Kept Flags Flying Over the Capitol Almost Continuously for the Past Two Years-Agree ment Will Be Reached Between Both Houses by the Middle of the Week. (By Associated Pros.) . ,-. Highes, James. Johnson, Kern, Lewis. WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.-Tho. jfe inm^mimm ?100,900.000 ^ s?h n?:H7 ' p" lions! tfiksH .??' iseet .tho -emergency sen.. Walsh and ,Vest. caused by the war l? Europe, was The amendment or Senator Over passed by the Senate tonight, 34 to man .appropriating $6r?,96?.,598 to pay 22, alter Southern Democrats la coal!- to the Southern States tue amount ?on \rtth Republicano of th? Senate, collected as a tax on cotton after the fought to indeflntoly postpone con- Civil War was defeated, 14 to 44. Tho sideratlon orv ; the measure because amendment would have repaid tho cotton relief legislation had been de- cotton tax on the condition that the clBively ?Kjfeated. States loan It to cotton producorp.on Democratic loaders, by a supreme thTr,vfJ?i?^fh ?" o??=?? effort In the cUmaK of tho. cotton 4l7G?8e hour5 %4tho Senate followed tm gathered tffi forces, ami, sour. .Jg ??^^t?^S!!Z^ ? ring them on With eto?ont appeals ^ tn l^T^fl^^ ? ^_..r\."u.i?_r?I, rf_>?w?"j io ?ii ?c make an effort to hold up action oh ?LP?X?? ?ri ?St? ?? ir^A the'war. revenue bill should the cot the coalition In its move tundan-, t a?n?-dment5 be defeated. Admin nltoly postpone , ncUon, , .-Senators lotj.aH02 !sa?kyg --? sve-n .President Ciark?', of ?ftiuuaa?, csraitn, ot ueor- "71 __?n-i_^ "? ia^A ". . cjL,|fK a""ih r"rnii,,"- vor WI son ?wer o notified cf the situation, gla; Smith, o* f oUth Carolina, Var- p^u,,^^ oserai Burloson went to doman and White, were tho. Domo- ^," , Tl ""tv """ ""? !," eratic Senators who bought to the end 8??g?0 l? W?rk ?galnBt voting with, the ^publicans to jjost- An fc ? Q "n,,^^ had pone action. Thia would have killed ./" ' ' " , " "",,T. ? ??Eu"v" ?V " - ". . - ? 4t,-rf^-^BfcW* nt boen defeated however. Senator Hoke con?oB8 the Present session of Smith of Qeorgla> ?ochtr]n~ that the . * . , . . - Sonate has defeated a"mca-.uro vastly Despite urgent picas of Senators more Important than the war revenue Williams, .Stone, Sh^lvely and Jamos, Dn(>?? moved to lay that measure on who demandad U?lt?d Democratic ^ ?able> senator Bryan of Florida, support for a D?mocratie measure made the point of order that the mb foBtcred by the dmlnls trat ion .these tlon\ was out of order becauao tho" five Southern Senators, under a etonn Senate had agreed yesterday to bring of oratorical ? denuhWatlon persisted about Hnal disposition of the bill to . tb the lant,r tn their; determination njght. that the eM.ihoiij?/cpatain.'iome;.cot- iviCe President Marshal sustained ton relief provision.v . . thtB ?"int of order; SenaW Varda The enlivening contest that . marked man of Mississippi, then moved that the i?a????c births b!!!' foreshadowed ?hs Senate indefintely postpone oe .'ie end. of tho lofcg drawn out session tioh on: the war revenue bill. This of Congress, which, ha kept flags fly- motion wan held to he wltkin the lng over the cattai almoat continu- spirit'of the unanimous consent reso 'ous?y .for tho. po>? iwt? years. The tax intion. : Mil will go to'the. HO?BO on Monday ^ rol ?all was'-about to be taken and .wi? be ?ant tb conference. Ah when Senator J*ohn Sharp Williams of agreement on th?} .measure between Mississippi, himself a champion ot tbe^ the two houses ? .ptobably > will ' ;be eotfcon bond amendment, arose and ar-1 reached by the mlddlo of next week, yaigned his colleagues* Fro ma poal Tha Vote on ^revenue bill fol- tion In front of the Democratic so?ts lowed party Unes/With ono Exception; be faced tho Southern Senators and Senator J^^^^yV^I1;^^^^ declared that responsibility for the vOtiiiB ?Boi?st '???xa?nsdia?G?y sits?. ^^jfara'" 0f the ' entire country woj??d its passage the Senate, on "motion of T6?^ noon them if'thelr efforts should - Senatorr Simrou^s. insisted, upon it? "6cocd . ? ; w?DSlMm^ ,were: Senator* ornons. Williams; . ' (Continued on Page ?.) . Stone, Mc^umbwyW Clark, of Wyo- ---T"^~ The. jnaxinium estttiate of annual ? PLEA TO F?RMERi . revenue $107,000,000; minimum csti- / - ?????ii. - - ^S^&S^^^ REDUCE THE 1915 C . , The cotton relief amendment pro posed Tjy tho Senators from the cot- .--' ton State?,'ww-4?V^?w by a- voie ot V?- . ? ?IB?A Kt?\ tm 0 to 21. . .: And Approval of thr $150,000^00 sue of WWtM'ct. ihree-year. 4 w *T V^^ST^ ?er ' cent government ^uda, in de- , ^Q^tmort or . nominations of ?10,.??0 add $50 and -- ?100 to be;U8ed to burcbase. from pro- (By Associated Press.) ducers, 5,000.000 bales bf cotton at not MEMPHIS. Tenn.; Oct. 17.-A 'plea moro th?? If) c^g^mm.^ -y^-;^ jo the farmers of tho South to curtail Those who votod; for too amend luo?t Vf????, ;> ??? - -, per cenc fw?'suu?OVi? Of ?no ???0.00o; Rept?bltcans: Borah, CKpp and 000 fund : being- raised to. take care of Jones. . '? ^ this year's snrplus co?ion was .ex Democrats: Clarke, Arkansas{ Cul- pressed Iii resola?on? }tdopted at the bersbD. Fl?tcbe?,. i"**?* Le*? Jennee- meeUng of governor* of Sbutherh eeo; Martins, Myor*, Overman, Shep- stiles bera to4&y. The conferenoe was r < pard, Shields, Simm?ts, Smith; Geor- called by Govcmor Ootfrg? W. .a^y? ?V gia; Smith; Sout?r LCSrolina: Thom- of Arkansas, but only four executives ton, Vardaman, Wfnt? and Williams. aUeofed. Two others were yeprosent . Progressives ; ' P^l^ilexter. -, . ed: - ' .. ^ '.-v. Tw?nf^-oneD?to^ir?^it)tM Tl^oee pUsent included Gcrwnbrs .it: Aehorsi, uLmd?n,: Hitchcock, Hay?, 4>e Arkansas ; Hall, Louioiana; DECREASE IN CASH ASSETS Of National Banks m United States of $65,367,714 Since Jone 30. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-The 7,638 national banks doing business in the United States September 12 had cash assets amounting to $903,707,348, a de crease since June 30 of $66,367,714, ac cording to a report made public to night by the comptroller ot tb? cur rency. The banks reported loans and dis counts of $6,400,767,386 and indivi dual deposits of $1,060,322,072 with surplus of $724,138,610. The assets and liabilities amounted to $11,483, 629.496. From June 30 individual de posits decreased $129,611,160j but gained $377,741,648 over August 9, ,1913./ The report showed reserves in some cities below requirements but in many others abovo the legal amounts. In connection with the report the comptroller mode -public a letter to the President announcing that amounts advanced by banks to the $100,0*00,000 gold pool to relieve the foreign exchange market Is not to bc counted as part of their reserves. SLTKFME CO?'HT AFFIRMS VERDICT Of Richland County Court In Case of Black TS. Columbia State. COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 17.-The Su (Spcclal to The Intelligencer.) prcmo Court, In a decision today af firmed thc verdict of Richland County court in the case of E. O. Black against Tho State, a newspaper, of Columbia. Tho verdict waa $6,000 for alleged damages. . PEACE BETWEEN TWO STATESMEN Pres* W?*** s?a Col Kii??ry Wal terson Will Pledge Friendship j In White House Today. . : i ' (Bjr Associated Pi-esa.) ' WA18H?NOTON. Oct 17.-Peace . be twe?u* s id eui. -Wilson. and Colonel Henry Watterson, editor of tne Louis ville Couribf-.TouroBL]; was, assured ,*o-. night Tom of ro'.v the fl tutu am eu will pledge ifeldshlpjn. the Whitehouse. . ; Colonel-^faitor?on. arrived fa Wash ington, late ..today.- and- ? arrangements were mada. for him to lunch with tba President tom ar roiy. From tho man ner in which the Colonei-accentedi the invitation, it was-evident, the breach Whi$U gave rise td his attacks on Mr. Wilson , as tho. Democratic .nominee will j be i^tlrely.healed.' , . , Ti-o rn ES tit; g between Colonel Wat terson and. the President will- be -the first' sin?a tho Manhattan, club dinner in r^ew York in-i?i2 wnen tile bresk between them occurred. ' ' It appears that indirect peace nego tiations between the President and Mr. Watf^nsoa'nere opened after Mrs. Wilson's death when Colonel Watter son wrote a touching tribute to Mrs. Wilson in tho editorial columns ot his papei. The President was deeply af fected wud warmly thanked the au thor. An sxchango of letters followed in which \Mr. Wilson asked Colonel Watterson, ty visit him in tb? White House! s -' .*":got jonmern.. states* Crower, Mississippi, nnd Blesse. South Carolina; North Cat Mina wa? repre sontwd by tV W^Poe of the state agri cultural d?partaient, Raliegh and Ten nessee bv State Senator J. Ti. -John sohlous of Paris. Gqvet$o^ Blesse r^^uth^aro?Mt that the wefting go ou record ?? fav oring legislation bx the States prowl ing for. restriction of cotton acreage. He. ?aid ho would go before the South Carolina legislature and demand ?ooh a law, insisting it wa? the only means, ?^vt?g'lb? Southern cotton grow?? from' starvation eext year. COMMITTEE M?S ABOUT AGREED UPON BILL TO MEET EMER GENCY BROUGHT ABOUT BY PRICE OF COTTON $25,000,000 IN BQNDS i-A-i To Be biued Is ffce Pita,- Stets Reserving Right lo Call Them in at Any Time. (Special to The Intelligencer.) COLUMBIA, Oct. A canvass of the situation develops that the* special sub-committee of five ot the select committee from the Senate and House haB about agreed upon a bill to bo in troduced in the General Assembly early next week to meet the emergen cy brought about by the low pr leo of cotton. There aro three members from the Senate and two from tho ?House on the sub-commlttco. Solicitors;''. Henry and Cooper have been co-operating with the committee. Several sessions have boen held when the various plans have boen considered.*. Hie general plan, it is said, ia tolte ouu 'Stale hondo not to exceed $2.5, 000,000 for (Ive years at 5 por cent, the State reserving the right lp call these in at any timo. Thlsfund will be used as .far as possible to" take over one third of the crop in each county of the State, and thereby relieve the market of distressed cotton.; The g?nererprcK" position, said to have been '. agreed upon, is either to buy tho cotton out right, the amount to bc paid out of the bonds at a price vtojbj?' Axed,,? oratio! make a loan, under conditions to be fixed. The second proposition; said to hav? boen decided upon by .the com mittee. ' pr?vidos for.? r?dlc?'/reduc tion' of acreage on the' part of the per son'selling thc cotton': or securing a joas^Rs.vmoa# w?K -va ioauoa to owaorB..pu .tho.-bssf^mjUeoma valuo, yet to be ?etermi??V The loan is to be carried fd? tvo vo&r? unless cot ton reaches a price lc .bo Axed by the State authorities and agreed upon on tho terms.of the-loan, -This also would contain a. .condition of radical reduc tion' of acreage. This proposition while regarded as radical-is considered pus? Uflable. by tho- emergency which ex ists ?and. like acreage reduction la not ?without' precedent in'South Carolina, according to many in . touch with the ! situation. ! . "Cotton in 18?&, in the city of ! Charleston'Vsafd W. F. Stevenson, Vuuiubui'n Ol ijiu H???? ?f?i? Chester field, "was practically destroyed by fire.'Hie legislature'by an act, found pace 157 tn ifii. Sevesth 'Statutes, at I large provided for a nlssue of 92,000, 000 bf State bonds to be sold hy the Stats 'Bank and the proceeds loaned to owners ot lota in Charleston for tho puntosa of rebuilding their properties. Tho; act was carried out and in our ?State debt, of,'today there ls about $30(T.O0O of those bond* which were re funded under tho consolidation act and subsequently funded in Brown consols and always recognised as good as gold and valid obligation's oi the State. The bonds Were/ adjudged as valid obligations of the State in the bond "cases. Only the wreck of the war prevented their being paid in full, and we understood that the bonds and mortgages taken for these loans were practically all paid. Cotton is a much ?more bankable asset than real estate, ".j ?* C&u ira cuilToncu lillie u .-: more quickly Into cash. Steamer * Noordam bailed From New York Oct. 6? Strack m Mine in English v Channel. ?? ;. -_ (By Associated vPresS) NEW YOW?, Oct i7.^-Word was re. ceived at the Hoboken offices of Ute Ho;3and-Ame rican line today that the steamer Noordani, which1 sailed tor.! Rotterdam ?n October 8; with ninety passengers, had been hold up in tho English channel by four (British crul- j Sers and conveyed to Falmouth. It was assumed, here that tho Noordam was proceeding from Falmouth after hav ing been released by tho BritIsh auth orlUes when ehe B?ruck a mino. LONDON, Oct 18.-~Tne Noordam ls steaming slowly to Nieuwe. Holland, according to late advices to Lloyds from Amsterdam. Th* Noordam, which is commanded by Lieutenant Krol, ot the Netherlahd n_oy*! Naval ??cssrrc, ?s?? Kew Turi October 6> bound for Rotterdam with a number of first and second cabin and steersge passenger* ;, The Noordam is of 7,878 tons, net, and BOO feet long. She was built at Belfast in 1802. On her previous east ward trips tho ?nor was diverted from her course by a Brit?sh washlp ah* ! taken to Queenstown where l&S Oer- ; maa and Austrian reserves were tah;-; en off. MUST RESPECT RIGHTS OF. ? S. Says Chairman of Foreign Rela tions Committee in a Speech in the Senate. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.-Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign rela tions committee, today made a speech in the Senate warning belligerent na tions to respect the rights of the United States as a neutral nation. "When we are performing our-duty," be said, "to maintain neutrality, na tions involved In war should be very careful lo recognize our rights and to keep faith with UH. If they fail to do so, then the responsibility of violat ing the rights of a neutral power will rest upon their heads." The Missouri Senator spoke after Senator Thomas, of Colorado, had read to the Senate a letter he had re- ! ceived . from R. W. Patterson, a pas senger aboard the United Fruit Co's, vessel Metapan. The letter set forth that on October 4, ofter tho Metapan had changed from British to American registry she waB halted by the Franck cruiser Condo while plying between two Colombian ports, boarded by French officers and five Germans aboard the Metapan were compelled to sign paroles promising not to serve against the Allies. The lettor- said that an American consul who waa on board bad flied, a report of the Inci dent to the State Department, r Acting Secretary Lansing said he knew nothing of the details of the in cident and would not pasB Judgment on IL Other department officials do not Bee at present how tho'case can come officially before them unless the managers of the steamship line make lt ah issue. ?DEFEATEDWITH HEAVY LOSSES I ? v . ? Maytoren-. Disregards Armistice Fixed by Asnas Calientes ! Conference. (By Associated Press.) Naco, Aria.,* Oct. 17.-Maytorena forces, partisans of tho Villa faction j in the Mexican . imbroglio, - it . waa ieamed todayf were defeated with heavy losses during their attack on Naco, Sonora, last night and carly to day. Maytorena, it ls said, not only dis regarded the armistice fixed by ibo Aguas Calientes conference, but at tacked the Mexican town from dU? south although he previously had as sured American officials that Jio had given ordere to prevent fire gainst the American town. Bu lie ID from the rifles of the in dians who hurled themselves against tho entrenchments of the Carranea ; forces under General Hill struck in this village. Seven' persons were wounded, Including four negro troop ers of the Ninth United States cav |alry. ?M'-i The American soldiers crouched behind boiler plate fortifications Strung along the American side of tho boundary aa the bullets pattered jsganst the steel. .Two of the most seriously wound ed troopers neither of whom ls ex pected to live, were sent to the army j hospital at Fort Kuachuca. Broke American Record. D?S MOINES, Ia., ? Oct. 17,-W. C. Robinson, Grinnell. Ia., aviator, today flew 366vmlles. The American record for continuous bight waa 284 miles, made by C. Marvin Wood on August 9. 1913. Robinson started for Chicago, ??tgegaetwi by a niora?..._ I ANDERSON POSTMA BEEN GIVER -: . . .. j Congressman Aiken Says He Has Relief for Cotton Grower* H * Consider! ...... .". ." (Special to The Intelligencer.) WASHINGTON, Oct 17.-While On ly a little over seven weeks ol the tenn ot tb! present postmaster at An derson remain, lt is understood that the p?9tof flee department has given no consideration whatever to the selec tion of a postmaster for the four year term beginning December 13. In ihe natural course of affairs Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Roper wftV throngh tho postmaster gener al, mako recommendation to'tifePrt** ident cf a cltlsen of Anderson for the position, and tho President will make the appointment Mr. Roper will/ bf course, consult with Repreaentaotive Wyatt Aiken, of the Third XHatrict. cs. to the nomination; Mr. Aiken states that ? while . ther? are several candi? I dates for tho place, ali, ot whom are EACH DAY BRINGS THE WAR NEARER HOMETO ENGLAND Germans Would Consider it a Great Vidlory to Reach the Coasl of France and "Hold the Pistol at England's Head," arid Are Bringing up Strong Reinforcements to Strive to Achieve This Object ALLIES WILL BE ASSISTED BY BRITISH SHIPS WHEN FIGHTING IS NEARER COAST British Have Revenged Sinking of Cruiser Hawke With a Swift Descent Upon Four German Tor pedo Boat Destroyers? Which They Sent lo the Bottom With 400 Germans-Allies Bringing Up Reinforcements, Which Makes it Certain a Great Battle Must Be Fought Before Either Side Gives Ground. (By Associated Presa.) ? Whllo the art?len-?of th?- AUIea and the - Germ?h .lavadora Are preparing fof ?battle their-mighty ^ines;- Btretchr Inp from tho Belgian coast southward tho ships of war In tho North Sea again aro showing activity. The British Have revenged tho sinking ot the cruiser Hawke by a German sub marine with a swift doscont upon four German ' ttorpedo boat destroyers, which thoy.sent to tho bottom. Captain Cecil H. Fox, who was com mander of the cruiser Amphion, de stroyed by a German mine on August 4; was. in command of the light cruis er Undaunted and tho four British torpedo boat .destroyers Lance,. Len nox, Legion and Loyal, which eh gagsd tho .Germans off the Butch coast. The battle must have been fast .for tho British had only one of ficer and' four, men wounded, while tho'official, report issued by the ad miralty says 31 survivors pf tho Gor man destroyers are prisoners of war. Thts would moan that nearly. 400 Qnrninn.. wont llnwn wittl tllf'lr uliipH Ip the land -fighting the British troops hnvo captured -Fromelles, an Independent position southwest of Lille, oh the French left, while tho French commander has beon receiv ing aid from sailors of the French fleet on the important, strategic posi tion between Ypres and the sea. The French Bailors are said to have re pulsed a German attack and captured detachments of cavalry and Infantry* Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the British admiralty, de clarcB that the sending of the British naval brigades to Antwerp was . part bf a large operation for the relier ot tho city ad that their BrltlBh with drawal was not because of any attack Sy tao Gormans, but "In obedience 'to the gcnoral strategic situation." That tho Germans are trying to move down the North Sea coast to Dunkirk and Lalals is certln. but Just how far south of Ostend thoy have ^.gun fighting . in the nelgh!bh>hbjq kirk ate not ge*erWljjnt?ra Tho HollaRd-Ameriean iliag? dam, wnieh left Now YorfcV?btooer 6 and w?a reported to havo reached Falmouth October 15, has been dam aged by a mine 1 the North Sea and is .believed to be proceeding to Rot terdam. The message convoying this information said that seven persons aboard tho Noordam were Injured by the explosion. ' ' \\- ? The latest British casualty list In cludes among .the killed Major Gen erat Hubert T. W. Hamiltpn, who was clonoly associated with Field Marshs! Kitchener, In South Africa and India. STERSH?P HAS Been JO Busy . Trying to Secure e Has Not Had Ham Even to lie Matter. ~ worthy citlseoa. he has not made any decidion, and has not even had time to consider the matter. -His .Interest1 in securing legislation for the relief of the cotton situation at tho ; South bis occupied him almost exclusively, for several weeeks. Mr. Aiken ls one of thori?i who are not at all willing that Congress should adjourn without some definite, affirm ative action on this subject, and lt is abparent that sitter some compro mise on .the subject will hare.to be. passe*?, or the session may continue until tho convening of the next regular session on tho first Monday in Bec? ember. Certain Senators have Inti mated that there :may he serlott* deadlock, unless something ls .done, but the next few. days will probably determino th* ib?ttcr. LONDON, Oct 17. -rToday , thn-a was a naval battle off - ; the Dutch , coast in which a British cruis er and four " destroyers sank four German destroyers, while OR land the German troops reached the coast of Belgium, lesB than 70 miles from Dover. They aro about to at tempt a march Southward to Dunkirk and Ca?u?p, which are evori oioser to - the English const ..'.. >; It Is here, in west Fieodero and scrota the French frontter* tn Paa-de Calais, that the heaviest and most Im portant fighting Is now going on. Ac cording to tho French official com munication " issued this afternoon, the Germans have not advanced be yond the line running from Ostend to Thourout, Routers and Menin. Tho last mentioned place is Just oh ; tho ' border north of Lille, which tho Ger mans occupied some - da^v ago, but V which, acording tb tho ' unconfirmed report, they have been compelled to abandon. French Meei With Success. The filled lino In thia regl?n runs from a point on the coast which has not been disclosed^ For th? moment v Arras Ja the scene of tho' mast per?? *? sis tent fighting. The Gcrtn&UB }< are ' trying to break through tt> tho Calala railway, whllo. the FVcbply are at tempting to push tho German front to the northeast In this fighting the French appear to have met with eomo . success, as they announce * that they have occupied Flenrbnir.-' and also have' taken the immediate.approaches < to Armentieres. At Arrs^.tnsy; ,'el?im they are. continuing to gain ground. Ifni Strive to Reach France. The fighting han only commenced In this district, for tho . Germane would consider It a groat victory to reach the . oast ot FriisSce and "hold the r. pktc? at England's head" ?nd 1 they have brought un. Stenn* rain? \V forcements ; and ?wlli'v:tt?j^r^^V^U.' : their m'wai to achieve ihm .object. Their official report issued1 tbla after noon, says that no ; events ; Ot .'Impor tance haye happened, bat' 'as they await important victo?leb before making day onnouncemett this does not mean thoro ha? bean no fighting. British 8Wp? WM^???p. . The Ai?es also, can brm K rup rein forcements on land and hare been doing so, which makes, ' li? ?art?ln a grent battle must be foughtt before either side gives gf^C^;Wav^R(s?^K: will be ablated bx \^y:'S^^-?^?S1^ i. .Along., the'/'oo?ter, v;.*rbte&V..; stretches from Roye to :? fMvJwu therb aUoears tb bs^e bSefe* ; Juli (Continued on Page 8.); J