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TUESDAY ?ND FRIDAY ^ Weekly, EstobUfiied lew; DaDr, Iu.lt, MIL ANDERSON, S. G, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1914. PRICE 11.50 THE YEAR, MOST PICTURESQUE BATTLE EVER FOUGHT SENDS MANY THOUSANDS Will Aid R?ghfc Wing in Trying to Force Its Way] . Through Most Important Territory in North ern Belgium-Immense Armies Continue to Hammer Each Other in Both East and West. THE TROOPS OF FIVE NATIONS ABE FIGHTING Situation Along North Sea Coast Appears to Have Changed Bot Lif-j tie in Last Fe-v Days-Both Sides Claim Success in a Battle In Which There Were so Many Victims That the Germans ' Asked for a Truce to Bary, Their Dead. < (By Associated Press:) armies of the belligerent powers eon Tho situation atong tho North Sea "nnb to hammer at each otker. cease coast and for many miles to the Sou^ lossly on lines extending from the appears lo have'-changed little in tho North sea to tho Swiss frontier ,m last few* daye:^ Vjbntinuiitlon. of tho the west and from the Baltic sea to great battle" that baa ; been4 ih" progress the Carpathians in the east. The.net since the Gormans essayed their ad- result, however, eo far as can bc vance on tho coast toward' Wench sea- judged from official reports tBBued to ports,,li* reported in-official dispatches night hi that they gain a little hero and apparently the fire of thc oppos- only to IOBO a little .elsewhere, log forci)3 IR becoming moro deapernto A commander-in-chief 1B tho only |h^ a"d ' c?u?t0P ??p m 'od^ r : ' '^l^'-^?^?li^^&^i^ilik??' but tt ?'.'certain that up to this even?. ' ' t?? :??mS?,?f Piefeo. territory ing none of tho arml03 hon succeeded v nibly;British^hiVe- been brought up.?r ^f&^S bSen BO?,g to Aid the allied -armies. Fipn fdr so many weeks. The latest Fronoh official commun!- Germans Made Progress, cation declares ali-attacks of tho Ger- The Germans have taken the ofTen ,. mans from tho North Sea to > the sive against both -the- right wing, of south of Arras havo boen repulsed, the Allied anny which rests on the .which is a more optimistic view from sea, and that part of tho French army the. French standpoint thaw that ox- defending the lino ot fortifications pressed In-an earlier announcement between Vordun and Tout. In , the that the Gormans hnd- mad o'head way former operations In which every ascertain points. ? .' German soldier at the command ot In addition, the Sronch h^ve occu- the office ra in Belgium is taking part the French report admits that the .'.Si^?F?^^ progresa at ?^ffiti*?S???^ ?n"1T,9 8ome points, but declaren that at eth la? ? ??ra tte Allie, have, Mea ^- rr riic The British, sad TFren?h warships c688T1- '&??: continue to pour shells into, the Ger- " . ~Hr^\)r. i ^T?. .joan ranks sud. the <3ermans are " 1? evident that along the coast guarding points along the coa?t to be the . Germans have found it difficult ready for a possible BrltlBu landing, to advance in the face or the hard . A German Buhnmrinn hun l?n aitnV' fighting force drawn, along tho Yaar off the Dutch coaat by the British des-}Canal aided by the British and French , troyer Dadgor. Tho ofdclal announce-1 ships which are bomdarding them ment of tbla^inpident gives no details > from tho sea. It probably is the most but say? tho Badger's;bow was dam- picturesque battle ever fought On aged when ehe rammed tho submarine shore the troops of five nations are which ls believed to haye been at-; fighting-the Austrians, and Germans tempting a torpedo attack. oh; one Bide and the French, Belgian Berlin officially reports that GeY- and "British on the other, man foi ces WWerossed tho YBer ca- At s?a, British monitors, gunboato. nal where tor several.days past the dostroyers and submarines aro flght ? ?k? -^-1- >.Btr.un? mg eldo by side with French warships f^J^^'^^^l^^^i while-, at the same time they are ^oe io^rmZ?lft ??v'? mg subjected to attack by German vp?V?r?2^ Bumarlncs and oirshlpB. Mst in Uifa^Se?n^v * ? " Warships Not Damaged. In1 the easterntheatre Busala BC Tfius far tho warships have had the V?l repris **"Z '?f? ^?^S v grail/ ta' *r**siag hard the Austrian ported to have inflicted terrible Iosa arple's a?d^mai?s., which are re- ?8 on the Germans trying to, advance ported^ campaign in the east I a. being waged ?a?f?red little or no damage and have fqrlo?s^^^ agree that the annies are lu the clos- Trnluloa/js .of Wounded, est.s contact .|nd ? arie coming to hand Around LiU?, which th? Germans to hand encounters at many points.' hold, there have been unusual flucta All 5 the ftghttt??, however; ii balng/Uons, the Freneh gaining in one area done in Poland aVd Galicia, : white and the Germans in another not far seemingly ;.e?B^Pj^ mnco '^^^^S-ycffl^ imn.c=^j v (Continued on Page 5.) (By Associated Presa) . ' ot the night but oven then tho arttl PARIS,;Qc??:;24. <il:? p. ntV^-The lery; pf b&?^ armies kept wj^'a contltt hardest bngagemerii since the war be- dous duel. gan ts on frbnv'th? coast down to Af- The Germana at this point appeared . ras. Tbi prli?olpa?' Scene .ot conflict to have ah Inexhaustible; supply of is T*??*?a?:. virt??llv'Amri?n- mon wh?ra they dhl not aparo. Whore atmg Lille, whare tho German troops in thar, iell, twp seemed to fill the throw themBBlveS in masses against gap. the Allies. Fdr tho most part British The - Allies, however, repulsed the troops are jeagaged here. Gormans whenever they pushed a tor BoUy^daf^r^i*^*^ TheBlsokA. , ^ t?d B?y?t Irish reg- , Thd: battle. a)ohg the Belgian fron lments havt - MdT^' tte^ ildekest ' ot ties is bf the most violent ebaracter.' the fixating' ^ jd theBfi?lih casualty According to tatest advices from the list ia heavy, Nalthodgh smaller than front the Algies are holding taler own. - - that of (th* Germana who encountered The Belgians in their eheonnter with ' them in solid .formation. . j. the Germans have thrust the Invaders tltt^J(al.'lw;ttei^ Wok/Md-at pita in the Conflict alnce Fridsy-morn-iii? 1,700 German dead were found on SBBw^fog except ' ?wUtft ' the darkest-hows tho field. Red Cross Arrives Carrying 154 American Nurses and Doctors for European Battle Fields. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK. Oct 24-The steamer Red Cross, which Bailed from New York early in September with 164 American nurses and doctors for ?European .battle fields, reached port today with four members of her crew j confined In the brig for fighting. Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, U. S.j N., retired, who went aboard the Red] Cross at Falmouth aa-head of tho ex pedition, said ill feeling had existed among members of tho crew both on the voyage over and back. Fighting occurred between - the white and ne uro sailors picked up nt short notice in New York. The men in' tho brig were all whi*,c and wero charged with insubordination. Tho particular of fenpc attributed to them was a fight wi'Jx negroes. . The Red Cross, according to Ad miral Ward, had a.difficult timo dodg tu& 'mines in tito English Channel and { from, ono had a narrow encapo. Indian Troops Still At Foot of Mountains] (By Associated Press.) - ?ACO, ?F.dS;,; Oct. 24.--Atthough a truce was declared yesterday be tween Governor. May tor on a of Sonora; attacking thc Moxican town of Naco, nnd general Hill's besieging Carran ga' troops/ May lorena's Yaqui Ir/ di?ns aro reported ?till at the foot of tho mountain ' south . of here, al though they had promised to with-, draw- . ? . HFi n QiTiinnivi Secretary McAdoo Will Leave! Opening of Reserve Banks to > ' tbs Boara? (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, O?t 24.-Treasury officials ; today conferred again. with Sir Gebrgp Parish and Basil B. Blan kets Great Britain's ananda! repre sentatives, over the foreign exchange problem. Several prominent^New York bankers were present at the confer ence Which after a long discussion adjourned until Friday. It was announced that no formal ac tion had been taken. More'information ls Aosuyu ,?v. guid? iis? conferees. It became known tonight the feder al reserve. Leard had decided to leave the date of opening of the twelve -r? serve banks to Secretary McAdoo. It waB pointed out tonight that with the banks open, ono way to take care of American d?otn abroad would bo pre sented. Sir George Parish already has stghlOsd the probable willingness ol English creditors to take American Bh ort .tune- paper; endorsed by federal reservo banks. Return Trip Takes on ! (By Associated Press.) CUMBERLAND, Md., Oct 24:- Be turnlbg from Pittsburg to Washing ton today through Pennsylvania, West VIrfBua*nd MarylsM.;president Wit son was Torced to ?ive p compaign at mosphere to the trip by crowds which cheered until he appeared on the plat form' of his car. The President opoko briefly, at Mckeesport. Braddock, Pen na, Cobnellsville, Penn., and other towns-but did no$. touch on. politics. He expressed pleasure at the news of the adjournment of Congress;: s%. W?son shook, hands at every /until the train pulled out '-'How, ?rou. itt tho jgallory.", ho called to pa trip of a aearby .freight car la town; P?an General Attack t? > ; On November First (By Assoclripd Press.) SEATTLE, WA??H., Oct 24l-The Japanese liner Awa . Maru v brings ?own :th?t the Japanese and British iav??Ug Tslug-T^u, t?e German> fprt yess^SS Kl*o-Chow;:&y>;??!^-?.3cn~ ?ra? attache on -November 1. the; Jsp anese emperor's . birthday.. annlvcr? y. ' The' British troops ccVpslat ot h South Wales borderer* and'?er? rt hundred Indl?M -auldlers, jl^nmhip Bailings he tween Japan I and . Auatrslm have been cancelled.' ?".>?'" CONGRESS HAS ADJOURNED AFTER BEj&G IN SESSION NlrJETECN MONTHS CLARK IKS ALL Estraordina?y When (By ABSo?inteil Press.) WA8mttG$bf? Oct 24.-After be ing in continuous session sine? the inauguration ''"bf jWocd'row Wilson, a period of nearly; io months, tho 63rd congress adjb/?r^ed its second ses-i sion today whea^'prolongcd efforts to*! procure cotton., relief legislation flnal-| ly collapsed.''''.Leaders in this move-! ment agreed:;'t?/adjourn only on con dition that pending cotton measure^ would hayo Tight -of way when con gress reconvene^ December 7. Not moro tffan iii) m ember B of the; .houBe and le??_ than a quorum .of the ? senate were present when the ga .elsi fell on adjournment without date. (lark thanks Member H. ? v As the altcS-od^ hands of the house ? clock drew, n^4 and the senate, was; Winding-s^UBt"r|executt\'o business,: Speaker -Clar&.aifa8o at hla desk and, facing tho ' ^?trfei'ed att?ndnnco on j 3'his is'ttjfe;ingest and most1 la oua eontMn.. that congress over has - known, ^.congratulate you ,inost h^fUiy v?n i^J^ablo tA adjourn at lastl. I wJ??f^'?thank every moniber ?mM&kS?t?^P'^r^- Republican. .^^?g^ilS^-Jrtd-?po?dent-^for uniform courtesy shown' to the Bpbak er. Now, in the language bf Tiny Tim,' dod thiess us every one."* Tho se nato's adjournment probably! was the most ncrtemoPHtrativo in its I history. Democratic leaders and -, a ! few Republicana ware sitting behind closed doors confirming nominations! when word i came that, the house 'had passed tho i adjournment resolution. Majority Leader Kern at once, moved to open the doors. When this was ordered the doorkeeper ??t the clock ahead and Senator Swanson of Vir ginia, pres ding in.the absence of the vico preai -lort, and President Pro Tempore C'a ko .announced that the senate was adjourned. The few re maining senators hurried from the chamber. Extraordinary Session. In announcing abandonment ' of their filibuster for cotton' legislation, after a conference with other South? ern -senators and representatives, -Sen ator Smith of Georgia and Reoresen ! ?atiye Henry of Texas said lt was ap ! patent no quorum could be procured and farther obstructivo tactics might injure chapees . of ultimate success. Representative Henry predicted con gress Would. be convened tn extraor dinary cession by the middle of No vember, when the fight could bo re sumed. Senator Smith Introduced a bill for a ; $2$0,000,00f> > government bond, issue to hr. v cotton and-declar ed: "We have done all wa could for the suffering people of the South. We have had our.-day In court! for this session and J would have no .excuse for tart??k filibustering at this ?line. I shalt feel I have done my d?tjrIty supply yoting agata'tVthe" adjourn* ment resolution. '' -J? To iar?frtigate Conditions. The house adopted a resolution au thorlxtng the ?pppintment of a Ibm Uilttee -to/ Investigate cotton condi tions la the South and roport possi ble mcaauroB foi federal aid by De cember ;i5; On tho committee. were Representativos Mann, Austin, Henry, Lever, Heflln, Boll, pf Georgia, and Langley. V'-V With the r?turn of President Wil son h?r?vfrom Pittsburgh tonight it became known- ?hat predictions of an extra session of congress in Novem ber ;to consider cotton relief legisla tion, were not made eh the authority of Mr/Wilson. Omciats close to the pressent Bald be would not calf an extra weston. Predicted, I Legislation Resumed. Mayo*- GrfifUh Names Three men to do Police Daly Dw : ': hag State Fair. J-;' ; . . ' " ' ? Special tc The Intelligencer. COLUMBIA, 8. C.,'Oct. M.-Ac upon, petition of the Columbia I~ Suffrage League, Mayor Griffith - - named throe police-women"for . duty during tho fair. ' China Is Protesting Against Presence of Japanese j Forces in China--Restrains Soldiers From Overt Acts. (By Associated Press.) PEKING, Oct. 24^-Hostllo lncl ! dents between tbe Chinese and Japa neses continue. China is protesting! against thc presence of Japanese forces In China but restrains Us sol-j diera from overt acts. ? The lateBt concerns the Japanese ?seizure o? the German torpedo boat ?destroyer S-90 which sank the Japa anese cruiser Takochlho and then was run up on .the Chinese coast j ' south of Tslng-Tau. The ChincBO au I thor!ties took possession of her but I the Japaneso drove the Chinese away. Herr von Maltzan, German minis ter in Peking, has protested to the I foreign oHlce against the Interning of tho S-90 crow by China, contend-! ?lng that the Chinese government hat) \ permitted Japanese soldiers to land! ?upon her territory without taking| them under arrest,. i Recess Pending the Arrival of Delegates ] I (By Associated Press.) ' i MEXICO CITY, Oct. 24.-An unof [flcial report here today ?aid tho Aguas Callentes convention, has - recessed temporarily' ponding arrival of the papata . dolegatoo.' Apparently relia ble reports indicate tba convention has lashed orders-to several military men and that this action is looked upon as offensive' by Carranza, who instructed all chiefs to roccgntzo no orders' unless issue by hjmaolf. I Carranza Has Indicated ma Un?! wil&gssss to Abide by De w*1'?! Cf Ci (By Associated Pr o BB.) WASHINGTON^ Oct. 24.-With the arrival at th* Aguas Calientas nation al convention tomorrow or Monday of twenty-elgth Zapata delegates the Question of the retirement of General Carranza , as first chief of the Mexi can Constitutionalists will bo taken up. This was reported In otil?la! , ad vices to the American government to As Carranza has Indicated ah unwil lingness to1? abide by the decision ot the convention, American administra tion officials ar? keenly interested in tho discussions. . . A new complication in the Mexican situation arose tonight in a statement issued by Rafael Zubaran, head of the I Carranza agency here, declaring "the Mexican customs henceforth neither will admit nor acknowledge tho val idity or authorization of any ot the 1 acts of Francisco Urqutdl in tho of Aci al capacity of Mexican conau; general Iii, New York." V Mr. TTrquidl was called on bV.Car ranta tb. resign, hut, in a published statement declared hs teak bia Cigars from the convention Instead of Car ranza. - . Son Born to Qr.isn Victoria cf Spion] ? ' * : (By Associated Press.)" ' MADRID. Oct- 24.-(Via Pf-ris-l 11:40 ?.' m)-Ar son was ber tv this 1 morning to Queen Victoria, of LV>aIn. Tho. -qu??n of Spain Is a , grand daughter of the. late Queen Victoria I of England. The son born today ts I her sixth child,'the oUiers being three sons and two daughters. Pressing Armies Of Enenw in Retreat (By Associated Preos.) . PETROGRAD,'Ont. 24.-An. official communication issued: by Russian general headquarters tonight stjysi-f: 1 "Our troops , beyond the Vista?jtee, pressing the armies of the enemy in retreat. North .ot tbe Pilitza river the Germans, ar? offering only feeble, re sistance. They have been driven back aa far ns Sklernlewice. wSo?th of the PIM** on the roads to Radom. we bavo forced the Auatro Gertian troops to engage Ina serious bliflto.** ' . .. MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE BOARD APPROVE PLAN After Weeks of Negotiation Between Bankers and Members of the Federal Reserve Board a Plan is Agreed on by Which a Fund of $135,000,000 Will Be Raised to Ex tend Aid to Cotton Producers. LOANS HOE ON COTTON AT 6 GENTS A POUND New York Rankers Agree to Subscribe $50,000,000 Provided Cities In Nen'Cotton Producing Stetes Will Take That Amount. TutRemaining $35,000,000 to Be Provided ' ' j By Cotton States. (By Associated Pr?as.) 1 condition, that an additional $50,000,- . WASHINGTON, Oct- 24.- After OOO ?hall. be subscribed by cities In weeks of negotiation between bankers non-cotton producing States. Tho re> and Federal reserve board members a malning $3D,0o0,000 is to bo provided tentativo agreement w?s rachel to- by thg cotton States. ' - night when the board virtually appro v- .' Money Loaned on Cotton, od a plan by which a fund of $13G,-i "The. new plan contemplates the 000,000 will be ratBod to care for the loaning of money on cotton at 0 cents surplus cotton crop and extend aid a pound and at on interest/rate not to cotton producers: Tho plan ia slight- exceeding 6 per cent for ? period ot ly different ?rom that originally pro- one year with the privilege-ot-renew P??vd. but loans will bojnedo on cot- for on additional vW^t**?* ?onths. Tl?i resorve hoard ivili have dlrocl borrowens!^^ supervision of the flund but probably, ?he ?mount tweed ?tt? is fiak-5 will operate through a com?BUiee. of which is to bo called tho gnaranteo . bankers and business men. y; , fund and which lo to bo ustfd excln All details of the pian were made siv,ely Air paying tho necessary oz- < have agreed to $B0,O00,O00shrdluBhr penses of administraron, which it is have agreed to subscribe $60,000,000,-. estimated will not exceed * ono-eighth OOQ to the fund and Southern banka of ono per cent and the remainder to are countsd oh for $35,000,000,000 be used to make good any losses which more. The/remaining $50,000,000 ls to may be incurred on loans that may bo be raised lu non-cotton , producing made on. cotton at the Stipulated rate States. of 0 cents per pound. Upon the con Oatllne of Plan, elusion of the : whole, transaction the Secretary McAdoo outlined the plan amount ot money left ta1 the guarantee tonight In the following statement: . tan? wm uv * ??urum? pru rai? to ?io "The Federal reserve board today borrowers. continued consideration of plans for Imm?diate Action, relief of the cotton situation, giving "It ls hoped that responses may be ap oe lal attention to a plan suggested received from the ban Ver fl of tho lead by Albert H. Wingin, J. 8. Alexander, lng cities ea?-Iy nest woelc If favor A. J. Homphlll and William Woodward, aldo the plan will bc put into Immcdl of New York, and Fes tu B J. Wade of ate execution. In that case tho cotton St. Louis, f?r the raising of s cotton lesa fur,J w?l? b? n?Lu?inoiurc? under loan fund aggregating $135,000,000.? the general direcUon of a central com Thls plan has been evolved from that mutee of the individual members ot originally proposed by Mr. Wade. Full the federal reserve board? which com doLailH cannotvbe elven ont until it ls mittee will, in turn, annolnt a com- : submitted to bankers in leading finan- mittee to bo known aa the 'cbtton loan ciel centers to aicertaln whether or committee,' and which will have actu not they will support lt, lt has been al management of the'fund, approved tentatively by the Federal "The plan in Its new form is moro reserve board and bankers in the lead- practical than any thin* heretofore lng financial cities will be asked im- presented and it is hoped the reQulslte mediately to subscribe tho. necessary amount may bo promptly subscribed amount New York city bankers have that the plan me bo put into imracdi agreed to subscribe $50,000,000 upon late operation." , 15,000 Drowned; 30,000 Killed and Wounded (By Associated Press.) ' LONDON. Oct 25.-(2:05 a.. m. The. Sunday Observer -prints "a : dis patch; from the department of Pas de Calais, France; saying that the cut ting of the dykes, southeast of Dix mude drowned jnany- Germana. Some estimates place the German losses there at 5,000 drowned besides 30,000 killed and wounded. This may give some hint, tho dispatch adds, of what is meant when it is declared fighting in this region : is the most desperate of the war. Annual Mee^ng of urns (By Associated^ f,TMS.): NEW YORK, Oct ???^W?.annttg?' meeting of the F?d?ra! league ad-. Journed tonight. .'We-jspiMit the greater part of the da^dls'ottsjiing. e> nanclal and legal matters ofa prir vate nature," President ^fillmore said afterwards. "I can say positively : the Federal league will cohttnue ifs course with assurance giren UB today aa .to substantial financial.backing. The les'duo circuit ;re?naih? aa ;last; season wat If it is tittil d?sirable io make a change theeSe^tte1 commit-, tee will attend to that". , WANT ASStJRANCES THAT COTTON SHIPMENTS WILL NOT BE D?T?INEP . ? :. ' . (By Associated Press.) Informal vneg??atim WASHINGTON, Oct, '24 -Senators prevention . of soch occurrences:>?M; ^ 1 c., apecioc assurances, ott which, mattae. from the cotton States today asked lq8Ur?nce companies can safely U A"*ing Sanfotaf r of Huto Lansing to aim Kn!?c!esF is," . SO^T "SlU obtain assurances from the' heiliger- bo sought from the . bo?igsr??t pow ent nations of Europe that ; shipments ere. Thero ls an embargo on ahlp of cotton from the United States menta ot cotton from Holland but,so either to neutral or boug?rent coun- far aa 8tato department officials know tries, would not be detained or seit- there ?B no restriotiori oh Ito lmpor-i ed. >tatton into'any ^Sw^^'^eottt^^ Although cotton is neither absolute Inasmuch as the mids la England and nor conditional j contraband, there France are closed, *; fair market is aay?'ltreen.- instances, it was. said. In understood to exist in Germany and Which cargoes" destin?*; for Holland lt ia/: to- expedite and; ?afegu?rd- col-.; have been >etAioed. Cotton shippers ton trade to Germany that the efforts have found it difficult to obtain taaur- of the Washington government will ance for their shipmen ta. bo directed. .