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TUESDAY A^D FRIDAY ?5 1111 1 1J 1 " 1 - - ! r i II^ mm i ? i _ i ! i ? in,!.M ' _ Wce??i, Hsi?DUshed ?scoj Daily, Jcn.18, 191*. ANDERSON, S. C.,TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1914. PRICE fl.50 THE YEAR. WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA GERMANS RENEW THEIR EFFORTS TO REACH PORTS ON ENGLISH CHANNEL The Allies Have Brought Up Land and Sea'Forces , In An Endeavor to Check This Second Effort of The Germans to Establish Themselves on the French Coast. ON THE WHOLE, IT APPEARS THAT THE SITUATION ON THIS MOST IMPORTANT BATTLE FRONT REMAINS MUCH AS IT WAS WHEN THE GERMANS CEASED THEIR HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE FOR REST. (By Associated Press.) at Rome, where one of the ministers. Rested a,nd with fresh . reinforce- Sipor Rubin 1, ^ resigned, and Pre -ii. - mier Salandra is faced -with the pos ments supporting thew, the German 8ibinty of having to form a new mto t roo ps who have boen, battling In Bel- istry. The crisis has been brought ?.um and the north pf Prance are re- about ?y 016 Question as to what part newing their efforts to push their way Ita,y iB to toke in the European war. through the French, British and Bel- . -' gi^i lines to ports cn the English LONDON, Oct. 81.-New German at Chunnel. Not only'here,;hut in tho tempts to roach the-French channel Argonne region and tho Woovre dis- ports,. Nieuport to Arras, while . re tract, tho. lighting had been of tho suiting (in progress at some points, fiercest character. It ls" said : tho have been generally ineffective. , Near thundering of the guns of the 'Bri- the coast their advance - has been tish warships off OfUend can be heard checked by an ostensi?n of the flood on. the English coast " od area - In all these engagements the dead Today the battle raged with the'fury and wounded ~ai?e multiplying, but that marked be opening of the last t^usands.are talung their placea. The phase ci this campaign, and even On transport ortho wounded Into the zone the English coast the boom of the big ?\ ^?tfcl?M*4**?!? receive pro- naval ?ans. which are bombarding the per .tteatlcm -lp . proving a problem; 'Tnm?n$':W&.V<io?l& W .di?km, that bab not beep solved; hosplbils heS?d. = ^"iV^-V-' .". ." ?2? lUrf SJK?vSM?J*&:^.vi^ :Thb A?Hes/have brought u^ land and, ^gflBWr^im pea ?^ix?a'mab^deavorto check thur .S^?S^ tb?m?elves: on the French cruiser has beeb sunk by one ot?ese . A Berlin official report today an destructive boats. . . The offifclal an- nouuC6d that the German troops had nouneement of the sinking of the r-occup|ea Ramscapelle, on the railway light cruiser Herma* ia the Straits pf anfl between Nieuport and Dlx Dover, gly?s co details, except that mnde, but the French official corn she waa destroyed by a German sub- munlcatlon said'they were, driven out ri?e and that most bf her officers .and by a counter attack, men were saved.' On the whole, therefore, it would Because of the attack on her Black appear that the situation on this most Sea coast townB by Turkish .warships, important hattie front remabas much Russia has instructed her ambassador n3 jt wbs when the Germans, through at Constantinople to announce to the exhaustion a few days '. ago, . beased Sublime Port? the sererenca of dip- t}10ir heavy artillery fire for rest The lomatlc relations and his prospective French report tells of various adr departure irom Constantinople. Ac- vancoa and losses; but these Usually, . cording to- meWMts^;lilaaehlng Wash- BO far as distances are concerned, can mgton from be marked to feet or yards, and the has been dociare? o????n?iiy v?tnees advance made *. few days agc by the T?rke; and R?sb^&t this ls hardly British In Belgium of 1,200 yard? wes. considered lUply. aa.bWh Russia and ^ Great Britain bato defnanded an ex- Throughout , the great hattie front planat?ub from>tiie Pbltb of Turkey's -thcro has been a repititton of attacks action and aie:iwAitingr a :reply, I ana counter attacks, with, at times, a Meanwhile soma ot tho warships proUounccd thinning of the lines, uuder the Turkfsb-?a* have destroy- The Germans made a particularly) ed a number of vefeselg bf tho Russian violent attack east of Sbissoba ?a the navy and lt ls ?ls^b?s? from Cbnsuvn- Ai3D, and, according to the German re? tinople by way^^^t BUMe'tlmt the Rds- oort- drove the French, across the alanfleet bab ibttackid the. Turkish J:lver fleet to tbe. Black Sea, off the Crimson \-.Reporta that Lille had been rer coast..' ' -.> .. occucteii'bj the French and that , Russian [:f^?i^-'^^.-'^^:--^: o?tobd hal been evacuated hy the gross U *ev*ret<:tthtttl?iaon the East (jermab8 laoked confirmation tonight PrwaianV^ntlab abd tba repulse of _ wero coli,jdered premature. . the G?rjbaas!>??,^J*eB:.e5*a?W TU? East Prvsslan frontier!* again tog^brba*i\tbr#|n;^e Russtaa cen- th? ?cane of a *>lg battle. The Qer (Conttoueb from page six.) _ fflfytp Feed The Starving Kfcr A1^'^S1^^?S^^; m a Battle, Writ? Message Appealing for Hefe f?f H$? ' s4op?a Daring the, Costin* mV Associ?^ Press.) . hearted friendship of - America Jdwwn lX>m^^S^("?r? m.)- my people at this time always wiU be Kt??i i?^^AS? * ?^XrWy' "ALBERT." ^meri^ ,?"~i'?~ M????Fm&&' The American commission for relief ?^?^?^X^^S^^i in^?^otficlal body re^gin* ?tnT before* Dunkttk^and trannsta^ &W<*}* U??? gc^Srnmente, ls th? England are wo*** to sara my POO-. ^^S^^^M^?7SM ^??Z**tin burroTi br/ina famine woiooTW0Won,^ooay tssueu sawrai t"?. e_^?V .riJr'T* TT ? American oewsoapera to which he great ~S?.*^^^i2*iV? -We have received reporta from ^^^^?ato??reaUd ? this commission who wore ^?n^lto'etfX Wo B*i???im;Theiv- reports show f??giirt^???? ?2 ?ouV per capita daily. . :? ?^?%RM.?*A W*S' 3?b5?ca?l^Our esperta calculate thr.t to a-oid r i?f*^^w4iw?^ must have Wed |he ^^.^?^^^rj^?"1^^eoDa tmam, of-80.00ft tons ot wheal. ^^?Sfb^bn.. Iv; ^Hii'ii? .tv. -or boab? ahd a limited amoant of ta ???':'S??H??SS q^Utl?ll^ All this will cost $4,00, wi? a g??S?^pciue. TbttVv?.6l?- irr^oaUnu*d on patfo als.) THE LOAN FUND PROGRESS MADE IN RAISING] FUND AND COMMITTEES ACTIVELY AT WORK EXCHANGES WILL BE OPENED SOON] Reports From St. Louis Said $7, 500,000 Promised There Had . Been Subscribed. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Confer ences today between American and English treasury ofiiclalB and New York bankers resulted in no definite Conclusions as to plans for restoring foreign exchange, but lt is understood I short .term paper was agreed to be the best medium, for the settlement ' bf American'..obligations in Europe. The conference : will be resumed next week. It became. apparent today that the reopenelng of the New York and Liv erpool cotton exchanges has a direct j bearing on the -negotiations. The 'pro posed 9135,000,000 cotton: loan fund I seemed tonight to be assured. - It is expected' to have a marked' effect on the cotton market, but bankers arc j said to be. anxious to see cotton ex-, changes .reopened. It woe believed the matter bad reach ed a point where negotiations between j committees of the exchanges would | bring a definite decision. AB nc* representative of the New] York cotton, exchange has been pres ent at the meetings here, the attitude of th? federal, reserve , board, and New York bankers probably would have an effect on the opening,data Slr George Paish' has often expressed the belief that AmCricun cotton would bo purchased in ?'. quantity by English manufacturers' if they had assurance that the bottom- price - had been reached. ; A reopenelng of the ex changes, ahd the $135,000,000 pool are expected to furnish the bottom. It was announced tonight that pro gress waa being made in raising the loan rund and that clearing house Committees iii various c*/leB were ac tively at" work. Official reports from St : Louis said 87,500,000 promised there, bsd "j beeb, subscribed. . _ . Subscribe to Cotton PooL B???i WN?, Va, Oat 31.-r-E?ah mond business men, In mass meeting today, subscribed $558,500 as thin city's share of the, 1135,000,000 cotton prob O* this Bum the banks 'take 1250,000. ; Aeroplane Is Going to Try to Gat !' Life line to Hospital Ship ' -.- ( (By Associated Press? WHftfe Shgland, Oct 31-(Via I>ondoni' .midnlght)--TAt a late; hour to night-i;tfc>i?^if ; estimated -that between 30 and 40 r a3th|i!uVted Survivors were still clin^te to. the ' wreckage Of the j l?r?l?i?i ?i?Dp't?l Ship . ?whiltM* Which oraih^id'.t?it tte .rock? neor jyes^rdAyi morning. ' '/ ;";^^V^?'itte.';Wreck was completely submerged, by heavy seas that throughout; the day prevented life h^W.'rWajoWtM ?he T5ssd; ; All efforts to establish connections i.wltjt thV store by means of rockets ''failed. '.' 'A Atebmbet pf persona who Jumped br 'w*^.-'atrept- overboard from the 'oY^thlm ?jS?\a^^ succeeded, 'sided by men who waded but and hauled them to laud. Several sdrrifbra -put bff ; from the wreck oh improvised rafts,' but with ?ena exception all were washed off and drtfwned?; , ' .' It la aald ac aeroplane ?Sye?IW? from HaU tcv.tiy ter get a- ?\t* Itnp jp th?; vessel. GUNS THUNDER CONTINUOUSLY Battle on the . Yeer Continues Fiercely-- No Divisive Re? suit? Reached. (By Associated Presa.) AMSTERDAM, OfijL 31.-(Via Lon don, 10 p. m.)-Th? battle bn tho Yser continues fiefcoly, uccording to a Telegraaf dispatch' Wem Sluis. Dur ing the night and forenoon the guns thundered continuously and yesterday there were severe 'bayonet attacks. Ko decisivo result liss been reached Thc flooded Heida are hampering th? Germans. i On Thursday British aviatorB drop ped three bombs in ?the midst ot the German war materials' at Licittervcido (thtrteon miles southwest of Burges) inflicting great damage and; '?killing three German soldiers. Yesterday tho Gormans ?were rein forced and the coast lino between Os tend and Knocke ls, more strongly fc> tided. Guns have, been placed at Blankenbergho and Heyst and en trene h ment e made In tito dunes. Tho Germans have burned tho pier at i B'.ankenber'ghe. j uto ruf^ U ^ On Witness Stan*. Carl Hans Lodyi,-aUo& Charles Ai Ihr gi?s, on triai rob? hie, Hie *befcre a courtmartlal. told on the.' witness stand today lae Story bf his mission to England: tb secure information for the German government. He bald that formerly ho waa a senior lieu tenant in the German navy,,but later! was transferred to the. reserves.'He! secured a position to net aa tourist agent: for the w -Hamburg-American I ?ne. . . When in Berlin last July,-Lady de-, dared, he received instructions from! a superior naval officer to select r! route to New York. He was net to ? start for America, but was to remain, In England until the first naval en counter between Germany, and .Eng? land,, and give information regarding the actual, ibises to. the British fleet He Was then tb proceed to New York. . ; Lody. said ol BO he had been instruct ed to keep track of the movements of the British fleet, butt waa warned not to do any spying- Hb admitted that such Instruction caused, bim uneas iness, .but ho waa assured that his'ap pearance would permit him to travel os an American. . The witness spoke .fluent English, with an American accent He Bald he wan well known in New York society add two year* .ago lhad married . an [American woraan of German descent,! later, receiving a di vor c e. The prosecutor, .in closing the case, declared Lody had aefat to Berlin val uable descriptions of armaments, the position bf the British fleet and: the geography, ot part? of Scotland. % During - tue wlfnesa' oxamtnat lori : a roan who had occupied & seat on one of the war office benches and who was supposed to bo ?connected with that branch o? the government, was suddenly pounced upon by detectives and removed .under military, escort i J Mary ol England (By Aasocmted^'PrajilK) . WASHINGTON. Oct 81.-The grati-J todd bf, Quoen Mary of Englandifbr.' the part American wome? played in the dispatch.** ihe relief liearaer Red Cross to Europe ls expressed in a let ter noado prfb?is tonight by the Ameri can Red Cross. It was sent to Mrs. 1 .owls Harcourt, of the American Wo men's War Relief Fund in London and ?i?nr4 ey W. v iWWitnkteni v the Queen> .private, secretary. Gobi Beaie te . Vote. OMAHA. Neb., ?Oct. " Secretary bf State-Bryan closed bia Nebraska campaign lp behalf ot Democratic candidatos with thrco speeches here tonight He .left for Lincoln. Nbb., to . ,,?"..?? ,.:".?--?>.-?.?.;, ' Fire Passengers Bobbed, CHICAGOv Oct 31.-Fire . passen i ob the observation platform o? ^California* Limited train, of thc chi?on, Topeka and Santa F? Une V9To robbed, tonight by two men wpc ~W?B ?^h-in tho yards: The ^shera .leaped . Crom the platform when*the train started. HIS SLEEPING WIFE ANDI FOUR CHILDREN PERISH IN THE BLAZE. ENLISTED IN ARMY Says He Committed the Crime to ] Bo Free to go Away With Another Woman. (By Associated Press.) ST. LOUIS, Oct. 31.-A written confession that ho blow up his home with dynamite, killing his sleeping wife and four small children, was given to the police hero today by Scott Stone, a United States army re? emit arrested yesterday at Jefferson barracks. Stone's farm house at To louo. 111., was burned September 28 last Mrs. Stope ard four children, the oldest aged five, perishing In the blaze. Stone asserted he committed the crime to be free to go away with a woman whom he knew only as Lu cille. Sixteen days after the destruc tion of hiB home and family, Stone enlisted in the army under an as sumed name. He was arrested yes terday ' at the request of the State's attorney ot Champaign county, Illi nois. ; ;.'.>V According to the confession Stone and . his family on the. night of Sep tember 27 went to bed at8 "o'clock;, all sler?lng.in tho some, room, the..?fee older ijhj?d^ bcd. and 'the. yborigesi child b?ald? its mother. .. . . Stone Bald: ??'?; "I si?pt unui 10 o'clock when X felt my wild roving . nature overcoming me. Between 1 and 2 o'clock 2 got ont of bed. and .went to the ' barb where I had bidden ten Sticks of dy- ! namito in the wheat bin. I bad bought the dynamite In Tolono and the percussion caps in Champaign. "I put the dynamite on a table In the kitchen and ran 18 feet of fuse from lt to the back door. I then Went out doors and Ut the fuse. Af ter the explosltlon I began calling tor help." Stone said that 'townspeople arriv ed and helped him carry cut his fur niture. A detective asked: "Did you tell any of. those people that;y?ur family was buming Up in that house?" Stobo replied in' the affirmative. '. ' "I thought my family would bc better off in heaven," Stone said in conclusion. "What do you, mean by that?" he was asked. ?tone replied: "With my spending money and time on the other woman I didn't think I was treating my fam ily light, and I decided they would ba better off dead." Stone's arrest waa bW to the story ot.a woman who told tho state's at torey of Champaign county that Stone wanted her tb go west wjth hub. According- to his story. Stone met. the ' woman i the day after the fire. The inquest on the deaths ot inls family failed to develop, evidence of crime but Stone was kept under Be eret surveillance. t In his confession Stone said ho dreaded entering tho room where hts victim were and misdirected rescuers so they ' did not search that part ot the house, until too late. ITALIAN CABINET HAS RESIGNED King Reserved Decision and In? | yjfos Lea^ng ftr?-:rrisn tc - Conter With Him. 1 '. ;~~ (By Associated Presa) ROMA' Oct . 81.-The" membere ]of the cabinet presented their resignat ions to the king -tonight The king, re served decision and Invited the pr?si dents of the senate, and chamber bf deputies arid leading; statesmen to confer with him on the situation. It is generally believed that Cr?mier. Balandra will be entrusted with tba task:bf forming a new cabinet wilbla a few days. ? , ?j It ie assorted that General ZuppelU and Woo, Admiral Vials will retain re sepcUvely the portfolios of war gad marine. Baron Sidney Sonnio. former premier. Is spoken ot as minister of the treasury, and Tommasso TittcniA. ambassador to France, as minister of ?foreign; affair?. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AND HIS STAFF HAVE LEFT CONSTANTINOPLE The Prediction Is Made That Turkey's Declaration Of War On England and France Will Follow That on Russia, But Advices Indicate - She Hopes to Confine War to Russia. WITH THE SEVERING OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BE TWEEN THE TRIPLE ENTENTE AND THE PORTE, THE AMERICAN EMBASSY WILL TAKE CHARGE OF BRITISH AND FRENCH INTERESTS (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 31.-War bas been declared at Constantinople be tween Turkey and. Russia, according to a private message transmitted to day th rou RII the courtesy of the Amer ican embassy. The American ambassador has not advised Washington of the declaration ot war, but officials tonight thought his message either hod been delayed or that he was awaiting, formal 'noti fication by the Ottoman government - The private message, addressed to a New York business- man, was dated 6 p. m. yesterday and/roached here a few minutes after, a lengthy dispatch from Ambassador Morgenthau describ ing eventB in-ConBtan??uplu up to noon yesterday. Mr. Morgentrau said that early yes terday the Kassian ambassador re ceived instructions to demand ,: , b)s pMBports as ttojesuit of tho Tu^rWsh morulug. however, the Turkish- minis ter of finance called on tho' French ambassador, informing him the bom bardment had occurred without the previous knowledge of tho Ottoman government He blamod German /offi cers in the Turkish navy. This explan ation did not alter, the purpose pf tho Russian ambassador to leave and the French and British ambassadors made {.reparations to leave Constantinople ogether today. ' Mr. Morgenthau made no mention in his dispatch or demandB by the allied powers upon the Porte, and lt is pre sumed the ultimatum, reported from London, was delivered late yesterday, promptly rejected, and diplomatic re lations with the . allies severed. Thia ?B borne out by the. private message filed at 6 p. m. The prediction io made that declarations of war on England and France would inmediately follow that oh Russia. " ? % ' Advices'received here under date of. Thursday indicated that Turkey still hoped to confine her belligerency to war with Russia: Tho government received no word today as to tha'probable'attitude'?f Roumani* and Bulgaria, A belated message, under date of September 89, from Sofia, however, spoka ot a speech . by the King proclaiming Bulgaria's In tention to remain ne"*-?i weeks ago, told' a prominent rwace ea vecate that Turkey Wohld fjotn Ger* many within a month, attaoking Rus sla on the Caucasian frontier ana Great Britain in Egyp$.":. With the severing of diplomatic re lations between the tripl? entente and the Porte, tho American embassy wm take charge of British add Fr each interests while the Iulis? U?t already has taken over Rtts?t Daviabrro, Georgia Reported Burning I - . .: (By Associated; Press.) . MAON, Ga., Nov. 1.-The town of Davlsboro, Ga, in Washington county, was reported burning at an early hour this morning. ?The Macon fire department has sent aid. The fire start ed in a big cotton warehouse in which 7,000 bales of cotton were stored. The fire ls reported beyond control. Rebels Repulsed, GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Oct 31.-A rebel band bf about 300 men attacked Esmeraldas today. Tb?y were r6pul? ed by. Ute government garrison after Six hours of fighting, and left loo dead and wounded. The. government force sustained few- losses', and a gov ernment detachment is in pursuit-of the rebels. Secretary Receives Food at R?fc??darn (By Associated PrOBB.) LONDON, Oct: ai. (io : Wp. m.) The secretary ot tho Arno ri oin ?sgs tlon at The Hague today received at Rotterdam food/sent by the American relief committee, according to a Reu ter dispatch. The supplies were nt once trans-shipped for - Antwerp and Brussels. Negroes Driven to Hille. CHARLESTOWN. W. v?i bet 81. One negro bas beeb ,'klU^'en^a^ri;. eral driven into the hills Logan county with the admonition ijever to return, according to reports reaching here tonight from Logad, ?'. ff? , /Va. ' where a bitter political campaign ls drawing to a close. At Williamson, in Mingo county, a new^tNMHffl^jy^ has been-attached. : . '.-?^li-^ Reports Indicate a Sweeping Democratic Victory Tu||tlay Statemeat Issued by Democratic National and Congressional Commit lees Predicts a Majority of 100 in House and an Increased Majority in the Senate. / (By Associated Press.) Jorsoy district and other districts in WASHINGTON, Oct 31.-An official the east now represehtedihy Repubil ?re-election statement Issued Jointly can8? prospects ' for D?mocratie an? miant by the Democratic national and cesses ar? exceptionally good. MaMng Congressional committees, predicts a allowance^ for the: ia,c^!>it^jm?^^ Democratic majority of approximately number of Democrats in tlm83rd Con 100 in the house of representatives g^ess represenvs^hi lft and an Incrc ed majority In tho sen- tricts, which, under normal conditions, ate as the c-tcome ot next Tuesday's tro? could not hope to win, it is dlift elections. The statement says in part: co.K *? see how tho democratic ?arty ?Reports from all parts of the conn- T ^^SS^^S?i^^ try md7cate a sweeping . Democratic ?rapprpx?nateIy one huhdred ma victory Tuesday. The programme Of . ?TAM? ?? ?V... '^?*?''?*rtVt.--' progresivo legislation enacted by ? ?\??t0^2L? Congress under the loadf'ship of Pres- "^'^JL?*1,hex,?c5Jon?-!ntt0r" ?S?"? h" mftdo B T*??m?S????ef^lff&iSr* pression. , represented by ReoubltcSoa; Stevana ?.Democratic oentimerit is partlctt- ln Nev/ Hampshire.'/ob^sw m &Uta larly strong west Of the Mississippi. Dakota, Purcell in North Dakota. T>LV* VlT?**??^? Moyle itt Ok ^ publican State of Montana, where the Hustings In Wisconsin, have fine vote for Congressman Evans aud Stout chances of success. Palmer-toPeanarl hjraa^^l^o^^ -^^??^^l^jjgj^^g^ Uwrt^iWa >:.saj?t^b? - ' cularly ^gra^l^ t?^e^ftS '!^