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mew NEW SERIES VOL. 1, NO. 29ffeeklr, Established I860; Dally, Jan. 18, ?UV ANDERSON, S. C.TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST ll, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS S5.C0 PER ANNUM GERMANS BELG?/ THE FRENCH ARE SEASONED VET GERM AP? NEWS IS BUT The Occupation of the Germans Gives No G: Belgians Who Hoi nable Approac Diplomatic relations betwee broken and the ambassadors have A French foreign office state by France because Austria troops The F(rench a*e advancing in is not known. ? . The Germans occupy the city hold the forts. The Belgian offi quite satisfactory. Strong forces guard all the a| The Austrians before Servia part of the Servian army is taking The North Sea is again close garded as significant -in view of tl and German fleets in.lthat water. The German cruiser Karlsri Porto Rico, reported an engagem with four French and; British crujs The French government fo casualties list, .[so thai Germans m; French troops." All Germans and Austrians Ii within .24 hours-or they will be arri No decisive I Has Yet (By Associated Proas.) London. August 10.-No great bat tle trna yet been fought on land or seal In tbe war of seven nations, unless the German assaults upon the for tresses at Liege eventually asBunie the proportions of battle in history. Both combatants claim victory there, with the Belgians'.; still holding the forts and the Germans occupying the city. The situation is. unique. There ls I no/ confirmation ot toe .Daily MaU'a report that tho . French have engaged ! the Germans and cut off their retreat, I inflicting a loss ot 8,000 men. The Belgians claim that they have taken 8,000 prisoners on Belgian soil, but | military men regarded ali the esti mates of the belligerents as great ex aggerations. . Apart from Liege the fighting of the | first, week wtien resolved to the pro- ' per perspective eventually, doubtless, will be considered insignificant. CENSORSHIP OF PRESS ?S SCORED! Thousaivis Spent By American j Newspapers Wasted ia Conse quence of British Cent?n ??radon, Aug. i( ?-Cass P. O'Con nor, the Irish Nationalist, to2*y In the Ifouse of Common? -sain attacked t*e press 't^?sors^lp ea?ijHshed ', by ipa ?fitlsh '^erpm?nt H? uatt thou sands of dollars spent by American newspapers hjtd been wasted in .con sequence of "the censorship, and nc suggested that .trained newspaper men bo added to the Btaff of the cen sorship bureau. The Rt. Hon. Charles Hobhouse, speaking op behalf of the post office authorities, disclaimed any responsi bility for tho censorship, over which he said the, war office exercised full control. He said If thoro was any do. lay in forwarding messages after they had-taman tho censor'Ho was1 ready to do .irb?r he conld \ iii the matter. , ? \ r<?'Y'.. - o o o c o o o OONOO o o . ooo o _ DBEW FIRST BLOOD. . o 1^-AlfMt l??~..o has In'orraed the o that the o which wis o last Febrn- o German sui* o war-?he U-?5. o o o o o o o o ? o o o o o OG oonoo ? ADVANCING THEIR ERANS TO THE I FRONTIER SCATTERING : City of Liege By the reat Annoyance to the ld the Almost Impreg nes to Brussels n France and Austria have been left the capitals. ment says the initiative was taken were aiding the Gernans. Alsace, but against what opposition ' of Liege*, while the Belgian troops pirti review is that the situation is pproaches to Brussels. are bombarding Belgrade, while ; the offensive in Bosnia, d to the fishing fleets which is re ?e fact that there are large British iihe, which arrived at San Juan,' ent Friday night on the Bahamas ers.. i rbid s publication of the French ly not know the movement of the I.Belgium must declare themselves i * ?attle i. Been Fought One of the most important develop ments In the eyes of. experts ls the general testimony that tho Germany Infantry formation 1B obsolete and in effective against the weapons of today and meauB an enormous slaughter if retained. Prance and Austria finally are offic ially at war, the ambassadors having left the respective capitals. The French governments broke off diplo matic relations with Austria on the grouuds that Austrian troop3 were reinforcing the Germans. Austria appears to have abandoned the advance on Servia for a time and apparently is co-operating with Ger many in the supposed strategy of at tempting to crush France before Rus I sia can mobilize. Financial conditions in England are I returning to normal. Although there j la a great disorder in many trades the ?prices of foodstuffs have risen only slightly. STEAMER HEADED . TOWARD HALIFAX White Star liner. Olympia, Is Sighted At Sea-Destination Not Detennmed New Yo.k, Aug. 10.-While sixty miles. off gandy Hook' late yesterday the British <%nk steamer Whpello, which arrived hero today, sighted the Olympic, of Cte White Star -Jne, which left Ne'r York yesterday with I out passenger;i, apparently beaded for England. Fron the course the Olym I plc wita folio ving the captain of the I VvV.peilo j repo rted, she seemed to. .be steaming along a course which would take her toward Halifax, where sev eral o.* the White Star flee!, have put in rcccuMy. Officers of the line de nied the Olympic waa going to Ha*? There ls now in this harbor one ot the largest'oil tank fleets eyer as sembled here. The tankers stretch from Tompklnsvll?e out to - Quaran tine, apparently afruid to 'put to While foreign cruisers lurk in tin / - lantic. Thay ore British and Ge i un ships for the most part, each carry ing thousands of tons of oil. Several tankers which left here before war was declared are said to have bo *, requisitioned by the British govern, ment as fuel carriers in tb North sea. Xhe number of applicants at ?he municipal employment exchange for jobs has increased considerably ames foreign roMrvista stranded here have j been unable to. find a way to get abroad. CITY* NG FORTS SAD JMRNEY~ OF PRESIDENT SPEEDING SOUTH ON A SPECIAL TRAIN WITH LOVED ONE NATION MOURNS Beautiful Floral Tributes From Every Nation and Half Masted Flags Proclaim Sympathy (By Associ?t *?d Prfsn > Washington, August 10.-Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States tonight was making the saddest jour, ney of his life. In a Bpeclal train bearing the body of Mrs Wilson to its final resting place beside the graves of her father and mother, he was on the way to Rome, Ga., with his daughters and a few members of his own and his wife's families. The last simple ceremony of the funeral will take place tomorrow af ternoon In the quiet wooded cemetery of the Georgia town. Then the presl. dent will turn again to the burdens of his office and the loneliness of the white house. At Half Mast. ' While flags drooped at half mast throughout the capital today and thousands gathered in the wide ave nue before the closed gates of the white house grounds the first service ?#|y^itta*?l^ in. thereast room. ' Th? flags, the crowds. ! the closing ot the government depart ments in the afternoon and the masses of flowers which overflowed the east room, were the nation's only way of expressing its sympathy. In accordance with Mrs. Wilson's I wish, the service was of the simplest. There waa no music; Only the reading of a few verses from the Bible,, a prayer by the Rev. Sylvester Beach,' of the church which the Wilson fami ly attended during their years in Princeton, N. J , and a benediction by the Rev. J. H. Taylor, at whose church the i president hos worshipped since he' caine to Washington. Few Were Present Less than 200 were present. Be sides the family there were a few intimate friends, the members of the cabinet' and their wives, the commit tees from the Senate and house, head ed by the vice president and. the speaker,. and ?he. employes of the White House. The casket was borne from the white house by six members of the city police force who have -guarded ' the home, of the presidents for years. There were no honorary pallbearers. Few saw the funeral party pass on Its. way to the union station, where the train awaited it. The drive was made over1 less frequented su-ce ta and only three closed automobiles bearing the president and a dozen men. relatives and close friends of tho family; fol lowe tho hearse. As the party drew up before the sUte entra?es of tho station, a vio lent thundershower began. Within the station a orowd had gathered that taxed the great structure to its limits. Outside thousands more braved the drenching rain, to stand in silent sympathy. Passing through a lane walled by humanity, the casket was carried to the waiting train. On lt rested a single wi oath, the "sst gift of tho president and his daughters. . Close behind walked the president with a secret service agent beside him. Then followed his companions waikinc three abreast At the train they halted as thv. casket waa carried h>to> the car, and stood tn silence afterward until the president'? three daughters and his sons-in-law arrived. The members of the family then en tered the private car in which the casket had been placed. Tonight aa the train sped southward they ?hared the pad vigil. Other members of the party rode th sp?cial cars and a bag gage car carried pave ot the floral pieces. Beautiful Floral Offerings. . Among th? flowers at the white honso were many elaborate designs. V ahfngton florista were called upon aa ne tar before. . Orders came by cable and telegraph from every part ot tba world. -Scarcely a capital of ?the world or a etty ot the United States was unrepresented. A great blanket Of orchids sent by tho demo, eratic club of. baltimore was carried by stk men. Only a small part or the flowers could bo sent with the ?- ; . -:-V"^ . (Continued on Page 5.). ?r _-Hg-.-aa Photo by American Press AMOCtatto ?r After M This striking photograph of the wi Just after the kuiker bad concluded a t his war board Tile photographer caujj bte automobile. " COTT IS MONEY OMISED SENATOR SMITH'S FLAN TO USE TH? VREELAND ACT GETS AN OVATION The Junior Senator Wes Well Re ceived In His Home County Monday (Special to The -Intelligencer.) Bi8hopville, August 10.-The im portant feature of the campaign meet ing today was the declaration by Sen ator E. D. Smith, thai he had: returned [ from a - conference with administra tion officials in Washington, and that John Skelton WilHarnt, comptroller of the currency, would hold a confer ence with W. G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury,'and make, a close scrut iny ot the Vreeland-Aldrich' currency I act to ascertain if a large Bum of mon ey out of the treasury could bc distrib uted to the banks of the south both state and national? in ' order that the farmer may hold bis cotton crop until the market ls normal. " If the measure j does not allow such an interpreta tion, an amendment - allowing such distribution will be drafted imme?i- j ately and .given to congress for pas sage, declared Senator Smith. His address dealt almost wholly with the results of the "cotton'conference" held tn his office in Washington Sunday. SJ. D. Jennings the only other candi-1 dato appearing at the meeting, excor iated the pardon record of the gover-| nor, and. the speaker contrasted the insistent protestations, of the gover nor, who, Hr. Jennings stated, set | bin BC If up as the champion of "the.j womanhood of South Carolina" while he extended executive' clemency to I those violating the vlrtuo of woman hood. Wore Whit* Blossoms. The crowd today numbered approx imately 1,600 persons, a number of ? whom were women. Although a dem onstration had been ? planned for the governor, about SO per cent of the au dience wore the cotton blossom. | However, there were, some 600 at the j depot adorned with red badges await ing the arrival of the chief executive whose train was delayed because of a j freight, wreck near Columbia. After the campaign : meeting had adjourned, a telegram waa read from the governor stating that the was un able to attend, being prevented by the accident. W.' P. Pollock of Cheraw was <iso absent. He telegraphed that he was unable to attend and* sent his greet ing? to the audience. The meeting was ' called to order thIS morning in tho ball park by W. L. Parrott, county ch airman, and mayor of Blshopviiie. After, an invocation from Rev. D. M. Wallace of . Sumte/, The first speakor, Senator Smith, wea.greeted with a crash Of dheors aa (Continued, on Pago 6.) Var Conference ir lord of Europe was taken In norlin alk on war plans with the member* ut ?nt the kaiser as he was about tu enter GERMANS LOSE ANOTIM BOAT NORTH GERMAN 1XOYD STEAMER CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH j _____ ' ' j j WARSHIPS ARE NEAR War Dog of Unknown Nationality Chases the Liner Mtnnetonsft Into Port New York, Aue. 10.-While incom ing liners today brought confirma tion that foreign warships are cruis lng off the American coast, strict cen. sorBhip over the cables from Ber muda perhaps kept hidden from pub lie knowledge the fate of North Gor man Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wil helm, which toook 6,000 tons of coal out of thia port under cover of dark ness last week before the battleship Florida began its enforcement of the neutrality laws. A Prise af War. The BritlBh cruiner Essex has cap tured the German Liner and ls taking her, prise of ar, into Hamilton, Ber muda, according to wireless mes I sages declared to have been overheard at sea. , I The Associated Press correspond. {ent at Bermuda Indicated in a Cryptic i dispatch that he bad Information ! which he had not been allowed to ?communicate by cable. Tbis message I came In response to one Informing the correspondent of the repot teu capture of the Kronprinz Wilhelm. Embargo OB Wireless. I Port authorities put Into effect more rigid enforcement of the neu trality laws today almost simulta neously with the arrival of the At lantic transport liner Minnatonka with the story that a warship, na tionality not learned, had pursued her during the closing hours of ber voyage to American waters. An em bargo was placed on the wireless ap paratus' of every foreign ship in Nev York harbor. This step was taken after the authorities began to suspect foreign cruisers at sea might be com municating with ships of their na tionality In port. The chase -of the Minnatonka ended today only after the phip steamed Into the three-mile neutrality zone in the vicinity of Nantucket. Three days out from Liverpool the Minne tonka , flying a British flag, was In formed by wireless by the Whi;e ', Liner Oceanic on her way to Eng land, that a state of war existed. Last night the Mlnnetonka failed to disclose by wireless ber Identity to a warship which asked it. With her port holes blanketed and electric wires tb every state room, cut, the Minn etona'a sped through the fog and a few boura later lost sight of her pursuer s searchlights. . Tanbie 'to Leave.'- - ..>\.*-')?' Thousands of German and /VA trian, reservists remain stranded here, unable to find means of - transportation homeward. The Holland-American European W Latest New Important (By Assocl Great Betti Brussels, August t I. Via Lon fighting around Liege since Satur the storm. There is little doubt t yet witnessed in this war is immine A Valual London, August fl.-4.10 a steamer Cap Ortegal, with $5.00i captured by the British, according from Buenos Ayres, July 16th foi War Is Not ? W London, August 10.-As a ri through Reginald McKenna, hom< all militant suffragettes tn prison McKenna made this announcemen London, August tl.-The N again today. London, August tl.-A tele guim says that the French troops ? success nf the Belgians over the G authority reports that the Germai and 1,700 captured. Washington, August 10.-S that he had received an acknowlec der of good offices from Austria-H Paris, .August 11.-Detachm war troops from French Algeria tc Home Rule 1 London, August A 1.-Parliarr mier Asquith stated that he hope thing in the.wav of a proposal on to all. France Ve* 7? ' Paris, August to.-France h relations with Austria-Hungary. . , Th* Was? Ia Laredo, Texas, August 11. Luis Potosi to take eiitire commani GERMAN SPIES INVADE BELGIUM Six Hundred Have Been Captured And One Hundred Have Been Executed (By Associated Press.) Brussels, August 10.-Brussels has been covered by a net work of Ger man spies. Six hundred already have been arrested and one hundred were shot today. Some of the Germans captured wore ' uniforms of gendarmes, civic guards, soldiers and officers of the Belgian army. Many were armed with bombs and revolvers and rode In automobiles bearing false numbers. They also had in their possession telegrams and letters with the counterfeit sig. nature of the Belgian minister ot war. Just before and aftei the fighting began private signs were discovered on bridges, military Works and ac queducta indicating that those struc tures would be blown up. Several precautions have now been taken by the military authorities. No one ls admitted at the railway sta tions without a military permit. Au tomobiles are halted at every mlle. . .The war minister has issued a pro clamation that every German and Aus trian who does not declare himself swithin 24 hours will be considered a spy . Since the Flanders provinces were placed under martial law two days ago more than 2,000 have been arrested as spies. Forty thousand volunteers have been enrolled and have been formed Into twenty regiments of two thous and each. - The train sorvice between Brussels and Paris was resumed this morning. Line steamship Rotterdam, carrying 1,500 Dutch reservists, sailed today for. Amsterdam. The Lloyd-dtallano Steamship Company announced that its ship Caser ta would sall Thursday for Italian ports carrying reservists of any nationality who se ok passage. The Lamport and Holt Lino 'an nounced resumption uf sailings of its ships to Brull and Argentine ports beginning Thursday. ' Collector of the Port 1 (alone, be fore starting for Philadelphia today to- confer with the port authorities there rogarding the ntutrAllty laws, issued tte order to the customs in spectors urging the exercise of sym pathetic Judgment of revenue stat utes In the examination of Americans and others returning from Europe. ar Bulletins; s of All The ; Happenings lated PreNR.) B Imirunetw. Jf don.-3.40 a. m.-The lull in trie day appears to be the lull before hat an engagement on a scale not :nt. >le Prize. ? . m.-The Hamburg-American line [),ooo in specie aboard, has been to the Daily Mall. The liner sailed . Southampton, hat Sherman Said. :sult of the war King George today ; secretary, ordered the release of for breaches of the pc'.ce. Mr. t in the house of commons. orth Sea is closed to fishing fleets gram to the Daily Mail from Bpl irrived in time to participate tn the erman army investing Liege. This ns lost 8,?oo killed and wounded ecretary Bryan today announced lgeme^ t of President .Wilson's teh ungary, England and France. ents of the. famous veteran Turco day penetrated upper Alsace* Bill In Soak., \ . .-T V lent adjourns for a fortnight, rre s in the meantime to have sorrie. home rule that wi ii be acceptable sus Auetria, ,. -A-, C.?-.'?, .yV5.'-*^ ^ as officially broken off diplomatic BSggSso. " / . -General Carranza has left San d of the constitutionalist army. GOVERNMENT TO HANDLE COTTON :-yfc'i New Scheme Proposed for fed? eral Supervision) hi Marketing the Cotton Crop % -; . y * (By Associated Press.) Washington. August 10.-Completa revolution In the methods ot cotton marketing was proposed today aa a means of relief from depression threatened hy the cloting of foreign markets during the European war, The plan was also laid before the house agricultural committee by ex perts of tbs department of agrlcnl*' turo, it contemplates government' su pervision ot marketing, federal stan dardization or trades, and establish ment of a system of warehousing to make baled cotton a solid basia for credit to growers and enable them to finance their crops until advan tageous arrangements can bo mad o for marketing. C. J. Brand, chief of the division ot marketa suggested the scheme be put in operation tbrongh the Lever cot ton grades bill now before the house committee. This bill provides for fed eral supervision of cotton, grading amendments to enable ', the govern ment to license cotton warehouses where crops could be stored. Under such- conditions he said'the new fed eral reserve board would be able to make cotton In the warehouses the basia of ample credit' to growers. The committee tomorrow will hear cotton men of tbs south, on the pro-? posed scheme and Will ask them, fbr suggestions. E. J. Watson oommJa sloner of agriculture of 8oath Cal lina today began . organls**!ou of av committee of growers *nd manufac turers to present the views of the southern cotton man. Heat Prostrations, (By Associated Preso.) New York, August 10.-Heat iodsy caused tho death of three persons in New York. Nearly a doten others were overcome. The temperature did not exceed 85 degrees, but tho btim'id ity waa high. o* o *o 'o '6 'o ?6 *o -o >o'..'o-.^'d*^.' J ROYALTY KILLED. % o London, August 1V?-?A Brea- o o sela dlspt ' to tho Exchange o o Telegraph * upan y says arnon g, o o the Gorma, i killed tn- assault o o on Liege were Prince William Jbv o of Lippe and his son. ?