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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 120 Weekly, Established 1SC0; Dally, Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM Immense Army Assembling All Along Frontier Portends a Great Batt He At Eearly Date. The J Fighting Up to Present Time Has Been Mere Skirmishes to Great Conflict That May Take Place at Any Hour. ?** ; That a great battle is impending between the Germans and th?! British, French and Belgian aUies is the news that comes out of Lon don. For days the opposing nations have been bringing up their j forces, which now stretch in two long lines in Northern Belgium and j along the French frontier. That the advance guards are in contact is evidenced by the re ports of serious engagements at various points, perhaps the most im portant at Haelen Earl Kitchener, the British secretary of state for war. has warned the British press against the publication of news, other than official, relating to naval and military movements In fringement of the order will mean suspension. Italy is reported to have mobilized about 250,000 troop on the Swiss and Austrian frontiers as a precautionary measure. AU passes over the^Alps are strongly held. At the same time the Italian for eign office has summoned home for conference on the war situation its ambassadors at Paris, St. Petersburg, London and Berlin. The government of Holland has officially given the French gov ernment renewed assurances of neutrality and its intention to make this neutrality respected. Sixty thousand Dutch troops are on the line of the frontier and a large area of land has been flooded. A number of wounded soldiers have arrived at Southampton! from Belgium and although their nationality hasn't been made known it is supposed they are British. The Austrian troops have entered Russian Poland, where the German troops also have been engaged and Russian forces have cap tured the Austrian town of Sokal in Galicia, by assault. The American ambassador will take over the Austrian embas sy in London, the Austrian ambassador having departed. London. Aug- 13.-11:45 p. m.-The .Hilo to say since lt reported the cap. hour of the great uattle which will ture of the city pf Liege. The position have much to do with settling the f u-, around that fortress ls yelled in ture ?T Europe is appreciably nearer, bomothlng of mystery. Th6/-GermanB R?pbrt? o? engagements, which, nt ave resumedUfWr attacks cr. the when the-main armies meet, will be. torts, but how they are progressing considered . insignificant, have boen ??.8 not been communicated to the coming in all day, showing that the outside world, cavalry acreens, some times acc?m-| Only a Rum r. panled by Infantry. whoBe" duty lt is! . Brussels had a report tonight that to find out what id going on behind, the forts had succeeded in silencing have come into contact in Northern all the big German gune, but this ls Btlglum near Haelen and on the given little, credence. It may be that, French frontier near Othaln. ) for the moment, the Invaders have Th9 meeting of these reconnoitering 3topped their onslaught, either to rest partios in force has resulted In rather. or adopt some new means of gaining seven, fighting, in which, according ^?oir objects. to thc French and Belgian accounts. Lorraine, for the pTeBent, seems to the al'ies ecored successes. l'ave bee?? left out of the flKht>?B. Another 8*ory. vhlle Alsace, like Western France, ls The ether side of the story ls to be The Bcene of engagemente between the told, for Berlin remains silent, in advance guards of the main German fact the German war office hos had? (Continued On Page Four.) Nava) Battle Staged Off American Coast Jialifa. N. S., Aug. 13.-Fleeing from the BritlBh cruiser Suffolk, which Interrupted the Karlsruhe coaling at asa from the North Ger man Lloy steamer Kronprinz Wtl hel, "ie German cruiser was intercep ted ut night, by the Bristol southwest of 'Bermuda and for half an hour a long range running fight took place In the darkness. Conditions for-accurate gunnery! were so vin favorable the vessels' j broadsides didi itt lo damage Although., tho Bristol'?; \consorts wera at least j 100 miles' a item, the German would? .not stand and fight, according to the! British participants, drew away from the Bristol and after half an boar was out ot range, making off South' towards San Juan where she put In for coal some daya ago. . " Detalla ot the action, the first sin gle ship fight fn which British war ships, hatre. enz<t3^d in these .water tn a hnodred years were brought to Hal lifax today by H. M. S. Buff ol, the J flagship of Rear Admiral Craddock,, commanding the j Fourth cruiser j - squadron.. / j "We were steaming north Thurs-] day morning last and the crew had , i'?ut ?/cc?i O?uO??u tu Boners! Mtauons ? " when from the foremast head came the hail "enemy on the port. bow," said the flag captain of the Suffolk: in an officiai statement today. | "The,order,''"clear ihlp for action' waa given. Ott the pert bow ll or 12 miles away we could hear the Karlsruhe and the Kronprinz Wilhelm. The Karlruhc ' had her boats out, coaling from tho' North German Lloyd ship and ire hur ried down toward hor in tho hope that she had run so short in her hunkers that we could catch her. ? As Boon aa the Germane Bighted us they took to their heels. The Karls nche did not stop to even pick up her boats. He men climbed aboard aa best they could and oho hustled to the northward while the Krouzprlnz Eteered to the east. Nineteen thousand yards was the closest we got to the quarry. The Bristol waa north of us and th? Ber wick south to cut off the Kronzprlnz while the Bristol took a .position to Intercept the Karlruhe. AU afternoon we raced after the fleeing German. By 5 o'clock her om oe had disappear, ed. At 99 9o'clock that night a wireless from the Bristol, said, enemy In sight A few minutes later came the mes sage we are eh gaging the enemy .We_hsdjio fear of the resoit ii the Germ?n~stood up to~the~Brlstol, for we were all sure that our fellows could whip the. Karlsruhe easily at close quarters, but we reached on for all we were worth. ' The Karlshruhe had the heels of the Bristol. . For a few minutes the German stood up and the shies fought broadlslde to Broa?e!-?.?. After a few minutes, however, the Karlsruhe turn end an ran. The Bristol chased her firing her forward sta tnchers. it was pitch dark and the sea was heavy. Not one .ot the German shells landed but our chapa thing they got spme choto aboard the Karlsruhe. 3owe vcr, in the long range fighting ider those conditions it is pretty difficult to do much." Tho Suffolk, Berwick, and Bristol cruised together for, several days but could get no trace of the Genna** or her consort and finally wo heard she had put tato Porto Rico for coal. We got a prise last Saturday morn ing off Bermuda-the German oil tanker Leda, which did not know war had been declared. Wo put a prise crew aboard and convoyed her to Ber muda. OIN HANDS NIAELEN PRESIDENT ?S INVESTIGATING fr?? PRICE OF FOODSTUFFS ! IS OUT OF REASON ADVANTAGE! TAKEN Unscrupulous Business Men Ad Vance Prices Without Cause, War No Reason Washington. Aug. 13.-President Wilson today set the machinery of the Federal government in motion to de termine whether the cost of living is being Increased "upon the pretext of conditions existing In Europe." He called upon Attorney General Mc Reyuolds to report If criminal pro ! ceedings were warranted and if any I new laws were necessary. The Pres- 1 Ident may Bend a special message to ' Congress in the latter event. "Certainly the country ought to ?be defended," wrote the President to the attorney general, "if possible against ? men who would take advantage of the circumstances to increase prices of foodstuffs and the difficulties or Uv- j lng" j Attorney General McReynoldB at once set to work the bureau of invest- 1 gatton of the department of Justice, ( with hundreds ot agents throoghout ! the country. Agents of the depart ? munt of commerce were also started j upon the Inquiry and Secretary Red field conferred. with Secretary Hous ton, of the department of agricul ture. I Within a few hours from the time , the president acted three of the ex I ecuttve departments of the govern I ment were moving to learn the cause ! of the soaring prices of food through . out the country. ? , For Persona] Gain Some officials who believe the greater proportion of prices Increased have no connection Whatever with the European war, but are the result of manipulations, attempts, at corners, . or Individual efforts of dealers, con tend that the "conspiracy" section ot the Sherman law covers the situ ation. Attorney General McReynolds however, will give an opinion on that feature of the President later. mgressmen who already have in troduced resolution?; to Investlgato the riso In prices t nd others who are pro viding similar measures viewed the action of the administration with satisfaction. . They point out that j while flour particularly has taken a . great Jump in prices, wheat exports 'practically are paral y ed and millions of Lt t Miel s are piled up in the eleva tors or in freight cars strung across the continent. Secretary Refleld wrote chairman Adamson, of the House conamore committee suggesting an appropria, lion of $10,000 for his part of tho in vestigation j If the present temporary stoppago of foreign trade With the countries ls made the basis for an attempt in this country to put up the prices artifi cially, said the Secretary, it ls unpa ' triotic, I may even say damnable. For Country's Interest The food question'was tho first into which President Wilson plunged when h? wont back to bis desk today after ,hts return from Rome, Gau, whore he , buried Mrs. Wilson. The president early today sent the ' following letter to the attorney gen . eral. I *The rapid and unwarranted in I crease in the price of foodstuffs tn thl* country Upon the pretext ot the condition's existing in Europe ts so serious and vital a matter that I take , the liberty ot calling your attention to lt. 1. would. be very mt'jh obliged lt you would advise me whether there ts under existing laws, any action which the. department of justice could take; either by 'way of investigation or le gal proceedings and what Federal leg. lslation, if any, would In your judg ment be Justifiable and warrantable in the clrcumstancea. Ot Vast Importance 'I feel that this is a matter which ?re cannot let pass by without trying to serve Ute country. Certainly the country ought to be defended, li pos sible, against men who would take ad Vantage of such circumstances.*->.in crease the price ot food abd the diffi culties of living. . "Faithfully yours, (Signed) "Woodrow Wilson." TO RUB IT IN" MADE VINDICTIVE SPEECH AT MARION MEETING SMITH IS CHEERED Gets Rousing Welcome From Vo ters-Is Given Gold Head ed Cane by Farmers Special to Tbe Intelligencer. Maron; Aug, 13.-The renatorlal campaign meeting nero today was de void of much, of that apley Interest whlclr characterized the Dillon county meeting yesterday. Today there wore approximately 2.000 people In attend ance. The meeting was held out in the courthouse square, with a blazing sunshine pouring down which brought great beads of perspiration from the speakers' brows. There wap not the slightest semblance of disorder. Lb D. Jennings spoke first. He had heard of only three men who were supporting the governor this year who had not voted that way two years ago. The three men were designated ar. John P. Grace, of Charleston, John G. Richards, candidate for gov ernor and a newspaper editor from entire campaign. He had come herc Hampton county. W. P. Pollock asked why if lt WSB wrong that James L. sims should not have been appointed United States marshal, because bo had set type on a Republican newspaper why wap it right he. asked that the son of thc editor and owner of this republican paper who., were also a law partner with a negro swale, should be ap pointed ? colonel on the governor's staff. Senator Smith got a rousing wel. como hore today. When introduced he was cheered, lustily, and at the conclu sion ot his speech lie received a gold headed ca?e from farmers, who lived In1 the Mullins section, and who chip ped In to parchase the walking cane. Th? presentation was made by Col. . John .C. Selfeifsr who said he sad been o^alasig?ed to' say ih?t the farmers of Marlon county believed that the senator "had kept the faith." Senator Smith announced that he might possibly have to go to Wash ington again tonight to assist in the j fight for Federal aid in the cotton market demoralization. Te opposed I tho bonded warehouse plan, He ex plain qd what he wanted'was that the I cotton should..be stored at home and [the money, to be issued on this cot ton pent to all banks, both state and national. The speech of Governor Blease to day was the mort vindictive of the entdre campaign. He had come here today only "to rub It in," he reiter ated again and again. Much that he had to say wan directed against the) "Deasltes" as he termed them, those who voted for the negro Deas, a can didate for congress from this district several years ago. The governor also read a letter from Jos. Li. Kel?, county chairman of the democratic executive commit tee'of Njwberry county, citing the govern ?. to appear in Newberry next Saturday to show cause why bis name should not be stricken from the club roll of Ward 5 tn Newberry. Governor said that he had been a member of this clnb for more than 20 years, and that he had represented it in various I capacities. The meeting tomorrow will be at Conway, Horry county. ( OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO * THE DAY IN CONGRESS * o o ooooooooooooooooo Washington, Aug. 13.-Senate: Met at'll a. m. Consideration of Secretary Bryan's > twenty peace treaties was continued In executive session. ' Conference managers agreed upon amendments to the . bill to extend American registry to foreign ships. Agreed to conference report on cot ton futures bill.. Ratified 18 special peace treaties noted by Secretary Bryan. Recessed at 5:45 p. m. to ll a. m. Friday. House; Met at noon : Debate wag resumed upon tho bl to reg?late water powers Representative. Humphrey intro duced bill to authorize mail contracts with American built ?hips to be avail able as naval auxiliaries. Adjourned at 6 p. m. to noon Fri day. . Welcome Singing School . Th* Welcome Singing School willi itart August 17. All pupils are re quested to be present and bring their i pencil and tablet with them John T.. Milford, Leader. J JU M. Weiden, C. H. 1 War Map Showing Forts Along the French and German Border Thia ,iaap shows where one German army invuded Belgium lu tho vicinity ut* Liege un ita way tu ut tacit France. Another German army passed through the independent duchy of Luxemburg, invading Frunce ueur Lons- ? wy, and a third army endeavored to break through the French defense between Toul aud Eplnal, ( 3 The Freucb line of defense, speaking broadly, runs from Verdun to Kan cy, to Kplnal, to Belfort, to Besancon. ' Ench of these cities ls the center of a group of fortifications all facing tbe German border, lt ls because of the 8treugtb of these positions that Germany made an effort to surprise France by lnvadlug ber through the neutral | territory of Belgium and Luxemburg. ? i nooooooooooooooooo COTTON CONGRESS NEWS, Special to The Intelligencer. Washington, August 18?-The cotton congress today was de* lnged with long speaking.. All were interested but none had the hunch to them. Among the speakers were Senator Hoke Smith, Congressmen Lever and Byrnes and Mr. Craddock? of Lynchburg, Va. It seemed that every' man who came had an Oration locked up In him and after long discussion speeches were cot down to 15 mlnntcs each* Senator J. Arthur Banks of fered a resolution that the leg? Islatures in all southern states he called In extrardlnary ses* ?lon to pass the Mclaurin warehouse hill so that the states might store cotton tor the farmers' until equilibrium ls restored. This was deferred and will be the theme for de* bat? tomorrow- Senator Me* Laurln was called upon and made an earaes. ?.??...-??ion of his plan. On motion of B. F. Taylor the congress endors* er Senator E. B. Smith's Idea as Incorporated In an amendment offered by Senator Bansdell of Louisiana to make currency act mee elastic and permit cotton ? In effect to become legal ten* der. The Andersen delegation call ed upon John Skelton WU Hams as he was coming from Ute white bonne and endeavored to get Anderson classed with Spartanl'Urg and Greenville In distribution of government fund?.. Banks. ooooooooooooooooo SUMMON EB HOME. Borne, August 13.-Tho foreign of* flee today summoned home the Italian Americans In Paris', St. Petersburg, Loudon anft Berlin to consult with them conee.Tlng the war situation. Battle of Ha Disastrous (By Associated Press.) London, August 13.-Germans en gaged In tho battle of Haelen, ac cording to late details to the Ex change Telegraph company from Brussels, numbered more than 10,-00l comprising cavalry, artillery and a small forco of Infantry. The Belgiat forcen numbered about 7,000. ; "lt is believed," says the dispatch "that the object of the Germana war to take a position north of the St. Trond road at Tirlemont, from which they could execute a turning move ment against the Belgian army. "Through efficient cavalry recon naissance, the Belgian commander ob movement of tho attacking force. To reach Dlest the Cern?ais had to cross the river at Haelen, and before this place the Belgians took up their prin cipal positions, erecting barricades, building entrenchments and placinf guns where they could be moat effec tively employed. "The Germans came in sight about ll o'clock in the morning and soon HOT TIMES IN FRANCE Paris, August 18.-France Is swel tering under a rest wave. Canes of Hunstroke were reported today. Long lines of women throughout the day stood outside the offices where Infor mation regarding soldiers In the field ls giren ont. seeking to learn how the heat was affecting their husbands or tums, dressed In their thick uniforms and carrying heavy war packs. ?AN OFFICERS WAR."' Paris August 1:?.-An official com munication l??aed tonight say it "German prisoners who have been questioned gave the Impression they are broken la spirit and weak from hunger. They seem net to have been informed concerning tho reason for the mobilisation and one man asked why war had been declared. Accord ing to German opinion "thia lu not I people's war. but aa officers* war." iel en Was' for Germans the artillery on both sides came into action. The German fie had little effect. Tho Belgian fire was deadly, even at a range ot 2,000 metres, and played havoc with the German cavalry which, notwithstanding, contlnned to advance. "Tho cavalry repeatedly chajrgedj but owing to hedge's and hillocks, could at tu ck only in small groups, The Germans again and again hurled themselves at the barricades only to bo shot down by tho deadly Belgian* : fire. 'w I "The attack on the bridges upa? I nlng the river wae^qually floree. ?Gcnian officers urged their men to the attack, to meet almost certain death from the Belgian guns. Hen and horres fell until, when almost shat-, tered, the order for retreat waa ?tvob at 6 o'clock In the evening. W "Thc German defeat was complete, their losses amounting to more than one thousand., i They retired tn the greatest disorder. At nightfall they were making their way hastily to wards Tongres." FLEET BOTTLE B UP. London, August 14?-Tho Hong Kong corespondent of the Exchange Telegraph says li Is reported, there that the British fleet m the far east has corner?ff the German far eastern squadron. . . .?. Weight Is lent to the report, the correspondent adds, by the fact that shipping along the coast Is i??u?ffi lis normal basis. TBAPF?C RESUMEB. ^7 London, August 18c-Steamers with passengers and provisions continua to arrive from Scandinavian Norla sea ports? Coastwise traffic ls I * resumed. Two cargoes of wheat the Plate river and providion' ors from Bo tu roam ant. Copea! arrived today? Among the pasa gera from Copenhagen was Jr, Camben, ferner French smiMtiidli? at Berlin. ? ' " 4.