The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, September 12, 1914, Image 1

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f VOLUME 1, NUMBER 212 Weaklr, ErtaUIikei 1M0| DmDy, Jaa.lt, Itu, ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS 85.00 PER ANNUM GERMANS REI FROM ALLI LOSSES THE BATTLE OF MARNE HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED AS YET HEAVY FIGHTING Battles Are Being Fought by the Various Armies With Resulta Unknown ; Servians Claim a Victory London, Sept. li.-The battle of the Marne, as the French have christened the great struggle which has been in progress for a week In the territory between Paris and Verdun, with the j allied armies of. Prance and England '? on one side and the Germans on the other, hau not reached a decisive re- ' suit. The German right, however, in the I face of tho superior forces and threat ened with an outflanking movement continues to retire towards the north along the route over which General von Gluck made his famous lightning advance on Paris from the Belgian border, after having defeated the allies and Moni and again at Cambria and 'St. Quentin. With General von Kluck also, ac cording to the French official reports, the right wing of General von Bue .ow'4 army, which supported his left ie* falling back towards the rivers Alane and Oise. On von Buelow's left, the army of the Prince of Wurtem berg, which has been trading for weeks to break through the French line also has stopped fighting and re tired north, . The German left wing, however, composed of other sections of the Prince of W?rttemberg^ anny, and the army commanded by the Ger man crown prince ia still fighting with varying success. These armies, how ever appear to have passed Verdun as the Berlin reporte say they have been bombarding fortified positions south of that fortress. A co'np?-ehrftip?ve French official re port, issued tonight shows that General von Kluck got further south and east of Paris than heretofore had been dis closed, so that this advance waa even faster than' he was given ' credit for mjaking. It seems that had the Ger man armies on his left moved any where nearly as quickly as he did, the battle of the Marne might na vcr have been fought. However, faced by British-French forces, and with another French force advancing front Paris threatening hts flank and bis communications, Generai von Kluck was compelled to withdraw northward and then fight the French on the river Ourcq. In this fighting, according to the British-French re ports, a number of German guns, hun dreds of . prisoners and psrt of ?he German transports were taken. Servia lu celebrating another vic tory over Austria, having taken Heat* (Un, Just arro* the river from Bel grade? the Servian capital? walch has ; been under an Intermittent bombard' went ?ver since tho commencement of the mar. this success, lt ls thought, stay ?sable Servia, which fs advancing 1? Bernis, to put aa end to the gul? which have been solong firing on ber capital. ..Turkey has taken .advantage .of Europe's occupation to abrogate capi tulation wheh she so long .had .ob-. Jetted to.. Her diplomats dea j this means any bellicose attitude sad say Turkey believes the time has arrived when she should enjoy the same ?tatas as other Independent countries, par ticularly as ?rest Britain sad Austria have )uss agreed to the abrogations sf j Tapltulatfees ls the territory which J Greece recently acquire! .from .the iTsrfcisb *wpir% " s Allies Claim A A. A ii r*. i- ' ; i ? ? ' * *? 3 . Paris, Sept. ll.-This official com munication was issued here today: "First, dn the left wing our suc cess increases/ ' North of tho river Marne and itt the direction of Solssons and Comptegne the Gormans have abandoned groat quantities of ammu nition, stores, some wounded and some -prisoners. - W? have taken another flag. The British army has captured ll guns and important stores.and has taken from 1,20a to 1.600 prisoners. "Second, in the center, the enemy has given in on its front between Be s?nne and Revlgny. The. Germant have not yet fallen back from (.'Ar gonne. Notwithstanding the strain to which our troops have been sub ?mra' ) ?I CREATING ED FORCES; ARE HEAVYI ooooooooooooooooo o o o COTTON MONEY o o - o o Washington, Sept. 11. o o -The emergency curren- o o cy bill, amending the Vre- o o land-Aldrich act to make o o 75 instead of 30 percent o o the amount of commercial o o paper to be accepted o o banks as security for o o emergency currency, pass- o o ed the senate today and o o now goes to the house, o o The measure was prompt- o o ed by financial conditions o o growing out of the Euro- o o pear. war. o o Under an amendment ad- o o ded by the senate today o o all privileges conferred on o o national banks under the o o Vreland emergency cur- o o renpy act are extended to o o State banks and trust com- o o panies having a capitiliza- o o tlon of $25,000 or more o o and a twenty per cent o o surplus. o o The senate voied down o o a proposal that cotton o o producers should be given o o preference in the loaning o o of emergency currency in o o cotton states and that the o o interest charged should o o' not exceed six p?*r cent, o o Senator Overman, pro- o o posing the amendment, o o declared the purpose of tf o emergency currency in the o o south was to relieve the o o cotton situation arid said o o that by his amendment re- o o lief to the cotton producer o o would be assured. o o o ooooooooooooooooo HORRIBLE SCENE ON BATTLEFIELD Allies Artillery Played Havoc With Retreating Germans Ground Strewn With Dead (By Associated Press.) Paris, Sept. ll,-An idea ot how the German? were harrassed by artillery fire during Uielr retr ?at wai obtained on a visit to the fie. dB near Meaux, the scene of. the severe fight of yes terday. The German infantry had taken a position in a sunken road on either side of which were stretched in extended lines hummocks, some of them natural and some the work of G?rman Boldlera. Besides many bodies vere forty or fifty empty cartridge shells while fragments of clothing, caps and knap sacks were scatter?, d about. This destruction was wt ought by batteries three miles distant Straggling clumps ot wood intervened- between the bat teries and their mark but the 'range had been determined by an officer on an elevation a mile from the gunners. He telephoned directions for the tir ing and through glasses watched the bursting shells. The sunken road was littered with bodies today. Sprawling in ghataly fasnion. the ?aces almost had the um? greeniah hue as the uniforms worn. The road is lined with poplars, the branches of which, severed by frag menta ot shells, were strewn among the dead. In places whole tops ot trees had been .lorn away hy the ar tillery fire. Victory ~- -? - T^a^a AL>>*>] jected durO-g the last Ave days pf battle, they still and energy to pur sue* the enemy on its left wing, change in this territory. "The Austrian army defeated at Lemberg, despite heavy reinforce ments ia being repulsed. On the front between Jalonne and Rewa and the river Imeister Russians are be sieging the fortified towla ot Grodek. The second Austrian army has been a tacked near Tomas sow and has been compelled to retreat. "The Servian troops have crossed Oie river Save at Shagatx and Obreno vats. In Bosnia they have assumed the offensive in the direction of Vise grad." Capital City News Special to The Intelligencer. Columbia, Sept. ll.-lt was esti mated today that the special session of the general assembly will cost the tax payers of the state nearly $40,000. No announcement has been made as to the program for legislation. The governor today granted a pa roil; to J- E. Truluck, who was con victed in Charleston on th* cl.areft nf embezzlement and sentenced to eight montbs. Flashes Germans Suffer Defeat. London, Sept. 11. (fV?:dniiht) -A Ostend dispatch to Reuter's Telegram company say?: ''A severe engagement took place yesterday in the neighbor hood of Grembergen and Ter monde, Belgium. The Germans beat a hasty retreat, leaving lo prisoners behind. Before de parting from Termonde the Ger mans pillaged and destroyed the town- Out of r*,4O0 houses, 1 too are in ashes and works of art and historical memorials have* been destroyed. Several notable peo ple have been Jaken prisoners and 200 civilians have been sent to Germany. "Bands of Uhlans have been pursued into the wood surround ing Quatrccht and Wetteren. Allegations are False. Bordeaux, Sept. 11.- ( Mid night)-President Poincare today cabled President Wilson as fol: lows: "Mr. President : I am informed that the German government has sought tor surprise your, excellen cy's gecu faith by alleging thai dum dum balls are manufactured in the French state factory and used by our soldiers. This calum ny is but an audaciou attempt to reverse roles." "Since the beginning of the war G?i"tT??riy has ?ocd ui?m durn bul lets and violated daily the law of nations. On August' 18 and sev eral times since we have had oc casion to bring these facts to the notice of your excellency and the powers signatories of The Hague convention." Powers Won't Acree. Paris, Sept 11.-7 40 p. m. The Rome correspondent of the Havas Agency says dispatches from Constantinople announce that th? foreign ambassadors, in cluding the German] representa tive, yesterday informed the Tur kish government that the powers could not accept abolitions of treaty rights accorded foreigners. Rattiant Captura Town? London, Sept 12.-3.08 a. m. -sji Reuter dispatch from. Petro grad says the Russians have cap tured Tomaszow, Russian Poland, after a sanguinary conflict. Steadily Losing Ground. Paris, Sept ii. il.Zo p. m. "The Germans continue to re treat. The British have taken elevtn cannon and many prison ers." This was the gist of sin official report issued here tonight. Off For H?*r H?'??ffft?S-. washington, ovi-v 11*-nevi dent Wilson left here at 5.35 p. rn tor the summer white house at Cornish, N. H., wher? he expects to arrive tomorrow afternoon. Asked For EaalsswW Washington, Sept. 11.-Presi dent Wilson today asked, Secre tary Bryan to call the attention of the Turkish ambassador, A. Rustem Bey, to recent statements attributed to him in the Snews papers and to inquire if they were authorized. Must Agree te Maka Peace. Copenhagen, Sept li.-Via London, 4.IC p. m.-The Vossis che Zeitung, of Berlin, declares that previous to the outbreak of the war Germany and Austria Hungary agi.*ed, as now have the parties to th? triple entente, not to make peace separately. BRITISH LIGH1 POORE IS OF MANS! -H JURY OUT UTTLE OVER AN HOUR INTERESTING CASE Crowded Court Room Yesterday ! Heard Attorneys On EitW Sift Put Up Strong Fights After deliberating for cbont one hour und fifteen minutes, thc jury re turned a verdictmf guilty In the cuso or the 8tate venns Claude Poore, charged w8tb murder. Thia case went to the Jury! yesterday afternoon at 6:15 o'clock ?al a verdict was ren dered at 7:30l W When co'urtSconvened yesterday morning ll Juron had oeei secured to try thc case Ind after some diffi culty the last maa was selected in the person of A. W. q(*gwell, who was' also appointed foreafifr by the Jud?e. Poora wo? .taemvbrought into the court room and the triul was begun. The prisoner waa neatly dreased Tn a suit of black clothes; his hair was carefully brushed and he seemed per fectly composed. Anderson people are familiar with the facts in the case,, which are. that Poore, aa a policeman in Williams ton, shot ?nd kitted Joe Kelly, former ly a. policeman in .the same town. The evening before the killing Poore had arrested Kelly abd it is aaid that this led to the trouble. Willl?mston peo ple were greatly interested in the trial and the court room waa crowded throughout the day yesterday Dr. Prank Lander was the first wit ness called yesterday morning. He testified as to the nature or Kelly's wounds and he was followed by Capt. A. G. Pinkney, who waa an eyewitness to the affair He gave a very graphic account of th? shoo ting, telling of what each mau auld and of Kelly's ac tions after he was shot. Capt. G. W. Sullivan' gave a touch ing account of the shooting, explain ing that he arrived on the scene just as the defendant had his gun raised to ahoot again He protested, saying "Claude, if you do,, that will be mur der." At the time Kelly was leaning up against the wall of a building and he started to come to Capt. Sullivan falling into that gentleman's arma Vance Cooley, mayor of Williams ton, testified as to the facts leading up to the ease, explaining that Poore had arrested Kelly on the evening before the final difficulty arose, and that Kelly had become incensed over this end cherished ill feeling against Poon.*. Other witnesses acquainted with tho case were called and then the defendant took the stand. In reply to questions put to him by the attorneys. Claude .Poore asserted that he has been a resident of the town of Wllliamston for twelve years and that in that time be has acted aa con stable a ??"' '..^iceman. He has also been a cai panter sad has worked tn the rnl'.i there at other times. **?*i*3 he ws? 18 years of ego be ??s?v.hu? father's fairtu which ia cc-s? Wllliamston and came into the town ?to go to work. He has lived there ev ery since that time. On Saturday ev. A JU*. - _ _ rn In Pay tr Atlanta, Os., Sept. ll.-interest the greet "buy a bale" movement is sweeping with renewed vigor over tbs whole Soutn to judge from Ilia re ports lu the Southern newspapers and from telegrams received by the Atlan ta press. The state wide conference held Jn j Atlanta yesterday gave a great lmpe-1 tua to the movement. The evangel! ration of the whole state was start ed unanmlmoosly when tho con'.reM.o | adopted its resolutions and tbe mem bers tarted out to inspire ell Georgia. Athens merchants are offering to toke cotton on debts at ten cents per r ARTILLERY GUILTY LAUGHTER eningR and Sundays, Poore was em ployed by Mie city os a policeman At the ttme of the shooting he hud in his pockets several warrants that he ii ad to serve. In connection with the C&BO in de tail he testified: "On Sunday afternoon I was sitting in front of tho Gregory company store and heard .Toe Kelly and Ira B. Hol de- Jobbing at each other In pretty bad language. Holder and Kelly both cursed each other ceveral times, but neither had an attitude that was ag gravating or which appeared trouble some. Finally Joe said, Tra going to lick you and then I am going home.' Holder said, 'Well, I'm here, como ahead.' They cursed a while longer and then Poore came out and told them to shut up. Holder shut up but with several oaths, Joe Kelly asserted that I had nothing whatever to do with him and that he was not going to obey. I told him to get off the streets or go home, and he said that he would do neither. I then told him that I would have to run him in if he did not be quiet Ha said with an oath or two that I would have to run. him.in land that waa sure. I then started with him to the Juli, and about middle way he stopped' and asked about hts bond. T told him that I couldn't rive him any bond but I'd let kim go free lt he [wanted to. He refused to bs let go, and said that I had arrested him, damn you now lock me up. I took him to the guard house and put him in tua Office OS tho council TOO?? s.n? locked the doer. I did not place him in a cell, but I did lock him in the-of fice. I however did offer to let him stay there without being locked up, raying that 4 had confidence enough to know that he would stay there. "I weut on up to the home of Mayor Cooley and got him to come down to the jail. Here we found Kelly aa I had left him and the mayor let him out on a bond of $10. He left tbe place in company with the mayor and was1 making all sorts of threats against rae. He cursed and abused me all the time. Mayor Cooley Uld hun that if he didn't shut up that he'd put him back in Jail. "I met Joe once or twice more that night and each time he would abuse and threaten me. Chief Nelson was awflVe of the facts and he sent me up in the northern part of the town and then I went to bed. "The next morning as I waa com ing to town, I met Holder, who warn ed me of Kelly Baying that he was af ter me and that 1 had better look out for myself. Not wanting to have any trouble with the man I went back home .aid lt was not until 10 o'clock that I came back to town. My wife Wanted some needles and asked me to come for them. I went down to the store and there I met Joe Kelly in front of Griffin's* stor." Here Poore described the seene be tween bc and Kelly about going out in the yard. "And when he said G d- you, you have got to settle it and right here, I turned and drew my plRtol " "What did you dc then?" was asked. "1 ?hot him." "How ?msny times did you shoot7" "? -hof si- tildes -nd th== rz, gun was empty." "Why did you load your gun again?" (Continued on Page 5.) y WfL#<Ut,vL#f av tent of Debts pound. Several merchants at Moul trie, Rom? and other towns have now dopt ed the same pian, all agreeing to hold the cotton off the market for a year if necessary. A total of 540 bales has been sold In Atlanta at ten cette, and thia be fore the active solicitation bagan? It is expected that th? work of the committee this week will roll up sev eral thousand bales. Waycross ia to celebrate "Cotton Daly" nn October 10, the farmers meet ing near by and coming to the city with their cottdh In. a body. Plaps are being made to take care ot "it all. OFFICIAL NEWS OF BIG BATTLE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGHTING AROUND PARIS GERMANS RETREAT Kaiser's Troops Have Been Re pulsed All Along Battle Front and Are Giving Ground (By Associated Press.) Paris, Sept. ll.-Thc French mili tary authorities, who heretofore have confined tho Information muae puo llc concerning thc military operations east of Parla to laconic statements very general In character, today gave a lengthy deacrlptlon of the most im portant battle since the beginning of hostilities. Evidently tho left wing of the allied annie-, facing the northeast has borne the brunt of the preliminary engage ments in which the British took such a promlhent part so well that they are the object of the bigest compli ments on thc part of French military men. The combat, according to the offic ial announcement, seems to be de veloping into an abandonment of at least the advance positions held by the Germans who, lt ls announced, are retiring along a greater part of the line. TIIIB retirement, is said to have been for 46 mlloa at nome points. Furious onslaughts, sometimes by the French and again by the Germans, occurred about tho center of an ex tensive linc in the vicinity of Vitry LeFrancols. Three great GoiPian armies com. mended by General von Kluck, the Crown Prince Frederick William and the Duke of Wurtemberg effected a junction and repeatedly burled them selves against the French positions with the greatest vigor, but they were not able to achieve their seeming ob ject of breaking the aillos' center and thus dividing the Anglo-French arm ies. The French and British offered an equally divided resistance, eventu ally compelling the Germana to with draw Tbe fighting continued through out last night and the allies' position, it ls understood, was injproved today. A rain storm caused great dlfflcul iitsa in the marshy o?siricta. but did not atop tlio operations. The fusfl ades of the troops and the artillery duel proceeded all day. It is believ ed the retiring Germans suffered more than the allies from the storm ns their withdrawing columns were encumbered with baggage and ammu nition waltons. The military authorities descrip tion of the battle follows: "As we already have denounced, a batt?t has been taking place since September 6 over a front extending in a general way from Paris to Verdun. "From the outset of this action the German right wing, the army com manded by General von Kluck, which on September 6 had reached the dis trict to tho north of Provine , was obliged to fall back because of the danger of being enveloped. By its clever and rapid movements* thlr army was succeeding in escaping from the allies srip and was throwing itself, wth the greeter part of ita force against our enveloping wing to the north of the Marne ano the west of the Ou reo river. But the F; en cit troops which were operating in this region, powerfully aided by the brav ery of our British allies, inflicted con siderable losses cn the enemy and gained the time necessary to allow our offensive to press forward and at pr?tent on that Bide the enemy is in retreat toward Aisne and the Oise. "Hie has thus fallen back 37 to 46 miles in four days. In the meantime the Anglo-French forces which had been operating to the south or the Marne have not ceased to pursue their G?fenelvo. Starting, ?ome of them from the district south of the forest of Circy and others from the regions north of Provins and south or Estor nay, they opened out from the Marne on the left, the army of Oenersl von (Continued On Page Four.). :-: TEXAS WILL I Furman Smith, wholesale seedsman, has received the following interesting letter from the Pittman & Harrison Company, ( which has been i%liing oats in this section for many years. "Buy a Bale** The genius who figured out thu plan of lending aid to the present cot ton situation In the. South deserves great credit. Texas bas just enacted legislation looking to the provision of warehouses, and nearly eve/y commu nity in the stat? ot Texas is at pr?s ent engaged In some effort, the effect of which wU! be to caro for the first receipts of cotton aa fair figures and cause remainder to be held Hack until conditions make better aricas possible or the manufacturers lire ready to absorb lt. We feel that [you can rely upon Texas doing her TURKS WILL BE WITHINRipTS AMBASSADOR ASSURES AB? SOLUTE SAFETY TO AMERI- ' CANS IN EMPIRE NATIONAL RIGHTS -W Ottoman Empire b Justified in Abrogating Treaties, Claims Turkish Ambassador (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. ll.-A. Rustem Bey, the Turkish ambassador, ex plained to Secretary Bryan ic.?.xf that Turkey's abrogation ot cor, venions lind capitulations granting social privileges to powers was a step ??ken merely to recover her national rights. Tho ambassador pointed oat that the effect of the action was not to terminate the treaties of 1830 and 1862 between the United States and Tur key, but to remove extra territorial rights the American rovernjaent had en loved -ma er a moat favored nation clause. (Joi crament'* View Unknown. State department officials today bad not determino what the attitude of the United States would be. It waa thought the American government would wait the initiative of other powers. Discussing informally the questions arising out of the abrogation ot the conventions, the Turkish ambassador later suggested that an interesting sit uation might arise with reference to Egypt Here, he thought, Great Bri tain probably would welcome the re mo vsl of capitule lions, as lt left Bri nah control ot l??rpt unencumbered by sp?cial privilegia to other for eigners. He declined to discuss the effect of Turkey's action on the Airo? pean war but emphatically dealed lt wa? Intended as a pretext for war, A mo ricans Are Safe. The ambassador declared that Am ericau missions Wohld be protected as formely ixn?e. G?iotnau Uv?. The principal effects of the abrogation, he explained, would be to give Turkey the right to impose whatever customs duties she desired, to levy profession al taxes on foreigners and to substi tute the jurisdiction of Turkish courts for extra-territorial rights. The following statement waa au? thorized by tho ambassador: "In abrogating the captulatlons Turkey simply ls recovering national rights belonging to a nation,, um? of which were granted by her In the mid dle ages in unwise moods of ?berall, ty; others wrested from her; others again came to be abandoned as a co rolla of the abandonment of the form er. The situation can be stated by toying that Turkey has decided to be mistress in her own bouse. "Like any contract which- la Ita tenor disregards tbe general princi ples of right, as for instance, a con tract sHniilstins the sale of cse hu man being to another, the capitula tions have no sanction In ethics, and Turkey was f rea to dissolve them. She bad tried to. attain that end by nego tiations, but the powers, bf Europe subordinated their consent to such onerous conditions that taking advan tage of the present situation Turkey decided to do away with the capitula tions by an uniloteral decision of her own. . .TaeTJnited States enjoys some af the privileges el the capitulations br virtue of the most favored aatSfof clause. Inserted In the .treaty .con cluded with Turkey In ]?M| that Is, the United States becamo the bene ficiar} of the capitulations only fiad* dentai.y* ?* . .?The statement that the American Mihskvaary Incitations in Turkey are affected by the eapftalsiron ls iaae enrate.. These fastltatloas exist tr. Turkey by virtue of general laws gov? erata? the empire,*1 ? . .Hew York, Sept ll^-Turkef's a*, rcgnilon of ,ike .agreements -srlvfas? special privileges .to .the .power? means that Americans will be fully M (Continued on Page y<ftjr| K) HER PART ?: | _\. _1_, _t part, not only In handling the present crop, but In curtailing the 1915 pro duction, though this "buy a bale" slo gan undoubtedly representa the greatest redemptive pish now before the people of the south. All success to if and to every other effort for the good of the cotton farmer! Lac us unite, and next season all discourage the growing of cotton unless there ta a surer market tor it. Along with other things, which must be used to Uk? ap the acreage pre viously devoted to cotton In the South, red oaa must naturally ooma in for a liberal share if not a preponderant share. Thia is th? universal view ia Texas where largely Increased acre ages of both oats and wheat are being planned and seeded. ^ __,