The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, September 15, 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 FLUSHED WITH VICTORY FRENCH AND BRITISH PURSUE THE ENEMY HEAVY LOSSES ARE REPORTED In Addition to Appalling Loss of Life. Thousands are Made Pris oners au? Many Guns Are Also Captured (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. ! 4.-Except for the army which ha3 been attacking Ver dun, tho German force? in France have fallen back all ulong the line.ac cording to the French oillcial report issued this afternoon. From Nancy to the Vosges they huve withdrawn from French territory, while on the extreme right General von Kluck and General von Buelow contine to retreat to the northwest he fore the French, and British, even giv ing up tboir defensive position on the river Aisn? between Coraplegne and Cl_ BuipiviWi Further west tho German detach ments that held Amiens huve moved northeastward to try to rejoin the German army of tho right at St. Quen tin. It is possible all the Gormans in ?NiArthwest France have dono like wise; otherwise they would be in dan ger of being cut off in the center. Another defensive position, behind Rheims, has been given up nnd in the Argonne region a general retreat is taking place toward the forests of Belnoue and Trlancourt. The allies aro pushing their ad vantage and doing, their utmost to turn tue^ retreat .iain r. disaster hy a Btem pursuit on perhaps the broadest scale yet known in the war. On the right/they are in good .position to con tinuo the offendive, ot the men and horres are not too tired for further effort. They are based on a strong line running from the Marne to the fortresses through thc hill country south of Argonne. While the allied left, composed largely of fresh troops with a heavy force ot cavalry under General Pau, ir. wheeling around ns to drive Gen erals von Kluck and von Buelow to wards Ardennes and Luxemberg, Gen eral Pau's army, by a few more more marches by La' Fere and Laen, might cut communications between the re treating Germans and Belgium. The British, who yesterday took nearly all the ^roBslngs on the river Aisne and captured n2?n,-r nrliinnera. I are north of that river and are push ing the attack that would assist in forcing the Germans to evacuate Rheims. Tho center, somewhere be tween Chalons and Rheims, is mak ing an effort to recapture the latter city, which would be one of the most popular victories that could be an nounced to Frenchmen. Should these movements be crown ed willi success and Laen and Rheims again fall into the hands of the allies, the Germans would have only one line of communication with Germany-?] through Retool- and even that might bife cut. General von Kluch; however, ls looking for relnforcdmenw from Bel gium if they have not already reached him, and with tbese be might make another stand against bis pursuers. Th a British war dmce issued a long statement today from Field Marshal Slr J orin French, covering more com n'n-iely than thc sreriauw summaries the seven days fighting from Sepff a ber 4 to, September 10, inclusive. Ac cording to tills roport the German swerve to the southeast of Paris ts accounted for by General von Kluck's decision that the British',' who had been F.o heavily engaged in the re treat from the Belgian frontier, Could bs ignored and that he could proceed with his plan of enveloping the main French army. . The Qtiw a?uty which Cullie .Out c. Paris, however, upset this calculation and, with his flank threatened, the German general bad to withdraw-a movement which has been continued np to the present. General French paid high tribute to tho latest addition to the British army -the flying corps, and ho Oslo quotes a letter from the 'French commander, General Joffre, who congratulated bim on the accuracy of the informa tion supplied by the aviators. These men h av? done little or no bomb throwing but have confined them selves to gathering Information about the enemy for the general staff. This is the work that the "military always have said would provo of tho greatest service In connection with the use of the aeroplane. In what conflicts they har? bsd with German aviators, the British flying men. ac cording to General French, have "es tablished individual ascendency" and IEAT D BY GUNS HEP ARMIES fie adda, "something in the direction of the mastery of the air already' has been established." This is particularly gratifying to Britons, as England waa one of the last powers to go seriously into the development of aviation, and the gov ernment has been severely criticised for not giving it more encourage-) ment. Tho Belgians, who have received new big guns and reinforcements from somewhere, by a sortie from Antwerp have prevented the Germans from sending more of their troops out of Belgium to the south. It is report ed that the Germans had another army corps ready to dispatch to the assistance of their right wing, nerti: ofKParls, but quickly stopped its de parture when the Belgians showed Iheir strength and ability to cut com munications between Brussels and Louvain. Although the Belgians had to retire to the protection of the Ant werp forts when the Germans dhrcov cTed them, they proved themselves capable of at least annoying 'he army of occupation. All the news coming in today seems to confirm the Russian reports that tho russians have inflicted another cruBhiug defeat on the Austrians who on the right were supported by some Germau divisions. By the capture of Tomaszow, the Russians drove a wofiao between tho . Austrian army, .which had invaded Poland as far as f Opole, KraBnostav and Zamosa, and the army which they defeated at Lem berg and which, although it lost heav ily in killed, wounded, prisoners and guns, managed to reform to some ex tent and undertake thc offensive. The Germans? who reinforced thc Austrians, according to latest advices mared in the defeat. They are trying tn reach the fortress at Przeinyst, and the rear guard is endeavoring to keep off thc Russian cavalry whicli lei pur suing them. ' Austria had. In Poland and Galicia an'army estimated ut" 1.O0O.0?0 men I with 2,r.oo guns. At Lemberg. Austria j lost many thousands of men in killed,! wounded and prisoners. It is now stated, although not o facially, that the total number of prisoners amounts to 180,000, and that 450 field guns were taken, besides the guns in the captor-, cd forts and an immenso amount of war material. It hv also reported tonight from Rome that the Germans have Buffered a defeat Mi a wa, on the East Prussian frontier. This would be rather sur prising, as the Russians1 only today admitted they had been compelled to withdraw in East Prussia before over whelming forces of Germans ? who threatened General Rennenkampff's left wing. It is possible the German comman der, General von Hlndenberg, pushed his advantage a little far and found the Russians were stronger on thc frontier, where Mlawa is :.'United, thaa had been expected. The Servians, after taking Semlin, over which there was great rejoicing, as it relieves Belgrade from a contin uation of the bombardment, havere sumcd the offensive against the Aus trians, and, like tho Montenegrins, are taking advantage- of Austria's weakness on that frontier to push in to her territory. WANTS "DIXIE" TO BE PLAYED Anderson Man Bursts Into Song and Tells of How "Dixie" Is Finest Battle Song Going CapL Bii?y Anderson, well known In Anderson as a man of rare discern ment hi things pertaining to art, has, given to The Intelligencer a copy of a' poem which has just fallen into his hands. The effusion ls from Vie pen of an Anderson writer and goes as follows: "We love to br?s; about our flag. Aye! Forever may she wave, and when I'm gone, may she live on and on, the emblem of dbe brave. But there Is cns other, esr ?fst?cn's flab's brother, whose 'glory no nation can hide, with just thirteen stars and tho, two red bars, beneath which our fa thers died. We All love to hear, Btar Spangled Banner so dear, we greet it wherever lt ls found but as the song of the South yells burst from the mouth, I am a rebel at Dixie's flrat song. Wherever i roam, around the world or at home, whatever music I hear there's none that can thrill as old Dixie will, lt kills every vintage of fear and if I go to war. It don't matter who for, let Dixie's strain rise to tbs sky and lil give one loud yell and fight right through hell and feel lt a pleasure to die." Oak Grove* g. g. Pfcafe. Oak Grove Sunday school will bare its annual picnic at Strickland's pas ture Saturday. Sept. 19th. All other 'Sunday schools are invited and tbs i publlo also. Rev. J. B. Herron, Supt. ENGLISH SAILORS JOINING THEIR SHIP Paolo by America? Press Association. ITALY'S ACTION VERY IMPORTANT Ai Least a Change From Former Alliance Would Decide War I i Favor of the Allies LOCAL coiras ARE M?GH IMPROVED RISE YESTERDAY IN PRICE OF COTTON (hy Associated Pre38.) ? Bordeaux, Sept. 14 -Tho Temps ! quotes Prince Tasca di Cuto, an Ital-'Mfi "QUI IT ?^riXA/rXIQ'* lan socialist deputy, with reference !?"Vf sWWl^O to thc attitude of Italy: - ... . "Opinion in Italy," says the deputy. ' cl. . .. ? ,t . ?nu. "Is unanimous in demanding the reali- ! aught Advance in f rice cf Cotton zatlon of the anti-triple alliance pro- m LoeaA Market tad Cheering gram. Everyone today believe* that ? Italy must absolutely Separate her News, Prospect Brightened policy and destiny from tho triple a!!i- _ ance I "United action with the triple en- ,11 would be hard to believe that an tente is the inevitable outgrowth of.Avance of only ou??mU4. cent P?r the situation. Italy's neutrality has f0"110. In,the price rf* cotton would been a necessary transition; our mil- ??elp local business but that is Just Hary measures have been taken as I t>xactI>; what happened in Anderson quickly ns geographic^ conidtions , yesterday It_ war announced yester ?ernrittod. and the Italian army Is JW corning tba the buyers were,wil ready for all eventualities. Our fleet $ to pa"y ?*?,?*R P*""'/01" ? "?J "",,,, ?v"~?," ." "- cotton and right away conditions i?iSS tun SS?ri around town beeQn to bend. The mei rangements with England r ZlnTWrrtrn?ao^ L ulL n\i*M* tha? they h?? been for some lime and pearance. Tho action of Italymight ? fcsarlng deflnltely turn .ge scale in favor of ?evB ^?^^SllWm . e?kted .Very ?Q* triple entente. ,.ni;"n V,KC ?SSgLd ;n Anrtnr. ALLEY SLUMS WILL BE ABOLISHED Mrs. Wilson's Dying Wish Is Fulfilled When Senate Passes Bill COUNCIL WILL HELP LIBRARY Met Mcaday and Decided to Res cind Action of Last Week; In stitution lo Get Annual Sum At a meeting cf the Anders- 3 city council, held yesterday morning, that body agreed to rescind th? action ta ken last week when it refused to agata make an appropriation for the Carnegie library in Anderson. This announcement means that the library will hereafter get the same amount of money as the institution has been receiving since 1907. It seems that in that year the li brary was built, an understanding be ing reached between Mr. Carnegie and the city council that connell would appropriate earn year ten per cent of wh&t the buP ding cost. This amounts to $1,500 per y??r or fl30 per month. The public will rejoice over the announcement because for a time it waa feared that the library might oe seriously embaroesed if council with drew Its aid; WHEAT Pit!I'ES TUMBLE Prospect of Early Xeot: Paste e? Peace Caines i Exchange (By Associated Press,) Chicago, Sept. li-Wheat prices to day underwent almost aa violen, a change as when.' not oulte seven weeks UKO, the war bulge in quota tions beajan. Excitement in the pres ent case however, waa about th? pros pect of a swift approach of peace, traders generally taking the view that the triumphs of the allies meant it would be unlikely for hostilities to be prolonged. Selling out of wheat today was on a huge scale from first to last, and caused an extreme smash of 8 1-Zo a bushel ai cor.??ired with 9 l-4c ad vance July 2H. on the occasion, .that TCl-f.!05- *v?*?f*?n n?rmanv tint USWT.. land were broken off. The downward swing of prices today brought wheat aa low as $1.11 1-2 a bushel for May delivery as against $1.20 Saturday hight and $1.32 September 6, the top most level of the war. Between July 28 and September 5, the risc in the price of Blay whest was 41 &-8 ot whtcn neariy one halt now has been wiped out. At $1.11 3-4 May. the dosing quotation tonight, the net remainder of the war advance ls 21 3-8c a bushel. cotton and right away conditions around town began to mend. The mer chants felt better and were cheerier than tbey had been for some time and every ?ingle v.rmer hearing the glad news straightway Recame elated. Very little colton v'Rs marketed in Ander son yesterday st that figure but never theless the riBe, slight though it was, helped business conditions in Ander don. Another great help yesterday was the positive announcement mode bv some of the principal cotton mill men of this city to the effect that the cotton rajlls of Anderson will not shut down this year and all of them have agreed to run until January at least und prob ably on through the remainder or the winter. For some time a persistent rumor has been going around to the effect that .-'onie of the cotton mills ot this and ether cities would be compelled to suspend operations but Mr. Jas. D. Hammett, when seen yesterday, said that he had Just returned from New York where he succeeded in closing enough contracte to keep his mill run ning for some time. Re said that his contracts were on a very ahoft profit basis but he would prefer to run for the next year without making any mo ney rather than to close down and throw all the employes out of jobs. Another well known manufacturer said almost the same thing. He suc ceeded in closing a contract on an op en bid for work which will keep the plant going for at least GO days and he says that orders will be plentiful by the expiration of that period. '"Conditions in the South af o vastly better than anyone knew and ther ls really nothing wrong with the town except the pessimism ot some of our people" said a well known merchant yesterday. Thisgd are ca the mead now and indications are that after an other month Anderson people will al most forget that there was a war in the foreign countries. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 14.-Mrs. Wood row Wilson's dying wish that congress abolish ailey slums in the nntional capitol was fulfilled today when the house passed the renate bill prohib iting the usc of dwelling houncB in Washington alleys after four years from the date of the legislation. A few hours before Mrs. Wilson died she ioid the president she could "go away happier" if she knew the al ley Btuthfl would be wiped out. Word was : .Mit to the capital and thc house district committee promptly reported a bill carrying a large appropriation for that purpose. The house did not pass the measure as reported because of constitutional objections. The sen ate however, passed another bill car rying out an old act providing for ab olition Of the slums. Thc house ac cepted this cs a substitute, acceptable to the white house, and lt will become a law. BIG SURPRISE WAS WELL RECEIVED New Troupe at the Palmetto1 Thia Week Makes a Decided Hit FRAZER BEGINS SESSION Tor Anderson College Will Open Her Portals on Sept 17-Both Are Expecting a Good Year 0030000000000000000 A SlttN OF PEACE! Cornfsk? H. hi* Sept, H. President Wn?*? left here at tatt p. as. today fer Washington, whare he will arrive to??rrow morning H . o'clock. .Every member of the Frazer Fitting school faculty is now tn, the city and avnryllllmr lu ttl rAHdiMM for th? OD ening of Anderson's school for boys and< young men. The session will be gin this morning at $ o'clock, at which time appropriate exercises will be held and tomorrow the class work will be gin. Or. Fraser says that be looks forward to the opening of his school and believes that the year will be a splendid one tor tho institution. Anderson college will open her doors on Sept. 1 , next Thursday, and practically every member o? the cot lego faculty has arrived in the city and Is ready to begin work. A number of the students are coming In every day now and present indications are that the enrollment at the college witt be considerably larger than tl waa last year. Anderson people are proud of both ? 'the Fraser Fitting school and Anderdon College ?ad are taking a lively inter est in the plans of these two institu tions for the coming year. TIi?> big surprise promised by the Palmetto theatre ?or Monday in the advert?: enient o? this popular tliuoire Sunday-was a most agreeable one, as the Corbett Musical Comedy company playing this week is by far the bost attraction that has been nut on at the Palmetto. The opening bill yes tr rday entitled the new Bell Boy. was ? eil received by a .packed house and ably presented by the Corbett com- i pany. Every member of the company acquitted his or herself in fine style. Manager Pinkston is to bc commend ed upon securing the high ciass at traction that lie is showing this week. Worthy of special mention is the dancing of the four girls in a difficult buck. As a team of dancers they are certainly great, and then, the comed ians were good. Taken as a whole it is a show wor. h many times the price of admission. The bill advertised for today promises to be a -vinner. The costumes in the opening act alone cost the tidy little sum of $1,200 Twelve hundred dollars, as most of the mar. i u"i men in this town will admit, isl quite expensive for only eight dresses. The manager of the Palmetto in his nd this morning states that a perfect ly good five dollar bill will be given away after each performance, as was done yesterday. Tali in ilbtif is quite an inducement. Twenty dollars being given away each day is well worth going after. Mr. Pinkston in talking to a reporter for The Intelli gencer yesterday stated that the show this week will be clcun and moral in every respect, nothing will be said or done at any of the performances that could be criticised or condemned by anyone, and that any person not well pleased with the show will gladly get bia br her money refunded by calling at the box office. flanean* Will Make Stand, Paris. Sept. 14-It is officially an nounced that tho Germans are making | a stand on the Aisne. oooooooo HEM* Air H*M> Wnshlrsten Sept IL-Corip traitor cf the Currency, WU Uasms today wire/, to all national hanks In the Sooth asking what HUMS they had loaned to cotton growers, what Interest they are receiving and the amount need ed to ?ore the cotton crop. It was understood tonight that a number of banks had replied hat It was announced no ?tatesseat won! be given bat until all the data wanted had been collected* a o o a o o o o a e 9 o| V 9 O O O O O O . O m o RUSSIANS ARE VICTORIOUS OFFICIAL REPORT SAYS THAT MANY PRISONERS WERE TAKEN GREAT BRAVERY Cctmmander Praises the Russian Troops for Determination and Courage Shown (Hy Associated Press.) Petrograd, Sept. 14.-The following official communications were Issued to night: "On tho Austrian front the Russian troops are crossing the San river. On taking position near Rawa Rusk? the Russian troops captured thirty cannon und 8,000 prisoners and al.-ii enormous Btores of war material and provisions. Tho result of tho pursuit of the ene my in that territory Is still unknown. "In the marshes of Belgoraoln the Ru-r.i an * found more Austrian batter ies sunk in thc mud, abandoned during retreat.. "Tho General army while repulsing the last desperate Austrian attack, captured, the moment troops took the offensive, a great number of prisoners and guns, the total number of which has not yet been determined. "General Bruls.Mloff declares hiB troops gave proof of great energy, de termination and bravery. The com manders of the corps, he Bays, led their units with imperturbable coolness, Snatching victory from the enemy on more than one occasion at critical mo ments. "General Brussiloff particularly commends ttie activity of the Bulga rian general, Rsdko Dmitrleff, in the lighting. "On thc right bank of the Dniester river the Austrians have been thrown back on Dorogobush, 65 miles east of "Czernowltz, capital and chief city ot the Crown land of Bukowina, and all the neighboring regions have been oc cupied by the Russian armies without res?stanse," AOBtCULTUBAL vTOKEBBfl Will ?ave a Meeting at Clemson Next Meath. "It rooms that the Clemson College meeting will bc an unusually Interest. lng one," says Dan T. Gray, of Ral eigh, N. C., in a letter of invitation to the annual meeting of the Assosla tion of southern agricultural workers, to be held at Clemson Collage October 21 to 23. E. J. Watson of the department of agriculture, has been Invited to de-, liver an address. His subject will be: "The Readjustment of Acreage to Meet' the Emergency arising as a Re suit of the European War." Practi cally every state in the' south will be represented at the Clemson meeting. ?Germans Are Successful. Rotterdam, via London, 8ept. 14.-A dispatch from Berlin say? the Ger man general staff announced Septem ber 13 that a plan ot campaign in the westorn theatre of .the war, of which no details had been made kno^n. had led to a aew engagement which so far ls favorable to the Germans. MOORE LIGHT ON FELTON'S DEATH Uncle of John T. Felton Return? From Greenwood and Telia of What He Discovered There From what he could discover e^u** one threw John M. Felton from a faut moving freight train near Greenwood Saturday night and broke his necx, according to J. B. Felton, a nephew of the dead man. Mr. Fel\m, who is superintendent of education of Ander son county, received a telegram Sat urday evening telling him that bis uncle was dead and he immediately went to Greenwood. Mr. Felton said tbat both the passenger trains bad passed the station before his uncle left tba station because be was r.een there by several people. Shortly af ter be was last seen, a freight train passed through Greenwood and it is presumed that the dead man board ed that train and either fell or was thrown ' from a car, breaking his neck when bs struck thc ground. There >'M oily one small bruise on his j face and nsce on his body, which clearly showed, that he was not run over sod killed by a train or struck by an engine? Mrs. Felton, the dead man's wife, baa come to Anderson and ls at pres ent with ber brother. Dock Wood. German Prisoners Arrive* Paris, Sept. 14.-A batch of German prisoners1, composed of a general with bis entire staff and six other officers and 300 men, arrived today at Noisy Le-Bec, five miles northeast of Paris, whence they were sent to the sooth. WILL SIGN NEW PEACE PACTS WILSON CONSIDERS THEM A GUARANTEE AGAINST WAR PEACE MOVEMENT Germany Has Not Replied to In quiry Concerning Plana for Peace As Suggested (By Associated Press.) Washington. Sept. 14.-No reply had been received tonight from the Ger man government to the Inquiry, ot the United States concerning the attitude of the former toward peace lu Europe but administration leaders were hope ful that from the Informal euuit soino thlng tangible might develop. That many Influential German-Am ericans are working to bring about some exchange of peace terms has been admitted in official tjuarters. Preaident Wilson and Secretary Bry an are keeping in CIOBO touch with all these efforts. The feeling prevails among administration officials that as tho casualty lists grow and the enor mity of the struggle is brought home to the masses lr. each country, tho movement for peace will correspond ingly gain momentum. In the mids: of the conflict tbr Uni ted StatsB will ttgn treaties of "p "ce with Great Britain, Franco, SpsLi and China. These pac's are regarded by President Wilson sa a practical guar antee against war. Slr Cecil Spring-Rice, Jules Jusser and. Juan Hinno, the British, French and Spanish ambassadors, respectively and Kai Fu Shah, the Chinese minis ter have received Instructions from their governments to sign the trea ties tomorrow. Anouncement was made today that President Wilson on Wednesday would receive the Belgian commission sept to the United States to lodge formal ?protest against alleged German atroci ties. Official dispatches to tho America" ; >vern?u? n?i ?oday confirmed the press sports of the retreat of tba German a -.ty across the entire if ne ?> France. AUSTRO- GERMAN LOSSES ARE VERY HEAVY (By Associated Press.) London, Sept 14.-A dispatch to the Central News from Rome says tele graphic advices received there from Potn?&rad are to the effect that the 17 days battle of the Russians against the Austro-German forces ended with the following result: /' Prisoners taken, 180,000; field guns captured, 450: fortress artillery cap tured, 1.000 pieobs; transport wagons taken, 4,000; aeroplanes captured, 7. The Russian embassy in Rom?, ac cording to the correspondent ot the Central News, says that the German army commanded by General von Hindenberg has been defeated near Mlawa, Russian Poland, and that the Germans are evacuating Poland with a loss of 50,000. men. The ambassa dor adds that the Russians have as. sumed the offensive in Prussia and have commenced to lay Stege to Koenigsberg. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O ' ^ o o TO SAVE KING COTTON o o - o o Washington, Sept, 14, o o -A committee pf South- o o ern Congressmen and o o cotton growers was organ? o o ized here today bv Kepre- o o sentative K^nry of Texas, o o to work for an advance ot o o or four million dollars to o o southern farmers on tne o o large cotton stock that o o must be held over be- o o cause of the collapse of o o European demand. The o o committee will hold dally o o meetings and will urge the o o advisability of Its plan o o upon President Wilson, o o Secretary McAdoo and the o o federa! reserve board. o o' Mr. Henry, who was o o' authorized to appoint th? o o committee at a recent in* o o formal, conference of Con* o o gressmen and growers, o o will act as its chairman, o o Other members Includ? E. o o W. Dabbs, South Caro- o o\ North Carolina and Rep- o o lina; Dr. H. Q. Alexander o o senatlve Doughton North o o Carolina; Lever, South o o Carolina, and Flood of o o Virginia. o ? o o o o o o o o oooooooo