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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 OSTEN Practically No Government Remains of King Albert and Military Ht Only the Civil Guard and Police Panic-stricken People Await Ad Who Are Known to Have a Lar Twenty Miles of the City. Residents Are Fleeing to England as Fast as Ships Can Be Provided-Crowds Mass About Gang ways of Vessels, Making Work of Embarking Refugees Difficult-Women and ChiMren Are Trampled in the Stampede, as of Frightened Animals at Every Rumor. Ostend is now the center of interest in the contest being wag ed in the western theatre of war. Reports indicate there is now no obstacle in the way of the German advance on Ostend and other ports in northwest Belgium. Scores of wounded soldiers are being brought into Ostend from Ghent. lt is reported that the Allies and the Germans engaged in a serious battle near Ghent Monday. lt is said that the German forces were far superior in numbers and that the Allies were obliged] r' (o withdraw toward the west. this removed the stumbling Vio^kl in the way. of German progress'towards Ostend. A state of uanic exists among the inhabitants of Ostend;, for ihe Germans are known to have*a large force within twenty miles ? the city. As fast as ships can be provided the residents are flee ing to England, escape by land having'been cut off on all sides. Hospitals were emptied today and the docks were lined with injured soldiers. Hundreds were carried on litters, while those less severely wounded hobbled on canes and crutches supported by Red Cross nurses, Doctors, nuns and priests. The wounded were given, preference on the transports provided for the beleaguered city, while 25,000 struggling people were mass . ed upon inc docks and terminais attempting to find places on the re fugee ships.z A German Ta?be flew over the harbor nndrstruck terr ror to those below, many-of whom had come here from 'Antwerp, and who feared. il:e aeroplane might drop bombs on the docks and the great glass sheds which cover the joint terminals of the railways and steamers. . ( The Belgian soldiers guarding the docks opened fire on the.j < aeroplane and the fusillade lasted ten minutes. This created still jj greater consternation among the thousands of Women and children,}: . many of whom had sat for three days on the cement floor of the great terminal sheds, their nerves at the breaking point Escape is cut off from all sides by land, and, thousands were still gathered miserably on the docks when the last relief ship left late today. No steamers leave Ostend at night because pf the danger from mines. Still the crowds remained on the piers await ing the dawn and more ships. ? - Even the refugees who managed to find deck space on the crowded transporte were not relieved of the terrible strain under which they have been laboring, for the watchful Taubc flew over the steamers, observing their movements as they sailed out of the harbor. N 1 .< The aeroplane did not drop bombs, however, as one had on previous days when civil and military hospitals were so narrowly missed by exploding shells that the Belgians charged that Vie Ger mans were aiming at the hospitals. Last night v/as a nigh!mare to the residents of. Ostend and the thousands of n/ugees fleeing before the German invasion. Wound ed soldiers were brought here.by the score from Ghent. li is re ported that they were engaged Monday near Ghent in a serious bat i'e. The allies are said to have been obliged to withdraw toward the west. Consequently there is virtually no obstacle to the Ger man advance on Ostend. Firing in the direction of Ghent was heard plainly In Ostend Monday and Tuesday^ The terrified refugees .who were at the siege of Antwerp blanched as they listened to the bombardment and increased the fear among the residents of Ostend by describing the horrors attending the fall of that fortress. Most of the business houses in Ostend closed yesterday and professional men, merchants and hoiei keepers joined the throng that dared not leave, the water front for fear of losing places In the ever growing ?nc of men, women and children clamoring for aL chance to escape,. j, AU taxicabs* and cab horses in Ostend were taken by .thc army long ago, so that'there was littie means of transportation. The irack cars were Commandered by the troops and civilians-had'little (rjofitijiot^ ?Q ria.;. .-The Departure ?dquarters Leave ?men, and 60,000 ioo by Germans, ge Force Within! WARNING SENT" TO GOV. HUNT To Abstain From Complicating Situation by Sending Troops to Arizona?Mexican Border. Washington, Oct. 14-Warning sent Governor Hunt by the United States government to ahutain "from compli cating thc situation" by sending state troops to the Arizona-Mexico border was followed today by ? telegram from the Arizona executive stating that no movement, of thc militia had 11 been authorised. The governor's expressed desire to co-operate in avoiding trouble ovi?r firing by. Mexicana across tho bord?r was received with relief by the Pres ident and Secretary Garrison. Prior lo the receipt of the message it was thai If Governor 'Hont sunt Stete troops) to the frontier thruPresident. undei' his constitutional*- prlviloge would call them insto tho service of the federal government and place them under command of federal of ficers. * Governor -Hunt's message, which concluded a day of telegraphic in terchanges on the subject, was ad dressed to Secretary Garrison and mid 'tn part: "Both the President .ind yourself may . feel assured that I miltie, tr eravity nf the >.$r:xican situation aa au International problem and- toy sole iesire lc to-cooperate in avoiding fur ther complications and ot the same time accord all possible protection tor Arizona's citizens and property. "?s'p movement of tho State militia aaa been authorized. I ?thal I com municate with you as the occasion re luire*, and feel sure that such advices ta yon may extend at intervals will greatly assist me in allaying excite ment over existing danger." Secretary Garrison ot once replied ts follows: , "YOUT message received. Am very nuch gratified with the expression of ro?r attitude. Will keep you fully in Tho secretary warned the governor if the "grave consequences" that night follow the sending of militia to he border and called attention to the manifest propriety of "not embarrass ing the President," a? to the inter na ional situation. V'Tfte-PresIdent again tod?-'request xl mo," he added, "to emphasise in ny dispatches to your the' gravity of. he situation, tho fact that ho ls doing ' sve,*ythlng that properly can be done iiMt u<s earnest dean ctr.?* yon should ibstalrt front complicating and embar rassing tho situation " Tbe secretary caid ho did not doubt "highly colored ?Od exaggerated reports" of conditions tloug the border were reaching ihe governor, adding that true accounts ?hld be obtained by communicating ?Ith thc cr m y officers commanding it ?aco and Douglas. .Frank B. Thomas, one of Villa's rep resentatives hero: Died * protest with the Stats Department today, declar ing-that, the Carranza forcee at Naco sad. deliberately "backed up to the American line for tbe double purnosA yt escaping to Die United Sutes, if occasion demands, and also to Invite tttack so thst a few bullets will, un iMMpael? YUH 0:1 American soil." He sharged that Carranza's forces, under Gratterai Hilt, were part pf "aa attempt to provoke Intervention on Ute part at the United SOies"' B?ttea braves Giren Banqaei. BostoM. Oct. M.--The Boston' Nat ional League club, world's baseball ?hamplons, were given a banquet and reception tonight by Mayor Curley. \fterwards many left for home. Ree.h ?ras given a check for $2,708.88, as lis akara io tLe world's series re cipes. To most af them this meant ?wai ?i.O'iu ter ihtdr. meeson'* *?or?L RUSSIAN CAVALRY IN THE CARP . Detachment of Russian cavalry in the Carpathian mountains:, the passes aid to control. SLIGHTIROGRESS MADT BY SENATE CONSMNG t THE WAR REVENUE BILL SENATOR HOKE SMITH INTRODUCES AMENDMENT TO BILL AGREED UPON IN SERIES OF CONFERENCES BY SOUTHERN SENATORS LEVY TAX ?N FUTURE CROP TO MAKE GOOD ANY LOSS THA? MIGHT ACCRUE Adjournment of Congress Depends Largely on Disposition of this Amendment-Senate Enlivened With Debate by Senators From Pennsylvania and Illinois. Washington, Oct. 14.-Slight prog- months, tho revenue would be cat to J ess was made by the Senate today in $92,498,286. I onslderlng the war revenue bill. The - leaaure was under review'as to s ev- Amendment Introduced, ral features by the Democrats of the 1 Washington. Oct. 4.-The cotton n nance committee. Prospects for the bond bill, as agreed upon In a serles Q djournment bf ongress early next of conferences by Southern Senators, t reek were subjected to another check ?was introduced by Senator Hoke Smith y thu delay. I today as an amendment to the war * While the committee .worked on the (revenue bill. Senator Smith explain- 0 ill, the Senate was enlivened with a ed the proposal briefly and announced f elltical debate by Senator Penrose,., he would discus? it at length temor- t f Pennsylvania, and Senator Lewis ?row. f f Illinois. The formar assailed Demo- j Tux on 1919 Crop. d ratic extravagances and' denounced , To make up for any loss that might . ras. tax legislation as a calamity and accrue to the government through de lie latter defending Pie achievements [creuse in thc value of its cotton or in- J f the administration. ?ability to dispose of lt, a tax would he . Fears President. ? levied" on a fu.ure cotton crop. Senator Penrose sake** the Illinois] To curtail next year's crop spd lenaior If he could give any assuar- maintain the price of the staple, a tax nee that a hill would be pressed to of two cents a pound is levied by tho 1 rcvtde for only one term for executive bill on all cotton produced in : 1915 in facials, in accordance with the demo- excess of fifty per cent of the crop of ratio platform. 1914. "I understand the Senator from -ausyivania has aspiration? for tho JQE'\/C,|>C QTO??M ?residency." said Senator Lewis, "and V SUl\MU ?3 1 vIUW hat he wishes to be assured now that SWEEPING COAST i ls opponent wouH not be Woodrow . >? vs*-*-* ^*wrw ? i Vilson."_- ? Will Not Preta* Debate. . J During the day Senator Hoke Smith Battleships'New Jersey and Geor- ( ubmitted the amendment which would ir?^Jj i?,^ t C rovide for a government Issue ot S?* roccea into unnaven 250.000,000 in 4 per cent bonds for tho p"j. ???ll* CL_I#?- " urchase of cotton trf relieve Oas cot- Koaas tor aneuer, o f? ?t?tee. Discussfe*''**? the amend- _j_ , lent will begin tomorrow. . Adjournment of Congress depends Norfolk. Va., Oct.- 14.~R?>ports rc- \ srgely on the disposition of this calved here tonight state that asevere J raendment. Southern' Senators say northeast storm is sweeping the Vir hey do not Intend to prolong debate, ginla. coast acd that the battleships J mt it is probable the matter will not New Jersey and Georgia had come into ? e determined until next week. Linhaven Roads for shelter. These t Decrease Ia Bevensen, ships had been engaged in target prac- c Revised estimates ea the revenue on the soothern drill grounds: t 411 sent to Uie Senate'today by tho The wind reached a velocity ot 40 " lecretarv of the Treaanry indicated miles an hoar at ?Pe Henry today \\ hat the bill on lart year's trade con- aed is said to bo more severs at Hot- e ?tiona, wou'd bring m a total of tera? Immense flocks cf wild geese 107,000.000, but said if the production passed over XYvi waters of Chesapeake e f tormented liquors '.iontinuad to Bay today en route to the mmlh end s ail o? ?9 It bsa K tn* s*st two of Verth Carolina. I ot which tho czar's troops are now PROUD PRIVATE LANGE wBBtfc^ - * LS? . ?Br i* iBm' ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ Private Lange of the Twelfth regi ment of the Delgtan army holding the. rder issued by King Albert conveying o him tin- decoration ot Chevalier of ho First Order of Leopold. This lonor was conferred for his wonder ul feat at H?rstel, where ho captured ho . flag of the Ninetieth German la ai. y, h J ling a colonel and 14 aol Hers in the encounter. FRANK DENIED A NEW TRIAL Jnder Sentence of Death Fer Murder ol P?nal Factory Em ployee. ( By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14.-Leo M Frana, inder sentence of death for the m?r ier hero in April, 1913, of Mary Pha rao, an employee of a pencil factory if which : Prank was superintendent, oday was denied a new trial hy the ;corgis Supreme Court.. This was Frank's fifth attempt to ibtatn a retrial or annulment of the ordict which was returned August 25 sst .year. He sn ll has pending before he State Supreme Court an apepal rom the lower court's dental of a mo ioo-to set aside the verdict on tho round that he was not in the court oom when it was returned. The decision ot the Supreme Court oday, in which the full bunch con urred, was on Frank's appeal from he decision of Ute Fulton County uperior court denying his extraord inary motion for a new trial on the rounds of newly discovered evidence. Frank's appeal on the motion to set aide the v&rdtct la expected to be ar 'Hod bciorc tho Scprcni* Cou.; ibo ast of October. PASSES SENATE PROVIDING SYSTEM OF, WAREHOUSE FOR STOR ING COTTON. ON? COMMISSIONER Carries an Appropriates of $lS-f OOO for Putting Plan, m Opration. j? ?| (Special to The Intelligencer.) Columbia. Oct- 14.-Tho McLaurln bill providing for a state system ot warehouse for the storing of cotton nd validation of the cotton warehouse receipt paasod the Senate this after noon by a vote of 27 to ll and'was or dered sent to the House. The bill provides for one commissioner at a salary ot 43.00 per year to bo elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years to handle the Warehouse system. The bil! carries an appro priation of $15,000 for salaries and expense of putting the plan into op eration. The warehouse commissioner to have the power to , acquire ware house by lease or condemnation and to appoint such bubordlnates aa nec essary. He ls to give bond in the sum of 150.000. The bill provides for state validation of thc warehouse receipt, the receipt to carry absolute title to the cotton and to guarantee the weight and grada, The Bstwto a4a^^???^?Haaae.aonmi^ iiiwBiinsWiiiEi?i'i m ii" T Wnfbsr bf a?T&m> Ao be appointed by the speaker and one member of the Senate to be appointes by til? Fen ate to accompany Governor Blease to the conference of governors of tho cotton growing stales to be held la Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, expenses to be paid out of the governor's con tingent fund. The police regulations committee reported that under IUI limitation of the activities of the sutton they were unable to report on the resolution on Senator Lawson, providing for all dis. pensarles in the state to be closed until the end of tba Wn.ropeas Ou .request o', ?he Darlington senator his resolution went nn thg calendar. The House refused emphatically to accept less than full pay for the extra Bession when it killed this morning the resolution from the Senate fixing $5 a day and mileage as compensa tion for members of the legislatura. The administration bills on the House calendar to postpone the pay ment of taxes for 1914 were all killed this morning by an overwhelming vote. The resolution providing for referring the issuing of #10,0000,000 In bonds to the qualified voters at tbs next election wis defeated. PHILIPPINE ISLAND BILL PASSED HOUSE Declares Purpose of U; S. to Re cognize Inde peden ce inf Is lands, f, Washington, Oct. 14,-r-The Philip-, pine bill introduced by Representative Jones, which declares the purpose af the United States to recognise Usa Independence ot Ute ulanda "as soon ss a stable government caa be es tablished there," passed the Hons? I ste today by a vota o? 111 y? 53. is will not be considered In the Senats st this sesslcn of Congress. The bill declares the policy of Uta Im I ted States on recognition of the Independence of tho Islands in tba preamble' and makes ' both brauchest >f the Philippine legislators elective! by the Filipino people, flxlntf the terms of office of Philippine senators an? the resident comntis*nen*r ot the Philippines In Congress sSKU;' ba -ix rears, while representativas shalt serve three years. The purpose of the measure is de* dared tn the preamble to enlarge the self-government - of the Filipino?, to define the natur* rf th? relation be tween the United States and the fas*, lands, to give quallftod veto to tba governor-general andi absolute veto power to the President of Ute United States over acta bf tho Philippine leg islature. The Weather. Sooth t'arolloa: Local rata* TkwrsH