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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 HEAVY FIGHTING BOTH EAST Al From Ostend to the French Border is Bearing the Brunt of the Battle Between the Allies and Germans-In this Field of Action It Appears There Soon Must Be Some Decisive Result. Great Battles Continue In the Eastern Theatre. . Vienna Declares Austro-German Armies Have Made Advances and That the Russian Casual ties at Przemysl Number 40,000. That part of Belgium stretching from Ostend to the French corder, from which the strongly fortified French seaport of Dun kirk is distant only a few miles, is bearing the brunt of the heavy fighting between the Allies and theGermans. The invaders have been attempting to force .their ray along the coast between Nieuport and Dixmude. They are opposed by the Belgians who, aided by British warships, according to the French oiticial communication, hive succeeded in repulsing their attacks. The nature of the assistance afforded by the British squadron is not divulged but previous reports indicated that the naval arm 'of (.ne country or the other was being utilized in connection with "the land fighting. In the district between Arras and Roy the Allies hav? advan ced at several points reaching asfar in some Distances as the wire entanglements that constitute part of the German defensive work. The German embassy at Washington, basing the announce ment on dispatches from the far east by way of San Francisco, as serts the British battleship Triumph has suffered severely from shell ltre-rfro mthe German fortress of Tsing Tau and has been forced to withdraw from the British-Japanese bombarding fleet. Turkey has refused to assent to Great Britain's request that German officers and crews on the former German c:uisers Goeben and Breslau be discharged. The Ottoman government says* the matter, of. the retention of the- Germans is a domestic question. * While Enghmrl itt?HTt??tiA ^rti #f?Sfl?rTr"w?fh' fb? question" bf how to care for the thous?nte belgian refugees that have flock ed to those countries, the American gvernment is taking mesures for the relief of those rendered destitute in Belgium. The German government has consented to the admission of food supplies to Bel gium fdr people of thae couuntry facing starvation.. Amsterdam reports thai large numbers of refugees are return ing to Antwerp and that the city is resuming its normal appearance. Partial Russian successes in fiercer fighting in the region of War- j raw and south of Przemysl are reported officially from Petrograd. That the Allies have recaptured Ostend is a report sent to the London Post by xis correspondent In the north of France, who says ( he has excellent authority for trie statement. Irish Nationalists in London at a meeting held to express con- : fidence in the leadership of John Redmond and to endorse the ac tion of the Irish party in supporter the Allies in the present war, have adopted a pledge never to sheathe the sword until Belgium's rreedom has been restored. LONDON, Oct. 19.-The attempted advance of the German forces along the coast of Belgium and northern France, apparently \ with the aim of establishing themselves in British channel ports so they may menace England, has reached a critical point. The extreme western fighting line now reaches from Armentieres through Roulers to Nieuport, on the coast about half way between Ostend and Dunkirk. According to the French official announce ment today, German heavy artillery, presumably used in the siege of Antwerp, has bombarded the front from. Nieuport to Vladslo, which is about ic* miles from the coast., The Allies also have made progress eastward from a point south of Armentier?s' toward Lille on a line running rughly to Arras. The report (tells of house-to-house fighting in which the Allies are advancing. The battle has raged around Arras without respite- for ten days, and on the part of the. Allied troops, "with w perseverance and a spirit which never for a moment has been relaxed." The German official report covers these operations more tersely. It says the attacks west and northwest of Lille have been repulsed with heavy losses to the Allies. The situation still is much iii the dark. English and French papers gather encouragement from reports published from their side. From the German point of view it ls possible that the Ger mans have improved their position and with the forces that be sieged Antwerp and reinforcements from Germany are attempting along the coast another sweeping njovement. In this field of action it appears inevitable there soon must be some dedsive result. Thc country's flatness seems io have made it impossible for the two armies to entrench and face each other with' out important change in position for weeks, as they have done across northern "France. The annuncement that the Germans have taken s&ge guns to the neighborhood cf Belfort may mean they plan an attempted ad vance on both ends of what has become verily r long fortified line. German official reports say the erodus from Ostend is bemf re peated in the fight of'.nnabirants from Dunkirk and Boulogne. Con firmation of this anertlon has not be-n received here, but lt Is-whofiy (CoaUanefl jOa Pa#M loar.) ' ; IN i JD WEST 'ooo ooooo o o o SITUATION ALARMING o o o o- o o LONDON, Oct. 20.- o o (3.40 a. m.)-A Rome dis- o o patch to the Daily News says o o the situation in Constantino- o o pie is alarming, the Russian o o ambassador has transferred \o o the archives of the embassy o o to Odessa. o ooo ooooo MANY IMPROVEMENTS !N FIRE DEPARTMENT HAw ? SOME QUARTERS FOR THC FIRE FIGHTERS NEW HOSE SHED I More Perfect System tor Signal-' ImgPumping Station and Other Changea Help Chief. A visitor inspecting the Andereon fire department quarters a month ago and paying a second visit to the place now would almost be persn."dcd to believe that' he was in another town. There can be no comparison between thc appearance of the place 30 day? ago ard now and members of the department are jubilant ever the fact that they have a handsome nod up-to-date department now of which they ?sa be proud. r^s^wsaJna ?ha -Imnrn rammt ta, -CfaW Jacli?S?r "na?u' ''yesterday " ?h&l the changes had long been needed, but he had laid off, hoping that the city's financial affaira would be Improved soon and that the fire committee could see it* way clear toward mak ing the improvements. However, he finally concluded that there was no hope of this vr coming to pass, and realizing that the work had to be done he succeeded tn getting the fire com mittee of council to pay a visit of in spection to Other towns and after the committee saw what other cities were doing they were almost ashamed to refuse Chief . J&ckuuu'u request for some financial aid. ' large room on the top floor of the city ha?! ha* U??U pUl 1? Hpl?LP- I did shape. The walls and woodwork had a coat ot ne ? paint, the floors were scrubbed, oiled and varnished, and new bede s?ii bedding were pur chased. Substantial lockers- were built and everything put In apple-pie order. Another great improvement 1? the shouer bath, aysterc ??? lal led In the fire department. 5i ts one feature over which every .Mcmoer of the de partment ls' immersely pleased. A second telephone bas been put In, this beug on the second floor and a second switch communicating with the pumping station is now being ar ranged. By means of Oils switch the firemen will ?nave two chancee to fri ve the alarm to the. sub-station for more water, whereas they bad only one before. Chief Jackton, said yesterday that he waa aa proud aa proud could be over the changes and he feels that he can now carry visitors over hi? de partment without being ashamed of lt?'- ^ One valuable suggestion was pick ed op by the fire department on the Atlanta trip and put into use here, consisting of a drying shed for the hose. ' Heretofore it has been the custom to" stretch the hose out on the cement ?<4??,alk to dry after a fire and the dozens of people passing by trample ott the hose end st the came time lt picks up a coat of m'H-dew. causing the hose to rotten muoh ear lier. A long hose shed is now being built on the Moth side of the city ball and this shed will also have a number of brackets along the side of Iba walt ia which th? hose can bo placed, to drain and dry. The publie of Anderson wil be surf prised to see the number of improve ments made tn this important fea ter* o? the ??ty'? ?orc-ri ??tn? *???l hear tily eppro?u of -?hat has been done br. the fire department. Jary ?ll?k!r Selected. MIKEOUV. N. Y., Oct li.-The Jury that will determine whether it waa Mrs. Florettes Conklln arman who on June SO la?t thrust a revolver through a chattered Bindow pane in the of fice of her hu aband, Dr. Edwin Cansan of i?eepert. and ?hot and ailed Mr*. Louise Balley, waa completed her? en say In (Ive boure and twenty minutes. Never before ta th? history of thia country hs? a jury In a murder, case been selected so. quickly EVILDOERS WENT ON RAMPAGE SUNDAY POLICE HAD THEIR HANDS ABOUT FULL A NEAR KILLING Only Reason Negro Did Not Lose Hi? Life Wes That "Owl's Head" Was Poor Weapon. The only reason that Coroner-Har din was not called out late Sunday evening to conduct an inquest was that the pistol used by'Will Saddler when he shot George Myers was an old, worthless, worn-out affair with out strength to propel a bullet at a Very rapid rate. As it was, the bul let struck Myers in the back of the neck, passing, through a handker chief, ;. thick woolen i sweater, the negro's linen collar und. then on Into his nock. Here it bored] a deop hole, passing within >?es? than one-hnlf inch ofa n arter!. Had the bullet Btruck the artery the 'negro would now be where all good negroes go, while one Son . of Ham .would be re posing behind the bara, charged with murder. As it was, tbe negro was almost scared to death and screamed for the police. The officers answered and took the would-be murderer into charge. ? Sunday was a decidedly busy day with the cops and at times they had their hands full. Aside from the nu merous f.ae^a of drunk and disor derly, of which there were ninny, some nether unusual cases .turned '< up. Charlie Miller decided that a time-j piece owned' by a friend of his was a ! rather attractive bit of Jewelry and several days ago ho lifted tho 'Icker. When the other negro discovered hia! losa he resorted to thc . jewelry finn whero the watch,waa purchased andi secured the number, following which he reported the matter to the police, j The cop? in tura put the proprietor of a pawn shop next to^he game and. T^'pawnbrossr m??e s ?record o? the number nf the . watch. Therefore when Charlie Miler turned up with the. aforementioned watch and want ed to let "uncle" have it, the pol'ce took him in tow. He was tried yes terday on S charge of larceny ar i waa sentenced to pay a fine of $25. Charlie Lewis, who succeeded in making a getaway just as Officer Driakell waa about to lock him up, waa later apprehended and' on a charge of- escaping from officers was tined 95.00. He was alsb fined $10 on a charge of Indecency, John Lewis waa yesterday taxed ?25, on a charge of iighiinig and dis orderly conduct, an additional $5.01 for being, drunk and then tho offi cers discovered -that he owed a back fine of $30, which' was a sentence s us poded during good behavior, lt la probable that he will languish be hind the bara for some several days to come. All told Recorder Russel Imanagod to do pretty well yesterday in the way'of fines, about $200 or over be ing collected from the one day's ses sion. Finish Plans Chief Engineer of 4C. & W. C. Railroad in Anderson to Con fag Regarding New Station. A. H. Porter, of Augusta, Ga., gen et*! tjn<:ine?r of rotuiway of the Cht Weston ft Western Carolina rail road, arrived in Anderson last night at 7:16 o'clock for a conference with the engineers of the road in Anderson. Prank and OeCamps represent the railroad in thia city and after hit conference with these engineers it ls firmly believed that Mr. Porter will order the work u> proceed with as much ?peed as possible. Mr. Porter could not be seen last night, but it ls understood that he win advise the local firm to use al! possible efforts Sa getting the work here pot underway with as much speed as moy be commensurate with the close of work desired by the rail road. It la understood that this conference between Mr. Porter and the local of ficials will take place et sn early hoar this morning and that Mr. Par ter will leave immediately thereafter for Augusta, In view of tba fact that ?lie railroad has already settled in fall with Frank ft DeCamp? for that firm's services, it is believed that no further hitch will appear to delay the work. Exonerated ot All Blaeift. NORFOLK. Va.. Oct l*-~Oapt*ln R E. Johnson, who commanded the old Dominion steamer Monroe whee sha was rammed hy the Merchants and Miners steamer Nantucket January 30. and sunk with forty liras oa board, was today exonerated o-' all blame for tbe collision of Colonel John W. Oast, supervising inspector af steam vessels for the fifth district. All Going Highly Probable That Anderion Cbcrsbc? of Cern rr. cree direc tors Will Go to Atlanta. lt is probable that the directors ot the Anderson Chamber of Commerce will attend in a budy the meeting which will be held in Atlanta some ,tlmo the latter part of this month of the directors of tho Chamber of Commerce of the United States, who are, as heretofore mentioned in The Intelligencer, making a tour of the South. So impressed waa Secretary Wha ley with these gentlemen when he met them at their Charleston con frenee last week, at a spec, al meeting held purposely to greet them, that he stated that he would suggest to thc board of directors of his body that they go . in a body to Atlanta when the national directora reach that city, and take part in the At- I lanta conference, which will be simi lar to the one held in Charleston. This party, representing tbs biggest aud brainiest business men in tho t inted States os directors of the Na tional Chamber of Commerce, typofy tho commercial genius of the United States and have for their purpose , thc cementing toegther of national business enterprise and the bringing to a realisation of tho opportunities fer co-ordinate development in all thc forty-five States and colonial possessions. They are mon who have a business message of vast importance to the whole country and aro now personally delivering that, mrraage to the people cf the South. These gentlemen represent some r.f the greatest business enterprise in the country, the aggregate value of whose businesses la in the mil- ! lions, and whose ramifications reach' throughout the world. They believe that no work is greater than bring ing all parts of the United States frcm a business standpoint into close', .touch with all other parts. Their or- 1 gantzatlon lian a membership of something like 650 commercial or- j ganizatlonx, represent more than 500,000 business in the whole coun try. They make tho . grip entirely at their own coat, and purelv for the benefit1 cf tbs ettie* a*$ f^Idsr . which they visit. A. special invitation has been re ceived in Anderson to hs ve the local board and all other business men who may so desire, go to Atlanta and meet these gentlemen, and Secretary Whaley said he expected to person ally see each idreetor about the mat- ' tor. He believes the Atlanta con conference will be of benefit to all who. attend. NV. one, said he, can at- ? tend eonferenc of th kind without having ?. broader view cf American enterprise, American busts ?ss, and the vast* work yet to be done in the HQST!L!T?Eff !? MEXICO AT END General Villa So Informs United States Government Unless Something Unforeseen Oc curs. (Bv Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 1?.-General Villa has informed the United States i government that unless something un- j forseen occurs, hostilities in Mexico | are at an end and that he will support any provisional government set up by the national convention at Aguas Calientes. * Villa said he would not accept Car ranza as provisional president but waa j 3?tis9ed be weald sci hs cussen. It] generally ls understood Carranza does not desire to be provisional president, wlshin. to be. free to-enter the presi dential race at the succeeding election. Latest State Department reports de scribe, the visit Saturday of Generali Villa to the convention at Aguas Cal- {'> lentes. He said he came to pledge by I oath his support to the acts of the 1 convention so that no one ever would < say he was unpatriotic. He was re- i eel ved with applause.. Villa embraced 1 General Obregon over whom his - break with Carranza orurred. He then j1 wrote his naete tn the Mexican flag-4 and kissed the banner. l' American Consular Agent Cirethers * reported that Villa's visit hss produced : a profound impression on the delegat es. His pledge ls taken to mean he' has withdrawn his original demand that no military maa he given the i provlsicoal presidency. The prevalent1 belief here ls that General Antonio \ i Villareal will be selected. Peile? Disperse Hob. LONDON, Oct. 1?. (11:10 p. m.-Po lice tonight dispersed a mob that again ' attempted to wreck German shops in the Borough of Deptford..Many shop keepers, fearing attacks, had strongly ' barri end ed their places. 1 A police <ourt Judge today declined j to acet.pt hail in thu cassa of " more ] than thtrtr rioters arrested during * Sunday night's demonstration. The public prosecutor advised /this, dec?a?- ? Sag the conduct of those wrecking and < tooting th? stores and living apart- t meats of Germans waa a disgrace to 1 Engl tah m CD i Postmaster of Queer Package? Received *Ju ?o?efaon and Those Ship ped to Other Pointa. John H. Cochran, Jr,, the courteous postmaster at Anderson, WUB not very busy yesterday morning and a report er for The Intelligencer dropped In on him to take up a few minutes ol Tncle Barn's time. Mr. Ooi.hrau, in discussing thc parcel podt system, ?said that the average men could have no Idea of what hind of pack* uses and parcels are shipped from the Anderson office and recen ed here. "Do you know," ?aid .Mr Cochran, "a 6-year-old boy remed J.arrick was sent by parcel poat the other day from Highview. ilani)>3hire county, W. Va. ,lo Winchester. He was delivered to tho luldrejs given on a label tied to his i:oat. "TU- postage amounted to 50 cents and a special delivery stamp wns also nltpched to the lahol. The Highview noFtmuster. lt ls said, w is Ignorant of tile fact that the law (foils not allcv th* transmission o: hemal*, bod-et through the mail. Tho lad l?ft kiuo shortly nfter dinner, ?md arri'-cd at Winchester In time 'or * upper, "At Weavervllle. Cai., the postmas ter bas rented a brls'i warehouse to store parcel post mail, xix tuns of which came from Kud.Ung. Cal., In one shipment. 1; was delivered at Weavervllle in pmirl-3 B-:h-oners drawn by eight nora* toaen and con sisted of barley, sugar, flour, bacon, salt and other artlc'jH of etap.o mer chandise. Work Begins On the Changes and Improve ments to Ba Made m Valions v/rnces or court noose. , A force of hands -vont to work at the court house yesterday on the changes which are to be mada in the offices of the .sheriff,, tba clark of j court and the superviser. The rip.i work- will be done >n the. office vhleh J. Black King, the supervisor, has boen occupying. Mr. King mov ed out early yesterday morning t-nd 8 hort ly thereafter the li?uda went to work, changing the walis and pre paring to lay brick. Mr. King has moved his. off io? into one of the rooms formerly used by tho grand Jury, on the second floor of the court house, and ht will soon be nicely Installed. The proposed changes contemplate, moving the sheriffs office Into tho clerk of court's quarters and then lit? ClcFji Wt!! OCCUp> uQtu thc O.iu orrices of the supervisor and sherirf. This step was made nece??ary b??' cause o fa lack of room in the clerk's present quarters. Will Deride Opening Date. WASHINGTON, Oct 10.--Nearly 100 represent aUves of the twelve federal reserve banks are expected in Wash ington tomorrow for a two-day con terence with the . Federal Reserve Board to determine when to open the resrve banks. It waa said tonight the tanks would be opened within thirty days If possible. STOCK RAISING IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS Attempt Will Be Made to Create Stock Batsrng ?rass From (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-An attempt will be made to create stock raising areas In eastern mountain regions from Main to Georgia, In the cotton belt and wi Southern sugar plantations, a com mittee report today to the American Meat backers' Association declared. Squill ta lion ?of meat production in the United States to restore lower prices can only como through a scientific turvey or production and consumption sf animals, according tc thc comm?t es. BO* D ISSUE AND ACR BILL REPORTED TO T , --?~? Governor Says He WU Sign Any Fight m legislature WiUN?w Which, If Adopted, Wfll Be for Ratifi (Special to The Intelligencer.) COLUMBIA, Oct Ht-The special iom millee tonight reported the bond .ede and acreage reduction bill to he Joint assembly. The bill carries ? bond issu? of ??5,000,000. The jonds tsp from $60 to 91,000 and are o ba turned over to the State treas urer tn bs exchanged for cotton. The person securing rJd must conform sith a reduction law yet to be agreed j >..? -J .^-xSiSa FORMER CITIZEN MAY HAVE FATAL INJURY JULIAN RAUTON IS AT THE POINT OF DEATH SHOT SATURDAY Angered Over Dispute Relative io Payment of Debt, Dr. M. S. In graham Fired Shot. Anderson people were distressed yesterday when they learned that Ju lian Rauton, formerly a resident of this city, bad been Bhot and probably fatally wounded by a Greenwood phy Dician. Mr. Rauton was employed In Anderson as bookkeeper for a num ber of months in this city by Hall . Brothers and later by Monroe Hanks. Ho had a number of friends here. Information received in Anderson lbai night from Greenwood was .to the effect tim tthe Injured maa may have a fighting ?hence for Ute but the physicians hold out little hope. The folowing dispute hf rom Green-, wood tells of the difficulty: "Julian Rauton, a young man living . just north of town, was seriously and perhaps fatally shot Saturday after- 1 noon by Dr. M. S. Ingraham, !n the latter's store cn Grendel mill hill. In graham 1B now in Jail. Rauton is still elive, although reports from'' the Qreenwood hospital Indicate that be ls in a very serious condition. He ?ras Bhot with a magazine pistol, the ball entering Just below the heurt. F auton ls about 20 years* of age' while Ingraham is over 76 years of age. From reports lt appears ' that Ingranam had bought a show case from Rauton and was still due a bal mee In settlement When Rauton' caled for payment Saturday afternoon there wea a dispute as to the amount lue and Rauton is said to have picked a pa Jar of chewing gum In Ingra* ham's store, saying he would take that. Ingranasw ordered him to 7& lt down and after he bad gotten out side. Rautbn did so and atart^.back into ihe store; H?^va?'orSst^o?c^^? sud .upon bis further progrtaft ta the store Ingraham fireu. "Rauton fell, the got- up, walked to tits buggy and drove rapidly toward! town. He dropped from his buggy lest opposite the First Baptist church, ivas picked up and hurried to the hos pital. Dr. Ingraham. known by hit friends is "Keet" Ingraham, left this county ibout .35 years ago after a duArrel n which he ahot his brothe??ln>law, rom Pinson. He went to Alabama, studied medicine, received, a degree md built up a large practice. He afterwards lost hf* he*Uh abd a. few rears ago was brought ?r?in? hf rm'imr Lives who feared hie death at any .Une: i "Dr. Ingraham baa Improved la leal* . in the last few year? sbjrTbsen teoplng a little store at the Grendel nlll for some time. "Young Reuben's father died awes* uro Saturday." NOT TRUE SPIRIT OF NEUTRALITY Government, J Attitude Towards ?Loane to Belligerent Nat?ond It Unchanged. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct 19.-President hilson reiterated today that the Am ar can government's attitude towards cans by Americans to belligerent he ions in Europe had not changed. This ittltude. set forth several weeks ?go ry Secretary Bryan, ls that the gov ernment considers such loans as not n Ute spirit of "true neutrality." Reports that the administration had hanged Its position have been circu ated as a result of the publication/Of in opinion from a high government Of icial that under international law the Jnlted States had no right to prohibit oans to belligerent nations. Officials ?plained that opinion and the- Presi lent's statesmen were consistent, atabe ?ecretary Bryan did not' claim the -nvarnment had a legal right tb pis ant I oana ' EAGE REDUCTION HE JOINT ASSEMBLY Kind of Cotton Measure Phased. CeaUs- Around Bond bane, Submitted to the People tpon. Speaking before tba |0tbi fta embly tonight the Governor prom-* sed to sign any land et-.? cotton leasers that might be pasead. He iiged elimination or cotton a**?age eduction. Senator McLaurin reported n the Memphis Congress. Th? fight a the l?gislature will now center round the bond Issue which is adept - d would be submitted to the people or ratification.