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ALLIE
ALLIES' EFFOI
ADVANCE
REPULSE]
Fighting of the Nos!
ls In Progress Io
Northwestern Fran
Furious Attempts
Lines.
(By Associated Pr?ps.)
LONDON, Oct 20.-Fighting-of thc
most desperate character is in prog
ress tn west Flanders and north-west
ern France. The Belgian army, sup
ported by tba Allies, ls holding stub
bornly to the line of the river Yser,
and thus far has halted determined ef
forts \>f the Oermans to advance along
the coast ,
This is announced in the French of
ficial communication issued*this after
noon and lt is admitted in the report
of German * general headquarters, j
which stands at tbs crossing of the j
river near the sea. . " ?. '
Further to the south the Allies are
attempting to advance toward Lille ?
for the' relief of that city, which has ?
been In German hands foe some time. '
They also are pushing on to the north
- and south of Arras. Their efforts yes
terway to advance on Lille/where the
Gormans hold strong positions, were
repulsad, according tv> the German re
port
To the sooth, at the bend ox the lino,
the Goimape continue furious but tu
ttle attempts io break the French line.
Along the Meuse th the east, accord
l3f; ts rV?Ecri amount, tee Germans
have failed tb repulse the French who
debouched along the territory In which
ls situated the Camp Dos Romaines,
now in the bands of the Germans, In
an attempt to cut out that portion of
the German army which ls th.ust to
wards St. Mthtel.
Generally speaking the French claim
to have made progress at tvarious
points along the front Paris reports
that the Aiiiss have destroyed fifteen
German machine guns, two of which
. were armored, near La Bassee, and a
battery of German beary artillery in
the environs or 8t M Shiel.
Bulli sides are bringing reinforce
ments to tbs western "front, where a
supreme struggle is on. The Germans
^ are not bringing new troops from
- the Elast bttt are throwing every
available man in Belgium into tbs
firing linc They seem to have the rail
roads working well, although they
must have been seriously damaged
during the battles of August and Sep
tember. Troops are being transported
over them and Dutch sources report
that train after train of wounded is
being taken bick to Germany.
In the fighting in this open country
where the men have not the protection
ot elaborate entrenchments the losses
must be heavy, especially whero en- '
deavors are rame to carry positions by
assault_
Postpone Acti
Cotton Wi
_
Claim Thal Certain Amendments
Over Attempt to Take Up-Pat
te? Cluse AU County Dupe
stored in
Special to The Intelligencer.
COLUMBIA. Oct Suv-The Mc
Laurln State cotton warehouse bill
waa lauded and condemned this
morning hi tho house, bnt action up
on lt waa vost oohed until tomor.-ow
on tiie plan that certain amend
ments, were to be offered.
The .senate aaa already passed the
.Mo.Lamm bill; Hrhich creates a State
system of cotton warehouses, ender
' the control of a State warehouse
oraemtestoner. Advocates of the
measure hold that if warehouse re-,
eelpts for cot toi, are guaranteed by [<
the State they will be more readily}]
negotiated. Opponents of the 'J *|e-il
JAtirin bill declare that the cystemH
of State warefedenes ca? not be MK]
tn op?ration ta tune to affect thej
present situation and the measure as
?eased bf Mks) senate la full of ser
ious defects..
A lively fight was forced in the
house by the attempt Jost before ad
journment tte* .moraine, to taite
. ? the Pate Jotnt resolution
that all county dispeear*ee fe) cl
ed until peace was restored fe?
moe. Br a vote of 45 to 41 the
refused to take up the rcsoinUon
dev nt!e that only l?gislation hart
S HAV
ITS TO
ON LILLE
)BY GERMANS
i Desperate Character
i West Flanders and
ce-Germans Continue
to Break the French
German and RussKns reports
agree that tho situation In the East
hus not changed, although the arm- '
les are in close touch along the east
Prussian frontier and across Poland
and Galicia. In Galicia, however, the
Austrians claim to have repulsed Rus
sian attacks and to be making prog
ress in their campaign to drive out
tho invaders.
! The Russians, on the other hand,
say they aro taking large numbers of
prisoners. Heavy fighting is going on
around PrsomyBl and the cupolas of
the forts surrounding the town, says
an Italian correspondent, have been
destroyed by the big Rustan siege
guns while the forts have been mined
and dismantled and the magazines
brown up. The town itself, however,
ha? not been damaged.
The same correspondent says the
battle continues pn the Vistula, San
and Dniester rivers. There is a sys
tem t>f great entrenchments on the
Russian side and the entire front is
furnished with powerful guns which
day and night hurl thousands of pro
jecti?es into the enemy's lines. The
Austrians and Germans, adds the cor
respondent, have been obliged to re
main on the defensive but have re
pulsed a great cavalry attack to the
west of Warsaw.
Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, ac
cording to a report issued at Nish, is
cn ve'oped by Servians and determin
ed eiforts are being made to take the
town before the end of the trial cf
the alleged assiasins of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand.
In South Africa the rebellion of Col
onel Marita virtually has been broken
up. Another lot of officers abd men
have been * captured ; others have sur
rendered voluntarily.
Italians have denied the report that
she had occupied Avlona, Italian peo
ple are growing, moro antagonistic
to the Austtrians because the Itaillan
fishing industry baa been interrupted
by. Austrian mines in tho Adriatic and
because the service of many steam
ship lines has been suspended for the
same reason.
Sweden has ordered all lights on
her coasts extinguished so'they can
not be of use to the navies of the bel
ligerent powers.
The food shortage in Belgium IB
growing more serions and American
officials are making efforts to hurry
relief, especially to Brussels, where
the need ls greatest. _
lon Upon the
irehouse Bili
u.'iU i
Are to Be Added-Uvely Fight
e Joint R?solution Proposing
naaries Until Peace is re
Europe.
\ direct bearing on the financial cod
commercial condition of the Btate
wilt be considered at the special sea
lion. The appropriation bill, to meet
lbs expenses of the special session
nf the legislature and certain de
partments of th? State government,
aaa passed to third reading (oday
arith notice of general amendments,
fhe bill authorizes the borrowing of
1100,000 on the credit of the State,
rho senate is undecided whether cot
ton acreage reduction shonld be
reached through a tax on production
>r by thal ting the acreage to bo
planted. The upper chamber waa In
he midst of d?bete on the Sullivan
gafendment to the acreage bill ???
ready passed l> the boase to allow
ij?oO pounds of lint cotton to the
trtpflr. enimal with a tax of 5 cents
?or pound en all amounts over that
shan a roetes waa taken from 2 to
I o'clock. Senator Laney, ot Ches
arfleld, advocates both a limiting ot
leraage planted end a tax on produc
ion, and, he has sent np to the desk
ia amendment to this effect Th?
?s?te this morning tock op the cot
on acreage bill passed by the house
(mittag tht? sewage \*y eix acre? IO
?Continued us Page POL)
Tl MA
ROBERT E. LEE
PASSES AWAY
Was Youngest Son of General
Robert E. Lee, the Confed
erate Commander.
WASHINGTON, Oct 20.-Word
wes received here today of the death
of Captain Robert E. Lee, youngest
ron of General Robert E. Lee. the
Confederate commander, at Upper
viilo. Va., last night. He had hecn
seriously ill for som o time. The body
will be interred at Lexington, Va.,
Friday morning.
Captain, Lee was educated in ori
vate school-: and in tho University of
Virginia. At the outbreak of the
Civil War Captatn Lee Joined the
Ftockbridge (Va.) artillerv as a pri
vate. He took part in numerous en
gagements and was later promoted
to the rank of captain of artillery on
the staff of his brother, General W.
H. F. Lee.
Captain Lee waa the author of
"Recollections and Letters of Gener
al Robert E. Lee." He was born at
the old Lee mansion, now part of
Arlington national cemetery, October
87. 1843.
Bryan Completes
Tour of Kansas
WICHITA. KA8-, Oct. 20.-William |
J. Bryan completed hero tonight a I
two days' campaign tour of eastern
and southern Kansas. He spoke In. ]
24 towns.
Discussing hero the nencmplish-'|
raents of the administration. Mr.!;
Bryan mentioned the federal reserve
act. saying:
"Wte'vc moved tho money center of
tit ip country from_ Wall street to
Washington. Durinrt the recent fin
ancial stringency Secretary McAdoo.
wept to the White House-former
MBret?rl?a of .the .treasury went : to
Wall street-and formed a olen to
inset tbs difficulty. He said to the
nations, 'come to Washington and
got your money and not to Wall
street,* and the panic 'folded up Its
tent, like the Arab, and quietly stole j
away.* "
Allies Have Made
- General Advance
LONDON. Oct 21.-(4:20 a. m.)
The JDullv Chronicle's onnkirk cor
respondent, telegraphing Tuesday,
"The Allies fighting "mainly with
artillery, have made a general ad
vance. The test wnrk Is being done
by the British "naval guns. Lrage
numbers of French and Belgian pris
oners have been taken from the re
treating Germans.
"The aid rendered by the warships
tn boral1 arding tho German lines ad
vancing on Nieuport bas been an im
portant faet?n
"On account of the Iorgo number
>f sales captured in Dunkirk an or
lar has been issued forbidding any
Foreigners to remain In the city and
requiring that all leaving the town
io in a westerly direction."
Great Effort to
Recruit Men to Array
LONDON, Oct SO.-(10:25 n, m.)
romorrow-Trafalgar Day-will be
nada the occasion of a great effort to'
?ecrult mon for the army. Hundreds
>f wreaths have been banked at the
wea of the Nelson monument, where \
tree!.crowds gathered today. Can- '
kde. Hew Zealand. Australia, Japan
md Sooth Africa sent floral pieces.
In addition to tho flowers the en
tr? base of the monument la envel
>ped With recruiting banners bear- !
ng the words, "Tour King and Your,
krautry Need You."
Caerman Torpedo Boat ?
Destroyed by ??ap?nese ?
'- I'
TOKIO, Oct. 20.-It was announced \
.racially in Tokio today that the Oar
nan tooee? boat S-90, which cs
apefi from Teing Tan under cover of
larkassa baa been found aground
ad? been destroyed by the Japanese,
t a point sixty miles south of Xiao
!how Bay. J
Sparing a Way
For German Retreat ]
3 A? et. \; ? i #*
(By Associated Presa) I;
LONOjCW, Oct 21 (1:57 a, m )-The\\
Mtf Mail's Rotterdam correspondent, '
*T> thies EeapoUn sheds are being 1
lt mt Brussels and four at Antwerp.1
correspondent adis that the ?
? have teen erected over the r
Masse between Liege and Vise I
a way for a Gemavi retreat ?
if'";' ' . '
SCORES INJURED, AND SOME
WILL PERHAPS DIE
GRANDSTAND FELL
In Beginning of Program for)
County Fair, New Grand
.tend Collapsed.
Special to The Intelligencer.
LAURENS. Oct 20.-The annual
Laurens county fair came near hav
ing a tragic end here today when the
newly erected grandstand holding
somewhere between Ave hundred and
thousand people suddenly collap
sed, precipitating its precious bur
den to tba ground beneath, throwing
1 the peoplo in wild confusion and Ber- J
[iously injuring scores of people.
At thie tinta, a few hours after the .
> terrible occurrence, no one has sue-1
' cuni bed to Injuries, but several of the >
1 hurt are la - r, precarious condition. :
?Mrs. Joel Smith of Walterloo, Mr..'
Sam Williams of Waterloo. Mrs. J.
rc. Ellis of Laurens, Royce Todd, lit
tle son or Mr. b. E Todd of Barks
dale Stattion and a little son of Mr..
John Glenn, who lives near the city. !
ar? the mort seriously injured.
Immediately following the peel-'
|dtnt wild, rumors went over the city
that lhere bod been a wholesale loas
nf life, but those rumors were later j
I authentically: denied.
I Those on the stand, and those who
saw it fall consider it nothing but
miraculous that * great loss of life
did not take 'jriacc. When the vast
crowd on and*afoao^ the grandstand
Ont re*ewerelT ?i|'nr*-the shock of:
the fall, scores of wemen and child- !
rta were - seen in and on top of the '
wreckage, many apparently In an In
sensible condition. When the heavy
boards were pulled off of them and
physicians present had revived them
with water and anesthetics, lt was
discovered they were all alive, but
more or tless Injured and frightened.
Fortunately no1 one was underneath
the stand as the fair had Just begun
and ali were watching the entries.
After order had been restored and,
the Injured carried to the Julia Irby
hospital, the doctor's offices and pri
vate homes, the fair directors pro
ceeded with the program as they felt
they could- do nothing towards the ',
relief of the inJured. The physicians of :.
the city and the staff at the Julia Ir- J "
by sanitarium, as weil as the citi- ? '.
sens of the town generally, immed-1
lately proffered their services and
everything is now being done for the
comfort of the injured ones. Auto
mobile owners made improvised am
bulances of their cars and assisted in
getting the wounded to places where
they could be treated. Nothing ls
being left undone which couti de
tract from; the comfort of the unfor
tunate ones.
Inconvenienced By
! Lack of Hospitals
LONDON, Oct 20.-(10:05 p. m.)
?The Russians at Warsaw," i ?ys a
Marconi dispatch from Berlin, "are
gristly Inconvenienced by inadequate
sanltarv arrangements and lack of j
hospitals. * ' [*P*|
"Kiev, Moscow and other places in,j
Russia are overcrowded. Troops.^
from Bessarabia are being sent to the t
?aneases to crush a rebellion. tl
"There la a shortage of Russian j {
officers. I
"Despite the numerical superiority t
af the enemy's forces at warsaw.?
Sehern! Von Hfndenberg is confident 1
>r victory. J
"The Austrian offensive In Galicia j
le making progress. The Russians]
in their attack? before Przemysl lost*
10,000 men, where the Austro-1 Inn-'
tartan casulstles in the same engage
ments were only GOO."
Was Not Executed
As Was Reported).*
SAN ANTONIO, TEX., Oct. 20.
lose Bennies Sandoval waa not exe
cuted aa wa* reported when he so
wered recently at the headquarters
if General Villa aa tba emissary of
nettx Dias( bat is held prisoner at
Chihuahua, according to Information
received today by friends of Dias,
tdvtees received et Constitutional
leadqaarters also declare the report
hat Sandoval was pat to death ls
intra*.
Central Dis?, who arrived here to-,
light from laredo, declined to ?cra
sent on tb? .roport other than to ex
.rees a belief that bia agent was still
Itv?,
FILE PROTESTS
AGAINST OUTRAGES
Soldiers Holding up Delegatei
and Demanding They Shout
"Long Live Villa."
MEXICO CITY. Oct. 20.-General
Zapata will go in person to the peace
convention at Aguas Calientes. He
ls to reach there late this week and
all action on formation of a provis
ional government will be suspended
until his arrival.
Many protests are being flied
against alleged outrages by Villa's
eoldiers, who are satd to be holdinr
up delegates and at the point of th'
plttol demanding that they shou'
"Long live Villa," It is declared ths
generals, too, have been accosted ir
this manner.
A pretest also has been made tha'
the neutrality of the convention I'
being violated by tlie presence of 15,
COO Villa troops within an hour's rid
of Aguas Calientes. They wert
brought up from Zacatecas. Thc
delegates claim the city is in a state
of Biege.
.A resolution was passed today for
bidding 'bruiting on either side
while the peace conference ls in ses
sion.
Border renorts that Villa had ar
rested several Carranca delegates a
Aguas Calientes lacked dr'.uito de
nials today from Villa agents herr
The unexpected entry of the northen
lender into the conference city at th*
head of several hundred troops ha
caused much anxiety to the Carrans:
followers.
Villa himself, lt was reported ofll
dally, has left Aguas Callentas fo
Durango City with a strong column
WASHINGTON. OcL 20.-Rocen:
developments, lt became known to
night, have shaken the belief pf of
ficials here that the contest botwoei
Carranca and Villa for control o
the political situation in Mexico wa*
about tn be ad tasted.
Reports tust Vi!:a had moved B
large fo.ee into tho vicinity ot Aguar
Calientes and had attempted to co
orce peace conference delegates
were doubted, but a more tor I ou;
view was taken of -dispatcheo an
nouncing that Carranza had repud
iated the claim- of the convention tr
sovereign power in Mexico. Thorr
was no official confirmation of thlr
or of reports that .the first c.UM ho?'
declared he would deliver the exec
utive power only tn a man elected by
the people; but officials admitted
they did not regard lt a* unlikely
that interruption of the work of the
Aguas Callentes convention was doe
to a cause. Some Interpreted the ad
journment, ostensibly tn await the
arrival ot Zapata representatives, aa
really to^allow aome of the delegates
to confer with Carranza and deter
mine what the course of action should
be.
German Attacks
Repulsed Everywhere
PAPAS, Oct. 20.-(11:00 p. m.)
The French communication Issued to-
night says the Germans today at
tacked atong the entire trout and
?verywhere were repulsed.
The text follows:
"The day has been characterized by
in effort of the Germans Valong ali
parts of the front-to the extrame
?orth, where the Belgian army has
leid remarkably; at La B&ssce,
where the German troops have at
tempted an offensive movement of
>artlcnlar violence; to the north ot
Irrae; at Mametz, between Peronne
md Albert; at Vauquois, to the east
it the Argonne, and, finally, on thu
(eights of the Mteuse and in the ra
tion of Champion.
"Everywhere the German attacks
lave been repulsed."
Movement to Raise
Big Strike Fund
SCRANTON. PA,, Oct| 20.-A move
ment to have tho American Fedeva
ion or Labor raise a national strike
und of millions of dollars In an ef
srt to obtal na cloeed shop in the
(.stile industry was endorsed by the
lolled Textile Workers of Asaerlea
i. anneal convention here today. If
be proposition meets with approval
f the federation, it ia planned to as
ses all labor organisations am listed
rlth that body and also to enlist
itelr moral support.
lomb Explosion
Kills Two Men
MONTREAL, Oct, . 20.-Two men
rere Ulled, a dosen injured and a
juament block wrecked here tonight
y an explosion supposed to have
sen caused by a bom*.
Tbs block waa occupied mainly by
?sestees.
THE GERMANS ATTACK
ALLIES AT MANY POINTS
ON THE BATTLE FRONT
German Forces Have Met With Strong Op
position at the River Yser, Where Fight
ing Has Continued Since Sunday-Ger
man Marines Are Leaving Antwerp to
Join the Fleet.
The Germans not only arc attempting an advance along the
Jorth Sea coast to French ports but have attacked the Allies at
nany points on the battle front from the extreme north to thc
teights of the Meuse. In1 the north the Belgian army has held its
?round tenaciously, while at La Bassee, around Arras, between
Peronne and Albert, to thc east of the Argonne and along the Meuse
he German offensive has been repulsed.
This is the substance of the French official report and in a
neasure it agrees with the Berlin official report which while not at
empting to describe the battle in detail, declares the German forces
lave met with strone opposition at the River Yser. Fighting there,
t adds, has continued since Sunday but otherwise the situation rather
avors German arir?s, particularly in the vicinity of Lille, where the
French have been attacking desperately for several days'and have
)een repulsed with heavy losses.
Thirty thousand Germans are reported to have occupied tlllr"
Mast between Ostend and N icu port and to have dug. trenches along
^he dykes from MtddleV.irke to Westende but later advices declare
hey have been repulsed near Westende and that their guns now are
Tear Ostend, which they still occupy.
The Russian commander-in-chief announces tersely that there,
s no change in the situation, although the Russians are in contact witts
;he enemy at various points in Galicia and East Prussia. With this
the Berlin official statement agrees.
A Rotterdam dispatch says German marines are leaving Ant
werp to join the fleet and that the ships at Kiel have been extensive?
!y provisioned, portending possible activity on the part of the Ger
man navy, which has been at anchor for the past two months iu
Germany's well protected harbors.
Vienna officially reports Austrian successes in Galicia east of
Chyrow and Przemysl and adds that the Austro-Ger>nan armies have
repulsed a great cavalry attack in Polnd.
Japan announces the occupation for military purposes of.im
portant islands in the Marianne, Marshall, East Caroline nd West
Caroline Archipelagos. All the Marianne group have been occu
pied except Guam, which was acquired by the United States in 1898
Peking reports on the authority of refugees from Tsing Tau
that the Japenese have lost several thousand .men in their campaign
against the German concession in China.
It is estimated that there are not less than 2,000,000 Belgians
outside the borders of their own country and that there are at least
500,obo wounded in France.
I According to a Rotterdam dispatch three zeppelin sheds are be
ing erected at Brussels, and four at Antwerp. If this is true it may,
be a preliminary to the threatened raid on London across the chan
nel.
Latest News From
the Battle Grounds
THE BATT!.13 FRONT, (ria Parla).
Oct. 20.-The German invaders are
meeting a vigorous resistance in their
effort to shorten their lines and rest
their right wing farther southwest
ward noon the English channel. Mach
of the fighting la being done in the
obscurity of toga.
French marines yesterday gave a
good account of themselves. German
troops tried a surprise attack on
them Sunday, bot the French force
held the field works against superior
numbers. The fight lasted all day, and
then the Germana contented thmsel
ves with cannonading the position of
the marines.
A Ulick fog covered the entire re
gion Monday and the marines, accus
tomed to such weather conditioner
eroipt close to the German trenches.
"No shooting." waa tbs order; "uaw
the bayonet"
The marines got within thirty feet
of tee trenches before they were seen.
Their coming waa heralded too lat?*
for defenders, who were bayoneted la
the trenches and beyond the trenches?
as they rae. Four hundred German^
prisoners were taken,
One of the places where the Frenes*
had been most harrassed waa near the
elbow of the western Mee The impor
tant position there had been taken,
and retaken frequently daring the hu??
(Continued on page six.)
RUSSIAN EMPEROR FORBIDS SALE OF
ALCOHOL IN RUSSIA BY GOVERNMENT
PARTO, Oct. 20.-(7:15 p. m.)-A
Petrograd dispatch to the Havae
Agency naya the Russian press ls en
thusiastic over a declaration by tb-*
Russian emperor that the sale of al
cohol by Ute government ls forever
forbidden In Rktsnia.
The Russian Union of Abstinence,
which devotee its energies to the
combating of alcoholism, addressed
to Emperor Nicholas a request that
ho forbid the avile of spirituous li
quor in Russia, His majesty replied:
"I thank yon; I lo&g ?to decided
to interdict for eil time tn fossta
the sate of alcoholic drinks by the
government"
The Novce Vranya ol Petrograd
cit?e aa aa effect of th? suppression
of tua sale of liquor, an Ulerease in
saving beak deposita-daring Sepiera
berief 23,000,000 rabble* (111,500,000)
over the same u/inth lost roar, In
spite of tho war/ ,