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 TURKEY S Elf PRODI THE FAR REACHING EFFECT OF RUSSIAN PORTS IS EV MANIA INDICATES'THAT ? ITALY-BULGARIA IS FRI TRA-STRIKING DIFFERE) OPED AS TO THE PROE TURKEY AND BALKAN CC . (By Associated Press.) . WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-Turkey's attack on RUB Bia. reports of which* were confirmed tod ey in official dis-j patches to ths Amie* lean sovc-rnmsstj and the Russian embassy, was view ed by officials and diplomats gener ally here today na likely to produce gravest complications throughout the Balkans, northern Africa and Asia Minor. The announcement of a state of war j between Fucsia and Turkey was ex-j pected eventually to bring Greece Italy, Roumanie and Bulgaria into] the lut ot belligerents. Ambassador Mergenthau in a brief cablegram from Constantinople late today made no mention of a declara tion ot. war by Turkey o& Russia but said the British ambassador had| Informed bim of the bombardment o Odessa,'br' three Turkish torpedcj boat destroyers and thc sinking of nj Russia gunboat. Previously the-Amer ican consul at Odessa had reporter that. during the, bombardment. some\ American property, .waa destroyed. While these dispatches and - prev ious .indications from the.Levant, off!-j oj al?? feared the long expected confia-j gration tn Turkey was at hand. The; ] preparen to use me American cruls era North Carolina and Tennessee tc' assist American missionaries if nec essary, and to setup motion measure* I ope 'were plunged 'into war. .??e Pir reaching effect of Turkey' bombardment jot Russian ports - WSB everywhere admitted. White it wa-, suggested io some quarters that the Ottoman government might repudiate the raid of the Turkish', destroyers and the former . German cruisers Gooben and Breslau, attributing the acta -to the initiative of the German officer- -vnd crewe- manning them, th? bells 'jvailed that Russia would I hot passively accept this view, br wyUlu v?SSivir, u?r?ci? lu a otntu u? j war .with Turkey. The complications in Albania,) where Greece'has sent troops io oe cupyt Bplrus supposedly incurring thc] displeasure of Italy, is believed to al ter nnmnwhai the alignment which! would have resulted a month- agc from Turkey's entrance into the wari The news from Athens that Grtccc entered Albania with the consent ot | the triple entente waa a puzzling de velopment for Washington officials The feeling for months bad been that j Italy would side with the entente i Turkey declared war on ; Russia, but) that bad been baaed largely on th< supposition that the Mussulmen lr Egypt, rising against British rule, would incito their brethren in Tri poli to attempt to cast off Italian domination. 'Italy, to remain neutral must eventually reach some under standing with the triph entente coa i corning the partitioning ot Albania or ] the activities of Greece in that coun try. . ._ The far Eit? Wf th a Lessening in H^etSittes in I WiththoSit^tk?Ca?^byTi (By Associate Press. The Par East, for the moment at least, has taken the center ot tho Stage ir? the war drama being enacted la Europe, Asia and Africa and on the high seas: With a leasehiag ia the hls tilitica in northern Belgium ?eli mace, and with the Situation ceased ? by Turkey's use bf her , warships against ostensibly friendly nations nbt ii* *t*a? enough to reveal what Ita outcome will he, comes the announce ment that the Japanese and British have began a general attack on Ger many's fortified bas? at Tslng-Tau. . The shelling of Tsing-Taa began with tile dawn ot the Japsaeee emper or's birthday sad at iaat accounts waa proceeding vigorously. T^Ing-Tan has been invested by land end sea virtu ally since th* commencement of hos tlilrke Ia Europe. Severe fighting con ti nc es in Belgi um, but tisera'.la no mention of ? re-' a emption of the sanguinary encoun ters o? the early week. Tito british troops arc gaining ground or? the westarn wlaff, but that &e 1 German < rgs General Assembly. The Governor approved the bill for the system of warehouses to store cot ton tonight. The ornee win pay a salary of f a, 000 a year and expenses. Maimer in Which Germans Threw Their Manees at Allied Positions Astonishing. (By Associated Press.) 1 PARIS. Get SO.-(11.41 p. rn)- < Officers returning from the hattie front declare success for the Allies j bsa grown oat ot the aeries of furious conflicts near the coast is well as In tba vicinity ot Ypres and Arras. Everywhere, they say, the Belgian, French and British forces have re sisted the German onslaughts and have counter attacked so vigorously that they are moving forward in the t movement to,capture Belgium. I The unhesitating manner in which ( the Germana .? threw their masses at \ the allied positions, these : officers de- i blare, caused astonishment The im- i pression prevails that the Germans | had determined to break through at < any coat The opening of the dikes by the Bel- < glana near the mouth of the River Yeer placed a formidable obstacle In the way of tba Germans, who were compelled to re-cross the river and during thia, operation suffered severe ly from the Allies' artillery. German attacks today were report to have been lesa violent than prov- i lons assauts. The opposing forces were constantly tn contact. The behavior of all the Allied troops nn?er the terrine strain has'' been i wonderful. Battalions of French marines formed of supernumeraries from t\e fleet covered themselves with glory In the great bayonet charge along tho coast lin" which did mach towards forcing tK. Germans to re tire. Around La Bass ec both the Allies and the Germana have displayed in domitable bravery in the hand-to-hand fighting whfoh hes been going on day sod night for two wooka. The line} there baa swayed nome time? w*?< way and somo tt*nes that Thick; hedges and ditches make operations j difficult ^Qo^the entgehe bed lino ^ of tho > * iC????*M* on Page ?T~ HOSPITAL SH AND NIB GOVERNOR SIGNS REDUCTION BILL Bili For An Issue of $24,000 in SUte Bonds Still in the Gov ornor's Hands. (By Associated Press. COLUMBIA, SC, Oct. 30.-Gover nor Blease today signed the cotton acreage reduction hill, this becoming law immediately thereafter. The main provision of the act ls that not more than one-third of the land cultivated in 1916 shall be planted In cotton. Fer violation a ?ne of not ir uro than $100 nor less than $25 for each acre In excess shall be imposed. The' bill for an lsBue of $24,000,000 In State Bonds, to make provision for loans on cotton If ratified by the peo ple at the general election Tuesday, still is lu the governor's hands. He oas made no announcement regnr?linz lils course. Under the law he can hold lt for three days,- which will permit lilm to withhold action until Monday night, on the eve of the general elec tion at which, under the terms ot the bill the popular ratification must be secured. For Relief of Destitute., WASHINGTON. Oct. Sp.-Red Cross afficials announced tonight they were planning to divert part of the money usually spent for Christmas extrava gances to the relief Of the destitute people of Europe. No Efforts Made To Float Paulding (By Associated Press.) NORFOLK, Va., Oct, 30.-No effort* were made to float the stranded tor pedo boat destroyer Paulding today ?*M??? ??? s?5i?k. ??i.?n?. band ia. Lynns lava? Inlet, Abe government taurus turned the Joh over to a wrecking company. A crew will leave this city it 3 o'clock today on the tug Rescue Captain Sims, U. S. N" command ing the Atlantic torpedo boat flotilla will superintend the work, represent ing the government The Well-to-do Are Buying Cheap Clothing -- i ( Rv A amn?iataA Prjoo \ LONDON, ?cL 80,7(t ~? m)'-Econ >my belt; g practiced by English worn. tn is causing lack of work in certain branches of trade. At a meeting ot relatively unemployed people here In sight lt was stated that one-third ot the sixty bousand dressmakers in Lon lon are' on short time because even the well-to-do are buying cheap, ready nade clothing. Steam Roller In Action. RENO, Nev., Oct 30.-Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada, here for the elec tion campaign, was felled by a blow in ut encounter on a rrinclpal street lere today. Several men were struck before Senator Pittman was knocked lown, including P. A. Mojtrran, Jus tice of the Nevada Supreme Court; II. k. vraley. a political leader; United Stated Marshal A. B. Gray; Deputy; Sheriff Lee Updike, and several oth 3 rs. -T Cotton Needed Badi? In Copenhagen (By Associated Press.) COPENHAGEN, via London, Oct 30. (10 p. m.)-Cotton is needed badly at bis place and manufacturers are anx ious tb learn whether American ship pers are willing to risk sending cot ton here. To avoid all possibility ot breaches of neutrality in connection ivl th shipments, the Danish govern heat has prohibited the re-exporta ion of cotton. Waiting for $1 ii Dozen For Their; Eggs : ? (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Opt. 30.-Western far ners, holding back eggs for war prices, and the stringent rules of the ?lew York board of health were hell responsible for the rise of local but er and egg prices in testimony today it Attorney General Parsons' invss igfction of an alleged monopoly in hese products. Willard P. Brown ?ho sells more than $1,000,000 worth nf butter and eggs annually, testi ied that farmers had waited for $1 i dozen for their eggs and thee three matters of the food condemned bj be board of health here in 1018 wai it for consumption. Anderson Maa Here. Editor W. W, Sm oak, ot The An iejteon Intelligencer; Editor Claude K. Graves of the Bolton Journal, and Hr. T. B. Curtis, commercial agent ot he C. and W. C., are spending tbs day tere literally "taking In" the fair, greenwood Journal. THE FATE OF THE PHYSICIAI OF THE CAPTAIN AND CR PEOPLE ON BOARD IS ES' ING, GALE BLOWING AN WHEN VESSEL HIT ROCK ING BOATS WERE CRUSHI BEARING SURVIVORS (ny Associated Press. WHITBY, England, via London. Oct 30-The loss of life on the British icspital ship Rrmiila, which crashed on the rocks of the Yorkshire coast near here before dawn today, waa a matter of doubt tonight. The vessel is a total wreck, having broken in two while life savers on share were shoot ing lines and trying vainly to make one fast to the ship. Bearing physicians, nurses and hos pital supplies, the Rohiila was pn her Way to a Belgian or French port when driven ashore. It ls understood all wo men on board were saved, including a survivor of the Titanic disaster. The fate of the physicians ls uncertain as is that of the captain and crew. The total number of people on board ls estimated at 200. When the striken vessel broke eight men could be seen climbing to a piece of wreckage from the after part of the ship and it ls assumed that they were swept to their death In the boiling sea. Fourteen bodies bad been Washed ashore this evening. : Rain was falling In torrents, a gale was"blowing and the seas were moun tainous when the.veks?r hit the rocka.' Distress roc?ete immediately flared aoove the RohliM attracting the coast guards, but aa the sea continued vio lent lt was Impossible to launch only two boats from ashore. These boats brought back all the peaple they could ffSWli I C'?a?ffl ^?Mosfcot-the ship's beau*wore'mijilt ed in attempts to launch them and on ly one got away, bearing a handful bf survivors. Even these had to be dragged up the beach, ss the boat capsized In the breakers. ' Four four boura members of the Bill for Rehabilitation of The Spanish Fleet (By Associated Press.) PAF'IS. Oct. SL-(?:?? a. m.l-Tin Spanish minister of marine, Admiral A. Miranda, on the openelng of the chamber of deputies at Madrid yes terday. Introduced a bill for rehabili tation of the Spanish fleet, according to a Havas dispatch. ; The bill provides for the construc tion of four fast cruisers at a cost bf $12,000.000; six torpedo hosts at a Cost of $6.000.000, twenty-eight sub marines and three gunboats. . The measure also provides for coast and submarine defense and other protec tion. Given Passports. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 30.-Paul May, Belgian minister to Mexico, was hand ed bis passports today by Minister of Foreign Affairs Fabela. Senor Fabe Ia declared he was compelled to take this course because of certain aggres sive and disrespectful notes directed to the Mexican government by the Belgian repiesentotlve._t . .u. jrLn-L-.r Will Protes Detention British Authorities Will Be Asked She Orrie? Conditional Coni and Austrian Reservi (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-The state department baa decided to protest to Great Britain against detention of the American steamship Krooaland. held np at Gibraltar with some 1,200 pas seagers and a cargo of copper' bound from New York for Italian and Greek porta. The British authorities will be ask ed whether the yessel ls held because she carries conditional contraband, or because German and Austrian re servists are among her passengers. Full lnformaUon ia th? case ls lack ing but department officials believe the ?hip either should be released or taken forthwith into a prise court It ls contended the United States has a right to demand full' protection for' American cargoes shipped in American or neutral bottoms to neu tral ports, leaving it to Great Britain to obtain guarantees from the neutral countries to which the or goes are consigned that conditional contraband will not be reexported to a bc'.ll<>rent. Italy already bas placed an embargc upon exports of Sil war supplies but] vS IS UNCERTAIN AS IS THAT EW -THE TOTAL NUMBER OF IT MATED AT 200-RAIN FALL D SEAS WERE MOUNTAINOUS S-MOST OF SHIPS LIFE SAV ID AND ONLY ONE GOT AWAY crew and others could be seen cling ing to the rigging, their plight be coming more desperate as the tide rose. In an effort to reach them the life savers shot many rockets. Then at 8:30 otciock the Inevitable came-the ship's back broke. It is bellend that most of thoao on board perished. Elev en physicians were among them, lt is said. The rescuers kept vigil on the beach tonight but their work waa at a stand still, one of the two turf beats being disabled and tee ot&er unable to ap proach the wreck1, although aided by tugs. . ;W. The middle part of the Hebilla was all that remained above water at mid night and on this were the survivors, whose number waa variously estimat ed. They were signalled to swim for lt but seemed to hesitate.', Several died from exposare. Whether the remnant of the ship could last until morning unless the sea abated seemed doubtful. ' < ' Most of the population of Whitby stood on the shore all day itching the attempts at rescue; .. 1 au numbers of the ship's crew, who reached the shore said ihfcv tout at tempted to drag a line with ?fem but tho heavy stiffened, them to ?at it. The strong-wind invariably swept I wide of their mark the rocket lines but the cheer wept a? when one fla? ovoriand* and*" olin I but it was smashed on the rocks. ? Saddle? and Hames? For War Department? * - 'i . I (By Associated Press.) SPRINGFIELD. Mo.. Oct. ?0.-Shln menta of 1,600 horses for the French t army .will begin hara tomorrow. Th? horses cost from WO to $140 each. They go via New Orleans, where they will bo put aboard transports. A local manufacturer today receiv ed from representatives of the'French war department an order tor several hundred officers' saddles and as mopy sets ol artillery harnees. ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 30.-An order for 6,000 English type artillery sad dles waa received today by a local concern from a Chicago firm and la said to be part ot an order that .will Iba placed for 2t00Q full sots ot artil lery harness for Europe. Appointed Magistrate. . COLUMBIA, Oct 80.-The governoi has apponted William D. McWhlrtet of Cherokee Falls magistrate for. Cherokee county, vice J. Itt Plaxlco ? resigned. of Steamer Whether Vessel is Haid trabend, or Beean ste Are Among Her eo far as ls known$$llfegta?et hae def taken such action. It was pointed oat tonight that tba ELroonland sailed for Now Torte 19 days before Great Britain added cop* per to the list of conditional contra band and made no stops en route ta Gibraltar, and therefore should not be subject to aetaute on account ol ber cargo. So far no official communication had been received concerning the. ta* ported detention of the Italian steam ers 8en Giovanni and Regina d'Itali*, but a? these resale earry American copper cargoes, the state department probably will protest also against their detention st Gibraltar, especial ly as they are bined to Italian porta The stat? department ban baas got tfled of several changes In tba rales aa to contraband -?pet mada by the British privy eouneft. Av new ral? providing that a neatrsl vessel may be held responsible on ea? voyage for what sb? did ott a preceding voy age w?* mach commented OR aa a rad ical departure from the long esme*; llshed practice. ,