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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA THE BELGIANS ARE J ALMOST WITHOUT A 1 Homes Destroyed; Foodstuffs, Cattle and Hor ses Seized By the Enemy; Thousands of Freight Trucks Are Rushing Beside Canals While Horses Are Dead on Battle Fields; Factories Are In Ruins, and Many Cot ton. Mills Are In Ashes, While Those That Stand Are Closed. ?NIYERSITO"M^CHOOLS HAVE ALL BEEN ABANDONED Physician? Are At the Front or Serving in the Hos pital?--Few Churches Are Fit For Occupancy And the Disheartened People Are Unable to Communicate With Relatives, Whether Refu gees in Holland or Soldiers on the Battle Field. To khe Grief ?ver THeir. Dead and the Exile of Their Government !s Added the Awful Spectre of Starvation, and the Single Ray of Hope for Hie Thousands Who Are Positively. Hungry Is Afforded by the American Commission and the Sole Source of an Adequate Food Supply is the United States. _ (By Associated Press.) BRUSSELS, VIA LONDON, Nov. 2.-Between six million and Seven f?nii?n Belgians h?ve ii??c Or nothing io cali "h??ic." They are a people almost without a country. Foodstuffs, fg/age, horses, cattle and automobiles not com manddered by the Belgian army have been seized by the Germans. Practically every acre is now swept of everything valuable. lt is estimated that there are now 200,000 Belgians In England and 800,000 in Holland. The lowest estimate made here places the number of Belgian homes destroyed or uninhabitable at one million. Malines, Louvain,. Liege, Namur, Charleroi, Mons, Dinant and a *core of smaller places have been so shattered by the artillery fire that less than half of the normal population are decently sheltered. A report from Limburg says that the supplies for the bread line have been exhausted and the feeding can be resumed only when American food arrives. ' The seizure of cattle for the armies has left the country without beef, milk and cheese. The supply of grain has been cut off. For several weeks Flanders was able to help the eastern portion, but pow 3ruges. Ghent, Antwerp and Ostend are suffering the. same distress which earlier befell the eastern part of the country. At Liegej the Pittsburgh of Belgium, the steel industry has been brought to a standstill. At Antwerp, the New York of the Belgians, all shipping his stopped. Hundreds of big steamers lie idle at the docks. Thousands of freight trucks are rusting beside the canals while the horses are dead on Flemish battle fields. The drivers and freight handlers are In hospitals or with King Albert's army. Nieuport And Ostend, the latter suggesting Atlantic City to an American, are cccupied by the Germans and the hotels are filled with German .wounded. Brussels, the deserted capital, has been spared destruction, but its industries are-shut down. Lace workers are being ted at soup kitchens. The stores have no food to sell and the public has no money to buy If opportunity offered. Members of noble families haye discharged their servants and joined the bread line. The fear is.commonly expressed that the city with Hs famous buildings will bc destroyed either by attack or by the Germans them selves should they be compelled to retire. Gentian money is in general use. Military proclamations in all the store windows announce that the mark must be accepted. Brussels has no postal communication except with Germany. Everything ls censored. No railways are operated in central Bel gium. Most of the lines are without bridges. Canals are the on* ly avenues for the shipment of freight. Belgians here estimate that ?ne-?fth of the-Belgians remaining * " . (Cou Ha oe l on Pfc**?bc.V V PEOPLE COUNTRY BEGIN TROOP MOVEMENTS EVIDENCES POINT TO A CON FLICT BETWEEN CARRAN ZA AND VILLA FACTIONS ISSUES A DEMAND Carranza Wanto Explanation ! From Convention Which Re tired Himself and Villa. (By Associated PreBB.) j EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 2.-Although General Carranza has stated that ho would give up the executive power at the completion, of the transactions of the Aguas Calientes convention, the first chief of the Constitutionalists to night hod not recognized Eulallo Gut ierrez, appointed by the convention to be temporary -prpai?eui ul Me?ivv. Carranza, now in power at the na t Ional, capital, today Issued further dv:?and for explanations from the convention, which previously had re tired both himself ?nd Villa. Evidences tonight pointed to a possible conflict between the Carranza and Villa for ces, it was said. It was reported that both sides had begun troop move ments. The short term of office, limit ed to twenty days, accorded to Gue lerrez, was out of consideration for Zapata delegates, who had no vot? in the convention tor lack of authoriza tion from their chief. Within the twenty ; days allotted it was expected Zapata contd arrange to allow his agenta to vote for him. A message from the central bureau of information at Mexico City, given out by the consulate general's office today, reneds: "Aa anon aa tho first chief WES in formed of the action of the Aguas Callentes convention, he stated to"the I convention delegates that he was dis posed to do as he had promised, to give up his command and executive power as soon as the convention had fixed the form bf provisional govern ment Snd arranged for Zapata and Villa to gire up command of their forces. "Also he asks that an explanation be made to him of the motives which had impelled the convention to decide to accept his resignation and the motiv es for which it -had considered ex pedient his resignation from power." President's Official Family at Home (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Nbv. 2.-Secretory Garrison, Attorney General Gregory Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Houston will be the only members of the cabinet in Washing ton tomorrow. Other members of the president's official family have gone home to vote. The president will leave tomorrow returning Immediately af r he casts his rote. Secretary Daniels and Sec retary Wilson will leave tonight, the former for Raleigh and the latter for Blossburg, Pa. Secretary Bryan will vote at his .mme ib Lincoln. Neb. Secretary Mc Adoo ls at his home In New York; Secretary Redfield ia in Brooklyn and Secretory Lane is in California. Parlor and Sleeping Car Tax Upheld (By Associated Press.) ? WASRtfWTON, Nov. t.-The Flori da parlor-and sleeping oar tax today was upheld aa constitutional by the supreme court. The Florida statute Imposed a tax of $1.60 ra pon each $100 of gross re ceipts of State business of parlor and bleeping car companies. This ls Uve second time the tax waa brought to the supremo court's st? te?.lon by the Pullman company. The first timo the court dismissed the ease because of the death of one of toe parties to the ?ult. Justice Hohnes announced the de cision today. DECLINED IO SIGN OB VE?O j BILL PROVIDING FOR ISSUE OF $24,000,000 IN BONDS WILL NOT B?S VOTED ?N THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED AT 1:30 Two Measures of Relief For Cot-' ton Situation Will Be Effective as Reu ult of Session. (By* Associated Press.) I COLUMBIA, B. C. Nov. 3.-The South Carolina legislature called in special sesison to consider legislation Tor the relief of the cotton situation resulting from the curtailment of Eu ropean markets by the continetal war, adjourned .sine die at 1:30 a. m. rwvj measures of relief for the cotton situation will be effective as a result. A the sesi?n. They are: An act, forbidding Under penalty the planting in cotton'by any person of nore than one-third the area planted n all crops. An act creating a State coton ware- . ?ouse system. Gdvernor Blease declined either to ?ign or veto a bill passed which pro dded Xor the *ssue of $24,000,000 worth >f bonds, the proceeds to be used in oans to farmers on -cotton stored In . warehouses. The measure if finally gassed, was to have boen submitted - a a referendum vfl^'OPthe people'to-" lay. The house 'Judiciary committee leid that the bill could'not become a a-.v without the Rovv-i-?or'? signature iptil mldnght tonight. This made the neasure invalid for the people's ac- , ion today. The extra legislative just closed waa the first in the last thirty-two rears and the eighteenth in the hin-. ?ry of the State... The legislature con rened C.n October 6. COLUMBIA. Nov. 2.-When thc louse met today at 2 o'clock thc gov ernor returned tho "miracle act,' vi th his veto. This act was passed' >y the house and senate Saturday I light to validate the general appro priation act ' In order the State si**ht borre v.' mosey upes it immcd- ! nf ely without waiting the utatutory ' ?0 days which was necessitated by! he omission of the provision from '? he act that lt should become effec ive Immediately. The "miracle act' provided that all acts passed at thc i pee lal session should become effec ive immediately or after their final mssage over the governor's veto. The rovernor said in the message that thc ict was unconstitutional and set a langerons precedent The house deferred consideration )f the veto until it met at 4 o'clock when lt was overriden. * Speaker Smith denounced as un worthy and unwarranted the state ment by a correspondent to The State hat he participated in a filibuster on .1 he cotton bond issue act He ex pressed his willingness to resign il he house agreed with the view ex pressed by the correspondent to The State. The house gave the speaker i snanlcsocs fete of confidence. Propose That Ships Touch Scotch Ports (By Associated Press.) jj WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-Great Brit- ;, da bas proposed that American I hips hound for northern European. ?rta touch at some convenient Scotch j Kurt and submit to examination ot j heir cargoes, receiving certificates I vhlch will relieve them of annoyance >f search by BrUUb .and French '.rulsers during the remainder of their ( 'oyages. j The state department has npt ac- \ opted the proposal and Indications ire tt will be made the basis of a < ?r?test. - ? OOOOOOMOOOQOOOOOOO ? o i dee. They Have it Everywhere, ? , . i- o! ? BRISTOL, Venront, NOT. 3.- o < > Twelve persons have died here r ! ? tonight as a result ot drinking o i ? liquor that contained wood al- o 1 ? cobol last Saturday. All the vic- o' ? F tims, according to the authorities, o < > purchased the liquor at the drug o 1 i atore of D. A. Bis bee, who ls un- n ? ? der arrest o i oi rOOOOOOOOOOoOOOOOOO.' ENTERED PLEAS OF NOT GUILTY TWENTY OFFICIALS OF N. Y., N. H. & H. RAILROAD INDICTED PRESIDENT ESCAPES Men Indicted Include Nation's Foremost Financiers and Rall Road Men. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Within a few hours after the handing down today of federal grand Jury indictments ac cusing twenty presont or former di rectors and thc former general couu-f sel of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad of criminal viola tion of ' the Sherman anti-trust law, four defendants entered pleas of not guilty in federal court and were re leased under bond. It was reported tonight that several cf those indicted would claim Immunity on the ground that , they appeared as witnesses in the interstate commerce commission's Investigation of the New Haven's, af fairs. The indictments today were the outcome of a ??rand Jury inquiry wblcb had been in progress tor sev era 1 weeks. Charles S. Mellen, for pr Incl pal witness in this' Inquiry, was not indicted. Mellen/s name appears, however, in a list of officers' and for mer directors mentioned as "conspir ators." The Iste J. P. ??orgse is named in this bill as one of the "con spirators." Bench warrants were issued for the arrest of those indicted. George P." Baker, rated in recent years next to the late Mr. Morgan as the lesding financial power of Wall Street; Lew is Cass Ledyard, one of the country'H best known attorneys, and Charles M. Pratt. ? ^t-.idard OH director, ap peared personally in court to enter their pleas. George MacColloch Mil ler, who Is 82 years old, was repr? sentai by his son. Their ball was fbxed at $5.000 each. The complete Hst of those indicted is as. follows: winiam Kockeielier. George Mac culloch Miller, Charles F. Brooker, winiam Skinner, D. Newton Barney Robert W. Taft, James E. Elton James S. Hemingway, Lswls Cass Ledyard, Charles M. Pratt, A. Heaton Robertson, Frederick F. Brewster. Henry K. McHarg, Edward D. Bob bins, former general counsel of the road; Alexander Cochrane, John L. Billard, George F. Baker. Thomas De witt Cuyler. Theodore N. Vail, Ed ward Milligan and Francis T. Max well. The men indicted include some of the foremost financiers and railroad (Continued On Page Four.) Carranza Forces Defeat Villa Troop (By Associated Press.) O AN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 2, Carranza forces, commanded by Luis and Maclovio Herrera, today defeat ed Villa troops near Parral, Mexico according to an official dispatch from Mexico City. No details of tbe bat tle are given other than that the Vil la forces "lost a considerable num ber of men, rifles and a Quantity of ammunition." Fire Desroyo 1,500 Bales of Cotton (By Associated Presa.) COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 2,-Fire early today destroyed a warehousv at Gay, Qeorgia, containing 1,600 balsa of cot ton. The loss Is estimated at $50,000, partially covered by lnsnrr.nce. Carnegie Statue Stoned By Citizens of Town (By Associated Press.) LONDON. Nov. 2.-(12:52 p. nv)--A i I spat ch to a news agency from Dun fermline, Scotland, says that local sentiment against Andrew Carnegie because of his alleged pro-German tttltude ls so strong that the statue >f Mr. Carnegie which waa erected by the cltlxena of bis native town last lune, was pelted by a crowd. Cerne rte Alma which have been exhibited U moving picture houses have been withdrawn, the correspondent sara. THE GRAND \ TURKEY Although Turkey Appeal The Powers Compris Have Not Accepted / Attacks Made on Ru Sea by Turkish War ? (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Nov. 2.-The'grand viz ior of Turkey has apologized on be half of his government for the war like operations of the Turkish fleet under German commanders in tho Blsck Sea, but lt was stated authori tatively tonight that the porte will have to go much farther than this be fore the powers of the triple entente will agree to resume friendly relations with thc Ottoman government There ls every reason to believe that despite thc apology of the grand vizier, which it is understood comos from the peace party in the Turkish cabinet and may not bo adhered to by Knver Pasha; tho minister of war, and his young - Turk followers, France Russia and Great Britain not only will demand reparation for the operation!* of the Turkish fleet in the Black Sea, but will insist that Turkey's entire fleet, or at any rate the cruisers Goo ben, Breslau and Hamiden, be put out cf commission until after ibo war, Turkey's aecurlty being guaranteed in the meantime. This would give Russia' such super iority in the Black Sea that there would be no danger of Turkish raids. It is suggested also that demoralis ation of the Turkish anny would bs A om a tiri ?wi ur Vi (ntl ' mt/\i\ Irl maali t Vi . ? those troops which have crossed the Egyptian frontier must .be withdrawn. However, as the "terms' of Turkey's apology have not been, published and. must bo considered hy ?ne entente powers before the apology is accepted 1 or refused, there seems, to a long way - to go before diplomatic relations be- 1 twen tho Ottoman government and 1 the Allies can be resumed. Meanwhile a report comes from Constantinople. of the seizing of an- 1 other Russian steamer atad also that Bulgaria, which had been asked to choose the side on which she would ? fight, had commenced to mobilize her 1 second line of troops. The Germans continue to strike hard blows on the Allies' lines in their en- 1 dearer to get through to the coast. 1 THUS far they have found every road ' blocked but apparently disregarding .esses they continua to attack. The floods, the Belgian army and ' the British fleet having barred their way southward along the coast, the < Dormans are now striking on a line 1 stretching from Ypres, in Belgium, to La Basse, farther south in France, 1 but seemingly with no more success. 1 The stubborness of the fighting along this line may be gathered from the 1 fact that the town of Messines, which 1 the Germans now occupy, has been 1 taken and re-taken no less than four < ; 1 DISREGARD CARRANZ AND ELECT GU (By Assocated Press.) 1 EL PASO, Texas. Nov. 2.-The con- 1 ference of revolutionary chiefs at ; Aguas Callentes has disregarded Gon- < eral Carran ra's protest and elected Eulalie Gutierrez provisional presl- 1 dent of Mexico, according to an of- 1 ficiai report reaching the border to- < day. Gutierrez was appointed pro- < visional governor ot the State of San 1 REACHED AN UNDERSTANDING Germany and Great Britain Will < Permit Women and Children to Return Home, WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-Germany sod Great Britain have reached an < understanding through the medium < jf the American government whereby 1 Bach will permit all subjects ot their t anemics except those between the c ires of 15 and 50 to return to their 1 vspertlve countries. In no case will women and children be detained. The \ Intention of those between 15 and 60 \ rears ls due to the fact that both Ger- j nany and Great Britain desire to t Keep all who could bear arms from j lolulng an enemy's colora \ IQ the same connection the State t lepartment waa advised today from , Petrograd that Russia had expelled ?M German and Austrian subjects, riving them two weeks within which JO leave. J Prohibit the Cultivation o? ('ottos. 1 LONDON. Nor. t.-(J:68 p. m.)-A c leeros has been issued prohibiting * he cultivation of cotton in the Up- t >er Egyptian basins in 1915, accord- c ag to Renter's Cairo correspondent, c IZIEROF APOLOGIZES rs Ready to Back Down? ing the Triple Entente \n Apology Offered For isian Ships in the Black Vessels. times since last Saturday, each time with enormous losses in killed and wounded. Attacks also have boen K?i?t along the entire battle front as far east as the Vosges region, but, according to the French report, with the Germans having no more success than in the northwest. The belief is growing here, and it also hrs been expressed by those re turning from. Belgium, that the Ger mans are making a last effo;* to get through to the coast and that if lt falls they will fall back to positions prepared in central Belgium. Although the fighting ls continuous on the Bast Prussian frontier,, in Po land and in Galicia there ls no im portant change in the situation and is is believed none is likely until the Russian armies como up with the Germans, who are retiring from the Vistula toward the Warthe river. On thia river lt ia considered likely an other big battle will be fought. The backbone of the rebellion in South Africa seems broken. Colonel Marita's command In the northern Cape province' has been' defeated. Several ot the reidera and most ot their men have been captured. Gener al Beyers ls in flight and General Oe Wt?t has onened neantlatlnna tar sur render lt ia aaid. The German cruiser Karlsbrua hes added three mora British steamers to her list, ot captures in the Atlantic. One, the Van Dyck, is a vessel of Hi>viii l,0vv iOiia. There were reports today of naval activity in the Straits of Dover. A dispatch from Dover said a British torpedo boat destroyer was observed In action, apparently against a German submarine. One ot the most important features In the war situation is ute announce? ment by the B.itlah admirallty that the entire North Sea Ha* been a mili tary area and that vessels plying its waters will be in grave danger from mines which it has pleated, unless they obey rales laid down by the ad mlraiity. These minds are Jaid, according to the admirallty, to ?l??oi ??miiar action hv tiir> Germans north cf Ireland. ? news agency dispatch says the Qermans have placed , big guns on Borkum Island In the North Ssa, The German cruiser" Karlsruhe has captured three additional British steamers in the South Atlantic. Except Uiat the general attack by the Japanese and British Oh the Ger man fortress at Tslng-Tau continues nothing is known of the situation there. A'S PROTEST T1ERREZ PRESIDENT Luis Potosi by Carran se. He is re garded, however, aa mow of a sym pathizer with Villa tn the present sontroversy. The voting at the convention did sot end until after midnight. Gutier rez received 88 votes. His nearest :omoetltor, was General Juan Cabrai, the Sonora commander, for whom thirty-five delegates voted. WILSON WILL BE CANDIDATE On Today's Election Depends IWhether aa Extra Swann of Contraes Will Be Called. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-On tho ove it tho congressional election lt be came known today that mea close to President Wilson are working on the inderstanding that ho will be a can lid ate tn 1918 despite bis own al en ce on the subject. Although no formal statement wss ss jed, White House officials say Mr. rVilson ls confident both esaate and muse alli be safely D?mocratie as he result of tomorrow's elections, Predictions were mada that the ma ori ty in toe house would be more han 50 sad that the present majority n the senate would be increased. On the outcome of tomorrow's lection, however, depends whether he president will call ap extra ses i?n of congress later this month. If he party does not r?tala control ot engross, lt wss said the president rould call an extra session tn order hat policies he staads for may be anded to completion during the lite if the present congress,