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 Fighting Co With Un THE ADVANTAGE IS CLAIMED LIES AND BOTH BELIEvZ AT POINTS WHERE Gi COUNT IN (By A ?or ?at ixl PrtrO LONDON. Nov. 10.-Widely different claims ot contending armies in th? eastern and western theatres of war, especially concerning tho West Flan ders situation, tonight left but one big undisputed fact on land or sea. That was the destruction of the Ger man raider Ember and the trapping of the German cruiser Koenigsberg, the Utter in a palm-lined Rast Afri can river under circumstances which read aa though they were, taken from Stevenson. The British marine insurance rate almost instantly waa cut in half-tor. over since the days of the Alabama has there been such a successful, com merce destroyer .as the Emden. Cheers broke forth at Lloyd's on the an nouncement and for the moment the struggles of the armies in Franco, Belgium, Russia and elsewhere were forgotten. Yet all these armies were at each otha's throats-the Germans aud Russians clashing in cavalry engage ments along the German frontier; the Russians still harrasstng the Aus trians in Galicia, and the French, British and Belgians uniting to hold back what appears to be a tremendous German attempt to break thru, gh the allied Une In the vicinity of Ypres. Many dispatches apeak of the move ment of German troops eastward from Belgium aa indicating the need of re inforcements along the eastern fron tier, hilt neither the French nor Ger man od!dal statements indicated any Blackening in tte violence, of German attacks In West .Flanders. In face, the French statement says that be tween the aaa and Armentieres the cpp"?~~ izrzzz ~z?ZH> uOtli aviing on the offensive. As to the outcome pf this-double offensive the rival contentions arc of Two Hundred ?od Forty-Eight Men tarred, Among Them Several Officer Besoin (Br AaaocUtad TIM.) PBTROGRATV Nov. 10.-An ofBcIal communication from the general Rtaff of the navy, Issued tonight details the sinking recently of several Turkish transports. The'communication Bays: "The commander of the Russian fleet,' on nearing Port Sangouidak, sent two ships f-ith some torpedo boats to destroy buddings and work shop?, .yt the port. TM." was done suc cessfully. Moreover, a 'darkish'steam er waa sunk. "At the same time our stout ship 1 sighted a T?rken military transport loaded with soldiers, which was *b?ot! to put to sea. Our cruiser sank the* Granta Requests of U. S. Government I (By AffooitUd Pre^j.) MEXICO CIT*", Nov. 10.-Gen. Vcn UBtiaao Carranga baa granted all the requests - of the Washington govern ment regarding the evacuation of Vere ena; *>>' the Aawrlean troops, according to a telegram received to nigh: from Foreign Minister Fabel a. TH-,.... --?-?>-_-! I-tir""I,lr.?. - ??"./ .-?.?.? "--O ton for the Mexicana now in Vera Cruz will bo given In a public decree to be issued soon. In return . for these conce?sicas the Carranza gov ernment baa asksd tile United States to lix h definite date for the evacua tion. Asks Ck>urt to ] Carolina E -Law Ui - < (Br \*o*M**?.rr*?*.\ . . Y WASIJIKGTON,. NOV. 10.-ConW?dr lng that an increase In, the number of spectators at a legal execution* of a criminal In South Carolina ta an added puniahofeat. attorneys for Joe 'Malloy, convicted ot murder in* that State, today flied with the supreme court a brief calling upon the unjigf to bold the South Carolina electrocu tion law unooattttuttoaal aa to Mal loy. Malloy was charged with haring murdered Prentiss Moore, tn Marl boro county. Sc ?tb Carolina, cu ?Thanksgiving 4ay, tele. At, that time the death, sentence for murder waa inflicted-by hangln*. Before bis trial, the State passed a'law changing .the manner of imrwRjoU'trom hanging ta cleef rofutittt?. Malloy'* .Attorneys ntinues abated Fury > BY BOTH GERMANS AND AL THEY HAVE MADE GAINS UNS ARE CERTAIN TO THE END contradictory, the Germans claiming, slow progress near Ypres and the French asserting timi th? German at-1 tack was beaten back. In view pf. what seem? to be a sustained and concerted German effort In this,, re gion, the reports of the German re tirement are hardly borne out, al though lt is said they have moved their headouarters farther cast, this tune from Ghent to Alost. -y Tlie situation along the battle line in France proper, from the stand point ot the Allies, waa summed up In a dispatch from an "observer with the Indian co ns." who saya there bas. been, no marked change anywhere,' ! though he professes to see a gradual ? weakening of Germen attacks. Aside fro . the milltarv asn?ete of; the war, what s tor. i out boldest to-j day we" Germany's reported threat to. cut oft food the United Stales is send-] lng to Belgium, if the Belgip.as did not return to their cities and make an1 effort to resume their normal occwpa-? tiens. The Bel adan answer ls that lt. has been Impossible to resume a sam- J hlance of normal activity because the' German soldiery has ^mmandeered ali implements and muir?ais necea-i sary to an industrial 'revival. Th? British government tonight is sued another recalled white paper, reviewing the Incidents which pre-! ceded the declaration of war against. Turkey. It deals in the main with the Qoeben and Breslau affair, and sets'forth that the grand visier all along was at. least ostensibly against dragging Turkey into the Conflict, but either was powerless to resist Enverj Bey and his assistants, or while out war a ty opposing them, was winking i at the fast approaching crisis, while tho Turkish and German preparations went forWr.fi. >f Sinking foh Transports on the Ships Were Saved and Cap German Officers and a Staff kg Documents. vcassL'Thon the Russian fleet put to sea. t ".Shortly afterwards the Russian fleet sighted two T?rkin"? transports, one of which, the Midhat Pasha, had hoisted the war pennant Torpedo boats sent to destroy these transports soon sighted a third one. "The three transports, laden wita 1 ammunition, guns, automobiles and ! aeroplanes, were sunk. We saved and j captured 248 men* on the ships, among them several German officers and a staff of leer who was bearing docu- ? manta. The prisoners declared the. transcris wera io be used to take troops to Trebizond." Sentenced to Die; Commits Suicide (By Aaaor**ted Frew.) J TRENTON. N. J.. Nov. 10.-Angelo* Cerctello. sentenced to be electrocut ed tonight for wife murder, died In his cell at the State farm today after drinking a solution of water end match heads. During hts confinement he had been permitted to smoko and authorities believe he saved from ma- ! i*>rl?= brouaht him for that purpose the matches with which he accoinp- j llBhM the suicide. The crime for which Cerclelro was convicted was a brutal one. He chop ped hts wife's body with an axe and hld it in sime bruah outside of New ark. Hold South ileetrocution ^constitutional contend that he cen not be hanged now. because that method.of punish ment was abolished, and that he can not be .electrocuted because that would be imposing, am addlUonal pun ishment on him and therefore would make the law "ex post tacto." within the meaning of the constitution. The electrocution law authorised the attendance ?4 from two to four teen more persons than .' under the preceding law. "One who ia going to jwej'tfihih In disgrace, and contumely naturally wishes the shameful spec tacle to ,be witnessed by as few aa pftturible," declare the attorneys, "and ahi.l this court aay that e&v increase tn the number of carious onlookers ts sot a deride* increase in his punlth meatr ' _Z-----lu Rockefeller Relief Ship For Starving Belgians ' _. ? ;_' --- ' ^^^^^^^^^ The Massapequa.' with 4.000 tons of flour, rice, bacon and beans, has left the United States for Rotterdam, Holland, to feed the starving Belgians driven from their own country by tho. German troc-.;s. Two other ships have been chartered by. the Rockefell ar Foundation; president ol which is John D. rockefeller, Jr. Food speculators.raised the prices In New York when the managers of.the expedition were purchasing their cargo. It was said that flour roso suddonl ylO cents a sack, and as a result ot th.s the names ot the other ves sels to sall were kept secret. The managers'hoped to bp able to load them without having to pay exorbitant prices for toodstufe: Fear Cruiset Carolii TELEGRAMS FROM ANXIOUS OFFICERS AND MEN RECEIV FROM ALL PARTS OF COI CRUISER STRUCK Mil (By Aaaoriated Pre?.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 10.-Navy de partment officials refused to be dis-j turbed today by persistent rumors, tbat the cruiser North Carolina at' Beirut, Syria, had been au'.x by al mine. "There is not the leant apprehen sion for the ship." was the official an swer to all inquiries. Although no messages have como! direct from the North Carolina since j November 2, she .has been In constant ! wireless communication with the! cruiser Tenn?isee noarhy and* officials pointed out today that official dis patches were coming through from the .American consul at Beirut, where the North Carolina lies in thocha?-bor. Tho ship would not have left the har bor without notifying the navy de partment, officials said. While communication is slow and uncertain because of Turkish control ' of the cable, officials disclaimed any uneasiness whatever for either of the j American ships. WiASIHNGTON, Nov. 10.-Secretary Daniels today ordered the division of j ! operations tn tho navy department to ; I get into communication as quickly as Great Brittan 1 Copper Ship UNITED STATES GOVEJRNME* MK1YT WITH UKfcAT UKI I I/ THE KED STAR Ul (By. A^oci.?r' PIM.) 'V* V I WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-Great i Britain will seise coopei shipments I from the United States to Italy if they are consigned "to on'or" or aro prov ! en to be destined ultimately to a bel I ligerent This was announced today j 'by Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce, British am bassador, after a conference at the j etate department The ambassador made the following j ria te me nt: "The Italian government has pro hibited the export of copper from Italy but not the transit of copper through Italy to a foreign country. Copper consigned to Italy for Italian ?nae will not be subject to seizure but copper consigned to a belligerent or to order will be suspect Arrange ments are being made for the tran sit of copper to Switzerland for the { ute of that country on the guarantee j of the proper authorities. "The British govern mort has found j that Italy's embargo on the re-expor-l tat len of copper would not prevent a ! shipment originating in the United! _________________"_ . Large Appropriation to Foreign Missions I -- (By AMOcUted Prem) BOSTON, Nov. 10.-Missionary ap propriations amounting to $800,000 were voled at today's meeting of the general convention of the Methodist Episcopal board of foreign missions. Bishop Robinson's request, tor a special appropriation to help German missionaries, in southern Asia waa re ferred to a committee. buring debut on a. motion to corn blue the fields of South America and; Mvs?CO ??u?r the ?Si?v Of Latin ' America, Bishop McConnell of Denver - declared he did not expect any speedy settlement of the trouble In Mexico and that the missionaries should re main there. ,? German Lieut? As A Spy: Fi In London f< (Bf AModatrd Pi***.) % LONDON, Nov. 10.-(8:io p. m.) It is officially announced that Carl Hana Lody, alias Charles A. Inglis, who waa found guilty by a courtmar tial of espionage November 2, has hean eliot as a spy. When arrested Lody claimed to bo aa American but later confessed he waa a German. He had lived in New York and Omaha. In the latter etty he married tb* daughter of Gottlieb Storz, a brewer, who later divorced him. Lody met his death In the Tower of London after he waa found guilty by courtmartlal . on charge* of having communicated with the enemy. The Statement concerning the execution ls brf-if, merely saying: "Sentence wo* duly confirmed." North a Has Sunk RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF 'ED AT NAVY DEPARTMENT JNTRY-REPORTED THAT ME AT BEIRUT, SYRIA [ posRlble with the cruisers North Car olina and Tennessee to learn if one j had met with a mishap as bad been rumored during the day. ! The secretary sud other navy offl < dals said they did not tear for the ?safety of either vessel, but thought lt advisable to allay any alarm by get ting definite advices. There were ru mors that the North Carolina had been blown up by a mine at Beirut, but so far as could be discovered all reports originated within the United ! States. j The navy department ? last heard di rectly from the North Carolina and tho Tcnnrsso*? November 2. The for mer was at Beirut and ti e IrMi-r at j Mytllene, off the coast of CJreecc. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-Tele grams from anxious relatives .and 1 friends of officers and wea of the cruirer North Carolina rt sch the navy ? department tonight fran*, all parts of the country. To each iuqulry Secre tory Daniels replied that while he was without official word from the cruiser, he felt positive no harm had befallen her. If anything had. hap pened to the ship, he said, the de partment would heve boen Informed before now. . Will Seize ments to Italy IT HAS REACHED NO AGREE uv ABOUT mt CAK NORFOLK, Va., Nw. 10.-With len? than a dozen of the 800 horses she car ried still alive, the British steamer Rembrandt which caught fire , when two; hundred ralles oft. Cape Henry yesterday, ls tonight throwing the car cesses of the uead animals overboard. The Rembrandt ls steaming -in a circle and forward about ten miles oft Cape Henry. She expects to complete the work of throwing the dead horses overboard tonight and will proceed to Newport News. . The Rembra:? .*t ts commanded by Captain EJd'r.. . is reported to have stated that ht. i hip waa set on fire by German ejrfea. The fire was dis covered among hay and fodder-stored la tho compartments occupied by the horses. . V J Captain Eldin is also reported to have said that threats were made against the vessel while she was tak ing on cargo lb Baltimore. It is claim- ; ed that Germana declared the "vessel would be blown np before she reach ed her destination. ; When the -fire was discovered the smoke waa so dense the crew could 1 not''reach-the flames and they were ' handicapped by the stamped o of th? frightened animals. The hold ww Scened, tho hut che:: c?c?cd and fha .'. horses left to their fate. It is reported here that several members'of the -Rembrandt crew were, burped, but this report was not con- , armed. Forward compartments of the Rem- J ' bral dt are reported to' be badly dam> aged ky-'fire. The vessel Wilt'be in spected at Newport News to ascertain 1 li it will be necessary to make repairs} j before she ean.pi',*eed otr her voyage , to 8L Nasaire,France* to which port she: was bound : when fire was dhtoov ered ia her hold. 1 NEWPORT NKWS Va^ Nov. 10- i With the .flames under control the < British steamer Rembrandt, which took firs TAO miles off the Virginia < capea Monday, ls now headed for New- , port News for examination. Wlht : geo horses ia addition to a , g?n?rai car.^/i aboard, the Rembrandt ?teamed from Baltimore Saturday, consigned to Si. Nasalre, France. Yes terday sha flashed the O. &*' when the nra was raging but later got the blase under control and cams within the capes, again returning to sea to throw overboard some dead horses. Car Lat? af rrevJsleas. BAN FRANCISCO, Cal., NOT. 10 - Carload lots of provisions fof a Bel gian relief ship, to he sent from this port.hy California are being assem bled throughout the fitatC Cash pledg ed tn San Fran cisco alone has reach ed a sum in excess of $110/900. CHILDREN MUST BE TAUGHT TO LOVE THE FLAQ OF THEIR COUNTRY ' ADDRESS OF MRS. DANIELS At Opening Scsstas of Ai??o?S ?Convention of the U. D. C. (By Aiaorialad Pre??.) i SAVANNAH, Qa., Nov. 10.-South ern women should recognize and more fully accept the part they may play In eradicating any lingering animosities between the North and the South, de clared Mrs. Joaepbua Daniels, wife of the secretary of the navy, ip an ad dress at the opening session hero to night of the annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mra Daniels, here aa a delegate from North Carolina, spoke In response to an address of welcome. "Let those ot us who know of the travail of the sixties keep alive the glory of sacrifice and the valor ot the* vanquished to the last day of our lives." said . Mrs. Daniels. "But let us 'net look mournfully upon the past,' but ask ourselves the question: 'How san' Southern woman ot the twentieth century prove worthy of their lineage and transmit to their children the graces and virtues which were_ In carnated in the Southern women ai ibo war ?nd reconstruction periods V "First of all, we must kaow that love is greater than alt besides. Our children mu t be taught to love the1 flag of their country, and sons abd daughters alike given to see. the pa triotism of those whp wore the blue1 sa well aa of thoae who wore the gray. It was said that Henry Grady died loving the country Into peace.' The first duty of the daughters ls to lev? all men, and must?ate the best traditions of the South hy permitting nu need of bitterness io mar or nar row our own lives or the Uvea ot eur children. "Second, to preserve the hlMory-j lue horne life history-of the South during the war between the Btstee. Southern histories la plenty toll of the glorious conflicts on land and seo. But there la a history of those Says not yet full/ written. There la untouched a history of heroines. There was a stimulus, to men who' wv at to Seeth marching to martial music ba ler inspiring banners, cheered by their comrades. Woman poured out their lives in apprehension and labor ?nd sacrifice , and unutterable loneli ness. ' Many stories of their deeds save been burled In the hearts of her sines who never ax peeled honor o [ame or aught aa ve the privilege of j Horsing their loved on ea. But their laughters owe lt to coming genera tions to illumine the pagae of litera-1 (Continued on Page 6? .