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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 120 Weekly, Established 1SC0; Dally, Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM BATTLE HIS fi The Germans Continue t< French Who Hold the And Ypres, But Have vance-The Germans Green Troops, But Hi Of Their Army-Both lion With the Progr?s* (By. Associated press.) ? LONDON, NOT. 12.-A critical stage j In the battle in Wo at Flanders hus l ben reached, and the next few days if < not hours, should produce something I decisive. The Germans, with all tho forces at < thoir command,'have continued to at- 1 tack the British, and French who hold 1 the lino between Dixmude and Ypres, 1 but except for the capture o ? Dix- < mude, which was occupied Tneauay, and some little progress around Yprey i they have not made material pivjg- I reas. . ' < The French' official report Baye all < the attachs have been repulsed. The., J Germans no longer are utilizing green i troops In this region1 but have brought ' i up the/.jplck bf their army, Including * ] some Pr lissi ah guards, who attempted t an offensive movement against the- i British but without'success. ' ' 11 Both aides express- satisfaction 'with I the progress bf the hattie; Berlin Bays j the Allies* attacks bc?ve been repulsed j and that their own attack In making : j headway ; ? while in'London .and Paris ] j lt is felt that BO long as tho Allies j can hold the line ot-the canal from]] Nieuport to Y?rcs their position is.: strong.' ' ; <i ?J; . 1 * I: In France, from th? northwest , to j ! the southeast, there have been engage- & { meat?'OT lessor Importance, In which, according to tpa French report, Gen-1 eral Jof?ro's armies have gained ! .irrwad^a^j^^e^ed . -their: ftosi-i I troy judges and7M?^;t? fft?lgfn^?1 but wiU?.what btvject remalna a eccret.,1 ti' is 0??>n?jrhti boweve*- *hsir '???r -::* making pr?parations lo winter iii that} ' countryU /. ; r j ; *. 1/ ' The Russian -arpiy under Geperal 1 Renen3:ampff ia.fighting ita* way into ; East Prussia and has taken Johannes-' ; burg, .VfhjclrJS op thc ? railway from 1 Lyck ,to. soiaau, both' of - which .town's ( already are th . Russian hands: This I $3,000.00(1 Che (By AaaocUUd . Presa.) *' j LONDON; *?o>. 12.-(7.p. m.)-The j American commission for Belgian ire?;' i lier today' received a check for S3,- j 000,000, the contribution of prominent t Belgians. In a statement expressing ] its thanks, tho commission said all ] of this amuunt -Jvo?ld be heeded for < transportation of foodstuffs for the t next thr?? montha into .Belgium. \ .'This substantial sum,'.' said the i statement, .''is .-i mest convincing evi- i dop.ee of tho desire, of tho Belgians them^ea^te.^ 1 tont -.The contribution also emphasis- i ea the urgeody v?f/the situation.. It < must ha horno; Ja: mindjtb?t foodstuffs i lo tho vatuo of about S4.O0O.O00 i monthly roust . bb secured fdr seven 'or \ eight months. Of thia amount $1,000, 000 monthly will be required for the < exp?ns?;ijf trtt?a^?rtv '- ';,< i ,:Tho comm?selon in arranging .for < a regularr steamship service ;irbm *he i Atlantic seaboard bl the United'"-States i and; a transport. sc* leo. from the In- t terlor to.seab^^ t Twenty-Six'Trains.; of '[Q^?ft^ } (By Aesot?M?d'J?rf*8.> HAVRE. Nov. 12.-(By way ot :*dr is, 7:GS p, 'm.^the Belgian minister , ot war has been informed that 26L trains' from Oheafc filled with Gie?man\* cavalry passed through Brussels last ? week gola? tow?rd? 0?ermau*. ? E^tenaive ?hiranahmentis. ?n?in??ng i . barbed wiro ehttoglemnnta, have been J coasttdcied' tn the. neighborhood of;? Namur , and l?^o, according to ad- ? vices to tho m?hl?tcr. , A majority, ol the civic gaarto of SwsselB ha.vo de- * sorted, refusing Mfc*?ant \ not to take np arms ajgaiaat 06^0'/, \ lt I* gild. \ . Overcoating Far Fraawv, ' 0 Attack the British and : Line Between Dixmude Made nc Material Ad no Longer Are Utilizing ive Brought Up the Pick 1 Sides Express Satjof ac i of the Battle. gives to Russia the control of an in., portant railway line which skirts the frontier In German territory and sev eral branch railways running Into th\ interior. Tho Central army, which drove the Germans back from the Vistula, has lad only unimportant engagements, but it is known-to be pu Rh in g forward .o the bonders-of Posen and Silesia, which the Gormans are crossing. Tho Hu s i yan left wing has follow ed the Kiele railway to the Austrian Frontier and is within a few miles of Cracow, whose siege is immlment. The southern army, under General Etuzsky. is at Rzeszow betwen Prze mysl and Cracow, and the Austrian-, ire opposing, its crossing of the San Uiver. Another detachment continues tho siege of Praemysl while still an other is operating against 'Austrians molding the passage Cf the Carpath an? ? . Tlio army of.Armenia, whose base is ob Kars, Trans-Caucasia, 'Is 'ap proaching the Turkish fortress ot Erzerum. The manner in which Grand Duke Nicholas; the j.Russian commander-in :hief, is wielding these armies and the ?nobility they, are showing aro the subject of . admiration by military men. jere. ; ^ . .', r*%??i '':A<'mes^ ino sovernov of Bosnia has addressed a 3'ro'clamailon to tho Austri?h'j^im??M baring tho S?rfiaiis ^stTO?eMaW ?Efore winter;' In' conformity with thlsV .ho Servians have.been driven hack to their -own ci?stry; Tfeat, ft?cordias tc tho Sevv?an account, they defeated thu \uatrfans who attempted to follow .heip. ? ? . vi There is a steady flow of recruits for Kitchener's army and England before ion? wllV bav? ss'army of 2, )0O,OOO men. New armies alb-J are bo ng organized in India. i Relief Furn leels that these generous : American people who ' are unable. to contribute, nonoy should contribute something from their own stores of. food ,into ho ? hands of tho local organizations. Bach American farmer and every res dent can well afford a few-bushels >f. grain. What ls needed is cereals wheat, flo ir, shelled corni beana, peas, mcon and ham-as" these are the only icicles that will stand the long and Hf?oult transport conditions. "A branch . of this 'commission \ is peing' perfected in Now York and'sap idles collected -, by the various local organizations wRl be received and transported by lt; This organization md Ita. personnel. will. be completed vlthln a few "days. . , > ' "The commission already han dellv u*ed foodsthffs into the hands of lo iaV. relief committees,' in virtually ?rery echter1, ia Belgium. ' The com nlsalou is receiving cordial assistance 'rom tho Dutch officials in espodltiog 'cod through Holland end helpful fa dlltles from the German officials." reikHo^Hetost : Pasaporta in Berlin (Dy A*aoclai?d Tn**.) CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-Charles A. In [iis. tho Cbicagolan whose" Ajnerlcan jessport was found on the; person bf 3arV Hans Lody, executed in ( London isi a?'German spy, today told how bo oat the passport in Berlin, His. story mpUcatea tho .German foreign of fl-e.. md ls bvilng Investigated by the State tepattment at Washington. Inglis vetumed n few doyu aao al er a long.stay i? Europe. Caught in ?erlln when war broke out, he took; its'; passport to tho Gannan foreign >f?ca to havA lt anrirnwAd. Ho handed ? tb ti clerk, he said, expecting that it sould be returned later to the Amort an embassy; > It failed to reappear, howev^r^jSo he aweigh o?Qce he eonlda obtain fte .race of tt He got a ac?on? docameat >y->rbioh!b?./waa able to-leave Oerm ltMr. Ingalta said the original paper ?ntalned fUdeocrlpUe-a ot him which 8 said to also hava betn applicable Sharp shooters Firing From Rubbish Pile in Street United States Government Has Been Notified by Great Bridan and France In View of Possible Comn??ca?oilT?ieit Might Arise-No Specific Vi* . .., msmm ...? : ?. * Business Manager of Flori Gonville Shot to Death cati Steampship Moh? York for Charleston The Ship, and B. H. V Wounded-Alleged IV tude of Not Knowing (By Asaocisted Pm?.) CHARLESTON, 8. C., Nov. 12.-The < arrival here today ot the American;? steamship Mohawk revealed a trag- \ ] ody of the high1 seas off the North ; Carolina coast resulting in ono death ' ] and the serious wounding of two oth- ! i Br persons. . h P. W. R. Hinman, business maria-/ ser of Tho Florian Times Union ut1 Jacksonville and president. of the !1 Southern Newspapers Publishers' .8- ; 1 sociatton, who was a Mohawk passen- ' ser, received bullet wound which re- < suited in his death. B. M. Wright, !< of Utica. N. T., another passenger, and . 1 Captai' A. D. Ingram, o? the ship, are < In a no Bpi tai h?re tonight suffering! from 6 im ll ar' wounds. Phys iel an a be-1 ll?ve, both of .the Jatter will recover, j1 The shooting ls alleged to have been j I done by a passenger registered as 1 George Batchelor Perkinp;. architect, ? of Boston. He was placed in irons im-11 mediately after the tragedy last night and shortly after the Mohawk docked bore this afternoon was given a pre liminary hearing before United States Commissioner Arthur Huger. It was', decided to hold him for trial on tho 1 charge of killing Mr. Hinman. -v ?J< Evidence tending to .show that per-;1 kips! wn8 DOt nicmtally responsible at l the tlmja of the shooting was Intr doced ; at J th? .^o?lr^??^L0^S^a sat, who ?o?pi i st?teroom'with jerkins on 'the Mo> .! ' hawk, testified thai toe,prisoner had ' been taking s. narcotic, which i?w lat- * ?er ?aid wrns Jot' the relief of head- 3 ache. Several other passengers tea- - ? tilled that Perkins a? ted queerly prior .' to the tragedy. . : 1 Mr. and Mrs. Hinman, Mr. Wright ? ?nd Captain Infersta ws.*a sitting In ' the companionway'of the l?ohawk last . < night when Perkins, clad in pajamas"! and a raincoat, approached them. He i spoke to the captain, ' wht> replied 1 that; ho must wear more suitable ap- i par?! If be wished tb minglo vi th the . oiher passengers. i of Negroes Of i (By Associated Prise.) ] i WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-President ? Wilson, while receiving a . delegation ' pf negroes today who cami to the 1 White House to protest again it segre- }. gating the races in government de- . partments, ojected to the ton) adopt- < ed by their spokesman, W. M. Trot; 1 ter, of Boston, and told the commit- 1 tee that if lt called on him again it 1 would have to get a new chairman. ' The president added be had not been 1 addressed in such a manner since he 1 entored the White HOUBB. . j1 The delegation charged that Beere? , tary McAdoo and Comptroller WU- , liam? In the treasury, and Postmas- '. ter General Burles?n had enforced se- . gregatton mien In their offices. Pres? ' ident Wilson replied that he had in vestigated the Question and had been . assured that there had'been no dis crimination in the comforts and eur-' Take Action on Entering 'Cotton Pool -- (By Aaaoci?t?d Prcai.) BOSCTON.'Nov. 12.-Nine of the* fourteen national banks qf this city;] took adverso action today on tho ad- ] visabillty of entering the $135,O00,(rOO i cotton. pool which ls being formed i tinder g?TSi?issnt.auspices to finksce ? the Southern cotton crop. Two otb-!' sra,< th.e Commercial and the Fourth < Atlantic, voted to enter the pool. \ Many ot ihe1 bankers were said to , favor extending financial help to . Mew England cotton mills in' their i purchase of cotton rather than to the] growers direct j Lynching In Florida. '. ST.. PETERSBURG, Fla.,: Nov.-12. ??ho Evana, a negro, waa taken from the city prison hore by a mob tonight and hanged to- a nearby t?l?phona pole. The negro waa suspected ot caving shot And . killed Edward. F.j i Sherman,; of Camden, N. J., ? winter!? resident here, and of having attacked ?1 Mrs. Sherman. da Times-Union at Jack-* i by Passenger on Ameri Biwk Pound From New -Capt. A. D. Ingram, cf /right, of Utica, N, X, Murderer. Martife.ats ?tti What Happened. Perkins apparently became anger 3d at the captain's rom ar ks and, 1 raw in g a rovo I vor, bogan firing. Mr. [-Unman vyaB struck twlco in' 't?as ibdr.mnn. Captain Ingram once, and Mr. Wright once. A fifth bullet went ?vild. porkiuB then, ls said to have turned the weapon on himself, but ho cartridge chamber-was empty. . The wireless sent forth a message tor-further medical aid in addition to the ship-A facilities and the hospital (toward iront'i-Sis- torpedo boat de stroyer Plusser, en route Charleston o Hampton Roads,, hurried to meet the incoming ship. Mr. Hinman, how aver, died early today o'n boord the Mohawk. v , - . - ??-> The federal warrant charging Per kins WtK^nTtft^iTfl^r l^-vto" the prisoner tonight/ Ho did, not nttend he preliminary hearing Into today md the authorities e,uy ho manifests m attitude of not knov/in g. what-has mpponed._V- ' ' . ./;.?'.'. . - -+r-*-- '!.,1 '--r? w ^avi Gali?ed;;JrTa^ BOSTON, Nov.' 12:*%?S|fe?- ?at?h^ ' ?or Perkins loft herc Monday for. New irk bound for n taroon:.*5&lagl trip tn southern ar%*ar^;V^i?o--h^:?c?A?!; plained recently ot sleeplessness and yas?ort?dto toga law at - lvtoW?? staying recently; ^' r . "These little t??as*. .we .laM: tc4 ?it iftlstio iomparamenwaaa they novsf seemed at all ssrtottS^'sa?d: Mr. H?t ten. Perkins wis ;*'torftAjtttett from Massachusetts Institute ot Technology .V is an architectend aaihe^^w^lfe a^d-. 'ams ss as Interior- ??cor?tor eua de signer. His work ls to bo found in nany, places throughout the country. \ Ho had traveled much m recent years,... He'tfaad plannen to spend- thia winter ? In the -West? Indies and; . in v Strath, \me'i,~-n. Hc-ta 43 years old nod un named, -it roundlngs given to tho negroes. He idded he had been informed by ofh ?lals that the segregation had boon ?tarted to avoid trctlon betWeen the rodes and not with theoobject ot In luring the' negroes. . The president said th et ho was deeply interested in the negro race and. greatly admired tts progress. He declared th? thing to bo sought hy the negro people was com pleto i indopendonco of' 'white people md that he felt tho white race was willing to do everything possible to issist them. : ? ^ Trotter and other mombere tat once took Jsaue w|lb tho preatdeht, deciatv < Lng thc negro people did not seek sharity or assistance, but that they took the y??iti?a that '-(tote^rosshad 3aual rights with tho whites and that those rights should .WfemftM: They lenied there had been any friction bs .-.----r~-'. ?1 ".':?.'?>> I'M' \K i i. -? '..-J. .(Continued On .?P*t^.-TOtt*.> 7t'r>T-i"A?.- :iV-'r?.trt ^f?".??*"?Ti.^?'i k'i-'f.^S^fig?. ' Arrived Wstii Nurses - and Physicians . ' 3 (By .AwocUied /.pf***) ' PARIS, Nor. i$?-(9M p.^)rK?; Harry Payne Whitney baa arrived In Paris from Now York with';; fifteen trained nurses and four physicians. 3he is organising a attained - > flaring ?c;p?tal for ??.??* nnnr tho firing lino. This hospital Nrlii^'$pl|aiea^ tho American ambulance na ah auill- : [Ary $ut Will b? &roctjsd? it ia tmd?t stood, by MrB. Whitney' ttrsolt .. She ?rill contribute 8200,000 td the hcepl ?reoactcd Pros.) i WASHINGTON, ? Nov. 12--Ecuadar and 'Cplu?bl? have been wp.rEcd ens'-.! piratically hy Gr?at Britain and France that the Allies will not countenance . further i violation a of ? neutrality by] thesb. South American states. A^t?r malting strong repr?senta^ ' iiOms ihrougn tho British and' French minietel'a at Quito and Bogota, the Briton abd French.governments com municated with the United States In v!?~ ot postofflcG complications that might ???BU between Columbia una Ecuador and the European belliger? entai:',. ThfcVOWS were/presented to Secre* tary Bfyan by Slr Cecil Spring-Rice, ' the British ambassador .and unless ; JuBSer?bd, the French ambas Barter, re spectively, calling attention to repre-- ! Dentations made to Columbia and Ecu ador. Tho notes do hot request that tho \ United States take any action, merely | advising tho Washington government j o? c?rra?po>*snc? with the - South American, states in Une with the cus tomary policy of keeping the United States informed of matters of vlt?l conaoque?t?'e passing between.. Europe ' I A GENERAL ORDER SSSUED IN MEXICO CAPITAL INFO! . \.V ;-%??EADY TO CALL THE! ? ? ;;v' -- ' <By AasocUt?d Pre**.) , M$5?C?C0 CITY,.Nov. 12.-A general; ordor issued today by ^he ' mUltary J commandant in the capital Informed all bacar? to. bo ready to (call-their men to quarters and to hold them In readiness for. any emergency.. '... -I Fighting to the outskirts continues. ; ?Tba .?fbnsUtuUonalista ara. .holding the attackers In check. General Villa bas hot ' replied to .ar' request by ; Gen-, erala Obregbn and Blanco that ho re sign "as ?T ammahdeV . tn . the north, j General : Pablo Gonzales h?s ?sent ' ft: Idlepatot? tb General Enlallo Gutierrez ght Villa and his "bandits." It ia. -rapdneo herd that General GnilerrW'baa solicited a personal: In-j t?rview With ' General Car ran EX Ac? ? cording tb extra' editions Of ?xe news* I "'L ra '(bbJUwi*: General Carransa will ~ llfi& ^^;' 8?ttdar,.t?^akb .byer j j tnat city* which is i? ?w uenV?f?? tip i br BrigA-Ueii- General. Fuhaton. I Woxh puebla comos thd report that : ' 25,000 followers of Emiliano Zapata 'aro stllLth4atening tho.city hut that tho CdnftUldtlonalUt forces aro hold 'lng th?^^ck, / y:-; y. - ? j VBR??' CKUSi Nov. 12.-If Brigadier Genera! S*anston knows tho next move iid? 3Ws^^ will Amalee; in 4co; be baa **bt,thli in and countries of thia hoMispherc. The i ! notes expressed tho hope that Ecu a- Iil dor sud OcliitsJrJa w~s?d be Impressed ; 1 wita the valu? of maintaining strict neutrality. in . which thc United 'States I had given so signal an example. ] High officials of the Washington i government said the notes were phras ed HO SLR not'to require a reply ?nd!? there ls no implied obligation In them :< requiring discussions^ between -.' thia , i government ami Ecuador 'and Colonl- . ; bia. Both the ministers from Colom-[1 Ma and Ecuador, however, who hap- i pened to bo at the state department i today, volunteered denials .of the al leged violations of neutrality. i . Just what the infractions consisted i of has not been made public, but at J the French. embassy it.was said pos 1- j 1 tl ve proof in thc li ands of the French j < i government.' The British government i i charged that the Galapagos Islands; .off the' Coast of Ecuador, have been i i Used practically as a coaling base for i German ships and that wir oleo s eta* ti i tions in both Ecuador and Colombia < lhavo heed giving German cruisers 1 nowa bf the wherabcuts ct the British i ?fleet In fact, responsibility, for the li defeat of the British cruisers in the < BY MILITARY COMMANDANT j RMS ALL OFFICERS TO BE R MEN TO QU ARTERS formation from his officer^ and meh. ' El/BASO.. Texas, Nov.: 12^0fflcial reports1 fom Mexico City today, said several chiefs, headed by General Pab lo Gonzales, Carranza's principal lead er- have sent a messaged to tho "first chief" and Provisional President Gut-,J ierroz asking a p.econd time, that both Carranza. and Villa, resign - their pool- ] Mons. It also was reported but un-1 confirmed, from tho Villa aide, that Gonzales hud deserted Carranza ' and offered his services to tho convention. The signers of the two telegrama included Gonzales, General < Lucio Bianco and General Antonio Villsr ?at They asked Carranza to resign "to prevent circum stan ces gro win g graf- ' ar." They advised; the first chief that they also had sought the elimination ot Vitia. ' "Should ho not retire absolutely,* they said," "we pledge ourselves to subjugate him to law and order." They requested Gutierres to order. Villa to leave the cduhfry; They prom?. ISed they also would arrango tor Carr ranea to leave Mexico. . Raf eal Muzqulz, Cerrtnia's consu lar chief,, stated today' that he had of ficial* advices from Mexico City, that a total of *o8t>00 troop* had remained Ioyr.l to the first chief. Villa agenta never have claimed that1 more tfcAn ono half that number were in the r?gn* tar division- commander by tho nortii om chieftain. battle off the Chilean i coast is laid ; by English officials to rome extent at tb?* doora of Ecuador ?s.a. Colitis. British o? le?ala "say no complaint -j bas ' been made against. Chile, Great , Britain being satisfied of that coahtr'6 neutrality. In this connection, Eduardo Suarez, . the Chilean ambassador, made public , tohlght a cablegram from Mandel Bah , inns, minister- of foreign affairs ht ' Santiago, giving the minister^ reply In tho senafe to published' rumors ot ; assistance to German ehips from Chil eans. The foreign minister said Chile was ! suppressing all wireless Installations ind that tho go vorn nient-"had-adopt ed various, measures' to prevent the belligerents from aching use of ports v territorial wuters as bases of nev il -op?rations." One significant point-in the cable gram was that the forcing, minister spoke of '^endeavoring to come to some /arrangement -on tho point with Dther American countries." Some here believe that Chile may take, the initi ative in having South American countries adopt a uniform regulation sn the .wireless question. OF BIBLE Sals SERVED IN DINING ROOM OF ST. JOHN'S METODISft ";^ J CHURCH 146 MEMBERS WERE PIOSEI>ft Number of of Alter Dinner Speeches Delivered, President Allen Presiding^ ? ; . i Tho annual Bupper of tho Men's ' Siblo.Class of the St. John's Methodist muren was held last night in the din- > .ug .room of tho church. There were i n attendance, by actual count, 146 i nemhers -of the class? and tho han- , ju ct served by the Laides' Aid Society' ' if the church was most tempting and . horougbly enjoyed. The greatest good ; eUowship was manifested on the part ; )f everyone pre?ent, and as was sale , jy um' ur lim g|n??n?r. w.-"-. )f wine from the banquet table, could foi have been1 missed, and certainly ltd not make the evening one bit less >nj?y?b!e. The election of officers for the eu- 1 ruing year was tho'first buelness. and i he following were unanimously ?Wf^ . President, C. Ban Allen* 1 j i . (Continued On Page'Four.) 1