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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 PRESIDENT WtLSC ANNUAL ADORE At ' Member? of the Senate a tively to the Outline < gram-Urges Measure Conditions Due to thc With Great Emphasii He Began Discussion ! ness for War, (fly A?sdcietcd Prca*.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 88.-President Wilson, in his annual address* to con gress today, coupled with a defense of the country's military preparedness a word of assurance to business that lt would not be embarrassed by further legislation. He said the trust and currency legislative program of his administration virtually had been com pleted and that there waa a clear and* firm road ahead on which honest men might travel with perfect confidence. For passsge at this session, tho president urged measures to meet tho changed conditions due to the Eu ropean war, particularly the govern ment ship purchase bill; measures to unlock resource* of the national do main and to encourage Improvement of navigable waters for generation of power, and the bill already passed by the house to give "a larger measure of self government to the people of thc Philippines." < When he entered the house cham ber where Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark presided over r Joint session of the senate and house, the president was greeted ' with an uproarious ovation. Throughout his address he frequently waa .interrupt ed by applause, particularly from the Democratic side, demonstrations bf approval reaching a climax wh?i.N re ferring to recent agitation over nation al defense, he declared the adminis tration had "not been negligent of national defense," that the attitude ot the government would not be altered "because some amongst ns are ner vous and excitad," and that a policy ot defense could "easily and sensibly be agreed upon." . In advocating the ship purchase bill, the president said the war tn Europe had left loreign nations more dependent upon the United States for supplies, and that the government should provide ships that the nation's goods might be carried "to the empty markets." The Philippine hill, tho president asserted, "would, nobly crown the re cord of these two years of memorable labor." Concerning rural credits legislation he expressed regret that difficulties of the subject seemed "to .render, lt impossible to complete a bill for pas sage at this session." Members of the senate and house listened ?iteutively to the outline of the president's program as they did aluo to his discussion of economy and the assertion that "there should be.a systematic r?organisation and , ress embltng" ot tba parts of the govern ment to sec?te greater efficiency. Mr. Wilson spoke with gnu em phasis and 'deliberation when he be gan discussion Of the military situa tion and was enthusiastically cheer ed, the galleries joining In the ap plause when' he sold: "It ls said in some quarters that - we are not prepared for war. What is meant by being prepared? 1B it meant that we Uro not ready. upon brief ftbtied to put a nation in the field, a nation of men trained to arms? Of course, we are not ready to d" that, and wo Shall never be in time of peace, so long as we retain our present political principles and institutions." Proclaiming the * people ara the "champions of peace, sud concord." the president emphatically opposed, a great standing army, and was again cheered when he asserted that in time of national peril the country must de pend "upon a citlsenry trained abd ac customed to anns." 'When the proaident had concluded he was surrounded -by senators and representatives who gathered In the speakers office to extend their con-1 gratuiationa. The president's message follows : Gentlemen of the Congress; The session upon which you are now entering wai be the closing ses sion of the Sixty-third congre?a&*? congress, I venture to say, . which will long be remembered for the great body of - thoughtful and constructive work which it has done. In loyal re sponse to the thought and aseda of the country, I should like in this address te review the notable record and try to make aeeqaate c?asessment of It; but oo dodbt we stand too sear the work that has bean done and are ourselves too much a part of it to play the-part of historians toward lt Moreover, our thoughts sra now mora ot the, fMore thad of the past. While we hate erorked at our tasks of peace the circusaatanees of the whole aga have besa altered hy war. . What we har? done fer o*r own land and our own people we ?nd with the beat that was lu us* whether of character or of inl?dllgenee, vslth sober enthus iasm and a* eou?dence in the princi ples upon which were acting which sustained us at, every step- of SS TO CONGRESS nd House Listen Atten of Chief Executive's Pro ?s to Meet the Changed ? European War-Speaks i and Deliberation When of the Nation's Prepared the difficult undertaking; but lt is! done. It hag passed from our bands. It in now an established part of the! legislation of the country. Its useful ness, its effects trill disclose them selves in experience. What chiefly strikes us now, as we look ab**>ut us during these closing days of a year which will be forever memorable In the history of the world, is that we face new tasks, have been facing them these 'six months, must face them In the months to come,-face them without partisan feeling, like men who have' forgotten everything but a common duty and the fact that we are representatives of a ?rest peo ple whose thought ls not of us but of what America owes to herself and to all mankind In such circumstances as these upon which we look amazed and anxious. War has Interrupted the means of trade not only but also the process of production. In Europe lt is de stroying men and resources wholesale and upon a scale unprecedented and appalling. - There -ls reason to fear that tho time is near, if it he not al ready ut 'hand, when several of the countries of Europe will had it diffi cult to do for their people what they havo hitherto been always easily able to do,-many essential and fundamen tal things. ' At any. rate, they will nee*0 our-help and our manifold services as they have never needed them be fore; and we should he ready, moro fit and ready than we have ever been. It ls of equal consequence that the nations < whom Europe bas usually supplied with Innumerable,articles of manufacture and- commerce of which they are In constant .need and'with out which their economic develop ment halts and -stands still can now get only 'a small part of what they [formerly Imported and eagerly loo?; to us to supply their all but empty markets. This is particularly true of our own neighbors, the States, great and small, of Csntral and South America. Their lines of- trade have hitherto run chiefly athwart the seas, not to our port* but to 'the ports ot Great Britain and of the older conti nent of Europe.. I.da not stop to in quire why;, or to make any comment on probable causes. What Interests us Just now ls not the explanation'but the fact, and our duty and opportun ity hi the presence ot lt Here are markets which we must supply, and we must And the means of action. The United Ststes. thu great people for whom we speak andi act should bs ready, as never before, td serve itself and to serve mankind; ready with Its resources, Its ?nergie* its forces ot production, and its means of distri bution. It ls a very practical matter, a mat ter of ways and means. We have the resources, but sro we fully ready to use them? And, If we can make ready what we have, have wo tho moans sit hand to distribute it? We are not fully ready; neither have wo the (CONTWUEU ON PAGE UIX.j SEVEN AMERICAN SOLDIERS SHOT Ninth United States Cavalry Will Wove to Ce* Ont of Rar^e of Mexican Bullets. fpi- Afociaiad Frew.) *N>iCO, ArhL, Dec. 2-The Unltea States cavalry will move . tomorrow from tts position along the interna t; Aal boundary to a point ono mlle north to get the men and horses out ot range of the Mexican bullets. Seven American soldiers have bee? blt hy stray b?llete In two months from Naco, Sonora, where General Benjamin Hill's Carranxa force 1? defending the town against the attack of Governor Mayto rena's Yaqui Indians. One American cavalryman died from his wounds, on? is blind, jand several aro ia serious conditions. Five persons in all hsve been kilted .K: the American side and 44 wounded. As the result of a cttiseaar* meeting I Starlight another appeal for help was j tdtegrsphed to Pr?stdeat WJis?n tod*y. i Tclegranu and letters; fro? othsr bor der pc?sts i?dicat* lh?l these pines' are joining Naco In appeals to Wash ington to Knninat* preseat conditions. ] Goman Attack Repaterd. PARIS, Dec 8.-<1<U6 p. m.)^-The following official communication wss issued by the French war office to night: Ta Belgium a violent German attack on St Eloy, south of Taras, baa been repulsed. The struggle st all ttmes ts very lively te the foresta and to the east of Argoon*.'* a The South More Than Cotton Some years ago when a disastrous freeze destroyed 5100,000,000 worth of citrus 'fruit groves and other property values in Florida, the people of that State immediately turned to and worked with greater energy than ever before. They lost neither heart nor faith, nor did they ask for help from anyone with which to finance themselves and rebuild their interests. And Florida today is proof of what they were able to achieve. A few years ago the Louisiana cotton crop was so nearly destroyed by the boll-weevil that the production in that ?tate dropped in one year from 1,000,000 to 25o,ooo bales, being a complete loss of three-fourths of the crop.. . But Louisiana cotton growers did not lose heart nor faith iii their own ability to achieve things, .and they promptly turned to the development of other industries and to the diversification of agriculture. The State is the richer for ^heir work and for the lesson they learned. t . t ? . . ? rt, r ? The cotton growing region of the South rs not depe; uenf upon cotton, except where in efficient farming operations concentrate all of t^ie energy of jw individual farmer upon cotton. 4f the cotton interests of the South have in them, the stamina of ihe people of Florida or of the cotton growers of Louisiana, who never whinnied when i y lost three-fourth of their crop, this section will quickly reassert the inherent qualities A Us people, will diversify its agriculture,?will grow its own foodstuffs, and live at home, \- yd will push with renewed energy every line of business and industrial activity. . '. , '. . i. . . . -? . . ' .' The Manufacturers Record has faith eno> gh in tho situation to feel sure that this will be the result, and that the outcome of the de- fine in ca ion will prove to be one of the greatest m?terial blessings that has ever come io the So* The South. Should remember that the aggregate value of its crops of corn and wheat this year is within a few thousand dollars of ?he value of last year's cotton crop with seed., This year the South has among its farm products 970,994,000 bushels of corn, 166,225,000 bushels of wheat, 87,900,000 bushels of apples, 50,532,000 bushels of sweet potatoes, 35, 638,000 bushels of Irish potatoes and 23,673,ooo bushels of rice, 8,441,000 tons of hay and 736,542,000 pounds of tobac co,--The Manufacturers Record. 20 M?TiOMS EXPRESS THEIR 01SAPPRQVAL Want Shina of European Bellige?' onie VWthdrnwTA From the WaS or? of like Two Americas. (By AaaocUted Vrmn.1 WASHINGTON'. Dec 8.-TweLty | nut lon8 6t the westcu hemisphere to day expressed their ?\sapproval o? the effects of operations ot the European belligerents in the waters of the two Americas, and appointed a commission of diplomats to formante pracHc*! steps contem^ating a more vigorous! assertion of the rights ot neutrals. Gathered around .an oval table In the nlagntflcent Pan-American Union building, the diplomatic repr?sentatives of. the American republics, most of them under specific instructions from their governments, urged united ac tion by thu nations of. this hemis phere to restore trade and remove some of the burdens placed on com merce by the European war. It waa the first International conference ot neutral nations which .bad assembled In aay part or tba globe since tho Eu ropean war began, and ii. ejective of Its possible accomplishments during the present conflict, waa regarded as the birth of a new movement m in7 ternatlonal law for th? definition of the right" of the neutral as opposed lo the right of the belligerent. Underlying the several speeches made by diplomats was a note warn ing that the presence of belligerent warships In the western hemisphere already had produced grave complica tions between American nations and European powers demon atre Ung the vital need of Pan-American solidarity. Fecretary Bryan made the'Opening speech, pointing out that the United States sympathised deeply with the plight of hs neighboring republics, and declaring the innoncent nations should not he forced to suffer for the acts of the belligerent!). $250,000 Storm Damage at Atlantic City - .. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Dec. 8 - The storm damage on Abeeeon Island as the result of tho torta wester.1 of tho past four d?ys Is estimated et $150. 660, Atlantic City, the principal mun ctpallty ob the island, suffered dam age estimated at 180,0?. Longport, at the southern and of Abeeeon, waa damaged to the extent ot ?80,000; Mar gate WtM?0O,?and Ventnor $?0,000. / . Mhta Parchase BIB. WASHINGTON, Dee. a.-The sd mtntsttattsa's ship purchase bili will be ?reseed ta accordance with the pr*dd*r>tf* r*conunendr.tten, CTiair man Alexander, ot tho house merchant marine committee, snac^ncad today. There ia considerable opposition to the Mir ta th* hew. BRITISH CREAMER BURNED AT SEA Only Two Mea of Grew of 60 &uaped Death-They Were Badly Bumed. (By Associated Pres.) I BARROW, England. Dec. 8-Wrap ped in flames and with the sea about ! her ablaze from ber cargo ot gasoline, the British' steamer Tra?a ran- anh?re r nat Barrow during a heavy gale, broke np and was burned? only two s Ui'vn of the crew of 36 escaped death, j The two men rescued were severe* ) ly burned while swimming through the flaming sea to a tug. Host of the crew Were trapped ia ino forecastle of the Vedra and perished. - Bo suddenly did the fire break ont when the vessel grounded that only four of 'he ship's company had time to reach her weather side. These, were the chief engineer and three sailors. Their predicament, however, was al most aa bad:as that of the others on ?board, who were unable te reach a ; vantage point, for hardly had the ves sel touched bottom when the Jagged rocks cut through her kool and broke , the' coffer dam containing the on. * The chief engineer gave the three I seamen with bim life belts ho ?iao picked up In bis flight, and, mounting tho ; rail, plunged headlong into tne aaa,, is sn effort to reach a nearby tug~endeavoring to pull off the Ted ra. Tne. engineer had taken only two or three strokes when a huge wave picked him up and dashed him against the side of the steamer, killing him. Two of the seamen immediately fol lowed and swam until they were pick ed up. They were badly burned. Tne other seaman, unable to swim, fearec to take the plunge and waa burned io death where be stood. The Tedra, bound.from Port Arthur, Tesas, for London, ls s total loss. She wa* commanded by Captain Brewster and was owned by the Associated Oil Carriers .Company of London. More T&Ki 5,000 Prisoners Taken (By AaMristod Pre-*) VISkNA. (vis Amsterdam and Lon don, Dec 9.-LU a. m.)--An official communication issued by the Austrian war office says* "The battles lu West Calida in crease in. severity. Austrian troops attacking ' from the west dw e the ??erny from her positions st Dobesyce and Wlelteska. More than 5.000 pris, oners, among teem St office rs, were taken. ."In Poland renewed Russian attacks southwest ot Piotrkow hsve been re pulsed by German troops." . Pleads Clan ty te Eathessleaiest COLUMBUS. Ca, Dee. 8.-A. W. Kala; former cashier of the Third Na tional Bank hers, pleaded guilty m the United States district court here today to the charge ot embessltng funde of the institution. Sentence wis deferred nott.. tomorrow. cost?,wat# HISTORY OF ffilKING Began in Colorado Cool Fields in 1910 and Has Coot Eighteen Million Dollars. DENVER. Colo.. Dec. 8.-Tue Colo rado coal strike was called off tonight, effective December 10. This action was taken by tbe con tloc or Distritc No. 15 of the United stine Workers of America by et unan imous vote late tonight after an all day session and ratifies the report of the international oxecutive board in troduced today recommending the termination of the-strike. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-Secretary Garrison Informed tonight that the Co lo.nd o coal strike bad been called off, ssld thai In all probability the fed eral troops would.be.withdrawn im mediately. The order for their with drawal following thc usual course, will he Isstjid by President Wilson through the 'secretary of war. DENVKR, Dec S.-Tuc recommen dation of the ihternstlonal executive board of the United Mine Workers ot Ame lea that the strike In the Colora do coal fields be called off found op position today in the district miners' convention, it wss ssld. The problem bf miners who might not find work and of the future of the women and children '.n tent colonies required some form of solution, lt was report ed. 'The* executive committee . recom mended ending the strike on the ground that this would strengthen the union's position In view of President Wilson's appointment of a permanent commission to consider future differ ences. Frank J. Hays, international vice pr?sident, explained the reasons thst Impelled the internatlocfU board to make Its recommendations there fol lowed lu executive session a lenghty and spirited discussion. Late today it seemed probable that the convention would continue In ses sion tonight until final action ..was taken. In duration, sacrifice of life, prop erty and in monetary loss to the State, ?he miners' union, the coal Operators, the miners, railroads and private in dustries, the Colorado coal strike has bean ons of the costliest, in the his tory of American mining. . Eighteen million dollars lb estimat ed as the price ot the ulrike, shared by all affected. The strike tcg.ii in the northern olorado coat fields April 4, 1910. The SUte-wide strike, called Spteseber M, 1018. virtually paralyzed the industry in Colorado, thrsw the commonwealth Into turmoil and finally led to the call ing out of tbe State miltie and later to the importation of federal troops. (Continued on Page Bight) DETAILS OF THE MIGHTY BATTLES TO 8E WROTE! - ' ? GERMANS ARE ATTACKING ALLIED LINE IN YPRES IN BELGIUM DECISIVE ACTION LIKELY TO START In Western War Zone Accord ing to Reverta From Belita The Germans are attacking tho al lied Une Booth ot Ypr 'M tn Belgium, hut the French announce tue ?. .. mann have been repulsed. At ?eme pointe along the battle front in Flanders and northern France ;he Germans each day of late have made % concerted movement with a vie-? 1? pushing tbetr advanco farther west, or to the coast. Berlin reports thnt in the western wer cone s decisive sctlon is likely to start any day. This assertion io based on a statement from German head quarters which say "everything is proceeding according to our program," and it is assumed in Berlin that the German operations thus far have beep successful. Tho i bombardment of the Belgian coast by the allied warships between Ostend and Nieuport began Tuesday afternoon ii. conjunction with land operations, according to a lats dis patch from Rotterdam. German troops have come to ino aid ot the Austrians at the Cracow fortress, stiffening-tho defense of the garrison against Russian attachs. In. West Galicia activity along the battle lino is increasing, and the Aus trian troops, an " official statement from Vienna asserts, have driven the Russians from Do bf ry co and Wi el i ze ka, taking more than 5,000 prisoners. The Jspanese minister of marine. Vice Admiral Yashlro, makes the an B??nojrA&eut that while the" war in Eu rope endures, the Japanese navy's duUes will continue and that the Jap anese fleet In conjunction with Brit ish warships is seeking the Germans in South American waters. The Japanese foreign minister. Bar on Kato, announces abm that it has not been decided w h A* her Japan will return the captured German base at Kalo-Cbow to China. The Colombian government has or dered the high-powered wireless sta tlon at Cartagena dismantled. This action follows protests made recently | by Great Britain and France of al leg- j ed breaches of neutrality bp Colombia.1 (By AaaocUue Frwa) LONDON, Doc. g.-The great battle for possession ot Poland continues. The front extends along three hun dred miles and victory over a part of it, at least, appears to have fallen to the Germans, while .the Russians are pressing on Cracow in the south. That Lods !? tn tho possession of th? Germans seems undoubted, and a Russian official report just issued apparently ls preparing the public for the news by referring to the difficul ty of defending* the .etty,- which, gives to the Russian front 1 an abnormal (Continued on pago four.) NOTHING NEW DURING WMEK Review of Situation in Both aires of War Reveals Bot Very little Change. (By Astoria ted Praia) BERLIN, Dec 3.-(By wireless to London, 7:40 p. m.)-A review of the sltusUon In both theatres ot the war up to the end of last week reveals lit tle change as compared with the pre-, ceding week Tuts ls especially true as regards the western theatre, where the Al'.iea made a number of. attacks which always were def sated. That declaim action msy be expect ed any day ls Indicated by a report from headquarters saying thst "every thing ls proceeding aocorlng to onr program." This ls taken . hero . to. mean that thoa far tho German opera tions have been successful. Much encouragement has been de rived here from the recent Russian reports which are considered much less confident tn tone than formerly. If sn Investment cf Warsaw should result from the present operations, military men say it will deprive Rus sia of a most important center of rail way communications sud place the fteastaae tn a serious posici?n. The Austrians apparently still are masting with resistance in Servia but from the Carpathians nothing new bas been reported, only skirmlshtag ls said to be taking place in West GaUcia, ? EXJCANS WARNED TO L ?S CONTINUE FIRING INTO AEMERIC AN TERRITORY SERIOUS MENACE TO RESIDENTS Gene ral Tasker H. Blies Will Be in Personal Charge of tho Situation. {By Aworinted FTMB.) WAKH?NGTON, Dee. 8.-~--PreBldont Wi :.i.;,. after a brief discusi?n with his cabinet today, directed Secretary Garrison to order'sufficient troops to Naeb, Ariz., to handln any emergency thst might arise thero in connection with the firing across the American border from Mexico. Secretary Garrison Inter announced he had ordered Brigadier General Tas ker H. Bliss to sUrt for Naco with three batteries of field artillery and "await further orders there." No cavalry In additional to that al ready patrolling the Alisona Border has been ordered to the international line, according to Mr. QarrlsoA. . The secretary declined to disease What be termed "the diplomatic tide" . of the case, referring Inquiries to tho sute department. Secretary Bryan had retired when the orders became public, but lt ia known that today's sctlon followed an exchange ot tele grams between the federal govern ment snd Governor Hunt, of Arizona, in which the governor described the firing from .'the Mexican factions across the lins as a serious menace to resldenu of .Arizona, It is understood that when the tele grams from Governor Hunt wefr? laid ~ before the cabinet, the President siso directed SecrcUry Bryan to transmit a warning to both Mexican factions flgbMng near the boundary that firing Into American terrifcry ssust .he dis continued. ; .The ordering of field artillery to co operate with the ninth cavalry, al- . ready In position at Naco, was. Inter preted as Intended to demonstrate to the Mexlcsn forces that.serious'con sequences might follow If the firing In- " to American territory ls continued. Tue sending of uenerai Bliss to take personal charge of the situation similarly was regarded 1 ss d^oifng the anticipation of a delicate andfcrlti cal situation wherein the United Staten government deemed it advis able to have a high officer to carry out such orders as later might be decided on. EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 8.-General J. J. Pershing tonight received orders from department headquarters at Ban Antonio, Texan, to dispatch Batteries A, B and C, of tho Sixth field artil lery, to Naco, Aria., Immediately. The taunton, under Colonel F. St J. Greble, la expected io lejaro for the Arizona border at daylight. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 8. Brigadier General Tasker H. BIJBB, commanding the southern department of the United States army, left here tonight for Naco, Ariz., to Uko person al command of the border patrol there and "await further oiders." Before leaving Fort Sam Houston,, General Bliss ordered three batteries of field artillery sUtlonod at El Paso to proceed to Naco to reinforce the fourteen troops of the Ninth and Tenth cavalry now* there. Orders also were Issued to other cavalry troops to be tn readiness to proceed quickly to Naco. General Bliss ref used, to discuss hts orders from Washington, other than to sUte that he bsd been directed to assemble such troops aa he consider ed necessary to protect American citi zens and property against the firing across the International boundary by Mexican forces engaged at Naco, Bo* nora. ,-,- / Importast Advance by Ailles. > LONDON, DOe. 9.-(!S:Ig a? rn.)?-Ai Daily Expresa correepon??nt tele graphing from the Belgian frontier says: "The German divisional headquart ers was removed from Ko ul era when shells began to fall in the town after the BritiaV. had recaptured Pass chendaele, ll miles northest of Y p?e? .Thia indicates a distinct and portant advance by the Allies." Bural Credit Legbiatiea. WASHINGTON, Dee. l.^NotwiU" r Un ding President Wilson'? failure, be Include rural credit legislation in the s asst ba's program, Bertswr Owen te? day called a meeting ot the bunking and currency committee foe Tuesday for conalderaUoo of MM* on thia sub ject. An attempt will be made tb perfect a hill, even If it is not parsed at this secat?n, oottjRUtee menjbere ghfct,