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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 CHRISTMAS EVE EWEDJN In the West che Allies' Hammer 1 menta-In the East the Rua Behind Rivers Which Offer P Attacked the Austro-Germai Are Being Held in London, PJ Where the Weary Soldiers ? While Enjoying the Good Tl ments. v (Hy A<nor?'aM I'tcn.) Christmas finds tho wurring nations alonK live battle lines in France and Belgium', Poland nnd Galicia strivihg with unabated courage to gain un ad vantage which might mean the turn ing point in the Idng scries of engage ment? being fought in those fields. lu the west the French report the usual slight progreei; at various points on ilie front, while the Germana make similnr claims. In the east the Russian commander in-chief in the latest official state-, ment renorts the rout of strong, forces which had crossed to- the right banlt of the Bzura river, Boland. All the Russian announcements bear on the violence of the fighting and record the taking .of many prisoners. . Now that his efforts to effect a Christinas truce have' failed and in the belt * that his hopes of bringing about change'of all prisoners of war v -ive tutile. Pope Benedict Is bendn 0 's energies .toward pre venting una pessary suffering by ar ranging for the exchange of wounded prisoners whose injuries will prevent their going to the front again. Celebrations in bono.- of Christmas are being bold in London, Paris and Berlin and in the trenches, where the weary men keep a close grip on their gups while enjoying the good thingr that have been provided by people and governments. For the first time England- admits that her territory hos been threatened hy aeroplanes, although reports from Berlin have made reference to a suc cessful flight by a Gerrnnn aviator ovor Dover several days aga. The British announcement that ? German aeroplane dropped bombs on Dovef Thursday morning. No damage. It is said, was done. . Japan haa not been requested to . send an array to Europe, according to the Japanese minister of foreign af fairs' statement to tho Diet. Arms to the value of $(5,000,000 have been for warded from Japan to Europe. Another Canadian division has left England for the front. This is Prin cess Patricia'"? regiment, named in honor of the .daughter of the Duko ot connaught, governor-general of Cana ' da. Princess. Patricia ls honorary col onel of thc regiment. f Vienna asserts that a French subma rine has'been-fired on by Austrian coast batteries while she was attempt ing'dn attack and that her crew waB luipi ison ed. .It ls reported also that an Austrian submarine In the Otranto channol torpedoed two French ^battle ships of the Courbet type but that the iitf of the vessel is Unknown. The French admit that qne of their cruise era was torpedoed but declare the damage'was slight "nd that no one on board was Injured. . LONDON. Dec, 24.-?natead of the Christmas truco whjteh Pope Benedict, endeavored to arrange. Christmas Eve. ilud.s the,.armies, of the belliger ent powers? engaged in fierce battles, on boih the eart^-n and western fro its, and Vii ?urov.1 celebrating the anniversary in a subdued manner. In the. west the Allies' hammer ls pounding at the German . entrench ments, trying to'find a 'weak point, while in the east, the Russians, who have been driven back from the'Aus trian and German frontiers, seeming ly have been brought to bay behind rivers which offer them natural de fense, and, turning, have counter at tacked tbe Austro-German forces. The Germans, In their great rush toward Warsaw,, drove. the Russians over the Bzura and Rawka rivers, and they themselves succeeded in crossing hut, according to h .Russian -official announcement tonight, the . Gorman? there reached the main Russian. Unes and were routed. From this .report lt is gathered that the Germans direct ed their main attacks against, the Russian front, which Hes atong the hanks of the fisura, and thence r?uth ward to the PtUca. hut without suc cess. . Along tho rest of the front south to the Carpathian , Mountains the Ruf - fians claim sim! la" victories; but lb East Prussia the formans apparently have turned the scales on their ad I'.iraarlaa ***d "'tirV ??SV???* rCtrCStC?l into their own territory, resumed the offensive and again are back in Mlwa. Even now it ia possible that the Germans have resumed 4hei;' out flanking tactics, and while keeping tho Russian center buey- by making frontal attacks are hoping to get Into Warsaw by the back door. All that ls fijrV certain at present is that tho two great armies are engaged in one ot tho greatest, battles of the world's history on s front Which extends from East Prussia to the Carpathians and .. In which the advantage sways first one aide and then to tho other. j Military experta say that the Rue FINDS ARMIES JEME BATTLES [s Pounding at German Entrench* kian? Have Been Brought io Bay tatura! Defense and Have Counter r Forces-Christmas Celebrations uria and Berlin and in the Trenches, Leen a Close Grip on Their Gun.' lings Sent by People and Govern - ?ians, bv virtue of retaining; tbe right bank of the Vistula as far west as Piock, can prevent the Qerinans from using the river for transit of supplies, and that along the whole of the rest of tho front they bave rivers and streams to fall bebind when bard pressed. This, however, will all be ?changed, thc experts say, when the I rivers freeze and the armies can eas ily be moved over them. Miuing and sapping, artillery duels, attacks and counter attacks, and in fuct every aneans of warfare is being employed in Belgium and France by the Allies in their effort to force tbe Germans to- give up their present lines of defense. Some advance has been made, but only against stubborn re sistance. v England this morning had her first experience of an aeri/l attack, when a German aeroplaue, coming from the Belgian coast, flew over. Dover and dropped bombs In the garden of St. James' Rectory, infront of Dover Cas tle. -No damage was done. Two Brit ish aeroplanes immediately rose In pursuit, but the Gerthnn ^escaped In the mist. POSTPONE ACTION ON" FRANK APPEAL Justice Lamar Will Withhold De cisi?n on Application Until After the Holidays. (Hy A?sc?i?t?l Trw.) WASHINGTON'. Dec. 24.-Justice '.anuir, of the. supreme court,. today postponed until - after tho Christmas action on an appeal in the case of Leo M. Frank, under death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan, tho fac tory girl of Atlanta. Ga. . During- the day Louis Marshall, of New York, made application to the justice for an appeal from the decis ion of Judge Newman, of the Georgia federal court, denying Frank's peti tion tor release on a habeas ?corpus writ. The attorney argued for an hour that the trial court, which found Frank guilty, had lost jurisdiction over him by permitting a. mob atmos phere to prevail In tho court room and by allowing a verdict ,to be re turned during the prisoner's absence from court. Justice lamar notified Mr: Marsball that he would withhold decision on the application until Sat urday at least, and possibly, until Monday. Most of the points in the case are fresh in tbe justice's mind, as just be fore Thanksgiving he denied an ap plication fpr. a writ ot error to review the action of .the Georgia supreme court ip refusing to set aside the ver dict. The justice held in tjiut proceed ing thai the State c; Georgia had ex clusive power over proceeduro ot State courts. Tho attempt today ?was to establish that the case now could be considered on its merit*.. TWO KILLED; ONE ARRESTED Soldier Returning Home For Christmas Hit by Snow Ball. Two Shot to Death. .(By Asiofixled Pnm.1 .MIDDL3TOWN. O.. Dec. 24.-A shooting affray here today resulted in the death of two men and the arrest of another who had come home for the yuletide. Albert Balley, United States artil lery private, stationed nt Fort Han cock, N. J., nrrived In tho city on a furlough and while going from the station to nie home stopped to witness a snow ball right. He was seen to have been All with something and then he pulled his re*.oliver and shot Thomas cioRzjtch. 22, through the bread, and Joseph Zu?!cnntt, 36, through tho heart, killing bosh. Balley, arrested, told the police he was hit by-a beer bottle which so en raged him ha dfd not know what he wa* doing. '-Ho expressed deep sor row aver the affair. There waa con siderable feeling among the foreign population here tonight. Marder Trial Peitpeued. NEW YORK, DOC. 24. -The trial of < Porter Charlton, for tbe murder of his wife at Como, Italy, again baa* been postponed, according to cable advices naj|#;to Charlton'? attorney. - Charl ton baa been lu prison here and tn i Italy for more than three years and a half. - . L^L^Lsn^a^a^Ban^nLB McTrtj Christmas to t?\? lOorl? m I FOUR PARDONED; FOUR PAROLED Governor Blease Continues Cus tom of Granting Clemency on Eve of Christmas Holidays. (Bf AmcUtsd Pre*?.) COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec 24.-Gover nor Blease today granted four par dons and four paroles to State pris oners in continuing; bis custom ot granting clemency on thc eve of the Christmas holidays. -Fewer prisoners vere released today than on any pre vious occasion since the governor was tiret inaugurated nearly foul years ago. All prisoners released today were serving racrt terms. - Today's action bring the v>ta) num ber-of coses in which Governor Brease has exercised clemency up to 1 44?. He will retire from office In January when his second term as the State's chief executive expires. More than one hundred convicts wif e granted clemency last Thanks giving: CELEBRATIONS STATES EXAMINE COTTON I WITH X-RAY PROBABLY. NEVER BEFORE WAS SUCH WHOLESALE PRE- tey wuu?i P?~> I PARATIONS MADE FOR FEEDING THE NEEDY, MAH- ??rn^& ING HAPPY THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR AND amined with the X-ray today 10,000 SPREADING GENERALLY THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT OF CHEER ' contained contraband. Tho cotton waa ^ being loaded aboard the steamship , ._. ' . j . . city of Savannah which sails tomor (3y A??oei??od Pre?.) pliantly decorated tree, loaded down _ ' ATLANTA, Ga.. Dec. 24.-The ad-i with presents. I 'The X-rav machines according lo' vent of Chbrtstmas in the South was President Wilson, with a group of hJU^bX officials h?l bien esnec^ marked by executive clemency to pris-1 his close relatives, spent Chrhwrnas S5-T*2?SLSF??SI Jlnu^?thlmL oners, aid to the poor, and various ! Eve at the White House, preparing a fti^WK^JE? nf ?n h? k? Mf publie ceSebrations in city and conn- tree for hie small grand niece, Ann*] gRi^JSSf^? ?JLnv ?nnr^? try. ' Cothran, and Salty MeAdoo. daugh-I TO? 08,08 WNI,^ COU,D T"7 ^"?!^ Ambng the governors who issued ter of the secrotary of the treasury. ffmf' ammunition or other contra pardons. cummutations and parolea in the party were the president's ? bana- Tboy bad ?"^Ided to use uns to convicts were Blease, of South Car- three daughters, Mrs. F. B. Sayre, method, they said, after it waB found ollna, and Hooper of Tennessee. Many Mrs. MeAdoo and Miss Margaret Wll-,jlnAt owing to the. varying weight-of city and County Judges also showed aon. Mr. 8ayre. Secretary MeAdoo, |tne bales, the scales could give no leniency In court actions. ,Sally MeAdoo. Mr?. Edward Howe. ? certain guarantee that each bale was Governor Hooper nlso made tho oe- the president's sister, Mrs. Anne honest. coslon one for abolishing striped uni- cothran, his niece. Anne Cothran, and. forms in the two State penal lnstltu- MlBg Hoicn Bones, his cousin. . . Ci ._. * tiona. The new garb is a brownish A, 8:30 o'clock; tho president touch- Film dniptlient Ol gray. Heretofore lt has been allowed ?d the button which Illuminated a rAffAn Rr?m*n only to prisoners whose ts wi conduct -community" Christmas tree in V^OUOn TO Drcmcn msde tu?m eligible for the first class. Brooklyn. During the evening ho _ Gifts Of food end clothing to the aenr?gre?tlngs to many Irlends in dlf- ," . ??- ?,_. poor were especially exten?e In, ierent parts of the country. 1 <By AMOcUU!d Pre**-> the chief southern cities. Funds for. _ . GALVESTON. Tex., Dec. 24.-The the purpose were collected - by both X^ed* of Starving Belgians. nrst direct shipment ot cotton-shout newspapers and charitable organiza- j \BW YORK Dec. 24_In tholr 6.300 bales-from Gelveston to Bre tions. Public Christmss dinners for "ermons tomorrow more' than 2.000 MEN *tacc w*r'? outbreak was carried tho needy have been provided for by minsters of sll denominations by,the Amerlc -a steamship Pathflnd ? charitable agencies. throughout the United States will er. which cleared today. Churches generally haV* planned dtrcu at laP-th ori theneeds of starv- The Pathfinder's hatches were asal som3 celebration of the season's sig- mg Belgians. This concerted action, ?d by the French consol to prevent niflcance. u WftS stated tonight In an announce- interference by warships of the Al I 1-- ment by the Commission of Heiief in HOB- _._ 1 WASHINGTON*. Dec 24.-Tho na- Belgium, will come aa a result of a , -. . _ . Hon's government was virtually at a request in contrywide form to them Three Injured tn Wreck, standstill tonight. On Christmaa Eve-by tho commission. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Dec. ie. overybodyt from tho president down ' Chairman Lindon W. Bates wrote to Three persons wore Injured today to the minor departmental employee, ministers in cvry State, and his re-" wnen a passenger ear and sleeping had declared a holiday. The flrst real' mest mct with hearty response. coach of the Carolina- Special run snowstorm of the winter put ld* its 11 wa8. Bloted at tho office of the ning between Cincinnati and Charles appearanco to add to the setting of commission today that the entire ear- toa ^ ta? Southern Railway were the Christmak celebrnUon ?9 of tb?, steamer Ferrona, nailing; (trailed at Elverton, seven miles A community celebration wss held from Philadelphia for Rotterdam. norU, of oliver Sp? ln??. Tenn. Trsffle on the plasa in front ot tho Capitol, *jiouI? bo credited to tho Rockefeller wa8 delsyed naven hours. A broken thousands ?ot children braving tho Foundation as lt was donated entire- tg KlTen ^ the canse of the de snowstorm to gather about abril- (Continued on Page Four) ^ ra Urnen t, \ Use This Method to Determine Whether Bales Contain Contraband!. Rainy Christmas Day in the South <Bv AwriMM Pre??.| WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.-An unex pected disturbance will bring a rainy Christmaa. day.In the South, weather bureau authorities said tonight Rains were predicted ia the South Atlantic and Gulf States and ?now in Tenues^ ses and Arkansas. . A 6toni. that began last night spread a snow - carpet today from northern Virginia to New England, through the Ohio valley, tue lake region and south to Arkansas abd Oklahoma. Unsettled conditions are forecast for the north and cast tomorrow. Prohibition Law Effect I re Jan. 1. LOS ANGELES, Calif. Dec .24.-The Ari iona prohibition law will go into effect January 1. The special United 8Late? tribunal refused today to Issue Injunctions which were sought to preheat, enforcement offthe act. Ap peal to the 001101} States supreme court will be taken. CHRISTMAS IN BERLIN DIF FERS LITTLE FROM FOR MER YEARS MORE GIFTS FOR THE POOR Every Hospital Has ? Christmas Tree-Special Celebration For French Refugees. (By AnocUtcd Fm.) BERLIN. Dec. 24.-(via Leaden, Dee. 25; 1:26 a. m.)-Berlin ls cele orating Christmas Eve under leaden skies. Several IncheB ot snow that fell during the night turned to slush. Christmas here diff?ra little from former years. The home enjoyments ure on a more economic scale and more public spiritedness ls shown. Cltts for the poor have assumed pro portions never before known. Soldiers are being remembered by tho wholo population and hundreds of carloads of presents have been aeut to the east and went fronts. School children figure largely In the gifts for the soldiers. The military aspect ot this Christ mas has been increased by the lavish nUentlon to the wounded In the hos pitals. Here every hospital yesterday evening or this evening had a Christ mas tree filled with gifts. These celebrations were attended by tho school children, who sang Christ mas carols. Tba empress at Potsdam teat evening p recen ted each wounded soldier with a woolen jacket, a note book, fruits, nuts and cokes. : A special celebration waa held lu Berlin for French refugees. The teachers' organization. gave a huge Christmas fate for about 7.000 East Prussian refugees, white the Salva tion Army presented BOO poor fami lies With baskets of food. American women yesterday distri buted pr?senta to the poor nt the kitchen of the American Association of Commerce and Trade. Hore than 600 women and children were remem bered In the distribution. Mrs. James W. Gerard, wife of the American am bassador, and the other women of the embassv staff and Mrs. julius O. Lay. wife of the American consul Sencrai in B?H|n, took a prominent art in the affair. A QUIET XMAS EVE m PARIS A Sober. Silent Throng Pace Aim lessly Up and; Down Sidewalks Until Midnight. (By AttoriaUrd Preta.) PARIS, Dec. 25.-12:20 a. m. Christmas Eye In Parla waa the quiet est on record. Even In 1870 the princi pal restaurante managed to find suf ficient food to serve the time-honored midnight supper, but M. Marry, minis ter of the interior, refuaed to relax the early clo* ng ruin last night und Increased ont tvl u ou the militant ly lighted hen. . la was tha cz ly sign of tho fe*t'-'3 season. The en wda paced almlesil/ up anl down the sidewalks until timo to go to m'.lr.lgbt mass. It was a sooer, silent throng; ?u> iued colora pralmv j.u>d, reHevrd ty an occasional gold braided ?atp worn by a Belgian officer. Many women wore crepe for hu diu nd, brother, ?on. The church as were crowded io (keir capacity tong before midnight, 'the ceremony evir/wncre waa conducted without tba usual elaborate mu?it\tl program. Festivit?s ia connection With the American am;i vie hospital were held. There was ?. concert tn the chapel, wh'.f.h was decorated witr the daga of the AUK* and American flags, pa?m?. flo were, holly and rulufle toe. FIFTEEN INJURED IN A COLLISION Street. Car S?lm Wagon and Plunges Over 15-Foot Em -?-H~rt Into Creek. (By Ata-aaiat Pratt. > LIONTOWN. Pa- P*-s. ;*4>~nftess persons ware injured, a number ser iously, late today when, a street car collided with a wagen and then, plunged over a 16-foot embankment lato Restone Creek near Leith. Fifty tour persons were in the car and they aero rescued with difficulty from the swollen creek. Many women were laved from drowning by male pau len ga rs holding their heads above tho eater* Two mea rosetted 26 persona,