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 BERKUMS ARE ATTACKS ARE REPULSED AT ALL POINTS WITH HEAVY LOSSES. ARE ENTRENCHED Both Armies Make Futile At' tempts *o Drive Back Each Other Without Success. LONDON', Dec. 20-Neither the Aus tro-Gcrman offensive operations against the Russians nor thc Allies' attacks on thc German HneB in thc wost lu-ve made an appreciathel prog ress, although lighting '.ontlnues along the . greater part of the two front? with unabated intensity. In both eases-the attacking armies ap peal lo have run full tilt, against al most Impenetrable lines. The Germans. In their ofllctal re port., announce that they have ceased their attacks on thc Usura river, which, wit lithe Russian masses be hind it. stands across their direct path to Warsaw. They aro now try ing to find a way to thc Polish capi tal along the Pillea River, a conaider able distance south of Warsaw. Fog has interfered with battles in Flanders; but along the French front the Germans have .been -delivering fierce:, counter uttaeks. In these, as in tlie Al If es" attacks, the losses on both sides havo been " considerable but heavier on the side which has beeu tacking; The slowness of the Allies pro gre'.)-, is explained in London as due to the j general staff's refusal to sacrifice a great number of soldiers. They are satisfied with small successes* through artillery" practice, which in time, it is pointed' out should prepare the way lor Ut gonerol forward, movement. According to information from Con stantinople the Turks; under1 advice of the pormans, are' fortifying their shores^ in tho Gulf of Sa ros and on the Sea Of Marmora, Indicating, that-they , t-xpect visUfr'-from the alUdd fleets. ^mumi' - . ." , - ' .*: ' ... *.> y ..> ' Thanks F.xrtrnoed to Wilson for Ftes, enis to Orphans. WASHINGTON-Dec. 26.-A. dispatch ; to the Att?tro-llungari?n embassy from Vienna today onuouncetl the em-/ pei or had expressed tbanka to Presi dent Wllsod* through Ambassador Pen field for the -American ChHstmaa gifts distributed yesterday, among soldiers' orphan?. *r The dispatch explained "?the retreat from Servia- a$ the,rest?t of bad weather. "VJ'.*,.' ' - ,J_iSlXL CAUGHT IS STORM* Hen lp Launch Snfier Hardships Frei th? Cold; NEWPORT NEWS. Va-, Dec. 26. After a 24-hour fight in a blinding snowstorm JU. IL Gofer, N. T. Gofer ' and Thomas:-liraband, local business men, were rescued'-toddy- after their launch had :becn drlvi?n ashore hear Fishing Point, on the James River'j hear here. Physicians from Smith- 1 field went to-their aid in automobiles. The three men left hero yesterday morning ' at 8- o'clock- In a 40-foot launch tor Smithfield, where the Gof ers had been called by the death of" their mother.' .They failed to reach their destination add" dozens "f launches went out this ' morning to search for them. The launch was not equipped, with heating apparatus or Hupplicd' with food, as the'party had expected to moke jthe trip in two heur?, The men are eaid to have suf fered greatly from exposure. R?serve Ranks Statement. WASHINGTON. !)5c. 26.-The week ly statement of the 12 federal reserve hanks nt thc close, ot business Decem ber 24. shows a slight Increase In re { serve deposlts-nnd a slight decrease tn loans ar* discounts. Tho total resources were about 1.7 .million dollar? larger thar the pre vious weeli, .the Increase being due mainly to larger amounts of federal reserve notes In the bands of the New | York bank. Net deposits show, a Kain equally large, cash resouraces show a slight gainr and rediscounts a de crease of about'a half million dollars as compared with the pr?viens week'? totals. Hardly'any change ls ?bown In thc figures of ndt circulation of feder al reserve notes, though reports ot ad ditional federal reserve notes were is cued to tho banka during the woek. NONE WK RF. Ki Li. ER. ( or Terned Over Twice ca Embank ment: Six P' ?K?Bs Injured. HAFTFORD. Mich.. Dee. 2?.-Al though the rear coach, carrying more than 30 persons oh a Kalaroasoo. Lake Shore and Chicago paeaeuger train, was hurled from thc track h>r* to night and turned oVar twice in a de scent down a steen embankment, only six passensrers were injured and nono fatally. A.freight train knocked the car from tbs tracie SUFFERING GREAT ACROSS BORDER Condition? That Are Equal If Not Worae Than in Europe. WASHINGTON", Dec. 26.-Condi- I tiona of famine and suffering in Mexi co, said by nome to rival the distress in tb? European theatres of war, were described in reports issued loday by the American Red Cross. Consul General Hanna sent the fol lowing message from Monterey: "There is an alarming shortage of i staple food supplier Several outlying | towns are appealing to me for help. If the winter keeps cojd there. wj.ll be great suffering. I need two thousand cheap blankets. After four years of war this whole country is short of food." The consul at Matamoros said: "The cocditionH in Europe which shock the civilized world huve exist ed here against our borders for four yearn, unconsidered. Mexico is peopled with widows and orpbuns and famine' ls in the land. One sees it daily in emaciated forms and shrunken cheeks. Many have died on American soil dur ing the past year, ostensibly from i.l? scurr diseases, but actually from star vation, and there aro hundreds of , children who never have had suffi cient food in their lives. The sound of I laughter and playing children is still ed in Mexico. "They have endured much, but now has been reached thc end of even their stoicism and from tho cast and the west and the south corses a cry for i bread. "There is need for fowl und cloth- ; ing and medicines. The need ls pres- , sing. Arrangements have been made whereby supplies can bc distributed from tho American consulate at this place to any locality in Mexico.'" The Red Cross a short time ago. on an appeal from Rear Admiral How ard, sent $1,000 worth of food to Aea- i pulco on the west coast. BOLD SCHEME FAILED, Robbers Caught After Procuring .Mon ey in Daring Manner. CLEVELAND, Ohio. Dec. 26.-Chrjs- ? lian Jougct, a carpenter, was left bound and gagged in.hts home tonight after two men had compelled him to make out e. check for $400 payable to his wife; Mrs. Jouget then wsa com pelled to accompany one ot the men lo a bank, where sb*? procured the each. She turned the money over Vt the-bandit who had kept her secretly covered with a revolver. The police arrested the men and re covered'the money. Peter Modontor. 22, was one. The other man refused to give his nafe. ATTACK UNSUCCESSFUL Britishers Fall In Effort to Blow Up Positions. BERLIN, Dec. 26.-The German ad mlrallty made the following announce- . ment today: j "On December SS;eight British ships ! made a dash Into a* German hay. Hy droplanes, convoyed by them made au | advance against the mouths ot Ger-1 man rivers and dropped bombs on I ships lying at anchor and a gaa tank near Cuxhaven, without hitting them ; or doing damage. "The hydroplanes were fired at and withdrew in a westerly direction. Ger man airships and aeroplanes recon noitered against the BhVsh forces and succeeded in hitting with bombs two British d est ropera and one other ves- t se! of the- convoy. On the latter fire broke out. ' Fog prevented a continuation of the fighting." FLYNN WINS MATCH. Davis Knocked Oat la the Seventh Bound. DirPFALO, N. Y., Dec. 26>-Fireman Hutt Flynn knocked out George (''One round") Davis, of Buffalo, tn the sev enth round of a ten-round maten* hore tonight. Flynn weighed 186; Davis 18SY Davis took the count of nine four times in the first round. ARE AFTER NANCY. Germans-Continue to Attack French Tows With Female Name. PARIS, Dec. 26.-a.?r? p. m.)-A dis patch received here front Nancy says that a ?eppeltn airship "flew over that city carty this morning and dropped a total ot fourteen bombs. Two persons were killed and two others wounded. Several houses in' Nancy were slightly damaged, but none of the pub lic buildings were Injured. BOMBS DO DAMAGE. German Aeroplanes Drep Explosives! ' Eu, ht Persons Killed. PETROGKAD, Dec 26.-lace tn Socliacsew end a number ot vuoden houses were' scC afire and dealt oyed Sochacsew ls on the Bm ra, 30 miles wast of Wartaw. KIAN IS KILLED IN MEATMARKET TRAGEDY IN GREENWOOD ON CHRISTMAS SAID TO BE ACCIDENTAL LIQUOR THE CAUSE Ed Beal in Intoxicated Condition Shoots WHl Hughes, ? Lifelong Friend. The following account 1B from the Greenwood Journal under date of Dec. 26: Will Hughes, aged about 40. a for mer resident of this city who return ed about two months ago, was shot ,:iud instantly killed Friday afternoon about ;12:30 o'clock lu Mr. Joe L. Maxwell's meat market, by Ed. Bsilo, an employe of the market. The shoot ing occurred in the presence of two witnesses, Lath of whom, iu their tes timony at the coronorer's inquest, seemed to think that HugH?s lost Mu life by the accidental discharge of the Weapon. "I wouldn't have done lt for a mil lion dollars," is one of thu statements made by Beale. And, "Chiney, you know it was done accidentally," is another bc exclaimed when X. G. Goldman ron io the telephone to call for a doctor. After being placed in Jail Beale continued to say thal the shooting was purely accidental and he wouldn't have taken the life of Hughes "for the world. The prisoner has shown every evidence of being nerve-wrecked from the trgedy. When his friends called to see him after be was locked up he cried like a chllld. Tho shooting took place a, short timo after Beveral men had been warned by police officers not to shoot firecrackers and had left Beale, Gold man and a young man Robertson in the store. Soon after . this Hughes went to the market and the crowd gathered around the stove when um? one shot- another firecracker. Beale then said, according to one of the witnesses, that be believed he would do a little shooting binna if. and tn ike next instant Hughes cried. "Uncle Ed, you hsve shot me," and fell dead, Tite bullet went Just above the left nipple and penetrated tho heart and both lungs. LYNCHING AVERTED Speedy Trial Guaranteed Two Mexi cans to Quiet Mob. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Dec. 26.-Only when Judge Chambliss pledged his word that a speedy trial would be given Frederico Gonzales and F. San chez, Mexicans, did a mobMlcsist to day In an attempt to lynch them whilt held 'on the charge ot the murder of Deputy Sheriff Karry Hinton, of Liv j Oak county. . Accordingly a s pee ia 5 grand jurj and petit Jury have been summoned for Monday st Oakville, to consider the cases of the men. Hinton waa alain with an iron bar while serving meals to the prisoners In the Oakville Jail. Sanches and Gonzales escaped but later were captured. ? third Mexican accused ot passing the bar Into the Jail was lynched. SERIOUS AFFAIR AT JONESVILLE Negree'* Engaged in Pistol Duel; . Shoot Two Young Ladies of That City. JONESVILLE, 8. C.. Dec. 26.-Marie Fowler and Myrtle Coleman members of prominent local families.. wore struck by stray bullets when Will Heney (colored) and Cranford Thomp son (colored) engaged In a pistol duel at the railway stu lon here today. Miss Coleman is said to be dangerously wounded, one bullet having passed en tirely through her body. Miss Fowler's burts are reported to bc painful but r.ot dangerous. The negroes, who are vi Jail, probably will bo ta!fri to Union, for safe keeping aa. Indignation here ia general and county officials fear sn attempt at lynching. Haney is.Bald to have been dangerously wounded. The other negro was Injured slightly. UNION, 8. C., Dec. 36.-The two ne groes arrested at Jonesville late to day for firing shots which wor- led two white girls, ware brought to the county Jail here for safe, keeping to night- Ofici?is- Say the danger of aa attempt at lynching the negroes prob ably is pact. WKA OPEN EXPOSITION. MT. and Mrs. M*A?e* WAI Officially Open Festivities. WASHINGTON, Dec 26, Secretary McAdoo left Washingtvi tonight for San Diego*: Calif,, to open the Panama California Exposition there on the night ot December St Mrs. McAdoo accompanied hun. They will he gone until January 10. MEXICAN AFFAIRS ARE BADLY MIXED! Conflicting Reports of Fighting] and Repudiated Charges . Are Made. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 26. - Secretory Bryon said today that the United States government was con tinuing its efforts with, the Gutierrez government io ohlain a g?nerai am nesty for political offenders hoth in and out of Mexico. He declared the question of recognition of the Gutier rez government hod not been consid ered, and made it plain* that the am ii -My bad not been asked for as a prerequisite to recognition. Officials hero ore taking much In terest In tho safety of Former Gover nor Iturblde, who has left Mexico City for the United States through tho In fluence of the American government. General Palafox. a 'Zapata adherent and member of the Gutierrez cabinet, is quoted as saying that Iturblde would be arrested if caught before he reaches the border. Should that oc cur, it is probable urgent representa tions in his behalf would be renewed. The United States government is grateful to Iturblde because although nu official under preceding gjve.'u ments, ho remained in Mexico City to protect foreigners and maintain order after the Carranza troops <\-emited rather than make good his own safety by flight. American Consul Stillman at Mexi co City reported todny that General Palafox had issued a statement charg ing that he (Silliman), Special. Agent Lt on Canova and others had accepted a bribe of 500,000 pcsoB to eilest the release of Iturblde. Mr. Silliman, in his report, dismiss ed the story of the bribe as absurd. Consul Canada's dispatches to the state department from* Vera Cruz to day made no reference to fighting there yesterday between Carranza and Villa troops, and other taurces of in formation on Mexican affairs here were without advices. A delayed official dispatch from Tampico reached thc state department today giving additional Information of thu fighting on December 23 between the Carranza and Villa torces ai Ebano/station, near there. The mes sage said the Carranga forces under General Vclasco were grantally fal ling back in.xhe direction of ,Tampico. Official reports giving out at Carranza headquarters lost night said Villa's troops had been defeated at Ebano station. < Ai The Front Frr .' "?erlln comes an official re port, T authority of the Germany ad mirallty, ot a raul by British warships on tbo German coast. Cuxhaven, a fortified oort, and adjoining territory appear to have been the object of the British attack in which eight ships and a number of hydroaeroplanes took part. No details are given, beyond the statement that German airships and aeroplanes threw bombs on two Brit ish destroyers and one other vej?. 1 of the convoy. Ute latter being set on fire. Both French and German reports of the battles In Belgium and northern France indicate sharp fighting. In the - battles against British and Indian troops hear St Hubert, the Germana, report they captured 19 officers and 818 men, 14 machine guns and other wo?- ?ntilpment, and that Ute British left more than 8,000 dead on the field. -. 'tuc ^ugtisn assen for a cessation of nostililies to bury the dead, which waa granted. Germany has replied to the French aeroplane attack on a village and the drooping of bombs on Freiburg, with j aa air attack on the outskirts ot j Nancy. Regarding this operation a ' Paris dispatch says a Zeppelin flew over Nancy and dropped fourteen bombs, killing two persons, wounding several and slightly damaging houses. This is the first report of sctlvity by a Zeppelin against a French city. In North t oland, according to the official German statement, east of the , Vistula, the situation ruraalns un- , changed, but it ls announced in the | same bulletin that the Germans hare , ceased their attacks on the Bsura \ river, which means that temporarily, -. at least, the advance on Warsaw from , thia direction has been checked. On the right bank of the Pillea river, j however, German attacks hare been , successful. \ Petrograd reports continued fight-. lng on December 25 between the tow er courses Of the Vistula sad the Pili- 1 ch and violent engagements in the I region bordering on the Pillea. Like-, wise there has. been severe fighting with the Aastrlans along the lower > courses of tho Nids, where the'Rus- < siana claim to have taken more than 4,000 prisoners. < seeeeeeeeee?aeeeeee| a TURKISH TROOPS a i o CONQUERER RUSSIANS a a... - ' o < o BERLIN, Dec 26. -Reports o ] o from onstantinople say %ho Turka o i o have won- a decisive victory over o j o the Russians in the Caucasus be- o o tween OUI and Id. o < ? OUI is in the Rosalia ?eirltory o < o of Karp, while Id ' Hes arout 20 o t D miles further south lu nly m tutor encounters on the Save md Drina rivers "Weak attacks were made Decen ter M by the Montenegrins on tho fortress ot BJlokV AN OLD EDITOR HAS REFORMED Adir?Vc? Dewey Is Now Retiring Early Every Night WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-Admiral ' Dewey was 77 years old today. Secre tary Daniels, bis aides and members of the navy RC ac-ral board called on him at his home and found bun in good spirits and health. "I feel very proud of the fact." said Secretary Daniels to the admiral, "that you were appointed to the Navy Academy by a secretary of the navy from North Carolina, Mr. Dobbin." "I suppose." returned the admiral, "that's why I have been a Democrat over since." He added he was enjoy ing life but that Henry Gaeanway Da vis had told him he slept too much. "What time do you go to bed, Mr. Secretary?' asked the admiral. "Before I came to Washington, when I edited a morning newspaper I used to gel to Bleep about 3 a. m." said Mr. Daniels. "I have reformed." "1 nave been retiring every night at 10 o'clock," said Admiral Dewey, "and I am up at r> o'clock every morning reading the newspapers before any lindy else in Washington. Mr. Davis, however, who ts 92 years old, sad says I'm a nie.-e boy thinks I'm missing half of life by going to bed so eariy." The admiral took his customary drive during the morning then receiv ed u number of oin cia ls and friends. THU COLDEST YET. New Y?rk ( fly Has Coldest Weather of Winter. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-A minimum temperature of four degrees and a maximum of 16 gave New York its coldest day of the winter. Tonight thc ! thermometer was rapidly on the down grade again, registering 7 degrees at ll o'clock. There was intense suffering tn tho poorer quarters and three deaths oe c>-*pd from exposure. The Munici pal Lodging House, with a capacity of . 9,000 persons, was filled early and be fore midnight more than 400 addition al applicants had been lodged in tba annex on the East River pier. -- *--e?n*t? JAPAN VAIN H TERRITORY. Half of Island Chen by Russia ta Ex. change for Munitions of War. I WASHINGTON; Doe. 26.-The Jana- ! nese embassy today received official advices from Tokio that Russia hos ceded to Japan its half of tho island ot Sakballen for some heavy guns. The island waa officially Russian until September. 1905. The southern half was ceded to Japan by the tarma of tho treaty of Portsmouth. BANDIT IS KILLED Shot to Death by Policeman During a j Hold-up. (By AModatod Pre?.) CLEVELAND. Okla., Dec. 26.-An 1 unknown bandit was killed. Chief ot Police W. S. Fenton v/s shot through , the leg add two citizens were wound ed in a sensational battle here tonight resulting from an .attempt to hold up 20 men in a billiard room. Fenton was passing the place and ' saw the men Inside with their hands up. The bandit was making them toss their money upon a .tool table. The policeman stood In the front door and emptied hts revolver at the robber, who returned the fire. Fenton was shot through the leg, two other men i received flesh wounds and a bullet pierced another's hat. The chief rushed out of the place, secured another revolver and met the blood-covered robber aa ha came oat of the* rear door. Lying on the ground. Fenton riddled the fellow with bullets. The dead man was about ?8 years old and used a white silk handkerchief for a mask. CONVICTS ESCAPE Made Getaway from Tubercule*!* Camp at Atlanta. (By Awoc?aUxl l*rv*?.) ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 26.-Federal prison guards and the local police to iay were looking for two convicts who escaped fiom the United States penitentiary here last night. The con rlcts are Hiram Lopper, sent op from Baltimore last May under IS years lenten ce for counterfeiting, and Tom Daley, sentenced to Ave years from this city for postotflce robbery. The men hsd beet, confined in the tuberculosis camp oV the prison and escaped by scaling the walls by means sf an improvised ladder. A DISASTROUS FIDE Savaaaal* aaa CoaBagrailon Ceasing Less of Many Thousands. SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec M.- Fire which burned for five boura in the justness section here early today de itroyed the building aad sty* ot Marcus ft Co., a department store, md damaged the adjoining dry good ?tabltahment ot 8. aflrsky. The loss ras estimated, at $100,000. Accidentally Muled. BRISTOL, Va-Tena.. Dec 2s\ Bradley Davidson, 18. the son of a prominent family of southwest Virgin ia was accidentally shot and killed to night at Glade Spring, 40 miles f, om tore, by C. Altirman. Altlrman. it tvaa said waa handling Davidson's pis. tot when it ? MINOR UPRISINGS REPORT* ED OVER PHH lPiMg ty.- . ANDS ARE QUELLED QUICK ACTION. Autiiori tie? Are in Full Charge ?a* Have ?he Situation Watt ia Hand. MANILA, Dec. 36. pinos have been arrested on the charge ot sedition as a result, ot ail abortive rising in Manila and tts ee virons on Thursday night Furthejr arrests are probable. From army sources lt ls learned that a general warning waa a?ttC tt all offlcers Thursday afternoon sjjgtr lng that fully ten thousand FlUptaje la Manila alono were ready, for a OjH|r certed attack on Fort Hastings,. iw Cuartel Ks pana, the Cuartel *fu jnm ter la and the medical depot Tba mig tary unit? were immediately premSjEl and a street patrol wa? started .st dusk. . ?i Constabulary agents who are>u*etn> be rs of the secret societies fllsT)ojB*i the plans for an uprising, tho* stt abling a force of constabulary and Mr lice to disperse gatherings at Baauja bayan, Paco and Navetas, neay ?sifOn bou. At Caloocan a squad of - AJnan can saliera aeized cheirs when *fo?j of Filipinos approached i its tint' MB la which they were gathered fjA using the chaira as weapons, > rouSl the Filipinos, of whom Quite a awHp wero injured. The rising was evidently nearly"w? ga nixed and lacked lead ere. It \ra* composed for the moat part nf^ftfMM implicitly trusting the word of "?fr tumlo R lear te, a reactionary, ?? conducts a continual propaganda fpo? Hong Kong, to which Marr he vea banished by the American authorities some time ago. Rlcarte ll !? af start! advised that the anti?American ?at-: tempt be made on rtin^liiaa ?tts, when the American officer* would aa expected to. celebrate th? holiday. . Reports r.-Oiii th? pro?u>??? ie?.f* minor risings and occasional vi?lenos. bot details from the sectjeas ara Mal. lng. ' The situation today, from aU ap pearances, and according to official sutements.. la well under control pt the military authorities. , Governor-General Franela Barton Harrison happens to be away on offi cial business ssd Win?rsd T. Dew son secretary ot the interior, ls . tn charge of affairs, pending Mr. Harri son's return. > Reports from Navetas, sta: miles north ot the capital, say that simal taneously with the outbreak at Manila Christmas eve thirty men eaters* the municipal building, seised three po licemen on duty there and triad to open the safe. Later the Filipinos seised attend-* ants conducting midnight maso and captured the Filipino governor. Mol endres. When police reinforcements arrived the revolutionaries ?red a volley and then retreated. Later they exchanged shots with another toree and in thia engagement the constabu lary succeeded in arresting ten man. . In all 21 Filipinos were taken prte iners at Narotas. The nationalist newspaper* sec?se the other political, parties of toioaat tng the revolution and they *4e#blot that some Americans were concerned In lt In an effort to quash the Ames bili, which contains provisions for 'a greater measure of self-government for the islands. Tbs authorities today are tn full control of the situation ead consider the Incident closed. TOO MUCH t ffbJCTHAl*, Either the Taxi er Driver Ku?! Matt Been Orea*daaad> ,, NEW YORK. Dee, 3v>*A tex?*b containing three men tonight tore through the iron rall fence which ?Sep arates the Long island retread tracta rroro the roadway of Atlantic in Brooklyn and fell 20 feet I path of a passenger trata, chine waa strack by tba Charlea Robeck, 21 years, was while Gorge Place, 21. and McMaaas. 23, were seriously rot? HUNDRED lEufr Tree* sad Hispftal Tm?aa Mead ta. LONDON, Dec 2*1-A Beak* dis patch from Warssv says that 400 nen were hilled ?ad M$ voaaded hi i collision between traces aM hiapi al trains at Kallas, Poland, The troops were coming from Prallt sa* the hoaaual train vas pfcesedla* aa Jerra any with wounded otHcere, The raina vera running at tall ?peed ?hen they collided. More than ?v cara vere wrecked. An investigation disclosed that a raliway switch dad been chancad at he last moment Thc station Wsmff, ivttchsc??: ^ad others are nader ar? ?Cet