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FOREIGN SITUATION IF STUDY NO 14TERNATIONAL ISSUES BEFORE PRESIDENT BOTH COMPLICAT ED AND PRESSING. IUST DECIDE VERY SOON rom Now on President Expc. .s to Deal With All Foreign Questions Without Embarrassment and With. out Delay. Wahsington. - A portentous and >mplicated international situation )w faces President. Wilson andI for to next few Weeks will egage his - .ention and that of his advisers to to practical exclusion of all but the ost urgent of domestic subjects. In the last days of the campaign ecretary of State 4aansing frequently poke of the necessity of postponing etion on the more delleate interna onal questions because the uncer inty of the outcome of the iolitical ontest had a (Ierect baing on the uccess or failure of some of the ad lnistration policies. From now on Ihe I l'resident ex ects to deal With al1 foreign ques Ions without emharrisslelit and he i receiving from his advisers. a sum iary of the outstanding issues so caential to taking stock of the basic ituation which must le met now hat international relations hve re urned to their place of pri me fiml iortance. While it is not evide(nt that here will be any findamenta change I? policy. freedom froi fearp that my move at all would be misinter Preted as inspired y a i itna11111 lolitical struiggle- has beenl removed. 'resident Wilsoll and S-raryIa a ing feel lieselves able. to act with single eye to the interational sit ition and their i innlediate confer nces oin the President's return to lashingtoni, indienteI how pressing icy feel the situdation to be. The Presitdenti must d-cide how the nited States shall ieet tile G erman Ilmarilne (lilestiol onl that one hanad, .e M'n tente Allied trade real rit ions I the othervi whether the relalitory gislation slut ) he elnforE-eI, whether e traditioal Iheory of Isolation mi,1l be aliamloned for concerted mtral action. and whether the coun y sidall have an nggres ive or a pas ve poilicy tow ard the peace con reie; the wNar after 0hv war, and te Permanent I .agne to IlEnforce pace wlWhich tile Pre!:lidenuzt ha.1s accept I In theory, 1a1-l. during the rest of IC wVar shall Aneiia: allinde he iverned by a d< idd bene volence the fitteripreat ion of ilt.ernational W according to it, own bust interests 1shall it. be striclly legalistic, regard is- of wholl it alreets? EC. LANE IS TOLD TO END BORDER PLAN CONFERENCE. liplomatic Settlement of Disputes Arising is Remote Unless Commis sIon Agrees on Arrangemecnt Already Submitted. WVashinlgt on.-Artned with resI ent Wilson's complllete C pproval of his touirse, Se(cretary Lane1 retulrnled to atlantic ('it y Monday dleteri-nied to 101ing thei esionl of tile American MlexicanI joint t'olumission to anl early aonclusiol. lie is still hopeful that 1an agreneent as to tile biorder situation cani he reached bt it wazs clearly ill dicate cinl olficial circles that the joinit conlference inl entering onl its final phase15, atgreemuent or 110 agree I' 4If tile commllinstioners 11ind it 1impo)0 51ible to formulate a plan tile view taken here will be thlat the prospect of settling border disputes through diplomacy will lie remote. Secr'etary Lane is uniderstood to hiavo found Presidenlt Wilson, Secretary ILansinlg and Secretary Baker in full accord with him (in every ploint whenCl he laid before them Iln a three-hour 'onfer-. ence at tile Whlite I louse a rovlewv of the efforts tile Amelricanl c'ommllission era had made to reach a settbI .dent. Mr. Lane said he was wvell pleased writh the results oif the White Ilouise conference but would nlot otherwise commient. SECOND INAGU RATION ~' 4 OF WILSON 8IMPLE. Washington. - President WVilson's second inaguirationl probably will be a comparatively sumple affair. lie is known to desire that there should be 4 little ceremony. It is accept ed aIs (Cir tain by officials thlat there will he no inaugural ball in spite of the hop~e or Washington citizenis for such an1 'eent The recent ,dat of the Presillent's sister, Mrs. Anne Howe, tihe fact th~at March 4 falls on Sunday next year, / I' are reasons for simplicity. GIRL BREAKS AIR DISTANCE RECORDS BY LONG FLIGHT. Binghampton, N. Y.-Attempting a non-stop flight from Chlicago to New 'York, Miss Ruth Law, guiding a Ctur ties .biplane of the military scout t~ype, Alhattered all American long-disance aviation records for a singid flight 'last Suriday, when she flew from Chica f > to Hlornell,- N. Y. a distance by ~' 'Ilroad o~ ~but .6130 miles. bettering abp 1 o ~nles the record' madet *Y Atgmo November 2. ERANKO. LOWDEN The NewTy Elected Republican Gov ernor of Illinois. WIR[ESS TO FAR EAST PRESIDENT WILSON AND EMPER OR YOSHIHITO EXCHANGE MESSAGES. First Commercial Trans-Pacific Ser vice--Many Mesages Are Sent. Preskient Sends Greetings to Far East Wation. San Francisco.--Commercial trans Pacific wLieless service via Honolulu (o Japan w4as inaugurated by the Mar (on1i Wireia.s Telegraph Company, with imessakes sent by President Wil soil anId other promilnent, Men from iiolinas Ridge, near here, to the Eim tIeror of Japan and other dignitaries in that country. A imaro Sato, Japanese Ambassfador to the United States, sent a message lo George W. Guthrie, American Am hassalor to Japan. From London was flashed by cable and thence by the new wireless route the congratula ions of Gugleilmo Marconi, the in enfor, to the director of post aud lolegrapli of the .Japa Government. A message fron Melville E4. Stone, general manager of the Associated Press, to the Japa:ese Minister of Foreign Affairs, said: "Genitings and sincere congratula tions ol this new honid of union be I WO1n Japan and the United States." l'mniperor Yoshlbiti) of -Japan re lilied by wireless to the message of J 'resi(denit Wilson, relayed from Boll nas, Cal. The Imperor's message saI d: "It. affords mep miiuci pleasure that tho first, use of the installation of wijreless telegraphy between Japan and the United Stat es has been to transmuit your Cordial message. In re tIirin I send tills expression of my tihanks for the, good wishes exhibited towards metie and my people and of tile hearty desire entertained throughout Jalpan for the continued pOroeity and wvelfare oIf the Unitedi States. "YOSI!lITO." TPhe message fronm President Wil sonu to tile Elimperor read: "The Government and~ people of the United States of America send greet ings to your Imperial Majesty and( to th~e peolie oif Japan andc rejoice ini this triumphi of science wvhich enables tile voice of A merica from tho Far WVest to cross thle silent spaces of the woIrld and speak to Japan in the Far IEast. hailing the dawvn of a new day. May this wvonderful event confirm the un ibrokeni friendship of our two nationls and give assurance- of a nlever-eniding interchange (of messages of good willl. May the day soon conmo whien the 'voice of pecace car ried biy these siilnt. messengers shall go into all the world and its words to the end (If t he world. "WOOT)IIOW WVILSON." CONTROL OF HOUSE STILL UNCERTAIN; G. 0. P. LEAD Demierateic Leaders Confidently Ex pect to Cut Down Opposition's Lead. Wash ington.-In-ompilete c-anvasses of the vote in several close Congres sionald districts brought no changes in tho unofficial election results, which indicate that 217 Republicans, 212 Decmocrats and six of other parties have been elacted to the Sixty-Fifth Congress. Rtepresculii1ive Woods, Chatirmian of the Republican committee, insistedl that the Ropublicanh undoubtedly wvould control the organization of the House. A speaker to be elected must receive a majority of the House or 21R votes. Although the unofficial re turns show the Republicans to be one short of a majority, they are counting on the Progressive elected in Minne sota, the Progressive-Republican in Louisiana. SUITS FILED ALL OVER U. S. IN ATTACK ON ADAMSON ACT Washington.--Suits by railroads at tacking the constitutionality of the eight-hour railroadl law were begun in many par-ts of thle counitry and the Department of Just ice laidl planls to defend them. No offer has yet beeni made by the railroads to settle the tinestion by one test case. Attorney GJenoral Giregor-y has made no such proposition to the railroads and the department Ia planning to contest each suit as it coies up for hearing. WILSON NOT TO RES1 BEFORE &ESSION MAY TAKE SEVERAL WEEK-ENC TRIPS IN MAYFLOWER, HOWEVER. CONSIDERS APPOINTMENTS President to Give Time Preceding Convening of Congress on importani Administration Affairs.-Working on Annual Message. Washington.-President Wilson has decided not to take a vacation before Congress convene.;. butl may go on one or more week-end trips dtown the Potomac River-. on the naval yacht Mayflower. lie was urged to go to a Virginia resort for a brief stay. but reached the onclusion that it would be impossible. The President has almost complet ed the selection of members of the traiff commirsion and shipping board created by Congress last session and probably will make an announcement of the personnel of both before ('on gress meets. Hei has made but little progress, however. in the selection of members of the board to administer the workingmen's compensation act for Federal ciployes. One typewritten page of the annual miessage to Congress has beeni finlish itd by the President anld he is devot ing all of his spare time to this work. PROCLAMATION ISSUED FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. President Sets Apart November 30 as Day of Praise For Blessings of Peace and Unbroken Prosperity. Wash ington.--P.Iiresidenlt Wilson has ornially by proclamation designed lrhttr-day. November 30, as Thanks ;iving Day. IIero follows the President's proco amlationl: "It has long been the custom of our )eople to turn in tlie fruit ful Autumn )f the year in praise and thanksgiv ng to Almighty God for ills many )lepsiligs and mercies to us and the ~at ion. "TIhe year that has elapsed since ve last observed our clay of thanks ;iving has been rich in blessings to us as a people, but the whole face of the world has been darkened by war. In the midst. of our peace and hapriness, our thoughts dwelt, with painftl disquiet npon the struggles and sufferings of the Nations at war and of the peoples upon whom war has brought disaster without choice or possibility of escape on their part. We cannot think of our- own happi. ness without thinking of their pitiful distress. "Now, therefore. I. Woodrow Wil s0. President. of the United Statet of Ametrica, (1o appoint Thursday, thc 30th of November-, as a (day of Na tional thanksgiving and prayer, aiul urtge and advise the people t~o resort to their severail places of wvorship ot that (lay to render thanks to Almuight) CGod for- the blessings of peace an<c unR-oken pr-ospeRity whlich Hie hta best owed upon out- beloved countr: in such un~stintted measure. "Anid I also utrge and suggest ou: duity, ini t his ourt (lay of peace amt abundanlce, to think in deep sytt p~athy- of Ito stricken peoples of thi wor-ld utpon whiott the urIse and tet rot- of wnr has so pitilessly fallen, am means to the releaf of thleir sutffer inigs. "Ouri peoplek could in ntRo betltr wan show Itheir rei 1a l IttiudeC townards th< pi5resen s tuggle (if I the Nat ionts tht by conitrmibutt ing otut of thii r abtunt (Itdne to the telief of t he sufferinj wh ic-h war has brottght. in its triain. "lin witness wheoreof. I have herec untito set my3 htatid andI~ canused tht< seal of the Un~ited Stat es to be af fixed. "Dloite at the City of Washtingto1 tis 17i th day of November in the year oif Ouri Lork, 1916, and of thc ind(epiendenc(e of thle Unit cd States, the 151st. "WVOODRfOW WILSON, "fly the Priesidett Robe Latnsing, Seeretar-y of State." MUCH PROGRESS MADE BY W. C. T. U. REPORTS SHOW. Inidianaitpolirt, lnd.-Reports shiowinig good p)rogr-ess in thle forming of newv biranich organizat ions durinig Ithe past year wet-e madec at the openlig ses sloti of the annuttal convention of the niatinal Wotmen's ChristIan Temper ance Union hiere. Figures showed that 660 neOw legionis of the Loyal Tlemtpe-rnce Legion branch had been organiizted, and that nitto states had beeti awar-ded honorale menCtiont for the numbner of neOw legions formed. BORDER CONFERENCE , ADJOURNS DEADLOCKED Atlantic City, N. J.-Thie Mexican AmerIcan joint comniissioit adijourned for- a few days wIth the conferentce In what Is regarded ae a deadlock. Whten the meetitigs are resutmed this week, It is exeocted the represointa tives of the two governmetits will 1)e fully informed as to the wishes of qei cifs. Luils Cabi-era, chairman of the Mexican commilsslin, Rudcesdfully in tet-ferred with th endoption of a plan for border control. HUGH M. DORSEY The Newly elected Democratic Gov ernor of Georgia. BRITISH WAGF BIG DRIVE NO INDICATION OF OFFENSIVE CEASING AT ANY POINT ALONG LINE. In the Drive British Have Taken 5,000 German Prisoners.-Activity Con. tinues on Rumanian-Macedonian Front. Lon(on.-The British drive amid fog and rain in the region of the Ancre River in France has neted then an. Other' village-Beauicourt-onl the north bank of the Ancre. The capture of this village makes three that have fallen into British hands since the ad vance began, the other two heing Beaumont-Hamel and St. Pierre Di. vion. There is no indication that the offensive has ceased at any point along the flve mile front. In the drive the British thus far have taket more than 5,000 Germiains prisoner, and, according to the latest report, more captives are bein brought in. Aside from the gains ir the Ancre region the British als< have made an advaiic' to the east o1 the Butte do Warlendourt, about threE miles southeast of the importan town of Bapaume. To the south of the Somme tho Germans are busily engaged in shell ing French positions in the region o Pressoire and on the sector of Bia ches-Liamaisonnette with the Frenc1 vigorously replying. With comparative quiet still reign ing on the Russian and Austro-Italiai fronts, the Rumanian and Macedonii theaters continue the focal points o int e rest. The Austrians, near Orsov andl the junction of the Austrian-RL manian~ and Serhian frontiers, hay cleared the right bank of the Danub of Rumanians, a victory wvhiich proj ably means a lessening of the in~ pediments the Rumanians have place, upon the navigation of the river i this region. Again the Rumanians in the Al Valley of Transylvania have bee pushed back b~y the Austro-Germa forces, who also have capturedl in th Jiul Valleye the village of Bumbeshi andl forced the Runmanian left win near D~ragcnalavele to give way. BORDER CONTROL PLAN REPUDIATED BY CABRER, Sudden Outburst After Five Member of Commission Had Reached A Agreement Creates Doubt Over Fine Amicable Settlement. Atlantic City, N. J1.- -Repudiation b Luis Cabrera .of a plan of border cor trol that had been agreedi upon0 by tw of his colleagues and the three Amer: can representatives again has madl doubtful the ability of the American on the Mexiean-American Joint Con mission to assist Mexico in its effort to restore normal conditions along th frontier. The Americans were hopeful tha they might yet induce the Mexican to agree to what they believe will bi a satisfactory plan for the protectioi of life and property along the boundar: but it was indicated by 'those li touch with them that further opposi tion characterized as quibbling, wouh not long be tolerated. There appeared reason to believ< tonight that unless the chairman o the Mexican commission adopted more tractable manner he and his as sociates would 1)e informed that fur ther considleration of Mexico's socia economic and military problems mus come to an end. LANGHORNE BEAUTY'S DAUGHTER IS TO WEC Richmond. Va.---Chiswell D. Lang horno announces tho engagement ol his granddaughted, Miss Nancy Keen( Perkins, dlaughler of the late Mr. and Mr's. S. Monicurie Parkins of this city to Henry Field of Chicago. Miss Perkins is a daughter of the beautiful izzie Langhorne, one o1 the five famous Langhorne sisters and a niece of Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, of New York. Mr. Field is promin ently related in Chiag. TUG: CONVOY SOK BY DEUTSCOHLAND UNAVOIDABLE ACC.IDENT OCCURS AT MOUTH OF THE HARBOR. U. S IS PROBING FOR CAUSE Return Trip of Deutschland Not to Be Delayed by Investigation. In Which Several Witnesses, Including Cap tain Koenig, Have Testified. Now London, Conn.-The collision which caused the merchantman Deutschland to abandon her return voyage to Germany almost at its out set when a (onvoying tug. the T. A. Scott, Jr., was srnk with a crew of live men, was the subject of Federal investigation. The United States in spec'ors of steam vessels heard through witnesses of the conditions un der which the submarine, slipping out of the harbor in the darkness so that she might submerge in neutral waters before da. break, ran down the tug which was acting as .er protector, off Race Rock, just outside this port. The testimony came from Captain Paul Keonig of the Deutschland; from F. W. Krapohl, his chief officer, and from Hans Kleese. his chief engineer. It was giv n in secret, but it became k:own through statements outside the chamber that the collision was an ac cident. Survivois who would discuss the matter were agreed I.at it was due to a combination of swift currents, which carried the tuff off its course and across the bow of the submarine and the darkness which was to be the Deutschland's medium of safety, but which instead prevented ready obser vation of the danger ahead. Captain Knonig would say only to questioners: "It's a terrible thing to lose those good men. I feel it deeply. You must excuse me." The Deutschland's return will lie delayed only a few days by the dam ages which she sustal'ned and not at all by the fact that inquiry is being made. Examination of her bow show ed that three plates had been stove-in to a degree described by some "as a hole," and others as "a dent." The men of the T. A. Scott, Jr., had no chance for their lives. They went down imprisoned in the pilot house, engine room and galley and un doubtedly were drowned at their posts. Their bodies have not been re covered. The dead are: Captain John Gurney. William A. Caton, engineer. Edward Stone, flreman. Clarence 13. Davison, cook. - Eugene Duzant, deckhand. I I x 10,000 MARCH TO WHITE HOUSE TO CHEER WILSON. :President Accorded Remarkable De monstration by Washington, Mary land and Virginia People. Washington.-The people of Wash ington andI of nearby sections of 'Mar-ylandl and Virginia gave Presidlent WVilson an enthusiastic home-coming twselcome in honor of his re-election. More than 10,000 strong, they marc-eb ed from the Capitol to the White IHouse to the music of many bands amdd waving red lights wvhile varied-colored bob urst over-headl. When they hdpassed a chorur of 300 voices sere uaded the President with the "Star Spangled Banner," "Dixie" and other patriotic melodies. The celeb~ration was particip~ated in b)y both men andl women members of s Democratic 'organizations, Govern a mont clerks, suffragists, representa lives of union labor and citizens gen erally. y' Tho President, with Mrs. Wilson -andl a party of relatives, viewedl the procession from the northern portion - of the .White House, fronting on e Pennsylvania avenue. F ~rom a reviewing stand outside the White House grounds Secretaries Lansing, Baker' and Redfleld and mom 3 bers of their families, and ether rank ing officials watched the dlemonstra t tion. BORDER PLAN NOT SETTLED -AS CABRERA HOLDS BACK. IAtlantic City, N. J.-AII efforts of the American representatives on the IMexico-American .Joint Commission to persuadle Luls Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican representation, to aban diOn his opposition to the plan of bor der control approvedl in general by his - colleagues, failed. The ether mem .bers of the commision had not lost hopes and the conference will be con linued hut there was absent the note of optimhism. FIGHTING ON ANCRE LESS VIOLENT, NO FRESH~ GAINS. Londoen.-In the Ancre region of lFrance, where for several days the Biritish have made' notable gains over the Germans, the flghting apparently has lessenedl greatly in violonco, the latest Blritish' communication report ing only bombardment by the Germans of their newly-won front to the north of the stream. An additional six offi cers and 297 men have been made prisoner by the British in this regin duringr the last 24 ikour-. STRIKERS LEAVE ANDERSO Many Families Find Work in North. east.-Gluck Mill Resumes Opera. tion.--No Violence. Anderson.-The Gluck rnill, which has been closed since August 8, on ac count of a walkout when the manage ment refused'the union's request for a. 10 per cent increase in wages, started its machinery. Only 15 operatives re ported at their posts at the hour of-, starting and four came later. The. management states that the machin ery will be kept running and it ex pects more help to go into the mill each day until the-full compledgent Is. -reached. the imt -of t 1 r to ho4 r- f .operat ivcci fro. , ic t w'rk. Prob. ably ';0 mi tr d in group)s nr't" thu main entrance of the mill, but there was no jeering or hoot- 5 ing. The number' of operatives at work in the Equinox mill has increased to, 132. The complement of this mill is 360 while the complement of the Gluck mill is 300. Maj. W. F. Robertson, in command of the coast artillery companies, here to preserve order, has ditected the officers to prepare the pay roll for the first week of service. It will amount to approximately $3,200. Thn major was in communication with the governor's office about arranging for paying off the soldiers at the end of the week. The first batch of strikers to go north and east left for Utica, N. Y. There were 18 in the party. So far no other ticket reservations have been received here for other parties, a] though it is known that more than 50 families are planning to migrate. The service of writs of ejectment among the residents of the mill vil lage continued. Many other residents have been notified to vacate their cottages. Dedicate Winthrop Gym. Rock Hill.-On Friday afternoon the handsome new gymnasium at Win throp college was formally decicated and an interesting programme was rendered. The formal exercises in connection with the dedication occur red during the afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock. Building New Bridges. Chester.-At last the steel bridges are being erected in Chester county. The ehaingang is now engaged in erec ting the new steel bridge a;t Cedar Shoals. The other structure was washed away in the July floods and being one of the most important bridges in the county has been greatly missed. It will be ready for travel by the latter part of this week. Thie large bridgo .to span Rocky Creek at Wylie's mill will be begun within 'the next few (lays and it will be immedi ate put across; the bridge over this stream was also carried away by the July floods. Murders Wife and Kills Self. Spartanburg.-John S. Baber, a 50 year old wvhite city, shot and Cora Lee Baber 'the gun on hinm - life. The killir,' ' *. stair's room of a bording house, situa ted on Magnolia street near the Southern depot, about 1:30 o'clock. Baber and his wife had been separated since last January, but wvere apparent. ly on friendly terms, and at least t~wice in the last few months she had come to town from her home in the country, where she livedl after the separation and spent the night with her husband. Early in the afternoon she came to town and inquired of Mrs. L. G. P. Carouth, the proprietor of the boarding house where Baber was staying, where she could find her husband, and received the answer that he was probably up town. She drove away in the buggy in wvhich she came to town andl later returned to the boarding house. flaber meantime had returned, and when his wife drove up le wvent to the buggy and helped her out. They went upstairs to his room, and in a few minutes Mrs. Carouth heard the shots and called for help. J. W. Beocknell came in answer to Mrs. Carouth'e call, and when he got .to the room he found Baber lyig on the floor wi'th a pistol in his hand, dying, and Mrs. Baber lying on the floor already dead. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. Acting upon the request of Maj. W. P'. Robertson, the adjutant general's office sent 323 blankets to the troops at Anderson. Addresses by Alexandler Johnson, fld secretary of the national comn mittee on provision for the the feeble minded, by Aihert S. Johnstone, sep. retary of the state board of charitieb and corrections, and by Bishop W. A. I Guerry, featured the closing session of the ninth annual Conference of Chart ties and Corrections at Charleston. 0ov. Manning has appointed C. C. Cannotn as magistrate at Johnsonvilio to succeedl S. 0. Eaddy, resigned. The Southern Sociological Congress is in Rock 11111 this week. The Leq County Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Association will hold their firt annual fair this month, be ginning on November 29, and running through Decem r 2. Eighteen per~~t na (n 'Msr rooncty will pay an inc~ e tax this yc 'ur to)tat Ing $485.34.3 P~ire of unkn. wn origin 'omnpletftly iestroyed the home of B. W. Parks at' ecormick.