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VOLUME II. ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MUKNING, AUGUST 17, 1915. MIIMRCD IO?
BERLIN R
SLAVS S
FALLI
BAVARIAN ARMY CROSSES
BUG RIVER EAST OF
SOKOLOW
MACKENSEN ALSO
REPORTS GAINS
Balkans Skatioa Yet Uncertain
But War'Premier of Greece
Win? Victory.
London, 'Aug. IC.-Berlin declares
the left wing nf the Bavarian army
lias fought Its way across the Bug
River cast of Sokolow and fifty miles
northwest of the Brcstlitovsk Une.
This forms u slight wedge in the
Hussian front which lias been virtual
ly straight since the evacuation of
Warsaw.
Von Mackensen also reported push
ing the Russians back along the Bug.
Further west Von Hindenhcrg is
credited with a successful attack on
the advanced defenses of Kovno. as
well as a successful attempt to break
the Russian line between the Narew
and Bug after, the Germans crossed
the Norzew River. , .. i -
This formed critical military news
of the day, but attracted less attention
here than did the diplomatic negotia
tions In the (Balkans where the crisis
has not yet been reached.
The most significant phase of the
Balkan situation was an Athens dis
patch saying former Premier Venlze
los won a decisive victory in his vic
tory over tlie government party in tho
organization of the G**eek chamber of
deputies. His candidate was elected
president, nf ,,lha chamber.
London, Aug. 16.-Eastern mili
tary operations arc developing slowly.
Both sides feel the effect of tho War
saw campaign. The Germans advance
centers in Hindenburg's effort to cross
the Ovina river eastward toward Pe
trograd and at the approach of tho
new Brcst-Lltovsk de tenso the Rus
slans are holding tho. Gormans west
of the Dvina. i
The Balkan crisis in near a climax.
The national assemblies of Greece and
Serbia meet today and will probably
decide regarding the Bulgarian terri
torial demands, upon which hinges th0
united Balkan action with the allies.
The outlook ls regarded pessimisti
cally in well Ki formed quarters here.
li is expected that Serbia will seek
a compromiso and that Greece will re
fuso. Athens reports that King Con
stantine demands a stilet neutrality.
Meantime there is evidence that
. the Teutonic allies are preparing to
deal with thc Balkan situation. Ac
cording to information from . Bucha
rest a German army corps is concen
trated near the Junction of Serbia,
Hungary and Rumania. This with the
bombardment Of Belgrade and Aus
trian artillery activity atong the Dan
ube lends support to reports of great
Teutonic offensive in the (Balkans.
The outcome of the crisis ls awaited
anxiously, as it is expected to deter
mino whether the allies will receive
new Balkan support or whether Ger
many's ammunition for Turkey will
continue cut off. The Bulgarian of
ficials do not believe that an agree
ment will be reached. The serbian
minister to London told tho Associ
ated Press that he etieved a middle
grouud will be found to unite the
Balkan states.
Tho Norwegian*"' ateamor Alois has
been sunk by a Submarine and tho
crew "saved.
Sylvia Pankhurst,* :ho militant suf
fragist, assorts she will hot comply
with the national, registration regu
lation rf.
Major General Hoghes, the Canadi
an militia minister, at a rneetlnfc of
Ame/louas last nig".I said that over
two thousand Amer) eau s wore at the
front with the Canadian contingent.
Over a hundred ba/t airead/ fallen
la thc Flanders fighting. Some ot
the Weat Pointers are officers and
many others have offered their ser
vices. .
Drowsed Ia 1T91 Race.
Walhalla, Aug. l?.-C. Marrow fell
into the race at Newry Saturday night
and was drowned.
GERMAN SUBM.
TOWNS ON E.
London, Aug. 16.- It was officially
annoancad tonight that a German sub
marine thu morning bombarded Par
ten, Harrington and Whitehaven, but
no casualties. The, ? ainag* was only
alight. Whiteharen has a population
HIS LOCAL REPRESENTA
TIVES EXPECT UNYIELD
ING REPLY
TWO BATTLESHIPS
GO TO VERA CRUZ
Louisiana and New Hampshire to
Replace Gunboats Now in
Harbor There.
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+ CAVALRYMAN KILLED
? K MEXICANS AT MERCEDES ?
? - *
? Brownsville, Aug. 16-arm- ?
? ed Mexicans, estimated at +
? nearly three hundred, crossed ?
? the Rio Grande tonight and in +
+ a right near Mercedes Corporal ?
? Wilman of the Twelfth Bolted +
+ States Cavalry was killed and ?
? another BI idler wounded, ac- ?
? cording to ; report from Rang- ?
.? ers Lient. Reynau. ?
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*??*?+?**?*++.?*+*+* + ? +
Washington, Aug. 16.-Carranza's
local representatives expect him to
return an unyielding response to thc
Pan American Appeal for a conference
of Mexican factions, maintaining that
the Mexicans don't want outside inter
ference.
The battleships Louisiana and New
Hampshire wore today ordered to
Vera Cruz. They will replace the
gunboat there.
Washington, Aug. 16.-Assurances
that Carranza will not obstruct the
delivery of the Pan-American appeal
to Mexico 'bas reached the state de
partment in a message from C. B.
Parker of the American embassy
?taff of Mexico City. He said that
General Gonzales, thc Carranza com
mander to messengers who are to
carry the appeal to Zapata and
others."
Parker also reported 'destitution
among the Americans in tho capital
and said that 120 were being aided by
the embassy attaches and had asked
to bc sent to the United States.
No replies to the Pan-American ap
peal have been received.' The state
department officials aro undecided
whether to make them public before
another conference. Under the ap
peal the Mexican leaders may invite
some Latin-Americans to arrange tho
proposed peace conference. The offer
of the United States may be Ignored.
Wk SH? KN MAY
DECLARE SELF EMPEROR
to Have Been Advised By
Supportera Thai it is Beet
fog Country.
Paris. Aug." 16.-President Yuan
Shi Kat is discussing with his su
periors ard with Professor F /ans;
Qoodnow of Jahn Hopkins University,
preplanning himselr Emperor. It bi
China's legal adviser, the question of
said professor Goodnow und many
prominent Chinese believe -thin woulu
be best for tho-country. China has
been republic since Emperor Koang
Sn abdicated after tine revolution In
nineteen twelve?
ARINE RAIDS
NGLiSH COAST
1 ?
of about twenty thousand and *as
numerous, factories miking cordage
and nail cloth, also iron and brass
foundftrles and hsip yards. The other,
towns nearby aro email.
Tho Hank of England Bent in the
United States secretly $50,000,000 for
J. P. Morgan & Co. with which to
pay for munitions of war ordered
hero for the British government.
This vast sum arrived In sevn x
press cars from Halifax, to which
point it. had been carried by steam
ship. The photograph shows the ar
WEST MARKET STREET
NOW OPEN TO TRAFFIC
FINAL ASPHALT WORK TO
BE DONE EARLY
TODAY
G ?O S^T $18,939,92
One Half PaH by Abutting Prop
erty Owners-Everybody Well
Pleased With the Job.
Early this morning tho boards
marked, "Street Closed," were taken
off West Market street arid it was'
opened up for trafile, for its entire
length. All of the asphalt surface
was nut down yesterday afternoon ex
cept about three square yards the rain
halting tho work before it could be
finished.
With thc completion of the paving
on West Market street Anderson has
ita first street paved with asphalt and
the first street finished under the re
cent bond issue. Tho surface ls
smooth, the work an a whole han boen
very satisfactorily done and tho peo
ple of the city in general arr glad that
this ^treet is now finished.
Tho paving on West Market street
from Main street wost to Maxwell ave
nue cost exactly $18,949.92. of which
$9,469.96, or rnc-half was paid hy tho
abbutttng pvopertv owners. There
are P2.6S3 square yards of asphalt
paving and the contract price ls $1.42
per square yard.
The Southern Paving comauy ls
well pleased wita the Job on this
street and so Is City Engineer Sanders
and his assistant. Many city offi
cials have visited Anderson since the
work has s. ar ted and all have ex
pressed then" approval. Mr.- Mr>rtz,
traveling representative of the South
ern Paving Company, was in the city
yesterday and ho is so well pleased
with the work that he says Mr com
pany will In all likelihood use the
paving here as an advertisement of
the work they do.
ITALIAN HAS DEVICE
TO DIVERT TORPEDOES
Paris, Aug. IC.-An Italian engi
neer. Quarlnl, has Invented a dorice
making lt possible >o drive torpedoes
out of theil' course and explodo them,
says a Romo ?portal. It worked mic
nessfully and arrangements have been
made to supply the allies' fleets.
Five Killed in Ki pl o H lo a.
Emporium, Aug. 16-Five men were
killed in an evjlosion at thc Aetna Ex
plosif company's plant at Orr*y.~-Rcn,
near here. The cause waa unknown.
Is Needed At Capital.
Washington, Aug. 1?.-President
Wilson will not visit?the citizen sol
di ars* camp nt. Plattsburg, N. Y. He
frols that public business forbids him
leaving Washington.
Wilson Caaeet* Beating.
Washington. Aug. 16.-President.
Wilson cancelled for tomorrow the
regular cabinet meeting and Thurs
day's crmtorence with correspondents.
*0,000 Through M
rival of several trucks at t lie suh
trea8iiry, where', tho gold was de
posited.
Tile great sum. consisting of about
$.:o,000.ono tn the host securities and
the remainder in gold, was loarVd on
automobile trucks at Thirty-third
street and Eleventh avenue, in the
ENGLAND WILL
PUT COTTON ON
AND LIST
! FORMAL ORDER EXPECTED
AS SOON AS DETAILS
ARE ARRANGED
[SHIPPERS HAVE
EXPECTED ACTION
[Stete Department Preparing to ^
Resist Otder Through Dip
lomatic Channels.
Washington. Aug. V>,-Great Brit
ain and her allies have decided to de
clare cotton contraband of war, ac
cording to unoflicinl but authoritative
I communications to the htatc depart
ment. Formal announcement of tho
contraband order is expected as soon
as the allies ngree upon the details.
[Cotton Interests have boon expecting
[this and it is known that the state de
partment is preparing to resist tho
new move with every means at the
?command of diplomacy.
Tho allies contend that co! ton has
[taken the place of saltpetre In tho
manufacture of gunpowder, and salt
petre has always been contraband.
Also " that Presidenta Lincoln and
Johnson went on record as maintain
ing as contraband "materials for the
i fabrication of ammunition. "
Great BriUiln previously always
contended against regarding cotton as
i contraband, but now claims Ameri
can cotton shippers) .n many cases
; backed by Herman capital, have been
sending cotton to Germany through
neutral ports, and under the present
orders in council, all Great Britain
i can do when she seises such cotton In
to pay for it.
I ALLEGED SLAYER
COMMITS SUICIDE
Former Dunkard Manager Hangs
Self in Jail at South Bend,
Indiana.
South Bend Ind.. Aug. 16.-Silas
N. Klbersole tho former Imnknrd
minister who wan held for thc mur
der of fifteen year old Hazel Macklin
last year committed suicide by hang
ing In the county *all this morn in c.
Elbersole's body was found hanging
front'the iron bars of the pint. Indi
cations, showed that he bsd been dead
several hourn. lie lind a small l^fld
pipe from th?- disinfectant apparatus,
twisted it around his neck and around
the bare. H<* trussed himself with
towels and blankets ?o he could not
icleave himself. . Ho left no confes
sion .
zw York Streets
listriet known as "Hell's Kitchen."
whero gangsters and e.rlmlnnlB
Jirong. but twenty mounted pollco
uen guarded tho automobiles. On the
Front sent of each were two guards
.arrylng rlflos. In fact, so much fuse
?vas made over the shipment that half
?f New York was excited hy lt.
RENT RAWS HU
STREET PAVING ?RK
STREET CAR TRACK CREW
WERE NOT AT WORK
YESTERDAY
CONCRETE ' FORCES
Have Abo Been Put Out Until
Streets Dry up-Will Prob
ably Begin Again Today.
The recent rains have boen Interfer
ing a great deal with the progress of
he street paving and street work In
general. They have caused tho
ground to got wet, which has heen tho
reason of some nf the work being
Uoppod temporarily.
Yesterday afternoon the ratn, which
hegnu shortly after 4 o'clock, prevont
?d the asphalt work on West Market
street being finished. However, all
was completed except about three
iquare yards, and thc street Is open
te traffic this morning. .
The street car track paving has also
been stopped until the ground dries
up. Thc force is now working down
In thc flat on Routh Main street and
yesterday morning the street was too
wet and BOft for the work to con
tinue. Mr. E. ft. Horton,,Jr.. engl
uer in charge of the street car paving
[.onstrnctlon, .stated yesterday after
noon that tho work would, have been
started up again this morning bad
lt .mit rained again. As H Is,, the
work will in all probability not be
renewed until some time tomorrow.
"The concrete work . on Calhoun
itr?et was also held up yesterday be
cause of the wet ground. This work
will 'i.ardly be renewed until tomor
row afternoon.
Yosterday the grading forces were
it work on ddhonn street between
McDuffle and Mein. Today they will
l)c nt work on Church, street, begin
ning at tho Baptist church and. work
ing back toward Main.
\ Mi: Ii I t'A NS la AH M KM A
SUFFER XANY ll A RDM II IPS
Washington. Aug. 16.-Fifteen
nembers of tho American mission In
Van, Turkish Armenia, who were
resent at the recent fighting, have
arrived at Tlflia, broken down with
work and hardship. Consul Smith
notified th? stato department that
Mrs. Usher died at.Van, and her hus
band was dangerously 111 at Ti Ills.
Other members of the mission aro
without money or proper clothing.
Savannah Man Browns.
Savannah. Ga., Aug. ld.-William
rollins, president of Collins Brothers
company of this city, was drowned
in St. Catherine's sound today when
he fell from the launch in which he
and a party of friends had started on
a fishing trip.
John W. Harper Dead.
Btddeford. Maine. Aog. IC-John
SV. Harper, of New York, last, survi
vor of tho Harper 'BroH., magazine
publishers, died today gt Utddefprd
Pool, aged 84.
AMERICAN MONEY WORTH
MORE THAN EVER ON
EXCHANGE
AMERICAN DOLLAR
IS NOW STANDARD
American Contracts for War Sup
plies Call for Palment in
American Douala.
Now York. Aug. 16.-Tho American
di,Mai- ruled the world unlay with an
Iron grip. Foreign exchunges went
uown to now depths in the torrent ot
bills that poured into tho exchange
from American manufacturers seeking
pay for big war contracts.
Coincident'with tho startling decline
In exchange rates came the assertion
from an unimpeachable source that
every contract for supplies sent
abroad called for payment In Amorl
enn dollar." and not in pounds sterling,
which hovetofore have been thu stand
ard xof finance tho world over. Im
mense losses, therefore, duo to dc
cllnb in foreign exchange rates will he
borne to tho last penny, by foreign
buyers. The situation ls exactly thc
opposite of what has heretofore been
the popular belief.
When the ratos wore lowest today
the pound (normal rate $4.87) sold
for $4.64 and 6.2 francs equalled an
American dollar, while a dollar pur
chased 6.48 lires. Before the closing
of the market, .pounds sterling rose
'half a point, francs three lires one.
Bankers held an informal confer
ence to consider thu situation and de
cided to leave the remedy to Europe,
as foreign buyers, not Americans, are
sufferers.
European selling of American secu
rities, or the establishment here of at
least live handled million dollars
credit is regarded among American
han ker? as the only way Europe ex
changes can restore thc rates to nor
mal.
London, Aug. 16.-Financiers are
making a strong effort to relieve
thc low rate of British exchange by
having tho government Issue and put
on the American markot a large
amount of short term high rate bonds;
which will be attractive to American
purchasers. It was said that all
American securities posBlblo have al
ready been sold.
AMERICAN LUTHERANS
MEET IN SEPTEMRER
Sessions to Be Held in Rock Is
land and Moline, HI., and
Davenport, ?own.
Philadelphia. AUB. 16.-Announce
ment ls made here of plans for the
biennial convention of the General
Council of the Lutheran Church In
Amorlca, which will be held Septem
ber 9-1 T., with sessions In Rock Island
and Moline III., and Davenport, Ia.
Thin body of Lutherans ls composed
of thirteen district synods, with a
combined membership ot half a mil
lion communicants.
The women's federation of the C'-.m
oral Council of the Lutheran Church
in America will hom* its convention ?t
the same places at. tho esme time.
SAFE CRACKEl
FROM JAIL
Walhalla, Ang.l*.-Lester Sanders
charged with safe blowing and rob
bing IWo stores in Seneca, and Sam
Watkins, charged with non-support ef
his family, broke jail hero last night
by sawing the bars ot their cell and
STORM
LVESTON;
LEAVING
MANY SEEK REFUGE ON
MAINLAND AS WATER
RISES
?
STORM EFFECTS
ALL GULF COAST
Two Marines Swept Overboard
Drowned-Brazilian Minis
ter Delayed.
Calveston, Aug. 16.-Galveston
Htreets near the bay were three feet
deep In water at eight o'clock to
night and the wind blowing sixty-flvo
io seventy-three, and occasions?
gusts of nlucly miles an hour, as the
result of a tropical storm which hit
hore this afternoon. Hundreds of
people lett the island on which Gal*
veston lu situated, seeking safety in
Houston and other inland points.
t KKtlmuted (Ive thousand people left
here past thirty et/, hours. Tonight
virtually all homes, especially those
on tho beach were deserted and peo
ple gathered in down town hotels and.
public buildings. Tho barometer at
tight o'clqck was 29. Electric lights
are out and city is practically in dark
ness.
Water ls a foot deep downtown.
No loss life has been reported and no
serious damage. N oships left the
harbor today.
The wind tonight Is blowing from
the northwest, thus the only water lt
hurls against the city Is from the nar
row bay. In nineteen hundred the
water came front the sea. and eight
thousand were drowned. It is believ
ed the sea wtH Trtlt protect the city
this time. \
Wireless ('rippled.
Brownsville, Aug. 16.-The army
wireless Btst'on tonight, received a
message from thc transport Buford
at Galveston saying the water had
risen ten feet and several vessels were
overturned.
The local station failed to get either
Galveston or Texas City wifeless sta
tions to respond then but at six p. m.
the Texas City wireless said the water
was then going over the viaduct con
necting Galveston with the mainland.
Houston, Aug. IC.--At.ton o'clock
tonight the only wire working be
tween here and Galveston went down.
The weather bureau believed tho hur
ricane han left-the gulf and ha; low
struck mainland between here and
Galveston.
High winds prevail all along the
roast and several Islands are cut off.
No loss of life ls reported.
Cardoxa Delayed.
New Orleans, Aug. 16.- Brazilian
Minister Oardoza Is still unable to
reach here tonight on account bf the
high winds and waves. The gunboat
Sacramento, bringing him. remained
anchored off the mouth of the Missis
sippi.
Two Marines Drowned.
Washington, Aug. ? 16.-Bardie
Wayne Bay, of IUIBBIBBIPPI, the next
.of kin tn Maude Ray Holcome, and
James Franklin Robinson, of Ohio,
mariners, were washed overboard
and drowned ye: te rd ay while the ship
was passing through a gulf hurricane
somewhere south of the Florida
coast. No dam; ge to the New
Hampshire or Hie Louisiana is re
ported.
Storm Gseetal.
(New Orleans, Aug,-1ft.-The trop
ical storm covered a large par', of the
Gulf Sf Mexico. The effects were felt.
from Western Florida to eastern
Texas and a distance of 50 miles In
land. There, were -heavy raina and
25 to 48 mlle winds.
No serious damage Is reported
though there were heavy tides at
Waveland, Miss., and reports are re
ceived of one man killed during an
electrical storm. About fifteen hun
dred yards of the beach road were
washed away. Warnings were sent
last night and resort residents mored
to higher ground.
\> ES C AIFES
AT WALHALLA
the windows ot oounty Jail. It ls be
lieved that they were given assistance
from. Ute outside.
Several other prisoners could have
escape dit they bad known or desired
Co do so. y - . .