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?be VOLUME II. _ ANDERSON, S. C SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1915. i ?. ?^B?mm?wm??mm?msB^?m???ms??m?mmmmmmm ' , _ NUMBER 197. SITUATION ?N BALKAN STATES STILL_ BULGARIA'S ACTIONS AND INTENTIONS STILL UN CERTAIN RUSSIANS HOLD HINDENBERG BACK "1 "" J" Prevent Teutons From Reaching .Dvina-Fighting Advance ? West of Dvinsk. London, Sept. 23.- Tho Balkan situation is ?till an unsolved mys tery' and the Intention and action of Bulgaria unceValn. One ' report from* Athens says the mobilization has been postponed ns the allies are striving to reconstruct the Balkan League to prevent-the Balkan powers from fighting among themselves. While Germans commenced their attempt to force a passage through Serbia and one Intervening neutral power une IVussiap success in Gali cia, it ia believed, will licit the Bal kans from going contrary to the wish es ot. their big nehrhhnr. in . the north tho Russians prevented von Hindenburg from reaching tlie Driva river and are fighting the German ad vance snbbornly weet of Dvinsk. Southeast bf Una file Russian rear guard is falling back,- leaving7 pris oners . Artillery fighting continues on tf:e western front and heavy firing is re ported ih the North Sea Off the Dutch coast, according to advice* from Ameland, Ireland. Artillery fighting in west contin ue* With especiad violence tn Artois. Champagne and Lorraine fronts. Io the south French dirigibles bombard ed where the enemy was moving. French aeroplanes dropped bombs on the railway stations, at Offjenburg, Contiens and Middolkerke. Rome reports Austrian positions and entanglements 'destroyed in the valley of Daona wfaore an Italian de tachment surprised the e\emy under the cover of darkness. London, Sept. 23.- ) nsk, a strongly fortified Russian cuy on thc Dvina, a hundred and ten miles southeast of Riga, is the new German ; objective now thal tho Russian ar mies-have escaped the Vilna net. .The German force, east and. southeast or Lida, are making rapid progress, but the increased speed is expected to gain little in view of the fact that ? safe r?treat: of most of the russian forces ls ass) -ed. Tho chief Ge rmun success of - the last day or two has been along tho Dvina front, barring tho road to Petrograd. Southwest or Dvlnolt tho Invaders captured Rus sian'trenches on affront ot nearly two mitos, taking 2,000 prisoners and eight machin? guns. Mear Fried criehstadt, farther down thV river, the RusBiahs gained eome."mlnor ouo cess^-' The Russian domestic 'Situation ls wsdet Tor the Urne hoing and the strike protesting the prorogatio!* ofthe du lan has been suspended, though H , may be. revived if the government per ?4stK in its opposition to the move ih&kt favoring the reaaeemfcling of parliament with the permitting or a formation of a hew cabinet. The .French report the destruction of a German patrol in ' . ampagne on tho western front, Bj,.vin states the patrol waa withdrawn after destroy ing, thc French works. Keen interest in the Bulgarian mo bilisation continues. The belligerent as well as the neutral, world seems lu Jhe ?ark regarding tho purpose dlc / tating-^bis movement. On Aufttro-Italian front. Lausanne, Switzerland. Sept. 20. (Delayed.)-Winter snow falling in tho Alps rehu?r. st Ul more' perilous the work ot the Austrian and Italian troops near tho border. .The Gazette de Lausanne correspondent describes of. rv>eeh? ba ttle for an Austrian stronghold on the top of Frielkofel .mountain fl.tiO? foet high. Vhe Aus trian? had prepared .for ' an, attack from th<! cast. - Two hattllpn* of Italian Alpine troops made the'.- way around the mountains arid /.tacked the Austrians In the rear, VA reach t*?* summit they had to scale the pre iitoua mountain side clinging to ropes. Tho Italians captured 20 Aus trians and a large muulticn store. Germans Fortify. Rotterdam. Sept. 23.-Oer maa pos itions In Belgium bav* been heavily reinforced, and tho fortifications at Lille, Franck bare been restored and strengthened durihg the la*t week: it ls repotted here that thea precautions were takim lo sniieipation of a pos sible general offensiv? by tho allies tartar* tho autumn rains begin. PREPARING TO EMTEffJjnAPiTAL ALL DEPARTMENTS OF GOV ERNMENT BEING MOVED FROM VERA CRUZ NO MORE NEED FOR RED CROSS Notifies President Wilson's Repre sentative Society's Assistance Is No Longer Needed. Washington, Sept, 23.-General Carranza has moved ail departments of his government from Vera Urus to 'Mexico City, and, according to official information, is prepping to go to thc capital himsol'. Word from Vera Cru>- rays that Cerranxa has notified John It'. .Silli man. President Wilson's ngent in .Mexico, that Red. Cm- a assistance th wo is no longer need??d. T\ie bat tleships Louisiana and New Hamp shire have received orders to leave Vera Crus tomorrow. -r Fear fer American?. Washington, Sept. 23.-Thc state department has received from Spe I dal Agent Carrothera confirmation that Villa has evacuated Cbihauhau. ; It is reported that Villa command ed all trains and retreated north ward orderly. Ho ls closely pressed by Obregon's army of Currahzlsta?. Ftear is felt for thu salct> ot Americans who remained in ChUmu hau despite the warning to leave. COMMISSION ISSUES REFORTONHOOXWOBM Did Not Contemplate Eradication of Diseases-Work Was En tirely Educational. New York, Sept. 23.-Part one of the annual report of the Rockefeller foundation, covering the period .at the end of nineteen fourteen details the work done toward the eradication of the (hookworm in the south. The commission has undertaken to com plete the program . of the Rockefeller sanitary commission. This, program thc report saya, did not contemplate the complete eradication and super vision of the Sanitary commission, hut aimed at a comprehensive demon , stratton in each state In the, presence of the disease and in methods of its treatment and prevention, TV:? report makes it clear that the work ot tho commission was educa tional and not ah attempt at eradica tion of the disease. This, lt states, ! will require the operation of perma nent agencies over long periods. Beat Wife's. Whole Family. Atlanta, Sept. 23.--Tho.records for "Extreme belligerency" in the domes tic relationship seems to bo set by the Georgia husband, whose wife sets forth in the suit for divorce that ho had beaten (her. her father and moth er, bh various occasions, bad suueo- ! quontty knocked her down, had ' Oh j other occasions beaten her both.pri vately and publicly, and had also thrown her out of an automobile. BE?H??IIFT?FF IO TRADE Ml Council May Recommend Es tab-, forment of Commission to Study Present Tariff Laws. New York. Sept. Z'i.-A r?solution recommending ' che establishment of a commission to study ?he tariff law In it? relations to the advancement I et the United States' foreign trade ir. i being considered by members of thc' National Foreign Trades Council! meeting here. Tho council derided to ] ho'd its next meeting In New Or leans in January or February of nojtt! year. ?o*MAS8 HAYS FOBCKH?\i>Y ! TO FOBCK WAY THRCWOH BKfUlU j Nish. Sept. 20.-The host Infor-j motion est int wie* that lhere are-edgbt ?hundred thousand German troops' available for an attempt lo fore? a patease through, Serbia, lt is felt in Nish that the movement will bo undertaken, j Floating Dry Dock inDardanelles Carrying Warship Pl srSffl Bl ?&BwHHBfttt?afl ' lis enormous drvdock owned hy I largo batde>|fp which Is being fe-j the Dardanelles, and many of them, tho British navy floats about the Dar- paired. The* arc more than nlr.eiylof course, must be repaired on the da elles carrylnj ulong as lt goes u| warships ejo?ged In tho attack on | ground. WILL INSPECT ALLJUBWAYSI Five Official Investigations Un der Way as Result of Fatal Ac cident--Are Looking for Men] Who Fired Blast. ?Jaw York,. SepL 23.-Five official Investigations of the subway cavte-ln 1nvc3tlgations of thc subway cave-in hero yesterday ure under way. Seven were killed and about eighty-five in jured. The accident ls attributed to j the collapse of the wooden street sur face as a result of a dynamite blase. -The public service commission, dis trict attorney and other state and. city officials are investigating. Al search ls being made for the blaster | who fired the blast and. who disap peared immediately after the expie-1 sion. ". * Five miles of (Manhattan thorough fares, some carrying heavy traffic, j are undermined by subway construe- j tion. Air will bo inspecte;. END OF W?R WILL MEAN HARD TIMES! Merrick Says U. S. Must Make Preparations Now to Meet the Situation When it Arbes. San Francisco. Sept. 23.-The wave of (prosperity In U;e United ] i Staten is certain to decline at the end. I of hostilities unless -the country pre-[ pares to prettnt lt, n'ald ' Myron T. Herrick, formar American amba?sBa j dor to France, to the Baa Francisco ] Commercial Club tonight. Forest Fires la ?ti$d Junction. Col . . Forest fires 'tonight surrounded this [city, the largest buming battlement | in the national forest - ls huming in I the big timbers. ON MURDER Official of Ooah Makers Union! Blamed for Death of Nob** Union Man in 1910. Kew York, Sept. 2ft.--Seven offi cers and committeemen of the Cloak and SulUnakers union are beind tried here, charged with first degree mur der. They are accused of procuring the death of Abraham JUedovU?, union member, during the garment nMlwars strike in ni io.. They were In dicted as a result of thc allegad con fession of Berja?iln Fain, an east side I gah* leader, who told th authorities he and lAp mea were employed by th* defendants tb "beat up scabs.'' Mebovltx it is ?lisped Incurred tho [union's enmity by procuring work la I a nonunion shop at Hunter, N. Y . ? t<? ! was lured hack to New York and tw.at !en tn death at union headquarter*. I Tho men srw Max Siagor, Isidore Auspttx and Abraham Weldinder. lt ; ts said that a f???;?e? fand has been irised by tv.? Unttftdf. Hehrew Trajea I Unions to defend them. STATEMENTS MADE |THAMMERLING Dr. Forgo Says He Didn't Claim to Represent Entire Foreign Newspaper Association. New York* Sept. 23.- Dr. William Forgo ol Brooklyu denied today that ae claimed w represent all members or the' Amiuncan Association ot For eign L&ngripgo Newspapers In., tris] proposal to send William Jennings Bryan to Europe on a peace mis sion*. The denial came in reply to state ments made In Washington tcday by Louis N. Hammerling, president of the association, who Dr. Forgo de clared, implied that Forgo worked against President Wilson. He said he represented oitiy such papers that assented in*writing to send a peace emmissaryi Hammerling assured the president that the association bad nothing-do do with Forgo's- propasl. Hammer! in g Jteryidiatcs Forgo. - Washington, Sept. 23.-Louis N. Hammer ling, of New York,, presiden; of the American Association of For eign -Newspapers assured President Wilson that his organlzattion has nothing to do with the representa tions of Dr. William Forgo, of Brooklyn, that tho editors of foreign newspapers in thia country wanted Bryan to go abroad ta work for peace. Forgo recently saw Bryan and extended sucli an invitation. ? tl. S. MAILS TO EUROPE DECREASED SINCE WAR BEGAN Washington, Sept. 23.- United States. mails to Europe have fallen oft so since tbs war that the post office department luis decided not to ?Kfrjtfr the usual ten per cent In crease tor tho transportation of such mails. A thins! Passengers Arrive. NSW York. 8ept. 23.-The British Uer Rumanian Prince, arrived j seven steerage .passengers, und -six of the -.crew ot the Greek ! .mer A th I uni burned at sea last | turdny. ll SOLDIERS KILLED IH Bl ????0ABI Right Wing of koyal Palace Bad ly Damaged-Zeppel Fac tory Also Bombarded. Geneva. Sept. J3\-Two soldiers ?tete killed and fifteen injured and it wing of the royal palace _irt badly damaged by the allied aviators* raid yesterday over that city, accord'*:;": to news roach ing ?t?cmians^n. Swl?erlaod. It! ls known that' several rn om bera of] the roya! family were in abe palace French Oyera also dropped bombs ] on the Zeppelin fACtjory at Friedrich ebafen. No Trace sf It??stog Yan . Atlanta. Sept. 23. -The police seem to have encountered a regular S'Xirtock Holmes mystery in the case of Q. WI. Martin. H.io Atlanta busi ness man wi io walked out of his of fice hi res poa ?? ? to a telephone mes sage and never ogmo back. TO LEAVE tl. S. Telegraphs Foreign Office Urging Action on His Request For Leave of Absence-Col. House Sees President Wilson. farndon, "Bept. 29.-? Berlin wire less dispatch says telegram has been sent by Dr. Constantine Dumba to ) the Austro-Hungnrlan roreign office asking urgently lor a decision as to bis application for leave in order to report personally to his government. Col. House Hees Wilson. Washington. Sept. 23.-Colonel E. H. House, President Wilson's person al friend and advisor, waa a. guest at j tho White House. House was quoted by Dumba as saying the United States never would consent to pro hibit exports of war munitions to Eu rope. He gave out a statement say ing he spoke on his own account and did not claim to represent Vie presi dent. INTERPREfTATION OF SEAMAN'S ACT Washington, Sept. 23.-Secretary Redfield interpreted the language of the test clause of th? seaman's act, passed hy the last congress to mean "us1/ of any language which is un derstood in- sufficient measure by the ? officers and a proper proportion of | the crew will cc?rply.; Secretary Redfield said tints meant any normal order and should include life heat I 'abd emergency work. Board bf Canvassers to Heet. Columbia, Sept. 23.-The state | board of canvassers will meet in Co lumbia tomorrow nscrclng at 10 o'clock to canvass t?"t reborns and| deplore the results of the prohibition election held September li. Tho county hoards met Tuesday. K STATUTE COVERS GASE JMRGHIB?L? Dumb*'* Messenger W01 Not Bo Prosecuted For Participa tion in Affair. Washington, Sept. 23.- Although; department of Justice Officials have] not completed their peptics relating, to the activities of James F. J. Archi- ? bald, lt ls believed no attempt will bo made to proceed agata ot Archibald. Som? say there is bo statut* for pros ecution . As a eousoanence of the j affair it is understood an effort will he made In congress to unset a law covering such ceses. J. ?. Di KU TO Ol VF. METHODISTS H1T?BKED THOrSA?B ASSUALM'I Chicago, Sept. '23,-An annual donation of $100.000 to fte Metho dist Hptucopa! church, south, during 1 bia Iff* time is promised- by J. B. j Dake, of Durham, N. C., millionaire| '.obatco magnate, according to Rev. I. B. Kirigley. secretary ot the Board of Conference Claimants. J v . FHIFiLY NOTE ON FRYE CASE SHOWS DISPOSITION TO SET TLE MATTER IN PEACE ABLE MANNER TO FAVOR U. S. VESSELS AT SEA! Order? Issued to Submarines Not to Destroy American Sirups Carrying Contraband. Washlr ;tp- . Sept. 23.-Germany In tho late- note on the Frye case, made pubU today, notifies the Unit ed States t v orders have been Is sued "to Get man naval forces not to destroy American mcrchantmcnt load ed with conditional contraband, even when the conditions of International law are present but to permit them to continue their voyage unhindered, if it is not 'possible to take them into port." Regarding absoluto! contraband, Buch as arms and? ammunition, Ger many states "lt must reserve to it self the right to destroy vessels car rying absolute contraband, where such destruction is permlxsablo ac cording to tlie provisions of the dec laration of London." Officials regard tho note which ls about sig hundred wordB long as showing a moro friendly spirit on the .part of the German foreign of fice. After months of strained rela tions it 1B rovcelved as a very favor able development and practically lu- j sures American vessel* against attack without warning and even In the ev- ! ont they are carrying absolute coe- j tribandf the passengers and crew are j bdiitfB.'1 -atfctywtmg to tbs declaration : of London to be removed before; there 1s. any destruction, which also ' can occur only in the event of extreme I necessity. The note begins with a suggestion j that in ascertaining the damage in ? the Frye case no umpire shall be j named, hut two experts, one named . by each country, shall make a deci sion. It saya this has alway? been* found possible and names Dr. Kepny, of Bremen, the director of the North German Lloyd's aa its expert and says that Germany await the desig nation of an American?. Germany agrees to the American proposal to separate the question of indemnity from the question of tho interpretation of the Prussian-Ameri can treaties of 1785, 1799 and 1828. She expressly states again that in paying as Indemnity she does not ac knowledge a violation of the treaty ns the United States contends. She! admits that payment does not preju- : dice the arrangement of differences of opinion regarding the interpreta- ' tion of treaty rights and leaves this to the Hague tribunal. The cotes then takes up the question of destroying [ships carrying contraband and condi tional contraband. Another Swiss Steamer Sank. Cristiana, Norway, Sept. 23.-The : Sv ?dish steamer Fore vlk was sunk Saturday by a mino or submarine Saturday by a mine or* submarine. The crew landed here. German Airmen Over Switzerland. Paris, Sept. 23.-Press dispatches I from Berne say that two German ae I ropranea flew over Swiss terriory be ween Couenay and Perrenry and ?dropped a bomb near a Crasdermont farm, injuring a child. HOPES PROHIBITION i WILL NOT 6E ISSUE Bryan Thinks it Should Not En ter National Campaign Next Year. Columbia, Sept. 23.-William. Jen nings Bryan, in an interview here .this afternoon, said he hoped nation al prohibition would not be an issue in th* campagn of nineteen sixteen. In his speech tonight ho attacked preparedness as tfce cause cf war. He left for Miami. Florida tonight. Ko Cabinet rasages Likely. London, Sept. 23.-Premier As quith rorc-Ily denied the rumors of important chances In the British cabinet. He flee la red that- he bad no intention of altering the member ship. TMtrd Oera>an lean. Berl?n, Sept. 23.- indications point to groat socoeet for Germany's third war loan. Cities which report ed complete totals shew kirgst^av ares thai for the March loan? v SIZE OF LOAN CAOSES HITCH IN CONFERENCE COMMISSION INSISTS MORE THAN HALF BILLION IS NEEDED BANKERS WON'T AGREE TO MORE |Bankers No Loaf or Share View That U. S. Wfll Recorro AU Benefits From Loan. New York, Sept. 23.-The siso of the proposed Anglo-Trench loan is again tho bone cr contention. Insis tance on tho part of the foreign com missioners that more than five hun dred millions at five per ceut inter est ls needed, in nae face of assuranc es by the bankers today that more than amount would not be raised, caused another hitch. During the negotiations, until re cently, it ls understood the commis sion has dominated the situation and ?impressed the importance o Ith* loan .for the United States' benefit on the bankers. The bankers, it ?aid to lajgftt, no 'unger share this view. Now Yo.-k. Sept. 23.-With the hope of completing their negotiations thu week the Anglo-French financial commission continued to deliberations over the proposed big credit for Great Britain and France. They were in Session 14 hours yesterday, closing early today. At tho end of the meet ing the commissioners sent word that they rad nothing to say. Some bankers doubt if the loan will be over five hundred million and- do not Bhare ^e^comn?saTofters? belter I that American investors will take the I big issue eagerly at fi per cent; They think they etther should bea/ 6 1-2 or toe sold below par. Just r-hat matters remained to ho settled aire not known thia morning. HIL RAISE FONOS TO 1 NUUK 7oreign Mission Board to Adopt Same Methods That Were Used ia Belgian Relief Work. Washington, Sept. 23.-Informa tion from Ambassador Mergenthau at Constantinople to tho Amerk^u hoard of foreign missions concerning the plight of the Armenians will be the hash) of an Appeal tn America si mi to that made fdr the Beiglans. While the plan thay be carried ont without officiai participation hy the United States government lt is under stood, the United Stales has lod?ed a protest in Constantinople to which Turkey replied that it aould brook no Interference witto ita vJC-licy from ny foreign power. ?ACKSON HIC?HWAY ROUTE UNDECIDED Appoints Path-Fmd ing Committee to Trace, Bett Route. Y Nashville, Sept .ii. -The conven* lion of the Jackson Highway associa >n today decided not to fix the route of the proposed Andrew Jack son road from Chicago to New Or leans via Louisville and Nashville. Instead claims of the carious fact Hons wlH bo traced by a patto-find commlttee and the selection of ie route left to the board of direc of Vue association who meet No lber tenth. tJ0YKB\0R~HAItBI8 HEFTJHES BEQUISITIOS FOR HASTLTON Columbia. Sept. 23.-Governor Manning has leeeaSved tho following letter from the'office of governor in Georgia: "In the metter of requisi tion for Edward Wammoo, s?ss Wil liams, alias Harmon, Gov. Harris declines to grant the same bo<AU*o the record shows that Hamilton was abseilt when the verdi:t was render? and If you Insist on its being nr?nt ?d, we will h av i Co ask for au ex planation sa to *.iov ? par tv may te tr ?jd and convicted he being ab sent." Owe* Anxious. Athtoas, Sept. S8.--Twenty-eight classes have hoer; called to tho colors by the Bulgarian mobilisation cedar to midnight We'?nesday.