VOLUME IL ANDERSON. S. C., FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 8, 1915. NUMBER 231.
FIGHTING HAS BEGUN IN THE BALKANS
TEUTONIC ARMY OF FOUR HUNDRED
TTHOUSAND HAVE CROSSED RIVfcRS
INTO SERBIAN TERRITORY
RUSSIAN CRUISERS BOMBARD BLACK SEA PORTS
ANGLO-FRENCH TROOPS HURRYING NORTHWARD TO AS
SIST SERBIANS-UNLESS PUBLIC SENTIMENT FORCES
CHANGE GREECE WILL MAINTAIN NEUTRAL
ITY-ROUMANIA ALSO NEUTRAL
London, Oct G.-Tho long threatened Austro-t.'erman offensive in the Bal
kans with the added menace of Bulgaria has begun. An Austro-German army
estimated at four hundred thousand have crossed the Brina, Danube and Save
rivers Into Serbia. Two Hussions cruisers bombarded the Bulgarian Black
Sea port of Yarna. ? ? * gs rn? j?'1gn??
The Anglo-French troops which landed at Saloniki are being hurried
northward to assist the Serbians and keep Bulgaria from capturing the Sal
onlkl-IWsh railway by .?It Ich Serbia ls supplied.
The eutente powers face the situation without the support of Greece, foe
while the king sympathises with the entente he shows he. Is not prepared to
go to war to fnlnll the Greece-Serbian treaty. It ls possible Bugaria may
avoid arouslag the Greeks hy merely keeping troops on the Serbian frontier
to prevent Serbia from bringing lier whole strength against Austria.
Unless public sentiment forces the hand of the new Greek cabinet Greece j
witt remain neutral. Rumania, despite the energetic Busslan, offensive In
Bukowina, ls still nentraL
In the northwest Berlin claims headway for Ton Hindenburg. The Bos
nians are on tho offensive In the center. j
Champagne, where the French made recent gains, h still the mala dis- ;
trlet of contention la the west. Thc Germans admit the French made hardway '
close to the CTmlletange-Bnzancourt railway, their objective. 7
The British announce slight galas In the month's lighting on Gallipoli. ?
-London, Oct. ,7.^-The allies hav
ing broken diplomatic relations with
Bulgaria, news 4s momentarily ex
pected of that nation's active parti
cipation in tho war on tho side of
Germany.
Greece ls forming a coalition cabi
net. Ponding this her policy ls ob
scuro. There ia no misgiving herc,
howoyer, bhat she will cooperate in
any way with Bulgaria. Cabinet crisis
has in no way Impeded landing ' ot
allied troops at Saloniki. The fact
that' these forces are on Greek soil
Is considered the best guarantee that
Greece . ultimately must align
herself with, fie allies, with which
Premier Elect Zo Unis is in 'sym
pathy.
Champagae in tho weet and Dvinak
in the east aro now scenes of strug
gles most likely to bring decisive re
sults. Tho Germans are still con
centrating against Dvinsk, and are
evidently bent on, a supreme effort
to take the City. The Russians, how
ever, ore delivering iherd. blows all
along the Uno. Tie British and
French press professes to see a gen
eral Russian recovery, for which
tho allieB activities in west are given
Ci edit. ^
Tho French capture of village and
hill of Tabure' ls a success of con
siderable local importance.
Tho hill, although less than ?200
feet high,, was ono of the most Im
portant German positions In that Lec
tor.
French Capture Sabor*.
Paris, Oct. 2*-Th? capture of Ta
bure has apparently silenced tho criti
cal and captious section of the pub
lic which Wa*, beginning to declare
tho advantage won on September 25
was not being followed' up fast
enough. Thc latest news seems to]
satisfy all.
It is pointed out while the capture
ot the village was a fine feat, storm- '
lng of famous hill 199, gives a great
strategical advantage. This hill was
fortified in every imaginable way;
bristled with cannon, and was consid
ered one of the principal pillars of the
German second defense lue. '
German Counter Attacks Repulsed.
Paris, Oct. 7.-The Germans 'vio
lently bombarded, tho French front I
north of Lascarpo, last night and at I
the same time delivered four counter
attacks against positions . recently j
conquered by the French near Sou
ches, says the war office, and wore
repulsed at all points. Intense ar
tillery exchanges at other points.
In Champagne the Germans deliver
ed a series of stubborn attacks j
against positions the French took
north of Tabur?. These failed, Ger-'
man losses heavy. At Eparges the i
French exploded tv.c mines serious
ly damaging German works.
MEXICANS KILLED
BY YAQUI INDIANS
Douglas, Arizona, Oct. 7.-Twenty
three inhabitants of La Color/rfo, a
mifldnng town ot Hermohlllo, Sonoma
district, were massacred by Yaqui
Indians w?o captured the town thia
week, according to reporta here. It
la said women and' children were
beaten to death.. r
Auut B?ahaley Bead) Age 137.
Mempb*?. Oct. 7.-Auntie Mabatey
Gibbs, age' hundred and thirty-seven
years, said to be oldest negro lb the
United States, ls dead diere.
Si A. L. CONSOLIDATES
C. Ai & W. RY.
DIRECTORS HAVE APPROVED PLANS PROVIDING FOR FOR
MATION OF HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR COR
PORATION-RETAINS NAME OF SEA
BOARD AIR LINE RY. CO.
tye* York, Oct. 7.-The directors
of th%i*?sbosrd Alf Ltee today ap
nlohs providing for a consoli
dation Vith Ute Carolina. Atlantic &
. WeStemX railway and tho issue of a
three hundred million ? dollar mort
gage, In accordance with the cora
okay's policy of constructive exten
?on announced some weeks ago.
/ Th? consolMated company will be
Jfy.norrm ?. the Seaboard Air Line Rali
way company, and will ?rafe an au
tb /rt/ed capful of a hundred million,
(.jvlded into a million shares of par
value ot one hundred, of which there
will be Issued twenty-seven trillion,
two hundred and eighty thousand pre
ferred shares and forty million forty
one thousand common abares..'
Tm? new common will be exchanged
sfog? equal amount of tbs common
stock of the present company and two
minio*, two hundred and eighty thous
and dollars worth of stock In tho
Carolina, Atlantic & Western, The
Seaboard operates throe thousand
and ono hundred miles, and the C., A.
& W.. two hnndred and fifty tn^oafcj
Carolina and North Carolina.
WILLING TO QUIT AND RUN
AGAINST IN RECALL
ELECTION -
COUNCILMEN
REFUSED OFFJER
Challenged Rice, Dupre and As?
bill to Quit With Him and
Stand for Reelection.
Columbia, Oct. 7.-Mayor Lev le A.
Griffith of Columbia today testified be
fore the citizen's committee and city
council in the investigation which
was begun TucBday into the charges
and rumors concerning his. official
conduct. The investigation proceed
ings were concluded yesterday and
the matter turned over to the citizens
committee whlolt will report to a
mass meeting uv th>e near future on its
fdndhxsa..
? Mayor Griffith said that his trip on
; the night of September through the
i segregated district was undertaken
I as a tour of inspection as head of Gie
! police department. He claimed that
i he did not strike the woman, who ap
; pea red to him to be slightly "peculiar"
I in her actions and that he made no
threats against Lillie Moore or Grace
! McCray, two. Inmates of the house at
?1002 Gates street, Gie latter being tbs
woman he is alleged to have etruck,
i The mayor and the three men with,
him, whose namse were not divulg
ed, visited a number ' of houses that
night. Tiie mayor said that in handl
ing the problems of the city he fav-1
bred regulation rather, than extermi
n?t ion and pointed out that lt was
an "open town" when he went into
office May 16, 1914. He said that he
considered his trip "not beneath the
office ot mayor and in the line of his
duty as mayor" and that while in
these houses he made purchaser, ot
liquors or beers. He maintained
that it was not his duty to lodge
casca in police court but that * e made
Ute purchases to find out the existing
conditions.
Applause greeted the offer of the
mayor to resign and go before the
people du a recall election provided
Councilmen Rice, Dupre and As'bill
would - also resign. Dr. Rice said
that he had a hard time being elect
ed before end he intended to stay In
council. Councilmen Dupre and As
bill said that they would reis tn their
I seats unless recalled by a vote ot the
people.
B??BOlSSiS
RESEARGHjLABORATORY
Daniels Will Pot Mattel Before
Congress-Edison Hands
Consulting Board.
Washington, Oct. 7.-Thc estate ?
lishmeht of a research and experimen
tal laboratory to cost five millions
will probably lm recommended to con
gress by Secretary Daniels aa the re
sult of a resolution adopted at the
organisation, meeting today of the
navy's new civilian advisory beard.
Th os. A. Edison was elected chair
man-of tm board. Naval Consulting
Board ls tho official title of the new
organization.
Storm Warnings Lowood.
Washington, Oct. 7.-The Hurri
cane reported today over l?e gulf wai
reduced to negativ? proportions to
night by the high pressure preveTi
ing in the i- irlor of the United
States gulf coast warnings were low
?*#ai*v
Arresting Agrarians.
Lor?ion, Oct. 7.-A Budapest dl?
patoh from Sofia says that wholesale
arrests of mem)-ere o fthe Agragrian
or Antl-Teutoni? party .ls taking place
to crash Domestic dessention.
Armies Ready for Balkan War
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Position* of Opposing Annies.
The stage ls set apnin in the Hal- &^*1fj????S& mk
kaus for another war', thc third d?Stj&i Wk
within five years., lt ls reported that ^PP^Hj^H BL
General von Mackensen, who was one j ^^SS -JflfKH Hi
?ot the leaders .in thc Pusslan defeat,
is In command of a German array
now near Belr.rad.e, whllo the Ans- ^HP
rrlans ar? farther weHt, both menac- fch?SasH
lng Serbia. A Bulgarian army con
fronts the Greek? on their boundary V -> I Wf\
lines. But-south the allies are land- \
lng forces, and already General Ian
Hamilton, the Britisli commander ut ????| ^^?B?K?T?&?JI
the Dardan el los-, has been to Salon- ^<^58 ?KUM^
lea to make arrangement? for caring WUr^
for many, thousand troops. The Rus- ,-~.
siana have some 600,000 soldiers on ?'; . . \?JS9snBHRM&^
the Black Sea who may be marched &?4S????H??r
into Bulgaria lu a short time. Oft ^BUS&^^^SF^
the port -of Varna ls a large Russian
squadron ready to blow the city to
bits. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
ANDERSON
MAY GET
FOR H El
AGENT OF CARNEGIE HERO
CITY YESTERDAY INV
HEROISM AT HOSP
Raymond S. Fondrick, special
agent ot the Carnegie Mero Fund
commission of Pittsburgh, Pa., was
in the city yesterday nailing Inves
tigations in reg aro to the fire at ton
Anderson county hospital in April
1912. Mr. Fondrick stated that he
was here Investigating some acts ot
heroism Ahlo'i had been reported to
the. commission and. which had oc
curred in the hospital fire during
which some twenty odd patienta and
visitors were taken or rescued from
the building.
Mr. Fendrick spent nearly all of the
entire day calling on certain people
in the city who knew something about
the details of tho fire, and getting
ap data concerning" those who res
cued patients from the burning build
ing, especially was ' this done lu the
case or two of tho nurse? .whose acts
I of heroism arc well remembered In
Anderson. These two young isdies
1 were responsible for the saving of
ono or more liven of patients, one of
tfrem holding a ladder while tho other
brought the patient from tho second
story.
it will be remembered that the hos
MEXICAN BAi^rrsT
LEAVING BORDER
i Brownsville, Oct. 7 -Information
from Matamoros that the .?ndlts who
have been UBlng the Mexican sido of
the river aa a place of refuge are
moving tow?rds the interior given
unofficially to officers here tonight
indicate.* the end o. the border trou
ble Il was said New Hatamora? ls
ridding the district of bandits.
NURSES
MEDALS
ROIC DEEDS
FUND COMMISSION WAS IN
EST?GATING AC TS OF
ITAL FIRE IN 1912.
pit-il fire wa . ono of the most dan
gerous as far as. human lives, are
concerned that Anderson has ever
experienced. It originated while a
negro man was filling a gasoline tank,
from whic? them was ' an explosion,,
the flames Quickly spreading all over
tho first floor and cutting off es*
cape hy means of the fairways and
elevator shaft. There were about 25
pstients and visitors In the. building,
and these were rescued, by the numen
and help at the hospital or br those
i who first reached the scene. All of
I this ls too well remembered to go in
I to the details.
It ls not known how Mr. Kendrick
came out on his investigations or
! what the resnlt will be. He in only a
i special agent and t?e result of his in
vestigations will be made to thc com
mission's headquarters in the Ollvev
: building in Pittsburgh. He loft tho
I city yesterday afternoon ca the 5:40
in tor.ir ban car.
r Mr. Fend rick was also familiar
With' the act of heroism of little Mitr.
?Edith Hand of TVilHamaton who sav
ed the lives of :hree of lier younger
I sisters in the trie which destroyed
her father's home several weeks ago.
It le probable that he will also Inves
tigate this case while he ls in this
section. r
ARIZONA MILITIA
TO QUELL RIOTS
Phoenix, Ariz.. Oct. 7.-Governor
Hunt has ordered that the entire
Arizona National Guard of . twelve
hundred men be bold in readiness to
proceed to Clifton where tho copper
mines are striking. Company K,
composed of seventy indians from
the Phoenix Indian School, left here
for Clifton tonight.
WHEAT CROP FOR SEASON
EXPECTED TO EXCEED
BILLION BUSHELS
CORN MAY ALSO
MAKE NEW RECORD
Preliminary Est?mate Indicates
Record Yield of Many Grain
and Food Products.
Washington, Oct. 7.-A billion
bushel wheat crop, the greatest that
ever any country ever produced will
be the cropu of the United States this
year. The government's preliminary
estimate of 1,002,029,000 bushels is
111,000,0000 larger fchfcn In 1012., the
record year. Corn ls estimated at
026,159.000 bushels, or 9S.Q0O.O0O un
der 1912. Oats are at 1,517,478,000
bushels.
Washington, Oct. 7.-The Amer!
can harvest this year will bo the most
valuable ever produced. With the
wheat crop exceeding'a billion bush
els, tho largest ever grown in one
season by anly nation, and a corn ero;
j willo i may prove the largest ever
made the government's October crop
report voday announced preliminary
j estimates (Indicating a record harvest
ot oats, barley, rye. sweet potatoes,
rico, tobacco and hay.
The wheat crops is estimated at a
billion, two million and twoyity-nlne
thousand bushels, valued at nine hun
> dred and ten million eight hundred
j forty-four thousand, according to mar
ket prices on October first.
With tho improvement of corn pros
pects the crop 1B estimated at three
billion twenty-six million bushels
with ease over last month's forecast
I of forty-one million bushels.
Tobacco promises to exceed 1
?year's record by forty-three million
pounds.
The oat crop, estimated at a billion
five hundred and seventeen million
[makotf a new record for this crop.
Blight and rot cut down potatoes
j to three ?undred and 'sixty-eight mil
lion bushels. The apple crop fore
?cast ls seventy-one million six hun
dred and thirty-two thousand bar
rels.
RESERVE AGENCIES J
INGENTfiALAMERIGA
?Federal Reserve Board Doesn't
Favor Proposal Endorsed By
President Wilson.
-
Washington, Oct. 7.-Endorsement
r*y President Wilson of the proposal
to establish Joint agenclea of federal
reserve banks In. thc principal South
and Central American republics was
transmitted to the federal reserve
board today by Secretary HcAdoo.
The reserve hoard li so far not dis
posed to hurry consideration of Ibis
plan. McAdoo's federal advisory
council recently urged that, the ma
chinery of domestic business be put
In order first.
FATAL EXPLOSION
IN POWDER PLANT
I Four Killed at Aetna Saploarve
Co. Mill-Powder Was Go
1 mg lo Allies.
Emporium, Pa.. Oct. 7.-F?ur kill
led, one fatally burt, six ser.ously by
[an explosion last night at the Aetna
Explosive company plant. A large
quantity of smokeless powder ready
to be shipped to the allies today, ex
ploded, from some causes undetermin
ed. Two ?totage houses were blown
[to atoms. Officials think It was ac
cidental. Loss $215,000.
( <;M ?:HHI:?> WITA TKITTOXS
BKPOKK RP.VLVINO TO M SS?A
Amsterdam, Oct. 7.-A Sofia dis*
patch to Berlin says that after receiv
ing tho Russian ultimatum the king
and Premier RarJVytaVoof conferred
with the Austrian, German and Turk
ish ministers to Bulgaria before re
plying.
UNITED STATES
?0 RECOGNIZE
ACTION EXPECTED TO BE
TAKEN BY U. S. IN
SHORT TIME
CONTOOLS MOST
LARGE CITIES
Ha? Guaranteed live? and Prop
erty of Foreigners Will Be
Protected.
Washington, Or.t. 7.-Recognition
of t ie Carranza government In Mexi
co, it was learned in official circles,
will likely be accorded by the United
States within the next few weeks.
Recentlly tho Carranca authorities
?have given Ute American government
j ti. statement which conform to consu
lar reports showing that Carranza has
achieved military success in Mexico,
controlling mpst states and large
cities, and guarantees bhat. the lives
and property of foreigners will be
given protection according to Inter
national law:
At the conference of Pan-American
diplomats next Saturday, it is ?-Bliev
cd the intention of the United States
?will be. communicated . by diplomats
here to their countries so action can
1 J)o taken by other nations at tho same
time.
ASSOCIATION OF FARM
IBM BIKERS
Question of Rora] Credits Main
Topic Discussed nt Open
ing Session.
__
St. Louis, Bio. Oct. 7.--T*ho cop
s'en ti on of the Farm Mortgage Bang
ers association or America began a
two-day session here today.
The discussion at the opening meet
ing was to be centered largely on the
matter of rural credits and farmers
.who. haye made a study of the phase
of finance were to address the dele
gates.
The purpose of the association bas
been set forth/ as follows:
"The encouragement ot state and
national legislation affeceltng farm
mortgage banking.
"The collection and dissemination
of information regarding farm mort
gage investments.
Assistance to the public in discrim
inating between safe and unsafe se
curities."
' The education of the public to the
advantage of farm mortgage invest*
ments."
Delegates were in attendance from
Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa,
Georgia, Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Texas, Montana, Wash
ington. T*unessee, Nebraska, Indi
ana, Louisiana and Now York.
KILLED CAPU ANO
CREW OF SUBMARINE
American Muleteers Charge Brit
ish Sailors Kilhut Germans
After Submarine SurJk.
New Orleans, Oat/ 7.-Coubt Von
Bernstorff today Instructed tho
tocal German consulate to investigate
tho charges made by American mule
teers ot the British ?hip Nicolina that
Marines from Hie British patrol boat
Boralong killed the. captain and ten
men of a German submarine who
climbed aboard the Nlcosian from
Liverpool, paid the submarine Ore
was damaging the Nie oslan when the
p?trolier arrived.. Wbrd ?rom Wash
ington tonight says state, department
has confidential information on tho
subject from th? British admiralty.
TO HlQS MSVUXCT FOB
ALLIES' LOAS TH LS WE*K
. New York? Oct. 7.-J. P. Morgan
said today all sixty m sm be rs of the
underwriters syndicate would sign
the contract for the Anglo-French
loan this week when minor details
underway now are worked, eui.