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VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 191B. wnunm FORCE ENTERING BELGRADE PARTLY DESTROYED SUFFER HEAVILY ALLIES LANDING MANY TROOPS Despite Change in Attitude of Greek Government-Allied Fleets Active. London, Oct. ?.-The advance guard of the Austro-Qerman army which crossed the Danube into Del grade has boon partly destroyed and partly captured and thoso entering Serbia across the Save river met enormous losses according to state ments from Nish. Tho Anglo-French forces landing at Saloniki are making Weir way north ward to protect Macedonia, which is threatened by Bulgarlau invasion. Landing is proceeding despite the change in the Greek government and the ministers of tho entente powers have asked Greece to define her policy but tho new premier has not ans wered and won't until tho next cabi net meeting. This is considered evi dence that Greece will maintain neu trality. Allied fleets aro reported off Bul garian ports in the Aegonn and Black Beas ' and a Turkish army is said to hnve been rushed north to prevent Russia landing troops on the Black sea coast so * Bulgaria may not he called on to fight her old friends. Whether Italy lends the allies as sistance in the Balkans and Rumania's attitudo is notylisclosed ftio German press thinks the" allies,., despite their landing at Saloniki are preparing for operations against Turkey. The general offensive in the west ls not materialising. The recent French attaoks In Artois and Cham pagne, and especially about Tahure Hill, appear local, affairs. A similar situation prevails on the eastern front. Thc.Germans are stall ed before Dvinsk and are meeting Russian attacks from there south tc Calkin. -'* lt 1B said virtually all German mer chant marine has' 'been swept from the Baltic by British and Russian sub marines. London, Oct. 8.-HTho Teutonic in vasion of Serbia is in full awing. Un der Field Marshal von Mackensen the ?Arastro-German forces aro seeking to ; push southward In an attempt to seize the trunk raliway from Belgrade I to Salloniki and Constantinople. Tho next move with Bulgaria is whether alie will attack Serbia from here or maintain a watchful attitude, is a mat ter of surmise. Tho situations ia such that her entry into the war' seems P. matter only of hours. I russian .warships aro reverted bombarding thc Bulgarian BIM:?: Seo port of Varna. French aart BrittiA troops aro being rushed fov.ward from Sal In ike. Meanwhile at the point whore tho railway , approaches cl oe est to Bulgarian 'territory, both the al lied nm! Bulgarian army is maaslng. It ls roported' from italian sources, tliat' aa a 'precaution tho Serbian gov ernments is transferring recoros ami archives from Nish to Islip about fifty milos from faje Greek frontier. * With virtualt/ made-over non3 arni equipment, and stiffened vlth British Cid French troops it Is predicted here that the Serbians offer a stubborn re oistance to tho Austro-Gcrman ad vance. Artillery Dael*. I .ris, Oct. 8,- North of Arras last night tho cannonading continued on both side3. The French, war offlco announced that tito artillery Was ac tivo In Ute Roye revlon and north of tho river Aisne. In the Champagne district thero was violen., bombard ment on the part of the German ar tillery with very enorge'ic repliea from French eSfanaa. There wus siso active ligating in tho trenches south western of Tahure. Undulan Reports. Petrograd,-Oct. 8.-There ls re newed military activity in thc north on thc Russian front front Dvinsk to Novo GrodBk. The heaviest fighting is in Gie neighborhood or Irvinsk south of v-iilch tho Germans bad some success. Oh the adi?lo however the Russians have withstood the as saults. 5o Pretest. Athens, Oct. g.-The official news agency announced Gist, there "Uf - . no foundation , \ the rnmorr. that a new Greek cabinet Intended to protest against landing allied troops onn Greek soli. TO MEET WITH LANSING AT STATE DEPARTMENT TODAY TO DECIDE WHO TO RECOGNIZE Expected to Follow Lansing's Suggestion and Recommend Carranza. Washington, Oct. 7.-Thc fourth and perhaps the last moot ins of the Pnn-Amorican Conference called by Secretary Lansing two months ago to consider tue Mexican situation will be held in tho state department to morrow. I .auffing ls expected to ex press to the meeting th.it tho Carran za government having acquired mili tary supremacy and promised protec tion to foreigners should bo recogniz ed. The actual extention of recogni tion which will be dono by accredit ing an American Ambassador new government will not follow for a fow woe ks. - Tfe-diplomats Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay and Guate mala, wuo will take part In- /ho con ference have been gathering informa tion on Mexican conditions for three weeks. AMERICAN BOY HELD AS SP? IN LONDON Accused of Having Joined British Navy to Obtain Information for Germany. New York, Oct. g.--Kenneth G. Trient, 19, who disappeared from' Princeton leaf January, is a -prisoner in London, accused as a spy, accord ing to information hp> relatives Clere received from tho state department. He is accused of having joined the English navy to obtain information for Germany. Trlest is a song of Wolfgang G. Triest, member of the contracting fl-ei of Snare & Triest. His father ls a German, naturalized. Triest said he bad presented Secretary Lousing with testimony by friends tn show that t ie boy waa mentally unbalanced. 'He asked Lansing to secure his release. Secretary Lansing obtained a post ponement o? ths triar to enable him to su*rralt evidence, Triest said. FLORIDA FRUIT MEN ASK GOVERNMENT AID Want Appropriation of Two Mil* lion to Help Fight on Cits os Canker. s Tampa, Oct. S.-Committee com posed of fruit grower* and shippers began a campaign here today for a federal appropriation of two million to aid in foe elimination cf Uto citrus canker, which ls saki to threateu groat damage and already Infects sixteen Florida counties. Tho cank er ls believed to have been brought to Florida from Japan, lt ia said other guli states are infected. Preach Approve Loan. Paris, Oct. 8.-The senate today gave final sanction to tho Anglo French loan. Tho loan was approv ed yesterday by the d'iambcr or de puties. . / Bulgura Bombara Hhs. Nish. Oct. 8.-An aoroplane coming from Bulgaria yesterday evonlng dropped numoroun bombs In Mah. Five Wera killed and two wounuod. It returned safely to Bulgaria. mn Made the Britisl Lord Noi Thia Io tho moat recent photograph t ot Lord Northcliffe, owner of tho Lon don Times and Daily Mail, and. a number of other publications, and tho greatest man in Great Britain. Tho British drive against thc Germans in the north of France, which has also made possible tho French di vo in ttiof Champagne country, an action which I even G?rmanB admit may mesu de feat for them, was duA to ?us eoun.su. more lilian any other man on tie I allies* side. Neither tho Frfr.cH nor tho British! could have undertaken this drive had not tho British forces under General French-after more than a year of delay-been supplied with cannon an; ?iigh explosives. It was Lord North GONSUL S?NER MAY NQTBET?BNTO LONDON .. . I England Said to Be Displeased With Report On Re-Export Matter* _ Washington, Oct. 8.-State *epprt [ ment officials admitted today they are I undecided whether Consul General Skinner, who was recently ordered I Dome from London, would return to ? his post. This ia the first imJmntion that there might be displeasure lu England over Ms roport to Washing ton Sn the British re-exports matter. i WEALTHY ARCHITECT'S WiPE VWftW DKAi> Ht ?TOT HATH' Boston, Oct. 8.-Lyln?* Jn a bath tub rilled With scalding water tho body ot MT*. Priscilla .H.. ,Crown-. shield, pf Marholhead. was found in a hotef* room today: She was the wife of-Bowdens B. Crowinshitfd, n,'prominent Boston club man and a naval architect of national reputa tion. . - io'SillELflS Af'MISTED SIURTANIHTRO AUDITOR Columbia, Oct. 9.-W. O. S. O'Shlelda has been reappointed ? mil tor for . Spartan burg conney accord ing to lnw by Governor Manning. Prance Orders Million Tons .Coal, Charleston. W. Va.. Oct. 1.-:WU\ lions of tons of coal have been order ed by France from West Virginia, xc cording tc local operator? for dellvery tu six months. , oliffe several months ago who com pelled the reformai ion of tho British cabinet which took from Lord Kitcho-, ncr the matter o* supplying munitions of war. L?vyd-Georgo waa given thc place jf minister of munitions In thc . new cabinet, with tho result t at th" army in tho field was supplied with instruments for the grunt drive. A i?j.e months, even weeks, ago' Lord >'jrthcllffo was denounced hy overy Briton who was too stupid to see that high explosives must bo .provided tho army. In the face of condemnation ue stuck to his course, and drove tho government to action. His sagacity ls now evident, and after the slow thinking Britons awake.he will prob ahP.y be hailed ar, the savior of tho j nation. ID FOBCE CRO? O? MESE PRESIDENT Military Leaders Iniend to For cibly Crown Yuan Shi Kai Emperor. -_I Londc-vOct. ? -The great military review ylannvd at Peking In colobra tlo? of the anniversary ot the forma tion of tic republic has been aban doned after tbe discovery that mili tary leaders Intended to forcibly crown President Yuan Shi Kal em peror. Tho Peking dispatch ; dds that the monarchlal movement ls de? voioping rapidly. ?Inm BE?TENj? DEATH Two Hotel Clerks and Two Wo men Held By Ponce for Deed. Minneapolis, Oct. 8.-Mrs. Kath erine Arnold of Buffalo, who told ac quaintance -hete she wis trying lo escape ar. enemy who had' pursued her a thousand miles, waa choked and btatcn to death In a ?iotel tonight. Tho pr.llco .believe tho murderer walked into the hotel and asked thc a?umhor of her room. Tro night clerks and two women tu the hotel are; held, MADE UP OF AEROPLANES, AIR CRUISERS, SCOUTS AND TORPEDO PLANES MANY CARRY TWO THREE-INCH GUNS Correspondent? Shown Field of Aerial War Cr*ft Forming Half Mile Front. i ITT i Paris, Oct. 8.-That an norial ar my formed of divisions and squad rons with battle aeroplanes, air cruis ers, scouts und torpedo planes car rying, some of them, three-inch can non and rapid fire guns proved a reality today when Alexandro Ililler and. war minister, assigned two military experts who conducted cor respondents to a point not mentioned w:.iero the new fleet of battle craft is assembled and later to an aviation school where a hundred aviators are learning. Tho correspondents watched the fleet maneuvering high in tho air, firing rounds from three inch rifles while they soared, looped ?md darted about. At the aviation field battle planes and cruisers and planes w?i?i deep wings made a front a half mlle vide. What tho ofiicors said was the first realization of the battle plano was tho cenier of attraction. It carries a crew of twelve men with two can non on its wings. The cruisers are armed with ono cannon and rise ver ticality from the ground at a speed of ninety miles an hour. Bach squadron consists ot nine' planes of alt types, one hattie plane, two cruisers, six scouts wtfrr a"~eom plotc squadron of fifty officers and men. S^vten American aviators In t .10 French army, took part In tho re cent raid on Champagne and five other Americans are scouting on oth- j er parta of the French line am! eloven arc in training. M MU POSA UT NS Ali lt? t NU: PA WS KN ti FILS LANDED SAFELY Scottie, Oct. 8.-Seventy-nine pas sengers cf the Bteamor Mariposa, wUich is aground on an Island off the lt: itIsh Columbian coast, landed on tho beach safely and aro ' boing brought to Seattle by steamer.. Thir ty-four of tho crew wero picked up by a fishing boat. New York Stocks. j New Yor?c. Oct. 8.-Further sub stantial securities were recorded at tho opening. Advances of 1 to 8 from yesterday were made by Crucible Steel, Colorado Fuel -md other similar shares. Relui chum Steel soon went to 4.95,-a gain of 4G, reacting about noon to 4.39. Preferred reacted 14 to 1.01. DIXIE HIGHWAY TO BE DEDICATED TODAY Five Hundred Automobiles to Particip?te in Grand Pro cession. Chicago, Oct. 8.-North and S ?nth j are to Join hands tomorw w in the dedication of the Dixie highway w?ich connects Chicago > "iib Miami, Fla. In honor of thc official opening ot tho new roadway on "Cbicsgo day." the anniversary of tho ( great fiie, a procession of fully SOO auto* mobiles will start from Grant Park on tho city-lake front and follow the Dixie Highway to Danville, 111., whence the trip over tho full distance will be taken up by half a unndred motor ists. Governor Dunne of Illinois and Mayor Thompson of Chicago aro ex pected, to attend thc exercises st tho starting placo and Governor Dunne will ride aa far aa Danville, Illinois. GOV. WANNING APPOINTS Il O N OH X RY DEPENSE BOARD Columbia, Oct. 8.-Governar Man ning has nanmed an honorary board for Sont:- Carolina upon request of the Ampi lean Defense society. The members of the board are: W. W. Moore, adjutant gencr?T; ?. M. Blythe, of Greenville,- colonel ot tho Firs* Infantry; M. B. Springs, of Georgetown, colonel of tho Second Infintrv; Col. W. W. Lowie, of York (and Major William F. PJobertson of I Greenville. smHH PHILADELPHIA WON OPE1 BIG CHAMP?! PREMIER'S SON IN DETENTION CAMP Sentenced to One Year for Speak ing Abusively of Ger Many. norlin, Oct. 8.-Tho Overseas agency says Lieutenant Jacques Dcl casso, son ot tho French Prcmlor, who is a war f.isoner at Halle has been sentenced to detention for one year in a fortress for having spoken abusively of Uerninny and declined to obey orders. WILSON ANO FIANCEE OFF FOR NEW YORK Presidential Party to Be Guests of Col. E. M. House at Theatre Party. "Washington, Oct. 8.-President Wilson, accompanied by his fiancee, Mrs. Norman Galt, and members* of his family, loft for New York, where they will be entertained by Colonel House tonight at a theatre party in honor of the president's engagement M.-?nouncement. An unusually large crowd awaited the president's arrival at the union station, where the par ty boarded a private car. Many wo men wore in the throng, anxious to catch a glimpse of the engaged pair. The president reached tho station first and went to Kio prflsrdont'S'Wretr1 " Hon roora to await the arrival of his fiancee Mrs. Galt and he;' mother appeared soon. After smiling a greet ing the president escorted bis fiancee to the car, raising his tint in response to a ripple ot ha ad clapping. BULGARIA I?SeiENT IN BEPLY TO RUSSIA Asserts Right to Choose Friends and Make Le^ns at Own Discreci?n. Petrograd, Oct. 8.-Tho Bulgarian reply to tho Russian ultimatum was transmitted . In the Bulgarian .lan guage, notwithstanding the fact that Russian ls the traditional langnage of intercourse among tr.o fllavls coun tries. Thc message was so badly gar bled in transmission that the foreign office has not yoi .been able to ac curately reconstruct tho text. The message ls described as "bold tn the verge of insolence.'* In substance Bulgaria donica that German 'officers ure on tho stans of the Bulgarian ar mies, but says if they are present that that fact concerns only 11ulga'*lu. wftich reserves the right to invite whoever it likes. Regarding tho ac ceptance of financial aid from Ger many Bulgaria maintains hor right to make loans wherever' it pleases. As to tho demacd of Bulgaria to break with tile "enemies of Slsvlsm." the Jt?^arfiit government asserts its prl I rilege ta choose friends to stilt itself jautf ? J Jain any group it prefers. Grandfather Clause. Oenver, Oct. 8.-Tho United btates court of appeals affirmed the convic tion of Frank Quinn and J. J. Beal election officials in Kingfisher county, Oklahoma on the grandfather clause, GARRISON SUBMUS PLANS FOR DEFENSE Recommends Big Increase in Standing Army and Creation of Reserve. Washington. Oct. 8.-The Garri son national defense plans have been submitted to President Wilson. The details are secret, but it ls under stood that they recommend 20,000 increase .in the standing array, re organisation of the militia, thc cros ti? nof a reserve and an increase in rtsv reserve supjpjy of ammunition. ?also a large jinetease tn field artil lery and the extension ot the Platts burg plan tor citizen soldier camps. IG GAME OF DOMS DEFEATED BOSTON RED 50I> AT PHILADELPHIA YES TERDAY RED SOXLOST GAME ON ERRORS Neither Pitcher Starred and Boa ton Outhit Phillie? But Mada Many Errors. Philadelphia, Oct. 7.--The Phil adelphia Nationals won the opening guntc nf thc world's naries here this a'tcrnoon, defeating tue Boston Americans three tn one. Despite tho fact that the lief- Sox out hit tbs Phillies, errore and lack of playing Judgment at critical moment gare the content to the Nationals. Neither Alexander nor Baoro r!-ched sensa tional ball, but excellent defensive work back ot tihem kept the score down. Paskert's catch of Gardner's long drive- to centerfold In the eighth stopping the Red Sox rally waa the fielding feature Tho Phillies made runs on tho Hunkiest hits the game has ' ever known. A Texas !eaguer Which brought in the first . vi of the serits in the fourth being tho only oui-of (1 lamond drive of the Nationals. It was a medlcore game. Several plays will go down in history aa ting ed with an ivory hue with the Sox guilty slips. First baseman Hobllt sel was caught flat-footed oft first in the first, leaving Hooper* who singled as an opener on third. The Sox tossed away the gamo In the eighth when shortstop Scott was so overcome br second baseman Barry's wonderful stop of Bancroft'* drive ho forgot to cover second,, allowing Stock, who bad walked, to Teach sec ond and Bancroft getting first. Against the five freak hits Snore allowed the Phillies, Alexander whose victory was fsr from impressive was touched for eight. He was also plainly nervous during the first taree - innings and only the ducky breaks saved him. In the last half of the fourth Pas kert hat a Texas. leaguer back of first- Cravath sacrificed. Paskert wont to third on Luderus' out. Whit ted beat out an infield hit just out. of Barry's reach, and Paekort scored. In the eighth Speaker walked, took second on Scott's infield out. Lewis singled to left and Speaker scored, Lewis taking second on the throw ic. Here Pasl:~rt saved the gerne by a wonderful catch of Gardner's drive. In tho Phillies' half of the eighth ?Alexander was an easy out. Stock I walked. Bancroft hit to Barry, who i made a tine stop, but Scott wis asleep and Stock was safe at second 'and Bancroft at first. Cravath blt a bounder which Scott shot to first instead of Cae plate, Stock scoring. Shore- muffed Lud onus* bounder and Bancroft scored. The official attendance was nineteen thousand three hundred and forty three and deceipts, fifty-one thousand and sixty-six. Thc nltchers tomorrow w.. proba bly be balmers or Mayer for the Phu lies and Poster or Leonard for tb o Sox. First Inning. Boston--Hooper singled; Scott ssc* r If iced Alexander to Luderus; Speak er walked; Hoblltxel forced Speaker, Bancroft to Nichoff; Hooper went to third; Hoblltsell, caught off first. Alexander, to Luderous. No ru". \ ou? hu, no errors. Philadelpjla-Stock fouled to Cady, Bancroft riled to Barr/; Paskert fool ed to Hobliu.:. No wita, no runs, no errors. Second Inning. Boston-Lewis singled; Gardner sacrificed; Aiexrnder to Luden?; Low's going to second; Barry hit to Alexander who threw to Stock to head off Lewis at third; Stock threw I tv Bancroft who touched th? runner out: Barry went out io- second; Cady fanned. No runs, one blt, no errors. Philadelphia- Cravath walked; Bar ry took Luderons "rou.ider and touch ed Cravath on the line; Luderus safe; l.uderouB out stealink. Cady to Barry; Wtiitted walked; Nichoff fanned. No r.uns, no hits, no error*. Third loniug. Boston-Shore out Nichoff to Lud orus, Hooper Bled to Whined; Scott singled; Speaker filed to Whltted. No runs, one hit, no error?. PbHadoIphle-T-Burns flied to Scott; Alexander singled; Scott forced Alex ander, Gardner to Barry, Bancroft nut. Hoblitsell unassisted. Ne runs, ooo blt, no errors. (CONTINUED ON PAGfc TWO ) 6