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non VOLUME II. g a 1 ggg ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1915. Wm ?fl # T??IMHT I^S* NUMBER 237. WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO| FRONT AS SOON AS - AVAILABLE LITTLE NEWS OF OPERATIONS! Germany . Holding Up Mail and Foodstuffs Consigned to Rumania. Bondon, Oct. I-?.-Tho Bnlkah sit uation was diHcuHsed from a diploma tic (standpoint In the House of Com mons today by Foroign Secretary Sir Edward Groy, but little -light. was thrown on tho progress of tho Anglo French expedition whloln landed -at Saloniki. Ile said thc Russian -troops would cooperate "as soon as they woro avatlahle." , . Tho French, Premier Vivian!, told the senate tho allies could, probablly couut on Italian aid in thc Balkans. Germany's attitude towards Rumania, expressed in tho suspension of postal service and tho delivery of foodstuffs consigned to Rumania over Gurman railroads, lends color to the report that Russia may move troops through Rumanian territory. Bulgaria has formally declared war on Serbia but Nish ropor?B that tho exteut-of the Bulgarian invasion conr Blsts of an udvanco ovor tho frontier of oho mile and Serbian railroad com munications still intn.4. The Germ?n'advaricii in Serbia i's' proceeding slowly. General attacks are either under-way or imminent on all Gorman-fronts. It ?B reported that the allies have begun a new' Offonsive in the Darr dane] les. 'ivio Russians aro contin uing their offensive in Galicia. . The-BflUsli and French aro active in'Fladders and Champagne and tho. Germiui'posiilpna on tho Belgian eu??M. uro under bombardment from British iriuniiera. i British submarines ,in; tho. Baltic sunk teri.'German: oro- sSrrlers, caus ing discontent in Sweden, but tho British assert' they aro complying wltiji international laws?. landon, Oct. 14.-Increasing un easiness 'is feU here owing to the ub - j".,,- eenco of'def mito news, concerning the concerted allied action in tho Bal kon?. This feeling is intensified by tho news of a dispute in the French-; chamhor of ' deputies, regarding the i Balkan danger and Italy's persistent! ni lenco regn-rdlng trie participation in tho expedition, together with tho un . cortalntv corienrninir tho lirlttuh pro gram. '?".' '.'"?. Opinion is divided lo somo extent :as to. tho;-advisability of .taking part liv tho Balkan conflict. Th'.' generali . opinion ls ItrUrt Great Bitten is. mor ally bound to assist Sorb?a if this '"cari" I - bu dono without . dangerous att?nua tion : of tho main front 'Tv^?re it is felt tho war will finally be decided. Having ''failed, in ?n a?lack on the .British positions galong tho western1 front-.-tho Gormans^ h?v?j turned upon " tho French ?nd ?iiad? 'gaitis ' east of Souciiez. THb~ advantage obtained, however. Is not : of . uufllclont , impor ..tanco io effect tho;enoral'-sltu?t!oni ? The ass??it in ih? viiaU?ty pf Tahure, fn pursuancerof tho'Movement begun i three days !.;.'a?i?*-.?. na?'.IJko.Ki'Je/.been ? mat?riaUy'uhprod?ctivo. ' f .. ?u' tho ?'east?i^./fronttho Russians aro how Inj tull ^possession of . the ! '-, Initiative;%Tho mdvtmient which car " \ ;-.ri?d , them across ''tho s trina, rlvpr in eastern Galicia*Rias-not yet diminish-? . ed. lt. is reported' unofilcloBy;from ^tVo'gTjid iB?nt^i is the Germans who! nov?, labu ammunition, thus roversing tho conditions of two months ego. Al m though tko ,Germana., are continuing ..theirii&if?lWw* OvinsU linc, tho ijftught ls c hoted gains recently. Petrograd proas dispatches' assert.that tho German}) wfiou.fartne ff rom tins oliy! Wm - : *#ln? 'nlcen back. Tho ,". 'Thmons.. 'continu?, io";rep?^?;jj?^te? .progress in Serbia; tho?gl^ they admli , ..tb^Hpjr headway ls being impeded,: Since,. Belgrade fell na encounter of .)?..~.,.*ffitin Strategic., importance' has oe curred. ~ v ArtJUi'i^ EoRaRcuient. -Parj^.?c*. -li. -TJttre - has : eeeh a partlcV'??r?y .vlo?eat artllfciry engage^ ment l? the Ariels region northwest or rilili ^H? Sn *pfcleh botftv sides tons -.<;.-< .>' >$Urir ?d^t^? -wair. office. .':'; ^/'-^ppelMs^trsJn/ ' >;'\V -: London/,-' Cte't ? ...rPdrty-cvrioy-. {icr ??o?H were killed Md -,c; hundred* In-1 jnred in o Zeppelin raid over'Lcudo?? \\?\?r ^ WILL DECIDE ON FUTURES (fl ATTORNEY GENERAL THINKS IT WILL BE DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL LEVER HAS FAITH IN SUPREME COURT Hoke. Smith Thinks Sab 3titule Will Be Passed if Decision is Unfavorable. Washington, Oct. 14.-l?cpresonta tivo il cf lin of. .Alabama after a con ference with department ol agrlcul turo olllcials today said . an appeal would bo taken'', from thc recent de cision or Federal Judge Hough de claring, unconstitutional tho Smith Lever cotton futures law. ..Ho Raid Attornoy General Gregory is..of ; tho opinion Uiai the supremo court would declare tho law constitutional: i - ItOpwscnthtlre- LOTST Of-vSout-VOar* olin a, who was sponsor for tho bill in tho house,"said ho had faith in tho supremo court's ruling on tho "act. Mr. Levxer's Statement. Mr. Lever gavo out the following statement to-tho pross yesterday in regard to tho caso: From remarks of Federal Judge Hough during tho argument of- the case before him, I uni not ?urpritiod at the d?cision. From tkc'b-at legal information obtainable at ibo timo or the passage of the.?ct, I am satisfied ?tho supremo court will sustain tho I act. I am not discouraged. T-!io first income, tax aol was declared uncon? nt i tut ional, even . hy (tho supreme court, but wo now have an income tax" law. I have "faith In tho;.m premo court's decision on the. bill. Tho break of $1.50 per -ba'.c upon I hopo of. returning to old system of ?futuro dealing is tho UcBt evidence or value bf the'act to tho producers .of cotton.7 lt ls tho regulation of tho exchanges in interest of tho farmer, br direction of <theni, . I will wait confidently tim final verdict of tho j highest tribunal in tho land, Mr. ' Lover was In Andcrnon .. tho guest of i^ir. H. H. Gossott when thi3 I statement Was made. ?-. ? - Hoke Smith Comment.,. Atlanta, Oct. lt.-Benntor Hoke Smith in a statement on the decision of Fedoral Judge Hortgb Holding; the cotton futures,bill ?h^onstltutlon?l. ! declared- it is hardly probably that tho "courts can hold that tho bill falls within tho requirements :.?f tho con stitution' that revenue bills must ori ginate in tho house and said thdt whllo tho senate'-passed tho ' cotton exchnngo bili'tho hoitso laid asido* tho ; senate bill entirely and passed /a' sub stituto. The taxing feature origi nated in" .tho' -house. In bis opinion if t?h? measure is finally declared ua c?netAtutl?nol a proper substituto will bo quickly "passed. ' ?. ?ff LOB? POWERFUL FORTRESS I Finest in World to Protect Wash ington and ' Chesapeake 'Bay, V*\ :, "Washington. Oct. lt.-That :'. ibo most powerful coast dofease dn -, 4ho world will be erected ii* Cape Hen ry. Va/, with lS-lnch guns, ?'weeping tho COOBApeake and protecting. Wash ington, was -annotmcod today by Pjep rcRcntattue Blierly of Kentncky. The fortress will cost $S,00D.O00. it?? Thc ' collei? cc?jgr??ss ??ui an. prop Hale ^ 2l(T?O,O0i)7' :*'i_,"^:: ' '. fti??eti? Hatti. ' ; Washington. Oct. ?-*.~-AdmSref?^ porten reported today that conditions were quiet in Haiti aVid the rcrbla jttori sty were., disarming. \-^)$f|iti?$ mbnC of matines marched, rrivhr rape Haitian lo Fort ijbertles'?ti^ toot nb' Made ?02 M Germany R?quisitions Cereal Crops and Will Turn Tuena Over to Relief Commission for Oil Anderson, winning thc 350 milo 102 miles an hour for the entire distar The Hague,. Oct. II.-Arrange ments for provisioning tho two mil-' lion Belgians In Flanders have boon reacliod between tlio Germans and the American relief commission. Tho Germans have requisitioned at fixed prices all cereal and root crol1? and, have made a stated allowance for. each, family. " All" those crops will be given to .the "pmmlsslon for distribution. I W heaM' ill;lie substituted for oats and rye!'.;>rt exchango tho commission un dortakes.to Import whoat lu sufficient (mantillos to mako un. tho deficit, to gether with usual rations of bacon, lard,'r?co and, foddor. It Is reported arrangements ol "tho same corop?ia- j llvo character have boon effected pro vldiug for" tho taking over ot tho crops nf two and a half million Frenchclvi llattS.'r^V; ...v.;.. V/"' First Syndicate Payment Due -Forma of Note Not . Now York, Oct. 14.-Member* ^ot1 .tho Anglo-Fi'ouch ' loan commission 'j Will sign, tho .loan contract nt Morgan ?. cj?n?p?ny^s.^?flTce tomorrow, making the"! first appearance .of tho ? United E{dtes';a8vthe world's banker.. ;-3vVhl|? tho first .syndicate.5 payment?< oU'-tfcjft potes is due tomorrow, tao cn- j graved notos will not bo available \qr tw? months. The- syndicate - agreer ia$$& js i said to lhaye \ already been s^??o'?.'..'..' ' - I HEAVY GUARD O?EX?.R?S^ .?VT'.,; ," :"' (Car Believed fio Contain SKtpment of Gold for J. P. Morgan & Co. . N?w.-York, ..Oct* 14 .-'Mystery eur armed guards arriving boro attached ?v ? Wi QAJllvnii' ^W secrecy connect od with tho trj&'mf?: " llj%x lcd. to tho belief ?Mt- it con t?)??6 a largo geld/shipment. At urfcan. and company's lt ia /dented" ?that -he gold waa.received. Tho ex p>*?x, ?r?Wnany wald ?he oar eor.la?nci'? j secnrlUffi. but th ejro^w^-no ste temen t ..?'j?? ourouai. ' . y " '" iles An i Hour Iowa Senator is Opposed to Presi dent's Plan for Citizen Soldiery -Bryan's Non-Resistance Plan Setter. Davenport; Iowa., Oct. 14.-Thc need for a biggor navy was...voiced hofo tonight at a banquet ot the Mid West Conforenco on Preparedness by ; Henry D. ICstabPnok, a Now York j attorney and Senator A. D. Cummins, of. Iowa. -^Kstabrook condemned j Presidont W?(ROU'S i>Ian for citizen soldiery and llrynns theory of non resistance, but said he'-would rather support tho pol loy of non-rCslslance than tiho policy of half propan-dness. While Eatabrook said. that, he was Opposed to a largd standing army, lie advocated additions io tho navy. Sen ator .Cummins said congress \ should supply immediately tho missing ele ments'of naval strength. ; In a, speech in St. Louis Secretary McAdoo. today advocated a adoquate navy with at least foyr hundred mer chant ships ns auxiliaries. PACIFIC COAST TRIP Failure to Secure Guarantee Ex penses Caused Touv to fie Called Ot?. Philadelphia. Oct- "14.-Tho pro posed trip to tfte Pacific coast by the Red Sox and Phillies.was afoan'dobod today beco/jso of tho f siluro ?.of. their maaagemonta to agree on. financial arrangements. Rebort B. McRpy, appointed to re present -. tho national*; . commission when the trip was agreed to at : the [meeting ut-Boston T^fesday, aanpunc cd that tho Sox woulri not .'go' unless 'their oxpenscs wero -guaranteed^ This the national commission could,not do. Tho tentativo plan for th? trip call pd i tor games at Chicago? Omaha. Don ] vervantt'Salt Lake.- Kansas City bad guaranteed ten thousand dollars fdr tho ?amo. When :^ho Phillies play ers , got their checks.?for two . tho?sand j four hundred and; 'ninety-two dollars i today, 6heli::. share. hf. the . worUVs i Series receipts, oil" agreed-to take tho trip except Chambers, and Whitted. HOM I SH. K O'MAtfcET j|Kttfft9ff TO KEWSPAPiSE FIELT? N?W; Orleans, Oct. i^-^Bomlnlcls 0'Malley,. ono thpo. publisher ot ; tho Now Orleans Hem', ' his bougntv rum j will; personally manage tho .Ambricao j Mornin tfi**J paper Tee?*ntly StarUMl by liifelklpk iP1*mbQrs;;pJ{AtH? local Ty DO LARGES! ESTIMATE EVER SUBMITTED IN TIME OF PEACE MUST PROVIDE MORE REVENUES Nearly All Departments WiU Ask Big Increase in Appro* priations. Washington. Oct. ll.-With tho es timntod national dofonr>o increase of a hundred and lilly millions ?ogcthor with tlio lncr?>nseH in*other branches I of the government lt la probably that tito amount of proposed expeudlturos for the next fiscal your will total about a billion two hundred and for ty millions. Tho estimate to. go to tho secretary of thc treasury, tomorrow for discus sion by congress! jnal committees Is tho largest over submitted In tho United States in time of peace. The president and. cabinet will examine the estimate ' next week. ' In congress "agrees with the ad ministration defense program addi tional revenue must be ilroviued. Congress will bo asked to pasB two revenue measures on a tax and tho other the retention of tho tariff on sugar.. Howovor those will not in crease tho present revenue Officials aro convinco dtbat receipts for the flycal year beginning July, nineteen sixteen, when the Increased expendi tures tako effect, wlil uot: excocd seven hundred ami ?l?:y millions. ? authority to tho secretary of _ tho : treasury to Issue twrThuhtired ~ and forty millions in Panama canal bonds ls considered tho only temporary ru-1 medy, and is not likely to be resorted to if tl io fi vo year defonso pian ad vocated . Increases be asked by tho state, commerce, labor . and postofllce de partments. Tho .interior department will ask loss, excluding the ,elgla millions fer thc ccsstructf?a. Of thc government railroad In Alaska. Tho department o? oirrlculturo. natlmnt" Is about tho same. . Washington, Oct. 14.-Uoprescnta live Janies Hay, of Vlrglnln, chair man of tho house military affairs committee meets President Wilson today to discuss national defenso plans. There contemplate a four hundred million appropriation by the next congress.. Thia is an Increase ; nf approximately a'hundred and forty million over last year, about sixty million holr.-& for tho army and eighty million for tho navy. It. is .understood that the plans now contemplate four fifty million. TIUB probably will hq cut to four hundred million nt *!?._? conference between President WU- ! son and Secretaries Daniela Cud Oar-j rlson next week. Indications aro that about a hundred and seventy million will be ask.nl for thc army and two] 'mndrcd and forty-eight million for I the navy. . Today's conference will deal par ticularly with the army. Tho .pres! dent had'before him the outline of'.} Hie military policy-that " Secretary I Garrison prepared. It ts said to provide in part for an increase in tho regular ernsy o? betW**?i rS?fiS?** soven-and a hundred Und \ twenty thousand men -and Vivo cr?ation of a hour hundred, thousand reserve, Tito pr?sident regards tho army program as conservative. . Washington, Oct: 14,-^PresidcsU Wilson approved Secretary "Garri sons plan for increasing Um army. It CiUln for an annual expenditure of a hundred and'' eighty-four million;?, au l?crense of approximately . seventy fivn millions. Tho pish In an ap proved form will bo presented to con gress with a full administration backing. ss- . . - i RE?F,?iT ?t?88IA?? DUE TO PLENTIFUL AMfWJB?lTION The Hague, Oct. .14.-Tho Kassian recent successes, says a Dutch cor respondent in tho, eastern wat theatre, has; been doe to the' overwhelming su periority of their supply of muni tions* which, took the Teutons couv plctely by surprise < Japan 3?,ty Recognize Currnnta. ; T5kior Oct. 14',-T~flrt? " Japanese ? govcrnraent das withdrawn1 rocognt tlor-. cf tho Mexican consul general at Yokahama X?. Enrique, whb represent' ; od HijortA. . l* !? probable. Jspeti *3?il? recognize Carranza". ' ; Tentai Ive jfairr ?"elccicd. ?New York, Oct. 14.Stative jury ?jt ;twolve'.-was cohipl?ted Mxl?f ? Ih ^e triai of sloven directer* of tho; ' New ' YorkV Now H?voh ? Hartford ? TSvHtoad accused -bf corfiu.dr??-y in S? >l?ttemo> to.' monouollzo Kio tr^nanar- J italien traffic of Mow Euglah. Virginia ?ruco Lonoy. Virginia Bru co Loney of No\y York is only sixteen years old, but (.:-.(> cannot live on 1CH3 than $35.000 h year, her guardian soya. And tho' guardian herself, who ?B much olde: I cannot llvo on less than $5,000 a year. Tho girl's father and mother wera Lusitania victims. She. wa? saved. ;Thoy left her $1,000,000. Tho guardi I on. lina gone Into court with a ro* i quest timi the chiiu bo given $2??,??v a year from the. estate and $5,000 !for herself. In her .list of expense* in her auwh- 'it, the guardian show i how $:io,000 a year mny be spent. SUIT IO OUST ll I Charges Mayo.', Sheriff, Vice Mayor, City Judge and Polier? ' Chief Failed to Enforce Prohi bition LAW. Memphis, Ont. 14.-The state at torney' general, Prack M. Thompson, today, filed suit to ou:>t from OlTice Sheriff J. AJ Rechinan of Shelby u?nnty ?.?a'"or l?. Hi. Crump. Vice-; Mayor und tire and .Police Coiu?n?n olnnor II. A, tilley, City Judge \V. M. Stanton and Chief of P?lice O. H. Perry for alleged failure io enforce tho prohibition law. Athens Dispatch Says Commum cation. is Broken for Five Mites. '. j- ? '?? ' ' -, :'. '.. t . Athens, Oct. H.~r(Vin Paris, Oct. It.i-^-rCoromunlcallons have, been cnt between Nish and Trahmya for a dis tance of five miles. Fifty.'^Hes .south of Nish on tho Belgrado Saloniki trunk railway is ? towri," ViaayaV whlcOv the dispatch probably refors <to. . This road ls tho immediate objective ot the Bulgar-. larisV'Vran-yaia nt tho. portion of th? rood .^hlch. bends nearest th* Bulga rian frontieV. Tho invadors havo boon expect ~d tn itrik~ r.t *?;*~ point tc cut Tho communications to tho Serbians. Vnia StlU loslP*.!. WnsMnglon, Oct'.' 14.~>??avy do priment dfepalchos tend to confirm tho border reports that Villa hail lost tho seaport Ouayamaa io Caf rania: Two gunboat? with Carranr.lsts tf H>0>* ?fom1?*'th*an*A*tAJt ti\ i^ianU - *HA iown.; : .:^HHHBS^.'-ii>?.;.-?-A CASUALTIES EXCEED RAID OF SEPTEMBER WHEN 21 WERE KILLED FIFTY-ONE DEAD; INJURED 114 Biplanes of Royal Corps Blocked in Efforts to Locate Raiders By Houvy Fog. London, Oct. l4.-r-F|?ty*fly? were lcd and a limul rod and fourteen' In jured loni night in .tho biggest Koppo lin raid. Tho CUHUUUICS exceed tho raid of Hoptuinher eighth, when twenty were killed and cl?hly-slx Injured. I /ist nights vald brings tho total of nil air raids tn Hihgland to A hundred and. sovonty-savon killed.- au?V four hundred and sixty-three Injured. Tho Zeppelins flow ov)er tlie easteru coun ties ot longland and a portion of Lou don. Tho fog blocked the effort? of five pianos of. the Royal Corps which slghteu only ono Zeppelin. Fourteen of tho flity-flvo killed were military casualties, or tho remaining forty one, twonty-sovon wore men, pius women and five children. GEMIAN OFFICER TALKS OF RESULTS j?R AERIAL RAIDS Berlin, Oct,\H. (Correspondent of Associated- Press,jr-Britiah r?ports thrtttbe destructivo, effect-ot the Zep pelin raids on /England were small and almost lmdgolflcdnt from n mili tary point of vlow wero den kui hy I German Naval Lieutenants Peterson, ' ono of tho non 1 or ofttcera of tho nerlai fleet. Peterson, wh?> said lim raids on' England were . owly Incidental to the Toni work Zeppelins, declared that n'rshlp eon?u?ttijd?.T?; oro able to seo great damage wrought by bombs. "Wo' Idonttfy well,", ha ?wiidu "th? ?enera! localities, i such us .decks,1 warehouse and banking districts of Loudon. Al though tho ItrltlafcV don't admit lt through tho admiralty, ?? .ont? occas ion wo witnessed clearly the destruc tion of a worship ourthe Thanies riv- . or On another occasion:I -dropped;'a' .$ bomb squarely on a_fort. Wo tbav? ' seen tho big factories collapse and fire bombs deutroy .docks and ware ihouses." London's defenoo. Against Zeppeliu attacks, Jio saldV ara not dangerous. A Zoppolin 1B hard (*/ hold with ? search light and h?-rd?r to hit. Aero ; plano attacks are ot. Utile value,- ho said. V ILE1S?S IANS I Two Weeks Rainfall Equals Nor cnal Precipitation for Five .. Yeavs. New Orleans, Oct. 14.--The raia-, fall - In - Now Orleans f?r tho . tsO . weeks beginning S?ptembor 2?th, amounted to nineteen and; nluety-ot.o ; hundredths ineShes, brooking the1 rwv ords of many years. '.''^IIBEIW Th? precipitation waa equal to tho normal rainfall iii if?w Orleans for five months. . The rains caused heivy damage. Many people were fdreed to abandon houses damaged byvtbe recent burri-, cano during' the rains., r COL. HOUSE SELECTED FOR <:P - _ VBBSp?t^^ Vi?T MAN Washington, n Oct. it:^-Specu??? tkjin. on tho dato, pt't,*''-wedding ot Resident Wilson and Mts. Galt w?i stimulated when Col. ?5.. Rt,' House, ?loso friend of th? pfosWcbt, Visited tho White. House."., I??Y, House ls mentioned as" ftto .'president's choice for bent man. It ls ' Understood that ho will help; the coupl? with their wedding plans. ??evr Smumer .Capital tear. Washlrt?ton, Oct./, 14.-President Wilson .woh't ;^e^^^iKl8h!^N?'.' H.. ?hv 5Kr?iu6r vnp?h? ~?ojr? .sewniri. Ho ls considering some point on th<^jgjffa I .'.'?' Has.^bmar?h? Catch**. .-^T Hincffck, Mich:. Oct; :U;~Aa a pos sible ?heans of cverc?miaf th* B?fl5^ marino, Dr. K?plowlt? nas' Invented a sub-sea scope. Through lt, he cays tnTles ijiway.' " . ..Si .