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VOLUME II. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER Li, 191S. NUMBER 24? VON HINDENBURG MAKING i PROGRESS IN THRUST AT RICA RUSSIANS ADMIT SITUATION IS BAD Russians at Southern End of East Front Striking Hard at > Germano. Lom!on, Oct. v 20.-Tho battle south of. Riga, where tho Gormans made progress in a new thrust at Bal tic port, and in Volhynla and Gajicla, -, where tho FjusslanB gained victories ore now ocnrpctlng la interest with Balkan opora'tions. Von Illndontiurg, who Is. \n com ? m'and south pt Riga Colas reported g reaching Dvina river and tho Russians admit tho situation ls serious. There ls again talk ot tho evacuation ot Riga by th?. military. General Ivanoff, at tho southern' end. of the. eastern front has been striking hard at -ti.Vo ? ornum forces ot Mlddlo Styr and all along tho fringe of Galicia is still held by the Russians. ' A It' ls reported tonight that the Aus trians have evacuated. . ?orno'.vltz, tho report finding some confirmation in ah Odessa despatch doclaring Uhht tho'Russians had abaadoned tho idea .of evacuating tho northern districts of Bessarabia. .. < i In Serbia tho Austro-i, orman army has apparently spread out on a wider ? front, hud Ia,-reported advancing . on ..8ha^ts:.:;'w.e^t;c^t'jMlgradb'. ' ? 't\ie Bnlgariana claim tho, captiire of Sultan Tone, scaitliwe&t bf fogrl.Palan ka aria (iSiat la '.advancing-, toward / ?Kumhepvo N'Dtey 1 ?b?*(v' two' thousand -prisoners. : '. > The. Italian king and General Cad rona, chief pt tho Italian staff, General . Porro and ^qra?r?l ' D?ke Abr?zsl conferred- today . -od what is believed willaba italy's part iii" the Balkan ~ .<?#ijpaign. ; . *hhb Serbias deny that the But-J garland etil. Die railroad noar Vranya. . S^embers ? of '- ' Ituthah.a's military mission 4rVived^ at Ddes3?). tonight ^h rento' t?.'Farlis.' ' . 'The . Gdimaii ,'?ffes??VG ?t nii?iucu and Rheims.ia reported.ropulsed. . Tho Germans el olin. sdecesse snear Primay in Champagne. Zeppel bi a nro hoing used against British submarines ia tho Baltic. London.Oct. 20.-Latest reports from Die, near cast Indicate Waat Sor b?a is in deadly danger of being over whelmed by Bulgarian armies. Eight have crossed intcv Serbian- territory. A ur.tro-Gerhiau forces aro advancing p^?w?y and;.stea^lly. . Latest claian ls Junction'west " of SemendrlBi .V. - . .?"'?'? -, ;. ]'<k% Tho railroad between Nish /and Saloniki .has.been cut by Bulgarians. No nerf's- bfr";tho movement ot the AnglorFrfencfx .army, although it' is known; tb ^have,'boori iii action, as Die arriv?t of ?^raaoh wounded'at Salonlf; ki is reported. Italy's, declaration of war against Bulgaria Increases tho hopes of Die hllies that she wlll joln in : the Bal kan campaign. . 'What .form her assis-, tanco will h?' Is hoi Indicated : . d?-, finitely. Russia alono Pine, not Is sued formal' ?jvar, dceKT?ti?n against Bulgaria. ?ion? Lue. eastern - front .activities ore confdlncd to tho tips ot tho Mttle ; lino in G?llela jai^d hear Riga. ".-.V 'Rle.alli?s report fi om Die western front Indicate that'tho Germane have ?-? booa heavily'^ reinforced!,-'.'j..'? efrowlsff . "i sian's bf aseFoiihii? tho'offensive', Field '. ihifffaial sy^heh anridituced: complete ropuise of ..O?rnihris &bo attacked north . of, Loos .nfier h'e?iry . artillery; ^ilj??^ratiori.-,. '.'.',, Paris,reports enst of Rlie'ras tho 'V^erm^s .mBde.A fierce Attack- on ? l'ark? %ca?e and occupied M several ' frr?pch'trr?cht'j?. Pr<nnio!r Aso.piDV* illness .brought a lull :to.j p?Utioal activity. Cabl?e? likely, to occur, until tfte nreroler .is abla " to ?$pv?,r. Ja the h?uflte? of ?ora 'v^^mons?-'- -" ' ? %J~IH~U ....t.-i-1-..- -?-.J? -_ "forced, by ' R?sMabs, con Uno ,eto in: \ D'ct fytiofy ?t&s m <laVmari chipping in tb? DaHic. , . ? iielgtaa 'i?ra?tfMDV***i^^c? Xeay? a Gernit? vecenrio?l^ring party udvano *tn& of. Pron u v, cantered roar French pftteer?. 8S4 men, -th rsc? nta rcnTnerg?^'^naiwroe mine larewwjr. -.?^C^to^?lBD:.'?[NF;,|??<5B FOUR.) MELLEN TESTIFIED AGAINST | DIRECTORS WHO ARE ON TRIAL GIVES COMPANY'S PAST HISTORY I I Witness Greeted Cordially By De* fendants-Conversed With Wm. Rockefeller. New.York, Oct. 20.-Charlea- 8. Mellen,, former president of the New Haven railroad? testified os a gov ernment witness against, the cloven directors of the road who are on trial charged witi'i violating the Sher man anti-troBt law. With a pointer ?and a'map showing tho railroads - of ; New England. Mellen spent two hoUrs! ?Of^the v&torrioouv BCSalon detailing transportation conditions " In Now'! England twenty-five years ago .before Ithe :Now, .Hpjen road, began it's ' iilr I leged monopolistic program. The defendants greeted Mellen cor I dially in, tho court room and William j Rockefeiler stepped forward and conversed with ?puieri. Trat? witness said "tho New Haven's chief advantage., was in the eighteen ninety passenger traille. Competing roads, ho said, kept up important | freight c'dnncctllpna through pro-rotr lng exponso, getting business through se?br?l frolght soliciting organization. The New. Haven, t?'e said, could hot] s land expense of this plan. .Mellen continues tomorrow.' ?';.?' [Tells Delegation of Women and] Girls He is Too Busy But May Change Mind. Washington, Oct. 20.-Pr?sident] I Wilson received a delegation of wo [mon andi girls from Or/iifornla. They ? gave him a pieco of g<Id ,from a Cati: foniia mino. This-?>?r 'of gold will [b? used, to matte the", wedding;Tlng for his fl?noeo, Mrs. Norm?n dalt! T??y also zrought ? petition sighed by three hundred thousand Cllforplous urging him to visit the San .francisco'-ex-< I position; LfiitoV Mrs. Galt was given" ja cluster O? . California orindgo bios-; ?wrns.' * Phe ' president told the callers Ito! wanted, to visit WIG expositions but'i I wan too busy. Ho will chango his mind if possiblo. il Pi is ? noan Command. About Reco v :>etfdo From Wound? ROoahr V, :. ?.. -.'ed-Lai*' Sering. Berlin. Oct. 'DO.-General Alcxab ?er H. JV. .Yorh Kl ii ck, commander or] fte Gormas* ??^ army lu tho drive ^hr^ii?^..fI^n??ni4\jiLrtfl ? B^MU?C?; JP??O J was" "wi?uM?Hf *y mat'sprltfe! ls reported recovere^aao; reidy ?or Vvi/fy? aucjough oh? w?uct| 0n.''Ms'ehontow'la';1ttdll:-.?>n?h. "rt4: 'HIGHWAY TOURJSTS ?dV? Oak,. I^?T^OctTsO. -Tho ij?x?a tMIghwity ^?ur?w r^aditd jjero tonight [after a nm 1? tho rain from Tal?ah?*: j ?f^V wlth ?tops ?t^j*^?ttlq , I marnson . 2'^^S^J^I^Z?^^?^^t^ nur.?i ?,Mtr2onvTTl0 torirrrrtvr ai&rt ?gpf??).''ih? faet that1 bad -;toads, are" Neiv S?I When Presldont Wilson accepted tliSo offer of a committee of weulthy New Jersey citizens to live in ''Shadow Lawn," former homo of John A. Mc Call at Elbcron, Long Branch, in the summer, and mako it tho summer Whlto House, he had in mind the lady who was to preside over it. Hy tho ??lino next summer mils around and (Jua timo comes to occupy tho liousc, Mrs. Norman Galt will hu ve become Mr?. Wilson, the first lady of tho land. Tho photograph hero Bhown ot her is the last ono taken. . Tho estate represents an investment of moro than-$1.000,000. On trie main floor of tho house If a groat social hall, measuring 75 by 8?? feet, with an impressive stairway twenty-five feet wide at tho basj, as cending to tho mezzanine floor and branching into U promendn gallery surrounding en open cour'.. ? "Ht i M ".. 'Lt-?* lUneas of; Premier Has Good Ef fect tn Giving Opposing Fnc llu?sii -Time to Compose Pif io - . ' ' \ ' > ferences. Loudon, Oct. 20.-The illness of Premier Asquith had tho " effect of producing a - greater political calm than otherwise would have attended the resignation ot 8ir Edward Car-, son from the attorney generalship. From present appearances thoro will bo no moro cabinet resignations, lt is likely Asquith's atiaence will bo ex tended for nln'? or ton days." The cessation political of. passions ls .expected to give tinto for reconcilia tion bf differences. ' Carson-. intended maUng a public statement' yester day, zut A?iuith'? Illness'resulted . In postponement''until - tho premier re turns to the house of 'corniness; " Many conflicting statements ot Carson's real reasdn for resigning. Tihse Dally Mall says it had nothing to dd with compulsory service. The Chronicle is convinced, It saya* it was becauuc bf tho cabinet's, needless de lays in arriving at a decision lia favor ot;compulsory ? service.' Tho Times says it -nore directly^ cbheernod tho eastern wtir than recr???lng. Many papers, adv?calo. d emaller cabinet ?arid declare tho present body of twenty-two ls .-unwidy. The Po9Vttdvises a small cabinet, including such, men ns David t/oyd1?.borge, Slr Edward Carson and Lord Kitchener to conduct tie war. . > Safety First Federation Recp'-n : mends "Strict littra Goteras ing ?wtor?ob??e Traffic. " 1 r'i .v. :'f:' ? ' *', .-' DoOblt, . OcW, 2?ir-h v'-.?isol?!'ion urging laws requiring tho licensing of ..auto"nobile vda-lvcrrs, "owner* and chauffeurs.':.Wike"'waa:adorrted-' at tho cioflibg morning of tho Shfety FJret Federation today. lt .%nSy-Tcccm rd4hd?d that ?licensing ho haaed on ? an TKBEVnatlon of i).ho moral, mental and phyhleal capacity of tfce applicant and ' ^bt?g>???b of tho person Tccelvin'^ S?? licenflo,- to - be attached -to th? brtAH: ? -. .'-V.-:,. /.'. - : : Drivers convicted * Of :\ operating, a ! machino whlto intoslcatod ^l^j^ain! immer White Hou i j. ' 1 r ? '?.' In taking Shadow Lawn tho presi-r dent evidently ?xpeets* to follow tho example pf. President McKinley. Thero will he no .campaigning around the country, but Mr\ Wilson will make hi? spoedaes in:-hist own "front yard" as McKinley did ac Canton. O. Thc spa cious Mc?h?l estjnto ls ideally fitted to accommodate throngs or political pil grims. !. Tho great estate was offered to tho president at absolutely no expense whatever, except that attendant upon tho maintenance of his own house hold. In accepting the delegation's invita tion ibo president said : "Wlhen you come on a mission like this and with such peculiar generosity . and invite mb.hOme the only thingT can soy Ja Ih?i I will nome. New Jersey imennB to? much to mo to mako any other answer poBsiblo." Physician Swears Bullet Causing Death Waa 38.Calibre-Ac ..cased MoaV-Pish U Were 32 Calibre. Charleston. Oct. 20.-Tho coroner's ' Jury, investigating tho death of Sid ney J. oben, tiro -Evening Post ro porter who was killed In thi* riot which broke up thc city executive committee meeting last week,- had not reached a verdict at midnight, i Tho Jury retired at 8:?,r> tonight. Dr. Klvy Pcarlstlne tostlflcd that ttib bullet that killed .Cohen waa a thirty-eight calibro. . Police Chlo.' Cantwell had sworn that- the pistols belonging to Henry J.'Brown and Ed ward H. McDonald,, who ore held in connection with-.Ute- shooting, were thirty-two calibro, Member of Bankrupt Lumber j Firm Made False Statements] to Secure. Financial Rat ing. SK)* Atlanta, Oct. 20.-John J. Simp son, a member of ;tho defunct Slmp son-Harper Lumber company, was convicted lo federal court Uero today for using tho .malls to defraud. . It was Charged Simpson malled false financial ?tatement? ,4p a mercantile agency, t tm* ! obtaining '; a-rating on which his firm borrowed largo sums from Georgia hanks. . . . Various banks Ure, said to have flield moro than threo hundred , thousand dollars worth of h btes of the defunct , companys Simpson;' whb is yet tb be ?sentenced-ls "out oh bond as tho rc: Bult of giving notice ot appeal. JEWS IN GERMAIN ARMY PROMOTED :?? ;:? ?. ? .,'?.' v ." :?.' ?; ? . ' ?'?; ? ; Nearly Three Hundred Made Of fice;1*-Thousand Receive j; Berlin, Oct. . 20^Tho Ocyrseas afcohcy announce /that > two. nun'dred and eighty-six J?wa in th* "German i army have been prombied'to ba otn jcers and four thousand . JeWlsh ?ol? .j diera, decorated '.with.-'froricrosses, and Sixteen with croases of' the first Class. " vFOR CLEMSO N i ?^oannma, uciv ^.i=-'r^o7,Hwri?"s- ? lambie board todays fcottbwed :roT Clemson college nnder'.a resoln I Uoa of'Ut? last legislature. se and the Hastes, 11 ET ANULTH Allies Wai Insist That Position Be. EMineA-England Offers I Greece Island Lt Mediterranean for Assistance. London,' Oct. 20.-A Home dispatch reports tho allies will send an ulti matum to Greece, insisting that s?e ' defino her position. Coincidentally ? comps the announcement In the-Daily Tolegraph that England has formally (offered the island of Cyprus to Greece takes sides with the allies. Cyprutj, with three thousand .iiyoj hundred and eighty-four square] miles and a population qf throe hun I dred thousand, ls tho third largest is I land 'in tho Mediterranean, ?t lia? been adiiinlstored by* Great Britain since elgh.'een sovonty-elgi'it by 'agree ment with . Turhcy. :\ it was annexed by England at thc outbreak of tho present war. CREW OF TOFA REACHES PORT .. ? ? . . I Were Believed to Have Been Loaf, in September Hur ricane. New Orleans, Oct. 20.-The crow I of the Mobile schooner* . Total wta?ch | Waa dismantled; la the hurricane oft I Jamada September .- twonty-thlfd j Iwhllo en route from'-Porto. Ftfco to "j I Pensacola, wero brought, hero torta,1 by tho United Fruit steamer, 'Pr?t-1 toni . .'.*'. ?'? INO FURTHER AID FORHILt?lllOM [Was Granted Repreive But No] New Evidence De veloped? Washington, Oct. 20.-The Swed ish minister. Ekongreh, has1o&m otl fled by. President Wilson that not li ing can bo dono to save Jose ri'i ?Iit> stroro, ibo Shreds sentenced td daatli in Utah tor murder. Governor Spry, rocontly rc^roivcdilillBtrom at tlio re quest of .President Wilson, bul ho new evidence hithe:c?se^h'?s; :d^?ioped. Postmasters Atti In Session. Washington-, Oct.: 20.-Teh Nation* \ al association of - Postmasters met lu an- annual convention, with- over a thousand first and second class post* masters attending, lt will last three daySi ?: ' '/-'Meet to Bindy Pellagra. Columbia,; Oct. 20.-Tho third triennial1 meeting ot' tho Nat1onipMrs fioelatlon for tho 8ludy of PellnRm convenes', nero tomorrow.'- '. :, t arran** ?t?cJaily Kfetlfled. Gomez Palacio, Coapuitta,. Mex., O?t.'2,0;-*--Car^ fcecn e^llaBjr Ildin?W? iii -a T^??iiTaT?inr ?xOu? ?n? vivi? rWentlal ?gent fit Washington of his, formal reco?altlon as executive, of thc do facto government ot Mexico. s to Be. SUFFRAGE IS Belated Retama in New Jersey Brinz Majority Against Amend ment to Fifty-Five Hura cane!. j Jersey City, Oct. 20.-Tho majority against woman suffrage in Now Jer sey grew with tho -belatod returns. Incompleto returns presaged a 05,000 majority. . Approximately 350.000 vote9 woro cnel In the.special election yesterday and l,Gr.2 districts . out of 1.801 gnv? thc antis n. majority of fi : :, ? ? 7 : ;. Ocean ?or.in ty, sparsely set ?lcd with fishermen, Is apparently tim only county tho sutfraglsts Avon. They get a majority cf two hundred th oro. ' Suffragists said tihi? fight was not finished, l'lans aro almjdy under way for a campaign to pledgo tho legisla ture 4.0 posa a law giving women tho voto on presidential electors. ' Tho antis claim thoy: soo In yester day's ou'otion ? so?osisnt fer severs! years. of. the jj&??tium fur. woman i suffrage, in Now jersey, as under tito state .constitution a suffrage '.oniond mcnt,cannot bo voted on again for five years. llorgen county, tho homo ot Now York commuters, would probably have been for suffrage by a < small majority but for tho. city of. ITnokeiiBack, WftS'ch went against tho amendment. Esnex county gave tho antis a 15,000 majority. - President. Wilson's pro* clr "t In Princeton Av'ont two to One againM suffrage. . I S. TROOPS BIL 10 ?IMR0BBEB8 Reporto That Moro bandits Were (Captured Not: Verified S^,t Pf^?H-Commues.. j Brownsville, , Oct. 20.-United! States troops and rangers, failed to- i dayVto find any more of tho-Mexican i bandits who wi coked a St; Louis, Brownsville arid ,, Mexico pansong?r train Monday, night and killed ??TOO Ainc?icanB. Report H that several 'Mexicans had beon captured today by citizens' posses and lynched . werf? pot verified. Pursuit of. tho bandits continuos . . PLEAD GUILTY r.A'j-_^r_i.l M---t-?-..- y\_e ni Minn) ' tlKlW^Mianci * 7 *rv* rn ????< Government Cwt of Large Sums. ' ? ? Ft. SmVh, Ark . Oct. 20.-Seven men being, tried for' conspiracy to ?aud the government Jn manufacture g nio?nabipo-wh?!^^^^ J^Bewlios*e*1^ defensaat. was'?lstfitesed. Tho ces? went tv trial yesterday. XT SPRING SAYS BUSINESS- SENSE OF ENGLISH WILL LEAD TO END GERMANY CANNOT BE DEFEATED Would Ask for Little Beside? Frontier Changes and Indem-. nity From Allies. u tu i?KD BIBI?? lownru enumg ano . wihen one? thoy .fina Germany not lie whipped. ? Connany, ho I. couldt s|t ti Kilt Ifiiliiil two lines Berlin.. Oct. 8..-(Correspondence of tho Associated Press.)-Peace in ti'io o-ding Is tho prediction of h. high Qet-inah olholnl, who thinks the bust hiss BenBo of tho British wilt lead thora to take steps toward'ending the war cannot said. und British husmeas- would soon soe tho disastrous effects of a protract ed struggle. Indications, are that tho German peoplo would demand lit tle tdrritory should; peaco proposals lu- in:ni c. lils hoi loved that tho Ger mans want only rectifications of fron-' tiers for stragotlc reasons, restora tion of colonial possessions, a slice of Belgian colonies and Cuaavy Indemni ties, especially frc&ii Prance.! lti-> demhity would ho demanded. to-gnarr antee Germany against more military l^ggrosslons hy her enemies. Slnea eastern suecos Bc<i i the question af the ?futuro ot 'Poland la falling forth dl I vorgent . opinions. A plan of the ad iministration of Poland,as ateperete nation is widely advocated. j Twenty Thousand Troops Being Concentrated foy Active Campaign. London, . Oct. 3?.-It ls reported ') I from Frankfort that tho Germanic ;: ; powers have decided lo undertake a [campaign against Mont.ehVijr?, ; According to a roport forwarded I by the Amsterdam correspondent of I tue' Central Nowa twenty thousand ! Austrian, and Gerinan 'infantry, with Sarayey?, about sixty milos northi -; of the Montenegrin border. These t'onp? will soon bb sent, against tfho Montenegrin's with whom there has boon only desultory fighting for montes. ' ? ; ; ITALIAN PAPERS WELCOME WAR Romo, Oct. 20.- Nti^Bpapors wel como italy'? declaration ot war against Bulgaria as crjtting \?hort the rumors current abroad, tliat Italy in* tended to pursue* an? independent Bn? kan policy. The declaration le con-; cuiderod as showing that tho allies are I taking tho Balkan '.expedition most ae riouoly,. Most, newspapers consider the declaration as striking proof ot the cohesion of the -quadruple entonto ?powers. ". -'.'V . ' .' * ?Letters Indicate Willingness ?o rii Employ?* Tmw Off for Trarautg. Washington,. Oct.* 20.-~The admin istration's pion tor ilse creation of a contlhsntfti arm yoi mor.v than? *3HJ?i Hon reserve? IB behlg endorsed by corporations. . Let/tors approvin?twffi pl aa roo?lved V in; -we?bl?j? ton.. ;indicate ?elr employee's tins? ph* for training in' bib coRllnontair reserve. , t^ Colorado'Springs,-Oct? 20.-Two ?jreat-s r?udda?ghterA - e-5 ?eff?reoa ~ ris h*v? bei#^^Aere... :One/ thi? ?Wim. it? '.' Tjfctfciialiiiiiit?' 'IXjktiaa. ?- latvia "fcoVn'a.w^k^tfo1. ' ?Tbe -p\>.??,-\$ ?M?r of :Wtt Dsrris Haye?; was [bora today..