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..