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ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915.
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NUMBER 232.
HAVE DRIVEN WEDGE BE
TWEEN SERBIANS AND
ALLIED FORCES
S?LONIKI-NISH
RAILROAD GUT
Vori Hindenberg ia-Qply Dozen J
Miles From Riga-Germans
Repulsed in Champaigne.
. h-~
Loudon, Oct, 21.-Although it waa
expected that.tho Austro-German on
slaught ,qn. Serbia from ,tho non, ?
would bp tho most formidable , tho
Bulgarian attack through tho valley?
from tho cast, cuting the Saloniki
Nish railroad and driving a wedgo
between'thu main Serbian army and
tub Anglo-French forces landed at
Saloniki; is proving tho most dan
gerous.
Another force of Bulgarians ap
proaching Kumanova, threatens tho
only remaining railroad branching off
at Uskup and running up thc western
border of Serbia.
The Gorman attucks in Champaigne
havo boon repulsed, but von Hinden
burg in his. attack on Pilga, bas reach
ed Ola!,- .only a dozen miles south.
Tho Gcrpaan front offensive extends
sovjenty miles a-d its. flank rcachos
.tho Dvina river t'nrty miles south
east of BJ ga. j.. . -\
5 Tho Russians claim tho capture of
Gorman positions southeast of Baran
ovichi, a railroad Junction on :Qio
Lidu-Rovno railway, taking more than,
thirty-five hundred prisoners. .
. . Hie" Italians report advances* in
their Tnew:-offensive in Tyro: "abd
'Trentlno.
Tho aerman flag is said to have
.boen driven from, tho Baltic .and
North Sea by British submarines, oven
German fishing tweets hoing forced
to seek Gorman harbors. .
Tho allied fleets.aro already closely
blockading Ujo Aegean coast of-Bul
garia. It has not been established
whether tho Bulgarians have occupied
. Vranya on ti'ie Ni sr.-Saloniki railroad
as.repprm conflict,.thought lt is a fact
that railroad communication between
Nish and. Bailup are interrupted.
Thc principal pressure on Serbia is
from tho Bulgarian; side. No further
advances of Importance by tho German
for?as aro rp.>arded< /
Tho Ruspbiufl .nontlmio the offensive
eouth of. Prlpct,. tuc Geraiaua aro on
? the offensive south of Fig?..
There ls no important news from
tho western front.
French Report.
PnriB, Oct. . 21.-A Havas dispatch
' from Nish Baja .that an officiai state
ment was Issued yesterday saying the
Serbian army is now seriously men
aced. ;,' The Sorb?an war ofhco says
the railroad,to Saloniki ls cut in two
places. *
A futilo-bombardment last night oc
curred cast Of Rhoifns. The normans
r?^?ew'edr their attacks in this region,
tho war o lil e o announces. -The as
r.aults wore chocked d?si'ito tho violent
preparatory artillery tir?. Tho assail*'
ants were cut down by thoFronch ar
tillery and machine guns. ? Thoy t-?^.
not win ? alnglo French first Uno po
sition.
RoBsfan Report.
Petrograd,-;:Oct. 21.-Important
. RUDsian: success, occurred in tho re
gion of R?rd?ovlchl, rosulUng, In tire
capt?iro of several Gorman rp?sIHons
aud.Ntbrco thousand five hundred fifty
two mon;- if?ji/jn?r??I?to. guns and ono
cannon ; A'ttiiV ls animated by the , war
.. office. \ ; '. .'-;,.'?' /
..' Paris, .Oct;.'2?.-r-? rlava? r Athens
corrpupondnnt^under dato of ? Wodn.es?
day sayV a'-?^eat: battle Is goiag on
in,\ tho Via#B?na ; o.nd , Ketchana
heights. ' Trt?r Bulgarian objective, is
apparently to march, on Monistor. andi
caf. th$ Saloniki communications. Two
j Bulgarian attacks have boen repulsed.
Newspapers st?te: Uiat tho Serbians
fell, back.: on . Uskup, after tho Bul
garlan'a .occupied isUpnnd ?T'rtchans*
The TTekup population left. ' 'tx^r1
. munications between Nish and Bekep
are'cut.
- A Reniai;
Athene, Oct, 21--plspatch to tho
Russian legation announces that th?
itu! ga rian s. havo <aken Vranya
Sir*'- "-^Kirted. \? They ore said to have
beet ield .?'? hy theii formidable d?-;
fehsv.? ot Viaolna. /They, have suc
ceeded in oecttpyJn?: the railroad
norUi of tb?'.vtown. Tho great battle
continues ?ndwls?veiy, , iTho French
,guardingthi'/comhruhic-atlons said
they loft Olefin ^ the direction ot
Vranya. The .Serbian legation denies
4hot the Bulgarians occupied Zajecar.,
It ls atnted that two fort* tilpal
^arians ftanti t?-have taken are tem
.porary fortlflo?Uons erected Ju 1!#3.
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION I
President Designates November j
25-Thankful U. S. Has .
Peace.
Washington, Oct. 21.-Tho presi
dent iHsued a proclamation designat
ing Thursday, Novomber 25, as j
Thanksgiving day. He called atten
tion to tlie f t that the United I
States ?iad been nt peaco while thc |
most of Buropo was at war.
"Wo havto beon able to assert our
rights, and tho rights of mankind
without a breach of friendship with
tlie great nations with whoni wc
havo had to deal," said the president.
SiG REVIVAL OF
G?T TRAFFIC
Railways and Steamship I Lines
Entering New York Taxed to
Full Capacity to Handle Busi-j
ness.
New York, Oct. 21.-A revival'of
freight trafile unequalled einco nine
teen soven, was reported today by al
most every railroad entering Now |
York. One road reported an increase
pf forty per. cent in tho last ninoty
days; another, declared hundreds of
extra men were employed to handle
tho increases.
Steamship companies .have Tressed !
into service every ayailablo bottom |
to carry the increased volume of - ex
ports.
; Shipments of. Bteel, grain and muni
tions coming Into Now York for ex
port aro without precedent.
TWO AVIATORS
FALL TO DEATH
Bodies Buried Two Feet hi Mud
When Framework of Ma
chine Collapsed.
Lynn, Mass., Oct. 21.'-J. Chauncy
Redding, manager pf the Saugus avia
tion school and Philip Bulman his
mechanician, were hilled today by "a
fall from a biplano, tn willoh they
were making an experimental flight.'
Tho wing and framework of tho ma
chine collapsed. Both- men. wore
hurled two feet in tho .mud of. the
marshes. " ' , . '
BE
inuniiULU iu u. ?.
Failed to Keep American Minhtcr
Informed On Trial of Eng
lish^ vman.
London; Oct. -21.-Apparent lack ot
good faith On tho'part: of tho German
authorities in failing to koop tlieUr
nrOTU!so to inform tho. American min
ister fully ortho trial and sentence of
Miss; .Edith Cavoll, the English =Wo
m?n executed at- Brussels^ for aiding
in tho escape of allied soldi ora is set
forth in tho report of the affair made
by Brand Whitlock, American minis
ter to Bol ghi tn.
Tho report sent to Ambassador Pogoj
hero waa made public tonight. Ac-j
cording,to tho report, Hugh S Gib
son sought Out the Germau. governor
of .Brussels late at night booro tho
?xecution'. With the Spanish minis
ter'OlbBoo nl?t?ded^wlth tho .governor
and Goman officersor - the English
woman's nie-arter tn?vG?rmnns "failed
to Inform, the% American : legation,/as
they promised,, fiat tho sentence had
beep passed and. would be. executed
before 'morning; '-.GibBpn- repoTted- he
emphasized this faiiu.ro-to the German
governor' but ho steps - ,were 'taken1 tri
stay.tho execution.".-..-;'";':';.?
Atlanta .Oct: . 21 .^Sidney Carter,
an aged negro ?^achman of tho ante-J
bellum type trl&? to - comm?t suicide j
by drinking a pint of wood, alcqtyii
yesterday because he said his wire
no longer loved him. Ho told the .
doctors who pumped tho poison out of
him that he would liy e?Mn aV soon
as he got strength enough, ah;Ufo no
longer h^d:any interest for him. :?
Taft May Be Called.
.New York; Oct.* 21,-Tho defense
counsel in t^e NS-*' Haven conspiracy
case announced t?t?sy expected 'dt.o gov
ernment would call former President
Tuft as a wittie*? in connection with
tho confernece .beiwen Taft and
Lewis' Case l^dyard,'. regarding tho
taking over of Boston and Maine
?tock by tho New Haven. : V
USES YILLA
CAMPAIGN
CONVENTION LEADERS
THINK HE SHOULD LEAVE
MEXICO
WANT TO TRY
WAITING POLICY
j Tenacious Warrior May Come to j
United States-Commanders
in This Country Now.
: New York, Oct. 21.-Thc Mexican
conventionist party leaders were re
ported to have notified-Villa that he
must clve up tho fight against Car
ranza and come to tho United States.
Unless ho docs so it is stated that all
hlB generals^of -prominence ..will quit j
him. It 1B undcrtood that conven-'
t ion l sis hore believe thc fight for con
stitutional government In MexicV
bad best be waged-by a waiting pol
icy. They will not attempt to violate j
the United States neutrality.
Villa is now salo to bc considering !
the ultimatum. He ls undecided
whether to como to tho United States,
or continuo fighting Carranza -wit.'?
such mon as remain with him. Man-1
uol Chao and Eu o ul Madero two of]
Villa's principal generals aro here. /
AMERICAN HERO
TO GET MEDAL!
Paris, Oct. 21.-Joseph LjHdon.
an American, member of the foreign !
legion, ls. recommended today .for. thc )
military medal, the .most coveted dec
oration in the Fronch army, for gal- j
lant coil duct in continuing to fight to
prevent the Germans from recaptur
ing a trench after a bomb had taken j
off both his feet.
W/aiii ; to Know What Assurances
Nev? Government Hus Given]
Regarding Settlement of For
eign Claims.
washington. Oci. 21.-European
ii ovo rinnen tu are .asking the United
States what assurances the nowly
recognized Mexican government has
glvon . regarding tho settlement ot
foreign claims. Although lt ls un
derstood European powers wilt fol
io^ America's.toad, in recognising
Carranza, they -first want to know
abput the claims.
It ls unlikely that, tito Unitdo States
witl~preSs it's claim until tho . com
mut?es to bo appointed by Carranza
reach . OXr . agreement on foreign
el a i mu. It. is belle vfcd funds to fi
nance; thc nev/ Mexican government
will be Bought in the United States;
MM"
its:
" gton Thu*.Talked to Frene!? j
Officials at T?werV in
, Parrs. .
? - . .. . ^ .YV,
- ?? .Jr-f- . >. ' . . . . ... . ~ . -,
New .York, ?bt. : 21 .'-^-Trans-Atlan
tic wireless telephony - became' a i-cal i -
ty today whfen the Arlington, wireless'
plants Ulbedr to 'French officials lt?
Elf fe! Tower, Palis. - Operators in.
Honolulu also h^a rd the voice of. tits
Arlington operator as ho spoke to
Paris. .
John J OMcArty, "chief , engineer of.
tba American Telephone 'and Tele-,
graph' conipahy/(^ho .Bnn?uncedV'U|?
success of the experiment, -said thor "
was?mucn work, to be done befor.
SB??-At?anlir, telephony would bc ar?J
every-day affair., yy. ' \v.
Embarg? Ext tn dt d
.Weahingtoa, Oct. 2i.~Tibe treas
ury department ordered .customs offv;
MMe''along the Mexican border ei
al 1 ? ports not to per m 11 tho shipment
Sfc&rms and ammunition to any '-Msjfrv
jtjk? factions ci ivor thah?fliu?^
This 1? :to '?eedraoacoV with President
Wll??h'e embargo proclamation ; ' The
sta?Sr -'war aid justice : departments
are ooperut?ag.
Bomb Dropped In London Church Court.
This Ja the firm photograph to como
to the United States of the Qerman
Zopp?lln bombs ^dropped in London.
.Pie photoKraph?fi?cai<ed .U?? " British
abnsor,' who doasvnot permit anything
of the kind to ho published-in London.
The star shows where the bomb fell
In the court of the historic Templo
Tells Committee From Na'Jonal
Defense Conference He fe- Con
. ndeni Country Will Approve
Defense Plans.
Washington, Oct. ' 21. - President
WiiHon today told a committee from
the Conference on . National'Defense
that he was confident, thc country
would approve the ; administration's
defense plan. The comm it .1 c c includ
ed representative? ot fie National De
fense' LcagUo, tho National I ? If lo AS
soclation/tho O. A. R., Army- Navy
League,- Southern K Commercial Con
gress, Spanish War Veterans und Navy
League.
1 MORE LOiS FOR
Morgan Announces Only Bank
Ink C^u Wi?VBe Ne
gotiated Soon.
. New York, Oct. 21,-J. P. Morgan
& G?., announced tonight that v t?o
other credit loan England and France
IB contemplated Jin. Ute near future..
The announcement'declared the sup
plemental credits : contemplated to
England and Franco'will bo banking
credits, not involving the . lepuanco ot
bonds . which woul d, ; he' offered to the
Investing'public.
if COOKOUT PfJR V.';. - " *
* PICfcP?CjkKTf? *
mt: . ? .. i ' " ' t
v gomotlmes there are a great ? +
many- ' fclekpocket* ;? traveling ?*>
> w?ib, or following a4hig "?ir- ?
jj ;^cus' like the one' here today, ?
? and wo take Ibis means of ?
? warning, the public- to look +
* shan) ;today. Wo, will hfsve ?
? e*tra; men \a plliln clothes' oh ?
fduty to^or; httt?aa ounce ot +
^provontfbp1'ls:- wbrtlt ; a: ponud
jr of ?n?re. . Please ?; report any <.>
4 crooked work.'.fo : tho police
* department pr?l?iptly ?
? ' ..(Signed)' : J! W.' 'gammons, . *
*. ' . * Chif,f of : Police. ?
* ." : . .^Xfrfr' ' . '.?.
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Governor Decades lo Keep Two
Companies On Duty-Brown
and McDonald Expected to Ap
ply for Release From.. Jp:!.
' Columbia. Oct. 21.-Although r.?i
further oulcial action growing ou? th?
coroner's Inquest .. Into ' the killing of
Sidney J, Cohen was taken to4ay, Gov
ernor Manning decided tonight to
keep two companies of militia . still
on duty at. Charleston..' Colonel Hi
H. Springs was ordered tb proceed
to Charleston to take command.
Tho failure of tho Charleston coro
ner' ary to fix any biomo" wlll'doubt
ICSE cause attorneys for. Honry J."
Brown nnd Edward. Ri McDonald,
who aro being held -in connection
with, the shooting, to ;app!v% for their
release. ".'-.- f .
Thc Verdict.
Charleston, Oct. 21.-The Jury In
the coroner's InyucBl -Into 'the deuth
"of Sidney J. Cobon returned a verdict
late last night that Cohen'? death-Was
"caused by a .38 calibre /pistol fired
by a par!y or partloB uiikho.wn to the
Jur?r." Tho case had' been before
the Jury for nearly fivo hours.
Federal Attorney, However, Has
Brought Oat Most Impor
tant Testimony.
. tl,.i'ii ??/m' .y'!
New York, Oct. 2i.*7-An admission
that competition between tho New
Haven road and the New York, ana
Now England rood,. which the New
Haven absorbed, was ot tho cut throat
variety, and'ih^t the,New Haven fla
oily cut the. New York'and New Eng
land out ot New Y?rk 'i^/\fr?si ,made
by Charles Mellen tode?f ut the;.trlal .of
the: eleven New, Haven directora ac
cused of violation pt the Bhermaii BUT
ALLIES HAKIG
HEAVY BID FOR
GREECE?HELP
DOUBTFUL IF NEUTRALITY
COULD POSSIBLY BE
MAINTAINED
ARE CONSIDERING
ENGLAND'S OFFER
Russian Foreign Minister Consid
ers Allies Justified in Any Ac
tion to Forestall Enemy.
London, Oct. 21.-Interest centers
in negotiations between Hrltl&V for
eign oillce for the allies and Greece.
Britain's offer of the Island, of Cy
prus and poBsiblo financial assis
tance is being considered by the
Greek cabinet. Should tho negotia
tions fail, it ls expected Greece will
bo asked to demobilise or define her
position. ConVers?tlouB aro pro
ceeding also between Rumania and
the French foreign offices.
The belligerent;; realize that the
neutrals states can bo best influenc
ed by a big victory. Austral, Ger
many, Bulgaria, are trying for tills
In Serbia, Germany In Courland and
KUBBIU In the center of t'ie eastern
front.
- London, ?ct^ 21.-All tho pressure
possible is being brought to bear by
the entente In order to causo Greece
to* define unequivocally E'er position
tow?rd the other Balkan (dates. Tboy
have intimated clearly that Greece's,
announced policy 0t neutrality will v-s
difficult if'not impossible, they main-,
tain, owing to lier geographical p?si
t??n^ntinmty^?Dllgatlons to Serbia.
It has become o question In the' opin
ion of allied diplomats of rot -per
mitting Greece tp continue what is
considered au ambiguous ?io!ley until
the opponents aro/able to utilize tf'-ie
[Greek neutral version to their own
advantage.
The'Greek govbrnment ls now con
sidering Ute Brit ;<ih.. offer ot Cyprus
which an Athens dispatch says Groat
Britain will cede Immediately If
Greece joins the allies. The Russian
foreign minister. Savonoff; issued' a
statement that (he considers tho allies
justified in adopting any measures to
prevent the enemies taking advantage
of tho neutral position of u third
power. ,
PnPSSC KIDD n imrn
Mu mila, rumen
R!!H W nc i ID.T
? ? i j o?-;,,,
Got. $800 From Man and Prom
ised Him a Million and Good
Job in Return.
New York, Oct. 21 .-Mrs. Sara Em
ma Howe, who posed as the wife of
Henry M. Plagier, was convicted of
grand larceny, here today. She . will
bo sentenced Octobor twenty-nlnta.
Silo was convicted on the charge ot
obtain lu gel gi it hundred dollars from
a young telegraph oporator upon the
promise that as soon as she received
fifteen millions from the Plagier es
tate she would give. Mm a million and
make him her private secretary at
twenty thousand7dollars a year.
s.ilrais
IBillOilffllCH
? .......... ' .
"Regulars" Make Scove ir? Jack
sonville Shoot-Marine .
. Corps Second.
Jacksonville, Oct. 21-The United
States' infantry, team with a score Of
threo thousand six hundred and ?? foi-?
ty-DIX cut ot a ^possible thirty-nine
hundred won the national >t??s; Shoot
iii tho National Rifle Tournament here
today. The marine corps ;"tssm was
second with -thirty-six . hundred one
forty-three; the United Stated cavalry
team, thtrd with, thirty-five hundred,
and ninety-seven and ' the'';Msssachu*.
selfs National Guard team fqurth
with thirty-five.ttiwdrjo^>alq4viBtght^
seven., ' ' ., ' .-...:'V {'?'. ";
Smuts Ite.EIeeted
..-'bipetownnOei-;-.^! -General; Jan
C. Smuts, ml?lstei- of , ' the .interior
mines' and defenses ot tho Volon ; of
South Africa- has been re-elected to
parliament by ft Prito?la constlt?ten
oy. over the Nationalist ; ; ead Labor
candidates.. ' ,.
U.SJOOPEBS
ATTACKED SMALL SQUAD
AT OJI DE AGUA
FRIDAY
FIVE MEXICANS
WERE KILLED
Texas Authorities Want U. S. to
Demand Action By Geo.
Carranza.
Brownsville, Oct. 21.-About BOV
I cnty-five Mexicans at two this morn*
ling attacked fifteen American soldiers
I at OJe do Agua, about sixty miles up
the Rio Orando from boro. Three
soldiers wero killed and wounded and
lat lenti five Mexicans killed. Thore
was a forty m mr te battle. Some
?Mexicans fled across thc Illo O rando
into .Mexican territory when tho
American cavalry reinforcement came
?up.
Tho Mexicans slain hud white hat
bartds bearing ..tho wordB "Viva Vil
la." The. soldiers belonged, to..troop,
O, 3rd cavalry and Company D/?Ignal"
corps. The dead aro Sergeant Shat
ter of Troop G; Flrat Class Privates
Joyce and . McConnell of Company D,
Wounded are Pr?valos Rownor, Bohr,
Stewart Langlande and Kuble of troup
G ; First Class Sergeant Smith and
Corporal Cansler of Troop D.
Want ?. S. te Act.
Brownsville. Oct.. 21.-:-A8 0 .result
of tho latest border raid, in, which
three Unite? States troopers wero kill- .-.
ed sand elt&t, wounded- tiear' ,Oj[o dp^'
Agna today, Texas officials : wired '
W"asldrigtbn- tbh'ight.-'-U?gtng* rJnlled ^
: States to Insist th?t 'CSrrahsa^ m?ke/. j
an effort to. cur . btho .andit?.
Pursuit of tho bandit party, bellovod
?to be composed of thirty Mexicans.
?continues tonight.
I Eighty-Two Mulion Received
Since July--Is : Being j Melted
arin Mads Into U. S. Conis Fast
As Received.
Now York, Oct. Sl.^A tlde of gold
has poured into New York to pay the
blllf Tor tho-war'after'rn ol tin g 4t up
lt will bo turned1 Into United States '
coin. The flood almost overwhelmed
tho embassy office employ?s here. No
sooner, is ono consignment of metal
sont to Philadelphia than another
shipment bf millions' la received; Tho
whole tonto worked the last two
Sundays. .Ordinarily a hundred mil
lions passes through tho office yearly,"
but nineo July elgtay-two millions has
beeb received, and t?ilrly-eighti 'uiiU'
lions in tho last ten days. Generally
it arrives ia Ute form of bullion..Eng- .
j lis.li Sovereign's, French napol?ons.
I and Japeaeeo yen.
Ordnna firings More Gold..
Nerf York, Oct. 21.-the Cunard
i Liner Orduna arrived' hero today, from
Liverpool wluji ' ai million and a qu?r
I tor in gold consigned tb American
banker?.' Tho Orduha will go to'tflall
fax, Nova. Scotia, to tako on Canadian
troops.
Are Given: Banquet By Pre?ni
A?ison
Associ?tibn. ?/mm
jHc&s^tfiio,' ?ct, 21.-The ^art
good reads play lh.military prepared*
U?BS was , tho; subject of ae . ?ddr?ss?
by Judge Xi. M. AlUseb, president of
the Dixie Sligaway," tc%^tht at a !wut
ouet. l?er? tended ' the' Walmar
tourists .??: The t??rljda got ; here this t
afternoon abd leave tomorrow tor St,
Augustine.
Boy-Ed ia Propeled.
, Berlin, Oct. 21 ^n*y. TVlreleis. to
SSyylUS- i-r-t?a^ln'Boy-ikl, hayal at
tache of th? tler?nan enibaasy at
Washington, ha? been promoted 10_*
full ic?Lr*alBe? ?cesri?ng. ?O' xhwvnrcr*
seas Ne^rs agency.