The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, October 26, 1915, Image 1
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_ Nl lMRcrb Oittt
RETREATING TOWARD STRU.
MltzA TO AVOID DANG
EROUS FLANK ATTACK
ATTEMPTS TO CUT
RAILWAY FAILED
Anglo-French Erpeaition Believed j
to Haye Placed Bulgaria in
Bad Predicament.
London, pct. 25.-^-Tho . Teutonic
and Bulgarian campaigns in northern
'and caa tern. Serbia are being pushed
according, to .plans.- The Bulgara,
who crossed the Tlmak, taking Pra
hovo, are now1 only a few. miles from
Qermond, who crossed tho Danube
near .Orsova, ..
In the south French troops Joining
the Serbians inflicted severe defeat
oh the Bulgarians at Krlvblak, forty
mile? north ni where'tho Salonlkl
Nlsk raliway-croases the Greece-Ser
bian border. As a Tosrilt the Bul
garians at Ls tip, Volca and Uskup, are
in danger Of belrii? flanked and are
reported to baye.'- rotlred, toward
Strumitza pursued by French / arid
Brltishv . ' ' v
.While Ute Germans' first desire la
to open, a route through, northeastern
Serbia and bulgaria to Turkey, may
l>a on tho evo of being accomplished,
irtHitary* experts. polievo . the Anglo
French ,expedU'!oij ; has put . Bulgaria I
Itv. ? bat! .-predicament, abu the; Gor-.j
mans, may .find.' dlmcrilty In. reinforc
ing their army hf the Balkans in" the
face ot thc/ Russian, and western of
fensives. .
. ?Tho Hallan campai;-,? ir.' assuming
the bff&oslV^. all ril?ng the line, threat
ening the fortress O?rlzl? rind forc
ing Andria to strengthen her lines.
Ah favidsover.Venice last night and
todi-y injured soVjral persons and
damaged - several Historical buildings.
The French claim ihe capture of a
Cl crinan Salient north ot Lehman!! in <
Champ*igrie erid: thbBritish are re
newing attacks bn tho German re
doubts on tho north and western
"Unes. '
Tho '.Russians are' fighting pitched
battles In Rigs, and DVinsk regious In
an off ort to - retake / ground lost to
Von niiij-^iliKi.,T-n, laof-wA^v. Tho Ocr -
mans clrihn\?iiese attacks wero re
pulsed.
Tho. Teutonic force? crosl?g tho
Illoukat river retired In the face of a
uperlor Russian torco. The Austrians
claim, an ad vaneo weat of Romanov/.
Tho, Qerman~-campaign in Ckmrland' ls
interfered with , by . British . sqbma
rlriea.
Gradek, Sorb?a, Oct. 25.--The
double attempt of tra'e Bulgarians' to
Cut the raliway-, at VeleB and lu the
Velahdovo section, .was completely
defeated." Th?; Friday attack on
Velos was given' np. The entire Bul
garian strength: has ? peen, .directed
couth ward from Islip ' along" the
Gradoska- river, spreading pver si five
mild . front'.- an* comprising 'the vtita
ges of Rabrovo,' Olsndavo, Pirau'dY
VeBzel, Kalkova; Kfichova e?d Kodo
ya. The dhjc?tlve whs n ataort
Rtertch of rattray* -hiring ' tho east
bank of tho Vara'ar river. .'.;
The 84tao?c though .furious ecori d?rf1
velaped tho inferiority: of the Bulga
rians in contact, -with experienced
French arid EngHs'h- troop?.?'ti?sUff'
: losses -WOTO te port ed. along ; the ; en-11
tiro 1 hie. -' The Bulgarians are with
drawing, ufttho' Gradeskar valley',
leaving the Frtnah In possession ' o?
tho railway Crom Saloniki to' Negotln
(oo.\Tir<rra5?> 'ON;PAGE SIX.) js
V/ask^
?f the faili strength ot administration
ferces'to^^
program :*^^"^^f^?y;" ?ssiireS to
day when, lle^soatatlva-.-Hsy of Vir
ginia of. the honft?*+m?UltRry affairs
t?ni^tt?; .af?Kr ;a conference T?ltJf
j^a;td?^:tWt(^oa' said he faycjrtHl tho
? artoy ^
of the senate ebu^litee; has already
APPEALS TO U, S,
TO AID ARMENIANS!
Persian Consul Genera! Says Half j
Million Have Been Victims
of Atrocities.
Washington, Oct. 25.-lu an ap
peal that half a million had been driv
en from their homes und tortured or
murdered-, H. H. Topakyan, Persinn
consul general to the United States,
today urged the state department to
do everything in its power to bring
an ond to tito persecution of Armen
ians by Turka.
AMERICAN HELD FOR MUR
DER IN ITALY IS FOUND
GUILTY
T? SERVE ONLY
IVIOlWH IN JF??L
Italian War Amnesty Act Means
Prisoner Wilt Only Serve
Twenty-Nine Days.
Como, Qct. 25.-7-Porter Charlton,
who kille?) his wife hi -their villa on
Lake Coivr, on June ninth, ulm;toa?
ton, was today condemned to sis years
ahd> eight mot ulm imprisonment. The
trial began here .October fifth but was
delayed until October. eighteenth at
tho request of Charlton's lawy^ra.
. "Ch?rjto^, ' who fled to America;, ond
confessed.'* kald ho hit his wife - with
a ihali?t while oho .was abusing him,
put -her body in a trunk and -threw lt
in the lake. lie was held prisoner in
tho Jail at Jersey City'-?before.being
cxtradiated. American alienists de
clared1 him insane. *
The jury here held Charlton - waa
only partially responsible. Ho will
serve 'only twenty-nine days because
Df Italy's war. arxrtesty act;
ALL AMERICAN
COTTON EXCHANGE
Alien Members Elected After
November First to Bc !
, Curtailed.
New* York, Oct. 25.-A plan to make
the New York cotcon exchango a' dis
tinctly American ' institution by ox
tail lng the -privilege of allens c-leti?
ed after" November, first will'.bo voted
Dn .Qctotoer twenty-seventh, noordinV
to a decision'reached by the.members
today...
AMERICAN AUTOKOBIIVK MAKERS
REPORT BI GLNCREABE IN RXPOR
..Washington, Oct," 25.-Foreign
countries bought . s?vehty-eurmillions,
worth of An;?r!can automobiles' and
paris tho p?'.:'*. fiscal year the burx?uY
of foreign . and domestic commerce
announced. This.is an*increase over
lho,r previous .year of over thirty ralx
?iIlllonsr,'fiteT?vaTQ,proS]>o?ts for :'cxV
porte in tho; calendar year j of a "hun
dred ?and twoniy millions. .
? ,-:
Schmidt Ashs' New Trial.
. Now' York, Oct 25r~The appeal for
* now.trial for.Hans Schmidt tho Now
Vork priest -convicted ot murdering
Anna Aumuller here/..several,. years
igo, was 'io be ojtgubd before -jho
?j.?rt; of speala-here today.- ..Attorney'
(V G. kool ble was assigned to
3chmidt case, by the: court.
;<es Completed Ween Representa
? Fivoml Army m?reaae^/J||p
fovy. :*\g ?
?pprovcyi tho uK>PQsaiB. Jtoptcsbnto- i
ttva ?t?y said ho heftiv^, tte ? bilis 1
m^m^t?. provide ute propo^S ia- -i
s'rfeaso.ia tho r'cp?ar, -4*r+?& th?*,or- i
giRnsatton or a cot u noa fal army of
idore'.th^'a^.^?Uoa.a?euV'the increaso
if coastdefchues and' an adequate ara
tnunliion and BTOVK venen'o wnuld f
the' house wlthowl ' ??er ioa s spoilt
building pros?ram has already
approved by -house and senate com
mateo,
~ Cana! Traffic Absolutely Shut Off hy Slides.
' * ' - ' ? ? . ? " ' u _ ' '
I . ^r ' ^off ?B? Born? Froni ?old UlU fei'tlio lilt/ ?
m Warrow Cbaunel W?ch Must Be Hug Out Every Day to Permit Bor? Boat Passage.
I These niiotograoha show tao stu- jmotb and completely blocked . Um ov?ory day-from 'the mudirising in j
herore Panama cual, which waa 300 feet wide at bottom, duetto f?0*$?
Canal can ag?ln^bo opened to navlga- Ulla, point. Tho lower plctu"- shows Tne iength of tho closed passage
tlon Thousands ot tons of earth and tho- dredgers-at work kcoplng clear 1,500 feet. When this is oponed t<
loosk rock slid down from Gold-HH1? the narrow pas^igc/which pcrnilta a width of 100 feet navigaUon. will
at tho left as* shown in tho upper | row? boat to get UiroUgh.. This fills [ resumed. :
Ccnfesaed Part tn Recent Holdup
and; . Gives; Information Which
May Leard to Arrest of .Leader?
.iri:0oV?^eid5. ..
?r?W?8Ti?jo;;y oct. gr>.-M3bano
Fiq{MV\a'v^xtcan arrested in connect
Lion .with thc recent hold-up'ot ? St:
Lowe,; ; Browa's'vllle. and Mexico pasj
?eilger train aid hilling severalAmer
icans/ has confessed, according to Um
sheriff tonight hud has given intorma
tlou ?which, it "ls.-helloved Will lead
t%?:?B5tfeH; of'; Ose leaders ot the out-,
law?.ppiy Operating on',the border. Bo
'ar.'.'??j^l nieh. havo been arrested.
Plores, ia said to have described the.
resjts Tovolutlonnry army ?is. a force,
&5raut five "hundred under the lead
ership of Do la. Rosa .AndictQ Plz?r.o
with headquarters at Raynoss, Mexl
3o. . : ?,. "V.Tv'v. ? ' : -y
--,_:-_..
D?litjbAli' CONGRESS OF
SURGEONS CONVENES
-:-:
Boston, Oct. 25.-The Clinical Con
desa ot the Surgeon? bf North Amor
?a oprmed .liare with an-estlmated at
endaiico . of fifteen hundred. ;' - Dis
JhEuiBii?Hi American surg<HmB', Wiiz
OHIOFpBR?S
Ex-Secretary of St?te Begins She
Day Campaign foic Prohibition
Amendment--To "Visit - Forty
One Counties.
. ' Columbia, O., Oct. 25.-William
fennings Bryan ?spealtJug at Sieuben
vllle Hits niontng began a six days
campaign* for Ute". state-w(de > prohibi
tion amendtaent to. the phi ocoustltu
tion, tho election for which will occur
November 2 on a apodal-train, he will
Visit forty-one ?Toy ht les. and ; deliver
fortyyslx speeches,'
'i-Whllb' the drys arV conducting a
wlrlwlnd-campaign -the'wets aro also
busy.' Several Sr oak era have been cont
to argue- against- prohibition, and an
extensive ' advertising; campaign .ls
planne?!.'
Mi SH leia
Mallory Liner Colorado" Abandon -
' ofl By Crew^Had Cotton
. Cargo.
V.Cliarlc?ton, Oct.-\25;^^pu^ .?ovi
creaus of the CiydVl^
arriving hero tliio hftorhoon/ declared
tha?'his; ship'-passed* elo?e to tho;
M?libr'y. ?rolghlcr Colorador,\afiro and
sbanobced on* Capo Romain and that
ilhe wita .aiUzo from-ead1 to end. W
ports tonight indicate the crew was
(Airirm-. of?' either- the. steamer. Su?
wance or tho' Clyde liner IiOnape. "
Charleston, Od25 i^thti ? Mallory
liner Colorado. Which ?siled from
hore last night, ls reported dire .$?
Pap?.Roamin. A T?port n?id th? crewr
was receded ?nd . t??^'were* ^otoe ta
her aid. She carried cotton for
Now Yorh.
1!HI?E
Many Jumped to Death When
Box Factory Was Destroyed
By Fismc;-Ai??h?Ts?m In
vestigate Cause of Fire.
Pittsburgh, Oct. 25.-Fourteen
persoris, thirteen of them . young ; wb
meu, . were. killed and eight persons
injured in a fire which 'swept a,four
story building partly occupied. by a
box factory hero today. Tho iii?
started m a feed store on tho first
floor and many girls trapped -lbvthe
box factory wore penned In a cloak
room. Several women signaled:' U*'
from the- second floor by: two men
working there and were caught ns
they1 Jumped and-lowered from tho
second floor. Authorities uhve decid
ed' to investigate-the. firo.
Kew York Stocks.
Wall Street, Oct. 25.-War shares
again advanced today Maxwell motor
went-5.1-4. up tp SO, a now high re
cord .
, Bcthlohem steel was 10 flown,, at
opening and foll later to 566. ?loll?
roads were inactive.
li. D.C's at Exposition.
' Baa. Francisco, Oct, 25 ?--The .Pan
America Panifie. . exposition -o3?ol?Uy
welcomed .;tho . United Daughters ' vt
.the Confederasy. A military . escort
met-them ot the-grounds where '.cere
monies wore held. They bold a Con4
vent iou '.hero . last-week'. ??)'...>.'>/;>'.: ?j ;
President to . Visit Columbus, Ok .
' Washington, Oct. ? 25.-President
Wilson- baa accepted an Invitation to
go i tb Columbus, : Ohio, December ? 10
to deliver an address before, the 'Fed
eral Council ot Churches of Christ
tn America.
Aeroplanes ' Bald Ventea,
Rome, Oct. ?5.~Teutph; net?g&f?ft
made twa attacks last night witty in*,
cen ci i ar y bombar d m on ts on Ve?t?o, ts
o ni c lal ly announced.
:\ '. King: Oeerge'-l? ?Fmjrt?&T.4"
London, Oct.. 25.-King Osorge <s
in Fraseo visiting the British front.
MANY STRIKERS
RETURN TO WORK!
Striking Employes of General
Electric Co. Deserting Union
After Three Weeks.
Schnectndy, N. Y., Oct. 25.-A
largo majority ot tho thirteen, thous
and employes of the General Electric
pmipany, who havo been on a etrlko
li^r threo weeks for? tho. eight lipa?, day
have returned to work. ? fr'?eh?alsls
numbering between twenty-five hun
dred, and threo thousand remained
out, but tho union last night having
Moled not to accept tlie agreement fo :
a niuo mid u half-hour day at au in
crease of five per couf. The machin
ists m ad o no demonstration ns tho
other:; returned to work.
THIRD REPORT OF SEASON;
GIVES TOTAL GINNED
TO OCTOBER 1
S.C. REPORTED
581,978BALES
Figures for This Stole Over Hun-1
?Ired Thousand Less Than at
Same Period Last Year.
*&:>:.?- . y'i'M-M 'iM&%????
. -tVafflrington, Oct; 25. Tha.' third I
colton'ginning "'report'of tho n?asori,
compiled from, reports of census, hui
roan correspondents and agents
throughoi'.t the'cotton belt and issued
at 10 a.;ni.today,announced that &.- }
713;S47 Viales of cotton counting, round'j
aa half- bates, of tho growth of 1016
has been ginned prior to October IB.
This compared with, 7,610,747, or 47.0
per cent of the entire crop ginned
piior to October 18 last rear, ?,973>
518 hales, or 49.0 per cent in. 19?3 and
0,874,206 bales, or 51.0 per cent in
1912.
^Included in tho glnnfcifs wore 54,.
422 round bales, compared with 16,
239 last year, 49,030 In 1913 and 41,
745 lb 1912. .
Sea Island cotton included numbai
cd 40,257 hales, compared with 30,'
078 bales to October 18 last year, 34,
139 in 1813 and 15.060 bales in 1912,
^'iS?nn?nge prior to october, by slates;
with compensons for tho last threo.
years o? tho entire crop ginned in
thone state's prior V. flint dato ld the
samo yealB follow:
Year Bales
Alabama.
1016... ... ..... 550,272
1914.'.. 810,295
1913. . ... V.: .. 839,899!
?9I2.. ..... ... ... ..... 59i,iir?4
Arkangas.
1915?.. - ... ... ... ... .. 281,490
1914V... 379.261
1913... ... .. .. .. '322.181
1912 ... ;. 300,351
Flolda.
1915.. 32,162
1914.... ?:. .. .. .. 43,313
1013.. ... ... ... ... ..... 35,956
1912..... ... .. 23,575
#i Georgia.
1915...... . ,. .. ..1.178,398
1914.. ..1,367,916
1913.. ... - ..1,290,911
1912'.....V 793,143
' Louisiana
1915... _ . .... .. .. 273.894
1914.... .. 226,274
1913... 164.034
1912. ... . 203,127
Mississippi.
1915. .. 421,688
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Dr, V. ? Wellington Koo to Repla
called ?or Faille to Make Fi
in United States Dum
Chinese Nej
BOLDSGHEME
? ? ?
PLANNED TO DISABLE VES
SELS CARRYING MUNI
TIONS TC ALLIES
LIEUTENANT FAY
LED CONSPIRACY
Held Willi Relative* *nd Three
Other Germana on Conspiracy
Charge-Fay Confessed.
New York, Oct .25.-Detalla, of tho
plot lo hamper munition shipments
hy placing clockwork bombs; on tho
rudders or propellers of nWyS .to dis
able tho vessels oh tho way' across tho
Atlantic wore disclosed today by the
confession, of Robert Fay, a lieuten
ant of the SlxtoenUi."Saxony Jnfautry,
who admitted he came to this.country
last April through au agreement with
the eGrman secret service.
Fay, who was arrested'with Whiter
L. Sell ola,, his brothor-lh-law Sunday,
while they,. were in tho -woods fest
ing explosives, is charged with pro
moting conspiracy. Scholz and thrco
others, Paul Daeche, . pr. Herbert
Kicnzlc ;. nd Max Breitung are alad
charged; with cousplraoy. .Breitling, .
-it ts understood,- was not ?apprebond
ed. A hearing will bo given all of
them on November fourth.
Fay said .ho discussed ' tho plot with ' ?
Captain? Von Papen and Roy-Ed;
German military and naval attache*,
but neither would have ' any part ia
it.
Scholz, in a stateroom-tim&bt, nald
Foy got four tliousnnd dollar'/roi*
tho Gorman government. ' Tho boinbs,
he said,'cost'sovohty to ..moko'.
'! Secret, oorvflce mon found ouhntltlifS!!: .
of acid and cloraio of . potash' Ju a .
house in Weohawken and on a house
boat cn tito Hudson where" Fay and.
Scholz lived and worked.
Now York, Oct. 25.-Robert Fay, ]:
s aid to ho a lieutenant In tho German
anny and Walter Scholz,, wero'.arrest
cd yesterday while testing explosives :\
hear. Grant Wood, New Jersey and ar
raigned.'al Wfeekawaken, Now: Jersey,
charged with conspiracy. They will
bo held'without ball-ponding an 'ex
amination tomorrow. ..'
The polic? headquarters announced
?hat'jFay after ah alt h!gh? grilling
confessed* This morning ho admitted ,
he was a ?lieutenant la - Gie .Gerthnn
army. Ho came hero two, or ; three
months ego, to experiment with a ma
chino' containing high explosives. This
wan to be attached to the propeller or
ruddod of a ship. It.was.AO Construct-:
ed that water would en-use, the - rod
connection a . cog to sjlp,???Ml release
a-spring resulting in an.explosion to
disable tho ship. This, was for tho pur
pose of delaying munitions ;'shipnient*'-'
io -tho till J vii' it ls "saki..Hie arrest of
Paul Pa?che wa? disclosedby the ar
raignment. Daocho vjtsS arrested at
Jersey City. Ile ta also bold.\Betec-s
tlves said' that 'Oaccho gave .feehv im
portant Information. Hi? ;'camo hero
two yearn aub and ls "ii graduate of '
Cologne University. Shela is a me
chanic and has .beoti ' hero two years.
-A large quantity of'Explosives and
acid for ttiakihg/explbslvfts was found
In .tho rooms the men occupied lu a
Weehawken and Hbboke warehouse.
? . high power automobile h<ridV . in
FayB name was found in a W?ehaw
ken gara'g'o and: a motor. boat he li
sahl to own at Hudnori boat house.
Ingredients for explosives "were,In tho
boat. ho:is?. Detectives have watched
th? me.? for two months.
ce Kai Fu Shah mo bte Be Re
cper Reports on SeuUment
ti Recent Japanese--' .
teil Untied' Staten.
.When pr* Koo arrived Ui\ Washing*
ton iiiree weeks ago he" h?iV been: ac
inedited as Gnineee minister to l<ex<
leo. Koo ls under thirty years.oM, .'
4t'^?lumbTa-And"'i?* thdf?ttghly -eon*
?rors*"tt with American bnstoms and
qlpIoma|?y. VA? ander. secretary ' ot
ho Chinese foreign' ?flfl?? hwfiSMra?fsl
sd with writing much of ChtM'e- r?-''
ily'-te''th?v-J?pahe?V:ulllmaintn. "Ho
? understood to bosymiatSeuo^Mth
ho prop?^:ehs^
?cpahllo to pe*h*<^faa7 ?calW-coy.