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V i* VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER; 31, 1915. ... - . .. . . !""!'. . ! gg DECISIVE BATTLE EXPECTED TO . START AT AGUA PRIETA MONDAY MUST NOT F?R? ACROSS BORDER i, , 'i. General France Say? Villa Has 18,000'Meilland 60 Guns and is Confident' of Victory. Douglas, Arte,,.Oct...30.-Brigadier General Thomas P. Davis declared'Mf? night, that tho three-thousand men in his command,' comprising tho Sixth United States Infantry Brigade, aro ready tb interfere if tho attack on Agua Prieta should rc nu lt in shooting into. American territory. General ?DavJIs lin:; issued instructions;! for Americans' to keel? within their doors. Tho American force.'.established' It self in tronches close 'to the border today. Villa's,advance guard, 'under Colonel Thomas Prance, arrived at San Ber nardino, twenty miles east of the border,- today,^ Ho said Villa would arrive tomorrow, ind len tins- that the attack jj on ; tho Carranza forces at Agua Prieta will probably take, place Monday; The first- train of relu^ forcements for. Geuerhl Call?s> (the. Carranza commender, 1ms arrived" here via Laredo. Other trains aroex pected tomorrow. t?$$ Colonel Franco said Vil&; ./l?d: eighteen thousand- men and. ; aljct? gu?a?> .:yej?riu..lndlcrttga^is-aiy^ia short of toad;} 'b?tv'orevcb?fidont of taking Agna-' Prieta. Pf?vioas reports enid "Villa had . seven thousand men and twenty elght-gunsi . Besides" three thousand infantry General Dayl* bas ? regiment of cav alry - and fourV. batteries of field; ar r.tillery'. Tho disposition of these 'troops. was not- disclosed; ". ' Douglass, Arlsi, Oct. .20.-Nigger 'r 'hendra. Muck butte faintly resemb ling a hp|#o's head, nine miles'east of hero .claimed attention as marking the '.^ m?uhtam. ;,pft?8'. through- which. "Villa, expected -tu . como tonight or "tomorrow with, olfeht thousand .; men to attack the Carransa g?rrieon at Agua ?'? Prieta. opposite hore. ' Villa is -reported to have twenty-eight; field ?uns,. Opposing' him, General Caliea boa y ?bo?it V thirty-seven- hundred troops,; ter."; pieces., ot artll.jry, and between thirty and - fifty machine guns. Unless tho -reif Toroemehts coming over .American railroads, via BaglO pass arrive- tonight they will probably bo too lato'for tho . start of tho battle. "VJlia'a. ai-iuy today reo ched, Cnliardos? a ranch eighteen miles to " thV'southeast Just ovor tho Chlraciiua mountain^. Villni is ex pected to attack tomorrow."'-.Throngs, o ? rifoh t see r a aro ' h i? ? e...--''>--. ??8?ll??Eft 1?18W? Officers cf L?w kongolia ai -4 Ininii&'&ticn ?fficers JH?ive Been Stibpoeraaed. . '--'MM Caa Franels?cV Oct. 30.-An In, yVestlgation of ; ;tb^ ; allegedv" "Chinese smuggling ring,'?' thought to light tlirou^. tno i^atbry Of e?gmy-s?ir ..Chinese: 8w;wnway$ on tho Pacific Wall?- liner,' Mongolia, recently,' will . be, under?eke? by tito f/^j?ral grand Jury, portjr subpoenas have : been ; issued for ihe'-shifc-> officer*-and iin niigtatl?t?s; oftciaiii. jWwfciie' - WILL FIRST MAKE MINUTE INQUIRY INTO MEN'S ACTIVITIES WANT TO FIND MEN HIGHER UP To Determine Whether. Confess ed Plotter Acted On His Own Responsibility. Ic -^York, Oct. 30.-The . United States wilt zo%Jiaston tbe prosecution bf, RObcrt FsjOhe confessed German bomb plott?.' and four other men charged witfi conspiracy -to blow up steamers bearing arms to the allies, said United States District Attorney H. Snowden,Marshall; who is; in charge of the cases; today , Fay's activities wilt bo aubjectod to a minuto inquiry io 'deloraine wheth er he acted on his Own responsibility. So far the evidence in hand shows, Marshall seid. Fay acted on bis own responsibility. I New-York, -?ctr*0?=i<3harlo3- vf?fa ten, assistant Uiiited States attorney, general, came hore to conforNvlth United . States Attorney p. Owen Marshall, concerning the cotii-so which the . department cf justice wjiU: take In regard to' Lieut. Robert Fay and oth ers, arrested- hero In an alleged plot to wreck munition etoamers and American, munitions, planta. - it is ?understood that WarVen"'wbs7 entrust-; vd' .- 1th; a collection of information cb'ic )rhing effortstb burn or ;blow u> steamers leaving American ? port3 with 'munitions for tito allies. Tho confer ence- lu expected to decide whether, tho allged : conspirators will bo tried in tho United States courts or,Ja.the state courts. They were, arrested on ?edoral -warrants but ?:'Now .Jersey Btato warrants fiero ais? is Killi Agreement Reasoned After Two Days Cc^r?nce- Wita Sec ; refcary Garrison. ? "; .Washington, Oct:. : 30,-Tho National Guard support for the administration's de?en-o ]Man'wa.v virtually-" assured today at the ?oRcUit?su- bf* a two days conference between Secretary ; Gar yisbn, land' mcaifcer?.othilie' executive committee ?fth?'National 'Guard!.aa?, 'rsociaUon. and fc^tloual-.Militia, board. {'Opposition to tho continental' army schemo^whleh' developed esterdny; has i b??n sbe^c9d. b'ut;tho guardsmen' will advocate an increased appropriation for tho militia, j General Fo$ter, of the Florida Na j lionel. nruard aim,.chairman . of ' th? eie^vitlv'v ^c?ss?ii'tce, ia - a siate????ni1 lasiied to?ay said! the. committee's re port,' which- wjll'.'bo presented to tho conyeation ?t tba Rational Guard As^ soclctioA In- 'f?ov?Snber^.wlll outline tab genoml . pol?$r fcr?r*s?ed- 3^'.;"th&! sdssti?is?rat^cn, A ,b4lt-_: p?oyl4??? j federal compensation' for. militia. ser vice wtllajsb bb -r-fcommf*?ded. V .Wft8hlng??na. Oct: 30.-^?V;'O?)#f__,. 1oncea between tho executive odjwntt^ too of tho national guard association 'aitd:^'?>natl6tia? t??l?ia^board t?vo sld/,,r^i i?dtoUilfitifrition'g . army . ff/M- progr?Ji? ; waa continued. ' j Seranees wore given bj Secretary j Garrison,, to the committee, so?t\OVbf whom opposed the1 creation; pt a eon? tinentel army that no iun^irment of the organized VrUllltla wes; contem plated, whi^h lW the war department: officials to hope for, atf carly agree ment. ?': r>e$ft& Bew^H^e ' Success. Farts. ?ct.:S?.4~Th.e r^ronYeo dh n?ttnc?W^o??tSr;5??iich:. progress ) ?st night' at- Boise Knanpache.,and tho repuls?, trt a German attach this J moSTilng: near juchez- ; ' - . - , German Lieutenant and Bombs for American Liners. Mr. . Herbert Kiepsic,; a?so arrested, This ia ia nosvphotograph of Fisher t: Fay,, who sayo ho ' ls a . Gorman ?ietitonant, anil /who Is now in jail in Now :Yorh, hold in bonds of $25, 000 on tho charge-of preparing boihb3 to bl?w.qplines>carrying- munitions Menienaai Boiwrt Foy, thc chief con spirator. ot war to tho allies. Dr. Herbert J.Walter; !.. Scholz, his brother-in-law, Kien?lo, who. has lived in tho United: "were: manufacturing .in Now Jereel. States . for thrco years, ? ia also held bomb on tho loft ? was about Secret; service, men say ho bargained ?S? ,?eot. I1"*, fo'-r . inches long.; it fdr-Wa T ? vf T thL uV f was. meant to fasten to-..the propeller E,'A > T;rtfl? h}shcsi ox* shafts.of steamships. The motion Plosive rn^do. for the bomb? Fay and was to explode'them at sea MREP?fTFEa ALLIES ?0 barged With Conspiring to Commit Felony inRecent; V s liquor Election*.; 0cl: 30::P^S?^S : W-"^n. Oct. 30.~Secrolary ficialsand a ju^tee of S^were ?^f ^,^^ed an Athens dispatch Garrison temporarily suspende* tor indicted hero today charged with con- entente tr?bp* have begun'.1 day:classified.- freight rate* on' thc ?Piracylo Commit felony in t>orecent retirtug, from. Saloniki. Th;?; dis PPanam? railroad, wltlch the stcam^ Sta^^ ^tch declares that General HnmJUon, /^companies claimed would force ^SeiPS^^iS0.?^ ' ?rh? ,^^?*'n*?t?e Br ?Bb -force^ has-in.- Item to abandon .service between tho B?sffl?e^^ of Atlantic and Pacific,until the atelyobarged^ith^ ine ??iiremeot undine Prince ha* or-; Sf ?h!S^ ? ' 2* *-?^ B^?l?As^?'S ATTffPi?nR is , Iac?t- - jremaln la effect ?ja?i Garrison: can : invMt<sato;the 80^:-";. . - Ath^c, Oct. 30.-Tho favorable A*: " Mp IM pf?t hf I IM Now V^F%?^? KH;, , .. : C,> : ' &pion**?. ' Nmv ?^VutnLZ^n ^t ?*?,* W.OOJMossto a fir-e ,ln the; pops^ convicted of ?splonago lu BS- ; * sar^Tactory. ??Hr^ J,*015**^ ^pi>or*oli; >trtrxufrii3.tu^ ! sluvn ^ere>ex?cuted. was yeatcrday Te Salute. Plas erSl fe^^^rteWte to ^rlhK.IS>?dir.I ^rr, H^efSo^rro Haute M h V Sfitt^Z^^^ :?* to.aaAi?eter.?i.m dl8t??tch, Ten.otfc-. policemen end firemen have bcen'or fl??iWimS?P ''^ S <hf*> ^*a> wor?.sen-- dercd to eaiute the AmericavflS'. ?rem?iu-was ??adiy burt. *cace^ tolson, ?The rule goes into effect today,. Athen? Dispatch Says Gen. .Ham* .iiton Ha* informed Prince Nicholas of Intentions. Hi? Secretary Garrison Takes Action to; Avoid Embarrassme^^ll :?>' of Steamship Une*'-'.'; [BOARD OF INQUIRY DEFIN ITELY DETERMINE CAUSE OF SINKING |U. S. TO TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION! I No Representations to Germany) Unless Finder of Missile . Makes Sworn Statement Washington, JC^.JIO.-Tho report of of, tho navy .board that tho fragment metal forwarded from London aa evi dence in tho Hesperian case,. . was part of a torpedo, will not be made the basis for American representations to Germany unless tho sworn- state';* m<*nt of tho finder ot tho fragment iii secured. Tho report will, bbwovcr, bo oent to Merlin. Germany hus .maintained, conelait-1 ently that the Hesperian was not subie i by a German submarine, and Wash-1 ihgton will send no noto until the evidence Ia complete. . . Washington, Oct. 30.-Soorctary Lansing announced that tho navy de partment indicated fragment of the en gine of war which sank the Allan liner Hesperian waa part of a torpe do. Tlie' Ghent government has per sistently: denied that tho Hesperian \vp? torpedo??. In 'tho opinion of United States navy experts tho frag menta; could not havo beon part of a marino mino. The secretary said the result of tho navy department Inves tigation would ~immedlatolx. bo. com municated to the Ge.rtnan" government I directly, or to Ambassador Bernstorff. 'i'ho state department bas been in doubt regarding the direct caus? of the slaking of tho Hesperian. A number of affidavits by. passengers and Officers' of . tho ' ship wore made in j which tho. signo rs swore tho ship was : torpedoed. : The fragment of metal ; was sont as proof .of tho statement In tho affidavits. Tho United StateB | position has been to take np steps ! to question the good faith ot tito Gor man, utterances, unless. It is shown Clearly tho sinking was. jd' violation | of thom.. President. Wilson and Sec retary - Lansing have been reluctant I to believe' tho Heapcrian was sunk deliberately without a valid; excuse. Secretary Lans%i?- volunteered no j Information os to *"^at form, tho com-1 muntcatton to Germany would -take, Germany made the United. States a j qualified disclaimer of Tcendnblbllity for.sinking tho Hesperian,-in a note | to Ambassador Gerard September 14. The foreign offlco said on the face of j tho evidence at hand, Germany would j not send '? ? noto that th?, Heapcrian yt?? sunk by a German submarine. JTho fragment Of metal examined by -;ho t navy department oxperts: was said'to bave boen picked up front the deck of the Hesperlal after : tho ex plosion. - The Hesperian sank early' in September oft tho Irish coast white making her. way to pprt after'helng. disabled by an explosion.' Tko frag- ' ment waa-of polished steel and about hine luchos long. It was sent to the j state department by tho " 'American embaasy at London. ; I BALDWIN fllUERJL Jal XA G EB WMi^.CENTBAL OF. G?tfRG?A \ "Savannah, Oct. . 30.-.-L. W. Bald win; ' general superintendent' of.. the Southern 1 mea of the Illinois Central, it .N<n?v Orleaus, hos boon appointed general nmcagor pf tho Ccntn*l ot 'ioorgt? railway, succeeding tho late T. S. Molsov Peabodj* Honors Fire Victims. h> Peabody. Oct. so.-rivery : artery md store. In this; busy town ^los?* ?hts morning to; paV tHbota tb ^. the twenty-one. ?lttl?:gtHa who' perished in the St. John's, parochial Schoolj||Mij eighteen will bo buried at a publie .jft&tr^-and 'tree privately.// . . , ... . .... .;M .,V,V ' * "' ' ? RoKriahs Sall far Bulgaria. yCopenhagen;; Oct." 3?;-^?Argo con-. Ungani*- of iloiwlnn tioops?have" ?el i l?|U^6m tho Black Sea porto ot Odos?] \<%,and Sebastopol f?r; the Bulgaria- " coast, the Berner;\Ta?^at^!^^ BBKMMHBBB I BIG NAVAL ENGAGEMENT UNOFFICIALLY REPORT ED IN PROGRESS ?PENY ALLIES ARE LEAVING SALONIKI I Dispatches From Grecian Port Dcc*rres Concentration of En tente Troops Continues. London, Oct. SO;-AlmoBt cobol--' dont with tho report that tho report that tho Rnnslaiis oro sending troops 'across-the Black Boa-to attack Bul , parla comes tho iiUo?TicIat statement [that three Turkish warships have at tacked tho Russian, squadron, com- ; posed of three battleships, sevoral cruisers and destroyers In these wa ters, A Bucharest dispatch to Ber [ lin says tho former German cruisers, Breslau and Gothen, ?ow Turkish I men-of-war are engaged. ; Whllo albniki dispatcliosa s 'ort that tho concentration of entente^; Jops to relieve tho pressure ori Serbia con tinues, Berlin claims :that the alijes aro-Tetlriug from .Saloniki and .that Constantino of Greece, arrived 'at Saloniki today and . developments' there, are being watched closoly. ,'. . Tho genoral German and Bulgarianil v {rushing movement on Sorb?a from ( bree sides ls proceeding^' tut tho French report advances la tho region ot Strumitzu. . Along the Drina river the Austrian forcea a'^acked the-Montenegrin poslr tiona. Tho Suitor Lana : aro Bald to bo said to be preparing special trait?.. to transport,German troops through. Thrace to Constantinople. War'muttr " itions havo already buen despatched io ;. Turkish capital, Petrograd reporta the ?ustro-aer mons evacuating : Volhynta, leaving ;-. ammunition and supplied. i.The Qer^ muns, otter crossing the Missa river in tito region of Riga, admit retire ment at Polakeri, eleven nilles south ot- tho Baltic port. General' voa Linsingoa tdnlraa tho I capturo of a thousand Russians' pris-, loners in Galicia.. Whllo Berlin-saya the western-front '.. situation is (unchanged the French claim the repulse of violent Gorman /ccuster-att?cks in ?teir'-efforts'-te re-capturo positions near Lacburtlne In Champagne. Tito French report tho gUiU of i ;x-!iuliC-a ?t BoiSraili&uhO lu Artois, - ': ?'-.-.:. .' Tho sinking of tho British sxme sweeper Hythe with a probable ibas of a hundred, and fifty-five ; lives of?, / Gallipoli lr, iwnotinccd. London, Oct; 30.-Tho position of Serbia is 'becoming more despcrato daily. Nish ia- threatened by the Bulgarians, whllo tho : Adsiriaus and . Gormans are gradually opening a way toward tho great Serbian, arsenal at Kraguycvatz. ; Romo reports that tho Serbia capital has been removed "to o?'certain point.'*. According tb . the - latest official report, rom Sofia the Serbians are in retreat .in a westerly direction all;Galong.:the.-.'-V Bulgarian front. . Onofllclal dispatches stnto that a Bulgarian officer commanding an advance patrol has joined with the Austro-Germon staff . The Bulgarians assort-.they ore la possession .of Negs-. tin Brea, Palauka. Zajocar. Kulaje v?ts and : several Tiniok volley vii- , lages. This glveB them' d strategical . position of, primary importan co. : Tho complete capturo ot . Plrot ?B not claimed by .tho Serbia . war office,' I wnich says that Bulgarian troops storming tho southern forilficaUons pone trat ed thc/topa whCnnSgh$: put ut onrt to the fighting. ;.: ??."'>:}:? > With tho exception of ail unofficial report that tho Frond? ara uaw' firmly, in possession of Struroitea- no nwi|i. ^?s been received concbrning the milli tory movements ol the alMcs, in thy . Balkans: ? - ? . A Bulgaria n . Sources admit. i ha t tho pea ports recentlyVtyn^barded s?tfered severely. A Bucharest dlppajvh says, that Pjussi?n tr?opfl a^t jsajl f rbs^t Odessa and sebastopol for the Bul garians coast. Fighting alcng thc other'fronts is jje^OTtetL, as severe with ?o decisivo milk ?'??...? KAd'^ib?^rtantt struggle' 1? progress ing along the AUstro-ltalian line. ?Vienna 'reports': th? Wallan attacks wero repulsed- after; -f?tc s^ngulhary ' struggle. i The French cabinet ' eVaajrV^gnp? lng an echo in the : dlsctrtsina of the advlsibllity creating a BTitisbl^jp council to consist of the premier, war 8???tary end first lord of the. admit1 1t?^?^bav?;the a??rame direction ot