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VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1915. NUMBER 252. SPEECH IN HOUSE MONOPO LIZED ATTENTION OF EUROPE COMMITTEE WILL ACT FOR BRITAIN intimated Dardanelles Campaign Would Ee Continued-Ex plains Delay in Serbia. . ' London,.Nov. 2.~PremIer Asquith's speech in tho house 0* commons, to day on the policy and plans ot Great 'Britain, concerning which ho didn't disclose much more than \a already known, monopolized the attention of Europe tonight. lighting,' though still severe on many fronts, received littlo attention. The premier's most important declar ation was that the British part in thc war will he conducted hy a cabinet committeo of three to five men, which will consult the entire cabinet on serious questions, lt is taken for granted that Asquith, -Secretary Of "War Kitchener and First T_?ord of Ad . mirai ty Balfour will bo' members of this committee. ; Asquith declared the s Unat lon In tho DardaneMes ls receiving anxiouu "at tention:.. -Many believed1 Asquith's, statement indicated that tho Darda nelles operations will ..ho continuer. . . 3lr Edward Carson, former s^tjor ney general, whom it-was-nhnouriced . today will be succeeded by Sir Fred-; erick Edward Smith, now solicitor general, made a speech declaring the' allies slowness/ia aiding .Serbia-was. . thp .'reason Tor1 his : disagreement with the' cabinet. Ile also questioned the Dardanelles campaign. . j Asquith revealed for the first time that Premier Vehlzelds of Greece had agreed" tb mobilize' the .Greek army it Great' Britain, and France would I furnish a htihflred and fifty thousand men and1 explained British that tho . delay ih aiding Serbia occurred bc . cause ojC the. belief that Greece wrould keep her obligations to Serbia, . Asquith declared he believes Lord Derby's voluntary recruiting plan " would.succeed hut ia ready to adopt tho compulsory iorm if ?piuntary re cruiting failed. ? ^ -J In' Serbia th? Austro-Germann and Bulgarians', aro dally approaching . ; Nish. m?king more precarious tho pos itions of tho Serbian army.' It is ex pected lho. Sorhiann will manage to -hold out in tho'mountains'until they get AnglOrFreuch reinforcements, which/they have already got in the, .. southern "part. ,\: .,Newa of the landing of Russians oh . <h*e Bulgarian ' coast is " anxiously . awaited, '.. In tko west there is gome fighting in Champagne, In', tho' east ;Uie .Gormans , continuo :- iiic?jr'J %'f??.^??-'."to;" ?reia?r?i' i > _VTho. Italian 'offensive'' continues, al though tho Austrians clami it is'prov . i?g ?nanccft?sful. \ ' .' ?: -.. r T. London', Nov-, ;2.^Asquith!* speech' Jn tho "House df Cemmnn? and Ru mania's reported ''intention to throw her ii)t ia wllh tho allies divid6s <pub , ll.'i Interest I >, News vio, Paris ' lends support to ?rowieg "impreEsion that -:.' .'Rumania ia pfophrinjr ;f? fight. - Tho Slow classer^bf Rumanian recruits are hoing mobilized hy royal decree, and Vienna reports "a grave' situation"; may ariso-betweer. AustrlA and Ru V mania i^ hbnh?t;ticn with ibo propoiv ed uso pf iho dower Danube to .trans port Ri?H?dan troops to . ?, Bulgaria. Then? ris little nov/s -. di rec* from bucharest "owing to tho strict cen- ' sorship. li te /fcriOWD. however, tbfct . ap -, ^aglUtIc?l mtdri^>?c tho var 'id? A'.rreadiag 1 thrbtigh the army. The Avstrian, 3e^n;>a ; and-,- 'Bu?^ri?n .1 nrwles are drawing'their not moro : ? cioa?ly ; ^hoat Nish ? : ltX "the ? couth the French assert tiley have inflicted ' co?u?idfi/ah?o,3cft?? da thc. Bulgarians, who.ord reported iaoave-be?? thrown bach on the rlsui bank pf the VardAr.: Tho only poetical development ot tono ia ibo -Alhena ministerial press nrtldlj^'aopaVsh^^ : body, friehaiy. to th? tattles, which .sro, .being published. Tho ^P8?s , insist, thdi^-jtht?^^ iher policyof benevolent. neutrality. " Atbfii? the cuttern, iront1 the RUst B?AR bffemdre -b?sscvSd5ht1.y.--^??^ded.?? cr>u??d*iT?Lhly: Official repo?lv from . fetrth et?ca; tri??cato v'ibls;//.-.although hei?horclaimsmy It.iportant-,!r*.?uH. Definite rv.y?r?. concerning progresa now. of the: German attack ia Riga V: -.' ls-! also ?Acklrtof, ':. ;. ActIvji'.'-.RusJi?ttjii.Ipa?ticip?tio? in the 15? >n??s fwayi- n?iiw . VCR?^"? . ?5 '.Jitivh :'ii7mt .roybrts luiastan troops have : landfiC.?i^vatha; vy??lch iii a*jd tb.'-.b'e d?fendes ;hy.;:Titt*fc \c^miiisnded; ?ffi. OT JASUN Gas Explosion Started Flames. Which Destroyed Tenement Building-Thirteen Persons Known to Have Perished. !.. New York, Nov. 2.-Thirteen per sone, six men, throb women .und'four children, perished In a fire which de stroyed a three "story brick -tenement, nt CG North Sixth street near tho'riv er front in Brooklyn' early today. Most of tho victims were overcome by gas leaking from a broken pipo and I aro bolloved to have beeb Unconscious ?beforo tho tiro started. . All wore Poles, Vite building was occupied by families havJng as boarders laborers employed la a sugar factory. The gas which tilled the lower Viart^of the house exploded, cutting off exits by *ho halls, and thoBo not overcome by gas escaped by the fire escape. Tho explosion is attributed to the breaking of a lamp hurtling )n the hallway. One man, a spectator, died of heart disease caused by excitement. ' ADJUTANT GENERAL MOORE LEAVES FOB SAN FRANCISCO Columbia, Nov. 2.-Adjutant Gen eral Moore lcft( this afternoon for San Francisco to attend, ? meeting of the National Guard Association... 1 ^ .??} ?rpimn?ge. libras. Harrisburg, Pa., Nov,. 2.-Sylv?h Heights Orphanage, a Catholic, in stitution was burned, but" 103 chil dren, tho . inmatCB were attending mass In chapel were marched to safe ty. Defective wiring, ls supposed to have caused the flro. H. A. Foster SuccfiJeds Sitten. Columbia, Nov. 2 >-Harrison ; A; Poster of Easl?y has been appointed I by Governor Manning as magistrate I lo succeed J. ip... 61tton, deceased. |i^-X'S?0?i? Torpedo Boat Sunk. London, Nov; 2.-The. British ad* nVlialty announces that tho British torpedo > boat No. DO was sunk al Gibraltar u?ivr UU?HE xii a collision. . Millionaire's NepKew |H?^{V&as ttr*!&ttgv Max-^reitucg, in? nephew oi B- N. ?treltung, tho 'Marquette, Mick;, and New,.York. mining .s?tJ 'steamboat j milli^alro^Vas ?be .fifth man to bo ATr^tfldwith tito Gor~ in?ri plot io blow Up sht>8 carrying ; munitions to : ibo ai lien, of wii$ is RobertFay, i*#ho anya be is ? lifluwk,. New York pelle*?. F&y ..'vprts .'caught, with ; bomba nnd :eipios5?^. [ nearly [ ready ti? &ifcach\ io ..outgoing, y^ss'ii?a; <a?*?itaiMiw^ Where Twenty Child ga m 1 Twenty?. pupils o? St. John's Pa rochial School at Peabody,. Miss., lost their Uves whenUro destroyed tho building On Thursday. Over n hundred wore .inJured. The Ure, which started a few I I minn ten after the morning session I Question of Nationality of Vessel to Bo Bone of Contention Be ftweori U. S. and England--Rfcr l?ase Will Be Demanded: H Washington, Nor. 2.-Tho British HI cruiser's, seizure oft tho Atlantic coast ?j'3t the American steamer Hocking- has HI brought to Jssue. a question on which If tho. United States and - entente allies li aro BO . for apart that '.saib? oC?ci^Is HI belie*... tho matter will ultimately lim vu to bo submitted to arbitration, ll - Secretary lansing today cabled Hi Ambassador Pago in London to ask lian explanation. In.the meantime the Hi United States will probably protect ll irotuodiately and demand the release ?j or the ship; Tho Hocking "s now at HI Halites and lt in presumed Great Bri ll tala.intends to hayo her . caao go ll through tho prlr.o <y>urt, the British' j contsntlbn-apparently being that Ger H| man; capital is really .behind the Ame1'* Hi leas'^company ..;,'whlch';,-.;br.?uj?ht tho htookliig from. Copenhagen interests 1} ?hd changed h?r to American " rcgis^ H cTreat Britain now contend* that j actual ownership, determines tho. n? j tlonnllty ??~? vessel- whllo: tho. Ubi ted H fitzes t?bnt??ds the f?sg she fii^s dc ? terxutaes a jressel's nationality,..* i j T?? A?T?CT1C??S Tra?iS?K??tstlpa. ' Com H pany, owner a of tho; Hocking, ..clahn J none but Americans arc Interested -th j tho company. ?ian elli? j Sit??i?rf: of StateCfcnritte*. tatd ^jht?t??n 1 Board Reeom . ro?t?<5& Many Aerations. Boston. Nov. 2.~rTwenty? men, ir> of whom -were tbQ%ht at firat :to have, fcoeh; lofifc -C^SrcwIy .'. ojsenped, w?ata- when a s*nera? alsrm of fire was1 sounded "when the building-: < the Cochrane ??ahufacturing . Corr pahy'e dyeiagV and print "works i Malien /was dwtrx?y<?d. ^ Tl??? V?sa. i $26,C?K>, Tho flame? shot '?r? { fevfi fallowing, several exploitons ti kiaptha. VWf^ny mira dropped * winr&tfS.T ?alon fnjnres Kaventen. Wilmington, Bel ;, Nov. ?-Seyen- ! toon mba woro -badly" Injuria - -by..-"the - p*p!?6?on of u large . tonality of V&Wtt in, thav ^y^r^Powdafc^Vka atvCavxvcya Print, N. J. it, m$mW hT* ^itiW ^wlrfi^ jc^nott ren Were Burned to De ? -KV-. ? ???v.-.v.,j??--.'a-v-j?'l_?ri? fighting (iib Flames Frons Roar of Sehe j had opened, swept through the three story brick and wooden school build ing .in leas .tlian five min otes. Trapped on tho upper .floors or caught behind a door which, opening inward, was jammed abut in tho ?ionic, tho children were burned, suf ocated pr. trampled. to death or AMENDMENT LOST IN NEW, YORK, MASSACHUSETTS AND PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS LOSE ' wea? ?* j Republicans Increase Majority in New York an-rl New- Jersey Legislatures. Kew York, Nov. -2.^-Constitutional amendments giving suffrage to women apparently met Overwhelming defeats in'.Now York, 'Ponhayl vania and Mas sachusetts. The' 'statewide prohibi tion am-^admont in Ohio met a similar fate,- ';'.-'..>'.; , lu the Massachusetts guberhatlori ?al rae*;, ?bortly after midnight with ?11- ?\Mopt thlrty-hino precincts, re turned, Samuel McCall, Republican: bad 221,074 votes und Ttevid Walsh, ?>ssn?crat, 221,787. . Th? ropubllcaus seemed 6ofe winners for tho remain der ot tho state Uckel. Tho Topubl leans have a nii? major ity in the' New Spr^c legislature^ New' York ; elected three rep?hH?an con gressmen, H. S. Gauld. B. H. Saellin, W. B. Bennett. lt was ?ndi?av- J. thai ibo .muloi Ky for Harrington* ??^octAt, 'running for gnvernoT.of MaryWini, wan fivo'thbu sand, in Baltimore, at midnight!: No reports from counties, have boen re ceived. ' - In New Jtrseyiv the repubilcaus m creasod their majority, iUitito. leglsla tiiro; '';The lineup -.will'" be .thirteen {ropnbiicftns and eight democrats. 1n I tho senate and thirty^ov?n r?p?bji I cass., and twenty-threp dem?crata id thc assembly; ' In kentucky the. latest .returns shbw'A.^'S>^?'?ly?;.^^o^l^t;ifo^/.tfev'??'.; ?ern?r; 19.? leading ?he rop^bllcan.'c?h [didatc'.Vy fiv? thousand. - lu Misstep?,! ?ud Virginia tho de ; moers?se aro easy*; winners. The ,?CA jbri?y of. the Virginia legislators I ?lected ; aro those pledges to strict j ?morcbhi?at of pro?ilbltion-j New York apparently defeated th? i piWoBOd revision o? the c?fistitutio j introit retorn?; Indicatea d?fco1 ir ?he ^ropoaed municipal ownei t'roR?r>'linos. ; Cfaclanatt and Philadelphia nd repuV.lean mayors. : .In New York eierte the returns ?{yuteen; laVge cities, shewed re???hilcan mayura, five ? ?n?'/'aoclal^-w?ll^Vj^?r ?dy? ek-ci?d. ';; ath at Peabody, Mass. I crushed by leaping from tho /window lctlgCH. Tho heaviest loss of .life tons tn tho main hall, behind the big: cn ; trance door. There Were sovuti hundred pupils in tho building whon tho firo started tholr ages ranging from seven to eighteen years.. ? . I American Minister to Belgium ? Gives Reason lor Sending Re? port on Cavell Case to Eng land. Wa ali lng ton, Nov. 2.--Brand Whlt j lock, - American minister to Belgium, I in a lengthy report to the state det partmcnt made public I tonight, stated ?that reports made'by him to American mbaissador in Liondon. regard* I ing his efforts to prevent tho Germana | from executing Edith Cavell, wero I merely a recital of facts, without ex pression of opinion. AB American j diplomatic officers were representing ?British interests in Belgium, tho TOT I I port was naturally was turned over] |tb the British forolgn office. : Begarding tho British statement j I that the (Sermons, after promising to keep 'Wthitlock Informed of tho status I of the Cavell ease, and then .failed to | j do so, Whitlock explained that the Germans had given him no Official !'promise to keep him informed. iU: added that tho publication of . kia re j port by the British had embarrassed his relations'with the GermattB, but) I that ho lind explained why lt", ..was given to the British; and tho German? now soemnd satisfied. ." . [Were -First Thought to Have Per ished m Djt? Wort? Fire Near Boston,, Greenwood, Nov. ^-Greenwood' rouniy u'cods either a.new jail orien addition built to tho present oho. lb the Opinion of Mr. A. D. Oliphant, as sistant secrotarr of Ute State Board cf CiiaritiCfl .; ntid Correction, who made, a thorough inspection ot 'tho county prison yesterday. "J :?m convinced." said Mr, Gll pbaotr ~thati the , 3?|it h? inadequate structurally abd I wouid recommend I thai an addition bo built or that the county erect nh cilrely newi hnildlng." .'.-, Mr1. Oliphant otatod that he found ! tho Greenwood jail in really better I condition than ho bad expected. I having heard frfpatU of ita lack of modernes?, "but he. waa ' surprisod at tho smallncBs of the building. It in Ulrtiy thnf- come atspfc will bo taken to improve tho prison. last winter, it if ttl be rceaBed, da esttri sesefoh- or court had ' to : pM-held ! in, Order to ''eSeapr oat" th? prta?h, which at that time was overcrowded. ??? TAKE AG I Great JewLh Philanthropist ?nd Former Officer in the . Confed ?rate Army. Died in New i Orleans. New Orleans, Nov. 2.-Nathan Straus, a widely known Jowlsh phil anthropist and former adjutant on tho staffa of Generals Miller anil Orage In Confederate army, dlwl hero today, ago eighty-one.. Streu", was horn in Alsace; but ! Icame to America lu olghtocn fifty two has" lived here nearly over since. The lives cf. millions of babies aro said to havo been saved ns an almost direct result of tho work of milk re form Which Nathan Straps starred in New York City In ISikJ and which has ?now spread throughout this country ! and Europe. A number of agencies j have been at work to iii? ?amo end, but credit Jins boen given freely to Mr. Straus for leading the way in this great campaign i ' Ho resented any effort to 'repfattoat Jin dollars, tho extent of hlo philan thropic work. Measured tn that re rspect besldo 3omo o? tho great found a ms which captains ol Industry huvp established, he- Bald his work wnp small, but. lt iii ktiown it absorbed 8ost of. tho fortr?a?llri Straus made i* n'N^xrr^^ cupied iwrauiicaliy all of his time and thought during tho past two?ty-flv*e years. It has been said ho Rpent moro than 112,500,000 out of his private purse" for I tho canso of humanity. His philanthropies < were various, bUt the best kn?wn is his estabilsh ment'ju Now York, Chicago, Phil?deK phin and -various other cities' hero, and abroad, of n sori?3 of milk sterillz Ipg laboratories ami distributing do porte from which . tho. pasteurized milk was servos at ace ht a bottle br glass for tho benefit primarily of In (CONTIN?I2D ON PACE THREE.) German Finance Chief Prof Pr, .Prof. Dr. Hairier Ich. ch let " d Ireef or of tho ttcuts'ehea Rnnk of Berlin, thV j JlorgtKt 'Wmrheihi institution in Oer-! many, and noV minister of fi?aace,! Is tho' arch it cot cf G^nuany's ,wsr. Ift?tnclfil dysieaj. Ho is tho' man Who has negotiated the enorrr.wis . loans durlngv*h? xf?ry and tn ' Germany ia being helled; a* <ue of ?or -mighty mea, wm S FORCED TO RELAX EFFORTS BY EXHAUSTED CONDI TION OF TROOPS MAKE GENERAL ATTACK TONIGHT Many Bullets Fell Cross Box der But U.S. Forces Made No Move to ft??ufn t?te. Douglas, Nov. 2.-Arter a .day o?;s Intermittent flRhtlnp. the Villa forcea attacking Agua t'rlota this aftern???^ bombarded tho {Jarranxa garrison and' lt waa boli?vod would attack Iii forco. , Later developments , indicated. Villa had postponed tho general attack un til tomorrow night. Prlsvato Harry . Jones,.. ot the Bloventh United States infantry, dk? today from wounds caused hy MOMI enn bullets yesterday. Many bullets crossed the border but it ls not ex- '. peoted United States will act unleun it appears that bullets, aro intentional ly fired across. Douglas, Arte;, ftov. 2.-Tue Villa army, reinforced by troops tni'v: kdeo this morning, renewed th? attack ou Ag?a Prieta, defended by Carranza' 0 troops. Loses oh both sidos aro be* lloved to be considerable. About 1 o'clock tho Villa fon Btartcd a general attack with nrtil- //? lery on tho south abd want. Tho Cartv ronza garrison TCplled with machirj? guns, rlfleH and oxploslvo mines along. . i&?* feba* over whieh tho sVUia ann y expected, After an;"heur/f Iring-ceasi. ; Many bullets, fell hero, TwO Andorf - cans woro wounded. H. K. " Jones, ft letter carrier, - was wouudod as . ho stood in front pf his home. Ollie A*. Whidden, private, company A, Seventh Tegimont, guarding the rall- .. road freight : Rtatlon : seven bloc: from tho boundary, woti ?hot. Ne J th er was seriously hurt. Tho Villa mon : httre had no water or twenty-fonr hours. It ls -?.-..; their food supply is exhausted. Douglas, Nov. 2.-After four despe rate attacks oa.A?Uu Prieta, Villa's -. forces drew off shortly after day l i ?ht 1 Half a. dozen pcrabns" wbr? ? wounrfB^'e-'-r on the Amorlciin aid?.- Tlio Carranza IUI V?TCT :. T?"??%7 . ?Ttf?t?v(?s?r7 -Sil -T?;g"i>t-v * ^T^ZITT battle lasted almost continuously fi-om I'.iH yesterday to 6 o'clock this morn lng. . C?r?ronza ofilcial? reported losses of forty-five kille rdand sev?nty flvo wounded, Un?jficloV reporta ?tated tho loses were 2f>0, Villah doad and wounded iii large nomi) aro scattered over ;thp desert out^l the barbed wiro entanglements sur-r rounding the town. ;;:??in'eri?nn arniy; officers ?aid the : firing laet night v. tho most violent they Villa opened OU' lh^ wcsUrp,.ir*?unbrt of Agua Prlota with ev?ry??va?lu?L'?e gua supporting the : final rush of his Yaqui Indians aboitt &o'clock\ Difference tri Pr?c? ^ Various Perta of Country Cause of In* quiry toC Be MMe By FederaT Trade Comnussjon* Washington Nov. 2 .--Thal .-com piaints from. .O?ors^? caused the' fed eral trude commissi to instituto &u Iijlvta'tlgation into the price difference;; lb- the / safe of RKSOI ino in Varloh? parla ot the noubtrr, ls announced to: -,j day. Thin will he part of the general Investigation tho. commission is mak ing in .rwpbuse to senate rcaolutloss . introduced by Owas at?i Gore. Th?' statement oays -that : recently there hus been complaints of'alleged m dfscritVfnal?o? between* diff?rent lo?i;^ -;? lt?es Ah ?aeblinb sales. A number of ./-;. ccmplftiate hats' bcc.n i??orrna?iy : ' modo ib Co*fflml9ftloaet Harrie from Ooorglb- Similar complaints cosue from Cu iforn.la,- Idaho, Misstourl end : o>!?or stuioa. Thor* Is wide differences betweah :;i tho conditions ia aeverai parts of the ; United. States ah? tho petroleum, in ^rt, dvistry is u^d??Crias rapid:?;^hanies,'S:\ in certain brioche* due to. the RurcH : pean Wftf i , It h*s be*!? ?a\ Att abi?nrHiat; * \? (date, ?'aya ? atatamet?u. New rettssia^: processes' -teeeail&Jlai^^ * lng to marked changes,