The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, November 09, 1915, Image 1
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ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915.
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NUMBER 232.
AUSiMGEI
BULGARIA?
WAR MACH?N* UNCHECKED!
IN DEAD!': ADVANCE
INTO SERBIA
AMERICAN NOTE
TO GREAT BRITAIN
On Subject of Interference With j
Neutral ~ Shipping Over
shadows AU Now.
London, Nov. 8.-Tho American
note to England regarding Interfer
ence with neutral trado has for the
moment overshadowed tho near east
situation and Earl Kitchiner's depar
ture for that theatre o? ?perat?ons.
The foreign otllce haa studied the
note hut it ls not yet before tho cabi
net and probably it will be a fort
night before it is answered.
The AuBtro-Germans and Bulgarians
continue to advanco in Serbia, tho
latter having crossed Morava river
and also occu* 'ed Krusevac, thirty
miles northwest of Nish, capturing
many prisoners and much war ma
terial.
London, Nov. 8.-The fall of Nlah
has united solidly the mam Bulgarian
?nd Teutonic armies.^ltherto, com
munications consisted morely of the
tentativo reaching out of advance
Eu anio. The Bulgarians and their
alli?e now: ; hold constgaarably more
than half of Serbia. The""command of
tho Nish railway is one of tho chief
objectives of their'cam pajgn. From
Nish the Bulgarians line runs north io
a blight curve encircling the, Morava
river to Krivivlr whero It joins: tho
Teutonic forces. From that point -the
invaders line .turns at a right anglo
and runs duo west across the broadest
Cia vt of Serbia. The rough semicir
cle made by thie lino la Still, contract-;
- ins, and^cci?$n^^
la taking a heavy toll of Serbian pris
?ners. In southern'Serbia the Bul
gtriaha apparently haye received a
severe check from the Serbians as
sisted by the Franca: and British.v
ParlB reports nothing new on the
western frost.
The steamer. Woo .wich has boen
Gunk. The ere ww?a Baved.
Mo official confirmation has been
received of the decisive defeat of tho
Bulgarians, attempting to advance into
Madenola through the Bahuua\Pas8.
South of- Strom! I sa, tho French are
fighting on Bulgarian soil. The Greek
cabinet Crisis has been met tempora
rily. If the chamber of deputies ac
cepts SkOuloudis tho mlnlstey^
: present status may . bo continued In
do lin It ely with m? change in ihe. an--j
jounced Grefjk p?lrey. Gu the east*
severe but in de elsi vu .fighting con
tinues before Riga aud Dvinsk.
vTbe Russian offensive in Galicia
along the. S tr ina has been-halted, and
tito long battle there ended. No im
portant developments aro reported on
,.otii,or fronts. On the extreme' west
ol tho Balkan front the Montenegrins
cl sim to be holding the Austrians
near GahavO, inflicting s?v?re
.- losses. The intention of Rumania to
Tftnaln neutral for the - present at
lesat is emphasized, by Bucharest ^dis
p at ches. All members of parliament
'. with, whom Premier Bratlano con
sulted, told ; him. ' they consider tho
government's ^course correct, it ls de
clared. Decidedly energetic action b?
. ', the' allies, t?' open communications m
tho Balkans \yill be necessary; to move
Rumania in their favor advices indi
cate. On tho Gallipoli peninsula, the
Turks' claim . their .artillery success
fully attacked on allied transport.and'
torpedo boat sotting the transport
atlro.'
Willi
its ital
Mtffctiii nu ?BW
Votes fog Inttease rn Captht'
Sl??k to Esqpand.
'Mobile. Nov. 8i-?h? stockholders
?\ of the Pensacola, Mobile -abd Kew;
Orleans Railroad, today voted uti : ta'
cr^ stock to end
BailUbn, onay hundred and fifty thous-*
.'.; aiid dolj&raVahd to apply the funda
iovvard cx>m\>leting ike tracks far as
i;. Mobile.
. . !,'., -
Crniser Sunk.
Berlin. Nov? 8.-lt Is official
? nnnounc"*d tm?t ;the small ; German
cruiser Undine, .has been torpedoed
and-.annk--'l^i*V^1>io?Tlne'!?ff', the
. Swedish coaafc/'
Arr^t .*a^'JK?reh??ts :'. :'
?''. ,Nar^j Arlar".','-Ney.' ; 'fc?~AU TurkJehs
..' merchants --to^?^a^Vfioto^l^
boen arrestod and fceM- for ransbm by
' illa anthbritt^Aaccerdtar:1 tb ad
vices roceiv?a hete.
FALLS FAR SHORT OF THE|
AMOUNT GINNED TO
DATE IN 1914
SOUTH CAROLINA
772,481 BALES
I Cl
Texas As Usual Leads AU Others
in Amount of Bales, Show
ing a Tola! pt 2,395,566.
Washington, Nov. 8.-Tho fourth
cotton ginning roport of tho season, j
compiled from reports of Census Bu
reau correspondents and agents |
throughout tho cotton belt, and issued
at 10 a. m., today announced that 7,
384,870 bales of cotton counting round
as half bales, of the BTOV?'. hot 1915
has been ginned prior to November
1. That compares with 9,826,912
bales, or 61.8 per ceat of tho e ntire
Orop. ginned prior to Novembor 1,
last year, 8,830,396 bales or 63.2 per
cent in 1913 and 8,869,222 bales, or
65.8 per cent in 1912. The average
Quantity or cotton ginned prior to No
vember 1 in the past ten years was
7,954,634." balea or 62.0 c. er c?nt of the
crop. '
. Included h- hn gina inga' were 69,
?Qi.round! bcompared,-with -28,-1
182 last year, 61,577 in 1913 and
54,539 in 1912.
GlnningB prior to November 1, by
states, with comparisons for tho past
three years ginned in those states
pflor io that date in the same years,
follow:
Alabama. -
Year. Bales
1915. 72*368
1914. ... ....1>068,771
1913. ... ... .1,015,788
1913. 869,662
Florida.
1915... ... ... ..; .... 40,389
1914...... 56,645
1913.... .... 47>315|
1912.. .... .^.j'v:;';,:-. .. .. 35,362
1915... . .... ,'?s-?''?'?- 272,379J
1914....... ..-.,. .. .. 297,356 !)
1913... .... .. .. 222,464
1912...... .. .. 261,701
North Carolina.
1915.. 408,056!
1914... ................ 427,949
1913.... ... .. 846,468
1912... ... .;. 730,690
Texas.
1915..... . ... ... . ..I.. 2,595,566
1914.....3,168,786
1913... ... .. ....2,050,444
1912. .3,709,725
Arkansas.
1?15.;... ... 444.908 L
1014..;, ... ..... 873,671
1913.... ... ... .... ..... 481,522|
1912..... ... .... .440,482]
Georgia
1915... . . ...1,431.290
$914;.,. ... .. .. .... ..1,763,374
1913..,. ;:l,S00,50?
1912.. ... ..1,112,419
MlasisBippI.
1915.. . . .... 584,060
.1814. ..- ... .. .. ^669,143
1913.... 508,005
1913.. ..v .... 511,679
Oa?a?ym?.
1915..;... ... ... ..... ..... 171^29
1914;.;. 649,376
.1913...... ... ... 588,303
1312... ... ;. j ... ... .. 599,190
Tei^fap.3sea.
191f-$. . ... .- ...... .. 140,869
19K... ... . ... .... 17?.4?6
'IMS...... ..... 174,379
1912^.V-....... ;. .. . 118,485
- i . AM Oilier State?, ,
1B?E.. ....40,26?
1914.. ......... . .... 58,907
1913... ;..r ..' >. .. 4?.942
1912 ...... ... ... ... .. 43.291
^Ph? neit gi?ntng report ot the behr
aus bureau will bo issued at 10 a. m.
Monday, November, 32 and - will ebbw
tlis quantity of cotton ginned prior to
Noyembor 14. ;?-:['
'?APATA?? vAB?Blf
U?m*&tri?i te M ?ishiiegra?nff
terday an&;W?re gr&?ted amnesty.
At "Wacov Texas, Nov. S.-H3ownnee
| '*8 j- Baylor 3 .
NEWEST VIEWS OF
It ls believed In Washington, that
Col. E. H. Houso, the .Texan,-who now
Uvo8 In New'.-York City, will be the
best mah when President Wilson
?_' .? ? .
YIELDS OF PRINCIPAL FARM
CROPS IS ENOR
MOUS
GREATEST IN
OUR HISTORY
Exceed By More Tba? Hajfl
Billion Previous Banner
* Crops.
Washington, Nov. 8.-Tho nation's'
principal. farm crops this year are
^orth about $5,500,000, exceeding by
more than 5^00,000,000 their valuo Of
last year, the previous banner year In
the country's crop history. With tho
large harvests, the prices aro kept'
high .by tho war. demands.
\:Tho department cf agriculture's lig
ures today show corn with a produc
tion of a.OllO.BOO.OOO bushols, worth',
at November prices, nearly f 2,000,000,
DOO; wheat '.with more than 1,000,000.
000 bushels, worth $900,000.000; bats
with 1,600,000,000 bushels,- worth $400,
000)000 and barley, rye,; sweet potatoes,
rice, hay ^record crops in . production,
r?d rye and hay with record in valuo.
Tobacco lias almost , etjballed it'a rec
ord production, valued at $100,000,000.
LOOKS LIKE STANLEY
lias AftiAreht Safe' l<*a<i 0?rr Kegsb-'
: 'i Ikan Opponent.
Louisville, Nov. .?.-With return*
from only ono county'yet to be'ofll
fcialiy counted, A. Ov Stanley, tonight
had ? majority of 227 over- his ??epubr
iican opponent for governor, ?repub
licana ard'preparing to .contost tho
returns. ? "'' '.'.'"
Ihusaians Hag Teutons.
landon. Nev!. 8. -rA lieu 1er dlsMtMi
hom Petrograd says: -
"In tho region of. Cjartorysk:
boutes or jtusstan cavalry, ffom r>00
U*li#00 atroUgv have been ver^^m
tice in ata?kifig;Oerwan:iufentry do
lachmonta in'v?rlon&'loeaiitle? east of
Kov?li . these^^ hnvo rb*.
Bulled recently in ^the capture of 2,
DOO prisoners,
Oeet(py;i?elglit3. . - '..
i Parla.:N?v..a.~.Freuch troops
recopied Itc^j?k and Bah?na > Weights,
which colmuand Plctrar pass, throu
which rena tho PcrieperKa^a*-rua
?nd ?rf? expected to feffeet ?*junet
witii t?i?:- ??rbf?n army occupying.,
northwestern Slope bf Bah?naRango
says a-MoniBtir dispatch to",viatUx.
IrwWffiHfflffgiff
RP CSV WM AW ' A T DOCQSl
COL. E= ?Lf HOUSE
weds Mrs. Norm?MGalt in Washing
ton In the latter, part of December.
Col. House hali/ rfeen wary-of the
photographers; Noe until ho had te
?> .-- . ?-^-3-:
- $?<8H??0ir^^^ :
Chicago. Nov!. 8.-The rail
roads of tho United States
have demonstrated their faith
in newspaper advertising by
spending SIO.000,000 for news
paper advertising during the
last' fiscal year, according to
an address before the Chicago
Advertising Agency today by
Garrett Fort, general -passeng
er agent ?Of-th? Union Pacific.
I* * * ****++.+*?**
nrwnr imn? IM
? fi 5 mm
la? ?JJ;g_jj; s 5c^s:B SS;
?CONSPIRACY TO LIBERATE!
1 HER FROM THE BRIT
ISH YO* - S
|4? ARRESTED
25 EXECUTED
Says Overseas Agency Dispatch
-This, However, is a Ger
man Bureau.
Berlin. Nov. 8.-Overseas News
Agency today announced the follow
ing dispatch" from Constantino-p?o:
i. /'Roports-from Cairo stnio a great
conspiracy is discovered there, bead;
?ed by persons in entourage of tho
??S*V Saltan.
'^conspirators aro planning to
remove th? -ruler and his. minister
end 1 iherato Egyipt from tho British
broke.
" Forty persons from the . court ;w?re
la^rom?d : and 25 hsve already been
?kechi?d? ''?"..'?;"!'.
Mil NOIE OF
Received By? United. St?^?l?j||?
Attjtro-Hungary Yesv
Tarlta*
..abington, Nov. .6:- Altitro-llun
. today-formally pollfl?d,'th? Unit
ad^. States of the recttfl. ot Ur. Con-'
stamin T. Dumba* whose, withdrawal
WUK ' requested on account cf his. plans
for fomenting strikes here.
turned from his pea- . y :p Ito. Europe
would ho pose for tue: ;?. Here ere j
shown.two vlewfl for "which ho posed
the other day.
OF CHARGES PERTAINING
TO ISSUING FALSE
PASSPORTS
TESTIMONY WAS
GIVEN IN COURT!
I? England By Two Men On j
Trial As Spies-The ?;
Explanation. . .
: Washington. Nov. 8.-Germany, In
a note whlcn was received by the
state department today, denies flatly
tho testimonies alleged to have bees
given : in -'British courts that German
officers" prepared false America';
passports . and handed them to
agents..", Tho note le a reply to- the
United States' letter directing :. the
attention of .'Germany to stntotnents
to have beep in a do by Rober Itoucu
thal. and George L,. Broknow, when
they were on trial- In England as
spies.
Germany auggeststhat the false
-passports which wer? found on Breek
now probably ware issued by one of
"certain individuals in occupied ter
ritory and also In 'neutral countries,"
who have endeavored to make a trade
of ?oiling B?ch papers at a goodprice.
the note said, that if Rosenthal &nd
Brecfchb-v really accused tb,e German
Officials of supplying- thom falso Amer
ican';/, passports, it must be. assumed
that ; they were induced to make, the
statement by threats promises or oth
er pressure.- '
?^gV%ff?? "". ; - ? : %.-}= 3sra8s
*+* *.?**.?******.?****?*
? MR. WATKINS SINKING ,4
? A message-received In An- .
? derson tate last night by. Mr...
4. T. Prank Watkins from tho
? bedside -of his/hrbqi?r, . Mr.
? Ern?st M. Watkins, In a hos
4 pita! at: ?Rock Hill, whjo wa*
? shot . Saturday afternoon ~ at
??? lancaster hy a negro whom ho
4. had discharged from the cot
<4 ?bott mill, stated: that tho
? wounirf-*. mah wo? ?lnkl?g rap*
4v idly. ^
4>. ? In the forepart of 'the even
4'-' lb? Mr. Watkins was doing
? well, but within a short while
? a turn for rhV woree took jil NCO
4 - : and .he began to sink rapidly.
This will be distreaslnirinew?
.J?' to his many friends and th*
4 . friends of the Watklne* famity
? throughout .this section.
enron i? pm
OU Y RIVE, l/IVI
CONDUC
FOURTEEN SHIPS
BURN SINCE THE
WAR STARTED
B II ii?
FRENCH LINER ROCHAMBEAU
ON FIRE IN THE ATLAN
TIC OCEAN 1
NOT SN DANGER
IS THE REPORT
Six Hundred and Fifty Souls
Aboard-Rochambeau May
Be Enroute Halifax.
Now York, Nov. 8.-Tho French
liner Rochambeau, from Now York to
Bordeaux, which today wa? reported
on fire In her hold, ia believed tonight
to be eu route to Halifax, '.
The only wireless -message today
says she is not In danger and that tho
crew expected to extinguish tho fire.
There are G50 persons aboard, in
cluding 421 passengers. Rochambeau
ls tho fourteenth ship from the Unit
ed' States to Europe to catch fire since
the war started. She carries war
munitions.
IEE? ?li
Want a Revison of Sunday Clos
ing Statutes.
Chicago. Nov. 8.-The saloon in
terests will appeal to Governor Dunne
for a revision ot the Sunday closing
law. Yesterday they hold a .parade
downtown as a protest against Mayor,
Thompson's order closing the Sunday
saloons in Chicago. Governor Dunno
will be asked to Include tlie home
rule proposal'in the expected call for
a LS pee lal l?gislature session. The de
monstration yesterday was declared
Mi ft ?,i> ?-.?;?; aim iii ?niii?y respect.? ????
most spectacular street parado here
in many years. Over forty thou
sand participated by actual count.
Fewer violations ot the closing or
der were reported by th? police than
any other previous Sunday. .Only
twenty-five ?.S compared with sixty,
?two weehs ago." Forty-six arrests
! were ma.ue for drunkenness.
NEW HAVEN TRIAL IS
PROBRESSiNG SLOWLY
Government Reads Letter Frond
Mellen to * Former
President.
Now York, Nov. 8.-^At the trial of
the eleven former directors, of the New
Haven Railroad company, the govorn
m?nt introduced a letter from Charles
H. Mellen to John M. Hell, then
president of the New Haven, written
ld nineteen hundred, when Mellen was
vice president, lu tho l?tter Mellen
used th? pk rn no, "maintenance of
your monopoly" In- commenting on the
New Haven's activities in the acquisi
tion of competing properties.
-Mellen also -wrote. that delay and
lack of foresight in purchasing such'
properties had cost the New Haven a
tremendous price.
CHOLERA BREAKS OPT
geties AI?M?XIAX REFUGEES HF.AF,
_ TfiUis and ?rnmiah.
, i?ew York; Nov. S.-rChO?e?a has
broken out among the: Armenian re
fugees near Tabriz,, and also in Uii?
mtah. a*SordIng to advices today to
the Pr?Sbywrttp. ?odrd of Foreign
Missions.
London Paper Seized.
London, Nor. ?.-^-Th? < Globe*.
,'whlch steed .by the police Sat
urday, is still controlled by ihe author
titles. When asked ?s ib the probable
period of suspension, Charles Volm
ern editor skid i ' '^?'re wrortr iblll
1 tary law calmly awaiting develop
?monis.?- .;/.-'...; HH^HT
T?CISM OF
r OF WAR
IS HEARD IN DEBATE IN
BRITISH HOUSE OF
LORDS
CENSORSHIP IS
ALSO ARRAIGNED
Earle Informed Casualties of ft
War Number 15,000,000
Government Defended.
London, Nov. 8.-Debato on tho
conduct of the war and tho censorship
wa? resumed in tho House of Lords
this aftornoon. Earl Lbroburn, form
er high chancellor, spoke of what he
termed the "misadventures" ot. tho
Antwep expedition, .tho loss of Lour
Admiral Craddock'? squadron, tub
Dardanelles operation^ and the Bal*
kan situation.
He wanted to know If proper ar
rangements had been made to mako :
the Saloniki landing a' success, and
criticised the delay in aiding Serbia J
He decfared he bad been informed that
fifteen million men hud boon hilled
or id:--ubi al in this war, and If the con- ,
flict continued indefinitely a revolu
tion or anarchy would ensue in Eu
rope!
Viscount Miller blamed the censors
for doctoring news to make it appear
optimistic.
{'The Marquis of Lansdowne* de
fending -tho government, declared that
lt was not from any look of careful
study that the government found lt? -
self disappointed in . the Balkan sit
uation. Tho Balkan policy was.
founded upon hope that .thc Balken
states weald ?ld enc-h other, but old
Jealousies prevented this. .
.- I Bari Carson, referring to censorship,
said the government waa endeavoring
to arrange te. create closer contact
between tho press and tho fighting
^jgigl^vo .tho --.^;^ro
London, Nov. 8.-Nothing baa been
recently received regarding the fight
ing, in southern Serbia, where : the
British and French are said to. have
joined Serbs 'and already fighting. Bul
garians. Along the AustrcrMonteae- '
-grin border, there has boen hard
figbting, each side claiming the ad
vantage. It is said tho Austrians aro
preparing i o seatf one hundred '. nnd
t wenty thousand men again at Monten
ego. . Momentarily the western
rone of Franco and Belgium reporta
only artillery duel:-., with here and
there hand to hand encpuntors for
trenches.
> :The.Russians are on fha nh*An*i?a t?
inc esst, but Iis ri ir. .-.i.-.tmE ?"nay ?-ere
repulsed with heavy/ loases south bf
Riga sad north cf Csarlcrysk.
Vienna reports Austrians repulsed
the Italiana on Bohordo plateau and
that the: Italians captured tho summit
of Goldi Lana only, tb be driven from
it. Dispatches coming from B?rh>
quote the Bulgarian - premier ballay
ing tho Bulgarian flag wUI?Iy. forever,
at Nish, 'Serbia.
34 ABE lilCIES In
Pittsburg Grand jory Goes After
. Violetera in Scnierabef
?^rimary. /
Pittsburgh, Nov. d. -Tho urnttd
jury investigating allegations of fraud
an..', lcd lot box tampering nt tho Sep
tember primary today ? returned ?4
Indictments charging misdemeanor
and conspiracy* against election" offi
cials and others.
ii Pi
Havana, Cuba, Nov, 8.:-Seasonable
rains have raised high the expetcn?
tiona ot the Cuban sugar planters and
splendid reports or me growing cana
are coming in from all past?of Vine
island. If gentle l?^e?^bu?, fol
lowed by<^
ie,""* ' . ' "~ -
Special Agents
Anderson, -'S. 'C; '?:^?Bffi
Mr. and "Mn. Victor tc. nmear?NS&1
action.or ,the Texas courts heidie*
them subject to ?' ?adltlort to Geor
gia tb answer e^^ misappli
cation or ??rtain fund?, was advanced
by the supreme court fer hearts jr en
January third.
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