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VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C., TUESDAY MGRN2?G NOVEMBER 1^1915. QCBSHOSSBC '? . T ' ? ? ? . NUMBER 262. SITUATION GETTING MORE! COMPLICATED IN THE NEAR EAST MAKES ANXIOUS ENTENTE POWERS Allies Are Demanding Unequivo? cal Statement of Attitude of Greece. London, Nov*. 15.-?The Information from Greece that any allied troops Seeking refuge in Greek territory will . bo disarmed, has caused considerable anxiety to tho entente powers and given new importando to Earl Kitch ener's visit to the near east. Belated. Athens dispatches say today Chat Greece bas?s her contention* on international law, -while tho ' allies claim that tho permission for troops to land at Saloniki entitled them to re tiro through the same route. Tho allies are demanding an unequi vocal statement of Grcoco's attitude In thia connection. The allies also claim that former Premier Venizolos had requested that troops be sent Ci to fialoniki to aid Greece in fulfilling : irer .treaty obligations to Serbia, which later oree ?o repudiated. Tho al Ht s are also likely..to remind Greece thhc .tho constitutionalism ot her government waa guaranteed by .: France, F.'Ubdla>hd Great Britain and the allies may contend that'King Con . etontino"; overruled tho constitution when ho dissolved the Vcnlzelo's cabi net, it is suggested in soma quarters that King. Constantine. be. reminded that Iris-retention of tho. f?ar?ne' de-1' pends Upon ra -continuance of friendly neutrality, toward-.the allie.?. . Tho Gertjoan's" oh tho ether hand lire, declared . to-bO', ?a'stirhig- Greece oi ' ilu?ir protection, should . eh?-support y fli? d^ntr?i powers-and that to do this : ffaley. aro despatching -submarines ,<o tho Mediterraneadi* which could fe ?ibt ?ny allied fleet attacking. Greece ?.-'.porta..,. .In tho meantime tho fight for Sor .bia continues, unabated, with the Aus .tro-Germah? claiming that they are still advancing and the Serbians are i fighting desperately in tho ? mountain passes. 5 itt Southern Sqrlila A?h?ero..is little chango. ',', In tho west the Germans claim that they captured'. 800 metros pf .French trench near Ecurfe, while the French announce .that- they repulsed Gorman / attacks against rth?r labyrinth: In Ar tois, also In Chamnugno, Hard fighting also continued od tho uuiinian and italian .fronts'. M 6 'BERLIN CLAIMS: M^YSyCCESSESI landon. Nov. 10.-Varying reports of " the ' success ?t- wnr- ls shown in the official reports. The . Germnna j .claim the Bulgarianscaptured 7,0no1 Serbians and', six cannon, while;, the; . Germans took fifteen hundred ?vorc^j .'....vinen.?.nd six more cannon. The Sur-, binns aro.hoing pushed:back all along .the line and Berlin claims success ? ?lab eii tho eastern. front. Sho de clares tho Ilussjabf?: ?rer cleared from .' .t??e- entir?J.west?ta ht ik of tho Styr j .river. v . ". .A r.r.i5Sian'.offensive movement-In a ?ew region appears to be boginnlngr. 4Tho Germana repovt Russian-attacks hoar smorgchj east of- Vllna, and saya , tho attacks were repulsed; Italian progress on the Jsonvto front .^is claimed in; the latest italian official . report. Advances '.arin claimed: north west of GoHza in the Piezzo vb?ssln ; "and oh Javorock.' This is contradicted hy H Berlin dispatch quoting General Borovltoh ot*:tho Austrian line la the TB on KO region. ?fe ?.ttKortSthe, 'A?stri-'j .-' .ann have maintained ail positions as iV'.th'cy existed wi>.en..-he look, charge of them at tho beginning of active hestU>; ..-t.4*ien, . Saloniki hears. tho German subma rines ure usih#Varna; Bulgaria u<j n .-..Black Sea baso bf ^operations; . ama lias. bavn me?^mmd os ono of tho har-. . hors wnera ibo..Russians will bo like ly to land troops for an Invasion o? ! 'Bulgaria. The !atestimonio reports in* j \ diento, that 20k -per^b?i" were lost on ?r. thc- Ancona Serbs .Stil? T/aao'X; ; r Berlin, . Nov, ,35.--A. wireless nn^ j nohtvsoinbftt' hy the war-- ofllee ?a>*s j oirM' y-fivo .. imndred ?: Sorb?an*. ..mii 'twelve bananas.:' were captured. Seven; . thousand' of these :wi?l?i sii; i?ahnbhs ; wero; t?keh: by the Ib^igkrlaneVriTlie : .pursuit, 'of' t'i'.o .Serbianrt Continus! ??> alot-.g the froot . Stronger Males Held, abington, N^ ^lan^'NoV'. Vi. :??<|&^^ decres Miitff that no males-between blab n ami forty-five-yearii of aga bc permitt/>f iff l?iivo ,ior tia '/-efroitkaa d^tihait?n?wltbbut "a military pi;-* mit. >^''.\ -S>-:^ ? HCl DEFENDE , BYGJUJGHILL ENGLISH STATESMAN EX PLAINS ACTION TO HOUSE Ot COMMONS AUTHORITIES ENDORSE PLANS Former Member of- tibe Cabinet ....?* Reviev/s Distorters of the War. London, Nov. 15.-Winston Spencer Churchill, lately . resigned from the cabinet, today defended his acts, for which ho tolas been reproached,' saying in Wie house of commons thal the loss of Hear Admiral Cradock's fleet,' thd destruction of tdo Abourklx Rogue and Cressy, tho. disastrous Antwerp' ex pedition and tho , Dardanelles- cam paign, for all which ftei'.-.lad been blam ed wero undertaken only after plans had been concurred In by the proper government authorities. ' PBESIOS ; HIS mmwm Assistant Postmaster Made Criti cal Remarks About Presi dents Engagement. -.-:- . * + 4***4>*** + + + 4>++* + + + 1>* -* . m . Washington, Nov. iD.Presl- . i> ?3? dent Wilson today ordered tho ? .*/inime$b?te reinstatement cf : ? . Burkitt, of Winnetka, Illinois,;^;; & tlwfto '. was.. dismissed after erl- ? + ticlslng Wilson's i getting -en- + '#.. gaged within loss than' a year * ? .Safter ;his -wffo's death. Bur- + *f kiit was ordered reinstatedv 4* ..^ ..regardless of . other charges'. ? e'gainst Wm. '+ * . . .Washington, Nov. 15.-Presld???T Wilson: has instructed. . Postmaster General Burleson. to areinstate George Burkitt, assistant . . --postmaster ; st Winnetaka,-IlWno?.ij, removed be cause ho criticised tho president for his engagement to bo married. He Q?ra? if?6vi - thc in m-1 itOtiO?a by ? . BO. jr pug Burkitt would be reinstated it there are ? no,/oth?r. crba^gso ^aga,?st- ni-zn. Secretary Tumulty announced this action after a. conference -With ; FF?TS? dent. Wilson. It waa said nnoiflcial ly tho -president entirely disapproved discharging 3urkRtYfor making thc remarks accredited-to ii im-.: In correspondence'between Burkitt and Postmaster Kioeptcr of Wlnne take, which lias been, (published, it waa B'tated ^Burltitt had been given r** 'morijs f?r unsatisfactory service 'Burkitt.denied that. ,'? Thej.-pr ?sldeh t did not go into , that featnr'e..v*;nstructlons-to. Postmaster General Burlcson made--it, clear thai Burkitt should not lie discharged for morely expressing;.' his ..vieW8..-that' a man should not become engaged with in a. year af ter his. wlfe'3 'death. It was stated at" tho White House ; that Burleson had ho knowledge" of the case before it was called to -his attention by "newspaper publication;. Bnrkltt'? dlschargo waa approved-by Assistant Postmaster General Roper ! after exchange of itt! er.1?, with Burkitt. Burkitt (protested he had no opiiori ' tuulty. to reply to cft'arges es required by tho civil portico law; Roper In formed, him "that thc law had been complied with by tho letter sent to Burkitt bv ?he- -psstmast^Bo^fylnR1; bim. of .the charge of showing .fir, '.r?spect to'; the -president.' .. '., White lieuse cinch?is are annoyed by .??S publ?v.ity'yg?ven the caso -Mid expected B?rles?u to act Immediately;Y Mcl.anrln to North Carolina. Columbia, Nov. 15 .-r-john L. Afc-1 Lanrln ?Late . warehouse commission er, expects to ?o this.wc?dt to. Durham': where hie will "e'eHv&r" nh "address- ar'-I Um annual trfeeting of tho North i Carol Inn State Farmers' union. He jyilt explain the South . Carolina ??.cot ton .warehouse ? system; The, - North j C?rb3Iria -u.nion . will aak thc legist- i ture ot that, -sta?-? -to', pass'a* . Wnr.> boneo 'nt?asi?re. at ibo ntixt '''.session. * . . ' COAST ABTaLERV :" '*' : * Columbia, Nov.-IR. -The an- ? * * no.unc?nrer.t waa ' mod* lorlny * that a coast artillery by to bs ?5? ?'- ;?tfrn*5d:t?t . Greenville . ?vkfnln: ***' the ;?ext?w.e?k. About .$90.000.. * '.#... . worthi- c-t-' equUwnent 'Vyili be famished. * & ? '*#***-#*??*?4e+4**?*??*4'*. VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C., TUESDAY MGRN2?G NOVEMBER 1^1915. QCBSHOSSBC '? . T ' ? ? ? . NUMBER 262. Refused to Divulge" Information j RAMit/^ tti CnHUBu?i??f?^??f H? Murder TriaL Denver, k?v." iCs-JBea B." Lindsay, judge ef-Denvor's juvtenllo court, wah j held; gilli?ty of cotitempt of court and fined $500 and costs toilnyby District .Tudgo'Perry. Three days v/?ro allow ed for appeal. Tho cas.b resulted from Lindsay's re fusal to dlscloso.information at rho .trial of Mrs. Bertha Wright for mur der. . ?'.>.:/ . '?? ' . Liudaay Maimed' : that tho informa tion carno to him in a privileged, thanf H or, throvJgh', tlie';conf?sslQn ot. Neal Wright/agotl twelve. Mrs;. Wright was acquitted'. : Ner? York, Nov, 13.-Chirks : S\ Mellen, former pr?sident of tho N?W i?aven, railroad testifying today,-'at tho, j trial o: cloven former directors Of-tho.'j New Haven, assumed t-*.:?'TOSponslhili?.' ty fov ,tho New Daren's policy of" ac qnirlUg trolley lincci in New England, I y/hieh tho government all?gea was n j na?t of tho pinn to monopolizo, com merce, ,- '. Mellen saki lin believed that the New Havcnjought to furnish the public ali kinds* ot'transportation service lt 'd-r tBaad?di ..' .. " v-"-?-vv:-'^v'i--; .\::/' ii . Atlanta. ; "Nov. ' ir> - - ' foot and. ?l?Opped 'ni) pleoea of the body anti ?mrta; of ' clo^tlnej presumably of a witlttt .wonmh' were found : in tho,city durntf; "grounds, this; arrf^oon. A n\> grb -vornan ? te:clft?dj/3B?t;-aha, ' bVard U cab PKG a thai section e??iy Sunday and ? v??rhi.i? Wfoam, for-help. .:. i*>- ] teettee?. sal?, Wie narla Wire not from ?ho medical bo?pltela? KER WASHINGTON I oiEyg 8?i"? Wea Noted Educator and Bene? f?ctor of the: Negro Us.ce, -Tuskegee, Alu., Nov. ID.- Eooker.T. .Washington, negro educator,, lecturer author and recognized leanor pf lils race in America, died at his home herc early Sunday, four iiours; nitor lib arrival from New York. lie realized ..the. end was near,; but was determined to make the long trip south to bear out lila oft-expros?<vl statement that ho had-been "born in the south ; -have lived ali my lire in. the feioUthj and expect to die arid be buried in; tho south." i?;>Accompanied by lija \ylfe, his no'crer ta'ry and a physician,-Washington left Now Yprk. for Tuskegee at 4 o'clock friday afternoon. He reac?cd -hl? homo ? Saturday midnight and died ''at 4:30 o'clock Sunday; morning. funeral Arrangement?. :'TuBkogee, Ala., Nov. 15;-The fun eral atrangoments.bt Booker T. Wash1 lng um-the notei|'negro educator who died ^erb yesterday dro beUr^ comal et - eil. Thece?rvlcs will bo h?.d at Tusj U??e6\ih8tltuto at 10 o'clock Weiner .l'^y-'iuorilng. Tho burial Will occur ou Instituto groando. Tho body will.bo in ttato tomorrow. , - Ho died of a nerVotta l)rc?k-d?wn> A thousand Alabamians lu : add?t.?<>-! ic. prominent oducatc-r?-aud;ol5?G: ;. ju . . - r.'oii?? parts of thia country aro 'oxpcotV od to attetid. A special train, from Montgomery will bring ?tate ofSlolalsl ; Messages of Condolence, ca^tff^; ali -perts of thc- country; ' Emmett J. Scott, confidential secretary fo AVanh'r ?rigton is considered bia moat" likely successor. v: '' lirVscia Bouibardetl; *.; ; J?omo/ N'pv. 15;--lt v.-as ?fTic??lly announced tonight, th^t Atfjrtrraa'?ero-, .planes, bombarded BT^SCJ?. th??_mbro 'lng, Skilling ami wounding ??tii' No' material dam apo. ?& ... * ? Washington, Nov, .1?>,-3V.io ? ? ..postefllcc '..dft?'artm?uC'. today 4r ? ?mepeadci?! tho parec? pn?-r. mali ? '*>. eervlco'- to Oermany, fcn?ounc 4K- tug that steamship cotirp?a?p*? ? . would ro?ase to accept it. ?lcr- ?t> ? many ror<mtly suspended!-the > ?S? pzrrsi post ser vice to tito Uriltr ,V ?5?'-. etl:-lv<atea for 4he earns .reason. .* ? . :..f ?i conn ILL Village and Crowd Ouiet When Operations Were Resurfee/? / Yesterday. Greenville. Nov. 15.-Judson mill started up again at ono o'clock tOy day.ofter several weeks of idleness. Fears that, the opening would- bo attended wtu troublo proved wholly Unfounded. ' There waa not oven any loud talking or leering and hot tho slightest sign of-a disposition lo resort to violence;. . .-VIS? strikers.hevfe heard many' talles, in recent days, from,tholr loaders, from members of other union?, from tho SjioriiT and from friends, tho tenor .of all this jadvlco was that they would injure their cotisa if they did not keep strictly within the law. . fTfris advice apparently had a: good effect, At ono o'clock, tho tillie ipr ibo mill, te start, approached,'.?rbwds' gathered near tho mill, tn them were tho strikers, tnoae Who purposed re turning to work and spectators froni the city and other, mills'. Sheriff. Rector and a; force of reg ular .'doputics appeared on ttte'scene shortly before noon. The sheriff cir culated among tho people, an.4-reiter ated amoug the people tbyadvice that ha t?nd ropo?ledly given; that the ..law" bo strictly obeyed. lie mado it plain that wiiilo'.his sympathies were with those trying to form a' u?lonr-ps sheriff he had .no sympHhy for olthcr* \Side ft?d would do his. duty. "When .tho..?whistle.,-, blow at one o'clock tho doors were opfcaed and ?ft'?Bo who wanted to go to.i'.tv'9rk.'''fliiiet ly-?fited-, in. ; :Thero Avas^tpAdembu-. stratton -on tho p?rt^.-of ''th'e p'thbra.; Thor? ^ere/?b;i00rsipr taunts. ? All was peaceful aria "orderly. ; Vi1 Tho strikers Said ?hoy were rbrfect ly willing, lo rcUirn to work bed .tho bpi?briui>lty been given the;u. but they; liud 'been .t?i?-'bT.:ey'%We"rb.''?bt' wanted. :Tnos? who did cot return to work! .gathered in an' opon -?p'aco and were Wdrcused by Ttev. Mr. Caldwell, who thoa made a farvint prayer to the Almighty Fdth?r f?> Inejr cause and that reate would proyv??. Sheriff Reeler twnd President' Geer sirio mad? ?ftort addres??? t? -the inset ing. -.. v . Carranje^ -Oceapte* ;-??9^v Waahirtgte?/ Wv-i?ifi.-The ;cSarrariv in a?jericy obttounebtl the occupation ci Kaco iv v lila-troops tbvi toward Vii lr Verde with $.000 Carranza cavalry in pursuit;'. ' IMiil A?fiOCI??" ITALY DENOUNCES SINKING OF LINER ANCONA BY SUBMARINE RECITE^ irate CIRCUMSTANCES Charges That Liner Was Sunk Without . Even a Warning Shot. Washington, Nov-, in.-Tho United States received from italy a communi cation addressed to all neutral gov ernments, denouncing as "unparalleled atrocity" tho sinking of tho Italian liner Ancona, with scores of neutrals and other non-combatante aboard; 'y? The statement roches tho circum stances of. tho attack, charging that "without oven a blf-nk shot of warn-" lng" -tino submarino shelled tho An cona and continued killing and wound ing passengers after tho -Ancona stop ped. No reference is made to the submarine's nationality. The Austrian admiralty statement modo public through- tho presa, do ctored that tho Ancona attempted to escape and only utopp?d. after repeat ed shelling and ssas af ter stopped forty-five minutes worp given'/.. fe*-' passengers and crow to entor th? lifeboats. This statement denied that tho submarine fired- on the lifeboats.': Officials were disinclined, i? ,com? mont on account ot conflicting re ports, but lt ia expected that Ai};}*; tria would be asked officially for-i;<!t eldo and it is generally bellevp? that the United States would take up with Austria tho ontlre submarine ques tion. tHE DET^Es ARE S??LL US^OWlf , -., --^ ? .- ?<?.','?:. -:.' Washington, Nov. 15.-Ambassador Thomas Nelson .Page, ot 'Rome; cables that his conferences' ot tho Italian foreign office hos failed .. to develop details or facts concerning tho elnki'ng'of tho Ancona.. The Italian . government, according to Page, is having considerable difficulty in establishing just: What occurred. Investigation ttn.der way. Boon as r? uults aro known-Pago: will report. bicretary Lansing baa been waltiua to ' learn, -whether a German or - Au trlah, submarine destroyed the Ancona, and therefore hasn't instruct ed ambassadoro at Berlin o or Vienna to ask tho foreign offices for informa |tlen. _ Search for Mimdng "floats, i Rome, Nov. 15.-Sinking of tho steamet Bosnia, following closely tba destruction of tho Ancona and tho Firenoze, resulted in determine*! agitation'for tur adoption in tho Medi terranean me'jrures simila? to those which have cheeked submarine ' acr tlvitlss if. ?the North 8ea. A careful search is being made for tho missing boats of the Flrenczo and Bosnia. . No longer*hope of finding additional. Ancona survivors. Latest official re ports give number savtod at 299 out of 50J aboard tho Ancona.- Most of tho victims -"wore steerage passenger?. Only 57 of tih??o wore saved. ope M um l? ViOL?TSON OF Washington, Nov. 15.-rTJ'.io ?ur promo court held. ttut a man who ehipS liquor from c-ne state to an other wtthout labellas it es such, ia, i? violation of law and may bo pro secuted in : either state ., .. Rover K?;1 judgment "of tho Kan sas .federal court quashing nn indictment against Jo seph. Freeman "?h.d remanded it for prosecution i; Freeman, is charged with Shipping trunks : full of liquor unl.<k iitilc? from Joplin, Ml&aourl to Choi okce. Kan/aaa. :.'&*?*>? ' ?i;W'ij?rty BellKf?Vt;^ Ange?es. . Ban Diego, Cal:. Nov. 1.1.-Af ter, Sn months exhibition ?t , the Panama California Exposition the lAberty Boil 'i^';tes'corted yesterday hy : a largo { "fp&itury . and naval:psrado to Us ape ?lal ?^r which Jett late, last night for Lo? Angeles: ' "There 1lie * boll. will bo exhibited/before starting on i?s refero trip across the. cohtin?nt, : - ; .i-;v.',; . OPPOBliS SAL Ali V INCREASK ? ; i - C^Vvi??t?ia-. No?r .??. over ?> nor Ma&niti?, In .an interview -.*> . *' :, tpday^deela^- thot bc wai op- ;>?* ! |K?|irjiwt^ increase' * liv salaries for '> Ml OF HIS UP SELF CONFESSED BOMB MAK ER MAKES STATEMENT TO OFFICIAL fit STATEMENT WAS NOT PUBLISHED Officials Think Fay'* Case With Others Lead to Sources. Fear New York, Nov. 15.-Robert. Far. self-styled lieutenant lu the .German army -and by his own concession bead of a gang of bomb-mnKorn who' sought to dls-aulo or'destroy munition laden ships from Ney1 ,YorH to the nilli' ports, told tho story cf bin Ufo .todnv* to Aaatstant United Bt:itc:-. Dj: .rle; Al tonney Knox, and dotd?red t|mt ho wnnte4 to plead guiUy and Start serv-* lng his tomi. t Whilo Pay's statement was not mmio public, ono of Knox's assistants said Fay's story ?B confirmed partly. f#>ra i other carce's, and that Fay's caaeVond the case of officials of the Hammtrg American lino for ooriispiracy, abd three passport case? had led back to four sources, lt was added that ii was 'bolleved: that tho case led hack, to oh? jnn?, from whom: Others took orders nhd who was tho director ot [all tf.i-ls sort of trouble in the IJiiltod [States. ^^^^^^^ Tho assistant, Roger "Wood, was nak ed it he would proseen to this mah if the case was proved against him., "AU cort nay to that i3 that'under tho [ law wo <?an't prosecute ?ny diplomatic representative of a foreign country," Wooct replied. The government is still investigating and is unllkoly that. thora would he I Haere arrests made,.at least until Fay's nt?tement' was corroborated. I mm ?iii! Department of Justice Ban&cap? ped By Lack o? Specific Wwi[ LaWi. "WStShlngtou, Nov. ID".-Handicapp ed cy a lack of specific laws to pro*1 tect. the nation's neutrality, the : doK/. .partaken., o* J?SMCV ~S ? ??, am G n Wi ono of it's old standby's hhd ls investlgat.-' I lng alleged war - plots.'.chiefly,. nro; , German and pro-Auatrlun, with a vlo;?r pf insiituttog'Crlmkia! preceedisgs us= dor tho Sherman anti-trust law.. ?Plots to cause strikes In munition plant a can be shown to be conspiracy tn restraint ot trade .and <therefpro n violation of the Shcrsaan:|*wv: tho de partment believes. . 0EO?1?S?8I Columbia, Nov. 15;-"The formers, of Georgia wlU use ; tho hog "to, tight the.bolVweevilj^ 'salama. Columbian re turned fast : weak attyr on ?utomob??o tour through Georgi^. .r "We ruot?red through Ecyorni coun ties,^ he said "and. hundreds.or and pigs were oncountcredin tho-road. Tlio weevil da .expected. in that : sec tion next year. Whilo tho; farmers' have, turned) to hogd.'- they rha^ 'tieg I oct ed to plant grain to any consider able amount. , "Tiio Georgia legislature refused ja make an appropriation to rid the fnrr,i?ro in .their fight against tito, weevil.- The farmers attending tho s?odad. district agricultural . fair in dorsed a TC solutiou, asking tliot funds, bo given to the state."enha^^w] gleal department." iiiiiiil Atlanta'. Ndv.'lS^Th? lower house of the legislature .tafo afternoon pass ed lb? senate bliii ;*Tob,ibitfng ilfruor. ad??Tijs^onis Ju/?i?^l?/?ad llniit rtttjg ,*W <rr?aatity1??? in. The c'haftB*- was that; tourn?t*..??^.?'?eifacUv*;'. ?.a, fm. instad of tho first of Jan uary. ?. :' ?fav?e hy gtsnn, , I^h?o?,' Nov. 15.-Much : , b?Voc ?was ?a?sed; on. lend ?ud'e?a, by .' the f tere? gale Vrthich"rSir*d last tdghu A^ cbn?to?iiiSbte.- t?W-Xe 'shfcydng fs?uli cd; ror ihv.'m?bt'-pa^r'aloti^xtW?'iv^ eo?st,'^ ?j?t. no. loss /ot lifo; has tau? . -far 2??tt; reported.