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GALLES
ANNUM. MESSAGE TO CON
GRESS LISTENED TO BY
NOTABLES
OUTLINES PLANS
FOR GOVERNMENT
Hb Definition of the Monroe
Doctrine Evokes the Great
est Applause.
"Washington, Dec. 7.-With t<:o gal
leries crowded with members of the
diplomatic, corps and .Mrs. Norman
Galt making her first appearance in
tho capitol since the announcement
of her engagement, the president de
livered his longest annual message
to congress today.
Outlining his national defense
plans, hin theory on pan-American
relations and a merchant marine, he
evoked tho greatest applausa from
his vigorous denunciation of natur
alized Ame ricans..who used their cdtl
censhlp to take part In plots against
American Industries.
Hardly a ripple of applau<30 greet
ed tho national defense outline, vbut
there was great enthusiasm for his
definition of the Monroe doctrine.
BRILL! A?T^SCENE
AT THE CAPITOL
? ..
Washington. Dec. 7.-President
Wilson entered tho j ouse chamber
shortly a?ter 12:'?? o'clock. Ho was
applauded al all sides. Mrs. Galt and
party Were In tho executive gallery.
Other serged piucos w?rt? ?ccuplod
by government officials' wives. Tho
diplomatic gallery was unusually
well filled. Humors of a suffrage
demonstration in the gallrey caused
extra guards to be posted throughout
tho galleries. Just before 12:30,; Cbs
-sonate "filled in two by two.'. Thorpres^
:*-id?mt soon1 apr-arcd. ,- Tense silence
Bottled over tho itali as he begun
reading In a low volco that could be
heard everywhere.
President Wilson.'In tito adure.33
laid down -tho administration's plano
for national defense. Ho tokl hi?
hcarcro it was necessary for' the new
and broad doctrine .bC. pan-Ainerican
' ism and with sharp words arraigned
.tho American citizens who by sym
pathy with foreign 'belligerents..; en
danger tho United States, neutrality..
"Americana have never witnessed
anything/Uko this bofore," he declar
en wilth great feeling. Fupt atten
tion of senators and repr?sentatives
greeted tho defense plans. .The dec
Iar&tion of th t? now PanrAmerlcau
doctrino received deep interest.
Tho reference to all parts of Ameri
can standing "so far as we are con
. r.eriicd. oh :a-feat" of ganuino cnu?lity"
aroused the fhT.t applause. . The allu
sion to "tho United States aid but
, net coercion" of Mexico evoked more
en J tusiasm... <Many members followed
thc address from the printed copy.
BEIR??SI?EB
Barns Burned By: Night Riders
in Georgia County Sunday
Night,
Atlanta, Dec. 7.-Governor Harris
today" p<Iered $250 reward for tho. arr
1 rest ann conviction of the night rldr
..era why! fired thc barna in Cherokee
county on Sunday night,- when the
vbwhers would not oboy warnings to
'?'getrid bf -negro err playeo, :.-.*'..
Sheriff Spenrs asked the local
police .to ^arch-for mules' driven to
wards" Atlanta hy the men Ruining the
.bh'fpg? ot. Coggins Brothers ' of -Can'*'
: ,tb^,v''G'a^:-i?i001t'-'dealers.
' Cherokee, county adjoins Forsyth
county frbra which the negroes wero
' driven four yeare ago. ..
' tJisImV lfe ^' Student'.:,\"^'T',
: "S?w' York, Dec. 7.-Anton E.
i'Xfeh^e, the young Auatriajfaafo wCtose
/.-?.' room a, quantity of explosives, and
. chlorine gao Wera found by tho police
. ' yesterday afiaeris' he is merely a/ettt?
tient of chemistry: and, has had no
criminal intent in his experiments,
lip challenged th? ptflfce.to find -tiny
thing.Irregular in hisaction^ and
p?TOWd he tims received . money from
any foreign government.
Schooner Abandoned.
, Pascagoulhr ^iss., Dee; > .7.-The
Pensacola schooner J. H. Rahel, for
a West Indian port,''has ?wen aban
doned waterlogged off tho Mississip
pi coast during the heavy weathers..
. The" crew.Ja Safe.
OIL TANKER
SENT MESSAGE
RECENTLY SENT WIRELESS !
.CALL THAT SHE WAS
ATTACKED
ESCAPED FROM
A SUBMARINE!
Hardly Likely to Be Diplomatic!
Incident as Facts Are
Lacking.
Washington, Dec. 7.-Word which
came to the navy department today j
from t'.:e cruiser Des Moines at Canea.
Crate, says that the American 6hip
recently sending S. O. S. call that
Uso was attacked by au Austrian
submarine was the. Standard Oil
tanker iPetrolite, and only ene of tho
crew was slightly hurt before the
tanker escaped tho submersible^ shell
tiro. The attack was made 350 miles
west of Alexandria, off tho western
end of Crete.
Tho slate department tonight re
ceiving, tho information from the navy!
department said tfcat nothing could j
bo done until more facts were sup
plied.
v If the Petronia's captain-^fused a|
demand to ?bo searched there would
probably be no ntlempt to make a
diplomatic incident of {he case." The
Petrolite is proceeding . to Gibraltar.
Member o? Ford Peace Party |
Sends Radiogram to Sec
retary Lansing.
On Board Steamer Oscar. II. Dec.
7.-^Wireless)-Governor I.. . ; B.
Hanna of North: Dakota, today sent n
radiogram to Secretary Lansing.urg-|
lng him to provide members of the
Ford peace party .with passports to ]
uciltgervni -countries.
Peace Pilgrims Organize.
Aboard Peaco Ship Oscar -II, via
wireless to. Siasconset, Mass., Dec. 7.
-Despite tho resul?'tlous governing ]
passports, Henry Ford is determined
to cross Gorman territory ot hia'way
from ?oponhaken to Tho Hague,1,
where the peace conference ls to ba
staged. Mr. For d's passport author
izes -him to visit only neutral couu- ]
tries, hot .to stop at or pass through
any ot tho belligerent countries, end
some of the passengers are .appre
hensive, lesj ho and his party bo ar
rested it they attempt to set, foot on
Germ?n soil.
Already, foe peace pilgrims are or
ganizing for'tho work - ot. pacifying j
Europe. Committee'' Of the passen- j
gerny in general and separate commit-j
^ees of clergymen, atudents and news-,
paper ;men havo boen organized -to j
confer; with blmilar committees .in
tito neutral nations when tho ship ar
rives; , '
, A peace flag, the gift of > Mayor
Blankenburg of Philadelphia and pre
sented by Mrs; Joseph Fels of Phll
adelpuia, widow of the soap manu
facturer, who : ts a passenger, will, tis
at the masthead ot ?he, Oscar ll.
;\Msny.. Wireless" messages of God-. J
speed have .teer, received, and hun?!
dr eds of telegrama received Just fco?
fora sailing aVi? yet unopened;
Somo oi. tho peaco phgrlms ?i?d.j
the; rolling ;s?? ;?mri?Utral-,t?ud bave j
'already / retired'-itb/'ltlielr^?ablns.- The
uninitiated mistook 'the gulls Yoliow^
lng the R.ip .-for; doves.
r Washington, pac, 7.-The advldAry
beard of TallroM mon, manufactuir?r& J
and technical experts; recently (under j
general, investigation, by the war col
l?ge and recommended hy the presi
dent in his ' message,' may be organis
ed shortly.
Such e, board; H Is , thought would]
be valuible assistance to; the anni !
and navy in case ot WA? and, ulsivj
dleat-ing up conflicts' between thc*;
federal and ?tate law*. ;- ' '
?ATTLES BEGUN
OR IHNG
Mir FRONTS
REARRANGEMENTS MADE IN
DISPOSITION OF COM
MANDERS AND FORCES
GERMAN RUSH
?N THE BALKANS I
Will Join Bulgarians in Efforts to j
Strike Allies Before Aid
Arrives.
Lcndon, Dec. 7.-Battles, have be
gun or are impending in Mesopota
mia, where Field Marshal von der
Goltz assumed command of the Tur
kish army about to attack the British
at Kut-el-Amara; In . southeastern
Serbia, where the Bulgarians aro]
about to be reinforced by 40,000 Ger
mans under von Gallwitz, who wore
already attacking the Anglo-French
and reported -repulsed; on tho Galli
poli peninsula, where the allies are
on the olfenslve and on the western j
frofit where, Holland reports Say, the
Germans are concentrating for
?drive at tho allies in Flanders und
I Artois.
The news that Von Gallwltz is to
reinforce the Bulgarians in battering
'she allies at Vardar, Cerna : and Krasu,
{Serbia, indicates that the Germans
I are anxious to strike before thc ?l:
lies can complete their Balkan prep
arations. Une hundred thousand en
tente troops 'aro said to have been
landed at Saloniki, although the j
Gree* diplomatic situation is still
causing anxiety.
r Tho Serbian army is retreating in
ho Albania, pursued by Austrians,
who continue to hammer the Monte
negrins as well, and is Bald to be I
hampered by cold weather and bad i
roads.
One hundred . thousand Serbian j
troops, .20,000 refugees and ?0,0001
Austrian prisoners are said to eon
s'nute tho retreat. "
Tho French '"ubmarine, Fresnel,
alic steamers arid a humber .ot Mon
tenegrin sailing vessels, bound from |
r\nly to Albanian ports'with war sup
plies, were sunk in the south'Adriatic 1
by the Austrian cruiser Novara omi j
destroyers, cutting off munitions be
ing . sent, . either to tho) Serbian or [
italian troops, said to be landed in'
Albania to assiBt in the Balkan cam
paign.- Vienna thinks that the Italian |
steamers were to supply Italians.
SERB CAMPAIGN
HAS BEEN CLOSED!
London, Dec. 7.-The campaign j
against. the main Serbian army has
closed. It is expected General Gull
wltz with German forces'viii Join tho
Bulgarians '. in Macedonia, trying to
crush the. French and British before
they become stronger.
Berlin information Indicates tho
German forces engaged ; id ?arller
move, m outs in the Balkans have now
been detached for the purpose of
staring in thc attack of the Franco
British' \forcett1-';along tho Southern I
Macedonia front. Dispatches f>om|
Athens partially cbrroborate#itbIs the
ory ns it is reported two German divi-?
Slops aro cor'rperating with the Bul
garians near Slrumitzi.
Thoro is little report from other
fronts save the usual minor opera
tions. The French, however, aro
carrying on a( particularly energetic
bombardment, of German. . U?es In
Champagne.
- Tn Mesopotamia, the. Germans are
beginning to show considerable inter
est in the campaign .Which is devel
oping favorably for the Turks. It is
reported from Geneva that the Ger- '
mans uuder Field - Marshal Von Der
G6lt2, are preparing, an extensive
campaign, which willie directed to
ward tue''Persian gulf via Bagdad.
., Further impetus ls given the peace]
movement taken. by, a -papal Consis
tory ; at which the Pope delivered an I
address calling . upon the belligerents j
to moko just and immediate; peace.' -v
The..effect bf the' dismissal ot Ger-,
man military ..and naval attaches at
Washington, on i tho Germ?n; 'public
not ascerta ?nable, German newtpa
pej-a :b?v? not. been pern?.lt)tec(to pub?
tish : even the bare facts' of the'/ in
cident A
Walhalla Pastor Resigns,y^y.
>'"VVaihalia, Deo. 7.---Rev, George M,
WSl^bx,./pastor ;?f tho Presbyberl&h
?j5tts?U,V?ere, bas booh extended, u cull
to Oro ^ pastorate of .tu? church at
Bennott?vHlo and hes sent"-In his re
signation to the members of his con
gregation. It ie not known whether or
not they if-;).l accept, \*it Mr WllcoxV
bas ?oryed this ch^^h.jraitt'r-fUily for
?Sg 'ys?fS >nd not only mcmi??rs af
his town" congregation but tho,-entire
towii ^onld regret to lose- him :and
kia family.
Youngest Ambast
?/QT*
MP
1
Ur. I?. V. li. Wcillnc?on Koo, Chin
en?} Minister to United States.
Dr. Dr V. K. Wellington Koo,
Chinese ministe:- to tho United States,
who is the 'youngest minister a na
tion of the importance of China has
eVcracnt. to the" Unitel-States*,'- has
JUBt returned from Europe with Mrs.
Koo. She is tho gran;ldau?.t:t:r of
fe* m
New Orleans, Dec. -7.-'Tho associa-,
tlon of state presidents t? the Farm
ers'. Union' announced to,- ?y "that tho
organization Iiud a bou?> ?\l-i offer
from ono ol' mc waning nations to
kuy I.vCO.GC'y h?s?.n aii?diinrj c.o?.
ton at twenty cnn tn.
The committee composed of H. Q.
Pope, D. M. Lyday ?nd Porter lied
ford, all, of Texas, were appointed tu
go >to Washington in an effort: ta ob
tain protection for tho' tuipment,
Which would be assembled hcVe from
ASSIGNS HIS?EASQUS
;--.
Replies to German Request as to
Recall of. Boy-Ed and Von
Papen.
lill -~
Washington, Dec.. 7.-Naval and
military activities., wero assigned by
Sosr?tary Dunstag "aa ti?e principal
offens?s ot Captains Eoy-?d and von
Papen in his reply to.Germany, com
ir.jnicatcd through Ambaasador von
Bernsiorff to the Berlin foreign ?f
rico, toddy; Tile reply contained no
discussion of facts. .
IfceiH lUuraeat hi Bcrllu.
Berlin, Dec. 7;. -Tho rexpjest that,
has heep rcceivsd from tho United.
States for the rf .-.all pf Captain Franz
von Panta and Captain Boy:Ed will
undoubtedly bu compiled, with la ac
cordance with diplomatic usage it;.is
stated. > However, /.Germany probably
will Jiret ask Information, regarding
thc- grounds on which ,the undesirabil
ity [of.: tho attaches Ms. based- The
news ot tlie incal? K request 'has not
been published yet by -German'press.
?? '-. . . ...--T-, '
?'?AM??H ?rinusT??,sM AUVK J
* Berlin, Dec. 7..-~Tho report.
? that Anton ;'^ang. tho famous ?
? , ' .Christns hi .the Oberammorgan ?
? passion pity *:ad been killed '?
* In bartle ls untrue. Tho AH- *
'? . sociated Press'.- correspondent ." +
* talked with Dang today, ?n^o * j
? v ?aid ho was wa?r.. and..'had *j
* never beon to" the front'.
i* *
sador and His Wife
Mr?. Koo,
Prince Chine nml daughter of Tung
Shao Y Ul, both famous Chinese
stutesmeu.. Mrs. Koo is now gojug to
^establish hcrsaif. in ; Washington,
? where she and fter .hu8hand_^wlll go
into "American society. "He io a git?di.
ructe of Columbia University and he
has many American friends.
CENTS'
NG COTTON
-'. 1 -
all the" cotton states.
Assurance* would be given by tho
belligerent, it is said, that tho cotton
would be used only for domestic pur
poses and tho purchaser agreed io
t.:j American committeo's demand to
?co that it wai not used io manufac
turo ammunition.
Tho order is from private partie?
and not connected .with tho order
from Germany for 1,000,000 balea at
fllteoa cents announced by Hoke
Smith on September 8th.
SPARTANBURG MAYOR
WAS HOT RECALLED
Other Members of Council, How
' ever, Will Be Replaced By
Opponents.
Sparenburg, Dec. 7.-Tn tho fire'1,
recall election since Spartan bur;?,
adopted tho comutlsslon form of gov
ernment, Mayor John. P. Floyd was
returned by about 125 majority-over
his opponent Q. '. L. Johnson, .former
mayor. Commissioners C. ?. Wal
ler and Jno. P. Fielder will be re
placed by O. T, Gallman and J. T.
Hudson, .w??oao terms ns., commis
Eloncrs expired November 13.; There
-.vere no other candidates.
CnoftlclnV figures aro: Fioyd, 723;
Johnson 5?IS; Fielder G16; Oallman,
721; Hudson* 720; Waller 595.
An Approaching Marriage.
Walhalla, Doc. 7.-.Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley White, have issued invitations
to ?i'ie marriage of their daughter, An
oto Irene, to. Professor Herbert Wil
liam' Casque, the ceremony to' ba Ju
the Walhalla-, ! Melhpdi?^ church, De
cember twerity?flrst<et one.o'clock. .
j. Both of the contracting parties haye
many friends who will learn with*.in-,
terc-st of their approaching mar
riage.
/ Will Protect Japs. :
-, Tokio, Dec, 7.-It la understood
that'Japan, In view of disturbed .?on*
ditions in 'Shanghai, Viii a'd?pt mea
sures for >tho , protection Of Japanese
res! den ts - ami '. Interests. f hore. 'Several
J?p?neVe warships are aliready; (here.
The cruiser V.Ta.ugard'has^
hams, and. ls hclioved to ba cn route
Shanghai.
S E N H Q W? R
CASE mBEGUN
CHARGED WITH MURDER OF
DEPUTY SHERIFF OF
FAIRFIELD
JURY DRAWN
YESTERDAY
Sheriff of York Tokes Precautions
and Searches Everybody En
tering Court Room.
York, Dec. 7.-The only thing ac
complished today in the (trial of
Ernest Isenhower, charged with the
murder of Raleigh Boulware, a dep
uty shewn of Fairfield county, wah
the R?lecUon of the Jury. This was
accomplished In slightly over two
hours.
Thc history of tao case is familiar
to South Carolina people. Ou June
14 of tills year whllo Sheriff A. D.
Hood and IIIB deputies were about to
carry Jules Smith, a negro charged
with criminal assault, into the court
house of Fairfield county the ofilcors
and the negro were fired upon, Sheriff
Hood, Deputy Boulware and the negro
being killed. Ernost l6cnhower. Jesse
Morrison and Jim Rawls were in
dicted for the shooting.
When court convened at 10 o'clock
this morning, with Judge H. P. Rice
presiding, it was announced that So
licitor J. K. Henry of this circuit,
Solicitor Albort .E. ?itu, of the
eleventh circuit, and Thornes P. Mc
Dow of. York, would appear for tho
state; with Cole. L?. Bisase and John
R. 'Hart fOr tito d??enso-of-IsenhOwerr
Col. Arthur L. Gaston' of Chester,
Wilson f lanallan of Choator and N. W.
Hardin bf Blacksburg for the defense
of Morrison and Rawls.
It was this morning determined to
try Ernest Isenhower first and at
10:30 o'clock that case was started.
Thirty one were summoned from
the jury panel and in two hours time
twelve" of these wert selected and
seated, lt .was then announced that
because of the fact that there are
over 125; witnesses present court
would take a recess until 9:30 o'clock
tomorrow morning, allowing counsel
an opportunity to consult with their
witnesses.
Sheriff Brown of York county has
taken every possible precaution to
prevent any trouble at this -trial.
Fifteen special deputies have been
sworn in and these are all in dif
ferent parts of the court room on
the . alert. Every man entering the
court room was searched today for
concealed weapons before he was al
lowed to enter the chamber.
Members of counsel e-. lima te that it
will, take through Friday to completo
the present, caso. . \
AUSTRIAN PRISONERS
- SAVING THEIR MONEY
> New'York, Deo. 7.-Thousands, of
Austrian prisoners in Russian hands
at Yekaterinburg Russia, IP the center
of the Ural Mining region, aro saving
money out bf wages al'ovr?d them aud
miners.. Many have bank acsounts
and are also sending.money to Aus
tria. Tils statement wan tuade by
J. A. McVJcar, or Buffalo, New York,
who for three years has represented
tho American Diamond. Drill concern
In Fussla. "Ho arrived on . the liner
Cameronia (rom Liverpool.
Charles Fryer,.another passenger,
estimated tho Fron'ch i*.nd British aro
using 05,000 automobiles on the
western front.
-.--- .
Wont Revised Treaties.
New York, Dec. 7.-A revised
treaty between the United States and
tho. European, belligerents after the
war, .the establishment in America of
a. credit system for foreign 'buyers,
and the . popularization of foreign in*
T?sfments were suggested by syefck
ers at the International trade conrer
nco. held under tho auspices - bf the
National as?o?latlio.n of. Man?fsct?r*
ttcAdoo to Mpeak.
Washington.-Deo. 7.---Secretary Mc
Aflop today, accepted an invitation tb
address tho Southern Commercial con
gram; ai . Charleston, &. ?".. December
?J6> Tho secretary probably : will
chongo t.iis occasion for. bia v- first
discussion ot the new- administration
merchant marine bill before a repre
sentative body of business men.:
MATTER DECIDED BY NA
TIONAL DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE
HALF OF VOTES
FIRST BALLOT
Resolutions Adopted Calling for
Renomination of Wilson' as
Trusted Leader.
Washington, Dec. 7.-Tho national
democratic commiltoo today selected
St. Loula for tho 1910 convention and
Juno 14 as the date.
Tho first ballot stood St. Inou?s, 2G;
Dallas, 14 and Chicago. t2. Texas
later moved to malte it unanimous
for Bt. Louis.
Resolution? calling for tho ronoml
DC>V.on of President Wilson as tho
"trusted leader of national democra
cy" were adopted.,
Political leaders hero are- certain
that Chicago will bo Bclocted for tho
republican convention w??'?r, the com
mittee meets noxt Tuesday.
Tho plea of the Mlusourl delegation
that the convention was needed to
help keep Missouri in the democratic
column had much to do with tho de
cision .
During the open session early today
suffrage bud anti-suffrago leaders
urged their respectivo claims, the
suffragists calling upuoa tfie demo
cratic party to espouse the suffrage
cause.
Thomas J. Pence of North Carolina
a protego of Secretary Daniels and
recognized as a representative of tho
administration, was elected secretary.
The committee doclared that report?
of differences between him and Chair
man W. F. Mccombs. was without
foundation.
Mr. Mccomb said that fiore was
not a cloud on the democratic horlion,
and the work of party i organization
would go on harmoniously,.1 All con
tests for seats were settled without
feeling, '
ASH PLEDGED
j 1RKE16 C0T?0H
Would Make the Season of Sel
ling Entend Over the En
lire Year.
New Orleans, Dec. 7,-Assistance .
to farmers in marketing ' and financ
ing tho 1916 and futuro'cotton crops
&hd in prompting a selling season ex
tending over tho entire year Instead
of a few months, was pledged today.
In resolutions adopted at the closing
session of tho Cotton States Bankers'
conference.
Permanent organisation of the con
ference was effected with Joe Hirsch
of Corpus Christi, chairman; . Moore
head Wright of Little Bock, secretary
and O. Newton, Jr.; of Jackson,
Miss., -treasurer. Adjournment was
taken to December 1910 at a' city vto
be selecte?? lofter. .
POPFS INFORMATION
i? : ;
Home,, Dec. ,7.-The ,government
semi-officially stated tonight/ that
Popo He ned i c t had hean given inexact
information, when he-said ia ta|s'ro?'
cent address to the'secret consistory
that the ministers of tb., teutonic
powers accredited holy see had been
obliged to leave Italy to protect their
personal dignity. Tito 'government
asBuretl tho pope that the vatican ,%a*.
not'tiampered and the 'minister^ .left
voluntarily.'. -- '.? ''}''*/'/?' ??
SlB?Rbiiii?
SUNK AY .SUBMMiE
I. 11 ll nimming -
Rome, Deo: 7.--The Aruerlcaa
steamer Communipaw h?s been sunk
by a nubmarino \in ifa? 'M?diter
ranean sea -near Tobruk, Tripoli.
There is no information concerning
the crec er nationality of the sub
marine. Tito Couwnualpaw is own^
by. tho 8tanC \rd Oil and was recontr
ly , held t?y tba itat?ans et Gene?, but
?j^jjt?wfd to 'proceed Decembers.
She was bound from New York to