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TURKEY ENTERS WAR !
? ON SIDE OF GERMANY,
Action by Ottoman Porte An-,
nounced from Petrograd.
ENDS PERIOD OF DOUBT, j
, I
Prince ImuIr of llnttenhurg tjuits
the English Admiralty
lloard.
Associated Press dispatches in the l
morning papers this morning says
the latest features of the European ;
war are the entrance of Turkey into |
.) the struggle as reported from Petro- i
jp.. grad and Tokyo, and Prince Louis1
of Battenburg's retirement as first
sea lord of the British admirlalty.
Brer since the war began the attitude
of Turkey has been the subject
of doubt. It has been reported a
number of times that Turkey was
ready to Join forces with Germany,
and it was even said that Germany
had supplied the Ottoman government
with large sums of money, i
Great Britain warned Turkey to
keep off and recent advices from
Constantinople indicated that Turkey
Intended to maintain her aeu-'
trality. Now comes word that a!
Turkish cruiser has bombarded the
Russian port of Theodosia in
Crimea, and that another Turkish
cruiser has threatened the seaport
of Novorosslsk on the Black sea.
Under stress of pursuit by British
warship the German cruisers Goeben
and Bresiau early in the war took
refuge at Constantinople. They
were purchased by Turkey but the
German officers and crews were retained.
Later they sallied forth and
' a warning was issued by Russia that
should the Russian warships meet
these two cruisers they would op on
Are. The former German warships
have proved a cause of irritation
throughout the last few w^^e to
the allies and Great Britain asked
the Ottoman government to remove
tne Germans from the vessels but
Turkey replied that it was a domestic
question.
Meanwhile Turkey has been under
surveillance by the allies. Her action
in the present attack on Rus iian
seaports has not been explained,
but it is possible her injection
into war may bring to arms some of
the Balkan states which up to the
present have remained quiescent.
The retirement of Prince Louis of
Battenberg from the British admiralty
will be learned with no sur
prise, for the British admiral, who
held the post of first sea lord, has
been the subject of a newspaper
campaign because or his Austrian
birth and German connections. In
his letter of resignation Prince
Louis says he has bee driven to the
paln/u' conclusion that his birth and
parentage have impaired his usefulness
with the ndmlralty, and that he
withdraws, hoping to promote the
administration of the admiralty.
The fight in Belgium and the
north of France continues. The
British admiralty continues to call
attention to the effective service
rendered by the warships off the
North sea coast; the French tell of
German repulses and French progress;
the Germans, speaking of the
battles in France and Belgium, doolare
thefr progress is entirely satisfactory.
The Russian hosts, according to
Petrograd advices, are pushing the
CermanH and Austiians back. This
to a certain extent Germany has ad^
nttte^, but the Austrlans aver they
.Jfft^Jioldlng their own.
/#%*The report that Greece has taken
) ^esseflslon of southern Albania la
pausing a profound Impression In
. Pome, but in Italian political circles
lt#|frj>elleved that Greece will not b^
auffmrted by Great Britain and
Vt4hce.
fltmany Willi Use 71S.OOO Bales of
Cotton Monthly, Rajs Gerard.
Washington, Oct. 28.?Ambassador
Gerard cabled today that Germany
would need ut least 50,000
and Austria 26,000 bales of cotton
a month. He had been advised of
assurances given by Great Britain
that cargoes of cotton wnniit ?nt
molested when destined to belligerent
countries In neutral bottoms and
In endeavoring to obtain details of
tlie demand for cotton in Germany.
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THREE MILLIONS I
LIVING ON CHARITY I
?
Anil Only Four Days' Supply of
Flour on Hanil?Hanger
Stalks in Belgium.
London, Oct. 29.?Fear that the ^
Belgians remaking in their devast- ,
ed country Vould be impelled J
through hungeir to attack the Oerj
1
man military authorities was ex- '
pressed,, in a" telegram received here
I
il n ir T * T
tvuiwr iiuiu vapi. i Li. liUt'cy, repre^entntive
of the American :om - j
m'Ksion for Belgian relief.
The message sent from Rotter- 1 t
dam to Herbert C. Hoover, chairman i
of the relief commission, said Cap ; 1
tain Lucey had been told by relief 1
workers that in Brussels. Charlerol, 1
Liege, Namur, Mons and Pinant
3,000,000 persons were being fed by
charitly and that only four days' |
supply of flour was on hand. In the ,
vicinity of Liege conditions were {
more desparate than elsewhere If ,
possible. There the necessities o' : |
life were urgently needed.
"Beans, peas and rice are accept- i
ab'e," the telegram said, "but the | <
great necessity and the urgent ap- j i
peals from all concerned are for J |
wheat flour. i,
"you may be convinced that any h
statement you have heard has urder- : (
estimated conditions in Belgium. |<
Great danger is threatened. To 11
avoid it you must get flour to the
people, and get it at once." L
The steamer Iris, the second ship
to take supplies to Belgium for the!,
American committer, is expected to |
! sail from London Saturday with J ]
1,400 tons of wheat, rice and peas.
CPDTATTO rtTTmnnn A -rrn
WJJUXV \J U V/U I UXVliAIiO
IN PORT AU PRINCE
; Shooting in Street* Follows landing
of Charles Zamor, Brother
of President.
Port Au Prince, Haiti, Oct. 29.?
| A serious revolutionary outbreak oc- ,
icurred in Port uu Prince last night,
as a result of the landing here of
Charles Zamor, a brother of the
[President of the republic. There i
was shooting in the streets of the' i
city throughout the night and the <
encounters continued today. The <
members of the ministry have taken
refuge in the foreign consulate-* i
The Netherlands steamer Prins
Wilylem came into Port au Prince
last night at 10 o'clock. On board :
were President Zamor and his
brother Charles. Charles came ;
ashore and his landing was the signal
for the outbreak. The government
forces opposed the rebels, but
were driven back and compelled to
evacuate their positions.
A force of rebels under Davilmar
Theodore, leader of the present rebellion
and the man who has beer, i
I proclaimed president by the revolu-1
tionlsts, has occupied Mtrohalais,
50 miles northeast of Port au lyince
and now is marching on this cjty. ,
The present revolution in* Halt!
has been going on since the/United
States recognized the government
set up last winter by President
'/amor.
Reports from Port au Prince under
date of October 23 set forth
that the President, defeated by the
rebels, had withdrawn to Oonaives
and gave the composition of the new
I government under Davtlmar Ttaeo:
dore.
The American cruiser Tacoma is ,
, at Capt Haltien and American marines
were landed In that city about i
a week ago to protect the American |
consulate, after an understanding
with both of the Haltien factions.
' South Africa Rebels Drivien to Rout
by the Hritish Forces.
! London, Oct. 28.??'The following
t official statement was issued tonight
< regarding the Union of South Africa i
rebellion:
"General Botha reports that ho,
left Rustenburg (a district In the|'
west part of the Transvaal colony) "
Tuesday and proceeded in the dlree-i'
1 Mon In which General Christian
Beyers, with his command, whs ? up-I
posed to be. He came in touch w*th
General Beyers' men iti the forenoon
uud drove them in lw anion* rout the''
whole of the day an t raptured 80.
"In fighting near :he e; d of thrt
pursuit, one of Central i<n'ha's men
r.nd several of itev.-rs command
were wounded.
"When the report was made the
pursuit was MM! in progress. *
30ND ISSUE BILL I
GOES TO THE SENATE
I
[s Passed by House With I
Amendments.
rEXT OF THE MEASURE. I
Provides for Loans on < 'otton But | /
Not for Purchases of
^taple.
The Columbia Stato Thursday
linmIn c anid thn rnttnn hnnd iaauo i .
memim-im twiuii hot op engaged in i
the cotton business, either as maim- ;
facturers or buyers or speculator?. ) i
Sec. 3. That the South Carolina i
cotton bond commission may deposit'?
said bonds with the state treasurer :
and dispose of them as hereinafter
prescribed. On delivery of any note
or notes of any person In the state,
subject to such rules and regulations 1
as the South Carolina cotton bond ]
commission may prescribe, mad?> out i
and executed In such form a* the
commissioners of the sinking fund 1
may require, for the payment to the
state of a fixed amount two years
Trom the date thereof, with Interest
after maturltly thereof at the rate
of 6 per centum per annum, accompanied
by a cash payment of 10 per
centum of the face of such note or '
notes to cover the Interest In ad- (
ranee until the maturity of the note,;'
(he loan to be made on a basis of 0 1 (
cents per pound for middling cotton
md for lower grade of cotton as the '
South Carolina bond commission ' 1
may prescribe, upon delivery of j
mid nolo or notes with warehouse
receipts or certificates attached.
thereto, evidencing ^otton of the |
grade and qualitiy as aforesaid, the ,
(Continued on Page Bix.) T
Dill passed third reading in the
louse Wednesday night at 10:12 i
j'clock and was ordered sent to the
lenate with amendments.
THE BILL IN FULL.
Section 5 in the bond issue bill
is published in The State of October
28 was incorrect in certain particulars.
The following complete1
;opy of the cotton bond Issue bill
was taken from the journal of the J
louse of October 2 7. I
Section 1. That the state of!
South Carolina issue 124.000,000. If
io much be necessary, in coupon:
bonds, bearing interest from the {
late of the issue at not exceeding 6
per centum per annum, payable
semi-annually, for a term of 20
pears, but the state sail reserve ?o
Itself the right to call in and pay the
whole or any part of the issue at
any time after the expiration of one
year from date of issue, but in such J
event the bonds first railed in shall
be those of the highest numbers or
last issued. Said bonds to be issued
in form and manner and for the purrvri
ona Lnrnin o f n/\t I
puuv.u IIVI Clliai bCTI CKJt 1UI 111 , 1 I U" J
vided, That the question of issuing ,
the sf.id bonds be submitted t) the |
qualified electors of this stnt-? at
the next general election, November h
3, 1914. for the consent of 'lie people
of the state; that at said eloc-Ii
tion thTe shall be provide 1 a suttl- (
cient number of bnllots, ps follows- j,
"For the Issuance of not exceeding j ]
$24,000,000 in South Carolina cou-,,
pon bonds, Yes," and a sufficient |
number of ballots shall be provided )
as follows: "For the issuing of not /|
exceeding $24,000,000 in Soqih ,
Carolina coupon bonds, No'.,v . 'hat ,
In case two-thirds of the jualiiied \
electors of tliis state voting on the |
question of said issue; shall vote <
"Yes." then said bonds shall be is- |
sued us provided in thfs act, pro- ,
vided the said bonds shall be nontax-, j
able. I
BOND COMMISSION.
Sec. 2. That said bonds shall lie ;
issued in denominations of $50 !|
$100, $500, $1,000 and $40,000 and ; i
shall be executed as now provided !
for by an act entitled "An act to
provide for the redemption of that i
part of the state debt known as the ' I
brown consol bonds and stocks by i
issue of other bonds and stocks, xp- 11
proved December 22. A. D. 18'.?2,' i
and acts amendatory thereof. Said i
bonds shall he issued in such form <
as shall be prescribed by a cc minis |
sion, which is hereby created, to be
known as the "South Carolina cotton
bond commission." to consist of the
commissioners of the sinking fund
end three other members to be selected
by them; such additional ''
\CREAGE MEASURE
ORDERED RATIFIED
3111 Reduced to a Simple and
Workable Plan. ! (
I?
?TJLL TEXT OF ACT GIVEN.
ill Reference as to Mow Many
Hales to the Mule
Eliminated.
Columbia Special to Charleston !
<Jews nnd Courier, Get. 28.?The |
nost important legislation that lias'
ret reached the point of being ordersd
for ratification is the reduction
n acreage bill. It has, in free con-;
erence, been reduced to a simple
ind workable plan, it Is contended. I
it is the simplest and most conser- .
native of all the suggestions. All '
luestion as to how many acres shall
je planted to the animal or how 1
nany bales shall be raised to the
mile have been eliminated and it is i
dmply stated, that when a farmer j
plants ten acres in cotton that he
must plant twenty acres In grain or
lomehing else.
Here is the act as it will be sub- j
mitted to the governor:
TEXT OF MEASURE.
Section 1. That it shall he unlawful
for any person by himself, his
agents or employes, to plant or cultivate
in this state In any year a
greater number of acres of land in
cotton than one-third of the total '
acreage of land planted and cultivated
in all crops by such person in
said year, including grain and fall
sown crops planted the preceding
Tall or winter.
Sec. 2. That any person violating
the provisions of this Act shall forfeit
as a penalty a sum of not less I
than $25 nor more than $100 fori
each and every acre planted or
cultivated in excess of the number
herein allowed ,to be recovered in
any Court of competent jurisdiction
In an action or proceeding brought
In the name of the state; and said
penalty when recovered shall be paid
aver to the county treasurer for the;
use of the county in which the ofrence
was committed. Said penalty
snd the cost of the proceeding in
which the same is recovered shali
l>e a lien upon all. of the cotton crop
of the person adjudged to pay the
?ime subject only to lien existing
prior to the passage of this act and
liens for taxes; Provided, that the- ;
judgment for said penalty and costs
l?e entered and enrolled in the otlice
of the clerk of court of general sessions
and common pleas as other
judgments are now allowed to he en-i
Lered or enrolled where the recovery I
Is had in such court, and when so entered
shall constitute a lien on all of 1
the property of the person adjudged
to pay the same. And. provided further,
tha< where the recovery is had
in the magistrate court the judgment
l.e entered anil enrolled with
the same efTect in the ollice of the
clerk of general sessions and common
pleas as judgments of magis
trates* courts are now allowed to
he entered and enrolled in said
office.
Sec. 3. That all sheriffs, sheriffs'
flAnntlru mowi.d ? .. * * - L '
r .? ... i aica, I'lMIHUlDICS,
und rural policemen snail be charged
with duty of inspection, the pro-'
Auction of evidence and the prosecution
for violations of this act, ai.d
the solicitors are especially charged
with the enforcement hereof.
Sec. 4. The word "person" used
In this act shall he held to include
partnerships, voluntary associations
and corporations.
Sec. 5. This Act shall go into ef-1
feet immediately upon its approval. 1
NOT COMPELLED TO RETURN.
Belgian Fugitives Are Welcome in
Holland.
London, Oct. 29.?The Dutch ,
minister of interior, says Keuter'sl
correspondent at The Hague, has instructed
Dutch officials handline
[lelgian fugitives in Holland that Lho
nvitation extended to these fugitives
:o return to their own country must!
not degenerate into compulsion, j
Belgians who are destitute will con i
Inue to receive assistance.
The statement published in several
Hutch papers that distribution
if food among the Iiclglans was to
>c restricted and later stopped enIrely
Is officially denied.
THANKSGIVING DAY
NOVEMBER 26TH
Day Designated by Proclamation of
President Woodrow
Wilson.
Washington, Oct. 28.?President
Wilson today ssued a proclamation
designating Thursday, November 26.
Thanksgiving Day. The proclamation
which refers to the fact that Ununited
Stntes it at peace while the
rest of the world is at w.rr, follows:
"By the President of the United
States of America:
"A proclamation:
ii nas long been the honored
custom of our people to turn 111 the
fruitful autumn of the year to praise
and thanksgiving to Almighty God
for His many blessings and mercies
to us as a nation. The year
that is now drawing to n close since
we last observed our day of national
thanksgiving has been, while a year
of discipline because of the mighty
forces of war and of change which
have disturbed the world, also a
year of special blessings for us.
"It has been vouchsafed to us to
remain at peace, with honor, and in
some part to succor the suffering and
supply the needs of those who are in
want. We have been privileged by
our own peace and self-control in
some degree to steady the counsels
and shape the hopes and purposes
of a day of fear and distress. Our
people have looked upon their own
life as a nation with a deeper comprehension,
a fuller realization of
their responsibilities as well as their,
blessings, and a keener sense of the
moral and practical significance of
what their part among the nations
of the world may come to be.
"The hurtful effects of foreign
war in their own industrial and commercial
affairs have made them fee.!
the more fully and sec the more
clearlv their mutual interdependence
upon one another and has stirred
them to a helpful co-operation such
as they have seldom practiced before.
They have been quickened by
a great moral stimulation. Their unmistakable
ardor of peace, their
earnest pity and disinterested sympathy
for those who are suffering,
their readiness to help and to think
of the needs as others has revealed
them to themselves as well as to the
world.
"Our crops will feed all who need
food; the self-possession of our peopl'e
amidst the most serious anxieties
and the steadiness and resourcefulness
of our business men will serve
other nations as well as our own.
"The business of the country has
been supplied with new instrumen
laiities and the commerce of the
world with new channels of trade
and Intercourse. The Panama
canal has heen opened to the commerce
of the nations. The two continents
of America have been hound
in closer ties of friendship. New instrumentalities
of international
trade have been created which will
be also instrumentalities of acquaintance,
intercourse, and mutual service.
Never before have the people
of the United States been so situated
for their own advantage or the
advantage of their neighbors or so
equipped to serve themselves and
mankind.
"Now, therefore. I, Woodrow Wilson.
President of the United States
of America, do hereby designate
Thursday, the twenty-sixth of November
next, as a day of thanksgiving
and prayer and Invite the people
throughout the lnnd to cease
from their wonted occupations and
In their several homes and places of
worship render thanks to Almighty
God.
"In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be
affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington,
this twenty-eighth day of October In
the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and fourteen and of
the independence of America the one
hundred and thirty-ninth.
"WOODROW WILSON.
"By the President:
"ROBERT LANSING,
"Acting Secretary of State."
No Important News from Front.
Paris, Oct. 29.- The French war
office. In its official communication
issued tonight, says:
"There is no important news to
report, according to the latest infAPmo
1 "
IV. nini ii/ii irrriveu.
JOHN WUTTS SHOT
BUT MAY RECOVER
Has Even Chance to Survive
Injury.
VERY BADLY WOUNDED.
Shot hy Kuftene H. Wilkes. Merchant,
Who Mistakes Unfortunate
Young Man for Iturglar.
Laurens Special to The State, Oct.
2i?.?A specialist In surgery was
brought to Laurens today from Columbia
by special train to perform
an operation in an effort to save the
! life of John Watts, only son of Richard
C. Watts, associate justice of the
supreme court of South Carolina.
Young Watts was shot and dangerously
wounded at 4 o'clock by Eugene
H. Wilkes when the young
man, then not recognized by Mr.
Wilkes, was discovered in the yard
of the Wilkes residence.
The bullet, a 38 calibre, entered
the left side in line with the hip
bone and ranged upward, perforating
the intestines in four places.
This was revealed by the operation but
Jhe bullet was not located. The
wounded man is in a Berious condition
tonight, but it is stated that he
has, an even chance of recovery. He
is at u sanitarium.
Mr. Wilkes, one of the most prom1
incut men of the city, is prostrated
at hia home and expresses great regret
over the occurrence but says he
I feels he was justified in protecting
bis home '.om what he thought to be
a burglar.
Some time before 4 o'clock Mr.
Wilkes and his wife were aroused
| by the barking of the dog. Later
they heard a noise in the b^ck yard
which sounded like some one
i scrambling over the f?nco
ing it was a coal thief. Mr. and Mr*.
Wilkes proceeded to the back door
and Mr. Wilkes stepped out into the
yard. Seeing a figure of a ntan in
the dark ness, Mr. WTlkes hailed him.
Receiving no response, he fired, aiming
at the lower part of his body.
The man fell, then arose and ran
across the street and fell In the front
porch of It. L. Clardy's residence.
Mr. Watts was calling for a doctor
and Mr. C lardy went out and discovered
w ho it was. The alarm was
given and the- young man was
rushed to the hospital. It is stated
that he appeared to be under the influence
of liquor when found and
this probably explains his conduct
as he did not know where he waa
going or what he was doing.
Mr Watts is a University of South
Carolina graduate in law and Is
about 32 years of age.
iMuir.itr.u n? POUT All PRIN(15.
Itattlcship Kansas Hastening to
Capital of Hnyti.
Washington, Oct. 29.?Orders to
proceed with all possible speed front
Dominican waters to Port an Prince,
the rebel-held capital of Hnyti, was
sent by the navy department today
to the transport Hancock, which has
on board a full regiment of marines
At the same time the battleship
Kansas was ordered to Poet au
Prince from Vera Cruz.
The Hancock should arrive tomorrow
and the Nebraska probably
Saturday. The cruiser Tacomn already
is at Port au Prince and a detachment
of her marines were lanned
last week to protect the American
t consulate, after an understanding
i had been reached with both facj
tions.
j What further steps shall be taken
i to protect. Americans and other foreigners
probably will be left to naval
i officers on ihe scene. No official report
had reached Washington today
; nf thp )n*f flt fHatiirKonooe *" 1
, . _ > wv Uiovuiuaiitos All run, HU
, Prince but earlier dispatches an
nouncing that Davilmar Theodore,
i having proclaimed himself President
was marching against the capital,
caused the state department to ask
the navy to pi ' pare to deal with a
serious siituaticn.
Seized Vessel. ,
Bordeaux, via Paris, Oct. 29.?
The port authorities today seised
the steamer Colonia on suspicion. A
prize court will decide whether the
professed transfer from German to
British ownership is valid.
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