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VOI,. 10, NO. !). K KMT-W KKKLY. LANOASTKR, S. ., TUKSDAY. NOV KM BKK 1914. *150 A vhb COTTON BONDS QUESTION NOT POT BEFORE PEOPLE Governor Declined to Approve or Veto It. LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED. Could Not Ik* Voted on Today as tlie Measure Could Not Hecome Ijhw I ntil Tonight. The State this morninig says a I valid election on the question of issuing state bonds can not be held ^ today. The act submitting the prop- I osition to the electors at the polls today did not become a law. The J governor sent the general assembly , a message last night in which he said be did not intend to sign the act. After ascertaining to its satisfaction that the measure would not become , a law until midnight tonight without the governor's signature, the , general assembly ended its special eeslon this morning at 1:20 o'clock, the 29th day after It had been convened by the chief executive. The message from the governor last night to the effect that he would ttvke no action on the act proposing a referendum on the question of j ' Issuing $24,000,000 In state bonds ' to be loaned on part of the South ' Carolina crop put an end to rumors 1 current that the chief executive 1 would sign or veto the measure. i After the message was received last night both the house and senate referred the communication to their ) committees on judiciary to report ( on how long the governor could hoi I the bond isue act unsigned if tlx general assembly remained in sesslon. Roth committees agreed that, the general assembly being in session, the act would take effect with out the governor's signature tonight at midnight, some 10 hours too lati ' to be voted on in the election which begins at 8 o'clock this morning. t < MOUNT VESUVIUS , AGAIN IN ERUPTION ; Inhabitants in Its Vicinity llave liecome (>reatl> Alarmed and Special l'ravers Are nflWeai Naples, via Koine, Nov. 2. I Mount Vesuvius is again in erup- ! tion and the inhabitants in its vicln- ! ity have become greatly alarmed. On 1 Sunday special prayers were made 1 and processions of people went to favored shrines as a repetition of the ' disaster of 19 06 is reared. ( The activity of the volcano lirst manifested itself by deep detonations and rumblings. This was t'ol- ' lowed by gigantic columns of smoke and soon thereafter an abundant eruption of lava began. The last serious eruption of Mount Vesuvius occurred in the spring of 1906. Several villages were destroyed and the property loss was esti- ' mated at $20,000,000. About 500 persons were killed and 50,000 were rendered homeless. Many nations, especially the 1'nited States, sent aid to the sufferers. There have been several eruptions since 19t?6, but all were of a minor character and no serious losses re T suited. "Knemy Will 1>p lk>al<'n," Says Kaiser. Berlin, via London. Nov. In addressing the Bradenburg regiment ' in France recenUy at n point behind the front, Kmomml William closed his speech witl^^Hk' uords: "When the is finished we should see each oWer again. Undei all circumstances fte enemy will be 1 beaten." f This information is conveyed In a ' letter received in Berlin from the front. Kgypt is I'hwcd I'ndcr Martial Lt? By Lreat Britain. Washington. Nov. 2.?Martial law was proclaimed today by (Ireat Britain throughout Kgypt. An official notification by Hie British Charge d'Affaires at Cairo was delivered to American diplomatic , agents there. 11 On orders from London, the com-1 mander-in-chlef of the British forces took command of the general situa- |, tiou with orders to suppress all outbreaks. IIATTIjK AROUND TSlNCi-TAl*. | For Mil?>n Sea Rpflwt* Fire Started by llomhardiuent. Tokio, Nov. 1.?Official advices' show that a desperate battle is in progress at Tslng-Tau. For miles the sea reflects the flames from burn- 1 ing ship yards, gas reservoirs and houses set afire by shells from the Japanese and Hritisli warships and land artillery, which cover infantry rusnes. The Germans are strongly en- 1 trenched, having at least thirty fortified depositions. 100 gun-? and elaborate systems of barbed wire < ntanglements and subterranean inines. Since October 2 8 there have been casualties daily. The Kaiser's fort has replied fiercely. The guns of litis fort have ; done no damage. It is stated that as a tribute to , ihe galantry of Meyer Waldecu, tier- ' | man governor of Kia-Chow, no de- t mand for the surrender of Tsing- ^ Tau has been made. TO GIVE MILLIONS ! TO WAR SUFFERERS 1 ! Rockefeller Foundation Will Aid I 1 Starving Non-Combatants in [ War Zone. f New York, Nov. 1.?The. Rockefel- t ler Foundation has determined to r employ ifs immense resources for re- c lief of non-combatants in the countries affected by the war. It stands > ready to give "millions of dollars if < necessary.'' This was announced to- i night by John l>. Rockefeller. Jr., i president of the Foundation. ? The Foundation will send a com-1 I mission to Kurope in a few days to ' report as to how. when and wher? f lid can bo rendered most effectively, i l At a cost of $275,000 it already has shattered a ship and loaded it with ions ox provisions for Helgian < relief. f The ship is the Massapequa, the * largest neutral vessel now in New 1 V'ork harbor. It will sail Tuesday * morning direct for Rotterdam with a J [certification from the British Consul 1 [lore that its cargo is destined to use 1 if Belgian non-combatants only. The ' supplies will he distributed by the ? Belgian relief commission. Mr. Rockefeller lias been in com- J munieation with Ambassador I'age it London and made public a cablegroin in which the Ambassador describes the dire need of the Belgians iind savs "it will require a million dollars a month for seven or eight . months to prevent starvation." "In fact." the Ambassador added, i "many will starve now before food ( fan reach them." I Mr. Rockefelller made it clear In t bis announcement that steps taken | by the foundation will be "absolute , ly neutral." The commission of in- ( vestigation will be headed by Wick-1 ( lifie Rose, a dierctor general of the j | International Health Commission. t "This action will but supplement ( the public-spirited efforts of the Bel-j s gian Relief Committee," said Mr t Rockefeller in announcing the Foun- , d:;tion's plan. "Immediately upon receiving Am- j bassador Page's message tin- Rocke- ( feller Foundation enlisted the co-op- | eration of the shipping department < of the Standard Oil Company of New , York in securing the vessel and at | the same time gladly availed itself , of the voluntary services of Mr. | Lionel ilagenaers. a Belgian now resident in New York and member of , the Belgian Relief Committee, in ( purchasing the cargo. The cargo will | consist of 28,500 barrels of flour,14,- ( (tnO packets of rice, 3,000 hags (200 ( pounds each) of beans, 1,000 boxes (100 pounds each) of bacon. I "The British Consul has kindly ( agreed to certify that these supplies f are absolutely for the aid of non- i combatants and should not be de- < laved in transit.' . C fifty takkn from wrkck. I Motor lioat Rescues Half Hundred < From Hospital Ship. I Whitby via Ixtndan, Not. 1.- A motor lifeboat today rescued the f fifty persons still remaining on board ( the wreck of the hospital ship f ftohilla. which went on the rocks a | few days ago. i The sea was still heavy, but wreck f oil poured on the waves, subdued the t waters sufficiently to enable the transfer of the exhausted men. In all. se\enty persons were loHt in the ( wreck. Those saved from the ship j lotal 1 4 ? . GERMANS REGARD THE SITUATION FAVORABLE Fighting Between Nieuporl and Ypes Fiercest of Whole War. TOLL OF DEATH HEAVY. Sows of Progress ol' Fighting in .Northern France Pleases IterI in. lierlin, Nov. 2, (by wireless.) ? Information given out today for the press in ollieial quarters is as folows: "The progress of the lighting on Lho front in the north of France is regarded here as highly favorable. The report given out yesterday with ts news that the French had been :lirown back across the Aisne at a point near Soissons and that the oprrations already had been extended o the west front of Verdun, is retarded as the most favorable issued or 6ome time past. " i^tieru iroui the Tront reaching Berlin describe the fighting between x'ieuport and Yprea as probably the lercest of the whole war. The Gernans forced their way southward by epeated night attacks. The toll of leath was great on both sides. "The fighting in Poland has not et recommenced, but in Grlieia, acording to special dispatches, events vould appear to he approaching a lecisive moment. A dispatch re eived here from Cracow says the tussians have been thrown back icross the river San and ejected ront l.ezaisk. whence the Austrlans mrsued them for u distance of four lilies. "An Austrian official report tiedares merely that the Austrian brces in central Galicia have reained all the captured positions to lie north and east of Turka, near 5tary-Sainber: to the east of I'rzemrsl. anil on the lower San river. Tliet epulsed an attack near Disco, tlie tussians losing many prisoners. \ tussian column composed of iiifanry. cavalry : nd artillery lias been lefeated to the north of Kuthy on he frontier of itukowina anil lalicia. "The exploits of the Turkish fleet vhicli bombarded Odessa and Sebasopol and destroyed two Russian varships, 1!? transports nntl several til tanks, cm ites unbounded enthiisnsni here. "HI Imparcial, a newspaper of flailrid. reports that there is danger >us unrest in Algeria. The natives lave refused to enter the military service and have killed French poicemen. "Le Echo I)e Bulgaria, a senii?fticial newspaper published in Sofia, leclares that the relations between lulgaria and Turkey are in excellent shape. Both countries remember he lessons of lb 12 ana 19IS. The secretary of the king of Bulgaria lias <one to Constantinople to confer .vith leading Turkish statesmen. "The press declares that the Britsli statement of October 27, saying hat the governments of the powers n the triple entente have resolved diortl.v to effect a settlement of the very strained relations between the Itnlkan states, proves that Turkey is 101 responsible for the outbreak of lostilitles in the near east. "The German government lias organized a civil administration in he French mining districts of Longwy and Briey, where there are ire pits valued at 225.000,000 francs f $4 5,000,000.) "The Daghlad. published at Stockholm, Sweden, declares in a dispatch 'rom Petrograd that the Russian military service is larking in hospital equlsites, such as bandages for the Iressing of wounds. "Some Russian hospitals look like daughter houses, this paper says. in I* nuigarian minister at Koine las declared in an interview that a lose understanding exists between Bulgaria and Turkey. "The University of llonn has oonerred the honorarv degree of doctor in Horr von Krupp and Ib-rr Havenitein. The latter is president of tho Imperii I Hank and the degree was ?1 veil hini on account of Germany's iplendld financial preparations for he war. fiermanv llnisei KI.I75,<NMl,(HNi. Merlin, Nov. 1 Thus far $1,175.100,000 of the war loan have been ^aid up. This is 78 per cent of the otul amount. TURKEY'S APOLOGY NO! 1 ENOUGH FOR POWERS Demand Dismantling of Three i Offending Warships. MUST SHOW GOOD FAITH. Triple Kutente \V??nl?l Then Assume Itesponsibility for Preservation of Inviolability of Turkey. London. Nov 1 Tlw? iim?wi i Vfzier of Turkey h-?s apologized on behalf of his government for the warlike operations ol the Turkish Meet under German commanders in j the Mack Sea, but it was stated I authoritatively tonight that the 11 i Porte will have to go much farther | than this before the powers of the ! ! Triple Entente will agree to resume , friendly relations with the Ottoman ! i government. I' j There is every reason to believe |1 ; that despite the apology of the |! Grand Vizier which it Is understood ' comes from the peace party in the I Turkish cabinet and may not be ad- i [ hered to by Enver Pasha, the minis- ' tor of war, and his Young Turk fol- j lowers. Prance, Russia and Great I Britain not only will demand re- ' i paration for the operations of the i Turkish fleet in the Black Sea but will insist that Turkey's entire fleet, or at any rati' the cruisers Goeben. ' Breslan and llatnidiech be put out 1 of commission until after the war. ' Turkey's security being guaranteed ' in the meantime. ' Tills would give Russia such superiority in the Black Son that there would be no danger of Turkish j raids. It is suggested also that do- ' mobilization of the Turkish armv ' would be demanded, which would 1 mean that these troops which have ' crossed the Egyptian frontier must be withdrawn. However, as the terms of Tur- 1 key's apology have not been publish 1 ed and must he considered by the ' Entente powers before the npologv 1 is accepted or refu ed, there seems ' to be a long way to to before diplo- ' malic relations between the Otto- ' man k'livi-rnniniil nml ilm ..lli..^ be resumed. M*>an\vliil(> a report comes from 1 Constantinople of the seizure of another Russian steamer and also that i Bulgaria, which had been asked to 1 ehoose the side on which site would 1 tight, had commenced to mobilize iter second line troops. I The Germans continue to strike i hard blows on the allies' lines in I their endeavor to get through to the 1 coast. Thus fair they have found ' every roaid blocked hut apparently 1 disregarding losses they continue ito attack. i The floods, the !\ igian army and I the British !lee? having barred their way south westward along the coast. ] the Germans are now striking on a , line stretching from Ypres. in Itel- , gium, to La basse, farther south in < France, hut seemingly with no more j success. The stubbornness ot the , fighting along this line may be | . gatheied from the fact tin t the | town of Messines. which the tier- ( mans now occupy, has been taken | and re-taken no less than four times . since 1: st Saturday, each time with enormous losses in killed or wound- | ed. Attacks also have been made , along the entire battle front as far | east as the Vosges region, but. according t othe French report, with | the Germans having no more success | than in the northwest. The belief is growing here, and it also has been expressed by those returning from Belgium, that the Germans nr?* making a last effort to get through to the coast and that if it fails they , will fall hack to positions prepared * In central Belgium. Although the fighting is continuI ous on the Kast Prussian frontier, in ' Poland and in Galicia there is no ' important change in the situation and if is belie\ed none is likely until ' the Russian armies come up with the Germans, who are retiring from the V'stula toward*- the Wartho river. On this river it is considered likelv i i another big battle will be fought. M The backbone of the rebellion in i South Africa ?pcmB broken. Colonel < Maritz's command in the north* rn Capo Province ha? been ? ?!. i Sovoral of tli?? raiders and most of their men have been eapt r?**i. (Jen era) Beyer* is in flight and Com ra' l>e ?Vet hii? opened negotiations for F<MH> r\M>AI?KI?. American i ood I'or Hungry llclt>iaiis is Iteing (nloadcd. Rotterdam, via [.onoon, Nov. 2. The unloading of the steamer I'ohlenz, which reached iiere from Kngland Saturday n.ght with l.uon ions of foodstuffs sent hy the American commission for Hie relief of the people of Melgium, began immediately after tier arrival and continued throughout Saturday night and Sunday at high pressure. The cargo was promptly transferred to river and ranul vessels which last night started on their way to Belgium. The Brussels correspondent of the Rotterdam Courant, writing regarding the need of foodstuffs, says: "Lines of people form in front of the bakers' shops before daybreak and a large number daily are unable to obtain any of the hard brown bread which is the only kind now baked. The flour supply is being husbanded to the utmost in order that it may last until the American supplies arrive. The American conmi expects these within two or three lays." BELGIANS PRAISE PLANS FOR RELIEF Von-('omlmtants of Stricken Country Praise the Rockefeller I'otindat ion. New York .Nov. 2.?Praise for tii<> )l;ms of tlie Rockefeller Foundation or tlie immediate relief of the nononibatants in Belgium is eontaineil 11 statements made public today by I'ierre Mali. Belgian consul general mil Ijioncl llagenaers. a nieinher of he Belgian relief committee. The importance of the Rockefeller foundation relief measures ma> be eali/.ed when it is known that not nore than In days' supplies remain or the M? Igian people, according to Mr. Hagenaers. who added: "This aid could not come at a nore fortunate time. A splendid organization has been provided hroughout Belgium for the distribution of supplies which is recognized [>y both the Belgian and (torman governments. This organization is (imposed of prominent Belgians who iv i 11 see to it that the food suppl:e. reach those for whom they are inended." Little remained to tie done todaj n getting ttie steamship Massupequa roadv to start for Rotterdam tomorrow with the lirst consignment of 1,00b tons of foodstuffs purchased iy tin1 foundation. Announcement s expected within a few days of the purchase of other food supplies and he chartering of vessels to carry on he relief work outlined in the plans made yesterday, ( overiniieiit Makes Report on South Carolina Crops. Washington, Oct. P> 1. The crop reporting board of the I'nited States department of agriculture has just completed its "Miniate of the acre yield of the principal farm crops of South Carolina for this year. The estimates are based on crop con litions during the early part of Or [oher. The final figures will !? iriven out within a short time. Itnt it is reported that they will not differ to uny great extent with the preliminary estimates. According to the figures the yield per acre of the principal crops of this stiite in IP 14 will be as follows: Corn 2J buslu?l>: Irish potatoes 107 bushels; sweet potatoes 111 bushels; tobacco P40 pounds; rice 30.5 bushels and cotton 110 pounds. Villa and Zapata .Must Itetire, Says General Carran/a. Washington, Nov. 2.?General i'arranza will insist on an absolute leceptance by the convention at Vguascalicutes of Ids condition that both General Villa and General Zapata retire to private life along with himself. Should they reject Itis stipulations civil war will result. mrreiidcr, it is said. The German cruiser Kar sruhe b s added tlire. mor< . i -- . ste..i.:? . t > her list ot ' . pttires in the Atlan lie. One, the Vandyke, is j ve - d of about 1.0 to tons. Tliere were reports today of naval activity In the Straits of Dover. A dispatch front Dover -aid a Ilritish torpedo boat destroyer was observed !:t action, apparently ng: n-t a German subarlne. T?1 II . TURKEY DECLARES WAR UPON RUSSIA Declaration Against England and France Expected. SITUATION IN IlOl MANIA. Reported King lias I'roe luiined Itulgarin's Intention to Re? niain Neutral. Washington. Oct. 31.?War has been declared at Constantinople between Turkey and Russia, according to a private message transmitted today through the courtesy of the American embassy. The American ambassador has not advised Wushingtou of the declaraj tion of war, but oliicials tonight thought his message either has been ! delayed or that he was awaiting ! formal notification by the Ottoman . government. The private message, addressed to a New York business man. was dated 5 p. m. yesterday and reached here a few hours after a lengthy I uispuun irom ADiDassailor Morgen' than describing events in ConstantiI noplc up to noon yesterday. TO DEMAND PASSPORTS. Mr. Morgenthau said that early yesterday the Russian ambassador received instructions to demand hiB passports as the result of the Turkish bombardment of Russian seaports. Tin Russian envoy attempted to see the ('.rand Vi?ior, but failed. * During the morning, however, the Turkish minister of finance called on the French ambassador, informing him the bombardment had occurred without the previous knowledge of the Ottoman government. He blamed German officers in the Turkish I navy. This explanation did not alter the purpose of the Russian ambassador to leave and the French and Rritish ambassadors made preparation: to leave Constantinople today. THF FLTIMATl*M. Mr. Morio nthau made no mention in his dispatch to demands by the allied powers upon the Porte, and it is presumed the ultimatum, reported from London, was delivered late yesterday, promptly rejected, and diplomatic relations with the allies severed. This is borne out by the private message, tiled at ."> p. in. The prediction is made that declarations of war on England and France would follow i111111 < dk'tcly that on Russia. .vuvicrs recetveu here under date* of Thursday indicated that Turkey still hoped to confine her belligerency to war with Russia. The government re.ceivod no word I today as to the probable attitude ol Uoumania and Bulgaria. A belated message under date of September J'.t front Sofi. however, spoke of a speech by the King proclaiming Bulgaria's intention to remain neutral. State of War Kxists. Vancouver. B. C.. Oct. 31.-?Customs officials were officially informed here today that a state <>f war existed between Croat Britain end Turkey Advised 10 l.eave. Pctrogrnd. Oct. 31, The semiofficial Russian news agencv says that, because of the attack by the (lerman-Turkish warships against the Russian Black seaeo.u-t. the Russian government enjoined the same day the Russian ambassador jit Constantinople to announce to the Sublime Porte the rupture of diplomatic relations with Turkey and his departure, with all the members of his embassy and the consulates. | Physician 0|toi iitctl on for tilth Time Baltimore, Nov. 2.?Dr. Frederick 11. Ba'Mjer of Johns Hopkins Hospital. who has gained prominence for martyrdom in actinopgraphic research us well as for scientific disI OAttOI?lea ?? - - * 1 - 1 ' * i-< ?i ax t:!<-* noapital where he has horn opt ?atti on for the 4f>th time. The pinnd* of im* a* Me the bol! ) > vpnee bet wee* the 'irrn and < h o.ibler. vh'eh were a fleeter! t?y t b < iietion o' X-rays. \.. r< r. ni\<'1 1 ?r. I!:k tjer line io** ?r v? and fnnr fingers. I.i F.xpel lurks' London. Nov. J. 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