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VOL. 10, NO. 100, SEM1-WEEKI
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IN BY VON HINDENBURG ~~
The contii
slan arml<
Quarter of a Million Men are not d
Encircled by Teutonic vi'ina*^ ?
Forces. "Aithou
iranKi)
SURRENDER OR DASH OUT? I ^v,ews
I'he press t
general at
It May be That the Russians Can J The go'
Extricate Themselves, But the , eently issi
Situation is Not Favorable. cral resur
London, Sept. 20.?The Russian tor'P8*
army menaced since the fall of Vii- ' urre
na by the Qerman encircling movement,
Is estimated variously at 250,- AROHI
000 to 600,000 men. The conditions BLAM
under which the Russians are attempting
to extricate themselves fur- Claims Hi
nish a striking parallel to those of Lettc
which followed the capture of War- tfni
saw. They may precipitate one of New yo
the greatest battles fought on the Archibald,
eastern front. eot who >
Although no official confirmation authorltiei
had been received in London from from Dr. I
Perograd today of the fall of Vilnn, |an amba!
the British press has accepted the here toda;
German claim readily In view of the Several s
s'tuatton that had been developing. ,?d the Ro
Concern is expressed for the retiring ly today
Russian forces. So far as can l>e Archibald'
judged Field Marshal von Hinden- him foi
burg's troops have flung a loop about service nn
the Russians over a front of some searched
'0 miles And Are not only in their (the stater
rear but are menacing seriously the J awav a cn
single railway line and the few avail-1 pondent.
able wagon roads stretching to the *vould not
south. i to the sect
As at Warsaw, the number of Rus-, After 1
sian prisoners left behind with the; bald paid;
evacuation of Vilna was not great | about the
Apparently the only way in which ! any contei
the retiring forces may ameliorate i |t js perfe,
the seemingly bad situation Is by a ?i took
eotfnter blow. . the trout>l<
It Is pointed out that von Hin-; without k
denburg's cavalry has penetrated so I and ontlr.
deeply into lnoatlle country as to;8n j oare
create a salient open to sudden at- .\rchiba
tack. If the Russians should be able j a longer s
to command relnfoicements at the \ he walked
proper time and place, but It Is not. ever, he n
believed here that they are In a posl-1 his secret
tlon to deal such a blow effectively, rharlie M
There Is much speculation as to i Per held a
the German objective. Opinion is di?; Chibald th
vlded whether von Hindenburg will fer the iss
seek merely to close his loop, thus ment. lit
capturing the army within the net. or , Washingtr
will press eastward toward Minsk j
and from the west through Slonim t'anada '
and again try for a decisive victory.; vnncoir
Similar tactics attempted after the; possibility
fall of Warsaw met with failure. probably
The Russians are employine their Hie Canad
familiar rear guard tactics, and the which con
hope in expressed in the llritish press Iiraper, s<
that they will be able to fight thei? said that '
way out without shattering losses. on the t
Next to Warsaw, Vilna is the most would be r
important town In western Russia questions
It is a railway Junct*on of great mil5 affected h;
tary importance. It was from Vilnn Among
that Napoleon fled ?n disguise tn 'he propoi
1812 during the retreat from Mos- men's con
cow. . ,v. , provinces:
. . T - .. __ wages on
NO SHIPS THROUGH mendmer
CANAL IN TEN DAYS ""
Karth Slides on Big IHtcli Greater
__ . .. ** j Washinj
TTian at Flrtil Iteimrted?Shouts .
8<H) Feet in length. ^change !
Washington, Sept. 20.?The earth , *
slides in the Panama canal, neur e8, arr(
Gold Hill, are much more extensive eDar men
than first reported, and probably ' onsul
will tie up the waterway for ten days, ^ara 80 ai
This dispatch was received today by v,npr,can
the war department from the acting te with
governor of the canal zone: for '
----- - Howevei
coniinuea movement 01 siiaes; .p no Ame
yesterday lias caused the most ser- f the ben
loua shoaling of the channel sine? tubllsh dol
last October. Movements have no* ,fl thl|> typ
stopped. At least ten days will hi porarlly fa
necessary to open the canal. Shoals,
are eight hundred foet long and at, rn*,
the worst point there Is only seven t pftrts. 8<
feet of water with an Island Ave feet a prematui
above water, one hundred feet losr iny peace,'
and Bfty feet wide In the middle ol |^r Qf tbe
the channel. address la
"Not possible to work on J hi con- pr6nch 9o<
struotlon with large dredges ur.ti! it conquests,
channel to Boat them la cut through oppressed
with Belgian ladder dredges without "We ar<
further movement. This should fc*- many," de<
done in three days. Suggest ship untary sot
ping agencies be advised to consult nient says
with Washington office of the Pana- by the vo
ssa canal before ships leave their hsve const
perta." have ft."
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VI
|Y. I. ANC A8'JER.%&
^^^jEEp
ON THE BRITISH El
iued successes of the Rub
bb on me soutnwest rront
latracting tho attention of Great Syndicate to Hand
rltlcs from tho .ltuatlon at Aaked by An|?l0.Fn
gh the situation is regard- Commission,
r as grave, the tone of in
had by representatives of THE MIDDLEMAN'S (
with a representative of the
afT .'emains optimistic."
vernment proclamation re Largest Underwriting Syndi
led has resulted in a gen- Western World Has Ever ]
aption of work in the fa"*- in Process of Fornmth
ere partial strikes had oe- New York Sept 20.?Tht
underwriting syndicate the
_ _ . world has-ever known was ii
a of formation today to handle
m ONDR. DTJMBA posed ?bllllon dollor,. credll
9 I>id Not Know Contents Great Britain and France w
r to Agents of Austro- now shrunk. It ?u report
igarian Government. sum, yet to be determined,
rk. Sept. 20.?James J. F. $600,000,000 and $800,000
the American correspond- Tkj8 memnjoth syndicate,
?as intercepted by British
ing to tentative arrangement
i while carrying a message
)umba. the Austro-Hungar- ,lave been upon, wi1
ssador, to Vienna, arrived tion-wide in its character
V on the liner Rotterdam, comprise national and sta'
ecret service men hoard- and trust companies from tl
tterdam at Quarantine ear- tic to the Pacific. A numb
immediately went to called pro-German financier
s stateroom and question- reported, will go into the i
r some time. The secret |f it finally is agreed that
?n were reported to haw the loan will he used to
Vrchihnld. his baggage and munitions of war.
oom, and to have taken -p^p syndicate will put
ne belonging to the enrrps- . - ?
- - nruisn ajyi h'rench ko\
Archibald denied this, and i)onds secure the loan at
admit having even talked fcondg w,? pay 5 ^ cent
et service men. and win be a flrgt mortKa
eaving Quarantine, Archi- the entire EnKli8h empl
' I do not know anything prance and her colonies. 1
situation here. If thorn is daggering war loans raised
mplated prosecution of me w,u come geoond fQ the ,0|
:tly unjust. floated here.
the letter which caused _ , .. , . ,
. _ . For the first time in hii
e, from Ambassador Dumba ? * *
, # , English pound sterling ha?
nowledge of its contents. ? , . . - .
, , , first place In international fl
ely unwittingly. That L. . r J, . ? . 7?,
he American dollar in this
to say at present. , . , . . . . , .
,, .. .. . . The whole big bqnd Issue.
Id then said he would issue. , . _ 7?
. ? . ' and interest, will be pay
itatement after landing. As . .. ^ M
, . American dollars,
down the gangplank, hownet
a man he described as The bond8 w111 run flve
try. The man said he was *"" U ,8 not yet known whl
ercer. Archibald and Mer- THE MIDDLEMAN'S (Jit
t short conference and Ar- In agreeing to have the te
en announced he would de- died by an underwriting a
uing of an additional state- the Ahglo-Erench financial
> said he expected to go to siou apparently has deferre
>n soon. views of American financiers
? ginal intention of the coi
Thinking of Conscription, having been reported to pr<
t'er. B. C.t Sept. 20.?The general subscription to th?
of conscription in Canada without the underwriter us s
will be given attention by man.
ian trades union congress, Ag goou aa all lhe ternj
vened here today. P. M. ,oan are detittltely aj{ree(
pcretary of the congress. bankjj and trugt companieB
while the question was not >_
uui illC tuuuuj, It IS 11 IK
<et program. it probably w|? be invUt?d tQ become p
onsidered along with other the 3yudil>atei it i8 not kn<
in which labor might be many 8Uch bankg wiU be aa
v the European war. u ,8 regurdod a8 cwrtaln t
topics to be taken up were nu,mberghip wl? con8i8t of ,
,ed el*ht hour day: rk- ()f lU8tltutlon8> anf, p088ib
ipensation acts in various
fortnightly payment of * Thejje banka w,u be given
all railways, and propoaed profitf 8omewhere in the n
its to the federal elections Uood of ona.M( of one per
Is believed. Upon this poi
n Hank Needed In Chili. had 1)een nia, ked diver?ence
?ton, Sept. 20.?New York ,on' ,he commissioners' p,
. , .. , ? , t reported attitude having b
las taken the place of Lon.
.. . bankers and investors should
ange for Chilean nitrate
... .... same price for the bonds.
>rding to a report to the 1
. A great many American )
t of commerce.
? . ? , ,, , it is said, demurred to this
General Keona at Val..
. ground that they would Iff
inounces the sale to an ' T
a ... ? a aaa t ? . considerable expense in band
firm of 4,000 tons of nit- . *
v.? , tuls and that reasonable re
payment by draft on Now ....
tloS 000 their trouble was no more tht
r. he adds that since there
rlcan bank in Chile, much MUNITIONS ^THEREI
eflt of the tendency to es-' The next big question to b
lar exchange must be lost, l it was said, was whether m
e of exchange is only tein-j?f should be paid for
rorwi ny inreiRn DanKH. i proceoiuf 01 me loau. 'I'D?;'
'slop Is aid to belletoe th*(V
(1 of P?*uje Briton* Wteh. should rover m utfttiona; a
jpt. 20.?"W,e do not want1 hi any American > bankers t
'e, bat a complete and last- .snouM not. TM* merits of ti
' said John Hodge, a mcm-i diKrusaed .wnatter nf whbtl
British parliament, in an .rigM.4Tf' wrong to ship' m
st night at a meeting of! abfond. do )nbf. At la oq
:lalists. "We do not wank Kills .flnpstlpn.i What doe?
but the liberation ryP alii .ritally tfhtf .{wastaoratfoi
peoples S matter, it id rp^orfced, A* the
B anxious to beat Ger- c'' certain banks Utvfeh wo
slared Mr. Hodge, "by vol- < on verted to/rtlptkiff1. In esse
vice, but If the govern-1 fund prov'dM psy^tat only I
we have had the last muti moditleaiWty'er thn^ 'munlilori
inntary system and must'this hup father n iar deta
iription, then I aay we'll j comnrnwrtnti and Am kLeon 111
eontjhued their rotj t
jj/;
ye= f- ? ??
Ul TUESDAY, 8KPTEMBKK 21, 19I"i.
if stone suggests earTy
vipire SESSION Of THE SENATE
and coniot
lynchers o
le Loan Would Have Special Meeting of uctetl unde
inch j Upper Branch of Congress ^ giaton'c
in October. Mrs. Slatoi
exposition
iRAFT. MUCH IS TO HE DONE. '"^Th^is
had in flft
icato the CoimuJttee Chairman Thinks Execn- "and we ai
Known I've Docket Should l?e Cleared a honeymo
an. Ilefure Hounp Meets. The Slat
e largest Washington Special to Columbia \t re to 1,0
western stat?. Sept. lt>.?Senator W. J. (Iwor?la- 1
Stone of Missouri, chairman of the le,ir w
I process 8enate comuiittee on foreign rela- (,uorK'a an
the pro- tions, came to Washington today pri- w"e Pa?8
: loan to marily to -ent a house for the com- Franc,8CO
hlch has > 'nK session of Congress and inci- ( om,n* her
ed, to a ?>dentally to confer with President T>-pp*rc
between wtl*on regarding a special session.
000 of the senate next mouth. |
The senator believes the President)
, acoor ( 8^ou|d convene the 8enate early in Berlin ,iW
a said to o^ber so that the executive docket. I Butirelj
II be na- may be . cleared before .. the house ***
and will meets in December. He is chiefly Hprlln v
te banks Interested in disposing of the pending ??ttl<
le Atlan- Colombian and Nicaraguan treaties Problem c"
er of Ro- w'hich remained on the executive cal-: ^ negot
s it was endar when Congress adjourned last f ount V or
' .. * \i .1 i-r?v. basaador b
jyndicate March.
ti()flflpQQi on
none of "When I last saw the President he
# > ... ? .. .. regarding
pay for agreed with me. ' said the senator.
. . . C.ermany, i
that the senate should be called in . , ,
? , . ... . informed, i
out the October if conditions then warranted .
wui iiitr to negotiat
rernment and so far as I know now there has <he lTnitPd
par. The been no change in his attitude. How- flna] reylRi
interest ever, I can not speak for him. He hnme
,ge upon may have altered his opinion. A long
re and "It occurs to me. though, that it sit,]atl""K v
Iven the would be good policy for the senate j, t Von
at home to *?t to work two months in nd-:a , m<J
?n to lio 1 vance of the house so mat muui
? ? ? . forward 1
clear our executive docket and be mornjnp
tors the ready to take up Che legislative pro- a nature ,
, yielded *ram on GTen tGrm* w,th the hou^! cials confti
nance to *hen lt .J. /.. question c,
respect. ."There are three matters of Un- fhe for
principal WJUtnCft to be t^ken up by the new are now (
able In senate?the Colombian and Nicarn- ?inj8 optlm
Kuan treaties and the reslutlon |n a pOBi
yearr or P*Bfjed la8t session authorizing a re- things not
ich vision of the rules, chiefly the limit-, pubHc-noti
AFT In* of debate." . ' vtnce. the
, All three of these subjects, the the good f
senator believes, will be as vigorously surances a
VUU lCfllt' '
ommis' M?posed as they were in the last ses- tied - detei
d t the '?U aIU' 'ears scnat*1 's sources of
' ! not convened until December much rine quest!
, t e or - ! j|ne wtil be lost at the outset that The hof
nmtssion . ... . . . , .. ...
. eiiid be spent on legislative mat- the nego
>vi e for torg through w
> bonds .
mijjjp ' Colombian treaty provides to*; further iss
1 payment of $25,000,000 to that! complicate
republic for the Panama canal zone _ ??
b of the Ken over during the Roosevelt ad- 'r''-v <M
1 upon, miujHtration. Colombia charges it New 1 or
through-1 wug illegally deprived of this strip nlon' 1
lerstood, ? KHout compensation. Col. Uoose- United
Allies to ve|t j)as (.ontended otherwise and ex- Pr?Pr*'ss m
)wn how mnged several spirited letters witn dye-stufls !
ked, but gen#tor Stone over the proposed war> was s
uoi tn? treaty which was fathered by For- ternational
lundredft .[1(,r Secretar>. of Stale Bryan. dustries w
ly thoii- ?,, . , A derm
Tiie Nlcaraguan treaty authorizes jjn \
,, he payment of $3,000,000 for the ( u<' 1 *
a siuali , w Norton, wl
, . ; T exclusive use during a period of 93
letghbor- , . ?. , , , resentative
. years of the available canal strip
cent. It ... . . , , vestigate
71 through that country, also naval
III there . was one ot
a sen at I'onseca bay and Corn isof
dpln- tion.
L . land. The purpose of this latter . .
e^ously . , rhe An
? ;e.;jv is to prevent anv other power . . .
een that American 1
llvtho ?'??*?"? Nicaragua,i strip for AmerIcan ,
r ? purposes. necrs the
bankers Senator William Alden Smith.' A88oHation
, t)n the of Michigan, a men,- fook part 5
her of Senator Stone's committee,
i put to
Hit the revented action on tiie Nicaraguan <miser Itr
*- ?. .ity tast session. As the session*
(turn for
in equit WttS 1 drawing to a close and sen- Philadel]
ate proceedings were already delav- iyor Hrookl
rd by the ship bill tilibuster botn at the Phi
VITH
{treaties were of necessity laid asid-. several yet
e settled firient to
unitions
it of "h Volcanoes at Work. toga as the
ooratniH- ^'ariB. Sept. 20.?Multiple or up- WinterhaM*
the loan if,ns o1 the Italian volcanoes are i<rooh,yn *
great now oc<urr,n&. "ay* a (liaooteh from afi umPJre 1
mink It Itotne. Vesuvius, Etna and Strom- the Atlai
be often 1 ar< active, a singular phono- ?ro<
ItA it is mena nwVflf before recorded. None' way ?*
ttblHone of the eruPtions, however, is of a
(.L ;,,.. character to cause alarm.
into Hrownavi
I- ^nter, 'Sunday wai
J of\thr <'"""UN Move. nHtrols thr
attftVd--' Washington, Sept. 18.?Among the river dlatrl
uld W ^hiuigeB in the consular service it is prehension,
the jjte. announced that Julius D. Droher of fug across
'or con:\ South Carolina, consul at Toronto, is aftermath
is. I'posV transferred to Colon, Panama, and following tl
lis the Cowls W. Haskell of Columbia. S. C., along the
hanelers tonsul at Belgrade, is transferred to differ<v?e*?
:M*?y. deneva. dependence
V ! Af\ ^ f WEATHER'
N ' FORECAST;
/ "fc?' ^Ll Ar- ( day: Wednesday
" fair.
1? !
*1.50 A YKA1I.
I" "^T~-.,STWI OF CARRAHZA
...arp-.. 6 IN ASCENDANT
iBsionately declaring the
f Leo M. Frank no doubt "?
r an impulse prompted by Prospects For His Recognichivalry,
former Gov. John ..
,( ceorcla. a, mpa,.1e<l by Bn?hter 1 han Anv
i is visiting the San Diego Time Past,
and San Diego for an in
y;, , .. * . J VILLA DENIES HIS (
the i.rst vflpHtiA" ?
ftAATAMt
. A >I(V ? V
een years." he declared,
re making it something or Says He Will Show First Chief
on trip." Who's Who in Parts of North0118
probably will go from ern Mexico,
nolulu before returning to Washington, Sept. 19.? Prospects
Mr. Slaton says he has no for recognition of General Cartsoever
in returning to ranza> wa8 admitted in official
id his home. He and his quarters today, are much more faed
several weeks in San vorabie than they have been at any
and Los Angeles before j Ume 8lnce the Unltod states began
e* to exert Its Influence toward the ee_
tablishment of a central government
TORFF GIVEN !n Mexico.
POWER TO ACT The decision of the Pan-Xmericatf
I conference of diplomats in New York
iv?s Submarine Question to study within the next three weehi
v to German Ambaaaa- : "the material and moral capacity" of
>r In Washington. the elements aspiring to recognition
ia London. Sept. 18.?A has ied tQ the general belief here by
ement of the submarine oflicials that unless the military sitan
probably be arranged nation in Mexico was much changed
iations in Washington. jn that period the recognition of the
i Rernstorff. German am- carranza movement is practically
o the United States, is in certain,
of complete information The United States and the several
the wishes and policy of Governments which have taken the
so the Associated Press is situation under advisement intend,
and has been given power however, to investigate carefully the
e terms of settlement with physical state of affairs in Mexico to
States subject only to (earn whether the faction in military
on and approval by the supremacy give promise as well of
rnment. creating a stable government,
report on the submarine demonstrate in the meantime
vas received here from that the Carranza movrmi'nt dn<??
HernstorfT Thursday and not control the territory it claims in
ssage of instruction went Mexico will be the object of a delelo
the ambassador this nation of Villa-Zapata followers exRoth
dispatches were of pected to arrive here this week. They
which seems to make offl- will be heard "by Secretary Lansing
lent the whole submarine aR will separately the representatives
an be settled satisfactory. nf cgrranza. To supplement their
m which the negotiations argument here that the Carranza
aking goes to strengthen movement should not be recognized
ism, for Count RernstorfT because of an alleged lack, of moral
tion to communicate manv capacity, the Villa party is planning
adapted to inclusion in a an extensive guerilla warfare.
b but. of a natnra to eon- Rnrique C. Llotente, Washington
American government of representative of General Villa, reaith
behind Germany's as- turned from New York tonight and
.nd the government's set- expressed the confidence that within
rmtation to remove the three weeks there would be ample
the conflict on the subma-1 proof of the inability of Carranza to
Ion. control the territory he claims. He
>e is expressed here that Mould not state what plans for the
tiatlons can be pushed guerilla campaign had been made,
ithout delay, and that no' <ni? jR understood that General
ues may be brought in to' villa, using Chiuhuahua as a base,
a settlement. will send flying columns into various
? , part* of the republic and by a series
ke Dyes ils Germany Did..; SOnsational ' dashes endeavor to
k. Sept. 20.? The develop-i . -
- T snow the helplessness of Carranza.
he chemist industries ?n|.rh|ire algQ w|? be a renewal of ac.
1 States, particularly thoj UvUv ,)V fhp Zapa(a foropg jn the
ude in the manufacture oi ; ltb
rfnce the beginning of the M ^ L,orente scouted tbe idea thftt
hown toda> in the lirst in ; any foreigners would be endangered
exposition of chemical in ^ villa territory and was optimistic
hich convened h? r? . bjg eXpre8S|on9 that the military
onstration ol ? olor* pro s;tuation would soon show a decided
merica given by I)r. ' i change that would compel the Pan10
went abroad as ? ion- ,.nVan conference to withhold
of the government to in- n!(|on from Qenera| Carrailia_
the dyestuffs industries.
the feat,tree of the expo..- WINNSBORO TRIAL ~
lerican Chemical Society. OPENS WEDNESDAY
Electro-Chemical Society.
..... Ixonlionor. Morrison mid {?wU
Institute of Mining Engin
, , ( barged \\ ith Murder?True
American Pulp and Paper ?M1 ? x
, . . Bills Are Returned,
and other organizations
... VVinnsboro Special Charleston
n the exposition
News and Courier. Sept. 20.?Soliciooklyn
Sails for Duty in 1 K. Henry handed two hills of
the Orient. indictment to the grand jury today.
jhhi. Sept 1ft. The eru- <-larging Ernest Isenhow.er, Jesso
yn. which has been lying Morrison and Jim Rawls with the
lladelphia navy yard for; ?l"?oting of Sheriff A. D. Hood and
irs. sailed today for the *mi,h on *he ???rt hou8e ?teP?
replace the cruiser Sara- a? ?Ue June of court, when the
flagship of Rear Admiral negro. Jules Smith, was to he tried
>r of the Asiatic tleet The! on the charge of criminal ????..u a
ill stop at Newport to act aeoond indictment was pased to the
thip during the war game jury, charging Ernest Isenntic
tleet. hower with the mar do. of Raleigh
iklyn will go ro the East! Boulwere, who was shot at tbo same
he Panama canal. j time. Quite a number of witness?*
| appeared before the grand jury. A
n? Along llio diuiiik. J" rue bill" xras returned in all three
llle, Texas, Sept. 19.? C;Se8.
a reported euiet by army Counsel for the several defendants
oughout tbo Rio Grande a .bed for the throe days allowed
ct. Thero was some hp- them by law. ami the oases have been
however, of more tight- set fcur trial Wednesday morning,
the Rio Oraude as the There hss b*??*n no intlms'ton from
of 9tinday celebrations e ther the solicitor or counsel for
he two days of disorder tbo defendants that a motion would
border since Mexican in- bo made for a change of venue to
between the car men and another county in th** judicial cirilav
' cuM