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VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1914 ADVANCE ON LEtT ALUES DRIVE BACK GEREAN RIOT IN SLOW OAINS FRENC LENTER WEAKENS Berin Claims That Terrifc Assaults Upon French Center Has Forced It to ~Give Ground-Battle Continues to be Made Up of Attack and Coun tee Attack-Result Still Undecided Foot by foot, literally, by old fash ioned bayonet charges, the Allies are outfianking the German'right wing, whie at the center, in the Rheims Craoune line, the deadlock is un broken. The eleventh day of the -battle of the Aisne discloses the Germans maintaining their desperate grip on French soil, but with a line so bent at their right that von Kluck's army must retreat unless von Buelow can crush the Allies' center. The fate of the German army de pends upon the operations at the cen ter, within the next day or two, since the Allies, by methods old in Napol eon's time, are hammering back the right wing, losing thousands as they take a trench at a time, advancing no more than five-eighths -of a mile daily. The main battle line now from Las signy to the ridge of the Argonne, 100 miles, is a double row of for tresses, from which Allies and Ger mans sally in attack and counter at tack, while great guns devastate by day and night. The government com pares this extended siege to the slow operations in Manchuria between Russians and Japanese. Government reports and military critics .ayoid premature congratuia -tion, but insist that the Alies are consistently succeeding in the all im portant endeavor to hold fast at the eente while beating back and encir efng the German right wing. -Simultaneously the Allies are pro tecting their operations by repulsing. 6-german attacks at the east center ad emat of the long battle line. The Grand Duke of Wurttemburg and the German Crown Prince have struck blow after blow, but are incessantly hurled back. East of the Argonne and in the- Vosges and Lorraine the French armies are a little more than 'ioMing their ground. -:e neW n Embassy Wednesday receieved' --the following wireless: 5t'Frideh offensive spirit is weak ning. The French losses are enor mous Thiir center is retreating Verdu is being successfully bom barded, the effect of German mortars being agai tremendous." Thursday- the following official statement came from Berlin: "Ozi the righit wing of the German army beyond the Oise the battle has come to a standstill. Flanking movements of the French army have had no succesi.- Between there and the forest of Argonne, no serious fighting took place. East of the Ar gonne,'Varness was taken by the Ger mann. "Their advance is continuing. Thr Germlan army, which is attacking thi forts of Verdun, repulsed sortie' from~ Verdun and Toul. 3Many .pris oners and machine gune and cannon were taken. The heavy German ar tillery has~ begun to bombard suc cessfully the French forts of Tryon ies-aroches, -Camp-des--Romaine ant Lionvle. "In the French Lorraine and on the frontier of Alsace, French troops were repulsed. "A really decisive action ha6 taken place nowhere." Tbe news from the Battle Front. via.-Paris, Thursday, contained the following statement: The German offensive was extreme ly -vigorous at the .western end of the long line .stretching along the Rivers Olse Aisne and Woevre. The allied troops, whose gaps hau been fifedwrith freshly arrived rein forcements, not only repeatedl3 thrust back the German attack, but eventually carried' out a successf u counter attack, which resulted in tht gaining-.of considerable ground ano the definite capture of Peronne, about which town the fiercest engagement occurred. Further to the east there appeare 40 be concentrated a large Germar force occupying strong entrench ments from which it is difficult to dislodge them. The fighting there has been of a desultory character with, however, slight advantage in favor of the Allies. On the eastern wing the GermanE are throwing enormous masses of men against the French troops, pro tecting the line of defensive forts above Verdun, but up to the present their efforts, although costing im mense sacrifices, have been vain and the French line remains intact. Canada Wml Raise More Troops. With 30,000. Canadians about to sail, efforts to raise 25,000 more val unteers are under way. It is expect ed to send 150,000 soldiers in all. Sailors to Return. The British sailors who were res cued from the sinking cruisers and carried to Holland, will be returned to England. Filibuster Wins Fight. The determined filibuster on the part of several senators has forced the Democrats to reconsider their river and harbors bill. 28,000 Germans Decorated.. Thus far, says a Berlin item. 28. 000 persons have been decorated with the Trmn Cross. SHELLS KILL WITH GAS EXPLANATION OF GREAT FATAL ITY AMONG GERMANS. American Suggests That Turpin's In vention May Have Been Used to Destroy Troops. A possible explanation of the ter rible slaughter among the Germans described in a cable dispatch from Dieppe has been furnished by a prom inent American, long resident in Paris and widely acquainted in gov ernment circles. The disatch referred to describes an entire company of Prussian infan try lying dead as if surprised by the fire; officers with playing cards in their hands, a group of sixty dead lying around a haystack, a trench a mile and a quarter in length, beyond the Ourcq River, filled with dead for its whole length, and on none of these corpses was there the slightest mark of a bullet or piece of a shell. It was suggested by the corre spondent that the Germans might have been killed by the shock of the explosion; but the American referred to is inclined to believe that in real ity the damage was done by shells filled with a new explosive invented by Eugene Turpin, the inventor of melinite, which liberates deadly gases that asphyxiate all within range of the shells. At the beginning of the war the Paris newspapers mentioned a new explosive of Turpin's invention which had just .been tried out, and predict ed that it would annihilate whole regiments. Bombs charged with it were dropped from aeroplanes upon a field containing several hundred sheep, and, according to the report, all the animals were killed by the fumes. So deadly was this explosive that the French government at first hesitated to use it on the ground that the slaughter would be too terrible. In his connection attention is call ed to a dispatch published in the New Rork Times just before the be ginning of the battle of the Marne, in which the correspondent, after re ferring to Gen. Kallieni's encourag ing proclamation to the people of Paris, continues: . "Perhaps I may mention an open secret. If the Germans are rejoic ing in their great seige guns, we have a surprise quite as cheering for them, onde they get to close .grips; nd we are all asking ourselves how far their extraordinary sense of hu -nanity will prevent the French from making use of their great secret." Some of the Paris papers said at .hat time that if the Germans ever ittacked the city there would be un heard-off slaughter; so apparently it was supposed tha4 these shells which, presumably, are used in the 75-millimeter field guns-would be -eserved as a last resort for the de .ense of the capital. But now, ac :ording to the theory, the French have at last overcome their humani- - .arian scruples and, decided to use the shells. GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK. Russian Cruiser Sinks Cruiser and Two Mine Laying Torpedo Boats. The news of a Russian naval vic tory in the Baltic in which a Russian e~ruiser sank a German cruiser and two torpedo boats has lessened some what the dismay felt by the British ublic over the destruction of three British cruisers off the Hook -of Hol iand. The Russian armored cruiser Bayan, a ship of 7,775 tons, encoun tered the German warships in the Baltic, it is reported from Paris, while they were mine laying. No de tails of the engagement are yet known, but the Bayan apparently es caped serious injury. Th e Bayan was tompleted in 1910. She is of twenty one knots speed and carries an arma ment of two 8-inch guns, eight 6 inch guns and smaller batteries. |- | AEROPLANE STRL'CK. None of British Machines is Badly Damaged, However. The Admiralty issued this state nent Wednesday: "Yesterday the 3ritish aeroplanes of the naval wing ielivered an attack on the Zeppelin shed at Duesseldbrf. The conditions vere rendered very difficult by the misty weather, but Flight Lieut. C. I. Collet dropped three bombs on the 5eppelin shed, a'proaching within 100 feet. The extent of the damage s not known. Flight Lieut. Collet's nachine was struck by one projiectile, Sut all the machines returned safely. to their point of departure.'' BUYING HORSES. French Government Seeking Mounts From This State. Representatives of the French gov ernment were in Greenville Saturday to purchase horses for the French army. This would indicate that not only have been been killed out in the war in Europe, but that the horses in the cavalry have suffered likewise. The two representatives were in An derson Thursday and purchased about 500 animals in and around the county. The animals will be shipped to Canada and from there will be sent to France for use in the army. Guilty of Manslaughter. Joseph G. Sullivan of Laurens was Saturday found guilty of manslaugh ter for the killing of John M. Can non last May. Zeppelinis Over Denmark. Zeppelin airships, supposedly on reconnoitering duty, were observed Thursday from various places in Jut anr1 TO CHECK CRITICS WILSON RESENTS INTERVIEWS Of FOREIGN DIPLOMTS TAKES I THREE CASES Turkish Ambassador is to Leave This Country Within a Fortnight-Eng lishmanr and German Get in Hot Water When They Made Indiscreet References to Mexico and Japan. President Wilson has determined to put a stop to public comments on the international :elations of the United States by diplomatic repre sentatives of foreign governments. The president's patience in this re spect became exhausted Wednesday when he saw an interview with Baron Wilhelm von Schoen of the German Diplomatic Service, who arrived in this country last week from Tokio, where he formally was attached to the German Embassy. In the inter yiew, which Baron von Schoen con firmed Wednesday afternoon, the German diplomatist, among other things, said: "I have heard many persons in Japan say they believed war with the United States was unavoidable. From repeated statements of this sort I have come to believe that it is the general opinion of the Japanese peo ple. I have seen frequent evidence of very strong anti-American feeling' There seems to be intense hatred for the United States throughout Japan." Administration officials were angry :ver such statements, which they con strued as intended to incite feeling between Japan and the United States. By direction of the president, Secre tary Bryan will call the attention of the German ambassador. Count von Bernstorff, to the utterances of Baron von Schoen. In this connection it became known rhursday that A. Rustem Bey, the Turkish ambassador, had informed President Wilson that he does not ailter the views he recently expressed in a published interview and will leave the United States within a fort ight. The ambassador refused to com mient further except to say he had sked his government for leave of bsence, which he was certain would be granted. The announcement of he ambassador's withdrawal, though iot unexpected, caused a profound C ;ensation in diplomatic circles. In the objectionable statement which was given out by the Turkish tmbassador, and which aroused the :emper of the administration. Rus :em Bey said that Great Britain was :rying to involve the United States a the European war by indicating I hat she had no objection to the send- I ng of American warships to Turkish orts for the alleged purpose of pro- I ecting American citizens. In mak- I ng some ironical comments on re .orts that Christians in Turkey were n danger of massacre, the ambas-| ~ador referred to lynchings in the|I southern States and to the "water|1 ures" in the Phillippines during the aguinaldo insurrection. When the interview was published. 1 secretary Bryan, at the instance of :he president, sent for Rustem Bey md asked him to refrain from fur- 1 :her comment on matters of domestic toncern to the United States and thet war in Europe. The ambassador hast iot overstepped the bounds of pro- I riety since then. It was understood that the admin stration was not disposed to make I mn issue of the affair, and that it vould let the matter drop if Rustem Bey preserved a discreet silence in ~uture. -But the Rustem Bey inter riew has been followed by other in erviews by diplomats, and the ad- t ninistration feels that it is necessary o take more drastic action in order o0 prevent a repetition of a practice. that it believes in becoming alto gether too common and is likely to listurb the friendly relations of tihe I United States with other nations. Another interesting development was that the administration had de termined not to drop the case of Sir 1 Lionel Carden. British minister to exico, who was quoted in New York last week, as he was starting for Eng land, in criticism of the action of the United States in withdrawing its armed forces from Vera Cruz. Sir Lionel Carden is now on his way to England. When he arrives there he will be asked if the inter view attributed to him in New York: was authentic. Upon the answer he1 gives will depend the course of the: United States with regard to the statements he was reported to have made in New York. This interview was regarded as particularly aggravating in view of other comments on the attitude of the United States in Mexico which newspaper dispatches said had been made by Sir Lionel Carden when he was stationed in Mexico City. He was transferred recently to Brazil as minister, and is now on his way to his post by way of England. War Correspondents Warned. The adventures of American war correspondents called forth a warn ing from the French government that they must not go where the armies are engaged, under pain of righteous~ penalties.I Convicts to Wear Blue Suits. The prisoners at Blackwell's Is land, New York's refuge of the crimi nals. will no longer be seen in the black and white stripes. Blue suits have been substituted. Charleston Buys 14,78.5 Bales. A two-day cotton campaign in Charleston resulted in the announce ment that 14,785 bales would bej TELLS OF WARFARE SIR JOHN FRENCH MAKES RE PORT UP TO MONDAY. Battle For Last Week Continued to Remain an Artillery Duel, Says British Official Dispatch. The London official press bureau Thursday night issued a report from Field Marshal Sir John French's headquarters, supplementing the dis patches of September 22, on British operations in France. The report says: "The enemy is still maintaining himself along the whole front and is throwing into the fight units from the active army, reserve and Land wehr, as is shown by the uniforms of prisoners captured. "Our progress, although slow, is certain directions has been contin uous, but the present battle may well Last for some days more before a de yision is reached, since it now approx imates somewhat to siege warfare. "The Germans are making use of earchlights. This fact, coupled with their great strength in heavy artil ery, leads to the supposition that they are employing material which may have been collected for the siege Af Paris. "The nature of the general situa dion after the operations of the 18th, 19th and 20th can not be summariz d better than expressed recently by i. neighboring French commander to lis corps: 'Having repulsed repeat ,d and violent counter attacks made 3y the enemy, we have a feeling that we have been victorious.' - "So far as the British are con erned, the course of events during hese three days can be described in L few words. During the 18th artil-, ery fire was kept up intermittently )y both sides during daylight. At ight the Germans counter attacked, ut the strokes were not delivered ith great vigor, and ceased about 2 t. m. During the day's fighting an Lircraft gun of the third army corps >rought down a German aeroplane. iews was received also that a body f French cavalry hsd demolished art of the railway to the north, cut ,ing at least temporarily one line of :mmunication of particular impor ance to the enemy. "On Saturday, the 19th, the bom >ardment was resumed by the Ger nans at an early hour and. con inued intermittently under reply rom our own guns. "We brought down another hos ile aeroplane and one of our fliers tropped several bombs over the Ger an line, one falling with consider .ble effect near La Fere. "On Sunday, the 20th, nothing of mportance occurred until the after oon, when the Germans made sev ral counter attacks against different oints. These were repulsed, with Dss to ourselves and the enemy. "The offensive against one or two oints was renewed at dusk, with no :reater success. The brunt of the esistance has naturally fallen upon tie infantry. In spite of the fact that hey have been drenched to the skin or some days, and their trenches ave been deep in mud and water, nd in spite of the incessant night larms and the almost continuous ombardment to which they have een subjected, they have on every ccasion been ready for the enemy's nfantry, and have beaten them back ith great loss. Indeed, the sight of he troops coming up has been a posi ve relief after long trying hours of naction under shell fire. "The object of the great proportion f artillery the Germans employ is o beat down the resistance of their nemy by concentrated and prolong d fire, to shatter their nerve with gh explosives before the infantry ttack is launched. They seem to ave relied on doing this with us, but hey have not done so, though it has aken them several costly experi cents to discover this fact. "From statements from prisoners t appears that they have been great y disappointed by the moral effect >roduced by their heavy guns. "The German howitzer shells are rom 8 to 9 inches in calibre, and on mpact they send up columns of ~reasy black smoke. On account of his they are dubbed 'Coal Boxes,' Black Marias' or 'Jack Johnsons' by he soldiers. "A considerable amount of infor nation nas been gleaned from the ..r'soners. It has been gathered that >ur bomb'trdment on the 15th pro luced a great impression. The opin n is also rcported that our infantry nakes such good use of the ground hat the German companies are deci aated by our rifle fire before the ritish soldier can be seen. "The losses in officers are noted as s having been especially severe. A rigade is stated to be commanded :y a major; some companies of foot guards by one-year volunteers, while fter the battle of Monmirail one regiment lost 55 out of 60 officers. "The prisoners recently captured ippreciate the fact that the march an Paris has failed and that their orces are retreating, but state that the object of this movement is ex plained by the officers as being to withdrawv into closer touch with sup ports which have stayed too far in the rear. "The officers also are endeavoring to encourage the troops by telling them they will be at home by Christ mas. A large number of the men be lieve they are beaten.'' Want a New County. A movement has been started to form a new county out of portions of Greenwood. Abbeville and Edgefield counties. with McCormick as the counr.; seat. Fletcher In Command. Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher has assumed complete command of the Noth Atlantic fleet. WATCHED WITH INTEREST, SUBMARINES MAY CHANGE TAC TICS OF NAVAL WARFARE. American Officers Greatly Interested in Combat Which is Going on in North Sea. Washington naval officers were greatly interested in the reports of the destruction of the three British cruisers by torpedoes, presumably discharged by a German submarine or submarines. Precisely such an operation has been expected ever since the war be gan. Officers particularly familiar with the use of submarines have firm ly believed that the present war would bring surprises to the world in' the way of proving the deadly ef fectiveness of submarine torpedo boats. . The loss of the three British cruis -ers in this matter is regarded as a severe blow to their navy, not so -iunch in the actual loss involved in this instance, but as an alarming symptom of what may occur in'the future. It is believed that it will have a depressing effect on public opinicn in England. as it is likely to stir up doubt of the ability of the British battleship fleet to maintain itself intact in the face of stealthy submarine attacks. On the other hand, it was pointed out that undoubtedly for the very purpose of avoiding submarine at tacks the British dreadnoughts, upon which the real strength of the Brit ish feet depends, are being kept out of the probable range of the Ger man.submarine operations. Though the exact location of the British cruisers when they were de stroyed is not announced by the Ad miralty, it is assumed that they were probably doing patrol or scout duty closer in shore than the probable position of the dreadnoughts. Ameri can naval men take it for granted that the British are using their de stroyers and light cruisers for in shore. work to protect the main fleet, if possible, from German destroyers and submarines. It is expected that the successful operations-of the German submarines will again revive the controversy, which has grown in importance in recent years, over the relative value of the -dreadnought in the face of possible submarine attacks. A Brit ish naval expert recently proclaimed his belief that the usefulness of dreadnoughts was at an end, owing to the effectiveness of the latest type of aubmarine torpedo boats. At that time American naval offi cers contested this extreme view, and while admitting the probable great value of submarines in the next naval war maintained that the dreadnought battleship, with its great guns, for many years to come would prove to be the deciding factor in any test of naval strength. Naval officers have predicted that Germany would follow this method of warfare on the sea; her submarines and destroyers, aided by her Zeppe lins, dashing out for a quick attack, while her dreadnoughts remained un der the protection of fortifications in definitely. In other words, Germany, as her plan is understood, will count on striking little blows at frequent intervals, instead of risking a gen eral engagement against such strong odds. GERMAN PLANS. Would Crush Russians and Then Go to Austrians Aid. The German army of East Prussia, numbering more than 1,200,000 men, has gathered in its forces from Rus sian Poland as far south as a line drawn west of Ledz and is concen trating just around the fortress of Kovno in a supreme effort to smash the army of Gen. Rennenkampif. The aim of Germany, if successful in this attempt, is to move south and force Russia to evacuate Austrian Poland. In view of Gen. Rennen kampff's experience in Manchuria and his proved ability as a com mander, the success of such a plan seems improbable. EDISON'S LATEST. Telescribe Records Both Ends of a Telephone Conversation. Edison's latest invention, the tele scribe, which records both sides of a telephone conversation, was recently exhibited in New York. The machine is simple. The desk telephone is equipped with two transmitters and two receivers. The talker uses one set and the other set is hitched to a phonograph record which takes down every sound on the wire. The phono graph is started recording and stop ped at will by pressing buttons. MANNING WORKING. Governor-Elect is Urging Buy-a-Bale Movement in Richmond. Richard I. Manning, Democratic nominee, by more than 28,000 ma jOrity, for governor of South Caro lina, telegraphed Tuesday from Washington to his Columbia head quarters, as follows: "Urge through the press that 'buy a-bale' shall be from cotton producer who needs money to pick his cotton. Am urging 'buy-a-bale' movement in Richmond and other points." Our Gold in Turkey. The dispatch boat Scorpion, United States navy, has reached Constanti nople. and placed $400,000 at the disposal of A mbasador Moremthau. THE REBELS REBEL VILLA DENIES AUTIORITY Of CARRANZ IN SONORA MAY MEAN MORE WAR Carranza Informs American Govern ment That He Would Not Attack Villa, But Has Ordered His Troops on the Defensive-Hope is Express ed That Differences May be Sattled. The break between Carranza and Villa has finally come, and unless a reconciliation can be ,brought about quickly Mexico will again be plunged into a revolution. This sudden turn of affairs again makes uncertain the immediate re tirement of the American troops from Vera Cruz and the part which this government will be obliged to play in Mexico. Villa has served notice on Car ranza that the forces under his com mand will not attend the national convention of the Constitutionalists to be held in Mexico City on October 1, and also that he no longer recog nizes Carranza as first chief. . This declaration by Villa will amount to the proclaiming of a new revolution unless the present breach is healed. For months the United States government has been exerting every effort to prevent this break and now that it has come President Wilson is certain to take the strong est steps possible to bring about a reebnciliation. The incident, however, suggests the tremendous problem facing the Wilson administration in its effort to establish a stable government in Mexico, with upheavals like this oc curing every few months. It indi cates that the success of "watchful waiting" is far from assured as yet. The break between Carranza and Villa was announced official Wednes day night by the Constitutionalist agency at Washington. It was due to developments that followed Villa's arrest of Gen. Obregon, one of Car ranza's foremost leaders. Obregon was invited to Chihuahua by Villa two or three days ago to discuss certain affairs in the State of Sonora. The governor, Joseph May torena, has been a strong Villa ad herents and has openly been oppos ing Carranza's control at Mexico City. Obregon recently 'isited Sonora in an effort- to patch matters up for Carranza in that state. Some of these matters did not suit Villa and he in vited Obregon to a conference at Chi uahua. The two generals could not agree and there was a big quarrel. Villa, it is said, threatened to shoot Dbregon, and finally had him seized and made a.'prisoner. When Carranza learned that one of his leading generals was a prisoner in Villa's hands he ordered the r'ail road service discontinued north of Aguas Calientes. He did this as a precautionary measure, apparently being suspicious of Villa and uncer tain as to whether he might not at tempt to move on south with his forces. Villa demanded an explanation of the discontinuance of this train ser ice and Carranza replied that before Villa would get an explanation he would do some explaining on his wn part. The first chief then called upon Villa for his reasons for holding Gen. Obregon as a prisoner. Villa ignored this demand and then served his notice of withdrawal from the Constitutionalist convention and is refusal to recognize Carranza as first chief. For days there have been rumors in Washington of the likelihood of dangerous developments in Mexico. Some army officers have gone so far as to assert that the United States troops will not be withdrawn, as President Wilson had announced, and that the United States would be for tunate if it was not obliged to send more forces to the southern republic before mrany months are over. <President Wilson has made it plain to both men through his personal representative that the United States would look with disfavor on a con tinuance of fighting in Mexico. Gen. Carranza informed the American con sular representatives that he would not attack Villa .but would order his forces to remain on the defensive. The Washington administration. through its, emissaries, has pleaded with Carranza to adopt a more gen erous attitude toward Villa, and at the same time has used every influ ence to prevent Villa from openly breaking with the first chief. DEVELOPING SLOWLY. Huge Russian Army Preparing to Take Offensive in Austria. The Russian offensive against Aus tria is developing slowly. There are great stretches of country to cover and enormous numbers of men to move. Austria, it is computed, has not more than 500,000 men left to guard her northern frontier against the Russian millions, but if she can withdraw them to Cracow in some some of order she can rely on the help of a well trained German army corps. Mexican Wires Cut. The telegraph wires between Vera Cruz and Mexico City have been cut. and there is no communication be tween the cities. Three Austrian Ships Lost. A dispatch from Triests reports the destruction of two torpedo boats and one destroyer of the Austrian navy. ELUDE WARSHIPS THREE BRITISH NAVAL SQUAD RONS HUNT CRUISERS. German Ships Emdem and Dresden Are Reaping Rich Prey While .Es caping Capture. Two German cruisers, the Emden, operating in the Bay of Bengal, and the Dresden, patrolling the Brazilian coast, have destroyed at least twenty British merchant vessels within the last ten days. The majority of these were bound for American or Cuban ports. Although two separate squadrons of British warships are after the Em den and another seeking the Dres den, they have been unable to come up-with them. This failure has un settled marine insurance conditions until very high premiums on rein surance ar-; being demanded on all overdue merchantmen flying the Brit ish flag. Cable dispatches state that on Sat urday or Sunday theEmden sunk the steamship Craftsman, a sister ship of the Diplomat, which also was sent to the bottom. Immediately after this came another dispatch that the Clan Matheson, and two other ships had been destroyed by the busy cruiser. The list up to date charged to the one war vessel includes the Lovat, Killin, Trabboch, Indus and the Dip lomat, so far as known. The Kab binga, captured, was used to take the crews of all the other ships into Calcutta. That port is now closed. There is nothing definite about the operations of the Dresden, but since she has been operating in the vicinity of the River -Plate about fifteen Brit ish merchantmen have vanished from the wireless and' other worlds. The Indian Prince, which left Bahia on September 2 with 34,000 bags of cof fee for New York, was due at Port au Spain September 12, but she never reached there. The Silversand' left Montevideo on August 22 and has not been reported since; the Kathleen, which left the day before, has dropped out; the Higbury, which left the 24th, has not been heard from since the Lux-. emburg, Bernhard, Brittainy and Dal ton, all of which left Buenos Ayres between August 12 and 16, never communicated with any other vessel again. In addition, the Mamari, which left Wellington, and the Del phia, which left Auckland early in August, have dropped out. It is understood that practically all of the ships carry war risk insurance issued by the British government. WANTS RIVLES. agents Attempt to Purchase 100,000 Guns in New York. Somebody is in the New York gun market with ~an order for 100,000 rifles and 50,000,000 rounds of am munition for shipment abroad. Gun dealers have been approached by commission agents durin the past week and asked if they could fill a substantial part of the order. The agents were authorized to buy 100,000 guns and sufficient ammuni ion. This is taken to mean 500 rounds for each rifle. The agents want as modern rifles as they can get, but are wililig to take fairly old fashioned arms. They would have to pay from $5 to $10 for an old rifle, and up to $20 for in up-to-date arm. They are willing to pay the higher price. If they got ill the guns at the higher price the cost will be $2,000,000. It is doubtful if there are 100,000 rifles in the country for sale. Mexico during the troubles down there took all the arms the American manufac turers could turn out. The manufac turers--there are only two in the country who could fill the order have not nearly that many rifles in stock. TO WEAR COTTON. .Iovie Machine Takes Picture on Cap itol Steps at Washington. Speaker Clark. Miss Genevieve Cl'ark, Miss Luck Burleson, Miss Cal lie Hoke Smith and Representative Job:ison, of South Carolina, who rep resents a cotton mill district, were actors in a moving picture scene on the capital portico Thursday to boost the movement to substitute the cot ton dresses for silks. The trio of girls carried large department store packages, each containing a dress length of cotton goods from South Carolina, which they will have made into frocks for exhibition at the Na tional Cotton Fashions Show to be held at Washington October 7 and 8. NO SHOTS FIRED. Germians Say British Cruisers Did Not Fire Upon Submarines. A Berlin official dispatch by Mar coni wireless says: "Not a single shot was fired by any of the three British cruisers sunk by the German submarine. Most or the British sail ors were in their bunks when the attack was made. The Iron Cross has been bestowed on each member of the crew of the submarine. BLUFFED BANK. "Stranger" Gets $2,000 But Ieaves $300 on Bank's Floor. A roughly dressed man entered the Bank of California at Seattle, Wash.. Saturday and showed the paying teller a bottle which, he. said, con tained a high explosive. One the. threat the bank teUer handed; the man $2,000 he demanded. In his| haste to leave, the stranger dropped' $300 on the floor and id not stop to nick it up. CRITICISE BANKS 'ADO SAY MONEY SCAITY IS CAUSED BY HOARDING CALLS FOR STATE HELP Asks Banking Superintendent of South Carolina to Report Reserves of State Banks, Their Rates of In terest on Existing Loans and New Business. The anti-money hoarding campaign launched by 'Secretary McAdoo against national banks, particularly those which have received federal' crop-moving money or which have taken out emergency currency, has broadened to take in State institu tions. Mr. McAdoo sent a telegram to superintendent of banking in each state announcing the restriction of credits by national banks and the high interest rates charged, and ap pealing for aH available information regarding State banks and trust'com panies. He declared that if banks will be persuaded to use resources intelligently the present situation will be greatly relieved. It was understood that a list of banks which are piling up reserves or hoarding money'will be made pub lic and that, as announced before, the practice will be kept up as long as there isoccasion -for it.:Mr. Mc Adoo's telegram to the state bank ing superintendents follows: "Reports now .being received by the comptroller of the currency from national banks throughout the coun try indicate that a money scarcity is being occasioned in large measure be cause of the hoarding of funds by many nation& 'janks, which are car rying reserves, in some cases two or three times as great as required by law, and also that credits are being restricted and excessive rates of in terest are being charged to- custom ers. "There is at this time more cur rency in the country than at any time in its previous history, there having been issued through the treasury de partment since August 4 more than $300,000,000 -additionial natioihal bank currency,. which, together with the relaxation in business, should create an abundance of loanable funds. "This department will withdraw government deposits from banks found to be hoarding money and charging excessive rates of interest and will redeposit them with 'anks whose funds are being loaned at rea sonable rates to meet the legitimate limands of business and for moving the crops. "This department would like very much to have. your co-operation:in it efforts to remedy these unsatis factory conditions,- and respectfully asks if it would not be possible .fr you to secure from all state banks and trust companies in your state itatements which will show their cash reserves as of a recent dite, the rates f interest which they are charging m existing loans, and the rates which they are demanding for new accom nodations, and give this department the benefit of the information disclos d by these reports. "It is confidently believed that if all banks can be persuaded to use their resources intelligenly and con siderately and at reasonable rates of interest to meet the legitimate de mands in their respective communi Lies, the whole situation~ can be great ly relieved and business restored to a satisfactory, If not an entirely nor cnal, basis. Kindly answer." In connection with the alleged re fusal of national .banks to extend 3redits Secretary McAdoo issued this statement: "Senator Lea of Tennessee informs rae that the state of Tennessee has $1,600,000 of short term notes, ma turing October 1: that the state de tires to renew or extend $1,400,000 ~af these notes; that a commission representing the state has been in New York for some time trying to affect this loan, but without success. "It is preposterous that one of the irreat states of the union should find it impossible to procure from th~e banks such a comparatively small tmount of money. Senator Lea in forms me that he was going to ,New York for the purpose of foining the* :ommission in its efforts to secure the c~eeded loan. "If Senator Lea and his associates are unable to procure from banks in the city of New York or elsewhere, and upon reasonable terms, the de tired loan, I will myself see if banks can not be found to take up this loan for the state of Tennessee oni the 1st of October next, upon reason able terms and at a resonable amount af interest." To Buy Bales. Plans have been inaugurated in Nlew York and Cincinnati for each city to purchase 100,000 bales of cot ton. Hailstone Hits Allied Lines. A Battle Front dispatch dated Sun day says a hailstone with a cold wind added to the hardships of the allied troops, who, however, retain their splendid spirit. Peace Efforts Halt. With the receipt of the German re ply to President Wilson no. efforts have been made by this government, to push its efforts towards peace. Only One Suinmarine in Action. A wireless from Berlin says the three British cruisers were bunk by the German submarine, U-9, working alone.