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ASKS A LINE-UP 'i WILSN WANTS TO KNOWTIOSE C WHO PUT AMERICA FIRST U-S.HAS ITS OWN IDEA . - - 4 President Says: "Let the Men Who are Thinking First of Other Coun tries Stand on One Side and All Those That are for America First, Last and All the Time on the Other Side." In a speech delivered in the form of a greeting to the Daughters of the American Revolution at their silver lubilee celebration in Continental Memorial Hall at Washington Mon day afternoon, President Wilson sounded the slogan, "America First." The president spoke in a most 1 kindly way about foreign born citi zens of 'the. United States. At the same time he reminded his hearers that a minority of naturalized Ameri cans 'have not since the outbreak of the European war been overloyal to the great American ideals. But he declared he knew where the vast majority of American citizens of for lgn birth would'stand if a census wre taken on the Issue of America - 1lam not deceived," he said, "as lftthe balance of opinion among the 'foreign born citizens of the United States, but I am in a'hurry to have I ia opportunity to have a line-up and e hare tinking rst of - er countries stand on one side Biegly, it should be the left-and al those that are for America first. last and a the time, on the other At another point he declared: "We e not trying to keep out of trou Me we are trying to preserve the foanadMos upon which peace can be The remarks -of the president were heered to the echo. The-hall, which seats thowands,. was filled to capac -t- with* fashionably gowned women &ad. a sprinkling of men prominent in oficial life.., When the president entered he was welcomed with the presidential greeting by six buglers. As he stepped on the platform the and. atruck up "The Star Spangled SBanner," and the audience rose en mases, giving the president a stirring ovation. ihe Predtaet's Speech. "Maam President and Ladies and Gentlemen: - 'Again. it Is my very great privi lege to welcome you to the City of Washingon and to the hospitalities Sof the capital. May. I admit a point ignorance? I was surprised to leare- 'that this association is so 'oung and that an' association so yng should devote itself wholly to memory I can not believe. For to me the duties to which you are conse -crated. are more than the duties and pride of memory. "There is a very great thrill to be had from the memories of the Ameri can Revolution, but the American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation; and the duty laid upon us by that beginning Is the duty ef bringing the things then begun to -a noble triumph of comnpletion. For seetsas to me that the peculiarity o1 patriotdsn in Ansrica is that it is not a mere sentiment, it is an active principle of conduct. It is something that was born into the world, not to pleas it, but to regenerate it. Is Is something that was born into the -world to~ replace systems that had preceded it and to bring men out -upon a new plane of privilege. *"The glory of the men whose mem ories you honor and perpetuate is that they saw this vision, and it was a vision of the future. It -was a vision of great -days to come when a little handful of three million people upon the border of a single sea should have become a great multi tude of free men and women spread ing across a great continent, dominat ing tb.e shores of two oceans and sending west as well as east the in fluence of individual freedom. A Making-Over Process. "These things were consciously in their minds as they framed the great government which was born out oi the American Revolution; and. every time we gother to perpetuate theil memories it is incumbent upon us that we should be worthy of recalling them and that we should endeavor b3 every means in our power to -emulate their example. "The American Revolution was the birth of a nation; It was the creation of a- great free republic based upor traditions of personal liberty which therefore had been confined to a sin gle little island, but which it was -: purposed should spread to all man kind. And the singular fascinatior of American history is that it has been a process of constant recreation of malringr over again in each genera tion the thing which was conceived at first. You know how peculiar13 necessary that has, been in our ease because America has not grown b3 the mere multiplication of the origi nal stock. "It is easy to preserve tradition with continuity of blood; it is easy it a .single family to remember the ori gins. of the race and the purposes of its organization, but it is not so eas) when that race is constantly beina renewed and augmented from othex sources, from stocks that did not carry or originate the same princi ples. "So from generation to generation stranges have had to be indoctrinat ed with the principles of the Ameri can family, and the wonder and the beauty of it all has been that the in fection has been so generously easy. For the principles of liberty are unit ed with the principles of hope. Every individual as well as every natior - wishes to realize the best thing tha' Is in him, the best thing that can be conceived out of the materials of which' his spirit is constructed. Drawn by American Ideals. "It has happened in a way that I think fascinates the imagination that we have not only been augmented by additions from outside, but that we have been greatly stimulated by these additions. Living in the casy pros perity of a free people, knowing that the sun has always been free to shine upon us and prosper our undertak ings, we did not realize how hard the task of liberty is and how rare the privilege of liberty is; and men were drawn out of every climate and out of every race because of an irresistiblei attraction of their spirits to the American Ideal. "They thought of America as lift ing, like that great statue in the H-ar- t bor of New York, a torch to light the 1: pathway of men to the things that they desire, and men of all sorts anid conditions~ struggled toward that ti light and came to our shores with an p eager desire to realize it and a hun- v ger for it such as some of us no a longer felt, for we were as if we were t satiated and sated and were indulg- v ig ourselves after a fashion that did 'not belong to the ascetic devotion of p the early devotees of those great prin- Ix ciples. t "So they caste to remind us of it rhat we had promised ourselves and ; arough ourselves had promised man ind. All men came to us and said: N.here is the bread of life with hich you promised to feed us? And ave you partaken of it yourselves?' "For my part I believe that .the onstant renewal of this people out f foreign stocks has been a constant ource of reminder to this people of *hat the inducement was that was of ered to men who would come and be f our number. Now Put to the Test. "Now we have come to a tirae of pecial stress and te:t. "There never was a time when we ( eeded more clearly to conserve the rinciples of our patriotism than this resent time. The rest of the world rom which our politics were drawn eems for the time in the crucible, .nd no man can predict what will ome out of that crucible. We Stand part unembroiled, conscious of our wn principles, conscious of what we Lope and purpose so far as our pow rs permit for the world at large, and t is necessary that w- should con- a olidate the American principle. "Every political action, every so- s ial action, should have for its ob- t oct in America at this time to chal- t enge the spiirt of America, to ask I hat every man and woman who t hinks first of America should.rally I o the standards of our life. There s kave been some among as who have I ot thought first of America, who t ave thought to use the might of s Lmerica in some matter not. of' 1 Lmericas originative, and have fbi :otten that the first duty of a nation s to express its principles in the ac-t ion of the family of nations and not I o seek the aid and abet. any rival rJ t ontrary -ideal. I "Neutrality is a negative word. It t s a word that does not express what ( kmerica ought to feel. America has a i Leart, and that heart throbs with all r orts of intense sympathies, but I merica has schooled its heart to a o e the things that America believes n and it ought to devote itself -only. o the things that America believes a and, believing that America stands part in .its. ideals, it ought ndt to dilow itself to be drawn, so far as its heart is concerned, into anybody's Not Afraid of Trouble. "Not because it does not under- I tand the quarrel, not because it does C ot in its head assess the merits of J he controversy, but because Ameri- I a has promised the world to stand Lart and maintain certain princi- S >1es of action which are grounded in I aw and in justice. We are not try- I ng to keep out of trouble; we- are rying to preserve the foundations t pon which peace can be rebuilt. "Peace can be rebuilt only upon I he ancient and accepted principles of I nternational law, -only upon those f hings which remind nations of their 1 uties to -each other and deeper than hat, of their duties to mankind and 1 .o humanity. I1 "America has a great cause which s not confinea- to the American con inent. It is the cause of humanity tself. I do not mean in anything hat I say even to Imply judgment I ipon any nation or upon any policy, ,or my object here this afternoon is iot to- sit in judgment upon anybody ,ut ourselves and to challenge you :o assist all of us who are trying to nalte America conscious of nothing -o much as her own principles and er own duty. "I look forward to the necessity in every political agitation in the years which are immediately at hand of a -n upon every ma'n to declare ximsef, where he stands. Is it Ameri a first or is it not? "We ought to be very careful about 1 ome of the impressions that we are ~orming just now. There is too gen-' ~ral an impression, I fear, that very arge numbers of our fellow citizens orn in other lands have not enter ained with sufficient Intensity and iffection the American ideals, but I heir numbers are not large. Those rho would seek to represent them 1 are very vocal but they are not very nfluential. Wants a "Line-up." "Some of the best stuff of America as come out of foreign lands, and ome of the best stuff in America is n the men who are naturalized citi tens of the United States. I would zot be afraid upon the test of 'Amer ca first' to take a census of all the oreign born citizens of the United states, for I know that the vast ma jority of, them came here because hey believed in America, and their1 5elief in America has made them etter citizens than some people who vere born in America. "They can say that they have bought this privilege with a great rice. Thef have left their homes, *hey have left their kindred, they, ave broken all the nearest and dear at ties of human life in order to :ome to a new land, take a new root ge, begin a new life, and so by self acrifice express their confidence in a aew principle; whereas, it cost us tothing of these things. We were orn into this privilege; we were 'ocked and cradled in it; we did 1 othing to create it; and it is, there ore, the greater duty on our part to o a great deal to enhance it and >reserve it. "I am not deceived as to the bal ee of opinion among the foreign yorn citizens of the United States, ut I am in a hurry to have an op ortunity to have a line-up and let :he men who are thinking first of ther countries stand on one side ~iblicaly, it should be the left-and d those that are for America first, ast and all the time on the other "ow, you can do a great dei 't his direction. When I was a ege officer I used to be very muca pposed to hazing; not because haz g is not wholesome, but becauise 'ophomores are poor judges. I re nember a very dear friend of mine, 1 ,professor of ethics on the other - ide of the water, was asked if her hought it was ever justifiable to tel-l1 lie. He said yes. he thought it wasI ometimes justifiable to lie. 'But, het aid. 'it is so difficult to judge of the ustification that I usually tell the ruth.' I think that ought to be the notto of the sophomore. Suggests 31ental Hazing. t "There are freshmen who need to d e hazed, but the need is to be judged 'l y such nice tests that a sophomore c s hardly old enough to determine. q ut the world can determine them. a e are not freshmen at college, but e e are constantly hazed. I would a i reat deal rather be obliged to draw epper -up my nose than to observe n he hostile glances of my neighbors.n would a great deal rather be beaten c han ostracized. I would a great o eal rather endure any sort of phys- o ral hardship if I might have the af- hi ction of my' fellowmen. ti "We const'antly discipline our fel- a > citizens by having an opinion c bout them. That is the sort of dis- h ipline we oaught now to administer o: Severybody who is nxot to the very re of his heart an American. Just it ave anl opintiont ab)out him andl let ft im experience the atmospheric ef- ti acts of that oplinion. And I know of si o body of persons comparable to a rN ody of ladies for creating an atmos- sj here of opinion. I have myself in i art yielded to the influences of that si tosphere, for it took me a long ti .me to observe how I was going to gi te in New .Jersey-.t "So it has seemed to me that my n< rivilege this afternoon was not er erely a privilege of courtesy, but w, te real privilege of reminding you. th r. I am sure T am doing- nothing a iI$IT BOLL WEEVIL IANNING AND EXPERTS TO STUDY PEST IN ALABAMA IUST GUARD THIS STATE overnor to Take a Week's Trip of Inspection to the District Where Boll Weevils' Ravages are Worst To Plan Fight Against This Cot ton Pest. A News and Courier dispatch from olumbia says: In order to see for < imself what the actual conditions re in sections ravaged by the boll reevil and with the idea of getting 4 ome information valuable in fighting , he weevil before it can extend its 1 lighting presence to this state, Gov. tichard I. Manning and several of he Clemson College authorities will ake a trip of Inspection to the Mis issippi Valley during the week Octo er 16-23. The inspection trip will e made through Louisiana and Mis issip'pi, where the boll weevil has een at its worst. In addition to the governor the arty which will make the inspection rip will be composed of W. M. Riggs, resident of Clemson College; Sena or Alan Johnstone of Newberry. resident of the Clemson board of rustees; J. N. Harper of Clemson lollege, B. H. Rawls, of the animal dustry of the United States depart aent and a trustee of Clemson Col ege, and a Mr. Hunter, a special .gent of the federal agricultural de artment. The party will leave Columbia on aturday morning on No. 9, at 7.10, ver the Southern Railway, and go irect from Spartanburg to-New Or ans, reaching there Sunday morn mg. Places which will be visited in ,ouisiana will be: Alexandria, Mon oe, Tallulah, and to Vicksburg, iss. Other points in this State visit d will be Natchez, Brookhaven, ackson, and then back to Birming tam, Ala., reaching that city on Fri ay morning and come direct home, etting back to Columbia on the fol owing Saturday,-the entire trip be ng made in one week's time. Gov. Manning is thoroughly alive o the serious situation facing this tate from the onward sweep of the oll weevil pest, which has now' eached within one hundred and orty miles of the South Carolina order. In order'to prepare the peo le for the coming of the weevil, or etter still, to find some method of ringing it to a standl on the Geor ia border, if possible, he wants to et first hand information and to see or himself just what are the condi ions in these sections of the cotton welt over which it has travelled. The governor realizes that unless omething is done to get ready that when the boll weevil comes it may ring ruin and destruction. It is aid by those who have seen its aw ul results that the bell weevil is orse than the pestilences which wept over Egypt when Pharoah re used to let the children leave that and. The governor is working day and iight on ideas which he Is able to get hat might prove of benefit and prac ical use in getting the people of outh Carolina prepared for the readed .boll weevil and prevent ruin nd want. To draw its frangs and to ombat in some measure its ruinous resence the governor is making this rip to the pest-infected section of he cotton belt to see how they han led it and to- get the benefit of prac ical experience with its dread pres The trip of the governor and his 4arty will be through part of the see ion where farming land which sold1 t one hundred and fifty dollars per re dropped to five dollars per acre ith the coming of the boll weevil. h production of cotton is practil y cut off entirely in the boll weevil ections and the people must turn to rain and other crops and go into he cattle industry to prevent actual vant from getting them while the >ol weevil rampages. The governor will give the people Letailed information of his trip, and t is expected that something in the ray of good ideas for fighting the >oll weevil will be obtained by the outh. Carolinians who are going on his inspection journey. CHARLESTON RIOT (Continued from first page.) uiet in the neighborhood of the cne. When the committee will ake up Its business is not known at his time. At two o'clock Governor Manning ras not in possession of an official -eport from Col. Egbert M. Blythe. vho is in command of troops on the cene at Charleston. In reply to a eqluest fron ne Associated Press the ~overnor dectared that he has not yet ecided as to the necessity for mar i law to be declared. He has ordered the -entire Second 1 egiment, Col. Holmes B. Springs of: eorgetown, under arms to be ready .t call. The Columbia troops are a iart of that regiment. Maj. Marchant charge of the Columbia Battalion. 'eported to the governor in person .nd was directed to get his battalion' readiness. Capt. Pooser, of the )rangeburg company. - notified his nen and they were ready to go at he call of the governor. ore, of the great principles which e stand associated to promote: and for my part rejoice that we belongi o a country in which the whole busi ss of government is so difficult. America's Real Greatness. "We do not take orders from any ody; it is a universal commnunica-5 ion of conviction, the most subtle. elicate and difficult of processes. 'here is not a single individual'st pinion that is not of some conse uence in making up the grand total,t nd to be in this great co-operative ffort is the most stimulating thing the world. "A man standing alone may well isdoubt his own judgment. H-e may iistrust his own intellectual pro sses; lhe may even wonder if hisi wn heart leads him right in matterst f public conduct; but if he finds hist eart part of the great throb of a na- r onal life, there can be no doubt a bout it. If that is his happy cir-5 mstance, then he may know that e is part of one of the great forces t Ethe world. "I would not feel any exhilaration d belonging to America if I did notb el that she was somethuing more. ian a rich and powerful nation. I s uould not feel proud to be in some ~spects and for a little while hier , okesman if I did not believe that a cre was something else than phy- e cal force behind her. I believe that a ec glory of America- is that she is a eat spiritual conception and that in e spirit of her institutions dwells e t only her distinction but her pow ,and that the only thing that the rld can not permanently resist is e moral force of great ri~ triumph- 9' LNDERSON COUNTY MAN SHOT BY WIFE'S NEPHE 'egro Chauffeur Runs Car Out o: Garage and Hears Shots as Employer is Slain. ' Dr. Lawrence Orr McCalla, age( ifty-two, retired physician an< vealthy and prominent farmer o tarr, Anderson cbunty, was sho nd instantly killed early Saturda: y Mrs. McCalla's nephew. Feaste: ones, aged' about thirty. The shoot ng occurred in the automobile housi n the McCalla back yard. After the shooting Jones walked t< kis home, situated across the road tnd telephoned to Sheriff Ashley elling him what he had done, an sked if he should come to the jai Lnd surrender or would a, deput: ome for him. Jones refused to mak, ny statement and the causes leadinj p. to the homicide, which has shock d Anderson County, are unknown nd no one'seems to be able to fur ish any light as to any circum tances or incident or happening tha night have been the cause. Feaster Jones was interviewed b: t representative as he was standin )n his lawn, (rom where he wa vatching the crowd gather and wher .he coroner was empanelling a jur or the inquest. "I shot him: that i tll I care to say." said he when ask d if he cared to make a statemeni Lsked if there were any eye-wit iesses, he replied: "One, only one. e is the negro they call 'Red.' H was* there and saw the shooting. 'Red" is Lee Jones, a negro employ d about the McCalla place. "Red" stated that he and Dr. M( ,alla had just returned in a bugg rom Starr and that Dr. McCalla ha lirected him te take his automobil ut of the garage and carry it t starr, to be repaired. "The machin vas hard to crank and while I wa rying to get it started Dr. McCall Lnd Mr. Jones came into the garage, aid "Red." "I didn't hear any conversatio )etween them because of the nois f the machine," declared the wil iess, "but their actions did not indi :ate'anything was wrong. I ran th nachine out in the yard, leaving th ;wo gentlemen in the garage. Whe [ had gotten about twenty-five fee tway Dr. McCalla called me. Hi roice seemed natural. I thought h wanted to give me some more it structions. I started to the garag mtrance and then I saw Dr. McCall standing with his right hand extend ,- and his body leaning a bit foi ward. I heard him say an oath. JuE Lbout that time Mr. Jones, who wa Ive or six feet away from the doctoi aid, 'Stand back; don't advance o re.S Then Mr. Jones fired. Dr. M< ,alla fell backwards, his head fal: ng out of the doorway on th ,round. The bullet had hit him i he right chest. Dr. McCalla tried t et up. While making this effor %fr. Jones walked up to him as h ay on the ground and fired at hii he second time. This bullet hit hii bout the right eye and Dr. McCall hen dropped back on the groun lead." "Red" says that he did not se nything in Dr. :McCalla's hand whe he doctor was standing with hi tiand lifted toward Mr. Jones befor he latter fired. WUST NOT PUT U. S. SAILORS ON SEAS IN AN OPEN BOA rhe United States Upholds its Cor tention in the Argument Over. the Wil'liam P. Frye.. The administration has reasserte its position that the treaty of 182 between the United States and Gel many prohibits the destruction c American vessels, and it insisted the ll .Americans must be protecte when for military reasons such vel sels are sunk. It declared that mall boat was not "a place of safi ty'" in the msaning of the treaty. The Amerk an communicationi ased upon the case of the America ailing vessel William P. Frye, whic was sent to the bottom by a Germa sea-raider almost a year ago. Th ase has been the subject of corre pondence since 'last March. Gel many originally admitted her liabilit or damages, but took the positio :hat the case should be adjudicate my a prize court. The state depari nent declined to accept this propos: tnd insisted that the damaises shoul e paid throughi diplomatic channelb The American government accept he German suggestion in reply t he American proposal concerning ~ommission to fix damages for th Frye, agreeing to dispense with th mpire and leave the case to the tw xperts, one from each country. The state department has insiste hat the destruction of the vessel wa deliberate violation of the treaty C 828, which specifically states that i ;he event of war neither country sha: lestroy vessels of either of the cor :racting parties, but shall dump th ~ontraband overboard and allow th naster to continue his voyage. Germany refused to accept this in erpretation of the treaty and sug ;ested arbitration of the meaning o he paragraph which was written al nost one hundred years ago. Th tate department accepted the prc osal of arbitration, but insisted thai ending a final settlement of th neaning of the treaty, no American phould be endangered or cut adrif f the high seas in small boats. ANAL CLOSED FOR 1915; 10 MONTHlS OF EXCAVATIO! 'eranent Channel Can be Secures by Renewed Efforts--Moun tain to be Removed. A careful survey of the slide are; n the Gaillard Cut reveals that ther< probably are ten million cubic yard: if earth in motion, which must bh aken out by dredging before perma tent channel is possible. This i he conclusion reached by the cana ngineers, who concede there now il ittle hope of opening the waterway yen for the -temporary use of ship ing ,much before the first af the The present rate of wet excavatior Sa million yards a month and a' his rate it would require not lest han ten months to remove the mast ow sliding into the canal consider bly faster than the dredges can takt It is said that often the canal hot ym bulges up to a height of fifteer ?et above the surface of the wateu ue to the tremendous weight of the illsides. The area of motion is roughly cal lated to be in the neighborhood ol ne hundred and teventy-five acres, 'ich constitute the greatest slide rea in the history of the canal. It tends twenty-six hundred feel long both banks of the waterway. ith probably an average of fifteen undred teet back of the centre line fthe canal prism. Some people are like a stamping d. The more you hit them the FRANCE HAS AERIAL ARMY T READY TO BATTLE THE FOE CorrespondentsSfeeBattle Aeroplanes, VI Cruiser, Scout and Torpedo Planes-Carry 3-in. Guns. An Aerial army no longer is a dream of romance. Such an army, formed in divisions and squadrons, with battle aeroplanes, cruiser aero planes, scouts and torpedo planes, all armored heavily and carrying three- Fr inch cannon and rapid-fire guns, is a reality. It has been made possible through the remarkable development of military aviation in France. The French government has per mitted the first inspection of its new fleet of aeroplanes. Opportunity was I given to inspect the large and small types of the new battle planes and watch them manoeuvring high in the g air, firing round after round from F their three-inch rifles while they b soured, looped and dated about. The minister of war, Alexander F Millerand. assigned two military ex t ports of the staff of the aviation ser- a vice-Capt. de Lafargue and Lieut. t 7 Paruf-to conduct the correspond- a ents frst to one point, the name of F which may not be mentioned, where the new fleet of battle craft had been 9 assembled, and later the Aviation School at B-, where one hundred co military aviators were learning to Cb navigate the new war craft. liz The aviation field is a vast enclo- th sure. Entering the field a monster battle plane loomed up thirty feet Fr high, with a number of planes. co - stretching one hundred and thirty in feet across. Further back was rang- to - ed the fleet of battle cruisers and th scout planes. They were formed like wi a battalion, twenty planes in a row pe across the front and ten deep.J Their wi huge wings made a front half a mile wide. . S The battle plane and all the cruis- dc ers were armed heavily. Each car- co ried both the three-inch cannon and ha the rapid-fire gun. - c I The huge battle plane was the e chief centre of attention. The engi- re - neer who constructed it explained the co - details. The officers said this was ur e the first actual realization of the bat- an e tle plane, other aerial dreadnoughts pa having proved impractical. This mon t ster actually flew, carrying a crew at s of twelve men, with two cannon on the wings throwing three-inch steel w - projectiles. ha e -u TO BUILD 20 DREADNOUGITS SFOR U. S. NAVY IN 5 YEARS t th President Wilson and Seretay Dan to 'eeds of thi , iels Confer as to Needs of e National Defence. w( t Fifteen to twenty fighting ships of ex the dreadnought and battle cruiser type with, a proportionate number of pa sea-going submarines, coast subma- no rines, scout cruisers, destroyers and m auxiliaries, enough to make a new pa American fleet, is contemplated by re Secretary Daniels for recommenda tion as a five-year building program th - for the navy. th S :President Wilson and Secretary e Daniels have discussed informally to the navy's needs and are agreed that to to be adequately prepared for defense co the fleet's strength must be almost re doubled in the next five years. An- re other conference between the presi dent and secretary wi1' be held Fri- ga day at which time the total number gC of battle ships to be asked for prob- pc .ably will be fixed. ed The five-year naval program when rit complete would add, in addition to m dreadnoughts and battle cruisers, In nearly'- one hundred submarines, co about seventy destroyers and several m. scout cruisers and fuel and hospital c ships s fAn important part of the program, t too, will be a proposal for a large in increase in personnel. Appropria- nix .tions for at least eight thousand ad- wi 'ditonal men will be asked for the G4 frst year. ca The total cost of the proposed- pro gram of the first year is put at nearly or two hundred and forty-eight million m dollars. Just what construction bi. should be provided for the first year an has not been determined.m .It Is considered probable that the gc .construction program for the first pr . year will exceed that of succeeding years that urgent deficiencies may be ta E flled promptly. al -It is understood President Wilson wc .1intends to discuss the naval program1pa Sin his annual message and to mak of it an administration measures. It to Sis the purpose of the navy depart ment to recommend at least thirty submarines for next year. It Is plan ening to bring the total to about one ri hundred and seventy in fivG years. co It Is not known what the plans of b the navy are for the. organization of b Sthe new fleet, but the general belief Sin naval quarters that the plan of m having a fleet in the Pacific- will fig- SD Sure materially in the new program. a BRITISh SUlBMARINES ENFORCE C< BLOCK(ADE IN TilE BALTKC Br - ~re: six fFive German Ships Reported Sunk by si Stockholm-Submarinles are su - Very Active. n Stockholm, Sweden, reports Wed- tic -nesday: Activity of British subma- en ries in the southern Baltic has vin- all tually paralyzed what hitherto has Al been lively mercantile trade between Sweden and Germany. All along the trx Swedish coast steamers have been an stopped and submarines frequently ne Ihave- been reported in the lanes fol~ -an lowed by big German steamships. in Within the last twenty-four hours un five vessels have been sunk. They no Iwere the Lulea, Germania, Nicode-- ad mia, Gutrune and one other whose en name is not known. The Germania us was chased ashore and shot at by the submarine E-19. When the crew re- t Iturned after having abandoning theth steamer it was found she had been e boardd by British sailors and partly cex demolished by dynamite. thx Copenhagen, Denmark. reports Th Wednesday: Another German ateamf- to ship has been destroyed in the Brit- tra ish submarine campaign in the Bal- ne tic, undertaken to prevent Germanysp from receiving supplies from Scan dinavia. The German stenmer. Wal- fri te Leanhardt. 1,621 tons gross. was blown up and sunk Tue:;day by a ka' British submarine after her crew had; been permitted to take to the boats. a I go Embargo Placed on Arms-.H An impartial embargo on ship- eig ments of arms and ammunition into sU< Mexico was put into rigid effect Mon- we lay. Supplies consigned to both Vil- dei a and Carranza factons were held we up. Persons and conveyances cross- wo ing the border were searched. an Wilson Has Agreed.th President Wilson gave formal gax sanction to the plan of the Pan- tia American conference to extend recog- sid nition to tIha Carranza government in In Mexico- rea Greece Not to Enter Now- in' In a note dispatched to England oth Friday Greece announced that she ed. has definitely decided not to come to' +thm e ai fgea at this time.'th WO PREMIERS TALU . VIANI AND GREY OUTLINI THEIR BALKAN POLICIES LIES IN FULL AMORI ench Deputies Hear Their Govern ment's View of Important Opera tions-Two :Days Later - Britisi Parliament Gets Explanation Good Feeling Between Entent. "The understanding between the vernments of Great Britain and rance is complete, and I can not tter express it than in the fol wing form, namely: From now rance and England, in accord ith their allies, are completely greed to go to the aid of Serbia to ie extent she has asked our aid, rd to assure to Serbia, Greece and .oumania respect for 'the treaty of ucharest, of which we are the uarantor." So said Premier Viviani in tb arse of a speech in the Fiene amber of Deputies Tuedsay, oul ing the situation with respect t 3 Balkan States. "The British government and th ench government," the premle Atinued, "are in accord upon .th portance of effective conformin the advice of their military at rities. Russia has decided to joi th her allies to help the Serbia ple, and to-morrow her trool 11 fight alongside of ours. . Gentlemen, we have done oli ty toward our ally. Never has a od been more direct and mot plete between allies, and neve ve we had greater confidence in mon victory." M. Viviani spoke in response, t solutions adopted- by the finant mmittee and the socialist groul ging the necessity of a complet d immediate explanation on tb rt of the government. "The Balkanic question was raise the outset of the war, even befor came to the attention of th rld,'' the premier began. "N ve attempted to re-establish th ion of the Balkan peoples and i mrd with them seek the realizatic their principa,1 national aspir, ns. "Despite constant efforts, in whic iumania, Greece and Serbia lei air assistance, we have been unab] obtain the sincere collaboration ( a Bulgarian government. The di ulties respecting the negotiatioi re always at Sofia. Bulgaria mae Lims upon her four frontiers at tl pense of her four neighbors. "Our efforts with Roumania wei rtally successful. Roumania wl t unfavorable to the re-establsi nt of tie Balkan alliance. H( rtial mot.*lization permitted her 1 pulse any threatened aggressiol "In their considerate desire to gil E Bulgarian people satisfaction I ir aspirations, the powers of ti adruple Entente did not hesital ask valiant Serbia to make heaN ncessions. The Serbian peop; ide this extraordinary effort an igned themselves. "The equivocal attitude of the Bu ran government led the Gree vernment to maintain a waitit licy. Our diverse proposals recei, tardy response from the Bulg: n government. Finally, at th ment when the Quadruple Enten1 rormed Bulgaria of the importar ncessions Serbia was ready I Lke, King Ferdinand signed an ai rd with Turkey and engaged hin [f definitely with Germany. "To our friendly question as to h: enton, the response was Bulgc in mobilization, In connection wit tich the concentration of Austri rman troops on the Danube ind ed united action against Serbia. "Our action must be energetic i der to meet the efforts of our en' .es. In order to succor the Sei ans we must go through Salonik d from the outset of the Bulgaria bilizaton we have conducted ni tia~tions toward that end with th esident of the council at Athens. "This energetic action Great Br .n and France, in accord with thel ies, have undertaken. They has ighed the difficulties. Our princ 1 proccupation is the defenseC r front, the liberation of our terr 7 by mighty efforts to which w 'e the victories already won upo r soil with the valorous supportc r heroic allies with our forces. sa< ees and our blood. No governmel ad do otherwise in a duty so tragi t so simple." The diplomatic rather than thi litary side of the situation was tb~ bect of Sir Edward Grey's eagerl ated statement relative to the Ba situation which he delivere .ursday to a crowded U ouse c mmons. "I propose to confine myself," th itish foreign secretary said, "to cume of our diplomatic object ce the war. At the outset, we de ed that the war should not sprea di in common with our allies we ac red Turkey that if she remaine utral Turkey and Turkey's terri 'y should not suffer. This situa n was completely changed by th trance of Turkey into the war, an obligations on the part of th ies then ceased. 'We and our allies then concet .ted upon securing an agreemen ong the Balkan states and w aded all our influence to secur r accord. Unfortunately the feel in the Balkans is not one o ion, but one of division. It is clea thing but a decisive preponderan vantage for the allies would hay bled us to secure a policy o 'We were given to understand il course of the negotiations. thai sept with regard to Thrace, th itral powers had offered to .Bul ria more to secure her neutralit; tu the allies could in fairness offer e promises which induced Bulgaria declare war were given by the cen 1 powers at the expense of he: ghbors and without any corre >nding advantage to them. 'We have remained throughout 01 mdly relations with Rou mania o has favored the policy of a Bal i uion. 'It is the policy of bringing abou talkan war that the sovereigns an< rernments of Germany, Austria ngary and Bulgaria-the sover ns and the governments-havY ceeded in carrying into effect. Wi -e given to understand that in or to secure a Balkan union ther< -e certain concessions Bulgaria ld require, especially in Thract bIMace~onia. 'The allies were ready to do all it ir power to secure these for But ia but to obtain the consent o: ia and Greece it was an essen preliminary that Bulgaria take Is with tihe allies against Turkey, other words, if Bulgaria was tc lize her hopes and aspirations she t co-operate in a common cause vhich the hopes and aspirations of er neighboring states were engag t will be enough to say that .e re-hasoal hopes and aspira FIERCE ATTACK ON SERBIA THREATENS ALLIED CAUSE Russia, France and England to Co- TW operate in Fighting Bulgars and Teutons. London reports: Serbia is being at tacked from the north and the east. OF The Austro-Germans, after capturing Belgrade and Semendria, are advanc ing southward, while the Bulgarians are trying to interrupt communica- Ho' tions north and south of Nish, Ser bia's wartime capital, and to attack S the Serbs on the flank if they are driven back by the German field mar . shal, von Mackensen. The situation is admitted to be serious, not only for Serbia, but foY f the whole allied cause. It is assert- L ed that the Serbians are inflicting gari heavy losses both on the Austro-Ger- says mans and Bulgarians, but with their ParJ army of about two hundred and fifty ' thousand men they are believed to twel have little chance of making any pro- join longed resistance against three hun- the dred thousand or four hundred thou- Tur sand Austro-Germans and probably dip] two hundred thousand Bulgarians- bet' They are arranging for the transfer toni of the capital to Monastir, in the ex- teni treme southwestern corner of the indi e kingdom. othl h Greece apparently has decided to mer ignore the treaty under which she is ers o supposed to go to the assistance of I her Serbian ally in case of an at- mo e tack. Premier Zaimis said when noti- kan r fied of the Bulgarian attack that eral e Greece "remains in a position of arm- bor g ed neutrality." equ The Quadruple Entente has decided a p a to take energetic action. As soon as tho i news of the Bulgarian attack on Ser- abl a bia was received in London the Bul- like garian minister was handed his pass- E r ports and M. Viviani, the French whi EL prime minister in. the ghamber of bia e deputies to-day declared that France, of r Great Britain and Russia had decided Bul a to take joint action and that to-mor- tail row Russian. troops will be fighting Sta o by the side of ours." suli e .- sioi , tions were in.the main founded upon wa e opportunity to peoples of the same whi q race, the same sentiments and the kar same religion to join themselves to a vad d state under a government most akin the e to them." siol e Premier Asquith in the House of I e Commons declined to grant a day for Bul e debate on Sir Edward Grey's state- a h n ment on the Balkan situation. In gat n the House of Lords the Merquis of ing - Crewe made a statement similar to ful that of the foreign secretary and to I h continued: of Lt "This attack on Serbia will only ste e make sterner and fiercer the deter- tra f mination of the allies to carry the con war through to a definite victory at to whatever cost. Nothing has occurred Chi e in any part of the world to weaken sec e that resolution and we will maintain chi it." to e Sir Edward Grey, the secretary for a 5 foreign affairs, also announced in the House of Commons that the co-oper- ma &r ion of Russian troops In the Bal- key 0 kans had been promised, as soon as rit( I troops were available. hat e In his remarks Sir Edward Grey, of n alluding to Servi, praised the skill Oct e and courage with which she had e driven her foes out of her country. wit 7 Once again, he said, the crisis was ty1 e upon Serbia and she was meeting it M d with the same splendid courage. The entry of Bulgaria made a great dif- Bul - ference in the situation and raised Bu: the question cf treaty obligations be- an g tween Greece and Serbia. a - Regarding the attitude of Greece, a - Sir Edward Grey referred to the ato e statements'made bp ex-Premier Veni- to e zelos and the new Greek premier, M. tu t Zaimis, and said it must be obvioustU that the interests of Greece .and Sar- ca -bia w'ere now .one. In the long ran, - he said, they must stand or fall to gether-.p S Through Greek territory alone It i . could the allies assist Servia, he said,__ 2and added that Great Britain was giv- kn - ing Serbia all the help in its power bet i- freely and unconditionally. faci "In view of the treaty between and Greece and Serbia," said the foreign in - secretary, "how can there be any nor .other attitude on the part of Greece nv: towards, the assistance offered resi through'her to Serbia? In the steps 3 -taken we acted in the closest co-im operation with France, and the co- has operation of Russian troops is prom- era: ised as soon as they can be made Ger available. ing "The military measures adopted to nur -meet the requirements of the new I f situation are the subject of continu- as -ous attention by the military authori- me; ties of the allies, and they will be pel taken in close connection with each a r ,f other. It is not my province to make con -a public disclosure of the .military kan t plans, and I can only say I believe of they will be based upon the princi- due ples of sound strategy. i e"Servia is fighting for her national ind existence and with her the struggle is offi just now intense and acute, but the one struggle is one and the issue is one, jin whatever theatre of war fighting is to ~taking place. ed "All the allies are fighting for na- on' etional existence and for all who are a ghting the same Issues arise. It Is ain Sfight for the right to live not undersu the sha-dow of Prussian militarism pag which does not observe the ordinary .rules of humanity in war and to leave gre s free from the menace of oppr-a the .sion.' te - ~fighi e Why Not Smile? eng Are you angry? pag Is your lip cracked? Are you afraid cati of wrinkles? Are you suffering from sun -an ingrowing grouch? tNone of them? Then, why don't Pre Syou smile? ber eHistory tells us of men who train- extt -ed themselves not to smile, because .teni they wanted a stern expression of the rcountenance. The savages also prid- roa ed themselves on not showing any eot sort of emotion.nt Have you noticed in the photo- pur graphs that the mothers of the war Sheroes of Europe are not smiling? Neither are the generals, who are Sdoing the killing. Only the heroes themselves are smiling. A hard ir 1 stern expression does not indicate a good heart nor a clear the conscience. A thief seldom smiles. .that -The woman of the streets smiles with year her lips, but her eyes are hard and retu cold. The poverty-stricken man on Beri the street who begs fhr a dime, sends Thu :1his plea direct to your heart if his Hov appeal is accompanied by a smile, not Only the failures of life never smile. and A smile is the cry of the sentry of Fric the soul .-"All's We'"-N. N. B. de IParlianment Confirms Loan.I A bill to conform the action of theon government in raising a fi;-e hundred aeri million dollar loan in the United Bes States in conj unction with France. cord passed through all stages of the cr House of Commons Tuesday. te her Wilson to Summer in N. J. fell President Wilson decided Friday neve to spend his vacation next summer statt in the state of New Jersey, much to into the delight of the people of that dict state. hanc British Sub Sinks WVarship. and Copenhagen reports Friday the loss two of a German destroyer by a British ed d submarine earlier in the day. Au- hors othe detroer fed.by I ILlARS JOIN WAR ELFTIl NATION TO COMBINE [ WORLDWIDE SLAUGHTER ENS FOT ON SERVIA Most Powerful of the Balkan ates Was Lined up for Teutons ndon's Wednesday Survey of the attlefield-Russian Victory Con rmed. ondon reports Wednesday: Bul a has declared war on Serbia. a Central News dispatch from s. he decision of Bulgaria, the Ith nation to enter the war, to the ranks of the belligerents on side of Germany, Austria and key, was reached only after a omatic battle waged. for months veen representatives of the Teu c allies and the Quadruple En :e. Each side offered tempting icements in an effort to gain an r ally, but the Bulgarian govern t finally decided the central pow made the higher bid. ulgaria is rated as one of the t powerful of the Christian Bal states. Her army while consid ly smaller than that of her neigh Rumania, is well drilled and. pped.- Her military strength on mace footing is only about fifty-six rand, but in time of war she is to pitt. into the field something three hundred thousand meh. ince the second Balkan war In ch Bulgaria fought..Greece, Ser and Montenegro, after the victory all four nations against Turkey. garia has been isolated to a cer t extent from the other Balkan tes. The second war whfch re ed from a dispate as to- the divi of territory won from Turkey. not participated in by Rumania, ch also kept out of the first Bal conflict. Rumanian troops'in ed Bulgaria, however, and forced latter to make territorial conces is. Vhen peace was finally restored garia was compelled to relinquish rge part of the territory she had ied in the first war. The ill feel thus engendered made it eoubt whether' Bulgaria would consent mter the present war on the side Serbia and Montenegro. She tdfastly refused to abandon neu ity unless assured of territorial cesions which would enable het realize her national aspirations. ef of these was to regain those ions of Macedonia populated fly by Bulgars which now belong )erbia and Greece. She also sought action of Turkish territory. 'he first important victory of Ger a diplomacy was scored when Tur was induced to cede Bulgaria ter ry along the line of the Dedeag ch railway. algaria ordered the mobilization her army on September 21. On ober 3 Russia sent an ultimatum lulgaria demanding that she break f the central powers within twen 'our hourg but the -Russian de da were rejected and three days r diplomatic reltions between garia and the allied powers were ered. The same day- Bulgaria sent ultimatum 4to Serbia regarding edona and on October 8 issued anifesto announcing her decision enter the war on the side of the tral powers. 'Bulgarian troops ac 1y invaded Serbia about twenty r hours before the war was de Amdonx reports Wednesday: The ie between Bulgaria and Serbia arently has been joined squarely. s reported unofficially that Bul is has declared war. Little Is wn of the progress of hostilities ween these combatants beyond the that Bulgaria has invaded Serbia is said to have suffered reverses the opening engagements. - In the Serbia the Austro-Gernma aders are meeting with stubborn stance. 'he report from Petrograd of an~ ortant Russian success in Galcia been confirmed officially. Gen Ivanoff has broken the Austro man front along the Strips tak two thousand prisoners and a aber of guns. fthe Russian victory is as definite ndicated by the official announce it. the Austrians may be corn ed to fall back on Lemberg. Such etreat would be certain to have siderable moral effet in the Bal s, where the continued neutrality several states is believed to - be largely to Russian reverses. a the Dvinsk region desperate but ~cisive fighting continues with the usive shifting frequently from side to the other.. 'on Hlndenburg evidently intends ontinue his attack as it is report reinforcements for his army are he way to the Dvinsk front. From western front come reports bear evidence that the French are re ting the offensive in -the Chamn ais claims slow but steady pro is, accompanied fy the capture of w prisoners- and heavy losses for Germans. A German correspond at the front states that a great t in which all arms seem to be aged, is proceeding in the Chamn ne, which is regarded as an indi on that the French intend to re e the offensive. eyond the announcement made by uier Viciani in the French chain little has yet developed as to the nt of aid to be given by the En ,e powers to Serbia In resisting Austro-Germani effort to clear the to Constantinople.. It is report inofficiafly, however, that Italy is able to spare any troops for this. Iz # SLAIN ON hI6hWAY te Man is Held in Connection. With an Aiken Killing. That appears to have been one of most deplorable assassinations has occurred in Aiken county for 's came to light when the sheriff red from the killing of Sam - -y, which occurred near Eureka rsday afternoon, although Sheriff ard and Coroner Spradley were notified until late that evening could not go to the scene until ay morning. Berry was found by a roadside, and a jury of In t as empanelled. seems from the evidence that Johnson Temples. white, had had spute over a land question with y, and, in company with Berry, going along a road, when, ac ing to Temples, who was about eet in the rear of Berry. the lat as fired upon, being shot a numn f times with a shotgun. Berry dead, and Temples rau off, and r reported the kilizng, it was *d. All the evidence was gone fully, and the jury found a ver that Berry came to his death at s of parties unknown to them. eriff Howard arrested Temples, he is now in jail at Aiken. Some years ago Berry narrowly escap lath from ambush, his buggy and being hit in a number of places