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< VARUS* W. HIHOHMOHK, PROP. "TBS BAND OP THE DUJJGiiNT BHAIJ, MLH' - - - J -id ' v v - a * >. ? . TERMS $1.50 IN ADVANCE PKR A VOL. 30 CAMDEN. KERSHAW COUNTY S. C. TUESDAY/ OCTOBER 6. 1914. NO. 46 GOES ON Ell OF TOIU VEEI A DECISION CUHI ADVANCES Terrible Ibuid to Hand Encounters Bm Been Brought About by At* tempt of Both Armies to Outflank the. Enemy at the Same Time Over the Same Ground ? Louse* Heavy. The battle of the Alsne, now near In* the end of Its third week, soon will-, outstrip In respect to time the ' ' fought at Mukden nearly ten go, but Still no decisive result m achieved.. The French official communication " late Wednesday, condensed Into About thirty words, was one of JhO shortest given to the public since the war began, it records that pro tract has been made by both right Mid toft wings of the allied armies, t>ut gives no details or the extent of the progress between the lines. Military experts believe the great r#p, as they have been described, ratinue to open to clutch at the yread wings of the German army, wlarly the right, which formB le upright portion of the L, and now its back to the east fighting with Ion to prevent the French from encircling or ' smashing it most of (he front, estimated at qma hundred and eighty miles In " th, ~v:' ? Jt'Tha artillery has played by far the 8 most important part in the struggle, but on the Oerman right lighter guns, cavalry *nd Infantry are doing most . <>f the fighting with a stubbornness ;*nd disregard of life that people so often have said in recent years mod p|ern{ soldiers never would display. There have been unprecedented ar "tlllery duels between the Rivers Olse ^Mld Alsne and between the Olse and ,iha flomme, followed by cavalry and Infantry charges, In which first one ;7 a?d then the other side would gain . or be compelled to give ground. Still they have held on the Qer wlng being extended farther WAfd. as the French made an- 1 ? move to work around it. With ; unlimited supply of troops this *it go on tor an Indefinite period With the forces at the disposal of] tWo stages the operation soot) come to an end, German official account says rmant '.have defeated the' north and south of Albert, less refers to an engage ilch the French admit they porary reverse, but " " t- This bat m mm &4* , ? i|?t -they have penetrated f Albert.. Mm Alone the extended front on the .XMM to the Meu#e, except the fighting . mentioned on the wings, nothing ha? liappene'd that the Frenoh staff eon* elder* worthy of mention. It ean not the troops In these positions are entirely Idle. It is known that an artillery duel la going on con tinuously. but probably neither side hae moved forward, While the infan try h*e been constantly on the alert to meet attacks and counter attacks. For a time, the Germans had the better^Of "ther-artiHery flghtlngr.-aa they possessed the bigger guns. This ;<?wiitlon now is said to have been overcome, ^ lor the French have " 'M up additional artlltery, In-! Jttg' some big naval guns, which credited with being able to out-1 range the Qerman guns by seven hundred yards, and whioh are being need t? drive the Germans out of their strongly fortified positions. BOth sides appear confident. The ' Germans, bringing up reinforcement to meet the attempts to outflank Mieim, Are in what appear to be al moet Impregnable positions and are mtlng sternly. The Allies, on the other hand, plaoe their hopes in the arrival of re inforcements on their left and the! pOeelbiHty of finding a weak spot in the German front. The Indian troops ehonld now be with the Hrltlsh army, the official b?reau having permitted - -'ubltcatlon of the fact that they " In France last Friday. recent terrible hand to hand i on tlie weetern and eastern from the attempts of and the allied generals i.. flanking movements in at um some time la the y. The lines of theatmtee growing even Winger in __n day* in a mutual on to overlap each other. ! _ wings have be6t) heavily rein* I, bet the allies hate been able 'ng greater power to bear and niy have prevented the Ger* from breaking through, but MM ground steadily and now ^.advhntafce. tan prisoners taken In large * on the western end of the th*t reinforcements Which. ved recently consist largely I ^^wftng middle age. AQBm withdrawn 'jtc| been many corps nteet the practice of maintain' tnt offensive appears, military men, to be out their human mttterlal. thett corps have been almost Fighting hae been tin revlously un lory***n (fJlflS it started Many German 11 < * <? - of BlsheptUle de duced a resolution REVOLT IN VILLA'S ARMY BREACH BETWEEN REBEL AND HIS IilKL'TKNANTS. ....... - , - Agreement Made Between C?rranM and Villa Not to Fight or More Troop* Until After Convention. Reports of divisions in Gen. Fran cisco Villa's army are confirmed by definite information received at the border from both official and impar tial sources. The Arieta brothers, who long have dominated the Con stitutionalist troops in the State of Durango, are said to have revolted In favor of Carranza. Rumors that Qen. Monclovlo Herrera, with his en tire brigade, had revolted against Villa's authority were confirmed. Tomas Urbina, ono of Villa's lead ers, is reported to have taken Du rango City from Arleta'B troops after a battle. While nominally attached to Villa's division, the Arieta broth ers, Domingo and Mariano, on pfe vIoub occasions have refused to obey his orders. At tbe time of Villa's final cttack on Torreon he ordered the Arietas to join him before that town with tliolr brigades. They refused, say ing they would not lead their troops* out of their home statd. Villa issued an order for their arrest, but was un able to spare troops to carry out the order. It was said that Carranza's visit to Durango in May was to adjust these differences. As a result of this visit Mariano Arieta was placed in command iu Durango and Domingo led his troops to join Qen. Natera in the assault on Zacatecas. Carranza's order to Villa to reinforce Natera at Zacatecas was intimately connected with the first break botween Car ranza and Villa. It is reported Sonora 1b dominated almost completely by Yaqul Indians, whom Governor Maytorent enlisted in his revolt against Carranza. Ar rivals from the western states de clare Indians have been placed in civil offices in the state capital, Her mosillo, and other towns. The Ya quis, it was declared, had set about taking forcibly the lands which they have claimed for years and which they had been promised by various revolution factions. Definite agreement to cease all troop movements immediately aftd to ! call the greater part of tbe Constitu tionalist generals together at Aguas Caltentes on October 6, preparatory to a general convention on October 10, was agreed upon Wednesday at the first conference between Villa and the Carranza peace commission ers. The purpose of the convehtion on the 10th of October is to exchange ideaB about eettling the Carranza Villa dispute and re-establishing or der throughout. the Republic. CA!VrVRB& VESSELS. Rrm?fc rrulifer Cumberland Capture* ' Many German Vessels. , The admiralty announces that the British cruiser Cumberland has cap turer off the Cameroons river In West Africa the Hamburg-American liner Arnfrled and the following merohant steamers: The Maxhrock, Kenapa. Amslnck, Paul Woermann, Erna Woermann, Henrietta Woer mann, Aline Woermann, HanB Woer mann, and the Jeannette Woermann. All were In good order and most of them contained quantities of coal. The European crews have been re moved as prisoners but the native -engine room hands were retained^ The gunboat Soden has also been captured and ha$ been placed in commission while It is expected that the floating dock and the Herzogkln Elizabeth which have been sunk, can be raised. ?* TWBLVK MEN KILLED. Wind Hushing Through Mine Forces I Miners Onto Jagged Hock*. At least twelve mon are believed to have been killed as the result of cave-Ins In the American Davey zinc mines at Webb City, Mo., Thiwaday night. Home reports place the doath list at over twenty. Fifty workmen woro Imprisoned temporarily when tlmberlnR support ing the voofs of three of the seven conneoted mines gave way. Most of ttuun escaped by finding their way to air shafts. The Ore bodies in the mines, where the roofs collapsed, were not being worked, 'but tons of falling earth and rook sent a rush of air through the drift* 6t the other mines, wjhlch pick ed men up and buffetted them against rocks and the Jagged end* of mine timbers. Many of the InjurlQe and deaths, It 1* believed,, were caused In this way. I i ^ 141 . I, ,i <iii, IN F1VM LAtfOUAOHS. , v ? Neutrality Proclamation Scattered Over Comity. ? Postmasters over the country aro reoelvlng ???* circular from Postmaster Goneral Burleson printed In Ave lan guages With the legend, "You are Aireftted to place this placard In the lobby of ybur post office." In five columns reprenentlng Ave staple American language* It sets forth the statement of President W!l~ son, defining American neutrality during the existence of conditions of the present. In the following lin gual order the proclamation is past ed: Rngllsh, German, Italian, Polish and French. ?>? . ..I ? Homicide In ftdgeA?ld. John Feagan Thursday shot and killed a negro In the western part of Bdgefteld county tor cursing and at tempting to draw a pistol. n?.i e "'n * i?i> Pigeon* to Carry Mall. Thirty thousand carrier pigeons hrtire been offered to the Irtish gov ernment for use tn the mall service. Wf*t? Hallway Men. Thu Brlttsh government has leaned a oall foryl,0ft0 experienced railway wen to help operate FVenCh railways. A MM : to Take Htamp. .Martin V, Ansel in Octobttto aseist Of Democtatlo con lnectlont. tOx-Governor take the stttbri jya-fs OFFERS NEW PUN SdMIM OHMHS SHOU BE ?AM If nm V . * , ' ? '?v^'V^Or WOULD UTILIZE CDnON , ' ....... I Adoption of Khaki Cloth for Uni form* by Roads ami Deptrtmento . In Cities Gives a Business Basis for All Lines to Work on and Will Absorb a Large Part of Crop. "The Hudson Plan" Is the latest suggestion for relief in the present general -situation. The several busi ness men with whom it has been dis cussed, says The Augusta Chroniclo, express the opinion that it is the most practicable and far-reaching as well as the most business-like yet suggested, and the only one wbioh has been offered that would have be hind it any sort of solidity and no sentiment. It would necessitate the immediate manufacture of millions and millions of yards of the very heaviest kind of goods made from cotton, would ab sorb an enormous amount of the present visible supply of cotton, and would tax those mills equipped for making the goods beyond their ca pacity, thus foroing other mills to equip at least a portion of their plants for making this particular grade of cloth. It would take in every steam rail road, every electric railway, every steamboat line, every police depart ment and every fire department In th entire cotton belt, and in many other states, outside of he belt. At he same time Its adoption would mean the saving of a very consider^ able amount of money to the ulti mate consumer and the creation of an entirely new line of business that would amply take the place of that line of business which the plan would reduce, but not eliminate. The plan was coneelved and Its de tails thought out by Capt. C. H. Hud son, a passenger conductor on the Georgia & "Florida Railroad, running between Augusta and Valdosta, who lives in Augusta. In hi? own way he tells it as follows: "Of course the idea behind the 'buy-a-baJe; plan is that not alone of aiding the farmer, but through the farmer to aid everybody else. It Is said to be a plan of taking cotton off the market in ttte hope that the amount will be equal to that portion which will not be exported and the surplus. "That so much will be accomplish ed is still a question, but, even that is a temporary relief, and buying a bale of cotton here and there on a basis of sentiment more thftn of bus ted mm With -it no insurance Ihmt cottoi**wMf n^wratn be dumped back on 'the market. It remains rfrtr cotton anyway, and is therefore an existing surplus, what ever else Of the crop may be used. "Permanent relief Is going to come only through some method which will permanently absorb the cotton. People are not going to throw it away and they are not going to burn it up: neither the producer nor the consumer. We have simply ? if we are going about this Salva tion of the South' In a business-like way ? got to find something to do with the cotton that we don't do with it now. "The plan originated by Miss Clark and the ladles in Washington, that of trying to increase the use of cotton cloth for clothing, Is a good one in its way but It, too, has sentiment only for a basis, and there is nothing In it to Insure the use of any fixed amount of cotton. The manufactur ers have nothing on which to base their calculations beyond a fad. and there Is no telling how long that fad will last. In fact, the chances are that, so Boon as the present condi tion is eased up a bit. it will have be come a worn-out fad. "I am not a producer of cotton, I don't carry any mill stock, I don't buy or sell cotton ? but t do live in a cotton country. The situation got on J my mind, just as it had on the minds of pretty much all the other people down here who have any interest in their community, I guess. An almost constant thought on the subject has resultod In what I believe- Is a busi ness produolng, practical plan, like thlk: "There Is a uniformed conductor and flagman on every passenger train | and a uniformed conductor on nearly ?every freight train., run In the states iii the South, and Southwest^ every ?jtratf car operated by electricity in the same states has oh it two uni formed men, a motorman and a con ductor; every police department and every Are department In the entire southern and southwestern country has a number of uniformed men; every steamboat operated along the coast and on the inland waterways has several uniformed men on It. "The uniforms worn by those men are of a design and a material adopt ed by the operating companies; many of them after consultation with rep resentatives of their employees, but (n the end the uniform is an adopted one, and every man employed by (hose corporations has to wear the sarte kind of uniform. In addition to those I have named, a number of roadu require their statton agents to wear uniforms; the express com panies use some uniforms. "Just About this tlm? of the year the ftprlng and iumtn?r uniforms for all those people nre being ordered; the winter weights Are Utd aside In a ftfw month* And the good* lighter then thAt worn In the winter is now being calculated upon. Right there la the solution. In business-like And practicably way, of the cotton sit uation ? and the whole business sit uation of the South. "Taking It for granted thAt the proposition should be put up to them And the railroads, electric lines, fire departments And police departmenta would All A?r?e to Adopt, for the spring And summer use, a khaki uni form in plaoe of the blue uniform* Uhsy are now using, And hAve been I tillttf heretofore? yOG CAti reAdlly calculate what it would taean. "Adoption by the several author! tie# who hate thAt matter in hand of kbtki for a ae the coralrtg spring and summer means that the manufactur er, the clothea maker, the merchant all bate a basis oh which to figure the business they are going to do In) that particular line for a specified time. < * "The cotton mill #IH know from| Its orders ? which would hare to be placed at once ? just how much, cot* ton It U going to hare to make to many yards of khaki; the clothes maker wonld know how mnoh khaki he is going to have to buy for ao many uniforms; the dealer wonld know how many uniforms he is go ing to have to buy to supply those concerns which he doe* his business and on so on down the line. "Then finally, when It gets In the ultimate consumer ? the man who wears the uniform ? he is baring money saved for blm because of the fact that he can buy two khaki unl forms at just about whait he now has to pay for one uniform of the kind worn; and yet a practical test has shown that flhakl will make Just as durable and Just as presentable a uniform an the ones we are wearing. "Carrying the idea into the scope intended, consider how many rail roads and electric lines and boat lines as there are in operation In as many Htates as the South and do busi ness with, and you will find that the number of yards of khaki cloth re quired, which Is entirely new busi ness for everybody, will, on a rough estffhate, consume more of the pres ent cotton crop than the export trade we have l9st by the European war confined with the total surplus that would have been carried over if there had been no war. "The one and only thing that is absolutely needed to make this plan a success right now is adoption of khaki for spring and summer uni forms at once ? It will have to be a quick, business campaign, not one on sentiment. Thejyhole situation will solve itself If the people of the South will simply get the enterprise and corporations I have mentioned to agree to put two words In writing: Adopt khaki." - Mr. Hudson's plan was gone over with prominent business' men and they all agreed that it is the most practical plan yet suggested, as well as the most far-reaching; a plan that will have a material effect on practi cally every line of business. It Is definitely understood that some of them will make a further Investiga tion into the possibility of working It out, with a view to getting it put ino operation throughout the South. WANT Pl'BIJC SKNTIMKNT. New Orleans Cotton Congress Hope] for Greatly Reduced Acreage. Creation of effective public senti ment for a greatly, reduced acreage or total elimination of cotton plant ing next year, with the ultimate aim of having State legislatures enact laws regulating planting, was decid ed on Thursday by the Southern Cot ton convention at hiew Orleans as the best method of meeting the lack of 7 ( 1 6 w^ri elation obtain pledges from planters, that they will reduce acreage >t least J one-half and, whibre possible, to haVof the pledge not to plant any cotton in 1915. The county .grgarilzatlous also aro requested to petition the gov ernor of the state to call a special session of the legislature to enact laws either prohibiting or providing for an acreage reduction of at least 50 per cent. SEIZES U. S. VKHHKI.H. Great Britain to Pay for Entire Car* rom Thus Taken. Great Britain's intention to seise goods which may be classed as condi tional contraband of war speolflcally destined for Germany or Austria even when carried In American ships and consigned to neutral ports, was an nounced at the state department Wednesday by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador. The ambassador called to explain dlRpatches stating that two oargdes of copper, shipped from the United States to Krupp gun works in Ger many, via Holland, had been seized and diverted .to IQngland. Payment for the full value of the cargoes has been remitted to the American ship pers and it is understood a similar course will be pursued in future, cases. IXK>K FOR ADVICE. liomlon Expect* United States to Play Important Hole for Peace. Since President Wilson made his ftatmoht lb** P?aoe overtures were premature at the time, English offi cials have felt reassured and they how express confidence that the Unit* ?d States will, ?t the proper time, exert its good offices to bring the war to a close under condltlqns insuring permanent peace in Europe. High London offlolals Wednesday expressed condence that the United States, ? After the continental com batants had become somewhat ex hausted by the struggle, would exert a powerful Influence for peace and make It possible to negotiate a treaty which Would require European tta? Hons to submit future differences to the United States for arbitration thus making recurrence of the war impos" sible. ? ? . I . .1.1.1 +? ? + . I ? . ? DOHSMt MKR IT. ? 1 1 1 ? 1 1 Ooniir?M*mMt RowmU Appeal to Yel low, Black and Brown Mett. "Japan's entry Into the Kuropean war does not portend any good for the United states," declared Richard Harthoidt of Missouri, speaking at New York Sunday. "England's summons to the black men, the brown men and the yellow men, to fight her .battles , against a white and highly cultured nation," he declared, "will not hetfce mid of it. Japan wilt demand , her pound of flesh which Is hound to com e out of the skin Of tteele flam/**.: Mb-ui RESOLUTIONS PASSED SOUTHERN UOVBRNORS AND CONGRESSMEN ACT. No Detinlte rian la Agreed Upon But j r *, . >' ' ^ ? j 1 1 Resolutions Are PMWd ? [ ? Smith m Committees. Southern govetnors and oougr ess men concluded a series of conferences st WtwMwton Tuesday, without de termlnhiflrupon any definite plan (or the relief of cotton planters from conditions growing out of the Euro pean w^ar. While they resolved that next year's cotton acreage should be materially reduced, no speclfio means of curtailment were agreed upon. The conferees agreed to attempt to secure foderal legislation that would enable planters to obtain loans from banks. On their surplus crop,* while prompt; action was urged upon the warehouse bill pending in the Houq$ and upon the 8enate bill proposing the regoal of 10 per cent.' tax on State banks which participated in the amende*! Aldrlch-Yreeland Emer gency ourrency act. They determined to attempt to maintain cotton prices above . ten cents a yound, and a committee was named' W submit the conference res** lutlon^ph Mr. Wilrfbn. The resonP tlons fdt>p(ed are: . "Resolved, That It Is the sense of this committee: "That the acreage of cotton to be oultyvated in the United States in 1916 shall be materially reduced. That accomplish this end every legitimate means shall be employed. "Thlfltfca members of thll confer ence sb?U make every possible effort to secure federal legislation which will enable the producers of cotton to obtam>iioans Of publlo funds de posited m the banks, at a reasonable rate of -interest, to be fixed by the government, upon such part of the present, crop and under such condi tions as &ay be prescribed by law and by the rules and regulations lawfully made bnilie treasury department. "Resolved, That it Is the sense of this meeting that there be established by JolB(t resolution in the House of Natives and the Senate -of the i iates a committee looking to isiop of the consumption and nig oi cotton goods, and that] Senator 'Hoke Smith - prepare such resolution. ' "Resolved, That It is the sense of this conference that the House of Representatives should pass the Sen ate bill allowing tho State banks' to Issue emergency currency Under the provisions of the Vreeland-Aldrlch bill, as amended, without paying the 10 per coot. tax. "Resoftved, by the Governors of, Senator* ahd Representative* in Con gress fr0m the cotton states, in con vention assembled , in the * oltw M ivvw.-fi /iiuaw, ? To nccompinra ] ?a el?'4' we w.ljl Win# to bear, Aa far WfVan, the power of the national and"' State governments to. restrict acreage or the year 1816, and fur nishing rovornmental aid to handle ( the present crop. "Resolved. That this convention conference request prompt action , upon the warehouse bill now ponding | itt the House of Representative*. / . "Resolved* That a committee of. three be appointed to call upon the attorney general to lay the facts | about cotton seed before him and to request such action as the facts may I justify." I The committeemen named Were: Representatives Hughes, Georgia, | and Lever, South Carolina, and Sena tor B.D. Smith, of South Carolina. ? Representatives Hardwlck and Lever and Senator Jos. T. Robinson,! were appointed to submit the resolu tions toUhe president. \ "i'.i ' a m m OUT OFF* PREMIUMS. Jr-v * * -y", y yy? .* ?'? Htate Fr< Ytotatni PrltM on Farm Product* Only. The executive committee of the State iTilr association at a meeting Tuenday resolved to not pay any premium* at the coming fair on any exhibit*1: except farm, products, this being occasioned by the conditions brought about by the European war. The officials of the fair are working with might and maiif and are confi dent that, the fair will be a success, notwithstanding the conditions now facing the country. President J. N. Klrven and Secretary D. F. Kflrd are working especially hard tw the fair and are adVefttshtg It extenfttyeiy.1 The fair will take place during the last week In October and it IS believ ed that there will .be a good attend ance. WANTKD HIM HNDORSfiD. , V BliUFFKD bank . . . ? .1 I ??Str??gorM Get* $9,000 But Lmtm $800 on BMk*! MOOT. A ron*hlj drMMinu entered the Honk of California at Beattle, Wiflh., Saturday and nhowed the p*ylrtK teller ? bottle whlfth, her *afd. con a high exploglre. One the thraat the bank teller & handed tha maii $8,000 ha demanded. in hie httte to l*ave, tha etratiurar. dropped $600 on tha flor* and i\d si stop to Pf * Jl Governor'* Personal ReprMwUtttvc A?h?d for Some ??Taffy". Before the adjournment of the Cotton Conference between the Gov ernor and Congressmen And Senator* the proceedings were enlivened by the Introduction of A resolution offer ed by W. A? fltuckey Of Bl*h6pvllle, personal representative of Governor Bieape, commending the South Caro ling KKAflUtlve for celling a special eesiloh of tie State legislature to re duce cotton acreage next year. A discussion arose as to whether ot not this was the purpose of the session* a* announced in the governor's proc lamation'. And action of thrfTMuckey resolution WAS deferred. HOLD THEIR LINES ALLIES REPULSE ATTACK OF GER Hi AN IIHTVWG ALMOST BROKE THROUGH English Neivip?i>er Correspondent Tells How German Attempt to Drive Wedge Through Iinm of French and British Armies Was Narrowly Defeated. The Beioen of secrecy erected by. the censoruhlp almost entirely across northern France and behind which military craftsmen for the past three weeks have boon figuratively speak ing, fashioning the rough outlines of a-new map of the eastern hemi sphere stands now almost unlmpair-' ed. From what can be deduced from the fragmentary glimpses, says a London dispatch, there would appear . to be Justification, the opinion of | the movement as shaping ltBelf for a repetition of history as it was writ ten on the river Marne when the allied forces sent the Germans back on their tracks. All the brilliantly skillful tactics employed by Gen. von Kluok, the commander of the German .right wing, to counter or break through the fence of bayonets constantly reaching northward beyond his ex treme right have thus far failed. These efforts, however, havo by no means ceased and the German gen eral staff, it is felt in London, prob ably will risk something elsewhere to reinforce that wing. Heretofore re inforcements there have been met by reinforcements. The Germans nearly got the line to ; the northeast of Amiens, but after two days of fierce struggle for the mastery they failed. 1 Incessant as saults on the part of the Germans have, according to the allied com manders, whose reports are augment ed by statements from independent sources, cost the assailants such ap palling 1o8ho8 in men that, even al lowing . for reinforcements, their ranks must have been materially weakened. . . ? Telegraphing from Paris Wednes day the correspondent of The Dally Mall describes the complete destruc tion biy the heavy German artillery the open and unfortified town of irt, 18 miles from Amiens, which been the seene during the past iw (Jays of a prolonged and murder on* artillery battle. He says: . "The struggle on the part of the t*; prevent? their right wing spoiled - them - con vv -- - JUw -ffuj&V fill thei north and to the went jyhile the Allies continually replied by extending their front to ovevlap the enemy, both sidles bringing up large reinforce ments. This necessitated long marches of 20 to 25 tnlleB a day and tfeai Germans were repeatedly called upotf to make a desperate' effort in order t<r avoid being outflanked, ?whereby they suffered very heavy losses. "On Saturday they began to realize 4hat their efforts were in vain. They changed their tactics and tried ? to drive a wedge into the Allies1 front. The point of that wedge was the town of Albert. V "The attempt almost succeeded. They brought up and massed their artillery and the French infantry suf fered considerably. They kept up a fire so rapid in character that at night the Whole sky lit up by burst ing shells. On Sunday they gained perceptibly and on Monday they still pressed on, hut by that time the French had brought up a large num ber of their famous quick-firing bat teries and their deadly fire checked the German advance. "Tuesday the enemy kept up his efforts gamely but by late afternoon It hart clearly failed of.lta aim. There were French batteries at . various points around Albert, but none with in a mile of the town. At 10 min utes past five Oerman shells from their heavy guns began to fall. Here Is an account of the scene from an eye witness who was on a hill over looking Albert: " 'We were warned al^ng the road to be careful, and saw a vast column of ^people coming away from the town, but nothing happened until at ^Imlautes jjafltJiyf^^yioard a deep made WT drdlhify WeTB gdh lAd It shell evi dently of much greater force and size fell In the town. "We thought it must he an acci dent of misdirection and then to our indignation the shells began to fall rapidly. They came in bunchos. There were several batteries at work and their aim was excellent. 1 only saw three shells burst outside the town. The police collapsed literally like a pack of cards: " 'It reminded me of a scene in a Drury. Lane melodrama. One could not bfelteve without an effort that one wis seeing a real town shelled. It was just as If some Inventor had made a new kind of explosive and had Invited his friends to see It de* mollsh a model town, I stayed there an hour fascinated.' "At half past six a number of fires, lighting the whole countryside, wefe visible. Rooking toward Albert they appeared to be hay racks which had been set alight by shells. The largest of these red glares, however, was Albert on Are. Against the flam ing background the tall spire of a church stood out uninjured up to 8 o'clock, but it was impossible to en ter the town." ' ? I <m?M BvrMd to Death. The twc~ye*r old daughter of Mr and Mm. 3, W, Long ot Greenwood, ?m fatally burned from a fire with in the grate. ^ : ) , "?iv""l? *? ?* Wlltta# to Rttfftn. QeneVal Car ran na ?ay* he In will ing to rttltfn If > the generate in his army aek him to. Thla ie hie anewer to Villa'* demand*. ? I ^ , ?!?,?" ? ITltHa From Mr?. ?v. Two hundred And fifty etudenta %nd teaehern eeeaped from the hum ing Normal College, at LrttinfitQn, Ala., fTedneeday fttfW ? ' , ? GUARDS DRIVEN BACK PARIS HEARS OF DEFEAT OF PRUSSIAN' TROOPERS. Fifteen Thousand Attack French Cen ter and Come Very Near Capturing Important Gun*. The defeat of 15.000 Prussian Guards, who attacked the French center September 2 6, is described in the Petit Qlornde. As soon as news of the German advance was recehed French cavalry was sent to hold the enemy at Auberive, to Rive the artil lery and Infantry time to come up from Soualn. But while the French dragoonB were preparing to defend Auberive p brigade of Death's" Head Hub"' . avoiding the village, came acr vineyards and fields with the ?<-L-n tion of surprising the French artil lery on the murch. "It was a critical moment. The French dragoons wore two miles ahead and the infantry two miles be hind the gunners. The Hussars were only three-quarters of a mile away, galloping furiously. In two minutes the guns were utilimbered and lined was only R00 yards away and the up along the road. The enemy then command could be heard to prepare to charge the guns. "In the charge the Prussian cav alry gathered speed with every yard. When they were 200 yards away the French gunners fired. Through the blue smoke the artillerymen could see the enemy's horses rearing and officers trying vainly to rally the broken lines. "A Becond time the battery hurled death into the doomed brigade. A great silence entjued. Two thousand horsemen lay as if struck by light ning. "Rut the artillerymen did not gaze long on this scene of carnage. They limbered their guns and rattled off to aid the dragoons, who were hard pressed and falling back. This time the struggle was more even. The German quick-firers returned the fire with interest, but tho French infantry arrived and deployed among the vines, a bugle rang out and their bay onet flashed in the sun as they dash ed forward. Without cavalry to aid it the Prus sian Guard was obliged to fall back. A battaliou of Zouaves glided behind and occupied the Valley of the Suippes, threatening to place the guard between two flres. A regi ment of Grenadiers sacrificed Itself to cover the German retreat on Rheims. Five timos the Grenadiers hurled themselves against the French. They were repulBed every time, and after the fifth charge only one section was left, a handful of i men surrounding the flag. Then first one, then two and then teit Of th?v Grenadier* throw ..downv ?Ataeir-ai-m*; A'.linndrort ?r?en, mostt? wounded, were all that wore left of a splendid regiment. Hut their sac rifice had not been useless, for it enabled the column to get safely un der the guns of the forts of Berru and Nogent l'Abbosse. TURKS MUTINY, Officer In New York Tells How They Tried to Take Ship. A tale of mutiny on the high p.eas by the Turks who had heard that Turkey had doclared war on Great Britain was told in the Tombs court at New York Wednesday by Capt. Stewart, of the British tramp' steam er iBle of Mull, which arrived in New York Tuesday. The vessel left South American ports three weeks ago. At Barbados Turks in the crow received news that their country was warring on Bng land after the ship got under way, and again refusod to work, according to Capt. Stewart. One night the mas ter frustrated an attempt to murder himself and his family and seize the ship. He locked his wife and children In the cabin and made for Charleston, 8. C. Thero the immigration author ities would not lot him land the bel ligerents, Capt. 8tewart testified, so he placed the ringleaders in chains, under guard of a Charleston police detective, who accompanied the ship. As the mutiny alleged was not committed within the throe-mile neu trality limit, three Turks arraigned were ordered kept in a court prison until the ease nhould be brought to the attention of the British consul general at New York. The penalty for conviction of mutiny under -the British naval law Is death. 8llC?T BY CRAJ5KD NKOItO. ItuMlness Manager of Rlireveport Pa per Killed at If In Desk. Robert M. Denholmo. business manager of the flhreveport Times, wan shot and killed while In hlR office Wednesday night by a negro, Albert llectar, who Is believed to have boon Insane. The negro wns shot and killed by policemen who followed him Into tho office with the Intontlon of arresting him. Refore visiting the Times ofTlce tho negro, armed with a rovolver. hold Up the clerks In a hardware store while he secured another revolvor and ammunition. At the newspaper office he held the clerks at bay with the revolvers while he demanded that a rambling statement he had prepar ed be published. After trying to pacify tho n?gro Denholmo moved toward his private office. The nogro opened fire, kill ing Denholmo Instantly. Policemen who reached the scene at this mo ment shot and killed Hectar. flattie In Kant Prussia. A dispatch from Petrograd says the battle line in Rast Prussia be tween the Hermans and the Russians Is twenty miles long? } 4 I ' - ?* Japaneee Claim Victor}-. The Japanese claim to have defeat ed the Germans In a. battle near Klao Chow. Japanese casualties were a dend and 1 a wounded . ? ? . . . Hecretary' Daniels la the man who put the "Ire" In. the wireless com* panfes. -? ' < ' WAR IN THE EAST RUSSIANS AND GEIHANS FIGHT FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK AUSTRIAN* LOOSE AUTOS Army Reported lu Koine as Fleeing ? IlufwianH Claim to Have Captur ed Ail Food, Ammunition and War Material NVldch Defeated Army Was T?- t - ^ ?> Convey to Austria. O ^ast Prussian frontier the r for a week have been fight* . - vne Germans along the River Nie ?.aen, between Kovnow and Groilno, and have thus far held them in check, while reinforcements have been reaching them. The battle is described as being a furious one, but no details have been allowed to leak out. The German object In sending a strong force In this direction ia to attempt to cut the railway line from Warsaw through Vila and Grodno, to Petrograd. The Petrograd correspondent of Reuter's Telegram company says the Russians have succeeded in extend ing their front along the border about lf?0 vests (ninety-nine miles), N?nd that this has resulted In the re pulse of all the Gorman attempts to force a passage of the Nlemen. A dispatch from Rome to the Ex change Telegraph Company says: "A Petrograd message states that a fierce battle between the army of Geu. Rennenkampff and that of the German Gen. von Hlndenburg has been raging since Sunday morning along a front extending from Grodno to Druskenlkl, on the Nlemen river. Four army corps have been engaged on both sides, and the Russians are being constantly reinforced from Vllna. The Russians havo already repulsed the Gormans at several points." The Russian armies continue to sweep through Galicla, and, accord ing to a report from Rome, that province of the Austrian empire Is clear of Austrian troops. What is meant Is that the field armies of Austria have either gone into the fortresses of Przemysl and Cracow, or retreate dto the south and west. The Russians Miave advanced In great parallel lines, and, masking Przemysl, have swept the country clear as far as a. line drawn from Dukla In the south to the neighbor hood of Rzeszow in the north, while other forces have pushed their way through the passes of the Carpa thians into Hungary. They have onld to go a little further to get possession of the railway that runs from Bandek through the mountains to Lablau and thence through the heart of the country to Budapest. ,:\lf they accomplish this thteVwlll be able to Join hands with the army which Is approaching Cracow. Ac cording to Petrograd correspondents they Intend to treat Cracow as they did Przemysl and continue their march Into 8tlesla. Tn a dispatch from Rome the cor respondent of The Central News says that the Russian ambassador an nounces that the Austrian army, flee ing before the Russians, which was defeated near Dukla, has been sur rounded. All the food, ammunition, and war material which was being conveyed back to Austria has fallen Into Russian hands. The captures include 500 military automobiles. FOUR MEN SHOOT. Combat tn Mulllns Resemble n Small Sized Rattle?One Dead. A shooting, participated In by four men of Mulllns, occurred late Wed nesdny evening on the Henry Cole man place, about three and one-half miles south of Mulllns. As a result Coy Rogers Is dangerously wounded and George Waller Is dead. From reports received. It Is claim ed that the trouble was started by Ad Waller, when he met Coy and Duncan Rogers on tho public road. George Waller, son of Ad Waller, Is said to havo appearod on tho scene later, coming through a field, and fired with an automatic pistol upon Coy Rogers. It Is said that after he shot Coy Rogers to the ground ho turned on Duncan Rogers and began firing at him, but the shots went astray. Dun can Rogers, it Is claimed, reached for his shot gun, a single-barrelled weapon, which lay In the buggy, and fired upon young Waller, tho load entering the Btomach. NO OAU8K FOR WAIl. Italy Will Vot Interfere In Albania lUn-auHO of Ilecent Election. Italy will not enter tho war on ac count of tho situation in Albania. Tho Trlbuna of Tuesday saya: "Italy does not consider tho offer of tho crown of Albania to a Ron v>f Abdul Hani 1<1 la sufficiently Hnportant to Juntlfy Intervention." Rumors wero circulated that the occupation of A vlona,' In Albania, on tho Adriatic, by tho Italians, whs Imminent. Some of the repo.^s even had It that tbo occupation had ul ready occurrod as an answer to tho abnormal condition* frrefvaillng In Al bania. s. It was officially don led that any expedition was even Imminent be cause it was stated Aylona had not yet been threatened and also because tho question of Aylona was now ab sorbed In tho greater question invok ing tho whole of tho Adriatic. I>roppml I tomb on VmwI, Japanese aviators assert they hit a German vessel Ht Klao Chow with bombs dropped 700 yards. The three machines were riddled with bullets but returned safely. Pond* for This Htate. Secretary MoAdoo announced Tues day that |525,000 of the crop moving fund had gone to Bouth Carolina. Missouri took fl,5f?0,000. Roldlera VrRtxl to Marty. O-vmiMty, A nutria And Krntirn Imvc made every effort to encourage the marriage of soldiers before leaving for the > are. '