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muni Em if nin veei iimuT i Kasim ALLIES CLAIM ADVANCES REVOLT IN VILLA’S ARMY BREACH BETWEEN REBEL AM) HIS LIEUTENANTS. Terrible Hand to Hand Kncountera Have Been Brought About by At- tempt of Both Armies to Outflank the Enemy at the Same Time Over the Same Ground—Losses Heavy. The battle of the Alsne, now near ing the end of its third week, soon ■will outstrip in respect to time the contest fought at Mukden nearly ten years ago, but still no decisive result has been achieved. The French official communication Issued late Wednesday, condensed into about thirty words, was one of the shortest given to the public since the war began. It records that pro gress has been made by both right and left wings of the allied armies, but gives no details or the extent of the progress between the lines. Military experts believe the great claws, as they have been described, continue to open to clutch at the outspread wings of the German army, particularly the right, which forms the upright portion of the L, and now has its back to the east fighting with desperation to prevent the French left from encircling or smashing it along most of the front, estimated at one hundred and eighty miles in length. . The artillery has played by far the most important part in the struggle, but on the German right lighter guns, Cavalry and Infantry are doing most of the fighting with a stubbornness and disregard of life that people so often have said In recent years mod ern soldiers never would display, There have been unprecedented ar tillery duels between the Rivers Oise and Aisne and between the Oise and the Somme, followed by cavalry and Infantry charges, in which first one and then the other side would gain or be compelled to give ground. Still they have held on the Ger man wing being extended farther northward as the French made an other move to work around it. With an unlimited supply of troops this might go on for an Indefinite period but with the forces at the disposal of two stages the operation soon' must come to an end. The German official account says the Germans have defeated the French north and south of Albert This doubtless refers to an engage ment in which the French admit they suffered a temporary reverse, but later regained the ground. This bat tie is described in another column under bead "Hold Their Lines.’ Wednesday night the French report that further progress had been made indicates that they have penetrated north of Albert. Along the extended front on the Oise to the Meuse, except the fighting mentioned on the wings, nothing has happened that the French staff con siders worthy of mention. It can not be that the troops in these positions are entirely idle. It is known that an artillery duel is going on con tinuously, but probably neither side has moved forward, while the infan try has been constantly on the alert to meet attacks and counter attacks. For a time the Germans had the better of the artillery fighting, as they possessed the bigger guns. This situation now is said to have been overcome, for the French have brought up additional artillery, in eluding some big naval guns, which are credited with bfeing able to out range the German guns by seven hundred yards, and which are being used to drive the Germans out of their strongly fortified positions. Both sides appear confident. The Germans, bringing up reinforcements to meet the attempts to outflank them, are in what appear to be al most Impregnable positions and are fighting sternly. The Allies, on the. other hand, place their hopes in the arrival of re inforcements on their left and tire possibility of finding a weak spot in the German front. The Indian troops should now be with the British army, the official bureau having permitted the publication of the fact that they landed in France.last Friday. The recent terrible hand to hand conflicts on the western and eastern wings, arose from the attempts of the Germans and the allied generals to execute flanking movements in great force at the same time in the open country. The lines of the armies have been growing even longer in the last ten days In a mutual en deavor to overlap each other. The wings have been heavily rein forced, but the allies have been able to bring greater power to bear and not only have prevented the Ger mans from breaking through, but have gained ground steadily and now- have the advantage. German prisoners taken in large numbers on the western end of the line show that reinforcements which have arrived recently consist tyrge^y of men nearing . middle age. This seems to indicate that many corps have been withdrawn to meet the Russian advance. * The German practice of maintain tof an ineeeseftt offensive -appears,- according to military men, to be- wearing out their human material. Some of their corps have been almost wiped oat. Fighting has been on neeslof^something previously un- kBewn In military history—and be fore this fight started' many £erman regimeota had foagkt all ihe »*> fiwwn from Liege, Belgium^- 'I Agreement Made Between Carranta . / . • .1 and Villa Not to Fight or More I v * 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 offlciai and impar tial sources. The Arieta brothers, who long have dominated the Con- stitutlQnallst troops in the State of. Durango, are said to have revolted In favor of Carranza. Rumors, that Gen. Monclorlo Herrenr, with his en tire brigade, had revolted against Villa’s authority were confirmed. Tomas Urbina, one of Villa’s lead ers, is reported to have taken Du rango City from Arieta’s troops after a battle. While nominally attached to Villa’s division, the Arieta broth ers, Domingo and Mariano, on pre vious occasions have refused to obey his orders. . \ At the time of Villa's final attack on Torreon he ordered the Arietas to Join him before that town with their brigades. They refused, say ing they would not lead their troops out of their home state. 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 in Durango and Domingo led his troops to join Gen. Natera in the assault on Zacatecas. Carranza's order to Villa to reinforce Natera at Zacatecas was Intimately connected with the first break between Car ranza and Villa. It is reported Sonora Is dominated almost completely by Yaqui 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- quls, 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 and to call the greater part of the Constitu tionalist generals together at Agaas Calientes on October 5, 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 convention on the 10th of October is to exchange Ideas about settling the Carranza- Vllla dispute and re-establishing or der throughout the Republic. SUVIEI UN1F0RIS SHOULD BE IABE OF KHAKI WOULD UTILIZE COTTON i CAPTURES VESSELS. British Cruiser Cumberland Captures Many German Vessels. The admiralty announces that the British cruiser Cumberland has cap- turer off the Cameroons river in West Africa the Hamburg-Amerlcan liner Arnfried and the following merchant steamers: The Maxbrock, Kenapa, Amslnck, Paul Woermann, Erna Woermann, Henrietta Woer mann, Aline Woermann, Hans 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 rpom hands were retained. The gunboat Soden has alpo been raptured and has been placed in commission while It Is expected that the floating dock and the Herzogkin Elizabeth which have been sunk, can be raised. TWELVE MEN KILLED. Wind Hushing Through Mine Forces Miners Onto Jaggefl Rocks. At least twelve men are believed to have been killed as the result of cave-ins in the American Davey zinc mines at Webb City, Mo., Thursday night. Some reports place the death list at over twenty. Fifty workmen were imprisoned temporarily when timbering support ing thfe roofs of three of the seven connected mines gave way. Most of them escaped by finding their way to alrshafts. The ore bodies in the mines, where the roofs collapsed, were not being worked, but tons of falling earth and rock sent a rush of air through the drifts of the other mines, which pickr 6d men up and buffetted them against rocks and the jagged ends of mine timbers. Many of the injuries and deaths, it is believed, Were caused in this ,way. IN FIVE LANGUAGES. President's Neutrality Proclamation Scattered Over County. Postmasters over the country are receiving a circular‘from Postmaster General Burleson printed in five lan guages With the legend, ‘‘You are directed to place this placard in the lobby of your post offlo." In five colutnmr represeHttng five staple American languages it sets forth the statement of President Wil son,, defining American neutrality during the existence of conditions of —La tlta fwllowlB# lipji- gual order the proclamation is post ed: English, German, Italian, Polfsh and French, ~~ + + ^ r . _ Ansel to Take Stomp. Ex Covem*? Martin F. Ansel will take the stump in October to assist :n Jfc* «JectloH of I>«mocr a : : ~ to ConEectlcut. Adoption of Khaki Cloth for Uni ' forms by Roads and Departments la Cities Gives a Business Basis for All Lines to Work on and Will Absorb a Large Part of Crop. , ' . V; “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 Chronicle, 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 which 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 forcing 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 Are 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 conceived 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 his own way he tells it as follows: "Of course the idea behind the ‘buy-a-bale’ 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 the hope that the amount will be equal to that portfon which will not be exported and the surplus. "That so muph 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 than of bus iness carries with it no insurance that the same cotton will not again be dumped back on the market. - It remains raw 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 a^e 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 ladies 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 fiofTTing 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 soon as the present condi- Jion is eased up a bit, it^will havq be come a worn-out fad. "I am not a producer of cotton, I don't carry any mill stock, 1 don’t buy or sell cotton—but I do live in a cotton country. The situation got on 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 resulted in what I believe is a busi ness producing, practical plan, like this: "There is a uniformed conductor and flagman on every passenger train and a uniformed conductor on nearly every freight train run in the states in the South and Southwest; every street car operated by electricity in the same states has oh IT two uni formed men, a motorman and a con ductor; every police depdrtrtient and every fire 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 in the end the uniform is an adopted one, and every man employed by same kind of uniform* In addition to those I have named, a number of roads require their station agents to wear uniforms; the express com-. the sprihg and summer uniforms for all those people are being ordered; the winter weights are laid asiije in a few montha and the good* lignter than that worn in the winter is now being calculated upon. Right there the solution, in bnsinees-Hke and practicably way, of tb* 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 Vailroads, electric lines, fire departments and police departments Vould all agree to v adopt, for the spring and summer use, a khaki uni form In place of the blue uniforms they are now using, and have been using heretofore—you can readily calculate what it would mean. "Adoption by the several authori ties who have that matter in hand of khaki for use the coming spring and summer means that the manufactur er, the clothes maker, the merchant all have a basis on which to figure the business they are going to do in that particular line for a specified time. ! . ■ "The cotton mill will know from its orders—which would have to be placed at once—Just how muclricot- ton it is going to have to make to many yards of khaki; the clothes maker would know how much khaki he is going to have to buy for so many uniforms; the dealer would know how npany uniforms he is go ing td have’ to buy to supply those concerns which he does his business and on so on down the line. "Then finally, when it gets in the ultimate consumer—the man whq- wears the uniform—he is having money saved for him because of the fact that he can buy two khaki uni forms at just about what he now has to pay for one uniform of the kind worn; and yet a practical test has shown that flhaki will make just as durable and just as presentable a uniform as 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 states 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 estimate, consume more of the pres ent cotton crop than the export trade we have lost by the European war combined with the total surplus that would have been carried over if there had been no wax. “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. • The whole situation will solve itself if the people of the South will simply get the enteyprise 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 PUBIJC SENTIMENT. 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 New Orleans as the best method of meeting the lack of demand for cotton resulting from the European war. The plan is to have county organ izations of the National Farmers' Union and the Southern Cotton asso ciation obtain pledges from planters that they will reduce acreage at least one-halj' and. where possible, to have the pledge not to plant any cotton in 1915. The county organizations also are requested to petition the gov ernor of the state to call a special session of the legislature to enact laws either prbATblHng or providing for an acreage reduction of at least 50 per cent. SEIZES U. S. VESSELS. Great Kritain to Pay for Entire Car goes Thus Taken. Great Britain’s intention to seize goods which may be cla'ssed as condi tional contraband of war specifically 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 dispatches stating that two cargoes of copper, shipped from the United States to Krupp gun works in Ger many, via Holland, had been seized and diverted to England. Payment for the full value of the cargoes has been remitted to the American ship pers and it Is understood a similar course will e be pursued in future cases. L n- DOESN’T LIKE IT. Congressman ^Resents Appeal to A'el $ low, Black and Brown Men. Japan’s entry ipto the European war does pot portend any good for the United States,” declared Richard theae corporations has her wear Hief'nari'hoUt of tflssburl,' tpSHHiig "al New-York Sunday. "England’s summons to the black men, the brown men and the.yellow mem to fight ber~A>attle8 against a ffrawg iiiiUiTr^uimiuir umnig; "Just about this time of The yearthe declared, “will not .be the end of jt. Japan will demand her pound gt flesh which Is bound to.come out of the skin of Uncle Sam." I ■-T" Train Kills Unknown Man.’ An unknown tramp waa killed near Hartsvilie Saturday. He waa about 29 yean of a*'- • No Definite Plan is Agreed Upon But Many Resolutions Are Passed Lever and Smith on Committees. Southern governors and congress men concluded a series of conferences at Washington Tuesday, without de termining upon any definite plan for the relief of cotton planters from conditions growing out of the Euro pean War. While they resolved that next year’s'cotton acreage should be materially reduced, no specific means of curtailment were agreed upon. The conferees agreed to attempt to secure federal 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 House and upon the Senate bill proposing the repeal of 10 per cent, tax on State banks which participated in the amended Aldriefi-Vreeland Emer gency currency act. They determined to attempt to maintain cotton prices above ten cents a pound, and a committee was named to submit the conference reso lutions to Mr. Wilson. The resolu tions adopted are: “Resolved, That it is the sense of this committee: "That the acreage of cotton to be cultivated in the United States in 1915 shall be materially reduced. That to accomplish this end every legitimate means shall be employed. "That the members of this confer ence shall make every possible effort to secure- federal legislation which will enable the producers of cotton to obtain loans of public funds de posited in the banks, at a reasonable rate of interest, to be fixed by the government, upon such part of th© present crop and under such condi tions as may be prescribed by law and by the rules and regulations lawfully made by the treasury department. "Resolved, That it is the'’ sense of this meeting that there be established by joint resolution in the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States a committee looking tp the extension of the consumption and marketing of 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 the State banks to issue emergency currency under the provisions of the Vreeland-Aldrich bill, as amended, without paying the 10 per cent. tax. "Resolved, by the Governors of, Senators and Representatives in Con gress from the cotton states, in con vention assembled in the city of Washington, September 29, 1914, that we will most earnestly endeavor to maintain the price of cotton above ten cents a pound, and to accomplish this end we wilt bring to bear, as far as we can, the power of the national and State governments (o restrict acreage for the year 1915,.and fur nlshing governmental aid to handle the present crop. "Resolved, That this convention conference request prompt action upon the warehouse bill now pending in the House of Representatives. “Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to tall upon the attorney general to lay the facts about cotton seed before him and to request such action as the facts may justify." The committeemen named were: Representatives Hughes, Georgia, and Lever, South Carolina;, and Sena tor E. D. Smith, of South Carolina. Representatives Hardwick and Lever and Senator Jos. T. Robinson were appointed to submit the resolu tions to the president. DIRECT ARTILLERY FIRE CUT OFF PREMIUMS. State Fair Retains Prizes on Farm Products Only. .The executive committee of the State Fair association at a meeting Tuesday resolved to not pay any premiums at the coming'fair on any exhibits except farm products, this beihg occasioned by the conditions brought about by the European war. The officials of the fair are working with might and main and are confi dent that the fair Vill be a success, notwithstanding the conditions how facing the country. President J. N. Kirven and Secretary D. F. Efird are working especially hard for the fair and are advertising it extensively. The fair will take place during the last week in October and It is believ ed that there will be a good attemt ance, r • ) German Airman Says British Forces Are Best of Allies—French Artil lery Proves Itself Worthy—French Aeroplanes Are Built too Light for Strenuous Service in War. German aeroplanes accomplished great work in piloting the onrushing armies through Belgium and irijto- France, French and English reports to the contrary. This is the conten tion of Corporal Fritz Werner, of the German aero corps, who should know’, for it was he who flew over Paris, dropping bombs and bulletins of German victories, and escaped after a thrilling battle in midair with a British and a French birdman. Werner’s criticisms of German and French aeroplanes are interesting from the point of view of an actual expert. Werner proposes to secure a. biplane, a machine he thinks best adapted for war purposes. The French machines, Werner de clared, are too lightly built for war purposes and smash too easily. This accounted, he thought, for the failure of the French aeroplane corps to ac complish what had been expected of it. It was in describing his flight over Paris that the aviator brought out the fact that both the English and French flying machines can soar/' above the German types. It was to* the fact that neither of his foes car ried bombs that Werner attributed his escape. Werner made light of the reported uniform victories of the Allies' aero plane corps over the German airmen. Casualties among the air scouts, he- said. had been remarkably light con sidering the risks. IJttle danger was experienced from hostile firing. Corporal Werner’s estimate of the fighting qualities of the Allies tallies with that of the officers of the .gen eral staff who have returned from the front. "Except at first," said the aviator, "especially at Liege, the Belgians ran away. The practice of the French artillery is excellent. "But the Brit ish were the best soldiers we met. Before their morale became shaken by repeated defeats and heavy losses they stuck to their trenches dogged ly. Our heavy artillery and the way our men kept coming regardless of losses finally got them and they ran too.” He said he heard the British also were great at minor tactics, such as laying traps for advance guards io villages and harrying outposts, but that their feats in this line were ab solutely without effect in altering the» final outcome. '• According to Werner the four fac tors largely responsible for the Gei^ mans’ successes in the first month's operations were the heavy field artil lery, the travelling field kitchens, the- soldiers’ sturdy legs and the aviation corps. The inclusion of his own branch * of the service, boastful' though it may seem, is confirmed by the opinion of other officers. In regard to tlie field guns, the French artillery has proved a worthy opponent—German officers cheerfully admit that—hut thus far the French have had nothing to oppose the heavy German artillery which, by its in direct, plunging fire, has rendered trenches and gun positions untenable and has pounded retiring treops from orderly retreat into full flight. Werner is one of the few who ha? viewed a great part of the modern line of battle much as Napoleon or Frederick the Great looked over the- opposing forces from some high point of vantage. His graphic description of the stub born retreat of the British army from Mons, for he had hovered over the retreating troops, signaled to the Ger man artillery the. location of their entrenchnients and watched the final rearward march under the plunging fire of the monster mortars. Hg.sa.w •the ■ German'caV'aTry "block the Brit ons' (light near St. Quentin and bring Sir John French’s force again at bay to be overwhelmed by the German in fantry attack and the hail of shrap nel, and to melt away in the direction of Compiegne. ■ WANTED HIM ENDORSED, Governor’s Personal Representative Asked for Some “Taffy Before the adjournment of the Cotton- Conference between the Gov ernor and Congressmen and Senators the proceedings were enlivened by the introduction of a resolution offer ed by W. A* Stuckey of Bishopville, personal representative of Governor Bleas^, commemiipg the South Cero- Yma' 1 TTxecutfveTor caTfing a special session of the State legislature to re duce cotton acreage next year. A discussion arose as to w hether or not this was the purpose-of the sessions iji ifiy ymyiwd proT" as nulfflfffuyru w _ _ lamation, and'hciibn of the Stuckey resolution was deferred « o BLUFFED BANK. ’Stranger" Gets $2,000 But Leave $500 on Bank’s Floor. A roughly dressed man entered the Bank of California at Seattle, Wash.,^ Saturday and showed the paying teller a, pottle wtyich, he said, con tained a high explosive. One the threat the bank teller handed the man $2,000 he demanded. Iq. his haste to leave, the stranger dropped $600 on the floor ana lid not stdtf to pick if up. Homicide in Edgefield. John Feagan Thursday shot and ,/j ’ IrHted a negro in the western part of — Edgefield county for cursing .and at-^^ Jerupting to draw a pistol. | ft “No Change in Situation. i Describes Fighting, •* A South American officer travel ling with the German army writes that the German warfare is admir able both from a military and hu manitarian viewpoint. "“Tfn^nRnaTa is patches from Lon- don and Paris for Tuesday say .that t$iere has been "no ohange". and "nothing new.’’ , Fluids for This State. , * Secretary McAdpo announced Tues day that $525,000 of the crop moving fund fiad gone to South Carolina Missouri took $1,550,0011). . r "