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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 174 Weekly, Established 1880 j Dany, Jan, 18, 191?. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGST 12, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM GERMAN'S ARE REP1 BY FRENCH AND fi AT ALL POINTS ON No Decisive Battle has yet Been Fought, German Troops are Changing Point of Attack on Bel gian Frontier. Short Skirmishes Between the French and Germans Reported. % (By Associated Press) French and German troops are facing each other to the North of Verdun. There have been numerous clashes of a minor nature, probably preliminary to an extensive engagement in the near fu ture. The respective position of the Germans and the Belgians before Liege are unchanged. German forces are making careful reconnaissances in the dis trict of Hesbaye, which is believed to mean that Germany will take the offensive north of Liege. According to the French reports the Germans have been un successful in their attempt to drive the French from their positions outside Muelhausen. The British war office's information bureau says there is reason TO believe the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau, for which Brit ish and French warships were waiting, have taken refuge in the Dar danelles. Clashes between Austrians and Russians so far have been of minor importance. A Shanghai dispatch says that 45,000 Japanese soldiers have embarked on transports and are awaiting orders. i Recruiting goes on in London for over-seas service. The Cunard liner, Lusitania, in her dash across the Atlantic has reached the Mersey in safety. Germans Lose Heavily Paris, Aug. 12.-The French troops along the entire front are in constant contact with the Germans at Mangiennes, northeast of Verdun, the Germans attacked the French on Monday night. The French, reinforced by reserves, then took the offensive and repulsed the Germans with .considerable losses. A .German battery #asN de>, stroyed by~the"-French artillery irre and~another was captured, with three gattling.guns and ammunition. A. regiment of German cayalry suffered seriously. Near Moncel. a German battalion, with artillery was repulsed. The Ger man losses are said to b? heavy. The village of Legard?. in German territory, was taken by the French ai the point of the bayonet German forces appeared all along and dem.nded the surrender ot the town which was refused. German Activities Along The f rontier (By Associated Press.) Brussels,.August ll, via London. German cavalry and Belgian cavalry outposts in the Hesbaye district. Tbia district ia weit of Liege, and north of the Meuse and forma part ot the pro vinces of Liege, Limburg and Namur. The G erm ar. o have begun a ayate matic reconnoitering of HeBbaye to discover the positions of the Belgian field army. Their cavalry patrols are followed by infantry detachments. German cavalry . pausing the out skirts of ' Liege Sunday followed a route to the south of the province of Limburg to Tongres and St. Trondand evidently proceeding toward Hesbaye. Two hundred German cavalry with with quick firers already have reach' ed linn n ut, 17 m il ea northwest ol Liege. i Engagements have taken pla' J at TIrlemont and St. Trond and hs'.i' ,uy between Eaemael and Gusser.r*yen. There bave been no other . ? <;gage ments near Tongres. The Gorman cavalry is reported ev erywhere to' have been repulsed with loss. These engagements . are re garded aa a prelude to a German of fensive movement north of Liege. It la believed thay may foreshadow Im portant fightInc and a bus battle In two or three days. MARINER TO THE FRONT.' Pall Regtmaat 8eut to Ooantaala" te Enforce Peace. (By Associated Prcas.) Washington, Aug. ll.-A full regi ment, ot American marines, in - addi tion to the gunboats Castine and Mari etta, will lend weight to President Wilson's peace plan which a special commission now enroute to 8anto Do mingo City la to lay before the Do minican republic'.} wirring factions. Secretary DanlclE today ordered the transport ?lanc?ele with the Fifth ma rine regiment from Guantanamo, Cuba, to Ban to Domingo City, where she should nvrlve late tomorrow. The gunboats al/cady arc there. No orders for landing the marines have been given. Thoir presence In tue harbor, however, is expected to be ? warning to the Dominicana that tho United.States ls determined that rev olutionary disturbances on the Island ooooo. oooooooooooooe o TO MOVE CROP. o o Columbia, August ll.-The o o national, banks of the state o o were Invited by Hie Columbia o o clearing house association to- o o ' day to meet in Columbia next o o Saturday io form a national o o currency association,. They o o hope to increase the currency by o o I3.OOO.C00 for crop moving pur- o o posos. o o o ooooooooooooooooooo A NEUTRAL ZONE. . ^ (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. ll.-Tho ques tion of establishing a neutral zone In Chinese waters, remains unsettled. Although lt la, believed some sort of an agreement providing for the neu trality of at least certain portions of the far eastern waters will be reached before many days. Secretary Bryan BU id today no "definite proposition" bad been advanced. . . Whether there will be aggressive movement o In the far east depends, in the opinion of officiate and diplo mats, principally on Germany, and there ls a variance or opinion as to what Germany will do. Attention was called to tho tact that Japan refraiued from active hos tilities during the Chinese-Japanese war tu or around the port of Shang hai, where there was a large Interna* tional colony; and during the Russo Japanese war Shanghai also waa held by the two warring powers aa Virtu ally neutral ground. Homeward Bound; Genoa, Aug. ll.-Tho r teamer Pr In. crpe di Udlne will sall for New York tomorrow. She ia crowded with Americans. The British government has guaranteed her passage ot the Strait of Gibraltar. munt end. The peace commissioners. Minster Sullivan, former Governor Fori, of New Jersey, and Charles C. -?mlth. ot Boston, lett Havur.a yesterday for Santo Domingo City, vin Santiago. [USED ?ELGIANS FRONTIER LATEST NEWS FROM THE WAR (By Associated Press.) London, August 12.-The Dully 7i?ni!'s Br?ssel correspondent send" the following under date of Tuesday. -"The Gormans have toben the of? feuslve forts north of Liege. Cavalry to Ute number of 10,000 are recommit* ering towards Tongres, ML Trond und Hexbaye. .Tho Belgian papers state that ?00 German Uroopers w?th quick firing guns have arrived at Hannut, 35 miles from Brussels. "Thc Belgian Infantry has repulsed the German scouts everywhere." Bally Mail thinks that, checked both north. and south, the Germans soon will mn lie tlic neighborhood of Arion which alwuys bas been the basis of their plans of campaign against . France. London, August 12.-The Baily Chronicle's military expert attaches the highest Importance to the British press bureau's announcement that "German troops ore reported to be entrenching along the line of the river Alune. Bo snys: "Tl:!;: nirUr.s the Germans In force have penetrated for a considerable distance Into French territory from tito Belgian frontier. This In va? Ion ls of far greater Importance from n -un itary J point of view than the French movement Into. Alsace. The Germans must hove penetrated In the rear of the French Unes along the upper reaches of the river Aisne. The mere fact of entrenching suggests the pres. ?nee of a strong foody cf infantry/* London, August 12.-A Copenhagen | dispatch to the Bally Mall says trav elers from Berlin assert serious riots ar? occurring there daily ? in conse quence of the great Ises In prices of food,. - Fuit) bread, potatoes and salt are among the foodstuffs the price of which has bounded up tremendously. Many dealers and shop keepers nave been arrested and their shops closed by the police,. Paper Is being refused everywhere and food can only be pur chased with gold and silver. London, Augast 12.-News received here from Athens says Servian troop? are marching Into the Interior of Bos nia,/ They are now before Sarajevo. The Servian legation here was the source of this Information and lt was added there that the Montenegrins had been victorious In Dalmatia, cap turing at the Bayonet point the towns of Thoudouvon and Spetsoe. EYE WITNESSTO RECENT FIGHT Thrilling Account of Naval En gagement Between British Cruisers and Submarines (By Associated Press) Edinburgh August 12.--The Scots man today prints the story of an eye witness of the naval battle between marines in which the submarine U-15 was lost. "Tho cruiser squadron on Sunday" aware of the approach of the submar-1 ino flotilla. The enemy was sub merged, only the periscopes showing. The attitude or the British in the face of this attack was cool and tho enemy j was utterly misled' when suddenly the pulser Birmingham, steaming at full speedy fired the fi rat shot. This shot p/ao carefully aimed, not at tho sub merged body of a submarine, but at the thin line of the periscope. "The gunnery was superbly accu rate and shattered the periscope. Thereupon the submarine, now a blinded thing, rushed along under wa ter in Imminent danger of self de struction from collidion .with the cruisers above.' "The sightless submarine was forc ed to. some to the surface, whereupon the -Birmingham's gunner Tyred the second shot of the fight. This shot struck at tho base of the conning tower, ripping the whole of the upper i structure clean and the U-16 sank I Uko a stone. "The. remainder of the submarine flotilla fled." VISITORS CAME TO SWELL NOISE THE CAMPAIGN MEETING IN FLORENCE WAS A VERY NOISY ONE POLLOCH SAVAGE Again Made a ?Terrific Onslaught Upon the Official Record of the Cresent Governor Special to The intelligencer. Florence. Aug. j H.-Approximately 2,500 perena attepded the campaign meeting here to (Jay, many of th.m coming from adjoining counties. Th .'oe automobiles of the eight or ten that drove in line with' the governor to the grove flying Bl&ase banners, thrust out conspicuously their Darlington county license nf rabera. The automo biles, of course, belonged to the "pooi peepul." There was little variation in the speeches here today. Senator Smith, who spoke first, { was B'.ibjected to much heckling during the first half of hip speech, it'boing necessary be. fore the crowd assembled an orderly bearing to th reaten to have several men arrested. The senator devoted most of his time to a discussion of his efforts lo Washington Sunday to invoke federal aid for the demoral ised' situation of. the cotton markets. He would rather relieve the present situation than'go'back to the senate, if it cama to a choice, he explained. Governor Bieasa took another shot at J., W*. Norwood,' who "cussed out" the chief executive at the Greenville meeting. The governor read from "Men of Mark, in South Carolina" that the Greenville banker had not supported the'- democratic presiden tial nomin?os in ?S96. The governor sipo branded any per son, who wou^d'Charge that either Ire or his agente ;;ot ono penny for par dons, "a dirty," liehig blackguard and scoundrel." - AllwlT . The McLaurinv,ldea,?. got ? whack on the head today,' when the gov ernor aaid that he looked upon the warehouse plan aa an opportunity for some people to unload a whole lot of trath on South Carolina, Ix D. Jennings aaid today that the governor would not leave the stand each day and try to carry his fol lowers with him,, if ho didn't know that be couldn't: vote them as sheep at the ballot box, If they should lind out the truth. W. P. Pollock got possibly thc best bearing of the day. Along with his usual speech, he incorporated the questions today as to why the gov ernor hadn't yet offered a reward foi the forger of thc McIntosh certif?cate as promised in the Columbia speech should Br. McIntosh deny UB authen ticity, or why rio reward had likewise been offered for the apprehension of Dr. McIntosh's assailant, when the governor's secretary had lsrued a statement on the night of the shooting, saying that the governor's o (Ti ce "stood ready to do what lt could to apprehend the miscreant.*' Mr. Pollock bemoaned the condition of any people when the governor could boast that he holds the vote of the mill operatives and that of organized labor in his vest pocket, that they have no independence. The policy of the governor to come to the stand each day after the speak ing has begun, creating much confu sion for the man speaking by the hurrahing for the governor, and the custom of leaving the grounds im mediately at the conclusion of his speech is meeting with much disap proval, some of the governor's own supporters denouncing the practice. Before the campaign opened Blease had declared that his opponents were trying ta break up the county to county canvass because they were afraid io meet him on the stump. BODIES CREMATED BY THE WHOLESALE Piled in Heaps of Thirty And After a Brie' Service Are Barned London, Aug. 12.-3;40 a. m.-A dispatch to The Standard from Maas tricht describes the wholesale crema tion ot* bodies of German soldiers killed at Liege, as told by fugitives arriving there. During throe success ive nights after the fighting at Liege' the - Germans collected their dead in heaps of thirty. Funeral services were held and military salute? were fired over each heap. The bodia* then vere burned. ., The officers explained to th* men that th i ?-i was necessary- to preveut the bodies from becoming ia menace to the living. Many other bodies were thrown into the Meuse to Boat sea ward. INTERMENT AT MYRTLE HILL CEMETERY WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE DRAPED !N BLACK Entire City Draped and Thous ands Witness Funeral Proces sion With Bared Heads (By Associated Presa.) Rome, Ga.. Aug. ll.---Mrs. W?oft-] row Wilson, wife of the nation's pres ident. wa? buried at Myrtle Hill cemetery here today. Her grave ls beside those of lier father and mother, almost within sight of the bonne in which she lived as a girl. Tonight the president was speeding eu&tward on his return to Washington. Although thousands of vlHitorc came to Home today to do honor to the memory of Mrs.' Wilson, a Sab bath-like quiet prevailed. The special force of police, augmented by mem bers of thc Georgia National Guard, found little to do beyond warning traffic from the streets through which the procession passed. '. It was exactly 2:20 p. m. when the president's special arrived, and a few minutes later the casket, covered with grey broadcloth and surmounted by a single wreath of flowers, waa lifted from the funeral car by eight of Mrs. Wilson's " cousins and borne to the hearse. As the train .steamed into the station, church bells throughout the city were tolled. A wide apace had been cleared about the station, and the thousands of peo ple assembled there stood back re spectfully. Those who bore the casket were: .Edward T. Brown, Atlanta; Robert M. Hoyt, Wade C. l?oyt, and Nathan Hoyt, Rome; B. P. Axson, Savannah; Randolph Axson and Ed ward T. Brown, Jr.. and Prank' C. Gohren tb, At lan tu. The president, followed by Secre tary and. Mrs. McAdoo, Mr. and Mr?. Sayre,. Misa Wilson, Profosson Axson and other near relatives and members of the party quickly left the train aud entered their carriages. Tho pru cesalou then moved through black draped streets to the First Presby terian church. A Last Tribute More than GOO relatives and friendo of the Wilson and Axaon families were already gathered in the, quaint little church which Mrs. Wilson used to attend when her father. F?jv. Ed ward S. Axson, was pastor there. Thc church waa draped in black, with intertwined wreathe of white flowers. On one wall was a white marble tablet to tbc memory of Mrs. Wilson's father. BankB of flowers were placed high about the catafal que upon which the casket, waa placed. As the president entered, following the casket. Chopin's funeral march was played softly upon the organ. A simple,' short service was conducted by Rev. G. G. Snyder, the local pastor. The president, his daugh ters, Secretary McAdoo and Mr. Sayre occupied the front p?w in the center and back of them were other members of the family, Dr. Grayson and Secretary Tumulty. Two old fashioned hymns, girlhood, favorites of Mrs. Wilson, were sung by the church choir. Rev. Dr. Snyder then read briefly from thc scriptures and spoke of the beauty and charity of Mrs. Wil son's life. . A Sorrowing Procession. AB roon as the church service waa ended the casket was carried to the walting hearse and the abort Journey to Myrtle Hill, cemetery was begun. School girls, dressed In white and holding aloft laurel branches, stood tn line along either side of the nt roots through which the procession passed. Behind them were thousands of peo ple, with bared beads bowed, si lent and sorrowful. The entire city was draped In funeral black. Tbe cortege waa close to the ceme tery when rain began to fall. Tho storm rapidly grew worae, the dowu por soon becoming torrential. A tent erected over the grave gave partial r.helter tc the little family group, but the thousands of people who came to witness tbe burial ware without pro tection. Final Bites Said. . Services at tbe grave were brief! and marked by Impressive simplicity. The president stood with head bowed a? the .Anal rites were performed. Aa he stood there with his daughters, Mr. Wilson made no effort to conceal his grief. As the bushed voice of the, preacher road the burial service, the president's form was visibly shaken by bia atrong emotion, and the tears streamed unchecked down' his cheeks. Others of the party wept silently, softly. When the final benediction was pronounced the president slowly returned to bis carriage.. Hts eyes were as those, of one dazed, but hla step was finn and bis face was. stern and set. After tbe casket was lowered to Its final reai'ng place, and tbe grave filled, vast heaps of flowers, the trib r-jrm-;--?-?-i { ,' ' (Continued from Page 1.) European War Bulletins; Latest News of All The Important Happenings (By AnHoefated Press.) A Evicf Skirmish Tireleinont, Belgium, via London, Aug 12.-Fighting occured here Tuesday between German and Belgian cavalry. Several Bel gians were killed and a few wounded. It is reported that four thousand Germans are in the neighbor hood but the Belgians seem to have the situation in hand and the town is calm. At 5 o'clock there was no sign of the enemy except for an aeroplane which flew over the station. A handfull of Belgian sol diers tired at it, but without effect. Two Thousand Killed London, Aug. 11.-Dispatches to Times from The Hague, to Tel epraph from Kaatsricht dated Monday, agree that struggle for Liege forts continue and terrible scenes of bloodsheed and hero'r rt. The Germans are trying desperately to silence the forts nearest the city proper. Belgians resisting determinedly against the continuous bom-' hardment. Brussels dispatch says is is officially announced that the German loss in Belgium during the recent fighting was two thous and dead, twenty thousand wounded, and nearly ten thousand pris oners. Repulsed With Heavy Losa Brussels, August ll.-Germans attacking fiercely Seraing,^to the south of Liege Sunday night/ repulsed with heavy losses. ^Bsji mated eight hundred Germans killed in area less than half mile square. Bridge which the Germans were crossing was shaM?r?d?itiy lire from the fort. It is reported that Prince William of* Lirjpe,'and his son, who were killed, were charging at head of'German1 s?l?ISirs. They are buried near fort. Germans showed amazing cpurage.^Mariy killed directly before barbed wire fencing surrounding the fort. . --- ' ?# Women and Girls Killed Brussels, Aug. ll.-via London-According to an ofiicia.1 statement issued here tonight the situation at the seat of war was unchanged tonjght. <. -Q'"? - The people report that during the mass for soldiers serving, at the. front, held in Stantoine's church at La Louvi?re." a suburb'of Chaleroi, a small tire caused a panic in which fourteen women an?! girls were killed and more than fifty wounded. Fort? Are Intact ? : London, Aug. 12.-The correspondent of the Standard at th? city of Brussels says: "All tweive forts surrounding Liege are intact. "Each thus far has resisted frequent at? ?ks of the German investing forces, although outnumbered ten to one at every fort. "The forts are being shelled day and night. Artillery -Action is followed repeatedly by daring infantry attacks." ,.. (Continued on Page 7.) Views of The War Expressed In London oooooooooooooooooo o ? o PROTEST MADE. .o o Washington, August ll.-Ro- o o portU that Great Britain has o o forbidden the landing of all o o foreigners on her 'shores caus- o o ed Secretary Bryan tonight to o o cable Ambassador Page tn- o o Htructlons to investigate and If o o he Ands the reports true, to o o lodge an urgent protest with o o the British foreign office. o o o ooooooooooooooooooo CUY EVACUATED. Mazarin In Hands of Constitutional. Ists and No Rioting Reported* On Board ?. S. Steamship Califor nia Mozatlin, Mex.. Aug. 10.-(De layed in transmission, Precede La redo.)-Tho evacuation or Mazatlin by the Federal garrison and tts oc cupation by the Constitutionalists to night was complete. Fifteen Federal officers and two volunteers were exe cuted, in the presence of ali the Fea eral prisoners assembled at the cus toms house. One of the doomed men was given time in which to compose a letter to his wife. The bodies were left all day In the sun, where they fell. The city ls quiet. There was no looting. American navy surgeons on board the California turned over the ship's hospital department to wounded Con stitutionalists and lent their profes sional services. WILL GIVE NOTICE. _____ Twenty-four -Honre Notice Will Be Given Before Market Opens* New York, Aug. ll.-Cable advices received here from Liverpool today indicated that the Cotton Trade As sociation there has taken stepB which might expedite liquidation of straddle accounts,, and thus promote the'work ol evening up commitments here. Ex cept for the talk of better progress in the closing ot of International ao mounts, local traders reported littee change in tho situation. .Liverpool announced that a notice of twenty four boura.would be given before the' futures market there, reopened. (Dy Aa ?so cia tc J Pr?SB.) London. Aug nut ii.-Tho admiralty and war office information bureau gave out tbe folowlng tonight: "There id good reason to bolieve the German cruisers Breslau a*. Gooben have taken refuge in the# Di i rfanellee and will be dealt with according to international usage, j ' "There is also good reason tb be? lleve the mass ot German troops on the western German frontier are dis tributed between Thionville (a for tified town In Lorraine, 17 miles north of Metz) and Liege, and that . Lorarine ls held comparatively lighter further south." There ls every Indication that the Austrians have entered Alsace. It ,1? believed the forts at Liege have not been taken. . ' According to International custom in time of war If the Gooben and Breslau have taken refuge in the Dar? daaelles they will be compelled to coal within 24 hours tttd put to sea or else be lntorned until the end ci the war. These two cruisers wes-e re ported from Athens as rounding tho southern extremity of Morea, Greece, nt" full speed this mornirjg. In what direction they were headed is 'not stated. The bureau ls another announce* mcpt said: "The mobilization of the territorial force is at the point of completion? Some of the units ot the force have accepted liability to ssrvo over the Bens. Volunteers are being asked 'to . follow their example. "Kitchener's army, fdr which five thousand recruits have been enrolled In the past twelve hours, will consist of six divisions, Scottosb. Irish, northern, eastern, western 'and7 light brigades." . MONET DECEIVED Banking Houses In Columbia Getting . "Cotton" Money. Special to The Intelligencer. . . . Columbia, August il.-Columbia banks have received about $400,-00,0 from the United States treas dry tor' moving the crops. An additional $50, I OOO will be received in a few days.