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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 120 Weekly, Established 1SC0; Dally, Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM Greatest Battle In Wor ids H ?stow mr Now In Progress Allied Troops and Germans Meet In Deadly Conflict-Former Fights Mere Skirmishes Battle Front Extends Many Miles and Outcome Awaited With Anxiety (By Associated Press) London, Au trust 23. 1.46 a.m.-After nearly three weeks of i mobilizing the battle of Giants has begun. Roughly speaking the Germans are trying to work around the! allies' flank in Belgium, while the French are attempting to apply] the same process to the Germans in Alsace. Almost the encounters that have gone before have been mere re connaissances. The defeat of a regiment here and there has been pro claimed as a great victory but in this grapple of hundreds of thousands! most ol these affairs have had no significance. / Official annoncements from both sides have been extremely cat .lid io far. From thc standpoint of the allies the important fea-1 lure in Saturday's developments is the great battle which began in he morning on th? Namur-Charleroi line. .This is being fought on the position chosen by ihe allies. A German official statement says that troops under command j of the crown prince of Barvaria, fighting between Metz and Vosges, took 10,000 prisoners and fifty guns. ; It adds that the French troops] opposing the Germans comprised eight army corps. An official statement explains calmly that nothing resembling! a great battle has been fought as yet and warns the people against] optimism. \ Reports from the Austrian Servian boundary says that the Ser vians have won a battle on the Drina,, which Military experts con sider highly probable, as although the Servians have a comparatively small army, it has passed through two years actual war and therefore has thc advantage ofveterans-fighting against amateurs. *? From,; t h ? ? R u?siaft.h'oitodary-?oiiflteting ire po r ts co me, bo t h . sides claiming successe*. The English papers are warning the people that the war is only beginning and that they must be prep?red for a long struggle, which will tax the resources and manhood of the nation to the utmost limit. While appreciating ali that the colonies have done, they expect colonies with the population of Canada and Australia to. contribute much more men and money to the empire than they, have yet done. English Claim I That German Navy is Battled (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 22.-i-The British embassy tonight mads public.the fol lowing official summary of the naval situation received today from the Lon don foreign office: "The 'floating trade of Germany baa been brought to a standstill by the op erations of British-cruisers in differ ent parts ?f the-world. The German fleet ls unable lo Interfere or to set their commerce free, , owing to the British main fleet .Which ls cruising In full strength and preventing any interference with the cruisers. Al ready about seven per cent of the to tal German t?nnage . 1B in BrltiBh hands, another 2,0 per cent ia shelter ing'in neutral.-' harbors, and the re mained: either 1B in German harbors unable to move or endeavoring to find security. British shipping, with the exception of less than one per cent., which was In German harbors at the outbreak of war, ls actively pursuing its business on all the great commer cial routes.. "The Austrian squadron in the Adri atic has retired into the Adriatic be fore the combined Anglo-French fleet which ls superior tn that lt ls able to send strong detachments, to any part of- the Mediterranean ad joining seas In which the naval forces may be re quired'. - "Great numbers of sea-faring p^pu-1 tatton of Great Britain are o ff t .cg themselves for services in the fleet*' RUSSIANS CLAIM THE VICTORIES Statement Issued By MiKia? y At tache of Rost?an Embaeay Tells of German Defeats ?is (By Associated Press) Now York, August 32.--Th?. mili tary attache of the Hu calan embassy st Washington,bas Jss?ed the follow ing: statement through the consulate In Now York. /. . "An engagement, has taken ' place . between Russian and German troops near Bltderweltrchcrt Io Eastern Prus sia. The Russian troops have cap tured eight field guns, 12 ammunition wagons; two machine guns and many prisoners. "In fights near Kracnlk and Gor dok, on the Gallclai? border, the Aus trian advance was repulsed, the ene my. Buffering heavy losses and leav ing in tho bands of tho Rusrtana six officers and 250;ms*/Vl? .>>,: Another statement issued at the Russian consulate.t?niaht say?: ' "Ia. Belgium the German a?vanc-3 is developing slowly. ? "On . August 18^ vatter a stubborn . fight the Bavarian army corps were i forced to abandon ...the <tlpe between . Hlamont-Clrey n?d retir?. being fo? . lowed by the ?Veach^wne" advanced fer a considerable distance toward . Saarburg Tho trowWki?^eh by the .French during that ?ima ware: The colors of the l.t?th Gerin&u.rogimcnt, ten field guns-, maby .rlftes and aS mor . tor trucks. ; J WAR IN CHINA IS NOW IMMINENT] Germany b Getting Ready To Meet the Attacks of Japanese Forces (By Associated Preaol Poking, Chime, AuguBt 22,- The German authorities of Tsing-Tau, have been sending , non-combatants from that place, according to advice? received here today. German women and children were the last to depart AU have gone with the exception of a few women who remain to act as nurses and . tome ,boys over 15. years ?S age wharbave volunteered to act aa dispatch bearers. . - A d tcp at ch ' received here from Hong Kong contradicts a recent state ment from Shanghai that two Ger man warships liad been brought int j Hong Kong In a disabled condition, j . ?t,,is reliably reported la Peking that the Gorman fleet fa Tslng-Tao isl Intact. f The American, consul at Telng-Tau . wallia R,Peck,-has decided*to remain) through the siege. Washington made i it optional with him whether Jhe' should go or stay. Several Amen -. cane of German deacon! also are re maining,, among them two or three women who will nurse the wounded. < Fnliabie information received here by telegraph from a boin* outside the KJao-Chow territory says, tho Ger man outposts are at the borders of their leased land. The oonutry here} la mined , and . surrounding ? forests have been cut down. POPE'S BO?Y LAID TO REST AS SUN SINKS IN THE WEST. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD A SAD PROCESSION Last Rites Were Impressive and Witnessed By About 1,000 Who Were Especialy Invited (By Associated Press.) Rome. Augurt 22.-The entomb-1 ment of the late Pope Pius X took place thli? evening at sunset. The great basilica of St. Potara was in Bemi-darkness. A flickering light came from the perp?tuait?* our*' tapers about the shrine of lite apo;.. and the candles in the chapel, where the catafalque :itood. Thoce who witnessed the ceremony,, numbering about 1,000, came by spec ial invitation and Included diplomatic, representatlvea, accredited to thu' Holy See. the prelates and members of the Roman aristocracy | The procession formed in the chap el of the Blessed Sacrament where for hours the body o? Plus X lay in ctate. The catafalque wau sur. mounted by the triple crown end the body of tbe pope was clad in tho pen tlflclal robes and surrounded by the emblems ot? his sacred office. During the conree of the day many,thousands 1 passed by che bior. j impressive Scene. The bier tonight was removed and placed on. a low platform on wheelo. ' At the gates of the chapel ' the arch-] priest of the basilica, in violet robes and surrounded by the chapter join ed the procession. First came a jew-, -sled, ?r?as held aloft, then the cardin als, and . high, prelates,, each, cai ry lng >.'?atinl?Bl.-:.r?-the .centert ot>??-.th's,.pro-., cession war' tho bier, the cortege nash- \ lng amid' tho kneeling crowd, while] through th? 'vast and silent church was heard th? Miserere, sung by the Sistine choir. ,'.?-.< The solemn cortege marched into the crypt where the body of Pins X will hare its lin ni resting place- Here the roof is low and the Miserere haa a peculiarly weird and melancholy effect. Tho tomb of the late pontiff ls oh the right of the entrance > to the sub terannean chapel, close to that of ffeveral other popes. At this point, several ancient marble tablets wert/ removed to make room tor the toms of PIUB, which, while partly within' the wall, alsd projects into the pass age. The body ot the pontiff lies in a cy press wood coffin on which rests a gold cross. Thia ls encased in zinc, and finally In an oak casket. On the casket la the inscription: "Here lies the body of P?UB X. Born June 2, 1885,' died August 20, 1914." The coffin was placed within the ?tomb, while Cardinal Della volpe recited. prayers for the dead, accom panied by dil present, kneeling. A monument to Pope Pius X will be erected In tho crypt. The congregation of cardinals met for the second time this morning. Car dinal Dolla Volpe pjrealdea. Amou* other mattera dealt with was the question ot the holding pf the con clave for the election of the new pope. T?o opinions, diametrically oppos ed, were offered. One was that, ow ing to the perturbed condition of the world," the election must be hastened and that th? conclave should begin tts work August 81. The other advised delaying the conclave that all the cardinals might reach Pome. ImpOBlnpMssa, An imposing funeral mass was cel ebrated in 3t Peters in the chapel facing that in which the body of the late popo nus in state. The masa wsS celebrated by Monsignor Ceppetelll. patriarch of Constantinople, This waa tho first of a series of masses to be celebrated at St. Peters dally on August 37. . Cardinal Marry- del Val. papal sec retary ot stats, is grief-stricken over the death of the pope and he scarcely can attend to Jala official business. The appreciative praise of him in the rape's testament has been a great con solation, ' Cardinal Dellavolpo bas iastructed Commanders : of the papal add other armed bxlies to guavi every corner Of the vatican to prevent -ny Incident' which might disturb the work ot ear-) distale, especially during thc conclave. I Monsignor . ?all?,;, director or the general vatican murbum, took & death mask ot Plop today. The congre I gatton, of cardinals ha8 decided to U-1 sue a, special medal commemorative t of the ldtorregndm, . The cardinals alto have selected - Monsignor Galil to deliver the funeral oration, eulogie * log the late pops, before'.?he sacred college. London, Attg^3.-~4^onn^fet Infor mation bureau announced this after noon that an artillery attack upon Na mur by, th'i Gormans was now in progr?s*,.' ? i ' \.:.-:\ ? ?"..., : r OPINION GIVEN ON ULTIMATUM SIR VALENTINE CHIRAL TELLS OF JAPAN'S POSITION * Blt TER IRONY After 19 Year? Japan Turns Tables on Germany With a Vengeance (By Associated Press.) London, Aug. 22.-"Prom my fairly intimate knowledge of the Japanese, I felt certain that as soon as war broke out they would Join In driving tne Germana out of Klao-Chaw," said Sir Valentine Cbirol, former director of the foreign department of the Times In a statement tonight. Sir Valentine is looked upon as an authority whose words ?arry weight in all chancellories of Europe. "The Japanese,*' he continued, probably would haye done it even If there pad been nb Anglo-Japanese treaty, and even if the Japanese gov ernment bad tried to hold back, popu lar feeling would have insisted. The share which Germany took with RUB- I ala and Prance in compelling the Jap anese to evacuate Pert Arthur In 1895. \ after their victories over China, never had been forgotten or forgiven. I "I waa in Japan then and In the course of a conversation with Prince Ito, that great statesman, usually re ticent and reserved, brought his fist | down on the table and .exclaimed: ."'Germany will never forgive. Rus sia looks upon us as a future rival in the far east. France ls. of course, her ally and has important possessions in eastern Asia; we- can. un uer stand .their action. But for Germany, who .always professed ?lieh genuine friend ship ?nd ha? "no"! ese-^iffeS Interests {Uh these reglonsi to Join. bonds with them and stab us. in the back-ber intervention was odious and gratui tous.", "Moreover Japan believed, I really think, that Germany instigated Rus sia. Count Okuma, the present pre mier, says so in his book 'fifty years j of modern Japan' and I have no doubt lt is 80. . '.. ? I 1 "Compare too the text of Japan's ul timatum to Germany with the text of the ultimatum addressed by Germany to Japan in 1895. It. ia clearly a di rect paraphrase. The curious expres sion 'that the Japanese government believes lt to be Its duty to give ad vice to the Imperial German govern ment' to withdraw from Kfao-Chow, ls borrowed almost textually from the 1895 ultimatum which may be de scribed as advice given to Japan to 'renounce possession of Liao-Tung peninsula as new proof of sincere friendship.' ' "The bitter irony with which Japan, after 19 years, now turns the tableB on Germany speaks for Itself. "All Japan wants ls t? elim?nele from China the root of German influ ence and I am perfectly, well aware that any action which would estrange public opinion, in the United states ia compatible with the Anglo-Japa nese alliance, which was specially re vised only three years ago, so as to exclude such posslp?lGea and positive assurances baye been given all neu tral powers having possessions in the fer Eeast. "J ap un no doubt wishes to secure her seat Itt the council of the powers and in so doing, ,sho will surely In crease her presalge with Chins But as far as the people of Japan are con cerned, it ta memories of the past in juries, rather than dreams of future ambitions, which at present fill their minds." SERVIAN VICTORY OVER AUSTRIANS The Utter Are Reported To Have Sufferer! a Very Grave DesW (By Associated Press) Nish, Servia, August 22.r-The fol lowing announcement concerning the victory of Servian troops over the Aus tr ian s waa made here today : "The Servian army bas gained a great victory at . Mount Pier and the river Zadar. The enemy retired along the whole front. Our troops pursued them vtborously. The enemy suffered enormdus loss ; th?, -tooty was great. "Vesterdsy thc SplMks^'O^tthued pursuing the Austrian a' left wing to ward the Drina nnd captured two cannon. The Austrian attack on the Servians' lett wing wdrs repulsed the enemy retiring. pureuM, by a Ser v?an artilery fire. ; On the Mipr??;^ front thoro ls only a feeble bom'^rd mont of Belgrade. "The Servian art M cry nae ; doatroy ed three Austrian steamers and three barge? near Stars." r TIME LIMIT HAS EXPIRED JAPAN'S ULTIMATUM TO GERMANY REMAINS UNANSWERED SITUATION TENSE Jap Troops Will Ai Once Proceed To Attack Kiao-Chow Ac cording to Plans (By Associated Frons.) Washington, Aug. 22-The time lim it on Japan's ultimatum to Germany, demanding that the Chinese territory of ioa-Chow held by the Germans, be surrendered and that the German cruisers in tho far Eastern waters be disarmed, expired at 10 o'clock tonight, eastern time, or noon Suuday, Tokio time. A? that hour approached state de partment and diplomatic officials here watched for po.-oible reply from Ger many to be transmitted to Tokio, through American channels. So far as is known no Buch message has been forwarded through any other channels and the opinion was general that Germany would ignore Japan's note, leaving the Initiative to Japan. Baron Chinda, Japanese minister to the United States, transmitted turough the state department a message to Mr. Fonikosha, Japanese charge d' affaires at Berlin ordering him .to leavo the German capital at 4 a. m. to morrow if by that hour he had receiv ed no reply from the German govern ment to the ultimatum. The Japanese charge waa Instructed to leave the in terests of Japan In the hands of the American embassy. The next step on the part of the Jap anese government, it was generally assumed here, would be to . attack Kt ao-Cho w. i At .the Japanese embassy', it waa reiterated thai Japan would carry out to the tetter1 the ?erms of her ultimatum. The Uoited States, In the role of in terested, but neutral spectator, was prepared to transmit any communica tions from the two governments. Discussions here today turned on the future of Kiao-Chow ae Its early surrender or capture seems assured. Japan is expected.to redeem its prom ise to her ally. Great Britain and to the United States, to turn this terri tory over to China at a reasonably carly date. Tho discussion has been raised in Tokio, as to whether Japan would not be relieved from the execution ot this pledge If through Germany's re fusal to meet the term -; bf the ultima tum, Japan ls put to the trouble and expense of taking Kiao-Chow by force. Intimations received in official circles here, however, are that Japa nese statesmen believe that the timo has come when efforts must be maa? to regain the confidence of the Chinese people In Japan's Intentions. Also it fs deemed necessary for the successful development of the larger political plans of Japan in the far East, that she should retain the good will of the Uni ted States, It has been shown that, contrary to common belief, Japanese trade with the United States ls more than double In volume the .entire Chino-American commerce. Last year Japan sent into the United States markets goods val ued at $91.688,000 and received Amerl- j can goods to the value of 57,741,000 while in the same time Chinese ex-i ports to the United States were $39, 760.000 and American exports to Chi na 67.741.000. In view of these ronslderaticns, lt is generally believed here that the Japanese government will follow out Its announced plan to the letter and restore Kiao-Chow to China as early! as possible. CRUISER ARRIVES Treasure Ship fs Off the Coast of Hoi? -Pad. _, (By Associated Press.) Rotterdam, via London, August 22. -The United .States cruiser Tennes see, which hss aboard money for Americans in . Europe, uTlved near the hook; of Holland last night and F tin Itt at anchor three miles off shore. Marshall Langhorn, secretary of the American legation, baa taken over the tunda intended for the ma rooned Americans.' ? ". Another tram blaring "Americans who had collected from all parts of Central Europe arrived at The Hague lat? today. Owing td the lhabiiUy of. the hotels to provide for all.- Ameri cans who arrive In Rotterdam, a di vinion of the Red Cross Of . Nether-1 lands today turned over to their use a hotel equipped with 1,300 beds which ls Intended for the possible nee of the wounded soldiers. . Many A m erica GB are finding, Quarters in boarding houses ' and with private famille?: The only. problem ts ob.. saining passage aboard stfeamablp? leaving this port. j About 6.000 Americans are In Am-i Kte?rdam. The Hague). Sahovenlbgen ; and Rotterdam. European War Bulletins; Latest Netos of AH The Important Happenings (By Associated Press.) A German Victory. Berlin, August 21.-via Stockholm, August 22.- (Delayed In transmission)-A great victory to the German arms,against the French between Metzand Vosges yesterday is reported.- The field of hattie was over many miles and several thousand French prisoner* are said to have been taken. The battle continues. iW * .. Japs Are Ready. London, August 23.-2.10 a. m.-A TienTsin despatch to the Central News says it is reported that the Japanese fleet, accompanied by a large number of transports conveying troops is near Kiao-Chow, In readiness to begin operations immediately the ultimatum empires., The German warships and forts are prepared to offer ihe utmost resis tance. Great Battle On. London, August 23-1.12 a. m.:-An official despatch tb .the Neuter Telegram Company from Antwerp, timed at 10.30 a'cjo?lt Saturday night tends to confirm reports that a great, battle began yesterday morning between French and German troops. The des patch says: \ "lt is believed that a great battle commenced this morning be tween the French and German armies between Namur and Charleroi It is thought that it will last two or three days. Precise details, are lacking." . . : , ii, Battle In Progress. ' r . ' Antwerp, August 23.-Via London, 1.10a . m.-rA great battle , between the Germans and the allied forces began Saturday morning, According to official announcement. The battle line extends from Namur to Charleroi, which lies about 20 miles to the west. r, ! . Big Battle ts On. ?f I London. August 22.-7.55 p. m.-A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Ostend, says a big battle appears td have been talcing place since this morning in the environs pf-?Kh^^^, . .T^^raater portion of the German rrt??pi, according tfrt^^fhpw^ have not yet passed'the river Dender. ' The Dender river is to the east of Ghs.it and Bruges. i i,, .'??.'? Italy Is Mobilizing, .'.v, Paris, August, 22. 5.35 a. m.-A general mobilization In Italy h? oeen decided upon and will be proclaimed, in three or four days according to a message which the Rome correspondent pf Eclair, ? succeeded in smuggling tmough to his paper.' ' iv' I The correspondent asserts that King Victor Emmanuel until re cently felt obliged to renounce all idea of Italian intervention iii the conflict, but was v on over by the arguments of his ministers. Mint ) stcr of foreign affairs Marquis. Antonio di San Guiliano alone 0 tjjV cabinet held to a contrary opinion. . . At Waterloo. Antwerp, Via Paris, August 23.- t2.30 a. m.r-An ..'EMli?featt? a German cavalry brigade had a sharp fight Saturday on the battle field at Waterloo; , ) ? i.-:' -V; ' Great Battle HM Begun. ' fM?M^ London, August 23.-3.35 a. m.-A dispatch to the Bxmntt Telegraph Company from Paris states that Minister of the interior Melvy. upon leaving a council of the ministers last night said to the waiting newspaper men: fy. "AU I can tell you is that the battle has begun. I know no, more.',' Two Steamers Sunk. - London, August 23.- 12.10 a. m.-The official news butfiau announced that two steamers, the Maryland, from Copenhagen, and the Danish steamer Broberg, have struck rrtines in the North S?a and foundered. They were on the main trade route 35 miles from shore. . ' -v^fe;* A FRENCH DENIAL Offichiln Deny LORN of 10,000 Mea at Lorraine. (By Associated Press.) London, August 28.-An official dls I patch, from Paris says: "An official German telegram has announced that we suffered a severe r o verse tn Lo irai ne, Au tust 20, which waa transformed Auguat 21 into a route In the course of which wa aro said to have lost .10,000 man. I- "These are ridiculous exaggera tions. The German success in Lor raine does not exceed that gained hy us in Alsace. . The number ot gana left by us in the hands of the Ger mana ls certainly Inferior to that which we captured in Alsace and the total of our dead, wounded, prisoners and missing will certainly he far les? than 10,000, the figure given sa the number of prisoners alone,"' MOUE Y ; FOB TOURI STS ..? The Battleship Tennessee Anchors Off Botch Const (By Associated Press.) London, August- 22.-The United Stats* cruiser Tennessee; with gold aboard for American^, la anchored outside Dutch territorial waters, three miles ont from the Rotterdam cans??, aeocrdSng to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Renter Telegram company. The Dutch cruiser Noard Brabacd ls lying alongside. Hehry 8. Braklnrldge, assistant secretary of war, who bu charge of ?he funds has ?one to The Hague; A BRIEF SESSION Parliament Adjourned After i?tre Days Debs?ng on War. (By Associated Preis.) Ottawa, Ont, August 22.-fhc war session of the Canadian Parliament cloded today. It was the briefest Ses sion parliament ever held, having lasted but five days. The two houses voted 850,000,000 for war supplies and Increased customs and excise rates on tobacco, liquor, nu?nr, nrttsi ani canned fruits to provide ftddlttdnal rp vetfue. The government's * action In raising and dispatching an army for foreign service waa approved and ; legalized. r , > 8TR1CT TEETOTALERS BrIUah Soldier Are Expecting Hitch?, ener's Wiehes London, Aug. 22.-Whllo tho moya? menta of the British aoieiers on the continent are enveloped in secrecy, the papera publish eitractu from let ters written, by some ot them at tho front,. which throw ah interesting sidelight oh. the situation. For in stance, a sergeant writ ?S: "The Germans seem to hove pushed ' their worst troops on th* firing line ' In Belgium under tho impresi?n that snytolng wss good' ess^a to. heat the A private writes: "Our grast trou ble ts to gM^wsiy-'fM^>l|(?:.VirM?^V villagers who offer os ' wine*;:*. A^sjr ' what Kitchener said, most of bs aro strict teetotalers and wilt ff mata a> .