The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, August 25, 1914, Image 1

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i ? VOLUME 1, NO. 185. Wcs&ly, EiUblislu* 18S0? ??JU, Ju.lt, lill. ANDERSON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS 15.00 PER ANNUM ALLIES ARE REPULSED BY GERMAN TROOPS' KAISER'S FORCES ARE VIC TORIOUS OVER FRENCH AND ENGLISH LOSSES ARE HEAVY Both Annies Suffered Very Se vere Losses in Battle and Have Re-entrenched (By Associated Press.) The French and Doltish troops op posing tit?? invasion, of the German ar my in Belgium have suffered a serious reverse, according to the official an nouncer lent issued by tho French of fices. \n thc battle line which extends from Mous to Luxttnberg frontkv, peverill army corpB, composed of both Bril,nh and French took the offensive . on Sunday against thc German ?, but their plan of attack failed, owirig to the unforsecn difncultioj as described by thc official statement and the tromps retired on .thc covering posl tloi B. T ic losses on both sides are report ed un extremely heavy and the French officials describe thc Germans aa being oblig ed to establish themselves tn fresh positions . In Lorraine. Tile French havo abandoned those posi tions of Alsace and Lorraine > which jj they previously had occupied nod now look for heavy .''neting in the French territory. Detachments of German cavalry op erating on tho extreme right, havo reached Roubaix a few milea north of Lille. ThlB territory. ?B defend ad only by the reservists. At Taing Tau, capital of Klao-Chow, . the German protectorate in China, the German forces have prepared for a 1 br ibardment by the Japanese fleet by jj dynamiting all the tall structures there which might be used by the' at tacking forces ' as sighting points. There' r?#prfc. -filftldattajt from vTSome and Av?oua;that. U\o . Albanian . insurgents baye eutcred . Avlona and . : rained tboir flag ; Emperor Nicholas- et Russia is re 5 ported to have gone to tbe headquar ters of the Ru;alas army which, has taken the offensive in full strength, '. and is said to be advancing rapidly tn East and West Prussia. A lato dispatch-from Copenhagen, gives further reports from Austria that Emperor Francis Joseph 1B in a grave condition. NEUTRALITY LAWS WILL BE VIOLATED French and English Laws Oppos ed Purchase of Ships of Bel ligerent Nation (By Associated Press.) Paris, Aug. 24.-Edourd Clunct, for- 1 mer president of the Institute of Law, I today made known tho result of his examination into the question of the right of the Americans to buy tho German steamships now in refuge in American port?? The French law, M. Clunci found, since 1778 bas forbidden Frenchmen, when nautili!?, ic he: o'nips o? bellig erent!) after hoEfilMVcs have begun. Numerous French and also British prize courts decisions to this decision ore cited. Franco and Great Britain together, it is claimed, the authorities cxamln ed showed had refused tq recognize the sale of American shlpB ofter a war had begun and the declaration of London signed in 1900 by Germany, Austria, France, Great Briatai, Japan and Rus sia forbids such sales. An opinion along this linc by Rear Admiral Char les Stockton, U. S. N., is cited by M. Clonal. "li would be a violation pf the neu trality" . M. Clunet urges, "for the United States to permit idle property of uncertain value to be transformed j Into cash, which would be unseizable and of immediate value of a bclligtr- j ?nt." FLYING JAPANESE FLAG BritiHh, Kusnlnn and French Ambas slea Under Jap Colors to. Proclaim ' Alliance Tokio, Aug. 25.-The British, Rus sian and French ambassles are flying the Japanese flag aa symbolic of tbe! alliance. ., . Vice-Admlral Toniosaburo Kato bas been appointed commander-in-chief of tho first squadron ; 'Vive Admiral Sada- | klchi. Knto..-.commander, ofvtho second squadron; and Rear Admiral Taeu chi ya | ts commander of the third squadron. Contradictory reports- are In cl/cu- j tatton of a battle between the British and er m an warships,, but ? there baa.: been no confirmation... . The German ambassador. Count von j Rex, and his staff are completelng the arrangements for sailing on the steam- j cr Minnesota for San Francisco. The Emperor has ordered the sus pension of national mourning, August I 29. French are Repulsed; Heavy Losses Reported hy Opposing Armies Wt: -v. St (By Associated Press.) Paris, August 2.4.-:l*50 p. rh.--The French war office issued the following announcement tonight: "The, pren 'h and English, the plan of attack having, failed owing to unforseen difficulties, have retired on thb covering positions." "West of the Meuse the English army on our left was attacked by the Ger m ans, but behaved admirably, holding it ground1 with tra ditional steadfastness. "The French assumed the offensive with two army corps. An 'African ?brigade in the front line, carried away by their eagerness, were received by a murderous firs. They didn't give an inch, but counter-attacked, by the Prussian guard, they Vere* obliged to retire, only; however, after inflicting enormous Josses. The Prussian fra rd. . especially suffered heavily. "East of the Meuse our troops advanced across an extn_.,.ely difficult country and made a vigorous attack wheh they emerged from' the v^epds,: but were obliged to fall back after a stiff fight south of. .the river Setnois. "On order of General Joffre, bur troops arid the British troops withdrew to the ?qv?ring positions. . ?ur troops are int?ct, our cav alry has in no way suffered arid our artillery has affirmed its su p?fority. Our officers and soldiers are in the best of condition, mor aily and physically. . , .V /"As^a? result Tof' the orders which h?ve been issued, the aspect ? of thi? struggle wU? ehang? for ? few days. The French army will! remain for a time on the defensive but at the right *,noment, to be decitled or? by the ?ommander-in-?hief, it will resume a vigorous of fensive. "C?T losses are heavy; it would be pr?mature to enumerate! them - lt would be equally so- to; enum?rate those of the Germans, 1 who suffered sp heavily that ?hey were obliged to abandon their en counter and establish'-themselves itt fresh positions in Lorraine. "We delivered four attacks yesterday from bur positions ?ortfi 'Mn regard^fo the gener^tsifuation we have the fuH use of our railroads and retain command of the: seas: Our operations have en abled the Russians to come into action and penetrate the heaHs of West Prussia, it is to be regretted that the Offensive -opetrtions plari-1 ned failed to achieve their purobse as a result of difficulties Impossible! portions cf Alsace and Lorrain which* we had occupied and certain {Continued on Page Four. ? m THE EVE OF ! THE PRIMARY POLITICS WAS BUBBLING OVER IN COLUMBIA DUR ING MONDAY ALL ARE CONFIDENT Some of the Candidates Have Fil ed Their Exp?*1*? Accounts With Secretary Special to The Intelligencer Columbia, Aub. 24.-South Caro-' lina politicians were, resting on their arms today for the battle of ballots tomorrow. The final "wires were pull ed this-afternoon, aud the votors- will go forth tomorrow morning at 8:00 o'clock to elect United StatoB sena tor, governor and all other state and, county officers. ' As usual on tho eva of election tho air Wim full of campaign lies today. They were flying and crawling from ono end of the stuto ' Thc candidates were optimistic. Each was predicting his election on the first ballot. The governor having predicted that he will be elected by 8,000 tomorrow, spent the day in hip office, attending to routine matters and giving' final i tention to his organization. Sonator Smith spent the day in Co- j lumbla and during the afternoon i? sned a statement. He ls confident bf : reelection. He believes that thc.firm-, ors' of-South Carolina will stand*, squarely behind him- in this- ?lection. W. P. Polluck y.as ?t his -home\ in Cheraw while I? D. Jennirig^ was in Sumter. " " : " I Many of tho candidates for gov ernor were in Columbia. It is practi cally certain that John fl. lVchards and W. C. irby, Jr., wjtl lead tho Bl caro faction -in tho vote. \ There is a great, tattle going on for first place on tho anti administration side. J lu this morningV iasuo 'i:ic State newspaper predicted Um re-election. of Senator Smith and stated that H. A. Cooper. and - K. Iv-SIann lng were be-^; ir y coucot?traci'l upon tiie unpledged ari ti-Blease >o'tej?. The friends, of Jobb CJ. Clinkscales are making a great tight for him, es pecially In S pur tan bu TR. He. spent the last day campaigning. A page adver-1 tieement this morning was to the ef- \ feet that Dr. Glinkecaleg was strong In every section cf South Carolina, i The governor issued a statement! this evening, In which he claims that I be will sweep the Mate - with a major-i tty between 3,000-ann 11,000. Bena tor. Smith said that he Vfaa confident that1 he would be elected-by ? safe and sound majority. ' "You may say that I am vosltiv? that I shall again be nominated for the United States sena to."- said, Sena tor Smith. \ It seemed practically certain dis ?vening that. Cooper, Manning and CHnkscales, will lead the antt-adnxm ietratton aide of the fight. The gen eral opinion was that at least one a ntl-Blens e man will be Jn tbe second race.. , It ls practically conceded that A. W, Jones iVtll bo re-elected comp troller general over J. A. Summer oalfc The rape between Tho c. H. Peoples and. A. G. Brice for attorney general will bo very close. . ?The race between W. W. Moore and M. C.fWUlis for adjutant general is lndoubtT, . . There was little betting In Colum vla today aa compared with two years ago. Few bets were placed of conse quence, it was nald 4n sporting cir cles. Tho governor was the favorite in the betting here two 'years ago. The following candidates have filed their campaign expense accounts with the seoxotary of state pending' tho first . primary : B. JP. Kelley,? ^u?80 ; Charles ' A. .^ith,* $l,8a&i*i?tx*: E. Finley, $594 50;. J. A. Hunte*, W37.O0; J. A. Siunin?rsBtt,t329.85; C. D,-_ Fort ner; $68MUj W. W.t Moore, $76505; John H. Wharton, ?348.75; C. . L. Bl ease, $2,498.35; L M. Casque, $60.80; 8. T; Carter, .|?7.45; T. H. Peoples, $415.46; A. W. Jones, $703.30; J. T. Duncan, $261.94; John O Richards, ?338.45; Frank W. Shoa ler, $748.30; W. C. Irby. Jr,, $24330; E: D. Smith, $1,712.86; <W. M. Ha mer; fJblOf ;. 8. J, Nichols, ?1,392.10; James . BVrn?ffk. $9PJ>0; ft. M. Mc Cown, $51.55; LL Q. Jennlnge, $1, 227.67; IJ. M. MUsbn*.$129.00; B? J. Dennie, 3X7.00; ': ' John v T. John Bon, $319.61; J. E. Swearingen. $54.30; F. K Dominick, $1,033.90; E. J, Watson, $61.15; James CoQBler, $35.10;. A. F. Lever, $825.70. Old Mon-"Wtfat are you fishing for, sonny?' . Sonny-"Snlgs." . old Matt--"What .are snlgaf 80nny^"l4lOE,'i know; I ain't never ?aught aay yet^'-Birmingham Age Herald. --:--. : Mjfa. W. H. Cok left yesterday for Walhalla, where tho will be the tu***. Qt Mrs. H. C. Bush tor tho #oek, DISCUSSION IS OVER SECRETARY McADOO MAKES PLAIN STATEMENT ON SrnJATtON IS VERY Ol%IM?ST*C Says There Is No Cause For Ex citement That Government WiU Assist in Every Way ? 1 ? ' r (By Asscc?stc^ Press) Washington, Aug. 14.-RcprcBonta tivcs of ye,various jbrao'dies of thc cotton industry, }n'~conference here today with the federal reserve board and other government officials, wcro assured by tho seoretary of thc treas ury that properly safeguarded ware house receipts for cotton would be made the basiB for currency issued by the new federal reserve bank. Tile conference Immediately took up tho question of proper warehouse fa cilities, and discussed, the, details of financing the crop;' Secretary' Mc Adoo told the delegation that the dis position was to make not only cotton, but tobacco and all other ".-tuple pro ducts, properly secured" the basis of bank credit. Cooperation Needed i Tho conference which represents cott?< growers, merchants, j bankers and manufacturers from twenty-two state?, after a morning session with Secretary McAdoo, and thu =rosarle board, called on President Wilson. , He assured them 0?? tho full cooperation of tho national government in their efforts to meet thu situation confront ing cotton farmer .-04? result of the closing of the Earaayn markets by war. The presldenffwged th3t ' every interest do ita best^JB lieip itself. "I am not wllltn?^mo believe," he paid, "that mes? co>?wrciices ure in tended to call -lipon |hjf ^government to rescue men who know how to take care of themselves,-bttt, tlioy are called for the purpose ot gramon counsel, aad'tor p^lwrai.tlTOlu?p?sal of into who knoa^hOW- to tS* care ??^them seives ?jrery l?gitim?te . instr?nienta 1 ity of the government itself. Will Solve Frcblem. "The conferences that we have held in recent weeks have done a vast deal, first of all to clarify problems, and second, and perhaps meir o important, to show bow by coop?ration we con solve the problems. Not all of these problems are going ?o* be entirely sol ved, becaupo of ibo circumstances aro of 'such extraordinary difficulty, but they will come very near, to being sol ved, I, fwr one, have nb doubt-pro vided, always we keep cool, a?d think of these things In the same self-pos sessed temper we would exercise if conditions were hot extraordinary. We are not tb be run . away with by sudden ?xe i temen t; we are not to be Imposed upon by unusual conditions; and the minute we sit down together I rm stire that we can work things out" The conference this afternooN de voted considerable time to discussing warehouse facilities. S. T, Morgan, of Richmond, Vu., representing the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, said that following the secre\ir>'s an nouncement hiV company had made all arrangements for building cotton warehouses throughout the South from North ?an?Una tb Texas. He said that the engineers had estlmatcti that warehouses could be built for from .$600 to 11,000 each, to store 1,0.00 to 1,600 pales. , A Warning PasuWvster General Burleson urged the cotton representative? to disregard the tawny, radical plans ; proposed for dealing with the situation such, as the valorization of cotton,, and to concen trate their efforts towards'plans which would be practical under the law. He pointed out the limitation of the bank lng law and'urged that any plan bri made tb conform with them. Both the po atme? ter general abd the secretary of the treasury warned against hyste ria and panic. The discussion this afternoon de veloped a sentiment favorable to the proposed .purebnso of ships by the government tor the foreign trade. It wak ?tated that with the Sr*-uth Ameri can and Asiatic routes opened to the American ships, the Am or lean cotton mr.'iufacturcrs -could extefvi their -cot* ton cloths to these markets and crease their consumption of raw' cot ton to J,600,OO0 bales. The general opinion was that 8.000.000 or 4.000.000 bales or cotton would nave to be car ried over as the result cf the closing of Brllsh. Preach and German mills. Cotton manufacturers promised to mako every effort, to increase their consumption and agreed not tb .force down the pricey fo? raw material cot ion. Bankers agreed to jmake legiti mate effort in aiding the financing of the crop. ? The conference will meet again to morrow. ';/ --.-?r MrVsm? *r?. Ifrank Baldwin, who nave'been-tho guests cf their bon, Tamo* Baldwin oo Greenville Street, aaye returned tb their home in Co RELIEF FUND DISTRIBUTED OFFICERS FROM THE CRUIS ERS CARRY THOUSANDS INLAND WORK PROGRESSES Every Effort Being Put Forth To Relieve Americans Stranded On the Continent (By Associated Prcas.) Washington, Aug. 24.-Secretary Garrison, chairman of the government rrlinf board, tonight reiterated that steamship accomodations for Ameri can points from all over Europe were adequate for the prevent. He also de. dared that hie report showed improve ment in the llnancnal condition of Americans In thc war zone. Assistant Secretary Breckenridge, of the war department cabled the follow ing report today from Berlin: "I left The Hague with party Sat urday, August 22, tho Dutch govern ment furnished a upecial train to tho frontier. There tho German govern- , mont gave up a special to Berlin, where wc- arrived at 8 a. m.. Sunday v I will get in touch with the situation in Austria und Italy from there." ? Thousands Leaving > Mr. Garrison aaid that ho had been advised of the departure yesterday from Liverpool for" Nsw.. York of tho . St. Paul and the Olympic, the former carrying 620 il rsi class and 330 sec-" omi - class passengers, and the tatter 796 first, 800 second and 646 third cabin passengers. The American ambassador to Portu gal, Thomas Birch, cabled from Lis bon that no financial aid was needed, i Consul Robert J. Thompson, at Aix La-Chapelle, I Germany, telegraphed that Americans and British in Bast Belgium, Liege, Vcrvlcry and Spa are . safe. i J Cruisers Arrive ! "The Tennesseo arrived, at Pal mouth.at 7:80?pi,m.; August?ie'. ,A?-^ autant Secretary BrcckenrldRO, with : Major Ketchum and Captain Dalton went on to London, taking 8300,000 for . use there. The cm eera remained to j aid in relief work. * if J "On the 19th the North Carolin.? ?eft j for Cherbourg wjth relief funds, and with a party of 'officers. This party took with them some of the officers who w.ere previously stationed at tho various service schools, etc., In France. Prom Prance they were to tndeavor to reach Swiss and Italian points where . they coud aid irt the work. Two of ficers were sent to Rome'with $60,000 and.to Vienna with $25.000. Captains Schindel sud Colvin and Lieutenant Phipps, Jr., with |36,000 wer Beat to Christiana for relief work In Norway, ' Sweden and Denmark, and two officers with 950.000 were sent to The Hague and Rotterdam. j Additional ll el lief Parties The military attaches ,- already In Europe and tbe officer? of Various for- ! oign service schools have been de- i tail & i to relief work, t "In addition to the dispositions re ferred to 910,000 has been sent to Ma- . Jor Langhorne, the military attache in.Berlin, and Ambassador Willard was given $25.000 for work in Spain. A Plea for An ld The mayors of many of tbe larger cities of the United States are being requested by tbe American Red Cross tonight to bring about a cooperative arrangement with the Chambers of Commerce and boards of trade and tbe local'Red Cross organizations weberby .the collecting of contributions for the American -Red Cross European expe dition-maybe systematized. HOKE SMITH'S BILL PASSED BY SENATE '? -- ? . I Cotton Warehouse License Bill Passes WfSh Amendments Ex I f. tending Proviens f'? (By Associated Press.) ? Washington. Aug. 24.-Tho senate j late tode./ without roll call passed the so-called cotton warehouse li cense Mil, proposed by Senator Hoke Smith, originally to add value to cot-. ton warehouse certificates by means of governments inspection and certi fica Won. of tbo grodes of cotton stored in licensed warehouses. . j On the floor or the senate the bill waa emenden to extend lt? provisions to tobacco; naval stores, canned eal-, mon, grain and flax seed. Amend ment::/ for extension to apples, peaches and all woro voted down. . I I A limitation was placed on the bill eo as to exempt from tho operation of tho grain provision those states I having. a state grain inspection sys tem. ? ?' ;'' . . ? - :- . i . Prank Vance lett yesterday for Co lumbia, whore he will resume his duties with the State company. Mr., Vance bas been '.spending his vacs- : ti on In Anderson with his> mother, Mrs. S. W. Vance. I European War Bulletins; Latest News of All The Important Happenings (By Associated Press) Beligana Losing Heavy. London, August 25.-2.59 a. m.-The Ostend correspondent of the Chronicle says that Belgium's losses so far arc estimated at 40,000-killed. Officials have not hazarded an estimate of the ap palling property loss. To Fight Stronger Foe. Undine. Italy, August 24-Via , Paris,-Reports received here from Vienna are to the effect that the Austrians are about to aban don their operations against the Servians on the Drina river in order to concentrate their forces against the Russian advance. The difficulties of the campaign against Servia has been re doubled by the troops in Bosnia. Fought All of Sunday. London, A.ugust 24.-The official bureau of information today gave out the following announcement: "Brjtish fortes were engaged all day Sunday and until after dirk with the enemy in the neighborhood of Mons, Belgium. They held their ground. Austrian Fleet Moves. London, August 24.-A dispatch to the Central News from Rome say? fishermen in the Adriatic report that the entire Austrian fle:it of about forty units is proceeding southward from Pola, the Austrian naval base. ,Their objective is thought to be Cattaro,'-'!n Dalmatia.' L ' ' ' * ' '-" , . . . . Austrian Monitor Sunk. London, August 24.-In a dispatch from Paris the .correspon dent of th? Exchange Telegraph Company says the Excelsior this af ternoon published a message from Nish, Servia, s?ying that an Au strian monitor-struck a mine in ihe Adriatic and was destroyed. The crew of the ^monitor perished. Location of this accident is given as between Orochava -and Bazlahch. l' ' / To the Front... /London, August 25.-1.53 a. m.-? The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Rotterdam in a dispatch . p r in ted ihV mor nhig says that according t? the Rotterdam newspapers no German soldiers ?have been in Brussels since Sunday morrilngV The total'^?mAt^fw' Germans who? passed through Brussels is estimated ?t 3??,??o. C?ar Gees to Front London, August 24.-The Central News has given' ot a message from its Rome correspondent saying that a dispatch received in tire Italian capital from St. Petersburg declares that Emperor Nicholas ha? gone to the-headquarters of the Russian army, which has now taken the offensive in full strength. OOOJOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOO OOO 0 ob o EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA AT DEATH'S DOOR Jp o London, August 25.--2.31. a. ni.-A Copenhagen des- p o patch to the Exchange. Telegraph Company dated August 24 : o o says: , o o . "The condition of Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, ?? o according to telegrams received today, is much worse. His. o o /death is a question of hours." *c o ooo o oo o po o OOH ooo OOO00OO0OO?0Q .bo ? Horrors of War are at Last Apparent io England's Thousands (By Associated Press) London, August 24. 11 p. m.-r-This day of waiting has brought home the realities of war to the British people. Not before has the whole nation ?een so deeply moved. Englishmen know, that most Of the best regiments of their army are fighting a battle on which the future of the empire may dpend. Manythousands hav relatives and future of the empire may depend. Many thousands haye relf.tives.anh1 than in.the case of any British force since.the Crimean w?r." i' . The only Information the country has regarding the. hattie ; is contained in brief official bulletins of a vague character and .iliese have not been cheering. Thorughout- London the people tonight are in much more serious mood that at any time since they faced the war. There are no scenes of gaiety in the theatres and restaurants.and the crowded streets are quiet. \ >v This does not mean that there is any less determination upon the part of Britons-only that the people are beginning to realize what this war may cost. On every side are heard declarations that the country, must be prepared for a long and exhausting struggle. While not many reproaches come from supporters of Lord> Rob erts* crusade for compulsory military service not a few admit they never realized.how small a part the British army counted in a great European war. - t _ v < Thus far, England has felt the war less than any European na tion engaged, probably less than olland, or Switzerland but how' wait ing for the issue of the battle and for the lists of killed and wounded, the English people understand all that it means. Every boat from Belgium comes crowded with Impoverished refugees, who have fled before the German invasion. An organiza tlon is being formed toncare for these people and part of the Prince of Wales* relief fund which amounts to more than $?,'?Q^o?^oO wjll be sent to Antwerp for sufferers who have taken refuge there. 'Thou sands of Belgians have crossed the? French bprdev f?r asylum, and a committee will arrange for their relief. :^>>>V Jl England and France apparently propose to care for .their faller ally, who thus far has borne the brunt of the hardships which the war entails.