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f VOLUME 1, NUMBER 212 Weaklr, ErtaUIikei 1M0| DmDy, Jaa.lt, Itu, ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS 85.00 PER ANNUM CRUEL TREA1 CHARGED T ABSOLi STORY TOLD BY AN AMERI CAN REPUDIATES THE CHARGES KAISER'S TROOPS WERE CONSIDERATE Acts of Kindness and Generosity Accredited tu German Officers In Many Instances (Dy ??tf?Ciiile? Press.) New York, Sept. 16.-The Associat ed 1'ress stan* correspondent of Amer ican bim? und antecedents who was sent frdm the New York office and wa*.' caught in Brussels at the time of the German invasion, held as a pris oner several days and who finally es caped to Holland, has sen? by maa the following story of his experience: '.The night before tho Germans* en tered Drussels, when the Belgian civil guards and refugees began poring in to the city from the direction of Lou vain, they brought stories of unspeak able German atrcities, maltreatment of old men and children and the vio. lation of women. Humors Cause Apprehension. "Tlie Belgian capital reeled with apprehension. Within an hour the gaiety, the vivacity and brilliancy of the city went out like a broken arc light. The radiance of thc cafes was turned to darkness; whispering groups of residents broke up hurried ly and locked themselves into their homes, where they put up the shut ters, and drew in their trl-colored- Bel gian flags. The historic Belgian city went through a state of morbid con sternation remarkably like, that from which it suffered on June 18, 1815, when it trembled with the fear of a French victory at Waterloo. "In less than 24 hours' tho Belgian citizens were chatting with the Ger man invaders and the allegation of greater brutality and torture dissolv ed into orte of the mythB which have accompanied all wars. Atrocities' Denied. . "Neither in Brussels nor ia its en virons was a single offensive act, so far as I know, committed by a Ger man soldier. In a city of more than half a million people, invaded by a hostile army of perhaps a quarter of o' million soldiers, no act sufficiently flagrant to,demand punishment or to awaken orotesc cunio to my attention. "The frightful reports that had pre. ceded the Ge. man army into Brussels included the disembowel?ng of old men. and the impaling of children on lances, inst outside of auvain. In vestigation not only failed to sub stuniate these rumore, but could not even discover any one in the immedi ate vicinity who credited them. An eye witness of unimpeachable veracity told me the worst behavior he had ob served during the first German entry Into Louvain (August 19' was that of a German soldier who leaned from lil? horse and kissed v. pretty Flemish girl who brought him a glaes of beer.. "I marched for daviL with the Ger man columns', often onlv one day be hind the ruining, with the houses that bad beon burned still smouldering, the around freshly broken by shell and trampled by horses and men, and the memory of the German advance vivid In the minds of the Inhabitants1. I Interviewed an average of twenty persons In each of a dozen towns, and found only one Instance of a mm combatant wno had been k?ied with out a justifiable provocation. Evidence "Sot Concluslre. , ?lis CS??O thc cvldincs iii not clearly prove that tbe man bad been Wantonly murdered He lived in one of tbe typical small Belgian country side houses, which .?cabinas the -cora forts of home with tho- lire of a small public bar. Thifc house was at the north end of Mernes? Le Chateau, a town through which, a large part of the German army passed on the road to Maubcuge. A son of the murdered . man, whose name was Arthur Nico dem, showed mc blood clots on the! floor marking tho pisca where Nice-; dom fell, his throat cut by a saw-; edtred German sabre. "It was flf.'d by some inhabitants that tbe murdered man showed a pair of binoculars; but a more probable explanation'WAS that English outposts had. concealed themselves In the house, from which they poured a rain of fire upon the first German Invad ers. The inference that the shooting was done by Belgian civilians may have Inflsmai* tba Germans to repris als. In that neiabborbood four bouses had bean burned and ono W&? ablaze as l passed August 26 "This town or ?Cernes Le Chateau, which had been tbs scene of an un important eVrrotsh botween the Ger ' man? and English on the previous Ru oday, was riddled with rifle shot?. The email number of windows Intact showed thst the Germs bsd mads, a de nWENT 0 GERMANS UTELY FALSE liberate assault upon the residents* of the town. But the inhabitants them selves admitted that the shooting had been done by a comparatively small number of Germans, and that the fir lng had not begun until Engli&b sol diers who had concealed themselves in the houses had first fired upon the Germans Greatly Exaggerated. "I have emphasized the one fatality of the non-combatant because the news* of lt traveled up and down the Sarubre and across to Ilantes-Wlberie and Solore-Sur-Sambre, multiplying as lt went and developing ghastly and inhuman details until it seemec* un answerable reproach to the whole German empire. With this* one possi ble exception, ? did not encounter tn any of the other towns I visited a sin gle instance of mistreatment of any sort by German officers or soldiers. "Buiseiere-particularly the lower part of the city-virtually had been destroyed by a cross tire from French and German artillery. Tops of brew eries had been hurled to the ground and walls had either disappeared or become dislodgedl The whole city lay in smoking ruins*, with only its drawbridge across the Sambre and a few marble stands and boat houses showing above the debris. But, here, two days after the battle, women and children were moving comfortably i.jout the town and not a single com plaint was uttered against German conduct. "There are', of course, reported out rages beyond investigation, either on account of their vagueness or because it ls impossible to w?lgb the provoca tions. It is known, for instance, that 112 natives wore killed in Renou. champ, not far from Ardennes; Ger man soldiers say that they were kill ed because they fired upon them from the roof? and windows of the houses "Tho history of tho absoluto de struction of Louvain with its cathed rnt-and its ur'versify ia by this time] well known. The German version of thia is that the inhabitants under the (Continued on Page ?v> Turks Mobilizing Paris, Sept. IC.-A dispatch to the Haves agency from1 Petrograd says: "It IB announced that the Turks have concentrated a large army on the Bulgarian frontier and that General Li man von Sanders, a Prussian cavalry officer who trained the Turkish army is expected to take command." Extreme Ci Charged T By Beigh Washington, Sept. 16.-A resume of I findingB of the Belgian commission cr inquiry appointed by the King of the Belgians, to investigate the alleged atrclties committed by German troops was made public today after the re port had been presented to President Wilson. The findings were grouped Snder the headings of "the atrocities it Lins - menu and O.rsmael." "the massacre of Acrchot," "the destruction bf Lorain," and the summary in part follows: "Gerntnc cavalry occupying the vil lige of Llnameau, were attacke by two gendarmes and Belgian troops. A German ofllcor was killed by ?be Bel gian soldiers during the fight, and sub sequently burled at the request of the Belgian o facer in couunasu. No civil ans had taken part in the fight; never theless,, the village was Invaded at dusk on As?usi iOih by i strong fores of the German cavalry, artillery and machine guns. In sn!ts of tbs formal assurances by the bui'soinaatei that no civilians had taken part tu thc two farms and six outlaying houses were destroyed by the gun fire and re duced to ashes. All the male popula tion was compelled to come forward and hand over whatever s rms they possessed. No recently diechargea | firearms were found. Nevertheless, 'ar invaders divided these peasant* into three groups. Those in one group were bound and eleven of them ph.ced In a ditch, where they afterwards wera found dead, their skulls fractured by butts of rifles. During the night of August 10, Ger man cavalry entered Velm; the inhab itants wore aaleep. Without provo- I cation the Germane fired on M. De Gllmme's house and broke into it. They destroyed the furniture and also loci ed valuables. They burned bis barn and cattle. They carried Mme. DeGllmmo halt naked to a place two miles away. She thea was released, sud as she fled, was fired on without being hit. Her husband was carried to a point tn another direction and fired on; he dying. The same troops sack ed and burned toe bouse ot a railway "Farmer Jet Dkerckx, of Neerhe apen, SB an eye vitness to the follow ing atrocities tumuultted by German COMPLAINT IS BEFORE WILSON BELGIAN COMMITTEE PRES ENTS PROTEST TO AMERI CAN GOVERNMENT WILSON REPLIES Gives Nations Attitude in Elabo rate Speech Saying America Prays For Peace "Washington, Sept . 16.-Addressing the Belgian commission which came to protest against alleged German at rocliles in Belgium, President Wilso'u said today: "Permit mo to cay with what sin cere pleasure I receive you as a rep resentative of the King of Belgium, n people for whom the people of the United States feel so strong a freind ship and admiration, a king for whom they entertain BO sincere a respect and express my hope that we may have many opportunities of earning and de serving their regard. "You are not mistaken in believeing that the people of this country love justice, seek tho true paths' of prog ress and have a passionate regard" for the rights of humanity. "It is a matter of profund pride to me that I am permitted for " t!s?? tc represent such people and to he their spokesman, and I am honored that your king should have turned to mc in time of di -trcss as to one who wlsh CB on behalf of the people he repre sents, to consider the claims to the im partial sympathy of mankind of a na tion which deems itself wronged. "I thank you for tho document you have put into my hands containing the result of an investigation made by a judicial committee apolnted by the Belgian government to look into the matter of which you have come to speak. It shall have my most atten tive perusal and my thoughtful con sideration . "You will, I am sure, not expect me to say more. Presently, I pray to Ooo, j very soon, this war will he over. The day of accounting will then come, when I take it for granted, the aatlows of Europe will assemble to determine a settlement. Where wrongs have been committed their consequences and the relative responsibility invol ved will bo assessed. . "The nations of the world have for tunately by agreement made a plan fer such reckoning and settlement. When such a plan cannot compass the opin (Continued On Page Four.) ruelty o Germans tn Committee cavalry Orsmael and Neerhespen, Au gust 10, ll, and 12. An old man had his ann. cut in three longitudinal slices. He was then ? hanged head downward and burned alive. Young girls were assaulted and little chil dren were outraged at Orsmael, and mutilations, too horrible to describe, were in fMeted on other inhabitants. Prisoners were hanged while others were tied to posts and shot. "After an engagement at Haelen, Commandant von Damme was to se verely wounded that he waa lying on his back. He was murdered by the German infantry firing their revol vers Into bis mouth, t "Numerous wounded and unarmed soldiers were ill-treated or killed by Qsrma? tr?otu?. and different places, doctors and'nurses and ambulances were fired on. At tusas the Germane weet Into battle with * he ?*-slguui flag. "While digf.ng trenches and with the white f!ug hoisted, Belgian soldiers were sat on by Gormans and ehot, "Another tune v?ar the fort at Don coin, a group of German infantry hoisted the White flag and when the Belgian soldiers approached them to ?take them prisoners, they were fired The Massacre of Acrschot - "Aerschot, a town of 8,000 inhabi tants, was Invested by the Germans In the morning of August lt. No Belgian troops remained behind. No sooner had the Germans entered the city when they began by shooting sev era! inoffensive civilians. In the ev ening, claiming that a superior Ger man officer had been shot by the son of a burgomaster, or, according to another version of the story, that a conspiracy Uss been hatched against the German commandant by the bur gomaster and his family, the Germans took hold of every man in the city, carrying them, fifty at a time, within some distance of the town. There they grouped them tn line? of four men. made them run ahead of them and fired upon them, killing them, af terward with their bayonets. More thea forty man were round thus mas I111 1 (Continued on Pega 7.) WILSON REPLIES TO GERMAN PROTEST State? Emphatically That Noth ing Could Possibly Be Done at Pr?tent Washington, Sept. 16.-President Wilson today replied to the message I recently received from Emperor WU- ! liam protesting against the alleged use by the allied armies of dum dum bullets. Ile said that he hud read thc communications with the gravest concern, but. that lt would be unwise and premature for the United States lo express fin ul judgment in the con troversy . The message was almost Identical with the speech made by the President to the Belgium commlslon which pro tested against the alleged German atrocities. A cablegram replying to the protest of President Poincar? of France, who charged that the Germans were using dum dum bullets also was preferro?. It w:'s not made public but. known io follow closely the text of the Presi dent's message to Emperor William, which wa1 as follows: "I received >our Imperial Majesty's imiwrtant communication of the sev enth and have read* lt with greatest interest and concern. I am honored that you should have turned to me for an impartial judgment as the rep resentative of a people truly disinter ested as respects war and truly de si mu- of knowing and accepting tho truth. "You will. I am sure, not expect me to say more. Presently I pray God. very soon this war wfll be over. The day of accounting will then come, when I take it for granted the nations of Europe will assemble to detrmine a settlement. Where Wyonga have been committed their consenuences and the relative re*ponsibllltyfInvolved, will he assessed. The nations of the world have fortunately, by agreement, made a plan for such a reckoning and set tlement. What such - a plan cannot compass the opinion of mankind, the final arbiter of all such matters, will supply. It would be un wi-e. lt would be premature, for a shSgle government however fortunately j*, separated from the present struggle"'; lt would even be inconsistent with the'neutral position of any nation which like this has no part in the contest,'to form or ex press a Anal judgment. "I -peak thus frankly because I know that' you will expect and wish me to do so as one friend Bhonid to another and because i feel sure that such a reservation of judgment until the end of the war, when all its events and circumstances can be seen in their entirety and in their tr.ue relations, will commend itself to you as a truo expression of sincere neutrality." (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON." MINOR CASES HEARD IN CRIMINAL COURT OS BOZEMAN WAS PRO NOUNCED NOT GUILTY THE CHESTER CASE Negro Found Guilty of Assault and Battery of High and Aggra vated Nataro -little Done Wednesday did not see much busi ness of any importance transacted in the court of general sessions. When the court convened yesterday morning the trial of Os Bozeman, charged with the killing of .Matthew Jones, wa? re sumed and the charge was 'delivered to the jury by Judge Memmlnger. The jury returned a verdict of net guilty In this carse. Will Chester was arraigned on the charge of asuault and battery and throwing rocka into a train and a ver dict of not guilty was likewise return ed in this case. The only other csse at yesterday's session was that pf . . will A relier, charged with assault and battery with ! Intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. This case went to the jury yesterday afternoon at fi o'clock and after a short deliberation that body returned a verdict of guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Aa lt was tia? for ad journment, no other casa waa taken up yesterday. Steamer la Bistres*. . Charleston, Sept. 16. ~Wireless ad* j vices were received here, today from the steamship Ct|y of Montgomery that the schooner Frederick W. Day, ?ound for Wilmington, was* in distress off Georgetown. She ls leaking badly. The rev .?na* cutter Yamaeraw was located br wireless off Savannah and ls now proceeding to the assistance of the distressed vessel. Ni word was received from the cutter tonight. ' BRITISH MINISTER MAKES SCATHING REMARKS THAT ARE UNWARRANTED IS VERY BITTER Makes Strong Assertions-Claims State of Anarchy Exists in Mexico NRW York, Sept. JG.-Sir Lionel Car den, former Brittan minister to Mexi co, and recently appointed minister to Brazil, sailing today from Liverpool, is quoted by tile New York city news association us baving made this state ment concerning the withdrawal of American troops from Vera Cruz: "It is a desperate -hume that the United States has seen (lt to uhamlon the decent peoplo of Mexico when they most need help. I do not know the reason for this but lt would seem that President Wilson has been mis informed In some matters. "The people who did not get pro tection in Mexico City a/d elsewhere, went to Vera Cruz for protection. What will they do now? They have no way of getting away and will he left to tho mercies of the lawless element that will Immediately overrun the town and country . "When lt is said that a state of ab lolute anarchy exists in Mexico, it is not statin*. tho facts too strongly. There were some 4,000 good policemen in the City of Mexico, but these have Lt un supplanted by an army of 35, C00 soldiers that fought the Federnl government and among these are sev eral thousands of wild Yaqui Indtaus, who two months ago fought with bowj nnd arrows as thc only weapons they knew. "Neither life, liberty, nor property 1B safe. "Huerta has some sort of govern ment; Carranza has none whatever; the only claim he has to greatness is his .physique, and that ls not terrify ing either. There is not even martial law there, because there is no organi zation." SERIOUS WRECK (By Associated Press.) Montgomery^ Alaj. Sept,. 10.-An Atlantic Coast Line railroad passen ger train was derailed near Grady, 30 miles from Montgomery, tonight but reports indicate no passengers were killed. Several were injured but not Variously, according to information received berg. Important H Of The \ In Shor (By Associated Press.) The German and allied armies again are facing each other on a long, slightly curved line stretching from Noyon in the west, to the Argonne forest in the esat. and then across the Meure to the southwest in the di rection of the German fortress of Metze, A distance of nearly 200 mlle'j. Ilea*, guard actions have been fought during the past two days, with the Germans disputing every Inch of territory until their armies again should get into alignment to oppose ; the stiles. All reports Indicate that these actions have been severe, but they are considered of minor impor tance in comparison with the great battle of the Marne and the new battle which threatens. Regarding present operations, tho oltleinl statement issued by the French govsmmsnt tr. meagre. General head quarters at the front has sent to Pa rla no new details of late fighting, and Paris officials draw no Inference, for publication at least, from the course of events In the battle which has lasted seversl days. It is stated, however, that the allic? have not weakened on any position. Th? RritUh nfflolal press bureau quotes Russian official sources as au thority for the statement that the rout of the Austrian army In Galicia ts complete. The Austrians are estimated to have lost 250,000 men in killed and wounded, .and 100,000 men and 400 guns captured. In this communica tion the failure of the German effort to save tbs Austrian army is noted, and the Germans are said to have lost many pi**** of siege and other ar. tillery. The Russian general Rennenkampff v?ho ls conducting operations tn Rast Prussia recently haa found himself In a dangerous position and bas f si len I back to Russian fortresses on the RUB stan frontier, lae Germana, under General von Hindenburg aro reported to be following up their advantage, with the hope at dealing the Rus sians a heavy blow before they can bs reinforced. Sir Maurice de Bunsen, recently AISTWANH HOl'TKO GrrmnnK Failed lu Attentat (o Sato Their A ll len* (Hy AHsuciatcd PreBH.) London. Sept. 17.-Tho olllcinl pros? bureau issued the following an nouncmcnt tonight: "lt 1B stated from Russian ofllelnl Rourees that tile rout of the Austrian army in Galicia is complete, though full details' have not been received. The AiiRtrinn loss since the taking of Lemberg ls estimated at 250,000 kill ed and wounded. 1U0.000 prisoners ard 400 guns, many colors and >ax. quantities of stores. "The Germans made desperate cT forts to save the Austrian army, but .?... a completely. "At one point the Germans lost 3G pieces of heavy artillery and at an other several dozen piece? of Biege artillery." STOHM MOT IN" G NORTHWARD Wurnlng* Disnlnvcd on the Atlantic C0ast. (Hy AeHociated Press.) Washington. Sept. 15.-Storm warn inga were displayed again tonight on the Atlantic coast between the Vir ginia capes and' Jacksonville, Fla. Tim fweather bureau announced that the storm reported over the Bahuma Islanes yesterday heil moved north ward and that UL- center tonight was near and off tito Georgia coast. oooooooooooooo o STATE NEWS o o o ooooooooooooooo Arch Young, a negro dairyman, was gored to death by a Jersey bull In a pasture near Spartanburg. A storm was reported. ofT the South Carolina coast last night. More than 2.000 white pupils are en. rolled In the schools cf Greenville. W. P. Pollock of Cheraw announces that ha may run for the senate to i sneered Senator Tillman, Tlie trustees of the University of South Carolina announce they will ?accept cotton warehouse receipts for 'tuition. appenmgs ? Hf* A l/IU t Paragraphs British ambassador at Vienna in a re port dealing with the rupture of dip lomatic relations with Austria, de clares Russia and Austria had about reached an agreement on tho Austro RuBslan dispute, when the matter be came one of discussion between Ger many and Russian and on July 31 Germany sent an ultimatum to St, Petersburg and Paris, following this quickly with a declaration of war on the two countries. "A few days delay." says the am. bassador, "in all probability might have saved Europe from one of the greatest calamities in history." The i . i tish submarine E-9 has reached Harwich after having tor pedoed the German cruiser Hela off Helgoland. The cruiser went down but most of her officers and crew were saved. Preeident WUsoo yesterday received at Washington tho Belgian commis sion seat by King Albert to protest sgainst alleged German atrocities in Belgium. Tho president took theh lengthy written protest and in a speech promised that lt would have "my most attentive perusal and my most thcughtful consideration." INUW II London, Sept. IS-In a dispatch dat ed Monday. September 14, the corres pondent of the Exchange Telegraph Co., says it has been officially report ed there from Berlin tbat the Ger man Baltic squadron which la com posed of 28 units, has 15 vessels in action. . , This dispatch ls given the phrase ology in which lt passed the British censor. Its meaning is hard to com prehend. It may bo? that the cor respondent te endeavoring to convey the idea that the German fleet In the Baltic, composed originally of 29 un its, has now only fifteen units flt for active service, or he may be trying to say that 15 vessels of the Baltic fleet are engaged In active operations either, along the coast or with the enemy at sea. It should be borne in mlud that news comes from Ber uh. GERMANS EPARATION MR BATTLE ALLIED ARMIES WILL MEET STUBBORN DEFENCE FROM GERMANS REINFORCEMENTS FOR BOTH ARMIES Next Fight May Be Aa Coady A* Battle of Mame Which, When Known Will Horrify World London. Sept. 16.-The German ar my, which lesB than a fortnight ago, was at the "gales of Paris" and the right wing of which then extended to the southeast of the French capital, tonight is drawn up on almost a straight line, extending from the neighborhood of Noyon. in the Wes), to Boisfarges on the Meuse, north of Verdun, with ita left resting on the German fortress of Mets, Thus the right wing at least has now gone back more than senventy miles In two weeks, while the rat of the army bas had to retire before the whole could And ground on which to make another .-tami against the advance of the allic;;. There seems little doubt that the Gormans intend to give battle on tala line, with the river Altino in front of their right, the hills of Rheims facing their center and the mountains and forest of Argonne on their left. They went back steadily befe <e French and English armies, flgi ualy rear guard action?) until the ight, in . command of General von . Jk, got across the Aisne. Then tbe> turned and delivered several accounts which, however, according to the British ac counts, were repulsed, tbs Germans lesving 200 prisoners In the hands of the British. The counter attacks doubtless were delivered in the hope of giving the troops of the right wing, exhausted by the long advance followed by a re treat almost as long, an opportunity to rest and prepare positions from which they could reaiat attacks from the allies in which they could await reinforcements before ; taking ap the offensive again. , The Germans are In the hilly coun try around Noyon, on the plateau to the north of Vic-Sur-A ins and Sols sons, and north of Rhett ni*, where they are diggin strong trenches and reviewing reinforcements. But even here thia right wing, which up to the present has borne the brunt of the fighting and the retreat, lg not alto gether safe, for the French army ope rating from Amiens clings to Its flank, while the British and French forces continue to preas to the front. It ia essentiel, however, that they should hold their positions, for they cover the lines of retreat to the north which would be the only way out of defeat lt deafet should be their lot. That they realise this is shown by tbs fact that they have contested every foot of the ground with the allied ar mies the last two days and that both' sides have Buffered heavily. The British army, as has been its lot since it landed in France, la taking its full abare in the fighting, which on the front bas been particularly se vere since the Germans crossed the Alane and made their first determined stand In their retreat from Paris. The German center, which in the last fow days has come more into line with the two wings now stretched from the heights north of Rheims to the western foothills of the Argonne bridge, dipping a little south to tench Yilie-Sur-Tourbe, just northeast of Camp de Chalons. This ls all high, round ground. In many phvcea covered by heavy foe s ts which by tb!? time may have been destroyed. The crossing of the Meuse Which the Germans have selected at Conssn voye la just out of range ot the fort ress guns or Verdun, so th? sa? far ar the battle now pending is concerned, they have not to reckon with thia stronghold, except as lt offers support to the French in case the allies ara compelled to rsiire. The Germans on this long line cover as many lines of retreat as possible, including those In Namur, Glvet, Mix lores, Sedan and Steuay and soon should be ready, if they have not al-, ready commenced, tt> give battle, or, lt tb offensive comes from she ether side to defend their positions. It bi believed that General Jeffrey, French commander-in-chief, retains the initiative, having received rein forcements to relieve hie overworked troops, but whether he will try again to envelop the German right, or to break up the Crown Prince's amy on the left remains to be seen. It ls known th? German right has been considerably reinforced so that it would bemore difficult than before to work around that wing while the German left and center, which also have done a lot of hard fighting and (Continued on Pa?? Fortr.