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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 TWO GRE AF One in Northern Frai Other in Russian 1 is Allowed Only ai Their Progress 1 munications. French Reports Indicate Going in Favor of A cupied Bruges and Ai 3,000 Wounded Belg ed England. -\ (By Associated PreBS.) LONDON, Oct 15.-^Two great bat tles, one in northern France and Bel gium, the other in Russian Poland, both with a front of three hundred miles, have reached their height, but tho public is allowed only an occas ional glance of their progress through official communications, which fre quently are widely at variance. Prom the French report lt appears that thc western battle is going slowly but surely in favor of the Allies. Un der the preemie of the troops of the Allies, the Germans who started to advance on Calais and other French coast porta, have been forced to eva cuate the loft bank of the Lys river, which 1B a considerable distance east of tho points their advance guards reached \lost wcok. Further oast tn .ihj^Lfins. dialrint, and southward ue~ tween, Arras and Albert, where tho Germans made their first attempt to work around the Allies' left, Ute Eng lish and French have made "notable, progress." Evidenco that the German assaults are being delivered with less force is conveyed in the intimation that be tween the Homme and the Oise their artillery attacks are not being follow ed up with infantry charges. It is ponslble that tuey havo withdrawn some of their troops from this posi tion to strengthen their advance to wacd tho coast, but it 1B considered this would be risky as it might permit thc. Allies to break through and In terrupt thc communications of thc armies fighting north of tho Alano. In the center tue Alites alsp har* advanced towards Craonne and several German trenches are reported to have bec. carried to the northeast of the road from Barry-au-Bac to which io slightly to the southeast of Rheims. All this shows a determined and partly successful attempt to drive Uie Germans away from Rheims, which was again under bombardment today. The famous cathedral again has been mado tho target ot the German ar tillery, the Germans accusing the French of having used the towers for military, purposes. Thn French ad vance In this vicinity also Indicates an attempt to break through the Ger man front and force a wedge between tito German right and left whigs. The French also claim to have made an advance between the Meuse and the Moselle and, after h Ving repul sed the German attacks to aave reach ed south of the road leading from Verdon to Mets. It Is probable this fighting which the Germans referred to as having taken place in the re gion of Mets. On the French right there has been quiet for some tune, the Germans have attempted offensive tactics in the Ban ALASKA CO/aL?JJW 1 NOW AWAITS PRE To Prevent Monoply Gov^nmen Army and Nary and t (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Ott IS.-The Alas ka coal land leasing bill revived at the Instance ot President Wilson and. Secretary Lane as part of the ^min istration's programme ot this session, went through Its final ordeal in the House today virtually without oppo sition. The bill is designed th throw opep to a system of lease. under competitive bidding the Immense coal resarces ot Abiska, tied np th? last eight years, and pending claims will be adjudicated wPjhln a year. The Bering River, Mat an s sha and Nenana coal fields will be flrst surveyed, the government rOr tatnlng 5,120 acree tn the Bering, and 7,680 acres in the Mstanuska fields and one halt of all other arena. To prevent monopoly ov la other emer gencies the government reserves : the right to mine eos! for the benefit of tho army and navy or for the inp?ra \T BATTLE IE NOW IN I nee and Belgium, the Poland, Bot the Public ti Occasional Glance of brough Official Corn That Western Battle is Hies-Germans Have Oc re Probably Near Ostend, fian Soldiers Have Reach do Sapt. north of Saint Die, but this ! movement has been definitely check- . ea. On the whole the British military : critics consider, the communication is "a raoBt cheerful one." They be- ' lieve the Qerman advance to the French coast has been checked and that the advances reported elsewhere : show the Germans have been compel?- : cd to weaken their counter and left in 1 order to strengtthen their right. Although the Germans have failed . to break the allied line and have them- f selves been compelled to give ground, they now a*e in a better position, hav ing a front which stretches from, the 1 Swies frontier to Antwerp and Dutch territory, so that there are no flanks which the Allies can tura. . The Allies can attempt to break the ] Une, however, and. Uti? nv believed- to j be what they are trying to do on the Bel pian frontier. Of the fighting in northern Belgium 1 communication simply says that Ger man troops coming from Antwerp are ! marching toward the west and on the eveuing of October 14 reaching the ; Bnrges-Thielt district. The opposition offered to this advance was not very : serious >.nd apparently was intended only to delay lt. The Germans hare occupied Burges i and probably at present are near Os tend. Thier main force is believed, however,. to have proceeded south- i ward to assist In the attempt of the Gormans to establish themselves on ; thc French coast. With the forces of \ thc Allies occupying Ypres and doubt- , Ices other troops between that city < and Nleuwpoort, ten miles southwest of Ostend, the Germans probably will be compelled to fight their next ser ious battle along the roads and rail ways running eastward from the coast. . Again they may Join General, von j, Kluck'p army which occupies Lille and the country north of that city. Resi dents of tho couintry affected are rap idly making their way to the coast J ports and to England. They bring re ports of the prevalence of conditions approaching panic. , Belgians arc coming to England in , largo numbers. About 3,000 wounded, , Belgian soldiers have reached thia . country, while England also IB get ting more refugees from Holland, the , towns and cities of which are over- , crowded. Plans.are ander way for the repat riation of many of those who fled \ from Belgium on the approach of the , Germans. A committee representing j the refugees has gone to Antwerp to , make arrangements representing the . German authorities for their return. The Germans, however, are unable to. . guarantee the safetay of the innocent ? (Continued on Page Four. SILL PASSES HOUSE; j S1DENTS SIGNATURE] t Reserves Right to Mine Coal for Dperation of Railroads. tlon of the government railroads lo ? Alaska. Leases will be made In blocks of 40 . acres or multiples of that amount not exceeding 2,560'acres altogthor in any ono lease, and to run not more than 50 ' years. Present coal lands claim*- ? ants may relinquish their rights to patent under the old law, payment be ing refunded. Royalties paid by lessees must be . at least two cents a ton, with a maxi mum unrestricted. Proceeds from leases will be useable only to -reim burse the government for building the Alaskan railway. "ThiB ls the end ot an eight year struggle," said Secretary Laue tonight "The enactment ot the hill ls a real victory* for a sensible.'anti-monopoly policy." Less than a week ago the measure waa regarded as dead. It now awaits only the President's signature to be- { come a law. - NOT MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF LAND CULTIVATED SHALL BE IN COTTON VOTE 79 TO 19 Proposal to Issue Bonds- to Buy (Cotton Has Eclipsed All Oth er Measures. (Special to Thc Intelligencer.) COLUMBIA, Oct. 15.--By a vote of 79 to 19 the House passed to third reading at its morning session the cot ton acreage reduction bill introduced by the select committee. The bili pro vides that it shall be unlawful for any person to plnnt or cultivate in this State in any year a greater number of acres of land in cotton than one third of the total acreage of hind planted and cultivated by such persons In said year; Provided, however, that In no case shall any person plant or cultivate in cotton moro than- six seres to each regular work animal used in his farming operations in said year. Violaters of the provisions of tho 1)111 aro to forfeit not more than tl 00 and not lens than $20 for each acre cultivated in excess of the speci fied number. Opposition to the committee bill vanished after a long debate this morning in which the measure was praised for its double check provis lons on planting and cultivating cot ton' contained in the sc.tion quoted above. The members of the House were apparently ready to voto on the measure today at 12:30 o'clock, but could not do so under the rulo provid ing that no vote on the bill should bo taken before 1 o'clock. Just before ? this hour an unexpected position de veloped and speeches were made which delayed the vote on tho question of st rik in.': 0?'t the enactment Words uhtll 1:64 o'clock when the House voted vivp voce overwhelmingly against the motion. In short order the House killed six amendments offered to the bili. Af ter a roll call cn the quuviion of pas sing the bill to third reading WM tak en at 2:30 o'clock only 19 membons voting against the bill while 79 vote to pass it to third reading unamended. Tho proposal to lssuo bonds with which to buy cotton has eclipsed for the moment other' measures advocat ed in the State Senate for relief of the cotton crisis, in accordace with Senator Alan Johnstones resolution adopted late last night to appoint a special committee of the Senate to frame and bring tn a joint resolution for submission to tho people of a sev eral million dollar bond issue to buy cotton. Lieuteant Governor Smith this afternoon announced the follow ing as members of tho committee. From tho commltteee on agricul ture Alan Johnstone and Lawson; from the committee on finance, Hanks and Stuckey; from the committee, on Judiciary, Carlisle and Clinton, from the committee on banking and insu rance, McCown and Lide. The com mittee assembled Immediately after the adjournment of the Senate this af ternoon and got down to werk. The proposition to issue honda with which the State ls to bny the cotton crop orig mated with Senator Johnstone of Newberry,-who said lt before his colleagues at an execu Live session held late laat night The nowspaper men, of course, excluded from the executive session, but the proposition seems to he something For tho SUte to Issue $50,000,900 In bonds for a short-term of years, say three or six, in denominations of 110 an up. The State to buy cotton ott a basis of tep cents a pound and give the cotton growers in payment these bonds. The SUte to warehouse this cotton, properly insured, and with Sit the safeguards pof?n,!^ and to hold the cotton until the end of tho European war. Coat plaint Olsmltsed. WASHINGTON. Oct 15.-A com plaint by forty flour milling concerns In the valley of Virginia attacking freight rates on flour and; other grain' products from Virginia to Carolina territory, was dismissed to day hy Ute , Interstate Commerce Commission. Tbs mills asked removal or reduc tion of the difference between wheat and flour rates, and prescription of definite car-load and lesa than car? load ratee in lieu o' the present ass. quantity rates. FRENCH RED CROSS DOG IN ACTION Tho French lieu" Grose is accompanied on the field of battle by woll trr.ineri dogs, one of which is hero seen bringing buccor to a wounded soldier who Might otherwise be left to die unattended. Terrific Cyclone Crashes Through Concord. M. C. (By Associated Press.) j pie were blown down on the streets CHARLOTTE* N. C. Oct. 15.-Crash- or struck by flying splinters ii} their lng through tho heart of Concord, N. homes, but none were seriously hurt, C., a cyclone this afternoon at 3 o'- j A mother and her three-day-old infant clock loft a path a mile long and a were blown out on the street . from hundred and fifty feet wide that look- their home, which an Instant later col ed like the mark of an accurate selgd ' lapsed. Resuced by neighbors from the gun. Over a hundred houses were un- debris, neither seemed thc worse for roofed and otherwise damaged, 15 the mishap. The dsmage will reach of them being total wrecks. Many peo- several thousand dollars. Fifteen Troops Killed In Battle on it?exican Border (By Associated Press.) Naco, Ariz., Oct. 15.-Fifteen of General Hill's troops defending Naco, Sonora, ! were killed today by Gov ernor Maytorcnu's* attacking Yqui Indians. Hill also lost a machine gen. Maytorcna is reported have received reiafowoments and TtWtuK hereuts Haid, he might make another assault before daybreak tomorrow. The Southern Pacific depot on the Mexican side and a string of freight car? burned leday, the resull of a well aimed shell from the Maytorcna ar tillerymen. General Charles W. Harris, adju tant general of the Arizona National Guard, witli Captain M. G. Seeley, are nero as repr?sentatives of Governor Hunt General Harris and CaplHin" Seeley came to investigate the feasibility of establishing u neutral zeno on the Mexican ??do of thc border. Tills would prevent the* discharge of Mexi can b?lie?? Into American Naco. United States army office-** already havo suggested tho ideu to thc war department. Tho Arizona state government in tends to bring all pohdblo prcssnre to bear on the Washington govern ment to prevent further forder f Igtit ing which would endanger residents o? thu American side. MayboronA's lao&t effecUvo osanop ia*handled by n German -gunner who iii thu absence of sights from the piece uiniB through the boro. Gen eral Hill's machine guns are oper ated by American negroes who are aid to havo deserted from the Ninth and Tenth cavalry ou border duty herc. The German gunner for want of shrapnel ls using a type of "home made" contact bombs of an unusually effective, sort One of them today broke in Hill's entrenchments, de capitating u machine gun operator, demolishing Iiis gun and killing two mon. During thc fighting thc America women boro are housed in tho village church. Their husbands huddle around a campfire, afraid to atay in their homes in tho southern oxtreme Hy of tho town. i Federal Reserve Board WW Supervise the Fund (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct 15.-While final decision wa:; nol reached by the Federal Fcserve Board today on the proposal for a $150,000,000 loan by bankers to uid Cotton producers, enough was accomplished to make it certain thc board would assume general supervision et' the fund if the plan should be carried out.-Tie matter was discussed by the board today and although lt already has tho approval of the board in principle, difficulties as to details of adminis tration of the fund-were encountered which deluyed final action. President Wildon and Secretary McAdoo aro known to be greatly in terested in thc success of tho plan and lt was predicted tonight the board' would work out a system of administration for tiie fund satisfac tory to do tho government and the participating bankers. Senate Tilade Progress On War Revenue Bil? WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Despite efforts of Southern Senators to divert discussion to cotton relief legislation, the Senate made material progress today on the war revenue bill. Many important sections Were agreed to af ter the proposed amendment authoris ing a $250,000,000 bond issue to aid cotton poduccrs had been debated and a vote deferred. The cotton controversy occupied most of tte day. Senators Smith, of Georgia, and Sheppard- of Texas, ad vocating tho proposal. Amendments en*.'AK?ynig cimilar relief measures for tue copper industry and the cereal farmers of the country were presented by Senators Smoot and McCain ber. Seuators made every effort to has ten consideration of the btll but plans for an adjournment of Congress by Saturday practically ?vere abandoned. The House, at th? Instance of Ma jority Leader Underwood, agreed that members of that body who could re turn nett week might go home, ag tho consideration of the war tax bill upon Its return from the Senate wau the only work unfinished. Mr. Under wood declared this could not be ex pected before the middle of next week. If the Senate should tack the cotton amendment *-o the "war revenas bill Mr- Uogerwood will ask the House to vote on lt without a conference. Oth erwise a conference will be asked. Tho House rules committee talked over the cot ton legislation again to day but took no action. The commit tee agreed to meet again next Tues day. WILL DTXOMLIZE A H MY. LONDON, Oct. 15.-A (Jen tr al? News' di,.pateli from Rome says: , "According to a telegram from < Constantinople published here Tar- j | key has informed Germany that ow- i lng to a lack of monoy she will have i to demobilize her army." WASHINGTON. Oct. 13.-No con firmation of the report reaching Rome from Constantinople that Tur- : key had notified Germany -of hier in tention to demobilize her army be- i cause of financial embarrassment i was received today at the Turkish, i German ' or British embassies. Of fl- : cia! advices reaching the state de partment, however, apparently ware < In conflict with the report. A message from Constantinople said the Turkish government was seeking to perchase sss hundred motor i trucks tn tn*. ?foit?! si?*.?>?. THE GERMANS Ad BRINGING FC ALLIES HAVE THROWN STRON OBJECT OF SHUTTING O FRENCH PORTS Ol Reinforcements Have Reached Bo Only to Be Placed in Proper P Which May Prove Decisive ! (By Associated Press.) In the northwest of Belgium thc Germans rapidly are bringing their forces to the coast. They hive occu pied Bruges, ubopt fourteen miles east of Ostend and liave appeared at Hlankenberghe, on the North Hon, some twelve miles northeast of Os tend. In the meantime, however, the al lies have thrown a strong line out to tho sooth with tho object of K1I ut ting off Calais and other French ports on the English Channel. Thc allies oreiiny Ypres and tholr line ls bcllcvod to extend almost directly northward to Nleuwpoort. This ter ritcry within the next few days' doubtlesH will be the scene of heavy fighting if the reported plans ul' the Germans are carried out. { The latest French official state ment (innounces gains on many! points on the front, including the I taking of Estaires, an advance of about two kilometres In thc center to the north nnd cast of Rheims and i( furthor advance on the heights of tho Meuse to thc south of St. Mlhlel. HeinforcementH have reached both j tho Germans aud the allies on their ? right and left wings respectively, .ind tin '-e need only be placed In their proper positions on the front, for the blow to bc struck which may. prove to bo st decisive stroke for ono j sido or the oilier. That Emperor William of Gor-' macy ts 'following with sharpest in-' toreet tho fortune.-, of h|s eoldiera is indicated by .tho fact that his head-j quartern have been moved further Into France. Tue .imperial Germar. ' chancellor. Dr. von Bethmann-Hol weg, and his suite, have arrived al Brussels. FOREIGN TRADE IS IMPROVING President Wilsen Says Demand For American Goods Abroad Show Increase. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct 15.-The foreign trade of United States shows slow but steady improvement, in the ?pinion of President Wilson, who told callers today he had learned through letters and personal talks that the de mand for American goods abroad has "kc"'" Z, ? ?uOrc?o? Fvcculiy. The call for American made cotton fabrics is particularly noticeablo in Spain, the Scandinavian countries and In South America, ho said. Buying ot raw cotton has not boon resumed on a large scale, he added, largely be cause of thc difficulty in ^citing quo tations. Thc President Indicated bis belief that thc cotton situation soon would be improved. Landslides Belay Traffic ASHEVILLE, N. C., Oct IB.-Fol lowing three days and nights of steady rains, a landslide at Ridge Crest, on thc Salisbury-Ashvlllo division of the tiouthern Railway, held up all trains between the points named this after noon. It is expected that the track ?til bo cleared by noon tomorrow. SOUTHMUS^ GOVERNMENTS Says W. P. G. Handing,/Prominenl serve Board, In Statemen A?abi (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.-The South must look to the resources of Its state governments rather than to federal aid for any real relief from the financial stringency that threatens to follow demoralization cf the cotton* markot, In tho opinion ot W. P. G. Harding, a prominent Alabama bankers and member of the Fedora? Reserve Board. In a state ment Issued here tonight Mr. Ha? lng urged that Immediate relief measure* be taken by thc several ptatcs to ?do over a situation he said was now "becoming, acute." He made lt clear that hrs suggestions wero not in the nature of an official expression, but merely his personal conclusions. Mr. Harding's statement was ad dressed particularly to the people sf Alabanva. in supiaort of thespian recently suggested iSeniUor B?uk-! RE RAPIDLY IRCES TO COAST G LINE TO THE SOUTH WITH IF CALAIS AND OTHER 4 ENGLISH CHANNEL th Germans and Allies and Need ositions for Blow to Be Struck For One Side or.the Other. Thc Belgian government, before moving to Havre, ordered all males between tho ageB of 18 and 45. to enter thc army within two days on po in ot boing considered traitors. King Albert remains at tho head ot bis army, a part of which has formed a Junction with tho allies. The Canadian troon*, who arrived at Plymouth have been ordered landed and already ar-* ?rn their way to Salisbury Plaine, "where cantea have been prepared for them. The first of the Canadians to be brought ?ihor? was a contingent of the fa mous Strathcona Horse, very similar to the American rough Riders. Petrograd repdrts no change on the eastern 'Prussian and central Vistula fronts, but claim? a victor/ for a Russian column over the Aus trians south of Prsemysl. Vienna reports that according to an official German communication tho AuBtro-Germnn armlos have re lieved tho fortreas of PrpomysL The bombardment of Rheims con tinues and the Rheims cathedral has boon subject to another shelling. Already the revolting. forces ia South Africa under Colonel Marita have been engaged hy a column of the Union of'South Africa troops, and eighty of the rebels captured. Commandants, burghers and Ueld cornets aro flocking to the standard of General Louis Botha, In answer to bia appeal for assistance'In putting, down the rebellion under Marltz. .Princess Mary, daughter of K5s? George and Queen Mary, has started ??movemertt for the'soMlbrs and sail ors fighting for this - country. She . uhlu each ot them' to ?et, a christ mas present DISFUTE OVER BOUNDARY LINE Between North Carolina and Ten? Taken Up By Supreme Court (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 1&.-The dis puto between North. Carolina ami Tennessee over the exact location of the boundary line , between these states was taken up today by the supreme court after Ave years' pre liminary proceedings. Tho case ts uno of tho few original suits insti tuted tn tho supreme court itself >.ad attracted attention because of tbs sovereignty of the parties at bar. The search of the white man for timber for advancing civilisation formed tho basts of the dispute. A commission marked the boundary line in 1821 when only the Cherokee Indians inhabited this mountain wil derness. Neither state paid much at tention to the exact location of the lino until after the civil war. when tho first white man took up his abode. By that day time had bedimmed the markings and the action - of the boundary commission. Both states proceeded to grant title? to the land, a tract of between 30.000 at.d 40,0fK) acres, and each insisted upon tuxes being paid to it. At times the land was sold for taxes first by OVJ state and then the other. O OWN FOR FINANCIAL AID t Banker and Member of Rsx t Addressed to People of head for extensive purchase of cot-? ton by the state government, to bo paid for by an Issn? .of state bonds. "What is really needed is a man* kat," eaidt Mr. Harding, and aa there IB no adequate natural market for the time being, the question reverts) as to whether an artificial market can be created. Attempts have been made to create such a market through the national government, but lt is clearly Impossible, boto, from a legal standpoint and for prac tical reasons for iho government ot the United States to aid either, as a purchaser of cotton or aa a lender Upon lt rjt security. Much valuable time ha > been lost In pursuing thia phantom hope antd the sooner our people abandon the chase tho better. If anything is to be doiie toward? cresting aa artificial market, euch action niust b* taken by the South ern biuies ?or i?wiiXSO?VtC."'-. , .