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II Improvement of the Lav/ From Vv Popular Criticism Wa? Kcyi WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 Improve ment uf tho law from within i<> ?lem the present lido ol popular erlil dum WUH Un.- kevnote of tim l>rsi day's Mission of th? American liar association herc. President Wilson in hhs mid ress <>i welcome pleaded for the humanising of tho law by Incorporation of mure Justice and l<>ss citations In laural casca. Pormcr Presiden! Taft, spoak inic to tho Judges of 'ii.- country, gathered for the bret time In Mm history of tho country In formal inciting, emphasized tho necessity for removing delays in lit ?Kilt lon. As sociate Justice McRcynolds, of tho Supreme court, urged the Judges to give more attention to public opin ion. At tonight's session of the bur as sociation proper, Senator 101 iii ti Koot, In spooking of "tho laymen's criti cism of tho lawyer." suggested law yers should apply tho rules of evi dence with more regard to common sense, and might well nvnll Mr i EOIVOB of expert assistance. Tho doy's program was concluded tonight with a reception In the I'ati Amorlcan building, nt which Chief JitBtlco White nnd associate j ii Ft cos of tho suprema court were hoste. Re ports of committees nnd n pllgrinr ntiigo to Mount Vernon will Tenture tomorrow's program. Before tho Judicial section, former President Taft, In his second .speech of tho dny, auld bo felt at home, al though there had been an "Interven ine purgatory" since ho hlmpolf was a Judge, ll? told tho Judges Min*, un iformity in decisions wat quito as Important SH individual Justice. Mr. Taft suggested that pVn-.nd ence on stenographers had lcd tn much delay in tho disposition of cases. Ho urged that most eason In, the courts be disposed of ut, thc end of arguments. Justice McRcynolds, in urglne Mm Judges to become greater alf) run M ve forbes In tho enforcement of tho law, said delays In cpurtB frequently rob bed cases of the fruits nf the decis ion. An attorney general, the *UR. Moo said, he ataried out with tho idea that ho would conduct tho rov nrnmont's business as that of a uri vato client. Ho soon found ho was mistaker., hp declared, and boenmo convinced the thing to do wan to reive tho public a ra lr idea of what he intended to do and i Judicious no tion of what success was being, at tained as he proceeded. In pome way, ho added, the Judson glv to the noople an Iden o' what they ?ire seeking to^accomnllsh and how they are succeeding. "In some sueh way we may ?urn j the tide nf opposition tn tho Judiciary nf tho last ten years," ho conclud ed', "and find ourselves once morn In trenched lp tho confidence ot the ponnlo." . . Tho Judicial section dismissed ?he nert Judge? might wol] take In ">f firence to legislation nToctlnn the courts. Governor Baldwin of Connoetiont, nddressed tho Comparativo IAW Ttn TVUI and Edmund -Wetmore of New York, spoke to tho Patent '?metl-.- ni "Snmn Present Aspects of the Pat ent 1.?W." President Wilson In hi? address raid tho world wns now "stirred to Itr dopths". hut that tho beat cnurno for n natlo?i to pursue ww Ihn OIK Intorested part. Ho ndded that thc unsettled world conditions mad?? c good time for freeing tno law from tho dry consideration of cold prece dents. ?nd injecting into lt moro of tho viewpoint of Justlco for tho ordi nary man. "We stand now in n peculiar cnpe," tho pr?sident continued. "Our first thought. I suppose, on lawyers la of liuortmtloivil fnwi Wo know that wo soo In International law, as it wore, tho moral processes by which law itself came Iii o existence*. I know that ps a lawyer I have' myself at times felt that thero was no roal comparison between the law of a na tion ?nd the law of cations, because the latter lacked tho sanction that gave the formar strength and valid ity. And yet if you look Into the mat ter moire closely, you wir. fud that tho two havo tho same foundations and that those foundations are m ?re evident and conspicuous tn our day than they ever have been before. Tho bplnion of the world ia thc mis tress Of the world ; and the process es ot -International l?w nnd the slow processes by which opinion work tts will. "What impresses me ta the con stant thought, that that ls th ? tribun al nt. tho. bar of which wo all sit. I would rall' your attenton. Incidental ly, to;the circumstances that lt doc? not djeeerve the ordinary rules of ovi- 1 dence, which has sometimes suggest- < ed to mo that the ordinary rules of < evidence had shown como slgr.3 of i growing antique. 1 "P?vorything, rumor Included, ls I hoare: fn this court, and the stand- < ard ht'Judgment Is not with regard the character of tho testimony. 1 e character of tho witness. The l are disclosed, the purposes < ctured thst opinion ls Anal- 1 ted which seems to be bot < founded in law. perhaps, but) t foundort In Integrity of | r and ot morals. That is s which is slowly, working ^ T unnn the world, and what we ! Phouts) bo watchful of ls not so: much i Jealotjs; Interests, as sound principles : KT|51dlsfntareufed coure ts always hoi ?uy the highest course to pur- : 'ithin to Stem the Present Tide of note of First Doy's Session. sue, but lt ls, In the long run, tho most [irofltablu course lu pursue, ii you can establish your character, yon <:an establish your ondit. "What I want to suggest to this as sociation ls whether we sufficiently apply those same Picas to thc bod) of municipal law which wo Beek t<> administer. Tho (banging of law by statute seems to nu' like mending a garment with ?.. patch; whereas law should grow by the life il.af ls In lt, not by the life that ls outside of lt. 1 should bate to think that the law dbl not derive its Impulse from look ing forward rather than from look ing backward, or rallier, tba' lt iib! not derive its InBtruction from look ing about and seeing what the oir iumstanies of man actually aro and what the impulses ol Justice neces sarily are. "Understand nm, gentlemen, I r.rii not venturing In this presence to Im peach fhn law. Hut I do wi? li to maka this intimation, that in this timo of world chango, lt Is worth while looking Inside our municipal law and seeing whether the moral judgments of mankind arc made square with everyoiio of the Judg ments of law itself. For I bellvo thar I wo ore custodians, not of commrinds, but of a spirit. We aro custodian?; of tho spirit of righteousness, ol" the spirit of equal-handed Justice, of tho spirit of hope which believes l:i thr perfectibility of the law with tim perfectibility of human life Itsolf. "You can not go any laster than you can advance the average moral Judgments of the mas?;, and you can go, at least, as fast as that. I have dealt wth all sorts and conditions of men, and I have found that the flame of mora) judgment burned just as bright In tho mun of humble life and limited oxperlence as in thc schob and the man of affairs." LATEST NEWS FROM THE BATTLEGROUND (Continued From First Page.) throo weeks. Every time tho (lennans had boon completely obliged to aban don tho position they returned in force nnd pushed back the French by weight of numbers. The French took tho position for thc twelfth time and held it for ten hours. Then came a shock of the hu man bacterlng ram and tho French gradually gave way. The Germans began fortifying the place, but whilo they were engaged In this task the earth heaved and there was a deafening explosion. Tho ten hours the French held tho point had bci-n sufficient to mino every rod of tho ground. It is estimated that three German bntaillions wore annihilated. Tho strength of the German posi trons north of Roye, which facilitated their movements toward Lille ls ex plained hy the fact that they were oc cupying nn unfinished canal extend ing ns fer a? Reisel. The Germans found In the deep, broad cutting, mag uillo.mt entrenchments. ? Officers of the Allies say they have noted that only about forty per cent nf thc shells from German guas ex plode. They say also that the prodi gality of their fire apparently has do ?jicted i h e. u orman supply of ammuni tion, as the Intensity of tho flro late ly has diminished. The French artillerymen are careful In getting langes and waste few shells. In an artillery duel near Arraentlors thc Germans fired for half a day Into thickets that had been abandoned some time before. The French- three inch guns finally got the range and ,wolvc shells silenced tho German bat tery. THOMAS C. SHAW Appointed Secretary of Civil Ser vice District With Headquar ters in Atlanta. Special to Tho Intelligencer. WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.-Thomas 3, Shaw of Greenville county, who ms for several years boon field agent >f the depart meut of agriculture, wa? oday appointed secretary of the fifth dvll service district, comprising tT.e States of South Carolina. Georgia, florida, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi with headquarters in At enta. He succeeds B. R. Hare, who ?eslgned to accept a position with the agricultural department With hcad iuarter8 In Columbia. Go to Support of Larger Ship IONDON. Oct. 21.-(4:87 a. m.)-. British warships wore sent to coop srate tn thc movement* against the lennans nt Ostend and other points. Apparently the Germans hoard of Lhls and, according to tho Datly Mall, Ave Gorman submariner went mt to attack them. A scout cruiser and division ot British destroyers went to the sup port of the larger shins and attacked the submarinos Monday. In tho ac tion twolvo torpedoes were fired by tho submarines but none hit. Germans Repulsed. AMSTERDAM, VIA LONDON, Oct ?1.-(2:15 n. m.)-The TelograaCs Bluis correspondent says tho Ger mans apparently have been repulsed near Middle Korke. Their guns now are near Ostend, which still is in ? possession of the Germans, the coi r?spondent adds. W?t3 at Bim Only (?Irl In Amerton Who Jumps {rilli Meer Hack ?nd Throws This Bo Keen With 101 Katich Show WM day, October 2"._ _ AMERICAN RED CROSS An Appeal for More Than a Mil lion One Happy Eut Now Wrecked Women and Children. To tho People of South Carolina: In asking your paper to present to ou this appeal in the namo of human ly from the American lied Cross, I ihall be brief and not overtax your mtlence, Thero is suffering and distress pre ening In Europe today tho magnt ude and depths of which never en ered tho mind of man. The victims low from conservative investigation lave reached tho appaling number of )ne Million fatherless children, and ?no hundred thousand widow?. Think if it in tho fear of God. These an in [ependent citizenship having had all | he comforts and con' eniencos of life iving iii happy honus and In charity ?.Ith all tho world. A war for which no one ian give . reasonable cause came upon them Ike a thunderbolt for a clear Bky in olving two-thirds of the nations of ho earth. Those prosperous psoplo living in ho section of the war zone that has iconio tho theatre of the most bloody nt relic! s wnr that has ever bini, ken - d the story of civilization, have mot vlth reverses and berbcL-it('s thr.'. each satanic cruelty. Their crops have bron destroyed, heir homes mined and burned, their ll gone. This is no overdrawn pic are, it is almost beyond our imagin ion. Shcltcrlcs, clcthvKless, provis mless, In dismay, hopeless, not rowing where ti? turn, with no eye a pity, and no arm to have. My friends and fellow citizens think f tho situation and take it in If you an. We plead and pray that you^ carts may ho touched and your ocket hooks opened. Don't treat this petition with tndlf ?repce. It comes to each and evety no of yon ns a message from above.> Ho Hint hath this world's goods and oeth his brother In need and shut ?th up his bowels of compassion from Im how dwolleth the love of Qod In im? Send contribution!* to tho under lined, thoy will ho most welcome and romptly acknowledged and handled. In all modesty and esteem, 2 beg ?ave tn romain. Your friend and servant, A. Jd KAUFMAN, Acting president S. C. Stato Board of Amorctan Red Cross. Charleston, S. C Oct 16, 1914. Jritish Steamer Sunk By German Submarine LONDON, Oct. 21.-(12:45 n. m.). , Reuter dispatch from StavOngor, otway, says the Brill Jh etoamor Utera, of Ijolth, waa sun ff off the orwcglan coast today by r. German iibmartne. The steamer's crow wan nlored into the boats and tho valves Ore opened. Tho name of tho steamar G Utera oes not appear in avallablo mari mo registers. rlarked Improvement in the Situation WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.-Marked nprovement in the unemployed* elt atlon in Great Britain Is Indicated ti official reporta mado public to ight by the British embassy. A tatement issued at thc embassy said ..employment In municipal trades In intoner was less than tn September, rhlch waa "remarkable ?ince unera loyment generally ls on the In os asia a the approach ot wlntor." From ii Running Horse Burk to e Virions V II i ni ii I In u Few Minutes. To rh Appears in Anderson on Til ii rs KNOCKED OUT IN THIRD ROUND Sam Landford, Negro Heavy weight, Defeat* Gunboat Smith in Three Rounds. (By Associated Press.) HORTON, Oct 20.-Ram Langford, tho negro heavyweight of Boston, knocked out Gunboat Smith, of Now York, in three rounds here tonight It waa the ure/ timo *he leading "white hope" bf this country, who gained a decision over Langford here a year ago, had hoon knocked out. Tim negro landed three solid punch es before the first round was finish ed and a sweeping right lelled Smith for n count of seven; Smith was weak when the first round ended. , In tho second round, Langford lead ing a left hammered to Smith's jaw. crushing him to thhinet Smith sprawl ed there for nine seconds, staggering to his feet bravely in time to ?ave him self from being counted out Feinting and landing with left and right, Langford rocked Smith w'dh his blows and floore.'. him awr**-!r.. Rc-feree Jack McGuigan, vjf Philadelphia, had counted four when the bell gave Smith a reprieve. ? Smith lasted nearly twp minutes of the third round. Then Langford again pointed his left menacingly and drew Smith's guard over. Tho negro quick ly drove his right to the white man's Jaw and Smith sank to tho mut' where The Japanese Lose Many Thousand Men . (Hy Associated Press.1) PEKING. China, Oct. 21.-Refugees who have como out of Taing Tau, the fortified position Jn tfle. Gorman pos session in Shan Tunp province, are authority for the justement that hp va the time they loft tho Japanese had lost several thousand men before Tsing Tau while the casualties of the dormans did not amount to more than several hundred. Reliable information obtained In Pe king In to tho effect that a British de tachment sustained a number of casu alties while crossing the land that liad boon mined by the .Germana in K!ao Chow. Arrivals at the!Chinese capital from Siberia say busstan troop trains aro traveling westward over tho Trans Siberian railway hourly. An uncensored letter received hero says the Japanese- attacked Taing Tau an several night but invariably were repulsed. Once, tho correspondent says, tho Germana followed thc Jap anese successfully for a short dis tance. Situation Serious. DENVRR, COLO., Oct 20.-A re port that li members ot tho National 3uard In "uniform and fully armed" mitered. tho strike ?one pf thc Colo rado coal field today was contained a a nws3age sent to President Wil son tonight by the policy committee nf U?e United Mine Workers of Amer ica, district 15. ..The belief was ex pressed that tho militiamen "carno to Incito trouble abd sot to rpromioto peace." Tho message added that the tttuotion ls serious. Board of Btrector* Elected. RICHMOND, VA-, Oct. 20.-Stock Holders of the Ck?aepeake * Ohio Railway company, in annual meeting Itere today, re-elected the pr?tent board of directors* Tho norn bint lon to the board of C. E. Graham of New Vork to succeed- Frank A. yonder up, resigned, waa confirmed. Trahie Besomed. ; WASHINGTON Oct 20.-Traffic through the Panama Canal was re sumed today after being blocked v. week by o landslide into Celebra m Colonel Goothah? reported tho reby rtning tonight la a catnegram. Near ly a doxen merchantman wer J walt ing at each end ot the waterway and it ls expected two days will be ro Qttircd to put the? through. ooooooooo o Washington Letter. ol o O O O O O O. Ol' o (Special t<? Thc intelligencer.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. Men in political . and journalistic life have spent doiens of years in Washington declare that never within the periods of their obser vation has there been a congres sional campaign in which there was si? little spirit as thc present one, which draws to a close a week from next Tuesday. Usually there is a determined contest on the part of each of the two leading parties to capture a majority in the house in an "off" year. And it may be said that ..> ually the congressional election in an oil year indicates the way the presidential and congressional elections at the following general election will go. The claims of the rival campaign managers are usually so sweeping, and so wild ly published, that the public is really left in some uncertainty un til the returns come in. lt is true that these claims are generally very greatly discounted by the public, but there is always a pos sibility that either side may win, so far as can be gathered before the election. Hut this year it is different. It is almost unbelievable, but it is a fact, that the Republicans are conceding that they have no itance of carrying the congres sional elections this year. On the other hand, the Democrats admit that thev lose something like 4o seats in the house. Majority About 100. This however, will leave the Democrats with a majority of about 100. At present their ma jority is 145, and it is remarkable that the Republicans are claiming no more than 40 of these seats. lt is true that a loss of 4o seats by the Democrats and a corre sponding gain by the Republicans would place the former's majori ty somewhat under loo, but the opinion of thc best judges is that 'he Democrats will emerge from the contest with at least that num ber of seats in excess of their op-; ponents. A few speeches are being made by leading party men in each par ty in the doubtful States; but both narties are suffering, apparently from a lack of funds. It is claim id that the war chests are nearer ^rnntv this year than ever before, md Democrats argue that this fact alone is a greater blow, by far, to the Republicans than to the Democrats. Gains in Senate, Norte the less certain, appar ently, are Democratic gains in the senate. . lt is very likely that a Democrat will succeed Root in New York, and Burfon, of Ohio, 's liable to be succeeded by a De mocrat. Gov. Baldin, of Con necticut, is making, a strong fight for the senatorship against Brandeges, Republican, and is accounted probable winner. Pen rose, of Pennsylvania, is making thc fight of his life. He has never had to fight before. When sena tors were elected by the legisla tures, Penrose was able to boss the situation; but this year the people elect the senators by rect vote, and while ?Ar. Penrose won the nomination'easily, he ha? been spending a great deal of . time in Pennsylvania defending his record in the effort to secure re-election. . The same is true pf Gallinger, of . New Hampshire, who is being opposed by Con gressman Stevens. Even Smoot, of Utah, is by no means certain of re-election. The Democrats and Progressives in that State have combined on another Mor mon, and Smoot -is in danger of being retired. In several of the Middle Western . States Demo cratic candidates foi* the senate are likely to succeed. There are at present 5 i_.Demo cratic senators as aeainst 44 of the combined Republican and Pro eressive opposition, rt is prac tically certain that no Democra tic seat wilt be lost this year, and it is conceded that af least two or three will be gained. ALLIK8 DKTE QKltK?'Vg 0 OtrT OF RBVOKS DUNKIRK. VIV LONDON. Oct 21. -<'.;10 a. m.)-The newspaper Nord Martlttroe says that the AUtea have driven five thousand Germans ont of ttruites and that the Mites are now in possession. THE Ford Tim? devoted to public in general owners in particu] where between iti found something everyone. It is publish by the Ford W pany, and--lifc car-has a woi tribution. It i ed free each m one* anywher quest. TOD1 Postpone Action on Warehouse Bill Continued From Pago Ono.) tho work animal nnd reducing th** whole acreage for next year'; cotton crop two-thirds. Several of the sen ators consider the house hill inno cuous, and say it really amounts to lothing. They want some "teeth" put in nereage r?duction, notably Senators Carlisle and Clifton. Thc Sullivan idea to tax production ap licara to bo growing In favor on thfi. scnate side. The proposal to l??sue $2.r?.000,000 b-.nds to buy cotton wns made a spe cial order for this afternoon's ses sion at 4 o'clock. The special com mittee brought In a constitutional amendment, the effect of which WiU be, if adopted, to do away with tho necessity for another legislature to ratify a bond issue if tho people voto lt, their approving It being suf ficient ratifcation. It I3 proposed to have this amendment voted on in No vember and is a further step to safe guard the bond issue against being declared unconstitutional'. The total eliminators aro making a fight on the Ecnnte side. Senator McLaurin sent up an amendment tc the acreage reduction bill providing for the total elimination of cotton planting next year, conditioned on a number of other colton . States en acting a similar law. TM* amend ment has not yet beer voted on. I Ono amendment to reduce acreage next year 50 per cent, and raise thc number of acros to eight to the work animal was overwhelmingly voted down. ' The strong lobby which has been th evidence sinco the beginning of tho! session working for total oliml- I nation 19 still extremely active. Law- ! makers are being "buttonholed" constantly and several senators on the floor of the senate have spoken of the pretssure which is being brought to bear on thom .by .the agri cultural interests to vote for either An Unusual The special departir lepe can enroll a few mo lege invites the ladies of to take advantage of thi PIANO Prof. and Mrs. Geode VOICE Miss Stranathgn . VIOLIN Miss Smith Whether you contc study of any of these sti glad to have you visit tl work that is being done. DR. JAS. P. Km THE ANDERSON JOB PRINTING rs is a magazine the automobile -and to Ford iar. But some i covers will be of interest to ed monthly rlotor Corn ie the Ford rid-wide dis till be mail onth to ?ny e, upon re t? AUTO SHOP total elimination or radical rod ac tion. J. NEWTON COX A Prosperous Fermer, Died at Hb Home Near Belton Tuesday Morning. BRUTON, Oct. 20.-Special : J. Newton Cox, a prosperous farmer of near Helton died this morning at tho age of 62 years. Mr. Cox was con fined to his heil about two week:;, suf fering from heart disease. Ho is sur vived only by his wife. Ibero being no children. The funeral services will be held Thursday morning, after which the interment will take place, possibly at the Baptist church cem etery, as he was a fuithful member of this church. Mr. Cox had tho es teem of wide circle of relatives and friends, and was a good man. ?ILL PLAY ANNUAL GAME ?OK FIVE YEARS WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.-An agree ment binding West Point and Anna polis to play an annual Army-Navy football game for five years and specifying Franklin field. Philadel phia, aa the place for this season's contest an*- November 28 tbs date waa fmaoupced, tonight by Secretary Harrison, of the wnr department, and Lieutenant Commander Needbaui .Ton??s, of the navy. Both declared this mailc tho playing of this year's game a ct rtainty. A3 agreed on the plan stipulates that the two schools will choose 4ho site for the games alternately, the navy having the preference this yo' Tho place 1? not to bo north of Now York or. south of Washington. It ' also provides that when it is the navy's turn ? to choose the site in 1916 everything possible shall bo done lo pruvuio mord commodious facilities than now aro afforded at Franklin field._ -, Opportunity lents of Anderson Col re pupils, and the Col Anderson and vicinity s opportunity. ART MisaJRamseur DOMESTIC SCIENCE Miss Murray EXPRESSION ' Miss Wakefield ?mplate taking up the idles or not, we will tie te College and see the V FARD, President INTELLIGENCER DEPARTMENT