Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 346. rTeeklj, z.tabllBked 18*0; Oa?lj, Ja-a.il, 1814. ANDERSON. S. C.,FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $500 PER ANNUM TWELVE GERMAN AND BRITISH COLLIERS SUNK WIRELESS Gill ? HEARD OF RI Germans Saw Monmouti Wave? Carrying 650 and It Is Believed tin Wtih All Her Crew of (By AMorintrcl Pm?.) VALPARISO. Chile. NOT. 5.--A wireless cry from the British cruiser Glasgow-Intercepted by the German victors-was the last word received from E?ar. Admiral Crjidock's squad ron after the engagement off tho Chilean coast Sunday. The Germana saw the Monmouth sink and heard an explosion on board the Good Hope that they believe sent the cripplied flagship to the bottom. All. that night the German cruiser Numborn searcbod the ssas, unsuc cessfully for the Good Hope. They picked up a radiogram directed to the flagship by the Glasgow. There waa no reply. There were about 650 men on the Monmouth when she disappeared be neath thc waves. Admiral Cradock had 900 man with him on the Good Hope. Whether the Glasgow md tho transport Otranto, wbich fled with her, survived is not known. The whereabouts of the German cruisers Lcipslg and Bremen also remains in doubt. Further details of ?the battle became known today from s tate men?? made by German officers. They commended the bravery of the Britishers in thc uneven combat and intimated that an effort to save lives would. have beep made if the - weather had permitted. The engagement waa fought in the teeth, of the norther mat asBtuned al most hurricane (Proportions. Small bciU could inri. HVB in me sea. The heavy weather militated against .thc larger shtpB and the Good Hope fonnd her guns almost uecloss because of the ship'?? roll-. The German Chi ni fleet, the cruis ers Scharnhorst, Gn ei genau and the N?rnberg had rejoined the Leipzig and Bremen, which Lsd been detach ed to patrol the coast north ot Val paraiso. The unit proceeded, south ward, apparently well aware , of the rendezvous of the British off Concep ci?n bay. At thc same time the Mon mouth and Glasgow, accompanied by the transport Otranto, were moving north to meet the flagship Good Hope, evidently unaware ot the proximity of the Germ-as. They mst off Coronel. It wa?? 6 o'clock Sunday night when the Germans sighted the three Brit ish Mil pu. The latter attempted > to alter their course, evidently intend ing to approach the coast and gain territorial waters, and so avoid, an unequal match. ' The Germans,. how ever, headed them oft*. At the moment the Gorman guns were trained the Good- Hope waa seen coming at full speed. Through, good seamanship she managed to Join the other British ships. The Britishers bad come about and the two, squad rons sailed southward In parallel lines with the Germana nearer'the coast 1 Gradually thc two llo.es drew to gether. The Scharnhorst and Guotse nau simultaneously let go tr ?lr 12 8-lnch guns at the Good Hope. For Bcveral zr.lr:a'es the German shoos fell shrtrt am? thc Good Hope had such a roll abe could pot reply. The smaller cruisers were far out of range. Then tba sea fighters drew in near er. When the two unite were but 6, 000 yarda apart the Good Hope fired her two 9-inch guns. She was* still unable to nae her eight ?-inch guns, which on the gun 'deck were so near the water Une that the vessel rolled until they were almost awash. A terrible broadside from the Scharn horst and Gentsenau crippled the ?rittst-* flav^nip abd her engines slop ped. The Monmouth made a dash to corer the Good Hope but the Ger mans Un med lately brourfht into acUon ail the guan of their five vessels. These were directed first against the. Monmouth; Glasgow and Otranto, "ne Otranto, badly damaged, escaped lo the gathering darkness. Soca after wards she was followed by the Glas gow, which also had been put ont of action but continued apparently sea worthy. The dre German ships continued their attack on the Monmouth and Good Hope axd few* minutes later the former sank. By this time only 4,500 yarda separated the fighters. The Good Hope, badly damaged, hunt on until aa explosion occured on board her. She withdrew to the westward at 7:80 o'clock. Ac she dis appeared flamea were seen on beard her. Whether the fire waa stepped or abo went to the bottom ia not known, but the flames dropped down and aha waa not'keen again. The N?rnberg .searched until day ?~RKSBS h Disappear Beneath the ) Men to Watery Graves s Good Hope Followed 900 Men. break for the wounded ship, when tho German officers concluded that she had been lost with all her crew. Contrary to first reporta, the Glas gow did not roach Coronel or Tal cahuano, nor did the Otranto find a Chilean port. The German fleet, with tho exception of the Leipzig and Bremen, put in here and sailed again yesterday. If they had any word of thc Leipzig and Bremen they did not make it known. VA? PARAISO, Chile, Nov. ?.-It is learned that thc British cruiser Glas gow and the transport Otranto escap ed after the naval engagement with tho Germans off the Chilean coast Sunday. Wireless messages from the Glasgow calling for the British cruis er Good Houe were intercepted. The latter did not reply. It ia bedeved that the Good Hope and the British cruiser Monmouth with their total crews were lost. The whereabouts of the German cruisers Leipzig and Bremen are not known. War Exists Between France and Turkey (Kv Araoriptad Pr*s?.) PARIS. Nov. 5.-(11:30 p. m.)-Thc French government tonight declared ti'.?i n. "str.to vif w?tr exults oe?.ween Prance and Turkey," according to the' Bordeaux correspondent of the Havas Agency. He sayn that the foreign of fice issued the folio wing note: "The hostile acts of the Turkish fleet against a French steamer, caus ing the death or two Frenchmen and serious damage to the ship, not hav ing been followed by the dismissal of! tile German naval military .misaloner the measure whereby Turkey could disclaim responsibility, the govern ment nf thia republic ia ebligod tc state that as a result'of the action of the Ottoman government a state of war exists between France and Tur key." Turks Destroy Cassack Battalion ? ; . , . -_" BERLIN, via The Ha^-?0 and Lon don, Nov. 5.-The Constantinople cor respondent of the Frankfurter Zei tung says: "Tho Turks attacked and deatroyec a Cossack bataillon on the Russo Turkish frontier near Orduiia. and i then crossed the frontier, taking up j a strong position In Russian terri-] tory." Adoption of ] *May Be Am* Subscriptions to $135,000,000 C< to Reach Treasury-The St? So Marked! That Cotton Vi ? Subject of Ni * (By AsaocimUd Pr??*.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 5?-Adoption of the $130.000,000 cotton loan fund pish* by banks and othera throughout the country may be announced to morrow by the federal reserve board. Reports of contributions continued to reach 4he treasury toda ya nd lt was hoped tonight the fund would be futiy subscribed within a few hours. The success of the plsn has been so marked thai 'cotton virtually haa ceased to be a subject of internation al worry. The reopening of the. Liverpool cotton exchange ls counted on to give the market n. bollon, encourage American ^nd English huyera, and HOSPITAL SHIP ROHIi MINE AND FORCE (By AM3rUt?d JVMS.) , LONDON, Nov. 6.-The Hospital ship Robtlla. wrecked recently off the Yorkshire coast with many casualties, was struck by a mine and so badly injured that her captain waa forced to run her on the rocks to escape sink-, lng at sea. Caatain Wilson, of the Ro bina, gave this testimony , at an In WAITING FOR DECLARATION Whether Bulgaria Will Side With Turka or Allies or Continue Neutral. (Bv Aiworlntid Prrw.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 5.-Officials at th Greek legation here are waiting with intense interest a declaration from Bulgaria as to whether she will side with the Turks or the Allies, or continue her neutrality. It is freely admitted that Bulgaria's Bword in the balance may turn thc scales of war for the rest of thc Balkans. It was pointed out at the Greek legation that Turkey's belligerency alone need not effect Greece. Diplomats of tue entente powers here today said that it was unlikely that Bulgaria would arm against Rus sia. They suggested that the menace of Russia's army on Bulgaria's fron tier probably would be a sufficient in centive for peuce. Seventeenth to Enter Plea of Not Guilty (By AMoriatcl Prosu.) NEW YORK. Nov. r>.-William 1 Rockefeller, Standard oil multimil lionaire, appeared today the crlm- j incl branch of the United States dis trict court and entered a olea of not guilty to the indictment chareihg him, With conspiracy In connection with j his acts as a former director of the, New York, New Haven and Hartford t railroad. He was placed under $ii,000 bond to insure 'his apnearance for, trial. , Mr. Rockefeller appeared feeble. In. a husky whisper Mr. Rockefeller said "not guilty." after the clerk had ask ed 1dm how he desired to plead. Of, thc 21 men indicted. Mr. Rockefeller . was the seventeenth tr. ric nd. ' For the first time in thc memory of New York newspaper photographers. Mr. rockefeller consented' to pose lat., his photograph, No Remedy For The Situation thy Associated Pre?.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-The par alysis of' Danish shipping .by North sea mines was discussed at the state department today by Constantin Brun, Danish minister .and Acting Secretary Lansing. Denmark, Norway and Sweden and to some extent Belgium and Holland face commercial isolation. Today's conference was general in character and at its close Minister Brun said' be could not suggest any remedy for the situation. Three Million Eggs For Shipment (By Aaaociated Piwu.) BOSTON, Nov. 5.-Three million eggs arrived here today from the weat for shipment tomorrow to England whose supply from Russia has been cut -off by war. The consignment will be the largest ever sent from this port Loan Plan ounced Today rtton Loan Fund Plan Continues cees* of the Plan Has Been rtttally Has Ceased to Bc itional Worry. put cotton in the position of becom ing a most Important factor In the reduction of the American balance of debt to Europe. lt waa announced tonight that cot ton exports are Increasing. During the week ending November 4, 129,983 bale? war* exported compared to 111, 0"!i the preceding week. It waa the heat week since the war interfered witta trade. Hbhserlhes flMjst*. PETERSBURG. Va., Nov. 5.-Pet ersburg Subscribed $100.000 to the cotton loan fund, exceeding by $25, 000 alloted to this city aa her portion of the $1,000,000 Virginia was expect ed to raia*. XA STRUCK D TO RUN ON ROCKS quest today. This waa the fL-st hint that the hos pital ship had struck a mina. It had been understood the vessel merely got off ber courbe and plied on th? rocka. Captain Wilson said that had he noi run the vessel ashore she would have sunk with the loss of all banda on board. B* SMALL MAJORITY MEANS SHIFTING OF WORKING ORDER IN HOUSE MAJORITY OF 24 FOR DEMOCRATS Democrats WEB Be Forced to Maintain an Alwost Perfect Orgc fJaiion. (Dy Associated Pre?.) WASHINGTON, Jiov. r..-Many' changea In the organization of the na- ' tioaal hr.uae of representatives will, bc made when Champ Clark and "Un cle Joe " Cannon once more face each other ocrosa the center aisle at the beginning of tho next congress. The dwindling of tho Democratic majori ty, which will'drop ?fter the close of the December session from 140 to 24, will necessitate a general shifting of the working order in the house. With their slender majority the Democrats, while able to reelect Speaker Clark and retain control of the committees, will be forced to maintain an almost perfect organiza tion. Even with a full attendance in the house* a shift of votes would throw thc control to tho minority aide. Practically completo returns tonight gave the Democrats 230,* Re publicans 196, Progressives 7. Social ists i.. Independents ?, doubtful 1. This would glvo the Democrats a plu rality cf 81 over the republicans and a majority ot 2; over the combined opposition. . ! mjM?? "iTir ii i i II mi-[".""""M' will result in a rearrangement of commit tee representation, the DemocraU now holding overwhelming majorities in all Of thc Htanding ?pormaillees. The falling off of tho Progressives j from IS to eight probably will cut down their committee representation materially and even may lose them the few -important places they hold in the present house. Democratic leadership in the house will undergo great changes. Repre sentative Underwood was > elected to the senate and will leave the house at the close of the December session. Representative Kitchin of North Car olina, ranking Democrat on tho ways and means committee, will claim the Democratic leadership by fight o' seniority and is expected to have the support of Southern Democrats. Representative Mann of Illinois un doubtedly will remain, -tho Republi can leadership. Tue election will vacate Ave of the 14 Democratic rlacea on the ways and means committee. Representa tivo Underwood goes to the senate. Representative Hammond was elected governor of Minnesota. Fispresenta ltve Mitchell, ct Massachusetts, was defeated at the polls, Representative Palmer, of Pennsylvania, surrendered his seat to run for the senate and Was defeated, and Representative Stanley, of Kentucky, sought the sen atorial nomination in Kentucky and lost his . place. Representative Mur dock, of Kansas, the Progressive leed or and member of the committee, lost his seat in an effort to go to the sen ate. All of the Republican members of the committee were returned and in addition Ebenezer Hill, tariff ex pert and ono of the framers of the Payne- law, was sont back. He prob ably will-make a fight for his old place on the committee, i Two . Democratic members of tho rules committee 'rill.not return. Hep resentottve Hardwick, of Georgia; goes to the senate c.-l Representa tive Coldfogle, of New York, waa de feated by a Socialist, Meyer London. Representative Kelley, of Pennsyl vania, Progressive member of the committee, was defeated by a Repub lican, and the Progressives may lose their place on the committee. The labor committee lost two Dem ocrats, Representatives -Balts, ot Illi nois, and Walsh, of New Jersey, who represen ted President Wilson's dis trict. Representative MacDonald, of Michigan, the Progressive member, also waa defeated. Pour Democratic members of the banking snd currency committee failed of reelection. They were Repr?sentatif es Korbly, of In diana, Balklay. of Ohio, Neely. 0i Kansas, and Seldom ridge, of Colorado. Representative Hobson, of Alabama, long a prominent member of the nav al affairs committee, lost his place in aa effort to defeat Repr??cuUtive Un derwood for the renais- !*?nres%ata tive Bath rick .of Gato, and Gerry, ut Rhode Island, also will be missing from naval affairs. The Democrats lost five members on the military af fairs committee, the Republicans ose and the Progressives one. The Judi ciary committee will be practically unchanged. SBBvtiSEK?? FINDS GROUNDS FOR OPTIMISM Secretary Daniela Saya Resulta Show Confidence of People in Wilson Policies. (By A.HMM'inUll PlTV.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 5-Secretary Daniels who returned to Washington today after campaigning throughout New England, southern and middle western States, found ground for Democratic optimism in the election returns. "To have held DB own in tho sen ate and to have been able to organ ize the houBe by the slenderest ma jority under prevailing conditions shows the confidence of tho people in ?thc Wilson policies," he enid. "No par'.y before han revised the tariff and shown such a victory in an off year But for the demoralization Of business caused by tho war in Eu rope, conditions would havo been so good this fall as to have given Fe? ! publicans no opportunity to 'come bock.' The party in power must take the blame for all financial and indus-1 trial disturbances occasioned by tho1 temporary troubles caused by the j frightful foreign war. But this will pass." One Woman Killed Another Badly Hurt (By Aa?oriat?*I PIT?..) TROY, ALA., Nov. G.-One woman was killed and another badly hurt at a county fair here today -hen a racing automobile, drlvon by T. I Dewett, of New York, left the track and crashed through a fence into a crowd of spectators. Dewett waa ar rested, but later released. The wo Utan killed was Mrs. Fannie Catrett. and. the woman injured waa Mrs. An der Catre tt, the former's daughter in- law. i Wheat Reached Highett Price in Ten Yesrs (By Afjoriated Prem.) PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 6.-Wheat reached the higest price in more than ten years here today and indications v/ero that it would go still higher. Top prices were paid for 46,000 bushels, the highest price being $1.22 for 60,000 bushels of blue stem for January de livery all -other varieties sold at a new record. REMOVED FRO* HANKS OF HONORARY ADMIRALS. LONDON. Nov. 5.-(5:J5 p. m.)-' Emperor William and Prince HejqjrjM of Prussia both have been removed from the ranks of honorary admirals of the Britis'a fleet. Their names arc elided from Ute November navy list just issued.' All For Prohibition. j PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 6.-Every | county in Oreg* ;ave a majority in favor of Statowi-;, inhibition, accord ing to returns available tonight The State, nearly complete, showed for prohibition J9,9S4\ against 60,969. Adhering VHIa It Is Said Has a Strategic A ol States In the Northwest of the Conflict Between *i Near Ca (By A-wiatad Fm.) > EL PASO. TEXAS, Nov. 5.--No In- J formation had reached here tonight of the result of the conflict between Car ranza and Villa forces near Aguas Calientes. A statement by Rafael Musquir, Carranza's consul genero 1 to the United States, claimed twenty out of the thirty one Mexican States were ad hering to Carranza, though Villa, lt waa said, has 'a strategic advantage in controlling a solid block of States in the northwest Mnsquis received today an explanation of Carran ta's action in rejecting the election of Euiallo Gutierres as provisional presi dent and of Carran ia's presence at Puebla. The message signed hy Ysldro Fabe Ls. Carranza'? acting min ister of foreign relations, said: "The first chief thought it well to remain In thia city, Puebla, because being here ha Puebla he received a message from the convention Inform ing him that General Euiallo Gutier res had been made provisional presi dent without, the convention telling him, Carranza, whether or not the conditions which be had Imposed upon his resignation had been fulfilled. "These conditions were: Fixing the form of government which shall carry out revolutionary Ideals, making ah IIS THEY HAVE No Decision Has Been R West Flanders Sand Frontier More Wide 2 Being Made by Oppo LONDON, Nov. ti. -(lt.'ft a. m.) -A dispatch to tho Dully Telegraph from ' Odessa by way of Moscow saya that {twelve Turkish and German trans port s carrying; coal have been sunk near I'zunguldak, on thc coast of An atollo. - LONDON. Nov. 5.-No decision has 1 boon reached In the battle In the west I Flanders, sand dunoB and the oppos ing armies no? stand virtually aa they have stood for many days, j While the Germano keep hamnier I ins away at tho Allie?, around Ypres, i which routo they chose for their march to the coast after they had I found the road along the sea barred, and the Allies arc making un effort to I move northward tr. Ostend, neither ?side has got .far. The Belgians and those supporting them have found that the floods they created to stop tho Gci-iaan advance are hindoring their own movements, although they have occupied some villages, includ ing Bixscboote, which had been In tho po3BeR!ilr..n of the Germans. Around Ypres tho German offen etve, according to the Allies' accounts, has met with no success. In fact, it seem) thai ali atong tho line there has been merely a repetition ot artil lery duels and of Infantry attacks and countes attacks which Bometimes succeed but more often do not. On me eastern frontier more wide ?weeping mtrvem?ts^aTe^elng'made by the opposing armies. The Rus sians, from all reports, have driven bask the German c?tltftr tc the River Warthe in Russian Poland, have held hack a German offensive movement from East Prussia and are straight ening out their line for a more vig orous offensive against the Austrians, who have been trying to beat their left wing in Gallcia. t It is to the battles In these regions that the British military men are looking, for they declare that if the Russians can keep up their successful fighting against the Austrians and Germana, relief will come to the al lied^ armlcB in the west because of the necessity for a withdrawal cf Ger man army corps from Franco and Belgium to protect Silesia and East Prussia. These military observers express belief that the Turkish threat against Russian Caucasus will weak en the russian armies by withdrawal from Poland but the Russian author ities say they have sufficient troops on the spot to deal with Turkey. The first reports of the fighting be tween the Russians and the Turks are as.conflicting as were the first Aus trian noe RusBlan accounts of the warfare in Galicia. Each contender claims to have invaded the other's can States f. to Carranza dvantag^ Controlling Solid Block -Nothing Has Been Learned 'illa and Carranza Forces Beates. offecUve retirement of Generals Villa and Zapata from command of their forces, since these conditions have not been fulfilled, and as the conven tion had no authority to settle the dif ficulties with General Villa, fix the date of elections and define the social reforms which were to be carried out In the pre-constitutional period, the first chief cannot give up the power to any person designated by the con vention without the conditions here tofore imposed, havlrJg been fulfilled. "The governors of Puebla, Tlaxcaia, Yucatan, Hidalgo. Quer?taro, Guana jauto, Tabasco, Chlapaa. Vera Crus, Jalisco, Mexico and the federal dis trict and many leading generals have communicated with the first chief de claring their allegiance to him." Trolas Jammed With Refugees. VERA CRUZ, Nov. 6.-Trains from the Interior tonight were jammed with refugees and Vera Crus hotels were crowded as in the days when resi dents of Mexico City were fleeing be fore General Carranza, Candido Aguilar, commander of Constitutional troops near thia city, removed a few wealthy Spaniards from one of the trains Jost outside Vera Crus. He is holding them pris oners, i KOW STAND FOR MANY DAYS leached in Battle in the Dunes-On the Eastern Sweeping Movements Are sing Armies. territory and to have defeated bia frontier armies. These fights, how ever, probably have been only ad vance guard affairs and it ii thought here that some time may elapse be fore a pitched battle takes place. The Anglo-French fleet continues to bombard the Dardanelles forts bat tlie Turks say the warships have In flicted no dania KC. In other parts of Turkey British warships are busy. The government, however, haa order ed that Holv places shall be respected by thc British gunfire as lon? as tbe Indian subjects visiting them are not molested. Thia necessity for respecting the feelings of ber Moselm subjects, it is considered h?re, may hamper ?England somewhat in the prosecu tion of the war against Turkey, but ? with her large Moslem population lt can not be disregarded. In addition to Assurances from the Indian princ es, England has been Informed hy Mr.Hiern leaders in the Malay states that her war against Turkey will not affect the loyalty of the Moslems to the empire. The result of the naval battle in the Pacific between British and Ger man squadrons, details of which atl'? are lacking, naturally ls the most discussed subject of the war in Eng land. lt is realized that the worst ?*eeu~.c. ~tich .?Cl??? ?"ne winking c.: .the Monmouth and serious damage to the Good Hope, probably ara true. "It is the .price of the admiralty," says the average Fngl!*braac of ibis and other tosses to mips since the war commenced. Thc balance .thu? far ls on tho side of Germany but every Brltishor seems confident when the main fleets meet this discrepant will be more than wiped out. It is expected here that ?hould tho German fortress of Tslng-Tau fall tho British and Japanese vessels en gaged there will start out tu aa en deavor to round up the eight ot nine German cruisers still at large. The following Marconi dispatch haa been received from Berlin: . . "Main army headquarters yesterday denied reports that the Russians had taken German prisoner?; that the Oermnns had left their wounded on the battle fields or that they had lost machin? guns. "Vienna reporta officially that the eituation in Galicia ls unchanged. In the Macva region the Austrians cap tured large quantities of supplies and locomotives from the Servians, who are retreating hastily. "In Egypt the English hare aban doned the Arabian frontier .and with drawn across the Sues canal. "Shanghai newspapers report that the German artillery fire ia systemati cally destroying the entrenched posi tions occupied by the Japanese around Tslng-Tau. The Japanese have post poned indefinitely their attacks. The waters around Tslng-Tau are sown with mines. "English people in Germany are telegraphing to their government ask ing nome relaxation of the measures adopted with regard to German resi der'- in England. They ?lao aak their government to treat Germans in Great Britain with the same consid eration thus far shown to English men in Germany. "A German back from one of the English concentration camps states that within one week 17 German civi lian prisoners died there aa a conse quence ot Hi treatment and had food. "A representative appointed hy fhn American amabaasador in Vienna to investigate personally conditions among English and French soldiers Interned In Austria-Hungary declared himself satisfied concerning th-'* condition. Wounded Servian prison ers lr. Hungary are Urins: under the most humane conditions and are re- \ calving medical treatment, "Vienna officially reporta that in Ruasian Poland the Austriaca captur ed more than 2,000 prisoners, IncludV lag ZO officers. Oe the Galicien front 500 Russians surrendered. "During the operations against Sar ria 77 officers and ?60 man irate tak en at Roumani* aa well aa much war material." Invited te Alleena. * (Br AroeUtod hw.) . WASHINGTON. Nor. Preettenf Wilson today waa invited hy a large committee from the South te attend the Negro Historical und Industrial Association's exposition, to be opened at Richmond. Va.. July 4.1st*. He sain he would accept if possible. 9*HH*nH