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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA Petrograd Report? That i Cut Off From Their Backed Southward 1 ? And That Heavy LORI Retiring Armies? But Movements of the Aw With Prearranged Ph (By Associated Press.) The Austrians have been cut off from their western base and are be ing backed southward toward the Carpathians. Thus reports Petrograd on the operations of the Russians against tho Austrians in Galacla. Hea vy losses, it fa averred, were inflicted on tho retiring armier,- thirty thous and men having been ailed or would ed and two hundred cannon captur ed. Vienna, however, declares that there 1B no fighting in either Galicia or Poland and says the movements ol the Austrians that are taking place are in accordance with prearranged plans. The temporary cession of ter ritory, the officiai report says, ls jus tified . in the interesta of the general situation. Tko Russians say they are success ful developing offensive movements against the Bast Prussian front and c. I rc ?.vi y al xi aunuuuK t?vrn?x' on me Warthe in Russian Poland. This en gagement, they say, maras , the ad vance against the last fortified posi tlon' of* the' Germans ca Russian soll! Tho Germans report they have de . teated; three divisions of Russlac cav alry which crossed the Warthe above Kelo and have driven the Russians back to the . other aide. "There has been no encounter else where." the report adda. In the west, southwest of Ypres more* th an Tc Discuss Possibilities of Increasing Production (By Associated Fran.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-Leaders of agricultural research and education al work wilt assemble here next week to discuss possibilities of increasing American production ot. the soil to meet conditions ' brought on hy the European war. Ten national associa tions will hold their annual gatherings during the week and approximately 1.00Q delegates will attend the various meetings. Secretary Houston will open ' the sessions. WANTS COTTON ~ FOB RELIEF; FUND (By Awwristcd Prew.) ST. LOUIS. Nov. 7.-Mies Anne Mor gan, daughter of the .Ute J. Pierpont Morgan, lu a letter received hy busi ness 'men here today, asks all St. Louisans who have purchased cotton, in the recent "Buy-a-baie" movement to contribute the cotton to a fund for the relief of soldiers and desti tute of the European helHgeretWta Her letter declares she has organls-, ed a force of needy women to con vert the cotton Into bandages and wearing apparel. Begin Police Investigation. .p-gBOter . r .1- - -- SPRINGFIELD, MO.? Nov. 7.-A po-j Hoe investigation waa began tonight into reports that a contract for saddles ; ; for the British army, held by the Hermann-San ford Sadd'.erj Company, waa Indirectly responsible tor the fire that destroyed the company's plant here today. The los? ts estimated ai !' $266,000. Officers of the company re fused to discuss the ?ports. Army D?clare Unprepare? <By A*ooUied Pr*? \ ROMS. Nov. 7.-<4:*A p, tn.l-Dla? patches frein Conntantihpple describe the situation Utera aa outwardly much as it waa during the E?\lttnH| All foreigners except Germans are regarded with . suspicion. LQ*tn}mn* may he seen everywhere and German money ia eo plenum! that lt often.la accepted aa though lt war? Turkish, lu cafes and places of amusement the German language constantly is heard. Governing classes appear solemnly confient hut the army la declared to be totally unprepared for ,*ar. Store house* ara new to.ba amp?? ?** no the Austrians Have Been Western Base and Being roward the Carpathians ?es Were Inflicted on the Vienna Declares the i tri ans Are in Accordance ins. 1,000 Frenchmen and four guns have been captured, according to the Ger mans who declare also that attacks by the French west of Voyon, Vailly and the Chavonne have been repulsed with severe losses. The admission is made, however, that the French have retaken the vii l?ge of Soupir and part of Sapigneul. - France cays that while the Gormans have been active along the whole front in the weet all their attacks were repulsed. The Allies have taken trenches near Thiepval and the7 village of St- Rem I. on the heights ot the Meuse, at the point of the bayonet. The Turkish troops are - in touch with the enemy along the entire front says Constantinople, hut no details | are given of sny fighting. On the Black Sea, however, Constantlnoole ! says', the Russians have ' bombarded Zucguldiak and Kuzlnu, destroying the French church and French mn?n. I taus in me ronner ants sinking a Greek steamer at the latter place. According to Petrograd, placards from Turkish .presses .are being aj? r?bute? throughout re?-?ia to brethren of the faith, urging them to aid Tur key in the war against Russia Engineers from the Krupp gun works arc placing heavy guns on the sea front at Ostend. A Tokio report says a battle In the Pacific between the Japanese and Ger man fleet Is Imminent Ninety Ships Bound For United States Port (By Aaeociatctl Press.) BALTIMORE, Nov. 7.-Flying ^he flags c! nearly all maritime nations except Germany, 90 steamships are bound for this port to carry commo dities to Europe, according to Ute local maritime exchange HR* publish ed today. Most of them wi!', take out grain, others horses and atti' others i barbed wire for use as entanglements ?upon battle fields. I" At least half of the steamships ard British. Woman Killed in War. DRESDEN, VIA ROME, Nov. -8. (2:10 a. ra.^-The first woman re ported killed while serving in the present war was Baroness Marga, von Falkenhausen. She was slain by a bomb dropped from an aeroplane while acting as a nurse in a hospi ta] at SIssone, France. AU Amendments Defeated. RALEIGH, N. C., Nor. 7.-Official returns compiled tnlgb. indicate the, deaf t of the State constitutional amendment on taxation hy a majority ot from 6,000 to 7,000. The indications ? are that the ether nine amendments have also been defeated by smaller majorities which, it will take the of ficial tabulation to determine. Woman Suffrage ia Montana. HELENA. MONT,, Nov. /.-Woman suffrage apparently is an accomplish ed fact tn Montana. Returns today I willi La?i wa ?HTCU?Ct? OL ilre Stakt? reported, indicated a majority ot ty GOO. d Totally^ i For the War -??-? commissariat exists. Many soldiers still are wearing the old uniforms used in the last v?ar and army offi cers have not all hean paid? lt Is as serted. There Is also scarcity of am munition, continues the correspon dents, though Germany has poured into Turkey German officers, priv?tes, sailors, anns and ammunition and abc ve all money. It ls also said they have sent a submarine to Tnrkey. . Rover Pasha, minister ot war, and General Liman von Bendora, German commander of the Ottoman army, are the idols of iktf ?SeaTi?nt, saya the cor sreapondr GREATER MENACE TO COUN TRY THAN UNDESIRABLE CITIZENSHIP NEED EDUCATION Mothers Should Rise in Rebellion Against Fashions That Decree Immodesty in Dress. fBv Aw?ocint?l Prese.) KANSAS CITY, MO., Nov, 7.-"Un- I desirable fatherhood ls a greater menace to this country than unde sirable citizenshi.:,'? declared Dr. James Russell Price, nf Chicago, be fore the International Purity Congress ] here today. The tendency of the age." he con tinued, .'"is to magnify motherhood and to minimize fatherhood. Yet it is well understood that offsprings1 take their characteristics from thc male parent.'. Education is the crying need of the hour in respect to the whole sex question, according to Professor Thomas W. Galloway, of James Af Hil len University. Decatur, 111., who spoke before the International Puri ty Congress here today. He said that I education was tho only preventive of unchastity for which law, reform movements against prostitution, cam paigns against social diseases and ef forts to obtain living rrz merely palliatives. Rev. Frank Henry Caines, prescient of Agnes Scott Colleger Decatur, Ga., | placed .t JC groatast responsibility fer tu? regeneration or tue human race on the shoulders of the women. '{Unquestionably, in the cause and effect ot the Social evil, woman ls the great sufferer and she can do much to prevent it," he sa'.d. "She can do much as a mother in instructing her daughter ut social hygiene and in con trolling the dress of her daughter. "It is a wonder to me that mothers] do not riso itt rebellion against fash ions that decree immodest" in dress. Tho theatre, the dance, all should come under -the control of woman. Until women learn to take this re sponsibility we will not .succeed In I preventing social evils." Accepts fruition te Bare Life. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7.-Adolfo Carillo, Careusa's representative here, said he had received " from Mexico City today au official telegram stating ? that Eulalto . Gutierrez, provisional president of Mexico, accepted office at the hands of the Aguas Calientes convention only to save hip life. SEVERAL HUNDRED ARE KILLED JHNDE? ! Captare of Tehuaean, Mes.. From Carranza Garrison* Reported From Vant Cruz. . (Br -isoeUted Treas.) WASHINGTON, . Nov. 7.-The cap ture of Tehuaean, Mexico, from, the ! Carranza garrison try General Hlglnio ?Aguilar, Argumedo and Ruis, former ly federar contenders, waa reported to the State department today by Con sul Canada at Vera Cruz. The message saya several hundred were killed aa?, wounded. Tehuaean is 56 miles from Pue ? bia, where Carranga has removed with the members of his cabinet from Mex ico City. It ts oh the line ot the Mex ican Southern railway. nth** i&dviuta to the department said General Villa waa still at Augaa Callentas and told of the proclama tion o? G?nerai Gutierrez aa provision al president of the southern repub lic nuder the decision of the Aguas Calientes convention. He will take office Tuesday. During the. flay Rafael Zubaran, I Caranssa's confidential agent here, de nied that Carran xa forcea had hean ordered to attack American troops at Vera Cms tomorrow. Disquieting presa reports of tho intention of the Carranza, general outside General Funston"? linea to seek to capture the city hara persisted, however, and the war department te keeping In close touch with .the expeditionary force there. Appropriation far Foreign Work. BOSTON. Nov. 7.-The general com mittee of the board cf foreign mis sions of the Methodist Episcopal Church today voted an appropriation of fci.170,000 for work !n th* foreign field next year. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPIN ION IN REGARD TO COT TON LOAN PLAN VENTURE ASSURED Financiers Reluctant tc Enter Plan Until Definitely Assured It Was Not Unlawful. (By AMOCUUMI Pr*?.) WASHINGTON. NOT. 7.-No viola tion of federal anti-trust laws is threatened by the cotton loan fund! plan recently perfected by bankers and members of the federa) reserve board, according to an opinion hand ed down late, today by Attorney Gen eral Gregory at the request of Presi dent Wilson. . Success of the $135,0Cu?00O pool now is believed by treasury officials to be assured. More .than $80.000,000 of the 1100,000,000 to ba raised among Northern bankers already, has bees subscribed and practically all of the remainder, it is understood,' had been promised on' condition of favorable opinion from the attorney general. New England financiers, it was said, j were reluctant to enter the plan ?un-1 til definitely assured that the method of raising the fund wonld not be con I strued as unlawful. I Attorney General Gregory's opinion ; waa rendered after a cnnf??ren?? with President Wilson. The treasury de partment tonight made pnbllc the fol io vin g correspondence: "The White ??fA-u "November 7, 1914. "My Dear Mr. Attorney General: "I am sending.the enclosed papers, ? submitted to me by the secretary of j the treasury. In order tc' ascertain j whether in your opinion the proposed cotton loan fund may be lawfully formed. I know that it ls contrary to the practice of the department to give opinions beforehand as to contemplat ed, transactions, and I think that such opinions ought never in ordinary cir cumstances; to-be given, bat the cir cumstances with regard to the hand ling of the greet cotton crop which have been created by the European war are moat extraordinary and seem to justify extraordinary action. It is for that reason that I venture.to ask you to depart in this case from the usual practice of your department. "It occurs to me that the fnn con templated stands in a class by Itself. It is hardly conceivable that such ar rangements should become settled practices or furnish precedents which would be followed in the regular course bf business or under ordinary conditions. They are as exception ai in their, nature as the circumstances they are meant to deal with and can hardly be looked upon as. by possi bility even, dangerous precedents. It is fer this reason that I feel the more Justified in asking for your opinion in ] the premises. "Cordially and sincerely yours, (8igned) "WOODROW WILSON." "November 7. 1914. "Dear Mr. President: "I have the honor to reply to your request for my opinion os to whether the federal anti-trust laws (the so (Contlnued CU Page Four.) Payment of First Installments Complete (By Associated PrnwO wlASIUNGTON. Nor. 7.-Payment of the first installment of Gie capital stock of federal reserve banka, call ed for November 2. practically has {been completed. The paid tn total, 'the federal reserve board announced today, has reach** $t7.947:ioe. as fol lows: j UUBWU fl,unrir?U, i. V v. tiNR 320,380; Philadelphia ?2,068,550; 'Cleveland $2,012,353; Richmond $L 063.456; Atlanta $777.248; Chicago $2,191.000; BL Loots $912,000; Min neapolis $794,560; Kansas City $914. O?o; Dallas $951,325; Baa Francisco ?1,322346. Serious Forest Fires I, (By AMOoktad Pre--) WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-One of the severest droughts on- record Is render ing the forest dre situation in north ern Atlantic coast States extremely nerton*, according to reports to the forestry service. Every day brings news of frosh Area. Massachusetts has suffered severe ly Ia Kew Jersey hundreds of Ihous [ands of dollars worth of property has {been destroyed. NO EFFECT ON MEAT PRICES DESPITE WIDE AREA AFFECT ED BY FEDERAL QUAR ANTINE A GOOD SUPPLY Infected Herd? Being Destroyed to Prevent Spread of Hoof and Mouth Disease. (By At-?ori:i<r<l Pre*-,.) WASHINGTON, Nev. 7.-Officiai? of the bureau of animal industry today enlisted the cooperation of State of ficials in the fight to stamp out the c pido ni ic of foot and mouth disease which has resulted in a cattle quar antine covering ten States. With Btrlct maintenance of tho quarantine, immediate destruction of all Infected herds and close Inspection of all sus pected centers, the bureau says it now has the situation under control. Practically every shipment of cat tle which, passed through the Chicago stock yards during the past 60 days ls being traced by inspectors and in fected herds are being destroyed. State officials in the States affected by the federal quarantine have iolned the federal agents In their fight to radicate the disease. Under the plans ot' the department. State offi cials will establish local quarantine In States now cut off from intersiato BuSpi?t??t ?? oi'??r lu ?ucaiize ute in fected territory as narrowly as pos sible. Despite the wide area affected by .tho federal quarantine-, TJO tan?fte&ag? effect on meat prices to Ute consum er is looked for. A plentiful supply of dressed meat and of cattle out side of the quarantined Suites is ex pected to prevent any considerable rise. JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 7.-A quaran tine against cattle coming into Missis sippi within the next ten days aa a protection against foot and mouth dis ease, was established today by Dr. Edward M. Racck, State veterinarian. Dr. F.'inck today inspected cattle at Como, Miss., which it waa believed (Continued On Page Pour.) Discharged Delegate.' DOUGLAS, ARIZ., Nov. 7,-General , Benjamin Hill. Carranza'e military j leader In Sonora, summarily discharg ed Julio Madero, his del neate to the ' Aguaa Calientes convention, it was I learned today, because Madero pledg I ed HiU'a support to General Gutter I rec as. provisional president of Mex JAPANESE CAPTURE GERMAN CRUISER Taken by Japanese Squadron Cruising Along the Coast of Peru. (By Attona ted Pre.?.) LIMA. Peru, Nov. 7.-It is reported here that a Japanese squadron cruis ing along the. coast of Peru has cap tured the German cruisers Scharn horst and Gneise nan. Vague rumors of the capture of the cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau bav? been persistent since October 31, when a dispatch to London from Syd ney, N. ?. W., said they had been taken after failure of weir coal supply. A Toldo rumor Friday fixed the date of Ute alleged capture aa Oct ober 31 but tailed to designate the place. This obviously was wrong as the en gagement In which ute British squad ron - waa .??efeated and in which the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst took part was fought the following day. .The last tidings of the cruiser wad that after 'coaling at Valparaiso they put to sea last Wednesday. The present report in circulation in Lima may be a result of numerous inquiries sent to Booth Pacific porta asking Information aa to the reported captura of the vessels. A Callao Idlspltch received shortly before the jone, ?rum Lima made no mention of ?the reported taking of the German cruisers by tbs Japanese. Callao is the principal seaport of Peru and probably would be better Informed ss to movements oil Ute coast than Lima, which is inland. Felicitations exchanged by the British and Japanese admlralittea ever 'the fall of Tslng-Tau made no mention ? of the capture of the Gneisenau and I Scharnhorst. OFF Ff Petrograd Divpatch Saya Desperate as Their O Across the Carpathia passable to a'Million Provision and Munitic tinues in the West an in the Near East. (Dy Associated Pirns.) ROME. Nov. 7.-A Tribune dispatch from Petrograd saya: "The Russians have out off the Aus trian ar-sy from the Germans. The Australns were encircled on their left flank and forced to retreat but Thurs- < day the Russians occupied all the1 ways of retreat toward Cracow and thus the entire Austrian army was, pushed toward the Carpathian moun tains, against which they are closely | pressed. "The Austrians* condition is des perate as their only line of 'retreat I lies aerf-i?s thc Carpathians, which at, thia time of the year are almost im passable to a million and a halt of j men with provisions ' and munition ] trains and artillery. "Petrograd ls roJolclna; ?vr?r is? present decisive victory. Great dem lonstratlons have been held and in all the churches services to celebrate Ute event luve taken niece.' .f^S?i?r?r ^?chalas rebufe ai..ih&] (By AwoaUttd Pr?J? ) LONDON, Nov. 7.-Except for the fall ot Tslng-Tau the most significant report from any of the battle fronts today-and the most welcome to the Allies- ls that the Russians besides driving the Austrians back in Galacia, have roached the Warthe river in Rus- ? stan Poland and have established on I the East Prussian frontier. ?.# .?'j A Berlin official report says some Several Thousand Sacks of Mail! (Bv Associated Press.) NORFOLK. Va., Nov. 7.-An Un known steamer, supposed to be of I German nationality, but most probab ly the Dutch steamer Westerdyk, ls scheduled to arrive at Newport News with a large quantity of mall. The postal authorities say they have in structions to send a number of clerks to Newport News to handle the mall, and that they understand there are several thousand sacks on beard the unknown steamer. Ten Injured fa Fire. (By Associated Presa.) BROWNSVILLE. PA.. Nov. 7.-Ten persons were injured; a hundred and fifty made homeless and seventeen buildings were destroyed by a fire that swept out most ot the town of West Brownsville today. The damage ls estimated at $250.000. An Easy Victory. CHARLOTTE, N. C.. Nov. 7.-Rely-] ling en straight football, the Univer sity of North Carolina here this af-1 iternoon easily defeated the Virginia] Military Institute, 30 to 7. Thc out standing feature was two touchdowns within a miaute of play, Bain, of V. M. ?., recovering a fumble on the first play of the second Quarter and carry ing the ball over for a touchdovu, while on the following kick off Win ston, Carolina, receiving Ge ball, running the length of the field for a touchdown._ . i Await With I Ruling oi - (By Associated Preaa.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-United States officials await with more than ordinary Interest Ute ruling of the British prise court at Gibraltar on | capper sad rubber shipments consign ed to Italian firms aboard the Ameri can steamer Krooniand. but unloaded at Gibraltar by direction ot British authorities before the vessel was al lowed today to continue. A statement given out la' London ! yesterday and again here today by the I British embassy declares: that Great Britain felt compelled "to stop con ' traband trade lu copper with German? through Italy,'" because lt has been learned such shipmen ta actually wore < intended for German gua sad naram-1 jn't'xm factories. It WM added, how \ Austrians' Condition is inly Line of Retreat Lies ns, Which is Almost Inl and a Half of Men With m Traiiis-Fighting Con d Things Moving Slowly Russian cavalry crossed Uta Warthe but were driven back. To thia the Rus sian report adda that the town - ot Warta on the Warthe River in Po land has boen occupied and that the German column has proceeded west ward nearer the Slleatan frontier. The Russians, too* are responsible for the report that they have defeat ed tbe Germans near Mia wa, In Po land, Just across the East Prussian boundary and at Lyck, In Bast Prus sia. Military observera here say that.the Russians hare ' followed the retirlas. Germana at a much faster pace t??n was anticipated and that if they are in force they may prevent the Ger mans from taking up their new posi tions on the Warthe and compel them to Jail back to the Qlleslan border. Dvnyiia mil this reports persist that the Germana are sending westward .large numbera of their troops who have been fighting in Poland, to op pose Ute Allies in ggsnra.SyC, J&i?i?&?-. [ ;rha-: ?bey woal? do this with. antuv mous Russian forces here seems high - ? ly improbable unless the Germans ar? satisfied a aamll fores can prevent the Russians entering Silesia and East Prussia. In the west the ding dong fighting continues. The Heelans, who hold the lines along the cast, are being given a comparative vest after their taree months of almost continuons fightlnc The Germana still are concentrating around Ypres, where they are trying (Continued on Page Sig.) ? Order for 50.000 Barrels of Sugar (By AMoeUted rim ) NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 7.-With the announcement today that the his Plant of the American Sugar Refining Com pany at Chilmettc would resume ope rations next Monday, it was said an order had been placed with the com pany by the French government for EC.000 b?rrela ot sugar for immediate delivery. Thia is arid to be tho larg est single order.for sugar eyer hand led here. The plant waa closed sev eral weeks ago. Nebraska Democrat lc? OMAHA, Neb, NOV. 7.-With over half the vote ot the State reported, lt was evident tonight that last Tues day's election resulted lu a mixed victory. The Democrats have elected governor, treasurer, attorney general and the Republicans rail war commis sioner and land commissioner. The vote on lieutenant governor, secretary of state and Bute auditor ls so c lose that neither aide can positively claim them. Sell Gotten at 9 Cents, K'-? .<v-,'? V NEW YORK, NOT. 7.-Fedoral Judge Mayer signed au order today permit ting the sale at 9 cents a pound of 80,000 balee of cotton owned hy tao suspended firm of S. H. P. Pell and COJ to a cotton corporation syndicate. Thia decision left the New York cot ton exchange free to decide upon aa early date of reopening. k.-']?v" . * f K. \":. ? nterest f British Court ever, that shipments made prior fS October 29, when copper was made absolute war contraband would he purchased by the Brille ? gov emmett. Presumably the KroonlandV* copper cargo would fall within thia provision* It ls assumed here that the Ameri can owner* of the Kroonland'a cop?, per will he represented at the ?rta? court but if tw are not Ute American consul will go before Ute court; as aa observer. If Ute decision ia adverse to Ameri can interests a protest may be lodged with the state department. The ruting is expected to form a precedent walcn will have an important hearing ?a all ?contraband cases arising during the I European war.