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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 GERMANS HAVE R ATTACK ON Are Concentrating Their. North Sea Coast. Aim Al'i sd Lines to Reach English Channel and I Important Point In th? French Official State (By Aaaodatod Preta.) Once again the armies struggling for mastery along the. North Sea coast are the object of intense interest in the European war, for it is in this re gion the Qermaus aro concentrating their great forces, aiming to smash through the allied lines to reach the French porta on the English Chan nel. , Already the Germans have gained an important strategic point in the recapture vf Dixmude. Their latest of ficial announcement is of ab extreme ly optimistic nature from tho German standpoint, for they report good prog ress around Ypres, the taking of Dix mude with 600 prisoners, the capture of the first lines \>f the allied positions west of Langemarck with 2,000 pris oners, the repulse of fierce counter attacks by the British and the holding of heights north of Annentieres and a further advance to the southwest of Lille. , In comparison the Frenco official statement is meagre. It confines itself to the mere announcement that tho Germans have continued their efforts, without achieving new result. The British parliament has been as sembled to take whatever steps are needed aa the speech from the throne out it. for "the nrosecutlon tx?, a vic torious issue" of the. war. i'remier Asquith, in his speech,,-at the ripening, -ot Parliament declared ho doubted the war would last aB ioaia a J* had bien predicted but .t?mi lt would last long was certain. The premier announced that the chancel lor, of the exchequer would lay before the house on .Monday next 'financial proposals Including the question of a loan for which he government wilt ask authority. further stated that there would be a vote of credit of considerable dimensions and a vote for additional tata. King George in his speech asserted that in conjunction with the Allies he had striven to. preserve a friendly at titude towards Turkey but that ''bad counsels abd allen influenc?e . had driven her into a policy of wanton and defiant aggression." . T*e king expressed appreciation for projfs which his Musselman subjects, "have hastened-to give of their loyal devotion and support." In East Prussia, Poland and Galicia the Russians apparently are making progress. iVenna admits that the Aus trians have evacuated Ceneral Gali cia, although lt ts explained that this movement baa been voluntary. The Austrians, however, claim favorable results in the engagements between November 6 arid 10, when*they cap tured 4,300 Russians and-many guns. The British torpedo gunboat Niger has been added to the Hst of those sunk by German submarines. The Ni ger'waa torpedoed In the Downs and foundered but all her meera and crew -Were saved. LONDON, Nov. ll.-The Ger mana .have resumed their attack on tho allied line between the coast and' tb* Lys river, and while the French claim generally tb have held i Discuss Quotion < OrVmCruzft Pre s?rient WOscn and Secretary B Three Hour?-Decrees Issued kennetts ol the America C^refttfy <By AaaoeUMd Pf?tt.7 WASHINGTON, Nov. ll.-President Wilson and Secretary Bryan discuss ed for nearly tani* hours tonight th* question et evacuation ot Vera Cms j by the American forcea. No announce-* ment wan made at the conclusion of the conference, but it waa nuderstoo? the president decided to ?walt fur ther advices tomorrow as to the polit ical situation tn Mexico. The decrees Issued by General Car ranca .granting ali the requests of the; American go foremen? were care ful^ considered. Carranza granted] amnesty to the Mexicans who aflrvod the American government during lt? occupation and ordered that, taxes or j customs paid to thc. American oftTcers j be not reimposed. Inasmuch as the j national convention *t Agtta* Calico-1 UL flLLIL 0 UNES Great Forces Along the ng to Smash Through [ie French Ports on the ave Already Gained An Recapture of Dixmude. nent Meagre. their positions tho Oerraans have cap tured Dixmude, center ot some ot the fiercest and most sanguinary fighting of the war. The country between Dixmude and Ypres, where the belligerents' have made violent attacks and counter at tacks for weeks and where losses have been heavier even than those in. the battle of thc Yser, again is the scene of a battle, which tor fury seldom, if ever, has beep equalled. Behind Dixmude is the direct road to Dunkirk, one of the Preach ports on which the Gormans have set their hearts, and if they can break through here the Allies will have to fall back* to now positions. The invaders have concentrated their forces at this point and their sucess in taking Dixmude, where they claim to have captured 600 prisoners and positions west of Langemarck where, according to the Berlin report, 2,000 prisoners tel Unto their hands, shows that the state ments that they have beep sending troops from the west to Poland are without foundation. Military men hero believe the Ger mans, as soon as they saw they could not capture^ Warsaw, despatched troops from that region to the west, not imagining that the Russian pur suit could be carried out with such rapidity. At other i.oints along the battle front in France the French official communication claims some successes for tho Allies, but the German head quarters staff declares all attacks stave been repulsed. It Is considered certain that with the* enormous * forcea- required for the effort to get through, to ?ho coast and prui^ci ???e'r own cuusu> from ian invasion, the Germans can throw additional troops into the lines which stretch through northern France and along the Franco-German border. The FT ?neb, though, whose army is growing dally, might attempt an of fensive against] Lorraine or. Alsace as a diversion which would reliera - the pressure in the west. The Germans, according to Petro, grad dispatches, have suffered a more serious defeat on the East Prussian border than official statements have disclosed. Advices from the Russian capital today say that In the recent fighting there the Russians have cap tured more than 20,000 prisoners and quantities of guns and munitions. The Russian advances In Poland walch has been at the rate of 14 miles dally, has aatohlahed military ex I perts. This, advance has continued for 18 days. In Galicia the Russians continue to posh the Austrians back, but the Austrians are having their revenge along the Servian border, which they threaten to cross in an endeavor to crush Servia before Russian can come to ber assistance. _ Of fighting between Turkey and the Allies, reports are so contradictory there ls po reconciling them. While some continue to believe the war will, be one of years there is sn increasing belief that the great offen sive campaign by the' Allias in the spring, when England's new army of a million men can taite the field and Russia and France will bs stronger than ever, will bring the conflict td an ( end. ?I American Forces b Conference For Nearly | By Carranza Granting All n Government Were Cotmidered. 11 il;.? rn? mc, .' tes ordered Carranza to comply with j the wishes of the American govern ment In connection with these guar antees the Washington government waa confronted with the fact that Its Ida wet? acquiesced in by all la Mexico. .Official circles generally lt was believed that while the president would order the evacuation he might watt?a few days for a deficite align ment of the various chiefs In the lat est civil war. The American govern* meat ls on record in diplomatic- cor respondence as premising the with drawal of th?' troops - when the guar an tees lt requested were complied with and person*- conversant with the president'* point of view believe he proposes to redeem this promise <Continuad o? Page Seven.) Neiu Haven Directors Indicted By Grand Jury ? 5 j -1 ir 1 GEO ree E. F. s. ELTON. OOHK? BILLARD 4> em*'Tr'** *^**tw ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ monopolize by unlawful means and .^y ?v| L-^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^1^^^ methods part of the common carrier ' ^*-^^^'?f^>^ <Hate? . business of transporting passengers rSiir* ' E~-rrlefe-rTT 1 ,5 and property by railroad, by - water GUAQUEE? M. F^t^ATT. and partly by railroad, and partly by ' * ' , ' , .? ' ? water from each of the States o? New ??d every other State in the lnited?. . . . Jor?oy. rsew Tora, connecticut. Rhode iSUl?o- ? i W T^?*^",EU ? leland. Massachusetts, - Vermont, William r.'ackefeJUir apd. George F. States, next to Andrew carnegie and Maine, and New Hampshire to each n Bak??r. ?ai?a^rlbfiJ?M?it'-?, are per-?John D. Rockefeller;7 ' _:_LI_? . _t PARLIAMENT OPE? MEASURES FOP King George's Speech Bri Contention That the 1 Not of England's Cho Expressed the Opinioi Doomed to Defeat, as ? Before Resources of Al (By Associated Pre?.) 11 LONDON, Nov. ll.-Parliament wan ' < ipened today by King George to pass ' < neasures for financing the war and < aws necessitated by the conflict The ? :oremony was shorn of some of its ) jrUUancy because the. court is in t nourning for Prince Maurice of Bat-, enberg and many other notables who ( lave lost relatives at the front, but , he function was carried out under ?, rules established centuries ago. I King Georges speech was brief. He , referred to the manner in which the whole empire has responded to the . L-all to arms for tho beneflt ot Eng land's Mussulman subjects, and laid stress on the contention that the war ' with Turkey waa not of England's ? ( choosing. i N I ( A. Bonar Law, leader of the opposl- !. lion In the house of commons, and ? Premier Asquith made the principal i Bpeechos In thc house of commons af-', ter the formal opening of parliament. ? The former assured tho government ' of the unswerving support of the op-, position, and expressed the opinion1 that Germany, having tailed In ber , plan to win before the resources of the , Allies were available, was doomed toil defeat. ) Premier Asquith1 Introduced a cheer fui note when he said that whilo in ' his opinion thc war would be a long one. lt would not be so long as orig-, inally was predicted. , He also an-j nounced that .exclusive bf territorials over 1,000,000 meu had Joined army. When, .asked- .how inaaau. mare itur WGUld be required, he would not risk a reply. Mr. Asquith further Inti mated that a vote of credit of conald-j erable dlmensolns would be' asked by " the government and that there would! be a i'ot lier vote for men. This Indi-, cates that the government Intends to go beyond the million men asked for hy Earl Kitchener, secretary of state for war, and that recruiting will cont tinue until- the war is concluded. Already there haa been a big- im- ! provement In the number of men en listing and it is expected that there will be another aa big boom, when winter bri.iga about an increase In un employment/ Mr. Asquith announced that the re sponsibility for tho sending ot a naval brigade of marines to Antwerp to as sist in the defense of that city while it was being besieged for which Win ston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, bas been criticised, rested with the government as a whole. The-premier said Earl Kitche ner had bees consulted and approved the step. Arthur Henderson, leader of the la- ? bor party in the house of commons, will resume the debate tomorrow. I> i ls expected that be will explain the desire of the Laborltes for a minimum wage of $5 a week for'soldiers. The most notable speech in the j house ot lords waa that of Viscount | Bryce, who expressed 'appreciation j Cor the attitude of public opinion in ; America, Although Viscount Bryce is , a confirm ed peace advocate, he said that peace for the present was out ot , the ' question. Some of the Scottish peers com plained that the government had not j taken adequate measures to put down , apy!n?r: . j LONDON, Nov. ll.-In ? speech In JI Should Be Given t Effect Hum Miss Pankhurst Arouses Large Au< strattons by Addresses at Clos i Woman's Suffrage Confer*! (Dr AjMOciatxl Preta.) I CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Nov. tl.- , Miss Christobel Pankhurst, noted mil- ( tant suffragette of England, aroused < two large audiences to enthusiastic f iemonstratlons by addresses here to- ] tight ajUthe closing session of the ] 3outhera States Woman'Suffrage Con- ? 'erence. Mles Pankhurst delivered a < nesaage of hope for the success of the \ ?oman suffrage causa In this country 'rom the suffragists from England, , md she made a stirring appeal to the Southern woman for concentrated and \ immediate action to gain the ballot, i The crowd that gathered at the local | heatre to. bear Miss Pankhurst ex- < :eeded the capacity ot the playhouse i md an overflow meeting was held la t v nearby hail whare the English mil- i tant also spoke. Prior to the evening ief-Laid Stress on the War With Turkey Was aging-A. Bonar Law ti that Germany Was She Failed in Plan to win lies Were Available. he House of Commons today alter the opening of Parliament, Premier As quith declared that he - doubted whether the war would last aa long is some people originally predicted, jut that lt would last long waa cer aln. "However, the longer lt lasts," con tinued the premier, "the more the re sources and strength of the cmpiro will be available to fill the ranks, to replace losses and maintain our posi tion. The empire is on trial and the experiences of the last three months lave Inspired us with confidence that the longer the trial laste the more clearly will we emerge from it aS tho champions of a just cause" Mr. Asquith expressed warm appre ciation of support the government had received from all parties.. Bespenslblllty Shared By Government. Regarding the sending of British marines to Antwerp just before the fall of that city, the premier Intimated that Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord ot the admiralty, subsequently would make a more 'detailed state ment, but he said that the responsibil ity for tbe expedition wns shared by the government as a whole. Every* thing was donn witi: the knowledge ?nd approval of Bari Kitchener and tho expedition waa a material factor in the conduct of the campaign. 1,186,000 In Service, of the Crown. The premier pointed ont that ute number -of -men authorised py the three votes of the present year, for the regular army-not ..ttttrrtforttls^ was 1,186,000. Ot that total all ont 100,000 already are in the service of the crown. On Monday next, said Mr. Asquith, David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer, will lay before the House of commons his financial proposals, in cluding the question of a loan for which the government ls going to ask the authority of the house on Tues day. There will be a vote of credit of considerable dimensions and an addi tional vote tor men. Refers tn Public OpisJes. Viscount Bryce, In the noose of lords, referred appreciatively to the attitude of American publie opinion. The United States, he declared, was a country able to judge wisely the ques tions at issue. It wa? on moral grounds .thrt its support waa given and this therefore was more highly praised. "The war," said Viscount Bryce, "had become a struggle ot ideals - the ideal of a military state resolved to dominate all neighboring countries and the Ideal of peaceful communities dwelling in tranquility under the prcr teflon of treaties. There could be no ond until one triumphed. ' . Would Live tn Continued Alana. "A peace patched up now would be merely a hollow truce, during which the contending nations wonld begin to prepare for a renewal of the struggle. Europe meanwhile would be living in continual alarm." The Earl ot Crawford, Unionist, urged more strenuous methods to get rid of German spies. He asesrted tHat in the vicinity of the great naval base of Rosyth they signalled shivs, at night There also had been db?covered, tte said, an admirably equipped private post system between Fife' and German ports. he Ballot io unitarian Reforms Hences to Enthusiastic Demott* lng Session ol Southern Slates ncc at Chattanoo?ra, Tann, meetings the business ot Ure confer moe was concluded with the re else .lon of Miss Kate M. Gordon, of Mew Orleans, aa president, and the salac i?n of other officers. Aft invitation to ?old the next annual conference la Hem phis* Tenn., was extended hy del egates from that city. TIM selection of he next convention city waa left to he executive i board. Min* Pankhurst's leerest-. In her address Misa Pa?khnrat said : "Th? growing industrialism of tho South inevitably leads to mora and nore women ac eking ad independent lying. Under thia condition H is nec essary. In order to maintain a good itaadard of wages, that woman he able a fight their battles If women ar* laAsrpald. lt ls certain t? cava ar. (Continued on page *,) NO FOilHO?TlQN FOB j SENSATIONAL REPORTS CAPTA:;,' SAYS BRITISH SHIP WAS NOT FIRED BY A GERMAR SPY. ONLY SEVENTY HORSES DEAD Ship WM Afire, Bm Blaze Was Extm&uuhed Before, Seri . % ouely Damaged* i i (By Associated Press.) NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nor. ll. According to an official statement giv en out here tonight by Captain Edlin, of the British steamer Rembrandt, which arrived'here early this-morn ing, after'her fight with flames at sea < 200 miles off Cape Henry, there la no foundation whatever for the sensa-. tlonal reports that the vessel, carry- j lng 78? horses to Prance, was fired by a German spy. Reports that the horses wert* mutilated with sharp instru ments and '-'doped" are also absolute ly groundless, according to the cap tain's Statement. The Ship was afire, tho captain ad mits, but the blase waa extinguished before shy serious d?mag*_to the Ucmbtn?dk luau bec? ?O?C. I ne Cap tain does not know how the Are or iginated, bo has made no arresta ano no.particular person ls under suspi cion. Vp to tonight 70 horses had died I from exposure to the dense smoke. Others were suffer ng from -the effects of the exposure and are expected to i die. A veterinarian weat aboard the Rembrandt this afternoon and found; a number of horses injured, some | from contact with tho sides ot their stalls in the stampede following the discovery et the fire and others bear ing accidental wounds Inflicted in pitchforking hay into the feeding box e*FoUowibg ls Captain Eld'ii's effie?-! version of the affair: -The steamer Rembrandt left Bol WMOre at 7 a. m. Saturday last bound for France with 7?9 hortea aud feed. The ship wits found to be un fire Mon day afternoon. The vessel then turn ed back for more feed. All told. 70 horace hare died from smoke expo sure," I Captain , Eldin's denial of the Ger man spy rumor end th? mutilation ot the horses was delivered to tho As sociated Press correspondent by the local agent ot the owners- who visited ibo captain at ?ie correspondence re quest. The captain would not receive newt-paper mon aboard the Rem brandt Sud declined to put more tn wrrtlafc' than that which is quoted in! tho foregoing bat mane the positive I denial verbally to the loee! agents. B?uSCtiii? FREELY TO RED CROSS FOND THE INTELLIGENCER'S PLAN I APPROVED. MUCH INTEREST IS MANIFESTED Sance Fond Has Been Started, Local People Will Be Ready To Aid the People. When a few business mee In The Intelligencer office Tuesday afternoon proposed to start a fund in order to assist with the Red Cross fund in ear ing thousands and thousands of starr ing Belgians^ and other people in for eign countries, they did not think that the idea wonld receles such a hearty reception In Anderson. Yesterday however, was a good day'for tho fund and several- subscriptions were re ceived and when Anderson people And that such a fund is being raised lt is (Continued on Pege.?evenj GOVERNOR OLEASE A? THE CONFERENCE DID NOT MAKE SPEECH, BUT PUBLISHED STATEMENT. STARTS FOR HOME Soya Before End of His Term He WH! Have Released 1,800 1 Convict* Under Parole. . - ; : ?Sy Associated Press.) MADISON. Wis., Nov; ll-Western governors before the governor's con renCe today denounced what they called unfair treatment of public land States by the ? federal 'government. Kilns A. Ammoas of Colorado, Joseph H. Carey of Wyoming, and A. O. Eb erhard of Minnesota, seconded the plea of William Spry, of Utah- that the wesern States be allowed to de Vw'op their resources without inter ference. Governor Cole. I.. Blesse, of South Carolina, looked in on the conference today and then started foi home with out making a apeech. He publiahed a statement, however, saying that, be fore the end ot his term in January he would bare released 1.300 convict? un? der pa?\)ie to give them a chance to ' break their Hkmg for liquor. CAMPAIGN TO DETECT INCOME TAX DODGERS SEEKING TO LAY GROUND WORK FOR VIGOROUS . CAMPAIGN. OFFICIALS ARE DISAPPOINTED The Tar. Collections Fall Many Million* Below What Wa? Expected. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. ll.-^Officials of the treasury department are seek in?; to lay the groundwork for a vig orous arid nation-wide campaign for the-detection* of Income tax dodgers and'the collection of unpaid taxes which some authorities believe may amount into the millions. The effort is directed particularly against persona who are stockholders and drawers of dividends from the , corporations of tho country. There are more than 300,000 corporations., ding business in the United States, ac cording to returns from the corpora- ? tion excise law. and if any pl no is . adonted to institute a thorough search ot their its * of shareholders and the records of their dividends it. will be ; most exhaustive and may take years. ' For the present no such plan ls likely to be.adopted, however, and lt ls un- ( derstood to be the hope of officials that the.corporations will furnish this ' information upon request. Officials Disappointed. Since the first returns from the In come lax were totalled there has been no concealment of the fact that treas ury officials were- disappointed. The tax collected fell many millions be low. What waa expected. The estimates of taxable individual? on which congress framed the law were far at variance with the figures returned by internal revenue collectors. The dif ference bat ween the returns and est I- ] mates was over the 100,000 mark. I Under the law the normal tax of \ one per cent ls withheld by the cor- , aerations themselves on such pay- t menta as dividends. Probably there j has bean virtually no violation of, the ( law in this quarter. The failures to , pay are assumed to be among the class , of taxables whose incomes are sub- , jeet to the surtax on more than $20,- , OOO annually i \ Hard te Set At. ?1 Aggregate figures of a corporation's dividend payments would not aid In I discovering the Incomes of individu?is < and about the only method left to get I a check upon them fa through lists at t . (Continued on Page Seven.) 1