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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 The Germ&.is Continue 1 French Who Hold th< And Ypres, But Have vance-The Germans Green Troops, But H Of Their Army-Boti tion With the Progres (By JUwteuted Prem) LONDON, NOT. 12.-A critical stage in the battle ia West Flanders bas ben reached, and the next few days, if not hours, should produce something decisive. The Germane, with 411 the forces at their command, have continued to at tack the British and French who hold the line between, Dixmude and Ypres, but except for the capture of Dix mude. which waa occupied Tuesaay, and some little progross around ypres they have not .made material piog ress. ? ' ' ? 1 The French official report Bays all the attacks have been repulsed. The.. Germans no longer are utilizing green troops in this region but have brought. tip the pick of their army, including - some Prussian guarda, who attempted . an offensive movement against the British but without success. Both aides express satisfaction with the progress of the hattie. Berlin says j Ute-Allies* attacks have been-repulsed I and that the Jr. own attack In making] headway.; while in London and Paris ? it is felt that so long as the Allies j can hold the line of the canal from ! Nleuport to Ypres '.their position is .strong. I tn Trance, tiom the northwest to the southeast, there have been engage ments of. lesser importance, in which, I according,to the French report, Gen-.! eral "Jofire's armies have gained ground and strengthened- their posi- ' tiona. The Germans continue to des* tr?y bridges and railways in Belgium, ' but With whit object remains a secret lt is thought, however, that they are ma-king preparations to winter in- that j eeuitry.' The Russian army under General Renenkampff ls fighting its way Into ' East Prussia and has taken Johannes burg, which ls oh the raliway from Lyck to Soldau, both ot which towns already are in Russian hands. This $3,000,000 du Fer (By Associated Press.) LONDON. Nov, 12.-(7 p. m.)-The American commission for Belgian re lief today received s check for SS.. 000,000, the contribution ot prominent Belgians. In a statement expressing its thanks, thc . commission said all of thia amount Wohld be needed for transportation pf foodstuffs for the next three months into Belgium. "This substantial sum," said the I statement, "ls a most convincing evi dence of the desire of the Belgians [ themselves tb assist to the fullest ex tent . The contribution, also emphaalz ?es the urgency of the situation. It must be borne in mind that foodstuffs to the valus ot about $4,000,000 monthly must V secured for seven or eight months.. Of this amount $1,000, 000 monthly W.,I be required for the] expense of transport. "The commission is arranging for] a regular steamship service from th? Atlantic seaboard of the United 6tat.es | and a transport service from the in-, ter tor to ??aboard. The commission j Twenty-Six Trams of German Cavalry (By AifocuUod Pr??) HAVRE, Nov. 12.-(By way of Par is, 7:56 p. m.)-The Belgian minister of war ha? boen Informed that fed trains frats Qh?ai filled with Gannan cavalry passed through Brussels last week geins towards Germany; Extensive entrenchments, Inch barbed wire entanglements, have constructed in the neighborhood Namur Sad Liege, according to vices to tba minister. A majority the civic guards o' Brussels hAvAJr* sfcrPid. refusing to sig* aa agraement not to taise up arms against it Is field. OverosatftojfK.F.-r France. NEW YOE'X Nor. lt.-Three chusetta woolen mills today ret they had received orders fdr over inga to he shipped to France. Addi tiona! orderr 'MMH^nlanlbsm. harnees faits were placed, goods we**y ?w?fc- Yarns were firm ar. Raw1 silk was lower. . to Attack the British and B Line Between Dixmude : Made no Material Ad? i no Longer Are Utilizing aye Brought Up the Pick a Sides Express Satisfac ?a of the Battle. gives to Russia the control of an im. portant railway line which skirts the frontier in German territory and sev eral branch railways running into th\ interior. , Tho Central army, which drove the Germans back from the Vistula, bas bad only unimportant engagements, but it is known to be pushing forward to the . holders of Posen and Silesia, which the Germans are crossing. Tho Ruslsau left wing has follow ed the Kiele railway to the Austrian frontier and is within a few miles ot Cracow, whose siege Is lmmiment. The southern army, under General Ruzsky. ?B at Rzeseow betwen Prze mysl and Cracow, and the Austrians are opposing its crossing of the Sara River. Another detachment continues the, siege of Prsemysl while still an other is operating against Austrians holding the passage of the Carpath ian ka army of Armenia, whose base ls on Kars, Trans-Caucasia, ls ap proaching the Turkish fortress ol ErY.erum. The manner in which Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander-in chief, ia wielding these annies and the mobility they are showing are the subject of admiration by military men bare. . . j A message1 from Baraje o says thc governor, of Bosnia has addressed a Tiroclamation to the Austrian army de claring the Servians must be defeated before winter. In conformity with this, tho Servians have been driven back to their own country, but, according to the Serv?an account, they defeated th* Austrians who attempiad to follow them. There is a steady flow of recruits for Kitchener's army and England before-long will have an army of 2, 000,000 men. New annies alti j are be ing organised in India. ;ck Received i Relief Fund feels that those generous American people who ara unable to contribute money should contribute something fros their c.vn stores of food ??ui the hands of the local organisations. Each American farmer and every res ident can well afford a few bushels of grain. What la needed la cereals wheat, flour, shelled cern, beana, peas, bacon and ham-as* these are.the only articles that will stand the. long and difficult transport conditions. "A branch of thia commission ls being perfected In Mew York and sup plies collected by the various local organizations will be received and transported by li. Thia organisation and ita personnel will be completed within a few days. "The commission already baa deliv ered foodstuffs'into the hands of to cal relief committees in vjriunl'y avery center in Belgium,' The com mission la receiTins cordial assistance from the Dutch officials In ex??d*t!ag food through Holland and help.'ul fa cilities from the German officials." T?lls How He Lost Passports in Berlin (By AmocUi?? Prew.) CHICAGO, Nov. 13.-Charlas A. In glis^ toe Chicagoian whose American passport waa found on the person of Carl Hana Lody, executed la London as a Gorman spy, today told how bo lost the passport in Berlin. Hts story Implicates tho German foreign office, and is being investigated by tba 8tate department at Washington. Inglis returned a few days ago af - ter a long stay in Eurone. Caught in Berlin when war broke-out, he took his passport to the German foreign office to have it approved. He tended lt to a clerk, he said, expecting Utat lt would be returned later tc. the Ameri can embeasy. It failed to reappear, however. At tho foreign office he could obtain no ot lt. na got a second document which he waa aile to leev* Germ IV Mr. Tugaila said the original paper ntateed a description of bim which ?aid to also have been applicable Lody. Sharp Shooters f This photograph shows Belgian < sharp shooters Minding behind a pile i Warns South Amei Violations of ! United States Go ver rime In View of Possible Cc lations H (By \??*>dMcd_ Pref?.) i WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Ecuador and Columbia have been warned em- j phatlcklly by Great Britain and France I thal ?he Allies wiii not countenance further violations of neutrality by these South American states. After making strong representa- ; tions through the British and French , min?atela At Quito and Bogota, the L Britibh and French governments com- ! munica ted with the United States in view Of postoiflce complications that might arise between Columbia and Ecuador and the European belliger ents . The notes were oresented to -Secre tary Bryan by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador and unless Ju?oci on?, ?he French ambassador, re spectively, calling attention to repre sentations mado to Columbia and Ecu ador. The notes do not request that the United States take any action, merely advising 'the Washington government '"jot correspondence with the South ! American, states in line with the cus tomary policy of keeping the united States informed of matters of vital consequence passing between Europe ' FIGHT VILLA AN A GENERAL ORDER ISSUED 1 IN MEXICO CAPITAL INFO! READY TO CALL Tt?Eil (By AMoeialed Pita?.) MEXICO CITY, Nov. 1?.-A gene, *1 order issued today by the military' commandant : in the capital Informed all officers io be roady to call their men to quarters.and to hold them In readiness for any emergency: J Fighting tn the outskirts continues. The constitutionalists acp holding 'the attackers la Check. General Villa has not replied to a request by Gen erals Obrogon and Blanco that he re sign as commander in the north. 1 General Pablo Gonzales has sent a dispatch to General Euiallo Gutierres saying hs will not keep compromises contacted with the Aguas Call?n tee. convehUeu and that he ia ready to fight VMS end his "bandits." | It is reported here that General? O&tlerrss has solicited a perennal In-}, 1 farview with General Carrana* Ac?, j cording to extr? editions of - the news- j papers tonight General Carrana* will , ' go to Vera Cm? Sunday to uko ov?.*, (that etty, which is to be delivered up! j by Brigadier General Fun sion. 4 From Puebla comes the report that '25.000 followers of Emiliano Zapata are still theatening Uta city bat that1 th? Constitutionalist forces are hold j tug them back. . 7EBJA C&C.Z. Nov. 12.-If Brlgad General Fanston know? the next tho Washington admlnlrtration will ma ?ie in Mexico hs has kept, this tn ?iring From Rubbi aZ rubbish in an. effort to pick oft [Advancing Germans. The picture rican States That VeuiraHty Will Noi nt Has Been Notified by . ? inplication That Might A Been Mentioned* -1-: and coaintrics of this hemisphere. Tbe not?e expressed the- hope that Ecua dor and Columbia would be Impressed with tho value of maintaining strict neutrality in which the United otates had given so signal an example. High officials of the . Washington government said the notes were phras ed so os not to require a reply and there is no implied obligation in them requiring discussions between this government and Ecuador and Colom bia..; Both the ministers from Colom bia and Ecuador, however, who hap pened to be at the state department today, volunteered denials of the al leged violations of neutrality. Just what the infractions consisted ! Ot bas not been made public, but at the French embassy lt waa said post- j rive proof' tn the hands of the French government Tho Uritish government charged' that the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador, have been used practically as a coaling base for German ships and that wireless sta tions in both Ecuador and Colombia h%ve been giving German cruisers ? newe oz the wheru?mu?s of tbs "British j fleet'In fact responsibility for tho] defeat of the British cruisers in the 3Y MILITARY COMMANDANT ! IMS ALL OFFICERS TO BE fl MEN TO QUARTERS formation from hi J officers and men. El? PASO. Texas. Nov. 12.-Official reports foin Mexico City today .said several chiefs, headed by Genet ?1 Pab lo Gonzales, Carran/.a's principal lead er. have sect a message to tue "first chief and Provisional President Gut ierrez asking a second tittle that both Carranza and Villa resign their posi tions. It alee was reported but un confirmed, from the Villa aide, th?t Gonzales had deserted Carranza and ofiWed his services to the convention. The signers of the two telegrams Included Gonzales. General Lucio Bianco and General Antonio Viii ar eal. They asked Carranza to re**?n "to j prevent circumstances growing grav er." They advised the first chief that they abro had sought the elimination ot Villa. "Shouid he not retire absolutely,", they said, "we pledge ourselves to [ subjugate bim to law and order." They requested Gutierrez to order! Villa to leave the country. They pronu leed ?iey also would arracgt for Car ranza to leevft Mexico, Rafael Mnzqalz, Carranxa's consu lar chioV, stated today that he had of ficiai advices from Mexico City, that i a total of 108-00? troops had remained 1 loyal to the first chief. Vilut agent? never hare claimed that more thra ona half that number were in Ute regu lar division commander by the rvrxth-j Srn chiefta'L. ?sh Pile in Street was taken during the recent ad vance of the Germans in Flanders. Further t Be Countenanced Great Britian and France rise-No Specific Vio m battle off the Chilean toast is laid! by English officials to some extent at the doors of Ecuador and Colombia. British officials say no complaint has been made against Chile, Great Britain being satisfied of that countr't neutrality. - In this connection, Eduardo Suarez, the Chilean ambassador, made public tonight a cablegram from Manuel SaK inas, minister of foreign affairs at 'Santiago, giving the minister's reply tn the senate to published rumors ol assistance to Germ?n ships from Chil eans. The foreignV minister aald Chile was suppressing all wireless installations and that .the government ."had adopt ed various measures to prevent the belligerents from tu king uso of ports or territorial waters as bases of nav al operations." One significant point - in the cable gram waa that the foreleg minister spoke ot "endeavoring to come ta some'ai rangement on the point with other American countries." Some here believe that Chile may take the initi ative ? ic bavin " South A Hianana .countries -adopt a unif orm regulation on Ute wireless question. ANNUAL SUPPER I OF BIBLE CLASS SERVED IN DINING ROOM Of ST JOHN'S METODIST CHURCH 146 MEMBERS WERE PRESENT Number bf of After Dion? . Speeches Delivered, President Allen Presirfirtg. The annual supper of the leah's Bible Class ot the St. John's Methodist church waa held laat night in the din tAg room of the church. There were ta. attendance, by actual count, 14c members of the class, and tho ban quet eerved 1 y the Laides' Aid Society of the church was most tempting and thoroughly enjoyed. The greatest good fellowship was manifested on the part of everyone present, and aa was sale by me of the speakers, the absence of wine from Uie banquet tabl?, could not have been missed, and certainly did not make the evening on* blt less 'enjoyable. TbA election of officers for the en suing year was the first business, and Ute following were unrt-imously elect ed: President, C Ban Allen. (Continued On Page Four.) Business Manager of Flori sonville Shot to Deatr can Steampship Moh York for Charleston The Ship, and B. H. \ Wounded-Alleged W tude of Not Knowing 'By Amrciated Pron.) 'KB CHARLESTON. 8. C., Nov. 12.-The' arrival here today of the Americas i steamship Mohawk revealed a trag edy of the high seas off the North Carolina coast resulting in one death and the serious wounding of two oth er persons. P. W. R. Hinman, business mana ger of The Florida Times Union at Jacksonville and president of the Southern Newspapers Publishers' as sociation, who was a Mohawk passen ger, received bullet wound which re-' suited in his death. B, M. Wright,1 of Utica, N. Y.. another passenger, and Captain A. D. Ingram, of the ship, are in a hospita] here tonight suffering from similar wounds. Physicians be-! Heve both of Ute latter will recover, j The shooting is alleged to have been done by a passenger registered as < George Batchelor . Perkins, architect, of Boston. He was olaced In irons im- ' mediately after the'tragedy last night and shortly after the Mohawk docked here Oils afternoon was given a pre liminary hearing before United States Commissioner Arthur Huger. It was decided to bold bim for trial on the charge bf killing Mr. Hinman. I Evidence tending tn ahow that Per- ; kins was not mentally responsible at the time of the shooting- was Intro- < dimed at the hearing. N. K. Went- - worth, of Connecticut, who occupied a stateroom with Perkins on the Mo- . hawk, testified that the prisoner had been taking a narcotic, which the lat-! ter said was for ?he relief ot head-' sch?. Several other passengers tes tified that Ferklns acted queerly prior to the tr.gedy. ? Mr. and Mrs. Hinman, Mr. Wright and Captain Ingram were sitting - In tho companionway cf the Mohawk last night when Perkins, clad in pajamas and a raincoat, approached them. He spoke to the captain, who replied that be must wear more suitable ap parel if he wished to mingle with th? other passengers. Spokesman For of Negroes Of (By Associated Press.) ( WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-President Wilson, While receiving a delegation of negroes today ' who came to the White House to protest against segre gating the races In government de partments, ojected to the tone adopt ed by their spokesman, W. M. Trot ter, of Boston, and told the commit tee that if it called on bim again it would have to get a new chairman. The president added he had not been addressed In such a manner since he entered the White Heus*. The delegation charged that Secre ? tary McAdoo and Comptroller Wil liams In the treasury, and Postmas ter General Burleson had enforced se gregation rules In their offices. Pres ident Wilson replied that he had in vestigated the question and had been - assured that there bad been no dis crimination in the comforts and eur-. Take Action on Ent?rina Cotton Pool - (Br Awocistad Flw) BOSCTON, Nov. 12.-Nine of the? foul teen national banka of this city took adverse action today OD the ad , visibility of entering the $135,oo0,000 i cotton pool which la being formed . under government auspices to finance ! Ute Southern cotton crop. Two oth ers, the Commercial and the Fourth Atlantic, voted to enter the pool. Many of the bankers were aaid to I favor extending financial help to I New England cotton mills lu their '?. purchase of cotton rather than to Ute ' growers direct : . -; Lynching la Florida. i ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, Nov. 12. John Evans, a negro, waa taken from , the city prison here by a mob tonight . and banged to a 'nearby telephone pole. The negro was suspected of having shot and killed Edward F. Sherman, ct Camden. N.. J..,a wtater j ? j resident here, and of having attacked Urn. Sherman. 1 HIP REVEALS HE HIGH SEAS ida Times-Union at Jack i by Passenger on Ameri awk Bound From New -Capt. A. D. Ingram, of bright, of Utica,. N. Y., Murderer Manifest? Atti What Happened. rcrkins apparently became anger ed at the captain's remarks and, drawing a revolver, began firing. Mr. Hinman was struck- twice' in the abdomen, Captain Ingram once, and Mr. Wright once. A fifth bullet w?ilt wild. Perkins then ls said to have turned the weapon on himself, but the cartridge chamber waa empty. The wireieas sent forth a message for further medical aid in addition to the ship's facilities and the hospital steward from the torpedo boat de stroyer Fluaser, en route Charleston lo Hampton Roads, hurried to meet the incoming ship.' Mr. Hinman,- how? ever, .died early today .on. hoard the Mohawk. The. federal warrant. charling Per kins with murder was. read to the . prisoner tonight He did not attend the preliminary hearing, late today ..! and the authorities say be manifests an attitude of not knowing what has happoned._ Bad Gained Wealth and Fame, BOSTON, Nov. IS.-George Batche lor Perkins left here Monday for New ork bound for a tarpon fishing trip in southern waters. He had com plained recently ot sleeplessness and was forced to take an opists to reme dy- ibis, flfia^lsjju?: tcc^^ bert H. Holton, his.brotaeFria-Uw, at whose summer home he had been staying recently. "These little things we Jeld.to an artistic temperament-and they never eeemed at ai! s-rivus," *siu JSSV. Hol ton. Perkins was graduated from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology as an architect and gained wealth and fam? as an interior decorator and de eigner. His work ls to be found in many places throughout the country. He bad traveled mdeh lb recant years. He had planned to spend this, .winier in the West Indies aha in South America. He is 43 years Old and un married. Delegation fends President roundtngs alvon to the tLsrroes. He added he had been informed by onV clals that the segregation. had bean started to avoid frction between th? races and not with the object of in juring the negroes.. The'president said that he waa deeply Interested in the negro race and greatly admired it? progress. He declared the tiling to be sought by the negro people was com plete Independence of white people and that he felt the white race waa willing to do everything possible to assist them. . Trotter and other members at once took issue with the president, declar ing the negro people did not ??eic charity or assistance, but that they took the position that th? negroes had equal righto with the whites and that those righto should be ree pee ted. They dented there had been snr.friction be (Contlnued On Page Four.) Arrived With Nurses and Physicians (By Aaaorfatad Pty*,) PARIS, Nov. 12.-(WO p. m.)-Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney has arrived tn Paris from New York with fifteen trained nurses and four physicians. She is organising a socalled flying hospital for woxJr mear .tao ?rjtng line. This hospital will he affiliated with the American ambulance aa aa auxil iary but will be directed, it ts' under stood, by MrS. Whitney herself. She will contribute $300,000 to th? hospi tal. ?. Go vere er Issn?? Pr?rtsmMtiM-. FrtCHKktJD, Va., Nov. li.-Gover nor Henry C. Stuart today issued a proclamation calling on Virginia to render assistance to ta? people of Belgium, and appointing.CoL Henry M. Boyfcin. of Richmond, chairuvm of a commlrision to take charge ot re lief work. Th? governor heps* to collect s shipload of provisions.