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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 PROGRESS OF THE BATTLE UNKNOWN REPORTS REPEAT PREVIOUS CLAIMS OF GREAT RUS SIAN VICTORY BETWEEN THE TWO RIVERS IN POLAND Berlin Declare? That nu Decisive Battle Ha? Been Fought. The curtain fer still 'dow0 the hattie front ia Poland, between the Vistula and Warta rivers. How the week's battle between the 'Russians and the Germans is progressing is not known. Unofficial reports repeat. previous claims of a great Russian victory. Petrograd has. not officially stamped them true. Berlin in lu latest report simply says fighting in Poland has as sumed the proportions of a continu ous battle. It gives no geographical position of Uiis fighting and may re fer to the operations westward from Warsaw or to those in the vicinity ot Czenstochowa and still farther south along the Gallclan frontier. In this latter district and in Galicia, according to latest reports of the Rus sian commander-in-chief, the Musco-, vite forces have hsd numerous suc cesses. Captures of men and muni tions are recorded on the Csenstoche wa-Cracow line,! along the Szreulawa river In Poland; In Galicia on the Baba and Vistula rivers and before the town of Bochnta, which was stormed. Berlin's latest official report an nounced victories in western . Galicia and progress in the Carpathians for lae Tent?n allie?. Heavy fighting is In progress in northwestern Servia but show is ham pering operations. The Montenegrins wfln greaffiassty?ffi^^ The British admiralty announces that the collier Khartoum has been blown up'by & mine off Grimsby, Eng land. Her crew was saved. Lloyd's reports that tn addition to the British, steamer Malachite, tho sinking of which off Havr? he? beeb announ*: id previously, a German sub marine has sent to the bottom .off Havre the British steamer Primo. The British parliament has adjourn ed-the houso ot lords to January 6 and the house of commons to February S. At the last session of tim house ci commons Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, announced that is vic-A- cf Great Britain's rapid construction of warships* she could lose a dreadnought every month for a year and still maintain her superior ity over Germany tn these ships. ' David Lloyd George, the British chancellor of the exchequer, announc ed that the British war loan of $1, 750,000,000 hall been largely oversub scribed. The former German cruiser Gooben, now of the Turkish navy, lost eleven killed tn her recent fight with th? Russians ta the Blsck sea. A coroner's Jury has decided that the killing and wounding of Gorman war prisoners M a riot at the deten tion camp on the Isle of Man was Jus tifiable. The French stock exchange will re open December 7. - .. ...'..*. LONDON, Nov. ?T.-"Whlle Petrograd correspondents continue to declare the Prussian* have won a/great vic tory over the Gormans in Poland, of ficial confirmation still ta lacking. Al though Russian headquarters say thc advantage In the fighting remains ?^Ua their troops, Berlin declares that nc decisive battle has been fought. Some German newspapers claim success foi ?heir armies. The silence of Grand Duke Nicho las, Russian commander-in-chief lt Ute east, a? to the progress of the bat tle tn Poland, ls causing unfavorable comme.* in Russia. Advices fron: Petrograd say there ts a feeling there that perhaps newspaper claims or * Kassian success have been exaggerat ed. In Ute western war sone compara tive quiet preval?a No reports ol heavy fighting have been recorded- ii several dsys. slthougb there have been Intermittent artillery duels end small infantry encounters. The Ruuiuntaa parliament ?rill meei tomorrow and the fotare course ot ac tion of Ulla kingdom probably will TM decided. It ie said Rumania U pre pared to cede to Bulgaria some bf th? territory which shs G^?S?? after Un second Balkan war at the 0x7*0*0 el ber neighbor. This may mean thai Bulgaria ts about to take ber stace with tba Allies sad in return be per reamed to straighten ont her bounder toa and take mero of the country la habited by ber uattonaja. Ia addition to a contingent of gl.< eeo mea wno already are la Kwgtand ti ?a aasoaneed that Australia bat ralead a second contingent ot Ift/MH men. STORY THAT WILL ASTONISHWORLD WHEN FULL DETAILS OF RUS SIAN VICTORY IN POLAND IS KNOWN SAYS PETROGRAD CORRESPONDENT Blow to Germany's Finest Troop Such ?a Has Not Been Delt Since Days of Napoleon. (By Associated Pms.) LONDON, Nov. 28. -2:40 a. m. The. Morning Post's Petrograd cor respondent says that when full de tails of thc Russian vlctpry in Poland are available they will furnish a story that will astonish the world- a story telling of a blow to Germany's finest troops such as had not been dealt since the days of Napoleon. The correspondent also makes an interesting disclosure concerning a success he says the Russian Baltic fleet under command of Admiral von Essen achieved early In September.. His dispatch In substance ls as fol lows: "It appears that German warships had acquired the habit of cruising in the BalUc up to the limit which the Russian fleet bad decided to hold. Admiral von Essen painted several of his cruisers and destroyers with Ger man colors sud under cover of fog gy weather Joined the German ships. The presence of the Russian war ships was not suspected. "The admiral opened fire, sinking one German cruiser and badly dam aging another, while the Russian de tsroyers put in good work on the smaller German craft, Having doliv . oren this blow, the Russian vessels sailed home, untouched. i: "The German* naturally remained silent regarding this fight and for Ift^Ffi^a^l?ff or the corot* ed SV George crosses were distribut ed among those who were responsl 1 hes tor the success of this venture." in connection with, the foregoing story it is interesting to note s brief official statement given OK in Lon don September 4 reading: "According to information derived from a trustworthy source seven /German destroyers and torpedo boats have arrived at Kiel lu a damaged condition and lt is understood that others have been sunk .in tue vicin ity of the Kiel Canal." ; Horses for the Armies. New Orleans. Nov. 27,- The British steamers Rowanmore and Asian which cleared from here today car ried 2,444 horses said .to b? for the use of tho British sud French armies, in .addition to largs cargoes of cotton and gram. The Romanmore cleared for Bordeaux and the Asian for Liv erpool vie Avonmouth. -_-I- ' Decade Shooting of Prisoners Wat Justified (By Associated Preta.) DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, via London, Nov. 27.-(7:40 p. m.)-A coroner's 5 jury today decided that the shooting of severs! ' Gorman prisoners of war . in a riot at'Ute Isle of Man detention camp last week was justified. Colonel Mad oe, camp commandant, I testified ho thought the riot wsa pre ? arranged. Tho clash was in the dln > lng room and the commandant asid a . red hand made . of cardboard was . placed on the dining root; table at i dinner, and that a chair waa thrown i through a window. The guards were > nuable to use their bayonets and in ?thc- oplulon of Colonel Madoc were . Jnatlflo? ?s Urins. ; Russian Commander Is .Much Embarrassed ? --- ! (By Associated ? PraaO .? I PKTRonn*n_ wer. 27.-"Thc l?tzs . alan commander Is much embarrassed by the fact that wireless apparatus, ? cannon ead machine guns for repels f lng attacks by the Russian aeroplanes k", have been mounted on steeples of old > j Catholic churches tn Cracow, Glac ia," [.says a semi official statement tonight. The statement continu?e: t "To appropriate to such use his ? tortcal monuments denotes tho Ger tr man military authorUlee' desire to . compel the Russeins to bombard the > Poliah etty, the fortifications ot which ? form the last bulwarks ot the Hans rburgs." ._ ? Elset Weesen President . CHARLOTTE. N. C, Nov. 27.-For . the first time in the history ot tbs . teachers assembly they elected a wo man as president, the chotos being ? Med mary O. Oraban?, ot Charlotte, . sssstant superintendent of Meoklen I barg county schools, elster, ot Presl ? Sent & Jd Graham, of the Universi ty ot North Carolina, . 1 ? *;<--?---- , 1 Ancient Wall for Defense of Constantinople. ? |HE8fflir^ This is the ancient wall of the water front of jPonstantinopIe || la battleships if they succeed in entering the Bosoms. The l| K^KffBMB'?| wall has been built for many hundred years. Stones itt || their native shape and mortar were the matcrij|jt used. But ||| .f^^t?Si since modern cement of fifty feet in thickness hms been blown || . \^^??^?2?BS? '-h I to bits by the artillery used in this war the oldiwall may not pf l?SEa8 last;lo^^ Russian, ^^y^^^ ^ r- , * ; . ..v. ... . *?''*.. i^"'-.''>i''T.:\'Tt i%*.'.(> (By AMDciaUxl Fran.) ' NACO, - Ariz., Nor. . 27.-Governor ?daytorena's ' attackers lost between GOO and 800 men In the fighting at Naco. Benora, November 18, accord ing to a wounded .nmn found by offi cer* of the Carranza garrison, who made a sortio into the ' Maytoronu trenches today. Tile Carranza officer found eight men' alive, including tho wounded man, who was dying from starvation. The wounded soldier said many of his wounded comrades were left on tho field td' die. Yaqui Indians sent back by Maytorena to rescue them merely looted the dead, he said. Repast Given lu Ii Arriv?of (By Auocwted Prws.) LOND0?, . Nov. 27.-There was a large gathering at the American Luncheon Club today at a "repast given in honor of tho arrival at Dav enport this week of the Chiitemas ship Jacoe, bringing Christmas pres ents from the children of America to Ute yoong folk of the warring coun tries ot Europe. Jots Callen O'Loughlin. renrenent injg the ftew?Morrs !n ,the United States, who aided- in Uie collecting ot presents sent .by tho children, .ot Destruction of Boat Arouses Indignation (By Aanctalnd Pren.) BARI, Italy, via. Rome, Nov. 27. (7:86 p. m<)-A mine that had float-! ad tros?.tts. moorings exploded near, hero today, destroying a fishing boat and killing four men. . Tho explosion of this mine, said to have been plant- i ed hy Austria, has aroused indigos- ] tkn among Italians along the Adria- j tic coast. 1 Italy recently protested to Austria concerning drifting mines and was as sured lhere would be no repetition ot Uils trouble. Britt? Cellier Blown Dp. (Br AwcXiatod Pms.) . Nov. 27.-The Brtfeh this evening announced that Khartoum had'been Mown up today hy a mine off Grimsby. a ie crew ot the Khartoum was landed at Grimsby Grimsby ls on the south hank ot Ute Humfear, if-miles southeast of Hull. A IVov. Mr. Winthrow was struck today.by a bullet fired by Yaqui snip ers. Villa Forces Enter Mexko City 131..."ASO, Texei, Nov. 27.-A part of General Villa's forces have enter ed Mexico City, but Villa remains et Tula. A train, the first in many weeks, left Mexico City today_ for Juarez. This we? learned when rall anti wire conimunlcatious were opened between the national capital and the border. An official Villa report today, said that General Caballero, the Carranga lead er, whose troops hold Tampico, had recognized the convention party . looor of the Santa Claus Ship ?_v America, wa? the guest of honor. The Jason is preparing to leave Daven port tomorrow for France, and conse quently her of dee rs could not bo pres ent Walter H. Page, the American am bassador, presiding. Among those present were Lord Northcliffe and Sir Gooree . Riddell. Mr. O'LaOghltn ad dressed Ute meeting. Sir George Rid dell expressed th?s appreciation of Great Britain.. Ho said Americans "???i?. noted tor their.original ideas and the enthusiasm with ?Which -they carried them. out. Bumed to De ath Under His Car (By AMocimtcd ' Pf??.) WILMINGTON, Del.. Nov. 27.--The body of- aa automobile driver found last night burned to death under his car at New Castle, near here, was identified today as that of Harry Doughty, or Franklin City, Va The body was found by the crew of a trol ley car. It is believed Doughty wan on'hts way from Wilmington to his home alone when the car tamed tur tle and pinned him beneath lt. Presldeat Sotaras te Capital. (By Aato^atml Pim) WILLIAMSTOWN Mass., Nov. 27. President Wilson brought his Thanks giving visit here to a close today, leaving In time to reach Washington at ?: 30 o'clock tomorrow morning. As soon aa he arrive**. Ur, Wilson ?rill.plunge into work, completing his message to congress and oort erring with possessional leaders on the leg islative progrsEu FOP HG SIE! 1 _j._ i THE ARMY AND NAVY FOOT- ' BALL TEAMS IN PHILA DELPHIA CITY'S HOTELS ARE CROWDED, The Army Will Enter Game a Favorite on the Season's j Record. (By Auortatrd Vre,*.) PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 27.- The Army mid Navy football Uams ar- j rived here today for their annual lame tomorrow? and' tonight tho city's ho tels were ?cvowded with football root era' from * many parts of the United States. Everything points to a great game except the w-ather. Late' today tho shies clouded and the forecast for tomorrow was colder, probably ?with rain. The teams late today were drilled for an hour on Franklin Field. The West'Point team, look the field first and practiced In secret There was no scrimmage, but the players were put, through a . severe drill. Wt straight football with.a few trick plays. Much, attention was given the forward, pass/ After the cadets o ni? .the "dHii tho SC Navy players were divided Into three teams and. put th lough a fast drill. Many intricate plays were prac tlccd. ' . j The players spent . tho . evening quiet at their. hotels . and .all obeyed) tho'order of "lights out" at 10 p. m. j . The Army will enter the. gamo a j favorite os thc ssasot-'o recoid. xne j Navy has been beaten twice this year ' which the Army has not suffered a defeat. The Army bas shown the greater Scoring power and juding ty the small number ot points made against it, ls strong on defensive. The Navy has been scored on in six'of its eight games. i Army coaches are not ' as free tn i predicting victory as - ara their sup porters. They declare too much de pendence should not be placed on the seasin's record. The Navy torpee ts to win. AU the players are reported in excellent con- ' dillon and the coaches declare thav ' the midshipmen's game has steadily improved. The crowd ls expected to be the largest that ever saw an Army-Navy game in Philadelphia. More than 22, 000 seats given athletic officials af the two institutions were distributed free to officers of'the. two departments, senators and representatives In Con gress. . other officials of the govern- ' meat and friends of officers in the two services. The Ualverstty of - Pennsyl DECLARES THAT HE IS INNOCENT LEO M. FRANK GIVES OUT < STATEMENT FROM HIS CELL REVIEWS THE 1 CIRCUMSTANCES! Says He Wee Prosecuted For a1 Crime of Which He Had No Knowledge. (By AiwnnntJ-d Pit-M.) ATLANTA, Nov. 27.-Leo M. Frank, | under sentence of death for the mur- i der here in April 1913, ot Mary Pha-lj gan, today gnve out a statement to ? the public declaring his innocence of j the crime and reviewing the clrcum- 1 stances surrounding bis trial and the I legal stepB taken to obtain for bim a rehearing or the setting aside ot tho verdict. Frank's statement was given out from his cell in tho Fulton County Jail, where ho Iras been confined since bis arrest several days following the discovery of Mary Phagan'B body in th? basement of the pencil factory ot which Frank was superintendent He declared he bas been "prosecuted I wrongfully and grotesquely for a crime of which' I have no knowledge," and mentioned that in all the steps taken for a new trial the question ot his guilt or innocence has never been reviewed by the higher courts, but only thc legality of the proceedings hare been considered. Commenting upon tho conditions and circumstances surrounding his trial In Atlanta in July ano August, Isis, the prisoner in his statement says: "Tho-Jurors heard the demon strations bow within and without tho court room,"'tho applause? when the prosecution'Scored A point; the dis approval when the defense?won ? ?. jpotetwthey saw. the xShlir or Atlanta . police' and the colonel Ot tho 'mutta us conference with his . honor the Jfidge." Continuing tho statement reads: "If those conditions which obfsmed constitute a legal judicial trial; If the issue of life and death could bo reas onably presumed to be faithfully con sidered in such an atmosphere- then ?od help us all. . . ? Consider the 12 Jurors; they were on trial too; their very lives hung in tho'balance.'' The statement relates briefly the acUons of Frank on the day the mur der was committed and the prisoner then turns to a vigorous denunciation of James Conley, a negro, who was employed as a sweeper at the pencil factory, and who was the prosecu tion's principal witness. Conley now ls serving a.year's* sentence as an ac cessory after, the fact to the Phagan girl's murder. "It was not shown," the statement declares, "that Jim Conley, who had a long police record had neither the motive to conceive the crime nor the opportunity to com mit it. . . . Before you can tako his negro's word, he must show that he himself ls innocent" Frank closes his statement with re iteration of his declaration of his own innocence and with further charges against the veracity of Conley. Foreleg Them to Belara* (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 27.-War conditions ir. Canada aro forcing fug itives from justice? from the United States to return to this country, ac cording to Clarence L. Reames, Unit ed States district attorney here. Care ful watch tho Canadian authorities ke-ip on foreigners and tho fear of conscription are contrlbuUng causes. ' Will Protect Cuban C?USCBR* l?jr Associated Pres*.) HAVANA, Nov. 27.-The Cuban flag ship Cuba sailed today for Vera Crus under instructions to protect Cuban citizens there and to repatriate all who desire to return to Cuba. Endorsed Monroe Doctrine. (By Associated rr-.) MONTCLAIR, N. J:, Nor. 27.-Wil liam Howard) Taft, hi an.address here tonight endorsed the Monroe Doctrine, discussed Its relation to the European war and declared Interference by tho United States in Mexico and Central America has had notting to do with the Doctrino. Arrested by O ?a Officers. . (By Assort ai tri Praia.) VERA CRUZ, Nov. 27.-General Lucio "lanco. the last of the Consti tutionalist leaders to evacuate the capital, bas been arrested.by his own officers and la on his way to Vera Crus, accords pr to a report here vania's seats, about 8.000. were sold. The proceeds will go to the service or ganisations that look siter relief work for widows and orphans of en listed army and navy men. Secretaries Garrison, Lane end Houston and Ike assistant secretar ies of war and the nary are expected to seo the game. _ .> UNITED STATES IS NOT READY CANNOT EXPRESS OPINION ON REQUEST OF SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS CONSIDERING SUGGESTIONS Secretary Bryan Will Take the Matter Up With President Wilson. (By AModstwl Frew.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. -Tho United States government is not ready according to an announcement today by. Secretary Bryan, to express an opinion on the request . ot South American nations for cooperation hy Washington In negotiations with Eu ropean belligerents looking to the ex clusion ot their warships from the waters of this hemisphere. Mr. Bry an said, howevor, he would take Use subject up with President Wilson on his return. The Peruvian ' minister today com munlcated to Mr. Bryan in detail his government's proposal for the estab lishment of a neutral tone tu the At lantic and the Pacific. It would ex tend the territorial wstera of neutral countries from tho present limit of three miles to a designated meridian within which merchantmen of all.na tions would be free from molestation. Ambassador Da Gama, of . Brasil, took up with Mr. Bryan tho general subject of concerted act ion. on tho part, of tho Pan-American republics to ef fect a restoration . of trade between tire two continents. He held been in structed to sound the. American gov ernment as to its atUQsjfcjtelrsrd var ious suggestions advanced, but Mr. government ned not determined on its course Tho Braal lian government has been anxious to ascertain the at titude of the American government toward suggestions df thia kind beirut ?saki?ig formai suggestions itself. . Beyond admitting tiret the various suggestions were undo - consid?ration, Secretary Bryan declined to discuss the proposition of "the United States government. To . one diplomat,. how- , ever, he poined out the desire of the United States to take no action which would- mest with disfavor, by - bel ll - gerenta and might impair toe influ ence of this government when time for tho settlement ot the war arriv ed. \v.\en the Latin American diplomats exchanged views on different propos als the European diplomats said to day they were uninformed as to the attitude of their respective govern- 1 menta. At the British and German em bassies it was said tito Latin-Ameri can countries had made no formal communications to their governments. MORE BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK Germany's Submarine? Have Made One of Their Most Dar- , ing Feats. (By Awociaied Fra?.) LONDON. Nov. 27.-(10:20 a. m.) It was reported by Lloyd's today that two British steamers were sunk off Havre yesterday by 'German sufl marines.. "The steamers were the Malachite and the Primo. Their crews were rcs enid. Those ison ike malachite wera landed at Southampton and those from the Primo at Fecamp, France, cn the english Channel. . %?j Llyod's report indicates that Ger many's submarines have made one of their most daring feats. This ls Uta first oeoasio** when theil* sitivitiss have been reported In these waters. Apparently they made thetf wsy through the straits nt Dover to a poa? moro than 150 miles from their nesbitt est base. The Malachite was a small Steamer. . of 718 tons gross. Sho waa built In Glasgow In 1902. The grose tonnage of the Primo was 1,866. She jaree laid down in Stockton in 1898? -,-,-* ' Cotton Warehonse Destroyed. ^ (By AaneittSd Pre*?.) COLUMBUS, Ga,, Nov. 27.-Fire late' today destroyed a cotton warehouse containing 1,200 balea at Georgetown, Ga. The loss ls estimated at 660.O00, partially covered hy Insurance. Charged With Negligence, * CBy AwoeUtM JW,) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27--Cap teln J. J. Carey, of tho steamship Hanalel, wrecxed on Dux bury Reef last Monday with al oas bf sa lives, was charged today by federal Inepcc- a tora with negligence and unskiilul navigation. Ho will be tried next week.