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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 OF SING Bl \ ______ Petrogra Official Report 1 Repulsed Two Lfciiu Hindenburg's Anny Is Administering Enorm ing Many Prisoners tu Claim Success South < THE SERVIANS COK HNUE TO TERED A CRUSHING DEFI HAVE TAKEN LARGE NUI GREAT QUANTITIES OF 1 CONTINUES IN FRANCE AI ADVANTAGES ARE MADE (By A-BocUttxl Pre*?.) J LONDON, Dec. ll.-Of the five Aus tro-German columns which for some ? days appeared to be making steady, progress in their'invasion of Pojand, three have suffered checks, according to tonight's official report from Rus- : alan headquarters.. The column . making a downward stroke from Mlawa, on the Bait Prus sian frontier, reported in one dispatch from Petrograd today to be within 16 miles of Warsaw, was repulsed after an energetic offensive and under coun ter attacks from the Russians was i compelled .to retire at some points. Tho attacks of the mam German column, which had Us front on the line< between Lodz and Low les and which came down diagonally from ; Thorn, were delivered with great force, but according to' the Russian ? account, were repulsed with heavy \ losses to the invaders. That the Gor mans attached great importance to the annissa ol their attack here la-shown by the fact that during the two days they faced the Russian trenches seven ; times end'were driven back by a mur- , derou* ?re. 'rh* otee - column which has suf fered ia that composed of German and ; ?Aua*riau troops, which bad been try- , lng. to outflank the Russian left sooth j of Cracow. In tW?S case the Russians ? assumed , the offensive and they claim ? that* after a tenacious resistance they , defeated the Germans, taking several ? eunn and 2.000 pri?onera. Of the German column operating in. the region- of Piotr kow and that ad- , vanning from Czenstochowa thcro la ? no news except the Russian, statement that "on other parts of the front there have been no substantial changes." i, A check or repulse of any one of the j columns, ? howevor,. in the opinion of , military critics, must affect Ute whole G firman plan Which was a formidable : conversion movement aiming at the i capture of Warsaw and the relief of ( Cracow. For this purpose large re- ( Inforcements -were sent from the west , and opora.tipn8 were pushed with ) greai refelution, against a determined , opposition. It probably will : take some. days, ??to determine, however, whether tho ?hecka ha^j upse.t this Pla?v. . ' . :.?n The Servian .victory - over the Aus trians appears fully confirmed, by tho occupation of Usbltsa. and.'. ValJevov The Servians have - regained most nf their territory toward, the >; Bosnian ] frontier and they have defeated j the Austrians advancing . from the north. Up to Decen.ber 8 the Servians had captured about 25,000 prisoners, 115 guns of all kinds and great quantities of war material. The Servians claim i victory waa due enUreiy t? brilliant leadership and the morale of their troops, most of -whom were veterans fighting in their third war. .. These qualities, they say, overcame the - greater numbers the Austrians had on their side. In the weat, both the French and ? the Germans claim they haue made 'li progress in 'the Argonne region and 1 tn Fielders. It *. evident the Ger- < mans In an effort to stop the Allies'} advance, in Flanders, attempted an of-1 fenslve in the vicinity of Ypres and.l took one trench from the French. The 1 latest- French Official communication i FWIL LYNCH? L DURING PAS! (By Anoctatcd Tn**.} SHREVEPORT, La. Dec ll.-Two negroes were lynched near *Bhreve port today and tonight another. Wat kins Lewis, accused of complicity in the kllline of Charles M. Ht**, ? merchant pf Sylvester. La, was taken from the parish Jail hers by members of a mob and ls believed to have bean hanged. Lewis was secured by five men. who gained sn tran cc to the Jail through a* window and overpowered the jailer. Tho negro waa forced to accompany the nea to an automobile Declares Russians Have of Field Marshal von lear Mia wa and Lowiez, ous Casualties and Tak nd Guns- Russians Also of Cracow. CLAIM THEY HAVE ADMIN IS 1AT TO THE AUSTRIANS AND UBERS OF PRISONERS AND ?VAR MATERIAL-FINGHTING 4D BELGIUM AND CLAIMS OF BY BOTH THE CONTENDERS ?saya thte trench was recaptured, pisewhere along the front there hav keen artillery duels with occasional Infantry attacks by first one side and ?then the other. Vice Admiral Sturdee eports to the admiralty that .the Brit ish suffered a remarkably small loss in the naval engagement off the Falk land Islands. Only seven men were I ?killed and four wounded, according to| pia report This indicates, officials believe, that She Germana were completely out anged and possibly not more than| ono shot reached the Brltiah ships. Winston Spencer Churchill, first Bord of the admiralty, replying to a ahlegram of. congratulations . from PJjapan regarding the naval victory, hows that' Japaneae and Australian I hips ure cooperating in tho Pacific | d d?clar?e that**the defeat of. Ad miral von Spee completes the expul sion of Germana from the east - Saewsoaa -Losses- te- Gersaaas. PETROGRAD. Dec. ll.-The follow ng statement from ' tho general staff prom the Russian commander-in-chief SS'issued toaigU'.: "In the direction of Mia wa the Ger ana on December 10 kept up a strong I iffensive through the day and night ut We succeeded tn repulsing them. BOur troops. themselves, taking the of fensive. ..gave cbaae* to the German ?columna which, in some places, re-1 reated in disorder. tn the' r?gion to .the north of (Lowie* the enemy made some fierce ttacks on the night of December -10 and throughout the whole of the blowing day. We repulsed these si cks and inflicted enormous losses on ?the Germans. "We repelled. In all, seven attacha. FJduring which some of our units per al tted the enemy to approach very I ear and then put them to flight with | . murderous lire. . "In the region to tho south of Cra-I ow on December 10, we were still | ontinulng onr offensive with success, n 'spite of the stubborn resistance ?offered by the Germans. We captured several guns and (CONTINUED v OK'PAGE SIX.) First Steamer for Germany. NEW YORK, Dec. . ll.- Thc first it earner to sall direct from New York | or a German port a*nee war was de dared, steamed away, today. It was Bl Monte, of the Southern Pacific ?Line, which came here from Galves ton for coal. She ia bound for Bremen ?with cotton and flies the American Khr?tmas Truce Declined by Russia CBV Associated Prtsa.) BERLIN, Dec ll.-(by wlreless) jpe Benedicts proposal for a truce among, the warring nations during the Christmas holidays has been declined VT ?sala, according ts thc Carman B>ffiei*l press ' bureau. The German areas truro in previous ly announced that Germai. 7 was will-1 Bng" '0 agree to a Christmas truce Sf 0 other nstlons assented.^_ EEK FOR MURDER ?ck hurried away, presumably to other members of the mob, to a late hour no trade has basa; 1 af the negro or his captors. The other negroes lynched today asid to hove confessed to the kil . ig of Cyrus Hotchkln, aa ot! field worker, near Mongan sport ta., lsst night They wara taken from an offi cer who waa attempting io remove them to Mana?eld. La., for sate keep ins. Two other negroes wara hanged hy a mob lsst week ter alleged implica tions |a th* killing of l?lcke. AT WHITE HOUSE Expressed Decided Opposition to Christmas Truce in the Eu ropean War. WILL DO ANYTHING TO END STRUGGLE Expressed Greet Sympathy tor Men in Trenches-Calls on Secretary Bryan. (By AwocUttd Prc?.) WASHINGTON, Dec. IL-Andrew Carnegie, a White House caller today, expressed decided opposition to a Christmag truce in -the European war. would he un-Christlanlike and im moral, be said, to stop fighting,, then resume it. He added he could not be lieves that any nation which 'adopted such a suggestion was doing lt sin cerely. Mr. Carnegie gaye lt out as his opin ion that the military caste in Ger many was .responsible, for the war and that at the time hostilities broke out the kaiser was Ul and opposed to thc war. "The kaiser has told mo that' he took the greatest pride in the fact that be reigned for many y oars with out being Involved in - war," said Mr Carnegie. . "But he waa'surrounded by ring ot militarista who were eager for war at any price." Mr. Carnegie said he hoped that the world would be so horrified over the War ?nat permanent peace would fol low.. Mr. Carnegie showed-some-interest la a suggestion that he might be call ed upon by ' the president to help bring about peace, when the time ?ame. "I Will do anything I possibly can, he said, "I bellona Mr. Wilson esr neatly desires peace." For the "men In the trenches," Mr Carnegie expressed greatest smypathy. Speaking of Germany's part "n the war, Mr. Carnegie said he o J', ie ved the emperor waa ill when the conflict uroko out as he ls now. He expressed great sympathy for the emperor and said he knew bis "heart must be broken" over the break in bis peace ful reign. i . Later Mr. Carnegie called on Sec retary Bryan. "It seems to be incongruous*-in fact, an impertinence," be said after wards, "that the nations should pray to the Prince of Peace when every day their men are killing each other." Asked If he had heard of any de velopment looking toward peace, he shook his bead regretfully. Believe Store Wa? Robbed and Burned '. -- &m*al.to Tb* InteUicencer. WALHALLA, Dec. IL-The large brick store at Richland of W. C. and E. N. Fo*ur: was destroyed by fire this morning about 5 o'clock. The en tire stock was lost It was discovered by persons who reached the scene .of burning that the side doors of tho building had been forced, hence the building .waa perhaps robbed and then burned. i *kf.l8] Two suspicious persons were seen about n>On today. Two arrests were made, but it is not known what evi dence ls had against them. The amount ot insurance carried by Fos ter Brothers ls not known at, Vaia time. "God Know* What. Will Become of Us" y --; (Dy AjnocUted Fro?*.) LONDON, Dec ll.-(8:20 p. ra.) "if somebody does not come to oar aid, God knowe-what will become of us." writes two lea ling residents of Blsnke&b?rshe. West Flanders, in an appeal today to the representative at Rotterdam of the American Commis sion for Belgian Relief. BianVenberghe, the appeal says, bsa received ao contributions from any source, but has contrived to feed 1| 000 persons dally. Now the funds of tbs community ?re exhausted. to a? - I pert WASHINGTON, DOC U.-Dis patches from the Colombian govern to lu embassy here today dented t reporta that France had made representaUons concerning an alleged neutrality violation. A note from the Frenen charge at Bogota wea quoted as saying that France waa "truly sat Uti ed" with measures taken by Colom bia to ?tarantee its neutrality. Litttest of the London Scottish. The London Scottish ts the most pop ular of the British regiments In the war, and thia photograph shows the littlest member. A soldier bf th? regiment who was wounded In Fland ers returned and-wah placed in a Lon don hospital. Soo? he made friends with Willie, a little patient. Willie be came so important a figure in the hos pital that someone provided* him with a full uniform of the London Scottish, and he la seen daily parading about the hospital to the amusement ot the patients. However, his. best friend is the wounded soldier whom he would emulate. THEE .:. _ THE PACIFIC FOR *1*I?ETIME BEING, NOW RESTORED (By Associated Preta.) '* LONDON. Dec. ll.-(9:56 p. m.)-1 Replying to his congratulations on the victory of the British squadron over the Germans off the Falkland Islande, Wlnatoh Spencer Churchill, first lord of. th*> admiralty, today cabled the Japanese minister of marine aa fol lows. "With the sinking of the Scharn horst. Gneisenau, Leipzig and N?rn berg, the whole German squarer, which had Its base at TaingTau at the out break of the war haa been destroyed and the base itaelf reduced, uad cap tured. "Thia event marka the conclusion of active operations in which the allied fleets have been engaged in the Paci fic tor four montha. Though lt h>< fallen to a British squadron In the South Atlantic to strike the Ungi blow, it was - largely. owing to the powerful and untiring assistance ren dered by the Ja pen ese that this re sult has been achieved. "Had the enemy turned west again, the honors would have resten with the Japenese and Australian squadrons moving forward in the general com bination. ? "The peace of.the Pacific, for the time being, ls now restored, and the commerce of ail nationa can pro ceed with safety through the vast ex ptM<ie from the coasts of Mozambique to those of South America. Thc ex pulsion of the Ger&t<dis from the seat ls complete and with good and vigi lant arrangements by all a return by them should be rendered ' extremely difficult and hazardous. "I take the opportunity of your ex cellency's cordial message to express on behalf of the British and- Aus tralian navies earnest recognition of the invaluable naval assistanco ot Japan." TO MOURN DEATH OF REP. PAYNE ADOPT FEVERENT PEACE MESSAGE of Representatives Will Meet SaneLiy to Pay Final Tri bute to Dead Member. To Be Seat to Japan to Weld Friendship Between Japanese . and People of United States. IS THE FIST TIME ; FEDERAL COUNCIL OF IN FIFTEEN YEARS | CHUCHES OF AMRRICA Resolutions Passed Inviting AU Officiai Washington to the Ceremony. (By AMocfetcd Prto.) WASHINGTON, Dec ll -Thc nous? or representatives will meet Sunday to mourn the death of Sereno fi. Payne, for 30 years a congressman from New York. It will be the first time in li?' yeera that the house has held a public funeral to pay final tribute to a dead member. Resolutions -passed today invited all officiel Washington to the ceremony. The president and his cabinet, the vice president ana the ?e?ite, tts supreme court, th?.diplomatic coras, and the high officers of the army and navy were aefced to he present. The senste appointed a comm'.Uee to set with the house fanerai -committee, and arrang ed to attend the ceremony; - T>.e seng ces will be entirely relig ious in character. The choir of Cal vary Baptist church, which afr. Payne attended, will *ing and a aectlon of the marine hand will play appropriate music Atter the services the body will be taken to Auburn, N. Y., by house and senate committees. Cloaea Sessions-Adopt Resolu tion Expressing Sympathy for the Suffering Jews. (By Awori?t.d Pms*.) RIC H MON, Va-, Dec. ll;-Tho final session of the convention of the Fed eral Council of Churches, of America here closed st noon today with the adoption of a ferrent peace message drawn hy a commute of nine members' to be transmitted to Japan "for th* purpose or welding the friendship be tween the Japanese and the people of the United State;" and the launching of a movement for. a change in tko methed of teaching history ta tko school to minimise the glory of war. as part of tho peace propaganda of the council. Dr. Sidney L. Galick, of Japan, and Dr. S. Haller Mathe wa, of Chicago, were selected to convey "the m risa gt of 17.OOP.000 Christiana" to "our be loved brethren," in Japan. Bishop Hendrix, of St Louis, offer ed a resolution which waa adbpted. expressing deep sympathy . for tko sufferings of the Jews, brought on ky tho European war, and urging that material aid he given by Christian churches. The council adjourned without nam ing its place of masting next year. FIGHTING BETWEEN MEXI CAN FACTIONS AROUND NACO CONTINUES 2 MORE WOUNDED ON AMERICAN SIDE Arrival of Three Batterie? of Unit ed States Artillery Fails to Check Violations. (By Awociatod Pren.) NACO. Arts.. Dec. ll.-'Fighting be- j tween the Mexican factions around ! the border town of Naco. Sonora, .ontInned today unchecked by the ar rival of three batteries of United States artillery from Fort Bliss.'Bal-' lets flew over the border while the troops were going into camp., One United States cavalryman was wound Mi, a bullet went through a stovepipe n an officer's tent and a Mexican so nso was shot while in her home in .he American town. The two wounded today brought tc- j al casualties on the American side o 51 during the two - months siege ot : Maco, Sonora, by Governor Mayto .ena. No order has been received from Provisional President Gutierres, of Mexico, for Maytorena to cease firing j o avoid a clash with American .roops. it was said here tonight. That luch an order bas been given was re ported. Ono soldier In General Hill's garri son defending Naco, was ? ounded to lay, it was reported. Eleven Tratas of Troops. MEXICO CITY. Dec. IL-Eleven reins of Constitutionalist'troops left or the north, today. .General Villa'J ipcclal train ls walting at Buena fista to take him to Irapuato. According to his chief qf staff, Gen irai Villa was to leave before mid night He will he accompanied by ieofg? C. Carothers, special agent of he state department at Washington. While secrecy ls, being maintained LS to movements of Vi a's main force, erious fighting with. Carra?as forces s'expected first at Saltillo or Mon te er. Zapata will command the forces ?f the south; Oeneral Juan Cabrai'j rill be sent to the Sonora regl?n. Carranga Forces Captare Town. EL PASO, Texas, Dec, H.-Fight ng between Carranza and Villa roops has been in progress south of ?arral, Chihuahua state, according* to sports received here. Persons arriv ng today said that. Carranga farces inder General Luis Herrera bad cap ured the town of Bailesa, extermin?t - ng the Villa garrison of 500. Later Villa reinforcements ot 2,000 nen engaged the Herrera troops rhlch numbered 1,800. Heavy fighting ras in progress when the refugees eft the region. k Villa agents here today denied that \ 'arranxa troops had captured any owns where Carranza victories have ?Cen reported. A m er iran H teamer Detained. LONDON, Dec IL-(8:50 p. m.) *he American steamer George Hawley, rhich left New York November 15 for Kopenhagen and reached Falmouth ! fovember 30, is among the vessels whose cargoes, or part of them, have 1 een detained," according to official'! nnounccmcnt In tho London Gazette. The George Haw ?ey Ia recorded in hipping registers as belonging to the tost?n and Virginia Transportation; 'ompany. Sleet President for Bettie Tift College I (Br AacwJated Pren.) MACON, Ga, Tuc IL-Bev. Solon I l. Cousins, pastor of the Baptist! h-arcn at waynesboro, Ga, was elect- | d president of Bessie Tift Baptist i k>llege for Girls, of Forsyth, Ga, at meeting of the board of trustees ere tonight. Mr. Cousins is a ?rada- j te of Mercer University. Members of the board believe he ! rill sccept the presidency. He Will Qcceed Dr. C. H. 8. Jackson, who re- j sutly resigned. ._ .nj"r_~Lfinj-in -L-ij-if -rm- ruic *.n - * r * " -- SINGING OF GERMAN DINNER BRI (By AaaeimUd ProMj NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, Dec IL he singing of a German song at a Inner here last night broke up the at hering and caused the detention reralght by the military authorities t V. O. Ryckman, general manager ot ie Dominion Chain Company. Frank feltfer. also sn official ot tho com any, was held temporarily? The com lauding officer today released both iee . and apologized for their deten on. The dinner , waa for employes ot j te company and was attended by1 ALTOGETHER TOO MUCH PUBLICITY SENATOR WEEKS OPPOSES INVESTIGATION OF MILI TARY ?PREPAREDNESS PACIFIC COAST NOT PROTECTED Bot Atlantic Fleet Could Be Roth- r ed Thrwogh Panama Canal Says Secretary Daniels. (By Associated Pms.) I WASHINGTON, Dec. H.-Although ? the Pacific coast is not adequately I prepared for warr the Atlantic fleet could, bo rushed through the Panama . Canal while an hostile fleet would he delayed by the necessity of reddclng Manila and Honolulu, lo the opinion of Secretary Dargle, who continued his testimony today before the'house naval affairs committee. In the course of an all-day examination the secre tory slao discussed the difficulties of constructing satisfactory airships.and aubmarlnea, but expressed opposition . to "extravagant . appropriations'* for . ?either of tbeae branch?e, of the aer ; vice. He pr edi teed that ultimately the government must build Its own war ships ? . While Mr. Daniela was before the committee the queatlon of military preparedness was again under discus sion on the floor of congress. Sena tor Weeks, of Massachusetts, declared in a speech In the senate t?lai there was too much publicity of military se crets. He pointed to the secrecy ob served by the nations now ai war aa sn object lesson. Secretary Daniels frankly told the committee that there were no dread noughts or first-class battleships on i the Pacific coast The only battleship there, he said, .was the Oregon, a 2?-v year-did tt?ssefe"^sS^tfvi naval strength on ?hs Pa?-!n5;iis g^ve aa s???i cruisers; two gunboats, on* transport, one torpedo flotilla, five torpedo boat destroyers, three submarine* eat age tender. The reserve Seat, he added, comprised five armored cruisers, fcttr torpedo boat destroyer* and'two dak-' marines. "Do you think these vessels are ade quate protection to the Pacific coast fer war?" asked Representative ot?,j)si ena, ot California. . . . ? . "No," replied the secretary. "You would not commission the Ore gon as a first-class battleship would you?" ?"No." "You wouldn't consider th* Pacifie coast sufficiently protected insofar as the naval arm of the government is concerned?" "I would not put ft that strong. If we were to have trouble with any na tion we would send a fleet through the Panama Canal." "Yo do not think any very material damage could be done before the fleet could arrive on the Pacific coast from the Atlantic coaat?" "I think the edda are the other way. One of the reasons, perhaps, a chief reason v.hy we built the Panama Canal waa to moke lt possible io have a fleet to defend both coasts."' ? "Hags we' a fleet sufficient to defend both coasts?" "Yes, slr, altogether auffielen to de fend both coasts." "But lt can not defend both coastsf* "Not at the same time, hut there la hardly a possibility ot oar hoing at tacked on both sides at once." "An enemy," de added, "baa got to run the gauntlet ot oar submarines in the Philippines and Hawaii and we could delay them a good deal with'the fleet we have there now until the real lsrge fleet comes. It would take about 18 days, Toughly, for th* fi**>. to.go from New York to Ssn Francisco, pro vided the canal 1* c?aa and unob structed." "Do TG? think th? mu?uu?iiuii nov tn the'Philippines wou|a~on*r any serious hindrance to th? navy inm?pi. Pacific ocean attacking asT* "We are going to send moro over there, ?nd we are asking for more now." The secretary made a v?Ued alta? (CONTINUED ON .PAOS VQ?%.) rfsj?-.** ." '?^.?A-?WSS?..'S?XSKMJ? Xww .3t SONG AT A ?AKS UP GATHERING city officials. Byckman, ad toastmast er, eaBed on an associate for aa ad dress andh e responded with the Ger man song. A city official objected, saying that to sing the song weald J? unpatriotic. The war t?grunant tout followed broke up the bahauet and the officials appealed to the officer in charge of the troops to act Cottee Far Ispea. SAN ANTONIO Texas, Deo. ll. A trainload of cotton, consisting of I.GOO bales, left Taylor, Texas, today on its way to spinnor* ta jasan.