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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 GERMAN EMPERO! HAVE GONE TO TH OPERATIONS OF GREAT SE VERITY ARE IN PRO GRESS. FIGHTING IN SNOW Six-Foot Snowfall Stops Fighting ! Between the Russians and I Turks. i The German emperor, according to late advices by way of Copenhagen, haa gone to the front in the western theatro of the war, where a general at tempt by the Allies to force the Oer- ? mans backward has b\en going on for j several days. Both German and French official statements" clearly show that opera tions of ^rreat severity are In prog- j resn but ihoy differ as to results , a '*vn.d. The French claim advances a ..ung the line; the recapture by 1 Br. .lah troops of trenches previously lost and the repulse of German at tacksaimed at the retaking of trenches which have fallen to the Al- ? lies during the past day or two. South of Noyon, also, the French claim to have gained a foothold in . the first line of the German trenches. No men tion is made by the French of any re pulse of the allied forces. The German official statement tells of the dislodgement in the neighbor hood ot the canal of LaBasseo of the I Anglo-Indian troops and the capture ' of their trenches after inflicting heavy bosses and taking prisoners. To the northeast of Chalons, in the neighbor hood of Sou i an, also the Germans claim to have repulsed a fierce, attack by the French, who left many prison ers in their hands and a large number of dead in front of their positions. While all the world is awaiting the outcome of the battles in Poland and Gallcia,, few details, .are being madel public, probably because DO definite. decisions have been rea % 3d. The continuance of the Germen eper?tior. " in Poland is referred ta in the most recent bulletin, hut Ute relative posi tions of. the opposing forces are not mentioned, . The head of the general staff of the ' Russian army issues a statement from Petrograd warning the Rtibial, pub lic against "malevolent, reports dur-, lng the past few days concerning the I condition and strategic positions of i the Russian army." The fact that the Russian armies havo adopted a narrower front, is ex- ' plained by this official, was the result of a decision reached after full con sideration by the rntlurry authorities, In view of the concentration in front of the Russians of considerable forces. A call for 1150,000,000 of Great Britain's laat war loan has been made without disturbance to English money rates. No agreement has been reached be tween the United Stntcs and British governments regarding the right? of Great Britain to search ships leaving American ports, which are suspected of carrying contraband. Even though the American govern ment assents to the examination of cargoes at ports of Shipment. Great Britain-makes no guarantee of ex emption from . further. Inspection if j the admiralty deem? such inspection necessary. I The Triple Entente . powers have 1 given guarantees to Athens and Buch arest that Bulgaria will not attack Greece or Rumania should Greece lend aid to Servia ahould Roumanie (Continued on page four.) Ready For Fi For Natiom (By Awodtt*d Pr??.)* WASHINGTON, Dec 21.-'Legisla tive weapons were furbished up today tor the Ans? struggle In the house ot representatives tomorrow o*-A'; the Hobson constitutional amendment for . national prohibition. The fight -ill begin at 10 o'clock to last until the nL! ls called on the resolution to submit the amendment to the State legisla tures fdr ratification. Opponents ot prohibition were, cur tain tonight that lt would be impossi ble to muster the'two-thirds majority of the house necessary to a end the Jolnt-jtesolution to th? senate. Sup porter? -of the resolution claimed a "substantial majority,'* which at least would assure victory iv the prelimi nary skirmish. Tba vote on the spe cial rule, presented by Arman Hen ry, of the ralas committee for the con sideration ot the Hobson resolution. The rula will be voted on after two hours debata, and it? adoption ia vir tually conceded, as many opponents of tba reeolatPSn itself have announced they intend to veto for the rule to open the way for finad action on the qneatlon. Under tanna M thc mle. eight honra of general debate will bo allow L W LU i LI iii i nulli NEW WEAPON FOR WAR INVENTED Scatter? White Hot Mixture of Molten Steel and Fills Air With Deadly Gas. (By Associated Pre?.) GLOUCESTER, Mass.. Dec. 21.-A new projectile which would scatter a white hot mixture of molten steel over i the object of attack, and lill tho atmos phere with a deadly gas, making it impossible for Are lighters to ap proach, .has been invented by John Hays Hammond, Jr., according to a statement made by the inventor io- j day. The missile may appear soon in the European war, as some of the bel- j l'verents are. negotiating for Its pur-1 j chase, he said. The United States 1B, conducting experiments with the pro- , joctile at Sandy Hook, he added. The missile ls designed for use in Beige guns. Mr. Hammond explained that it carries an aluminothermlc mix turo which, five seconds after the pro- ' jectlle ls discharged, turns the steel incide into a white hot mixture at a . temperature of 5.400 degrees fahren- ! heit. Two German Steamers Captured. LONDON, Dec. 22.-lt is announced that British warships have captured near the Falkland Island two German owned steamers, the Baden and Santa Isabel, both flying fhe flag of thc Ham burg-American Une. Schedule Includes Radical Changes (By Associate.} Tress.) CAMBRIDGE, Maas., Dec. 21.~Thc 1915 Harvard football schedule, offi cially announced tonight, Includes .the < most radical changes ever made by the Crimson. Five of the nine dates are filled by new teams. Cornell takes the place of Michigan ; Carlisle supplants Tufts; University of Virginie displaces Washington ?md Jefferson; Colby is taken on instead of Bates, and Massachusetts Agricul tural. College displaces Springfield Y. M. C A- College. The Yale, Princeton. Brown and Pennsylvania State games remain. j All contests except with Princeton, which will be played at the Palmer < Btadlum. are to bo held at Cambridge. House Passes Urgent I ' Deficiency Bill (By Associated Press.) I "WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Tho house today passed an urgent deficiency [bill carrying $4,730.906, including j $654,371 io cover unexpected expenses incurred by the. army in the. occupa ? lion of Vera Cruz. During the debate i Republican Leader Mann attacked the I administration's Mexican policy. "Thia bill," he said, "carries half I a million dollars to pay the expenses of our troops at-Vera Crux, sent .there I to obtain a salute of 21 guns, which baa not yet beert given." Will Withdraw Forces. NACO. Ariz., Dec 21.-If General] ! Maytorena will withdraw his Villa > forcea from the siege at Naco, Mexico,. General Benjamin Hill's Carranza forcea will not pursue him. according to a tentativo agreement between Hill and United States army officers, an nounced today.' ital Struggle il Prohibition ed on the resolution. All efforts to arrive at a division of ' time have failed, and Speaker Clark wilt endeavor to allot time aa equally aa possible to both sides. The Hobson resolution proposes a constitutional amendment as follows: "Section l. The sale, manufacture for aale, transportation for aale, ex portation for aale, and importation .for aale, of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes in th? United State? and all.territory subject to the Juris diction thereof are forever prohibited. - Section 2. Congress shall have power to provide for the manufacture, sale, importation and transportation of intoxicating lianbra for -sacramen tal, medicinal, mechanical, pharnv. ceutical or adentiflcal purposes, or for use te arta, a?.<d shall have power to enforce thia article by aU needful leg islation." The resolution carries a preamble aettlna; forth that spence baa demon strated alcohol to ba narcotic potion and reciting ita evil effects. ? There were some 100 members in Washington tonight and prohibition j leaders asserted their confidence that wall over one-half ot these would vote for, the r?solution. Sailors of the ? This if a group of seamen of the British battleship. Bulwark, which was sunk in the Medway, just off-the cn trance to the Thames. Since then there has been a dispute'about the cause of the wreck. The British ad miralty Insisted that a magazine with ARMY AVIATOR DROtfUS IN SEA STORMY WEATHER AND BAD AIR CURRENTS BLAMED FOR ACCIDENT HIS BODY WAS BADLY BRUISED Eighteenth to Give Up His Life ra the Interest of Government Aviation. (By Associated Press.) j OCEANSIDE, Calif., Dec. 21.-Lleu I tenant F. J. Gerstner, observer in one of th? six United States army scout aeroplanes that started today on a flight from San Diego to Los Angeles, waa drowned in the sea ten miles north of here. Captain L. ll. Muller, pilot of the wrecked machine, was res cued' by C?ptala L. W. Patterson, an other army aviator, whose aeroplane had ?2 sen wrecked near where Lien? tenant Gerstoer. met his death. Muller waa badly bruised by the ' fall. Ge rainer's body was recovered. Four of the six machines came to ea?th near here. The other machine .reached Los Angeles in safety. Stormy weather and bad air currents were blamed for the accidents. . . The a?roplanes were to have made the flight back from Los Angeles to morrow to report the number and dis position ot troops maneuvering in the vicinity ot San Diego. The contest waa for a trophy. Eighteenth Viet*au > WASHINGTON. Dec. il.-Lieuten ant Frederick J. Gerstner, killed today at Oceanside, waa the 18th aviator to give his life In the interests of gov ernment aviation since Lieutenant Sel fridge fell to his death at Fort Meyer, Va., in 1908, testing the first army ae roplane. Fourteen army officers, twp najal officers and two civilian Instruc tora make dp the toll. Lieutenant Gerstner was only 23 year* old. Ho was born in Michigan arid waa appointed to the military academy in 1909. Od graduating in 1913 he waa assigned to the Tenth cavalry bat recently ne was assigned to the ablation achoo! at San Diego, Calif. Signal corps headquarters here had not received a report on the accident tonight Offer to Sall Fobrenry lt. .CHARLESTON, a C., Dec ?.-Or ders "were received here today tor the United States .cruiser Olympia, Ad miral Davey's flagship la the Spnntsh American war. to be ready to sal! February 15 for the Pacific by way of the Panama Cana!. The OTympia. which aaa been hero since 1912, will go into dvy dock for rr>>*ira. Bulwark who went down .lng toe vessel had exploded, but there is strong grounds for- belief that a German submarine torpedoed the war ship. So completa was the wreck that only ono man of tile more than 800 on board the vessel was saved. There. has been' just as much mys BATTLE ILL BEGIN ANEW HARRY THAW WILL BE RE- | TURNED TO NEW YORK FOR ANOTER TRIAL ESCAPED FROM INSANE ASYLUM Stands Indicted on* Charge of Con spiracy to Escape From In * s stitution. (fly Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-The right of New York State to extradite Harry , K. Thaw from New Hampshire waa upheld today by the United States au- I j prc mo court in an unanimous opinion, j ? rverslng Judge Aldrich, of tho feder al district court of New Hampshire. Justice Holmes, speaking for the'; court, declared Ute case was "too clear j for .lengthy argument," and awept aside aa Irrelevant all contentlona ot Thaw's counsel. Conspiracy to escape from Mattea- ! wan asylum, to which he was com- , muted after killing Stanford White in , 1906, ia the charge on which Thaw stands indicted in New York. On thia indictment, once the prisoner is again j in tho hands of the New York author ities, will begin anew Thaw's battlo against being returned to Mattea wan. Just what the Une of action then may j be taken waa not known here today. After 30 days, unless counsel for , both sides Join in asking for earlier action, the supreme court will issue ; a mandata to Judge Aldrich to set ' aside his decree in habeas corpus pro- { ceedlngs, which o.dered Thaw's re- , lease by the New Hampshire author!* ties. This will ct use Thaw, now at j liberty nader guan1, of a federal court' , custodian, to be turned over lo the ; State of Near Hampshire and pave the , way for hie* Immediate extradition to , New York. , Thaw's counsel sought hts freedom | on the ground that the Indictment , against him charged no crime; that If j ha waa Insane aa the New York au- . thorittes contended tn placing him in ( the asylum, he could not be guilty of , the crime of conspiracy, for which his , extradition was sought. , The supreme court held in effect ] that Ute question of Ute prisoner's in- , sanUy and sanity waa one to be de- , elded by the New York State courts: (Continued on Page Four) ? FMI THE WIDOWS CUBIST- ? av , MAS FfTKD. e ? o (See editorial la today's Ia tell! - a < o Tbe^Andersoa latetUgaaear. .fIJt * j o ai SShvcEra With Bat tleship. I^MK.^^I, ,1. *g tcry about the sinking of the Auda cious north of Ikfland. The British admiralty has not yet admitted that the vessel went down, hut.it is gener ally believed that ?he, too, was the victim of the dariug commander ot a German submarine. LEVER COTTON MEASURE PROVIDING LICENS ING OF WARF: HOUSES PASSES I:OJSE WAS APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATION WOI Result m Establishing Uni? for Warehouses and Ware house Receipts. I II i (By Auociated Presa.) | WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-The Lever I cotton warehouse bill, before the I house for months, was passed today, i 218 to 97. The measure provides for tederal licensing of cotton and grain warehouses, and is a substitute for a senate bill restricted to cotton, ware houses. The bill now goes to confer ence between the houses. The bill, approved by the adminis tration, was the subject of brief de- \ bate, its sponsors contending that it <l would greatly enhance confidence in 1 agricultural products. Its opponents claimed lt was unconstitutional. 1 "This bill." said Representative " Lever, "will result In tho establish- 0 mont of uniform warehouses and uni- ' form warehouse receipts for agricul tural products throughout the ooun- c, try. It will give a certainty and value to warehouse receipts which will maka ' liquid the evidence of ownership of agricultural products. . It will en hance the value of warehouse receipts as collateral on which loane may be sought by producers. It will give greater negotiability to agricultural receipts for agricultural producta. "The measure will bring together more closely agricultural products and banking capital. It will result in '0 larger "storage facilities for - a erl cul- c Lura! products and will serve as an in- c centlvb to farmers to store their pro- * lucts and thereby save millions of dol- 8 lars of weath<t* loss each year. It will o famish the farmer for the first time V In thia coin. *v the machinery through 1 which he not only may know the class ti sr grade of his products, bat its com mercial value. It will put hun tn a 1 position to market bis crops when tho n Jemand ls strongest and the price [j highest. It ls a farmer's bill and a *. most far reaching forward step In oar ? cumbersome system of marketing.** | The bill is not compulsory in any c tray. WM Sall January SS. CHARLESTON, S. C., Dee. 3L-A ihtp carrying approximately 6.000 tons >f food and clothing, contributed by th* people of South Carolina for the Belgian sufferers, will ali from Char- ! g leston January 25, ufcording to an- G Munee ment made hare today. j* iirnrnr? III HttiiiJbb 1H FATE OF BILL ? IS IN DOUBT ! -^ i Postponement of Action on Im migration Bili Until After Holi days Seem? Certain. (By Associated Prot.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Postpone mont of action on the immigration ! bill pending in the senate until after I the Christmas holidays, was made vir- j tually certain today when Senator ? James H. Lewis, of Illinois, after a ' conference with President Wilson,1 gave not ice that he would offer an ' amendment to strike from the meas ure the proposed literacy test for allens. As Boon as Senator Lewis had made his announcement champions of the bill sought to have further discussion on the bill delayed until after the holi days. Parliamentary tangles were en countered, however, and on motion of Senator Smith, of South Carolina, the measure was temporarily laid aside to be taken up again tomorrow. ? TLc fate of the bill, lt was declared by several Democratic senators to night, is in doubt as a result of?Presl dent Wilson's opposition to the liter- > acy test. In tho opinion of tts spon- ! Bons, striking ont of this prevision would mean defeat of the bill because no substitute method of restricting has been agreed on. Protesting Against Tolls on Lumber (By Associated TKM.) ,: WA8HINGTON, Dec. 31.-Whether or not a deck load ls subject to tolls on a steamer passing through the Panama Canal was discussed at length without a decision today by Secretary Garrison, Attorney General [Jregory, Judge ' Advocate. General Crowder, of the army, and Major Boggs, purchasing officer of the canal. Big lumber Interests on the Pacific zoast are protesting against tolls on leek loads of lumber, contending that L'on g ress especially provided for the measurement of the net tonnage ot :he Interior of the vessel ara confer red no authority for measuring and maxing deck tonnage. ., Further conference J will be held. Methodist Minister Killed in Wreck (By Associated Pms.) DURHAM, N. C., Dec. 21.-Rev. [/Salle P. I c vard. pastor of the Duke Memorial church here and ono of the J ?est known. Methodist ministers In , iorth Carolina, wan Killed in a rail road accident at Kingston, N Y., to-1 lay, according to a message received j icre from Kingston. Mr. Howard waa j I >elng treated. at a Kingston sanit?r um. The message gave no details. He ! vas a native of Alabama. Can Declare War Without Fear lj .(By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-President j j iVilson will spend Christmas Day . luletly with h\? family in the White I] lonee. Presents for the President and ' tis family have begun to arrive from 1 .11 parts of the country. Herbert Coen. : ; >f Oklahoma, has sent bim a turkey j J >oaiing a tag with this Inscription: . "This ls a Turkey on which you can 11 an declaro war without fear." ' Wholesale Ex< Prominent M (By Associated Press.) 1< EL PASO, Texas. Dec, 31 -AddRl nal reporta of executions ot politt* al offenders in the interior of Mexi o reached the border today. Prison- ! 1 rs arriving from Mexico said that 16 < non had been killed at the national . apital in thc last week. Reliable re- < ?rta fro? Chihuahua City said that ? 40 persona had beean killed there in lie last month. h Several days ago General Villa's roops, it ia said, tock several proml ent prisoners to Chihuahua City rom Mexico Cly. It is not known If hoy are numbered among the killed, imong them were General Miguel iel gado, a former federal commander, nd several other .federal general j lullerno Terraaaa, of - tba rich Chi- | uahua family of that name, and Cae- i ulo Baca; a rieb resident ot Parral. ] taca ts reported aa bald for ransom, t ngether with Luis Terraaaa, Jr., who t aa Kra detained at Chihuahua City 1 ev'4-al months. I T. D. Edwards, American consul at i nares, waa asked today to investi- i ats the detention at Juares of Albert tunnies, saW to be an American elli- j SK. Gonzales waa arrested ca a i AAniirr nimniif wm. ?UNUAI THREE NEGROES KILLED AND FOUR OF EACH KIND ARE WOUNDED AT FAIR PLAY Trouble is Said to Have Started Over Arrest of a Negro . . Mao. oooooooesoeoooooooo o . o THREE ABE KILLED . o - . ? o A report bj Associated Press o o early this morning states that o o Green Gibson iras killed ia the o o fitrhfc nt Fair Play Snnrtay after* o o noon and that later the bodies of o o ino of his suns wer?? found. This o o report confirms statements from o o Walhalla, appearing la the story a o below, that two sons of Gras* 9 o Gibson were missing and that lt . o was feared 'hey had met the same o o fate as their father. o o o ooooooooooooooooooo Incomplete and conflicting reports of a race riot which occurred at Fair Play late Sunday afternoon have reached Anderson. One report Is that a negro was lynched and that two others who have disappeared probab ly poet the same fate, and that aa a result of the fracas four whits men are wounded and aa many negroes. Another report is that one negro waa killed in the fight between white mon and negroes and that four members ot each 'race wera wounded. Two re ports are current aa to the canse of the trouble, one statement being that the fight grew out ot an insult which a negro offered a white lady Satur day afternoon and the other account stating that tho trouble started when a posse of white men attempted to ar rest a negro who was charged with huming a barn. Those Injured. The white men wounued in the fight are: Magistrate William C. ("Coon") McClure, who received 16 shots tn the face; Paul Marett, who waa shot In the back; John McDonald, who waa shot in the fact and had ona aye pot out; Woodrow Campbell, who waa ahot in the finger. Greejj Gibson is given as the name ot the negro who wss lynched or shot to death in tba fight. Walhalla Account. The following account of. the affair was received from Walhalla, county Beat of Oconee county, in which toa fight occurred: "Oconee county had her first lynch ing in her history Sunday, when Green Olbson, an old negro, waa ahot to death near Fair Play, lt is reported that a son of Green Gibson and an other negro are missing, and it la supposed that they were killed. The report from the Fair Play section, which is 26 miles away, la that that community is very much wrought up. It may be the sequel of the stabbing at Julius Marett, some days ago by a Georgia negro. The negro Bird, who did the stabbing, la now in Jail at roccoa, Ga. The sheriff was not in formed today that thara waa anything wrong in the lower section of tne zounty. An inquiry for detalla cama Litis afternoon from aonther county ind when Sheriff Davie- waa asked ?bout lt he said that be knew nothing. About six o'clock a cltlsen cama in From the country and gave the above which he had heard. Sheriff Davis will leave tonight for the scene. It m fear <C?NTIN?ED~??~P?OB" roon.) zcution of len in Mexico :harge of being a spy. They are Dalag It te Mexico. NOGALES, Alis., Dee. SI.-Bight Mexicans, alleged to hara been con terned in a scheme to aid tba Oar ?smsa faction in Mexico, wara arrteV ;d here today, charged w'th consatr icy to violate the neutrality laws. Will Maintain Strict Neutrality (By Associated Vfcaav) LONDON, Dec 21.-Following cate rorlcal assurances ot the Bulgarian government that it will maintain strict tentrallty lu the war, Great Britain, franco and Russia have given guaran eea to both Athena and Bucharest hat Bulgaria will not attack O ree aa n the avant the latter country aa lists Servia, and will not attack Ro ?ante should that state actively par id peto in the war. This 1B taken to foreshadow tho *p > roaching participation of Roumani* ind Greece,