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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 ALLIES BEUI SOON WILL Would Provide the Missit Troop* 1,300 Miles tween Greece and Breaking Point Rest v(By Associated Ftes*.) LONDON. Jan. 9.-Should Rumania, 'now, (bat the Russians are on the bor der, li not actually lu Transylvania, decide to Join the Allies, her army will provide the missing link in the chain of troops 1,300 miles long, wind ing from the Baltic to the Adriatic. ?'Thu battle Une won ld be composed of Russians, Rumanians, Servians and Montenegrins on the one side, end Germans and. Austro-Hungarians on the other. . The Allies believe Rumania soon will take the plonge. Other develop ments are expected. Relations between Greece nod Turkey have reached the breaking point over the alleged 111 ireatrient of Greeks In Asia Minor. It aly *s growing .restless over Turkey's 'ielay in giving satisfaction for the violation of the Italian consulate at Hodeida. from which the British con snl, who sought refuge, waa forcibly removed. Italy also,, it is reported, bas agreed that Servia should be granted a port in the Adriatic. Rumania and Greece, it la thought, however, may delay tak ing up arms until Bulgaria, which ls anxious for. a .part of Macedonia< ls satisfied for a hostile Bulgarian on their bordera would compel them to divide their foroes. While there are no reports of start ling battle field developments, ex tremely Important operations are pro gressing in both east and west The Germans, simultaneously with renewal of their attacks on the left bank of the Viatual, are developing SEA BELONGS TO Dr. ' Oemnurg* Foguear ?<a&asa CiA??mi Scrcf?feyy in Aouiaiii oerore tviOD. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 9.- The sea ls the common property of all the world and ff it? freedom ia maintained lt will mean cessation of war, asserted Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, former. German , colonial secretary, In an address to day before the Rapublbvui Club. The present struggle he declarad, was the fight "on the one side for absolute do minion'of Gie seven seas and on tho other for ? free sea." "The English have Urne and again asserted." he said, "that Brittania must rule the .waxes as a matter of safety. The British doctrine, lead:? further, of necessity, to the claim that the. British empire begins at the three mile limit of alt other territory, n claim that bea no foundation in the law ol nations or in tho feeling ot the civilised world. . "We must establish a 'ree sea to be pUec , on exclusively by Gie m?chant marine ot all nations. Men of war ot any nation whatsoever must be forbid den upon the high sena When that ia done, the world as it la divided now will come to a permanent peace." ' M?lais Presented. NEW YORK, an. 9,-William c. Redfield secretary ot commerce, presented today to Captain Paul H. Krelbohm a watch and 3$ officers and seamen of the Red Star Line steamship Krooaland medals award. ' ed to them by congress for their res cue of 89 survivors ot the steamship Yattarna, burned tr mtd-AUantlc on October 9 and to, ms. Relief fer War Prisoners. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.-The lin er Mongolia sailed for th? Orient to day with a consignment et rettet eup aiiex e?r Ge???s-??i Austrian pris oners ot war confined in Siberia. tsacSosnevs^aoBcosaseaas Governor Mai SMSgpsl 40 To* fatsWsMSar. COLUMBIA. Jan. 9.~"Thls ls inst the begin ni us." said Governor Bisase today ia making public bis proclama tion granting pardons to Use 1.000 er more con vices who have been perol r ed by Wm since bel?g governor. HO ie seriously coao&erinsx. he asia, tarn lag tooee all coo vieta remaining in lu* peiaiieoiiary. ca cn a m gangs throughout the mai? and la openly jell*. Over 3.900 more convicta would be freed should b* do this. The. fad that OOTrwrnor atienen asked evsear county e&pcrvteer te telegraph the number ot prisoners on the ebaia tet?tf? hatea la the bel?et ot Ute pub ' Un that he will "f?r.? wide all fn|W EVE RUMANIA AKE THE PLUNGE ig Link in the Chain of ong-Relations Be irkey Have Reached Italy is Growing less. a new offensive from the direction of M'awa ca the cast Prussian frontier. Some German attachs on the Russian line which runs along the Bzura and Rawka rivers and thence southward to O poe ino, and along the Nlda to O pa irwise on the lower Vistula, have been particularly severe, but according to the Russian report, sll have been re pulsed. . The thew which has set in in south ern Poland and Galicia, has converted the country-into a sea of mud and even cleared the snow from the Car pathians, so that.fighting in this re gion is impossible. The French, after a heavy bombard ment of the German positions between the Oise and the western end ot the Argonne, and after suffering several repulses, have advanced their fronts at several points, particularly east of Rheims, where their progress has been slow but steady. In eastern Ar gonne the Germans have been' advanc ing. The French sgaln report progress In the vicinity of Fllrey. ta the Woe vre district, which is of particular im portance, for shoult lt continue they will cut the road linking St. Mihlel with Mets and may compel the Ger mans to evacuate St. Mihlel, which they gained long ago at great cost The Germans have sent reinforce? menta to Alsace, whare the French advance baa threatened to cot Muel bausen from the rest of the German line, and have occupied Burnhaupt Le-Haut FOOT OF WATER . WTHETftEM*T?S Straggle in Alsace Continues Des pite Heavy Raina--Thousands Killed and Wounded. (By AwocUUd Pna) GENOVA. Switzerland, via Paris, Jan. io.-(12:10 a. m.)-The struggle In Asaco continuos in spite of tho heavy rains. There ts more than a toot of water ia tho trenches. Tho Germans already have lost 6.000 in killed and wounded, according to re liable reports, and Bel fort, the great French fortress. 1B filled with prison ers, men mostly 40 years of age or more. . At Basel and Belle (ll miles south east of Belfort) the firing ot heavy guns is heard night and day. The Cghtirg around Corney is becoming more desperate dally, the Germans ha vb ig constructed miles of trenches In terraces aloag the meadows and rorrata. 1 Stein bach has been tuken and re taken .six times, which accounts for the conflicting statements in tue offi cial bulletins. It ls now in the hands of the French.. according to' reports here. The Hermans are hurrying rein forcements from Batkuia and Baren and all ordinary railroad traffic baa been stopped to make way for the troops. Killed Ills Step-Mother. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Jan. 9.-Jesse Coggins. St Loots youth, who" was arrested here yesterday In connoctlon with the killing ot his step-mother, Mrs. Olive Coggins, in St Louis Tues day tonight admitted that he strang led the woman to death, according to a statement made by Sheriff William G. Hutton. "I didn't Intend to _kin her." Sheriff Hutton declares the boy told hun, "bat once I got hold of her throat I could not let go until she waa dead." j Turn Loose rt in the State on doors" before ha retires from of fice. "I know I have turned out more than one a day for every day I have besa governor," he aald whoa informed that his total clemency list was ?out 1.7C0. A wpev?al pardon waa granted to W. T. Jones, the wealthy Union County, ??rater, wno wee paroled altar eerv iaz onlv a aha** ?*r! ?>? - "** ses tean* for the murder of his wife. This was necessitated fey other con ditions having been attached to hts parole besides coed behavior. This afternoon 17 more pardons ead parolee were sent acmes U? the sec retary o fatal* from the governor. Anderson County drew a blank tn thia ?latch. Leader of the Persian Kurds Fighting Russia. ' r r *m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ VBBK \Jmww\mmx IS ... -, S8a ,-trarjHpl,^---- ? I' This photograph shows' how tho great war has spread over tho earth. Tbe'figure on the righi is Omar Agha, leader of the Persian Kurds, who . ts fighting: with Oie Turks against the Russians. The young man ls his: brother. .One of the bloodiest Heids ot the war is that in Turkey, just west itf '4BtflF*R' Tho Russians marched over th^CaueasuB Mountains into Turkey and took several cities. They were met by Turkish armies they AMS. Jl.l.l I i I. i.L J. _1. j.K'L -K J JJ -1--~ Problem of P< P tactic PROPOSITION OF ALL ARMED GROUPS IN MEXICO PROB ABLY WILL BE SAT ISFIED PLAN WAS NOT MADE PUBLIC General Gutierrez Reporta to Convention in Session at {Mexico City. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.-An ugrec me"* of "all the. armed groups" in Mexico by which ''the problem ot paci fication is solved." has been reported to the convention in Mexico City by General Gutierrez, according to state departmentiadvlces today from Consul Stillman. Details of the plan were not made public. Genera* Gutierrez's statement to the" convention was In substance as follows: "lt may be considered that the prob lem, of pacification practically Is sol ved. As lt wou?d he Inopportune to publish -et this time the decision* re cently arrived at, I refrain from giv ing their deatils and must-limit my self to the statement that there have been In touch with the government over which I preside, all of the arm ed grcspa operating in the country, Some of these' units have dispatched special ; commissioners.' The demands of th?se groups have been reduced by them y> two propositions. These propositions, which.will be given ub Hoity tn due time, probably will ne satisfied." ?tfcsn. The state department here Issued a statement declaring GuUerrea's announcement apparently "carried with it an Intimation of the strength ening of the central conventionalist nerty without tho domination of any particular leader or faction." A dispatch dated yesterday from Mexico City said thc convention had decided to hold dally sessions. As to the recent Carranza decree regarding oil lands. Use state depart ment leaned the fellowing; Tie ?Wsn?iriinerit is ia receipt of .a telegram dated January ft from Ve*, crux stating that on January 7 a? executive decree wan issued by-WR ranna ordering doTelopment of all Oil landa In Mexico as well as tbelr oper ation 2o cease immediately unlove such development ead operation are carried nh With the consent of the C<*netrttttt<*Mtl?*t government. It is provided ia the decree that th?, work oa theta oil leads shall remain sue vanquished. Thea Enver Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks and war minister, who ha? been the chtef ad vocate of war, lcd his army against the RusBlans A week ago reports came of a decisive victory by the Russians, with the statement that the war minister had quit in disgust and returned to Constantinople. Tho Rurds/ who have ue^ii* helping- the Turks, have the reputation ot being fierce fighters. deification ally is Solved ?ended until there can bc enacted new laws governing the matter. . "lt is alleged by Carranza that the properties havo beeu operated to the (let ii men t o ft he nation and to the ex clusive benefit o fthe owners. General Carranza states that aa most ot the properties are operated, by foreigners the privileges they possess ot appeal ing to their governments for protec tion gives secas lon for. danger of com plications o fan International char- ] acter which would prove embarrass ing to the government tn any work of j revising the oil la-vs. "It is stated- thai the right to des troy work undertaken after Gie de- | cre? baa been promulged -is assumed by the Constitutionalist government, which also claims the right to charge the expenses thereof to the manegers or owners.. Any wells sunk or brought Into operation after the issuance of the decree Shall be considered nation al property. "Practically all the Mexican ell lands are In territory which Carranza still controls." Dynamite Bombs and Fuses iv Hie Trunk I (By AMotUtod Poa*) TRENTON. M J., Jan. 9.-Iualle Gabriele, a resident of the Italian dis. trict, arrested today by the Trenton police, wbp found about 150 dynamite bombs and fuses In his trunk at hts boarding bouse, was charged with at tempting to wreck St. Joaehla's) church, where an unexploded bomb was found hut Monday. Gabriele pleaded not guilty and In default ot I $5,000 ball was sent to jail. Pensen keating Ostend. LONDON, Jan. 10.-German e;lvl. I Hans are leaving Ostend because the 1 Alllea have now advened to within nine mile., of that town, according to j a dispatch to the Amsterdam Tole? graaf from tts Slnls correspondent o oo ooo 00-0000000 a ooo o .Elspes Wits Se?'? Wife. o u ( Bsejtd poprpoaav xg> o o NEW YORK, Jan. 9.--Frank- o o lin D. Wood. *. yoong hospital o o Interne, named his own father as o o co-respondent in a snit for di-o o vorce from his wife brought to ol o triai ht ta? supreme court today, oj i\ \t mu ?ll??? iT A?- - - " Was S?SgSS vare JUSK Q o man's ?ather ?loped with bis bride o o on the very night ot the wedding o o sad took her to Chicago. Young o o Wood's, mother testified in the o 0 suit that ahe had found her hos- o o band-and her son's wife occupy- o o lng apartments together In Chi- o o cago. o ? >C> '? ' ? ' \. ? O OO OOO O O' o o o o o o o o Ooo VILLA GIVES HIS WORD THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE TROUBLE NACO SHALL REMAIN NEUTRAL Mexican Leader Promises Gen. Scott That Gov. Maytorena Will Sign Agreement. (By Aaaociat^d Pim) BL. PA80. Tex., Jan. 9.-General Villa today gave . Brigadier General, Scott his word tba* he would prevent further border fighting, which since the Madero revolution in 1911, has been a menace to residents of Ameri can border town?. The Mexican leader promised he would order Governor Maytorena to sign an agreement which had been drafted by General Scott at Naco. It would prevent a recurrence of tho fighting there, which during the last two months has caused the wounding and killing ot more than GO persons on the American side. General Milt, commander of the Carranca garrison defending Naco. Sonora, already bat Blgned the agreement. The 8,000 Villa troops passing through Juarez on their way to So nora, will be sent. Villa said, to Guay mas, on the California gulf, and not to participate in flghtlug along the border. The agreement also provides that Naco shall remain neutral territory and closed to commerce until some constitutional government ls estab contendtag factions in Sonora entire ly dominates the other. Nogales, beld^ by Maytorena. ana Ague Priste,- held' by HUI, ?hall not bo attacked for any reason whatsoever. Maytorcna's troops shall retire to Can anea or Nogales, and shall Bot molest the movement of the lilli forces.from Naco to Agua Prieta. ' This' last clause ls opposed by the Maytorena faction. Nsco is between Nogales and Agua Prieta. General Villa is expected to return south to direct personally the cam paign against Carrara forces lo the oast. General Scott will return to washington, perhaps after a brief visit to Naco. A Villa force will he detached to hold General .1 Ull's force at Agua Prieta, but it ls understood not to at tack h?n. - General Ville announced tonight he would welcome the return to Mexico of all former r?guler army . officers, many of whom were reported In a des titute state In the United States and [other countries.' He also issued a ! statement claiming .a decisive vic ter > against Carranza troops noir Saltillo. Prisoners Are Not Being HI Treated (By Associated Pm?.) I WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.-Chandler Anderson, former counsellor of the. state department, who recently visited France, Germany. Austria and Great Britain for the department and In spected detention camps for intern I ed nationals of hostile nations, report ed to President Wilson today that charges that these prisoners were be ing Ul treated wert unfounded. So far as his observations went, he said, they were being given the sams treat ment as the soldiers who guard the camps. Filty^Seven Vessels . Will Make Up Fleet ? ir M i N (By Associated Praia.) WASHINGTON.. Jan. a.-Fifty-seven naval v?asela will make up Ute fleet walch will go to San Francisco by way of tbs Panama Canal next March. Secretary Daniels announced today. There witl be Si battleships, headed by the dreadnaugbt Wyoming. Admir al Fletcher's flagship; 98 torpedo boat destroyers, and IS f.uxlllarles. Including colliers and supply vessels. At Christofcoi the fleet will be joined by the famous old Oregon and Dewey s flagship of MaaUa, the Ol mvp la. The Oregon ts being fitted on the Pacific coast for the cruise and the Olympia 1st Charleston, S. C. ' ?" iiiii Canadians Add Surprise. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. Canadians here io attend the celebration of the centenary of peace between Great Britain and Ute United States added an unexpected feature to ute second ?-ya ceremonies today hy placing a wreath on a statue of General Andrew Jack son Heat J. R, Boyla, minister ot *wu catloe ot Alhena, officiated. DER TANN IS Engagement Takes Pla Norte With British Cru Was One of the Vea German Squadn Islar (P-y Ataccieud Preta.} Hi'I, NON AIRE 8? Jan. 0.-Lu Pren, sa j obllHhes the report that, an en gagement has taken plaee off Kio Grande de Norte, Bread, Oetween the British battle rrulner Invincible and the German ?mixer Voa Der Tana, adding that the Toa Ber Tana baa been ?unk. The German battle croiser Voa l.?r Tana eras, reported several weeks ago te bare crease dtbe Atlantic te Jola the other German warships bi the South Atlantic or Pacific. Her ar rleal in these waters never has been recorded. WAR SCARE CAUSES WHEAT TO DECLINE! Number 2 Red Cash Sold Down to i $1.36; May Options Goat to (By AMteUtad Prew.) CHICAGO. Jan. 9.-Reports that I congress might be asked to* declare ah embargo on foodstuff, and vague rumoT that Italy might soon enter i the war against Turkey and force eo outlet for Fjusslan wheat through the Dardanelles resulted in a break I or almost 1 cents In wheat prices lhere today. Number 2 red cash sold down to $1.36 a bushel and on chanM ??gtpn declined to HM; , e*?-canty, of the Board of sc?sslug today the recent I sudden rise, said; "Those who are Qualified te er press j ! an opinion of wheat values Kno w mat j [there is but one cause or reason for ?the present range pf prices. Thntj {cause is baaed on the fact that Nor ! way, Bweden, Denmark, Holland, I Prance, England and Italy have beep j jin competition as buyers In the Unit* I ad States markets uurlng the last few I months. Closing of the Dardanelles) and elimination of exporta from Rus sia has concentrated the world's de mand on the United States. Msnipu-j latlons have had nothing to. do with j creating thia situation, in my Judg ment." Steamer Receiving Omckti Attention I (Ty Aaaodatad Prto.) WASHINGTON, Jan. ?.-The status of the former, Hamburg-American steamer Dacia. loading at Port Arthur, Tt.-:as, with cotton for Bremen. Ger many, Is receiving official attention bore, lt was learned today, because of an intimation from Uta British govern ment that Uils ship might be regarded as subject to seizure. The questions Involved ?re,of great importance not only to Americans seeking to pur chase interned German merchant ships, but also to southern cotton in terests, now exerting every effort to find means of placing the staple in European marketa. - WAI Pass Through V. 8. NACO. Aria., Jan. 9.-The Ameri can State department has granted per. mission to General Benjamin Hill. Carranza comander in Conors, to pass through the United States on his way to Vera Crus. HIP. will depart to morrow under orders to report to General Carranza on fte killing and wounding of persons on the American side of the line during the siege of Naco. Sonora. Plan to Bring and Mantess , (By Aawaiaief Pm?.). WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.-A national employment bureau reaching into every section of the United States will be put into operation by the labor de partment next week. It -yin be operat ed along the linea ot Weald eat Wil son's suggestion ta bia Indianapolis speech for "a systematic method of helping tte working mea of America," Psiisisary 1W MW mwa bsa bean completed* it waa announced to day by Commissioner CamiaettL of the Inmigration feareau. and Instructions seat to postmasters and rural audi carriers throughout tba coan try ead to ??.?arly 290,000 field agents of fas ag ricultural department. he genera! pian waa outlined by Mr. Cami Notices wilt be posted in all pc.it ; offices announcing taut applieat'oa* ce Off Rio Grande de liter Invincible Which .els That Sank the ?n Off Falkland Th? Von lier Ta ?a I? of 1MM tea* displacement Mi fact la length, a ?peed of 97A knete. Sa? carries a compl?ment of tie nea aa wi ama* ment of eight ll-Inch guam tea e*. lach gan?, sixteen ?t-poondenr and (four torpedo tubes. Th? British nattle cralser Iarlagl* ble la nf 17?se tens dlsnsaeeaieat witt a eempleaent of 781 mea. Her area? ment iaelndea eight Ix.tne* mt, sixteen 4-lnch guns and fear terneie tabes. The Invincible was one el the Brit* lea sqnsvdroa wheat sank tte ?amah squadron off the Fslklaad Islands. : PENDD?M HAS SWUNG TOO FAR Tba People Are Regulating T< Modi Says Fe (By AwoelaU? Bm) BOSTON. Jan. 9,- "The 'i regulating too much; the has swung too far the said former President of railroad matters at tu dei' of the Massachusetts of Technology tonight ...>,*,_.. Mr. Taft .Toit?efe*. *ip*m?%\ Btue& president of the New. York, N#V Haven and Hartford railroad^ J thing ..hinge they ?he?l*? asii people as they did the tattrslnie cent raercc commission QHHBMHMH part of its life. But they found. > as everybody else will And, thatnobody can defy the people on cuestiona of Justice. I agree with President BMlott t??t the pendulum har iwuog too far, Uisi (he- people are regulating tod . sauen, and consequently the people ufe tntrt-. lng U?'.*nselv?s. We mufti r*Wens our steps if we would work for good," . t'onrenUon ?alfe te Meet MEXICO CITY. J?n. 9.<-Tae ? al convention called to ?amo n ional president and adopt a ref program, failed to meet ?ions have been s^pendeft ly. Southern delegates, however, met today. Those present represented only the Zapata torces. ?.. mimi... Leaves Xneetansller. IX>8 ANGELAS. J?=. S -Leaves of bread selling at Ave and ten cents have been reduced Uiree ounces - in weight, and master bakers today an nounced that if flour prices "?piT higher they would be oompolted to in crease prices Instead of further tailing weight. OO OOO O O ODOOOOO o ooo TURKS TO TUB FRONT o LONDON. Jan. 10.-{4^00 C O m^-"The eighth Turkish army ' o corps has loft Damacua for the o Egyptian frontier, welt armed, o provisioned and prortded with o ooo camels for crossing th? aaa-, ? o ert," says an Athena ??eteh to> o the Exchange Telegraph Cent- o o nany. The message entitle aaa. o o "It li reported ?r??v Bali? o (Syria) that hil French Bad Greek o o subjects ba?? been taken: to Dst-.o o m ase UH in chains because ot an o o effort to escape." ' -O o oo ooo oo OOOOOOOG o so Jobless Mun Job Together for work or workers wtll be received by Ute postmaster, who wUl te ?ap plied with forma to be filled out atinV forwarded to Ute taber ii , agent ia charge of th? .sana ia which the office ls tooatedTrta elefti i branch cf the inmigration eervloe will handle that nert of the wai?and tait elsa wilt go reporta ot the agrtcultc ral departments as to ficcUoas where laborers are needed. .Atmitenaia ?rfu tn en be informed of th? nesrset' aoliit where they oat obtain wort of ihm) kind they eeek. Commissioner Caminen said the' plan bad been tried oat la a satan way and the resalta tad beth shoat BHM?tij? After tho arti at Salwn, ?Mr last Jone, whsa nearly 4,SKX5F factory operatives wen? thrown out oe employment, the laMptfiKry^t suc ceeded la finding work tor many ox