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UNIVERSITY OF S. (L\ ms 8UMTER WATCH3IAN, EsUblished April, 18ft0. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Afrns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUT11ROX, Established June, 1M?, Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1914. Vol. XXXIX. No. 13. BATTLE Bf POLAND. NEARLY TWO MILLION MEN ARE ENGAGED IN FIGHT FOR MASTERY IN EAST. Von Kluck's Army in Peril of Annihilation?Main Body of German Troops in France Have Been Strengthened By Arrival of Heavy Reinforcements From Belgium?Latest Reports Show That Antwerp is still Holding Out. (?MlMAN AHMV KI Pl Lsi:i>. CrowJJ Prime's Troops Forced to Vhilta Way Ucforo Allies. Paris\ Oct. 3 ?An otllcial state? ment at \ this afternoon says thai, the German ^rmy under the Crown Prince has-been repulsed. The Ger? man attacksMn the wclnlty of Royc have ?.ii afr 8tlRL?L UPN N NN making ?low Kut steady progress In the Woe vre region. nit. hattlf now ox. Kal>er Pelleted to lie 1>1 reeling Movement* of Germans In Poland. Petrograd, Oct. 3.?The long ex? ported battle l>etween tho German and Russian ariniea In western Rus alan Poland is on according to a re? port from tho front toduy. The ud vance guards of the two armies ure in contact In the government of KUece, north of Vistula. The German urmy la reported to number 600,000 along a curved front, extending from Thorn to Cracow. In addltiou they are sup? ported by 300.000 Austrian*. The Russians are believed to number about one million men. The fighting continue*: und the Germans ure retreating in riuwalki under the pressure of the Russian attacks. Their front has been broken on the line to Marjam, Poland. Near Racskl, the Germans were repulsed la night attacks in which they suffer Reports from tho Russian secret aarvlce agents strengthen the belief that Emperor William is directing the offensive movement ugainst Russia. GFRMAN It Kl NIX mi.i KM FATS Aiutivi:. Halt \llm> In Progress? French Mcnaee Von Klin k's Ariuy. Parts, Oct. 3.?/The Hanking move, ment of the allies against the right wing of the German army in France baa met a strong and uuexpe ted ob stuele In u heavy force of Germans who have swept down from Southern Relalum. Hard llghtlg Is in progress now around Douol, 1? miles northeast of Arras. The Krcm h army of the iurth is now within 25 miles of the Hcliuan border and Is a constant menace to Gen. Von Kluck's line of communica? tion. German-. Building Submarines. London. Get. 3.?A dispatch to the Times from Copenhagen says that the Germain* are reported to be fever? ishly building fifty submarines. The message udds that attempts have l>een made to smuggle several tank cur? of Petrol through Austria. Ammunition for HrltMi. Rouen, Frame, net. 3.?Three Hrlt Ish transports tilled wPh ammunit? ion for the Critish army in France have Just boSl arrived at liu\ro. The cargoes NMat of various munitions which will bt rushed to the front on special trains. Anotlier Servian Victory. Nish, Oct. 3. ? An olbeial statement ImmuimI today announees another \ir tory o^er the Auslriuns. Tbe HarvlM and Montenegrin troops Riarclllng on Karujesu on the left line. between Srel.remu.. and Jahortna. after <!es p? i*U? att u Us m i :pied VlnscniUa. f.ad OutliMik for Von Kluck'> l orn-. Bordeaux. Oct. :??.?Minister of War Mlltcmml dee|;u?d today that onlv i the Htrndy :irrl\a| of heavy reinfnrro ments would aVOtd disaster t<? G#H. Von Kluck's urmy and tbe entire 11 rht Wing of the German forces Me de? clared early In the we.-k that Gen. Von Kim k would bf in iloanoratf straits and w mi Id bf forroil to with? draw from bis advancad i" I lion by the French cuxnlry Rorth**aa1 ..f Mi Qurnt in The Get in in i ? i 11'. -i l . i . I arri\ lug at 'be l i?t moment enubled the Germans !? wnbf a sttibliorii rt HiMtance. German? Attack \ll Along Line. Pnrl?. Orr. n.?The war office stated at 5 this afternoon that another sc-, ? ries of vlolont attacks by Germans i were- repulsed by the allies; that the German general staff yesterday or? dered attac ks all along the line, de. elating the Anglo French front must l?e pierced. Neutral Ships Held for Explanation. New York, Get. 3.?It was reported today that four merchant ships had been captured |g the West Indies by a French crutaer, the Conde and a British cruiser, the Berwick. Two Norwegian, one American and one) Gorman ship composed the capture. The neutrals are charged with fur-1 nishing coal to German cruisers. Favourable Bay for Japs. Tokio, Oct. 3.?The operations 1 about Tsing Tao were favorable today to Anglo-Japanese troops. The Japanese licet bombarding' Tsing Tao sunk i. German destroyer today. Italy Loses Another Ship. Purls, Get. 3.?It is reported that another Italian ship was sunk in the | Adriatic by an Austrian mine. The crew of lifty was killed. I GERMANS DRIVE FRENCH HACK., - This Is Oflleiul lte|N>rt from Berlin on Results on the Battle- Line. Berlin, Get. 3.?It is olllclally an? nounced that the Germans have driv i n the French from their positions south of Itoye. The German right wing defeated the efforts of the allies, to outflank it. The Germans today take the offensive against the Kassians in Poland. The Antwerp forts will be unable to escape the fate of Liege and. Nemur. Heavy bombardment con- \ Unties, ? TURKEY AND ENGLAND. Foreign Office Beides Report to Ef? fect That Situation is Critical. London. (Jet. 1.?The foreign of-I flee issued a. statement tonight sayingj that the report published in London today asserting that the situation be? tween Turkey and Great Britain and her allies was critical was not author? ized and did not represent the views of the government. j ____________________ 1 " Tt'RKS MAY ESCAPE NOOSE. I t I Mutineers on the British Tank Steam? er Isle of Mull, May he Sent to Charleston, S. C, for Trial. New York. net. 1.?The federal gov? ernment may be called upon to de? cide the gtaVlS of three Turkish sail? ors charged with being ringleaders in ar allege d mutiny aboard the British l nk St Samt? f Isle of Mull, which ar? rived lure from South American wa? ters Tuesday with the three Turks in c hains and under guard Of a dete ct? ive of the Charleston S. C, police fe roe, .x police- magistrate, informed yes? terday that the reported mutiny took place on the high seas, decided tin ease was not within his jurisdiction ami turned I. over to the British con? sul general here, The prisoners were surrendered at the consulate today ami were turned bach t? the police on the ground that the trouble on the bit e?f Mull occurred while the ship wac in the Charleston harbor, 'Mo- isi?- of Mull put into Charles? t< n, bOf captain Ml Id, after the Turks anionn his crew mutlned when Inform* e i ihat Turkey and Great llrltaln were at var. If I he federal court disposes <>r the Turks by placing them in the cure of the Charleston police, it was polntcn out tonight, Ihej probably wi i be sav? ed front I rial e>n ;i Hrltlsh warship, on which Ihe penalty, upon conviction foi mutiny, declared lo be *i?.111? bj hanging, Washington, i*ct. I, -Secretary am Mrs. Hrynn t?Mlay eelehrated the thirtieth anniversary of their mar - ii i \hs. Hryan called nf th?- Htuf department and took the- Secretary te lunch Und for .? trip through Ihe Nat lonal Mine um? A BLOODY REVEKGE. - FRENCH EXACTED PAY OF GEU MANS I OH SEDAN OF 1H7". Daring strategic Retreat nf Early j VnnTfllm, Defenders Prepared Tor-, rlbio surprise on Ilm Field of For* i nor Rattle. London, < >ct. 1.?Diu.ng the strat? egical retreat of the allies southward from the Uelgian frontier the French troops exacted from the Germans bloody revenge for the French defeat at Sedan, If years before. on this same battletield, according to The Mall s Paris correspondent, the Ge rmans suffered one of the worst do feats of their present invasion. They were led into a trap which cost them thousands of men, he says. The French could have held their position indefinitely, but strategy required them to oontlnue falling back with the remainder of the allies along tho line. Here is the story of the sec? ond battle of Sedan told the corre? spondent: "The French general or? dered his troops to fall back across the river and take up positions on the opposite heights. The bridges were mined, but were left standing in or? der to deceive the Germans into thinking that the French were retread? ing hastily. The ruse succeeded. The German! advanced acrejss the bridges In close formation, When several German regiments had creased the French blew up the brielges and the French artillery started bring at a hundred German columns which re? treated hastily te? the river only te> lind the bridges gone. "The Fronch regiments then ad vanced with eiuick tirers and the mer? ciless slaying continueel until dusk. Many Germans threw down their arms and attempted to swim the riv? er and large numbers were drowned. When nightfall came the French brought up searchlights and contin? ued the work of carnage. "The artillery threw shells St the rate of a dox.cn rounds a minute into the German ranks and varied its tac? tics by throwing incendiary shells i:ity the forest where part of the German force had taken refuge. The burning WOodS lit up the whole front of 15 miles. "In the morning an armistice of two heuirs were granted to allow the Ger? mans to bury their dead. The French had suffered the loss of only a hand? ful." T1LLMAX CHILDREN' IX COURT. Mother Must Show Why Senator Tin? num Slmuhl Not Have Their Cus? tody. Columbia, Oct -.--Mrs. Lucy Dugas, mother cf Douschka Plckcni Till man and Ja rah Starke Tillman, has been ordered t<? produce the children before ihe supreme court in Colum? bia November 15th and show cause n* she- can, "why the custody e?f the said children should not be taken from her and why they should not be placed In the custody of those who may be more successful in training them and in teaching them the duty of obedience to lawful authority." Tin- order was signed yesterday by Eugene- 11, Gary, chief justice. A copy will be served upon D, 11. Tillman, United Slates senator, who shall have the right to offer evidence and exam? ine the witnesses offered by Mrs. Dugas, Following is the e>relcr In part: "It having been mude to appear to the court that Its order herein, requiring the- children, Douschka and Lucy Frame's Tillman, to spend the- months of July and August with their grand? parents, Mr. and Mrs. 13. 11. Tillman, lias not been obeyed, and that, not? withstanding warning given by the chief justice by letter addressed to counsel tor Mrs. Lucy Dugas, the m< iher and custodian of said chil? dren, that the- court Wendel not permit its order to be- set at naught by said childn a. they have persisted In their disobedience thereto ami have failed ami refused to do as there-in required, ami their mother having confessed In? ability lo compel obedience on their part ti. tin- order of tin- c ourt. ," KEVl l CKY IIOVSE 151 Vs COTTON. lie wland liuggy Company Receive* Order to Purchase Two Hale-. The I'owland Huggy Company has received an order from the owens horo w in t t Company of iiwenshoro, Ky., ti> ptire'hase two hales of cotton for them at i ?> rents n pound under I Im- tern n Of I he " I 'ny ,i Kile til <'..! ton" movement. The ordei has been turned over to tin- Chamber ol Com. merer and the cotton will he bought nnd warehoused for ihe Konluck> L'ompuny, SOUTH ASKS FOR FUNDS. _ WANT LOAN OF $450,000,000 AT THREE 1*1 SR CENT. _ JrYouhl bo Used by cotton Growers in Holding Their Cro|i?McAdoo Op? poses Putting Stute Hunks on Toot? ing With National Bunks. _ Washington, Oct. 2.?Southern con? gressmen appealed to President Wil? son today not to consent to an ad? journment of congress until the fin? ancial situation facing cotton planters is relieved and asked that $4*0.000,. 000 in government funds be raised for loans to planters at per cent in terest. Tbe president promised to discuss the situation with Secretary McAdoo and with other congressional leaders. Tbe delegation asked that money lor loans be raised through the sale of $200,000,000 worth of Panama Canal bonds, tin- issuance of $200,000,000 worth of Cntted States notes and the .transfer to the South of $50,000,000 of government money now deposited in national banks. It was proposed that the loans to planters be made for pe? riods of from nine to twelve months at u par cent interest on cotton at an average price of 10 cents a pound. The delegation contended that un Idor the national bank law banks may be authorised to act as fiscal agents , and trustees of the government, and that under this provision the govern? ment, and not the banks, would be responsible for the money. The southerners declared that i: $450,000,000 were available ,the situ? ation Would be relieved and a small 1 er amount would actually be called for. I As a precedent for sending money * to the South the president's callers re ? ferrod to the deposit of government I funds in Dayton after the Hood. The delegation included Represen? tatives Henry, Texas; Wingo, Arkan? sas; lletlin, Alabama; Adamson, Georgia, and Buchanan, Tcitas; Sena? tor Smith, South Carolina, anil H. S. Bobley, of Arkansas. ,, Representative Lever, South Caro? lina, and Hard wick, Georgia, sought Secretary McAdoo's support for the \ senate amendment to the bank law to authorise state banks to issue extra csurrency under the Yreeland sec? tion. Mr. McAdoo, however, reiterat? ed his opposition, asserting he could not acquiesce in the plan for placing State banks on tbe same basis with ; national institutions. HORSEPOWER COTTON. Atldcrsoil Meeting Wants Limit Of Light Acres to the Plow, by Law. i ami Restrict ion of Immigration*. Anderson, Oct. l.?Following a I conference w ith the Anderson county [legislative delegation here today ?about 200 farmers and business men adopted a resolution recommending to tlie general assembly, in extraordi? nary session next week the passage of a law restricting the 1915 cotton planting to not more than eight acres of land to each mule or horse, and that the number of mules and horses Used next year be no greater than the : number used in making the 1914 cot 1 ton crop. Restricting the planting on tbe basis of horse-power was approved after thoroughly discussing tins plan and comparing it with a plan to reduce the production by reducing tbe acreage, i A resolution was adopted asking the legislature to memornllse the con? gress of the Tinted States to restrict Immigration and to place around it I such safeguards and limitations as will protect the interest of this conn.' try ami especially the laboring Inter-1 ; estS. Urged Evening Gowns of Cotton. Chicago, Oct. 1.?"A cotton even ing gown for every woman In Chl ciigo'' is the sloguu of the Southern Club, A crusade to put before the women of this city the lovely cotton materials that can be used for evening wear will la- begun Immediately by the organisation. .Mrs. George Karl says she is going1 to ask merchants to display evening gowns made of cotton and various cotton materials that are pretty for dainty dresses. She snys the crusade may grow im?? :i "cotton week." With the help of tin- merchants n? Chicago in the display of pretty cot. (<>n gnwnn she believes the crusade here can be made n telling one. i'nllv l'"> women will wear cotton evening kowiih nl the masquerade ball Saterda) night by Ihe Southern < Muh. 1 At er In I he year n n ent< r hilnmenl will be given by the Club of Southern women ihm Mrs:. Karl believen Ihe organization will have :i !;.shii>n . how of cotton gowns and wearing apparel. RULERS Ciii ARMIES THE CZAR AND EMPEROR AT HEAD OF THEIR RESPECTIVE A1MIES IN POLLAND FOR ACTIVE CAMPAIGN. CONTRAD TORY REPORTS OP SUCCESSES AM) FAILURES WITH EASTJ IN ARMIES ? ALLIES FORCED HACK AT POINTS IV THAN WHIM-: FIGHTING CONTINUES ALONG LINE ? ANT WERP TILL HOLDING OUT, BUT MAY FALL ANY TIME AND BELGIAN 8 SEEK REFUGE IN FLIGHT TO HOLLAND? ANTWERP TOUTS TAKEN. 1 lit*to Succumb to l.crman Attack and Assault Oil Inner Circle Now Made Possible?Germans Also Claim Vic? tory OVOT llUStfluu*. Berlin, (Wireless to Sayville) Oct. 3.?Three Antwerp forte and their redoubts have been taken. This is official I) announced today. Thirty gtllU were taken. This renders an attack on the Inner circle 01 defenses and the town, now possible. At the cast the Germans defeated the third Siberian and parts of the Twenty-second Itusslun army corps forming the left wing of the Russian army, while attempting to cross the Kiemen river. The defeat came after 1 two days' battle. Two thousand pris? oners, guns and machine guns were 1 taken. BATTLE GOES TO RUSSIA. German Army Routed After Six Rays' Jicavy righting. Paris, Oct. 5.?"We have been j compelled to give ground at certain points," was admitted officially at o I o'clock this afternoon. The statement declares, however, that the battle has been indecisive. The statement says that on tile allies' left wing, north of I Disc, the battle 'continues very vio? lently; results however undecided. The allies were compelled at certain . points to give ground. At the re 1 nuynder of the front there has been no c hange. In Russia the battle which lasted I six days resulted in the German army operating between eastern Prussia frontier and Niemen being defeated along full line and being compelled to retreat. They abandoned g.?n? and BU pliCS. The Germans have evacuated com? pletely the territory around Suwalki ami Lomsa. i _ -. i Roumania Waiting on Outcome. I Bucharest, Oct. 6.?Roumanian cab? inet today decided to await the out? come of lite battle between the Rus? sians and Austro-Germuns before taking final action as io altering their [position of neutrality. Turkey Rot elves John Note. Athens. Oct. ?The ambassadors Of the triple entente, Italy and Spain have presented to the Grand Visier of Turkey a joint note protesting em? phatically against the abrogation of the capitulations recently announced at Constantinople. This action by Italy and Spain is regarded as notice to the porte that these countries are ready to cast their lots with England. France and Kussia. German Official Repents. Berlin, Oct. 3.?it is officially an? nounced that the battle with the al? lies is proceeding successfully with tlie German right wing and in the Argon no region the situation continues favorable. In re pulsing the Hanking movement against the right the Ger. mans gained a strategic position nt great importance. A lull in the light? ing along' the Meuse followed our re-i pulst of the attacks of the French re? serves. The situation at the east is unchanged. , Servian Army in Flight. Vienna, via. Berlin, Oct. ?">.?The Servian advance into Bosnia has been checked and ihe enemy driven from thai country. The Austrians arc- pur? suing ami Inflicting heavy losses on tin- invaders. (< Mlicial.) Fighting Continues at Vntwcrp. Antwerp. Oct. 5.?British and Pel gians are lighting together in defense of Antwerp. The German bombard? ment continues, hut they are yet un? able t.> forc< a breach. The Germans arc |os| ?g be:t\ Hy, Emperors Command trntlo. Petrograd, Oct. 'l b.- czar Is now with the army in Poland wlmrc the main IttiHslan armies are concent rat? ed lor the Invasion of Germany. The royal headquarters have l?ecn es? tablished at Rrc8tllctovak, As the] Russians advance the czar will move further west. Kaiser William is now at Thorn, Kust Prussia, on the Po? land frontier. The emperors . only two hundred and twenty* 'miles i / I apart, and are actually ?tandtiig their armies. > People Pico V Belgium. Amsterdam, O ' *V -Refugees from Belgium poo >nto Holland, de ; clare that / P is about to fall. Ten steam V /fved at Plush ling last ; night jam. with refugees. Tarnow Reported Captured. retrograd, Oct. 5.?Unofficial re i ports from the front state that Tar? now has been captured from the Aus trains, and the Cossacks have arrived 'within ten miles of Cracow. Germans Pall in Trap. ! London. Oct. 6.?A graphic account of the frustration of an attempt by the Germans to cross the Xiemen river [is given by The Daily Telegraph's '. Petrograd corespondent: "The Germans appear to have fallen ' into a Russian trap," the correspond? ent says. "On September -3 the rear guard of Gen. Rennekampf's Russian, army was transferred to the right ; bank of the Xiemen river and the j following evening the Germans ap? proached the stream. The next day, seeing no signs of opposition, the Ger , mans constructed pontoon bridges and j completed this work without molesta? tion. "It was only when the troops were j pouring across in fancied security that dozens of Russian guns, cleverly screened, opened their concentrated I lire on the crowded bridges. Hefore j the blast of shrapnel and machine gun i projectiles the Germans were swept into the river by hundreds. However, the challenge of the Russians was taken up by the German artillery and ifor a b?n- time the duel continued. ' At last the Germans, thinking they bad got the measure of the llussian gunners, made another attempt to throw their troops across. Hut this time also tin s had no better luck and not one of tbe soldiers who stepped upon the bridges either reached the opposite shore or returned. "The bodies of tbe slain rolled dow n the yellow Hood. Still the Germans Vigorously maintained their bombard uh nt and about 0 o'clock in the even ; ing made a last and desperate effort to utilise the bridges on which they had B|M nt such pains. "Columns in close formation were sent forward to the crossings, but once again every man Was mowed down by the murderous lire of tho llussian machine guns. "With the fall of evening the Ger? man batteries were silenced one arier the other by steady and well directed ,bre of the Kassian artillerists. Tho ; enemy then fell back eight miles, pur? sued ami harassed by Cossacks, who 'had crossed the ri\er on the German : bridges. "According to one account no fewer than 20,000 Geilnau corpses were car? ried down tin- Xiemen after this awful I carnage. "in the ftghl at Schrenlkl, on tho I Xiemen, September 15, the German casualties also are said to have been large. An eye-witness of the battle said that in the river ami on one of its banks no fewer than s.cmi Ger? mans perished. ?>n the opposite shorn from the city the bo.lies of 1.500 Ger? mans ware lying unburied for some days afterward*.*' Federals ltepiil*c Villa** Troops. Xaco, <>rt. 5.?The federals tinally r< pulsed the third attack by tbe Villa forces, e ii'* Iben withdrew, but con* tinned Ihelr artillery tire with a poor ij> ! iy .a m irksmanahlp. earthquake Proves Dcalractlvr. Athens, ?>ct. r?.?An earthquake .his morning was slightly felt at Smyrna bill proved destructive at lshart:i and In ihe Konts providence* where II is reported Ihe less of lifo was heavy. Details are lacking up to ibis lime.