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<%\)t tPat etymon ftii^ 39?ontl|ron, _ rmc MM WATCHMAN, Extshllshed April. 18*0. "IV Just snd Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Airas't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SOIJTIIKOX, Established June, IMC Consolidated Au*. S, 1881. SUMTE R, S. C SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1914. Vol. XXXIX. No. 14. SSBjBBBSBSBSSBBSBSBSBBSSSBSSBBBBBBBSBBSBBBBSSSSSB^-' ! Save for Slight Advantage of Russians in East Little Change is Noted To-Day. ix franff HAITI.F. c ONTINl FS OH AMilttT '.HIT WING, WIM IM. uf.rman'K IIAVF lU KN l>KIVI.N II \< K I l \V MM.I S, WHILE IN center RFINFOIMIF.MFNTS WF.KH SK\T TO PRKN4 II TO PRE vf nt GKIIMANS FIIOM FORI INO IT II M li? HUM CE GERM AN shii's si nk in kixo CHAD HAY?HOMIIAUDINC. OF ANTWERP AN1> km IM ms 1<)Nt\nI'I :S. GERMAN'S SI STAIN LOSSr> HusvUns Capture Positions with ll.y om*t*? Horn 1st rd incut of Pr/cmyaJ llegmi. Petrograd, I ut. 7.?Tho Russians have captured several German po altlona lntw?>cn Lyrk and Wirballen by bayonet charges. The Germans hav?? been reinforced and are lighting stubbornly at llakulurhcw. The Kas? sian left wing i? steadily advancing to? ward Cracow. The Austrian garrison attempted another sortie at Prsemy*! and wert? repulsed with heavy losses. Russians are bombarding the fortress from the south, southwest and east. German right wIuk. which invaded Lomsea and Suwalkl has l?oen push? ed baek into east Prussia. Massacre in Albania. Athens, Oct. 7.?The Muhonune dana are plundering and k!lm- Chris? tiana in Albania, uccording to a dis? patch from Janina. Many villages about Hera have been burned; two hundred men, women and children massacred. Alllea Surprised] by Germans. a?maV Oft.. l.?,A+mmU, .million aje engaged in a great double Hanking movement In northeastern France With the Germans today pressing for? ward in a desperate effort t.? cut oft and surround the French near Arras and Doual. The Germans are moving With the utmost vigor and the allies were evidently surprised at such an audacious attack. The new Gorman .?rmy which has been pushed north? ward from llclgium holds strong Po? sition northwest of Talle. A purt of tho advanced lines have reached Ypres only twenty miles from the Knglish eharnel. A new front, nearly one hun? dred miles long, running at angles to? ward the north from UM original line, on the Alsne rive" has been formed. The hardest fighting is along the wes? tern end. Ilhcints Homhardiiiciit Continue*. London, Oct. 7.?A Times dispatch from P.pcrnu> states that Rheims is still being bomba.ib d by UM Qi?rmans. Klght\ Chilians have been killed. The population are in a state of panic and are llxing in cellars. Germans Take Two More Forts. Herlin. Wireless to Sayville, Oct. 7. ? It Is annoimeei! this gftWlOOfl that two jnore fort?? at Antwerp have been taken by the Germans. The defend? ers were unable to resist f:c destruc? tive lue of the German sic ,'c guns. lU rlln Olbclal statement. Herlln. via. Amsterdam, Oct. 7.? The olllclal statement today admits that the French have gained :.<>mi ground along the ri\er M.use but t%i ? dares that tin- German right wing nmier Gen. Von Horten ?ueeeoafull) flunked the allies and forced them |fl rush reinforcements to the front to avert a retreat. It is claimed that for strategic rea? sons the Germans retired to points on the Mouse and new positi ?ns wore oc oupb d by the French but the general altnatloii there remains v neha n :???!. The most se\n. Hunting ts lakino. 1*1 ?- nn tie- \'.este!M end of the bat? tle line where a strong German al? to k is threatening to f..rce allies to n i real. The hill of Antwerp is ||?'\id to be i.iil; 11 ma'ter of hours. The HiMi.,ij..i, ;,i the east Ig mi ?bingtd. Tie Germans, are atandlnu firm against the Ru a i i attacks. The Austrk.n armv in flattrig is drlvin-r the Uli i hh bark and in ItW South the\ gra malting gntiw against Ihe Servians and M? ni? n >gt |g .. Huttle of \l no i Kliui-hed. Paris. I ?< t I, The < n i uf ii" [rent battle of tin- Alsne, bagUlt |?t<mber I Jth gi IH>i ?' ? gi ban I I ?< Nplle I le constant lighting, und Ilia ?hiltln activities on the Germ; n right tOen. Von Kbuk) seems gbgolutely iletei mined to follow the iustru' I Ml Ol the Kaiser?to win or die trying, Tin* Germans are now projecting their eav? nlry into thin rngigrmint for the 11 rat 111 w\ { Turkish Ships l.euvo Marmora. Athens, Oet 7.?Tb? Turkish squad? ron of warships, accompanied by the fit!man cruiser Gochen, has left the Marmora sea. (Unofficial.) j Torpedo I'.oat Destroyer Sunk. London, (?et. 7. -A British subma? rine sank a German torpedo boat de? stroyer off the German coast last nfejht (< uncial.) Hat tic Continues on Left Wing. Paris, Oct. 7.?An OfBelal statement at J o'clock this afternoon states ! that the battle continues on the left j wing of the allies' army with great Violence today. The opposing fronts have extended into the region of Lens, i ten miles northeast of Anas. Great cavalry forces are now in action. Los* One and n-slxth Million. Berlin, via. Amsterdam, < >ct. 7.? Tin? war oiAOf today estimated the llessssj of all the armies since the war started at one million, one hundred , und? >i\l*/ thonsamj killed, wounded and missing. The Germans have loV IWO hundred and twenty-live thous? and, the lirilisb, French and Belgians three hundred ami twenty-live thous? and, and the Russia na, who have ?nfletifl heaviest, four hundred thou* ?and, Austria ti humlr -d and twenty* live thousand, Bervla and Montenegro ?i [hty*ttve lb ?usand, German Hunts Sunk. Tokio, oet 7.- it is unofficially re poried that the Germun ere.:.;, Cor inoran and two German gunboats ha\e beea sunk la Ktaochau bay '<y the Japanese and British warships. The Shantung railroad to Chlnnn h , been setaed by the Japanese, PEOPLE HOARD l-TXDS. MeAdoo Points Out imbecility of !lur> iug Money at Ttlbl lime. I Washington, Oet, ?;.?"There is evi? dence in some quarters that individ? uals and corporations are hoarding money] it is jusi as reprehensible for them to do so as it hi for the banks, declared Beerotary McAd.>f Ihe treasury department, in a Statement Issued tonight, "There is no reason," he continued. "why people should no! deposit money in the banks in the usual way and with absolute confidence and (here Is tin reason why business should not be Conducted in a normal way." i The statement says the following rates have been charged by banks sxeept In exceptional cases, in Nov. York, I per cent; Chicago, 7 per cent; si. Louis, ?; and 7 per e< nl; Boston, ti per eentj Philadelphia, 0 per eeid. The statement announced that no more lis.s of banks carrying exec nlve ervei Will I??? made public for tin present because there is evidence that a nforc liberal disposition is being manifested. "1 have i long list." it goes on. '*which nre holding excessive reserve* ; nd I shull not hesitate tu publish it. "In a numlier of places which hav< been brought In my notice ihe liit?*r SSt rate lias Ik i n put Up a I'hlt I'alil) by |he eoneerted action -.f the banks. There is no ju >i Uleal U n for Iii Ii In leresl rates There Is no real reason for light money in tins country." only MILITARI mom:. Japan Explain* it^ bVlanre of Maud. Washington, Oet 7. Becrcbiry Pry an hau n assured ? hu I 1I??1 or-, eu pal Ion by Japanese naval forces of iii.' Herman Pacific Islands la only b miNirui ? m.d solel) for mllllun i"'i (Mines, That assurance came fron, iu Jtiimnese foreign office through Am b e: id. i 11 till . le Hllil from tee .1 l|l tin?... euibuss) m Washington. THE FRENCH SECRET. - nODIKH or (iKHMAN TROOP8 Di .\u IN TRKNt iii:s W1TUOPT WOFXIiS. German* Reported lo fir Discouraged by continuous Fighting Without Food <>?? Kost?Correspondent Do? filets Scones on llaltleliolds. (Hy Herbert Temple.) London, Oct. ?i.?At the outset <>( i he tit.. European war, French writers commenting on the probable f ile of the Germans, had much to say of'the "great secret" of Prance as a factor in the great sti'Ugglc. Time and again stories emanating from Paris mentioned the " great secret" and the mystery by which their country was to Strike down the German hosts. Not onCC has there been given an inkling of the nature of the "great .secret," hut a London correspondent writing from Dieppe, after a visit to the battle fields along tin* .Maine, be? lieves that he has found It in the throe-inch field guns used by French which according to the stories, para? lyze the Germans as they stand, killing them apparently without wounding them and leaving them much OS Were left the victims of the great volcanic lr aged lei of Ilerculaneum and Pom poll. The writer says: "A \isit to the Held of the battle of the Marne shows tin devastating power of the Fn nch Inch held gun to be something of which we hitherto had not dreamed. Entire sections and companies] of German troops have been struck 4s if by simultaneous thumiei-bolts, I re? minding one o( nothing so ranch as the wholesale extinctions of the popula? tions of Herculaneum and Pompeii-" Buch an account sounds mysteri? ous. Were tin- Germans killed where they stood by violent and over-pow? ering, poisonous fumes? Is that the "great secretV" Continuing the cor? respondent says: "< >n the borders of < no of the fnr *??*??;? n-couM>*-*fc* Of Pr^jK?iaii. ?injfctf. ?? at bivuuack is laid out as if it was sur? prised by the tire. Two sentries are still grasping their riflcg and a little way off a messen gor lies by himself. "Further on an onicer lice a few yards from his man, who are stretch? ed out with loosened belts and lying In their blanket. . Two of them still hold playing cards in their hands. "Those sleeping and those who were awal when they died evidently were swept out '-1 life together without ap? parently having had time to move." The same thing is noticeable on other battlefields in France, say va? rious writers but not one of them has made any : i 11 * mpt to explain the mat? ter. Evidently, when the French talk? ed about their "great se< r.-t,' they had in mind something Worth talking about, is the mysterious "withering death" of their three inch neld gnus the "secret." Apparently the results, and the comments of observers Would Indicate as much. The Germans, according to all ac? counts, have been Killed in some way other than by bullets or fragments of shells. They haw been smothered to death, evidently by powerful coneus? ?Ion, or have been asphyxiated by powerful tie idly gas. Recording further instances of up parently mysterious deaths among the Germans, the correspondent says: Even more extraordinary is another nToup of sixty dead lying about a small haystack as if in sleep their HileS, stacked and their knapsacks arranged in orderly heaps. "In the outer ring the path of the sln lls can be traced in a direct line by heaps of bodies, hut the particular shell thai killed these sixty struck them in front, from behind and at Ihe sides with the same sudden death und yet none of them bears any outward wound, There they are stretched face downward or staring up at the sky. seemingly paralysed by the mere force of the explosion. "The same mysterious results were sten in many of the trenches where Germans were piled in rows, The Ger? inn n ai m> to I lie east and north of Ithelms v us slated to be strongly In? trenched in deep cuttings, with bomb? proof shelters and rest houses under? ground and very similar ones were found ut I'els, Is hind the i htrcq. (inc Ol tln se Was a nah and a i|U irter long w Ith tunnels in all direct ions x el it was tilled with dead. "Along the w hole length of ? ''?< lle line, according t<> all tin- utorie nf Ihe French artillerymen, German' never were iilde |o stand before tin lire of tic I re;ie|t guns whenever i: found Ihem i ut. l id lattcrl) as noon tut a Kreuch battery opened, t hasty retirement wa i quickly followed lo heavy bom Im . 111 ? ? n t b\ bit: inlihiv German art III? i'> rar out ? >f range. "Thai ihe Germans are beginning lo APPEAL 19 PRESIDENT WILSON WOVLI) ISSUE $150,000,000 TO NAT? IONAL IIA X KS. ?,-? Executive Favor* Plan and Promises lo Aid Farm ts in Their Eitorfs, Washington, Oct. 7.?A dclogatlon from the southern Farmers' Union, with Senator overman and Congress? men Small and Webb, accompanying, appealed to President Wilson today in relief of the southern <???tton growers. Tiny lav?.red the establishment of a cotton pool proposing the issuing of a hundred and Hfty million dollars to national hanks to he loaned on ware? house receipts up to five million hales which it is believed would take core of the crop. President Wilson favors the plan and promised to do all he Could to aid them. _ i DOTH FACTION'S GET SUPPLIES. Mexicans Following Villa and Car gftnza Take Advantage < ? the Ite cently Raised Embargo on Mu? nitions of War. El Paso, Tex., Oct. 6.?Gen. Villa's agents In the United states today en? tered through this port 10,000 Ameri nan-nun e rilles under tho recently raised e nbargo on munitions of war. Agents of Gen. Carranxn here also have been purchasing all available supplies, which are being rushed to the assistance of Gen. [Till, w ho Is de? fending Naeo, Honora, against May torena's insurgent forces, supposedly partisans of Villa. Xo reports of lighting between Car ran/.a and Villa troops, however, came from other parts of the republic to day. Little news from Villa territory passed through the rigid censorship. WILSON CONFERS WITH ENVOY. I Talks Wtll Sllllman About Mexican ('ondltloits. Washington. Oct. ('..---President Wll i -pn, r4cafe^;i:ed fur ?two Jhoujrs tonight on the Mexican situation with Sec? retary Bryan and .lohn u. Sllllman, Who made a special trip from Mexico at his own request to talk with the I president. Xo intimation of what was discussed was given out at the White House after the conference. Secretary Dryan refused to make any comment. Mr. Silliman, who is Tinted States eonsul at Saltilo, Mex., has been act? ing as President Wilaon's personal rep? resentative In Mexico for some weeks. A few days ago he telegraphed the state department asking permission to eome to Washington for a consulta? tion. He was told it wan thought beet he Should return to Mexico City. Silli? man was not satisfied and it Is said his visit was arranged directly with the president. Been at his hotel after the confer? ence Mr. Sllllman refused to say whi I his mission to Washington contem? plated Or What had been discussed at the White House conference. The fact that he was accompanied from Mexico by Ulchard <*cde. who gave out a itatemcnt at St. Louis suytng he was coming to Washington In behalf of Carranxa In Ihe belief that rccog i .i.i, nitlon of Carran/u by the l nlted States would c ome soon, led to spec? ulation along this line. To Inquirers as to whether the question of recogni? tion had been taken up, Mr. SlHlmnn's only reply was: "The subject matter of the conference is not to be given to the press." TO REOPEN DARDANELLES. Tho Triple Entente arc Taking Step* lo This l aid. Petrograd, Oct. 7.?via London.? M. Saxonoff, Russian foreign minister, announced today that the powers com? prising the Triple Entente (Russia, Great llrltlan and Fronet ) are taking steps to secure the reopening of the 1 Dardanelles, feel discouraged Is gathered from let? ters seised and statements made by ollicer prisoners. A lieutenant of the Twenty-sixth artillery regiment writes, the Te nth corps has been lighting In? cessantly since ihe beginning of the campaign. Almost all our horses Were g< ne. We had been under lire from .". .\. M tu S P. M. w Itbout food or drink. The French Klghth artil? lery lire axis lenilic, I am ru worn out that I can haii> sll on a horse ev a iii ii walk, I'lven at nlghl our nan caniml rod. A i'n in h airman last ai b I 11| 1*4 M four hotlil is, I hive of which killed and wounded lweut> h< r: i s and four Uten. We et no let ler'. "An ollicer of Ihe l a u- ii.in miard i i ? M v re dmenl arl? u with si vi . c Slice t's and i?nl> Iiv< arc |??f| mil of mol e 1 ha n ,IHMI men The i imei.l is a mei e re lie. MS HOLD ARTWERP. German Attack Repuksd and Garrison Recovers Lost Ground. REPORTER THAT HEAVY ENGLISH REIXI olt< EMENTS HAVE AR? RIVED TO AID IIELGIAN TOWN*?ALLIES CiAIX FLIGHT ADVAN? TAGE ON EXTENDED LEFT WING, WHILE REST OF LINK IS UNCHANGED ? PRELIMINARY SKIRMISHES TO GREATEST BATTLE IN WORLD'S HISTORY IN EAST. POUR MILLION IN BATTLE. _ Alsne Rattle Line Extended Into Bel? gium. Paris, i ?et. s. The great battle of the Alsne has finally been extended to Belgian soil, Furious fighting is pro-' grossing around Menen, ypres, Poper Inghe, Courtai, Waereghem and Au denarde. This Is a considerable dis? tance, however, from \'<ai Kluek's II of communication. Dynamite mines under a German Ireneh near Koissons exploded, killing live hundn <l < lermans. The grand total of men now engag? ed in eastern Prance ami Belgium is rstimuted at four million. The battle line is two hundred miles long, stretching from the Woevre district, in Lorraine, to the Komme river and thence northeast into Belgium. Douui and Tournai haw- been reoc cupied by the Germans. No decided < hange has tak< n place at the center or on tin- allies' right. GERMANS ROM BAUD ANTWERP. General Attack Follows Refusal to Surrender. Antwerp, Oct. S.?Following the re? jection of the demand for surrender, the Germans have begun a general bombardment of Antwerp at :'. o'clock this morning. The Qsemang . bave crocsed the Xethe after desperate lighting. The legations of the allied powers left by boat and tunny government officials haw departed. SEIZURE A WAR MEASURE. Ja|ianese Will not Hold Jaluit island Pel manently. Tokio, <?<t. S. Because intimations of the American press thai the Jap? anese naval activities in the Paeilic were aim* d at the United States, For? eign Minister Kato today assured the American nmhassndor Guthrie that Ihe seizure of the German islan i of Jaluit in the Marshall Archipelago was a military necessity. German cruisers have been securing coal th? re and raiding the allies' shipping. The offi? cial declared thai Japan would not occupy the island permanently. Austrian? and Germans Unite. Tsillg-Tuo Holds Out Against Allies' Attack. Berlin, Oct. 8. -(Wireless to. Kay vllle)? It was officially announced this afternoon that a junction of the Aus? trian and German armies along the Vistula, in the campaign against the ItUSSiuns had been made. Press report:; state that the Tsina Tao garrison is repulsing the Japa? nese-British attacks, it is regarded here as certain that Antwerp is lost to t he Belgians. Fierce Fighting at Lille. Ostend, < >ct. s.?Fierce lighting has been going on for three days around Lille. It is reported that the German cavalry lost two thousand men it. an attempt to take Lille. The French are driving the Germans back and it is reported that heavy reinforcements have arrived it Antwerp and are aid? ing the Belgians. Prelude to World s Greatest Battle. Petrograd, (?et. 8.?The main Kus scian army in Poland has taken offen? sive against the Austrian-German army along the Vistula, it was olll ciaily unnounced Unlay that skirmish? ing between cavalry detachments of the two opposing armies have been progressing for nearly :i week. as a prelude to the greatest conflict the aorld has ever witnessed. The ar? tillery is now getting Into action. Germans Driven Rai k. Pi i is < ?et. v -It w us olllcl ill; an? nounced ? three o'clock this aft i u< "n t hat I In ? b rmans had Is en diiv, it buck north of Arras. ( i.i en * |>c rrt \litwci p. Botterdam, ? ? i. s. A hundn d I hole i lid refugees have lied I i < III V a. iverp aul a ipaliuu 11. approaching cap ture by tho Germare. Nearly all are destitute an.l the Amins; is sorely taking the reso' Vf the towns and Village s in tr Jv5 a of Holland. ./ ? Uoir <-crnment Moved. Wo/ s^e / Oct. 8.?The Belgian legi C As been notified by cab|a p y Belgian government has 1>< sn \^ j6q from Antwerp to Ostend. Germans Progress stopped. Paris, Oct. 8.?An official statement this afternoon says that at no p< int have the Germans been able to ad* vance. The conflict is now proceeding under conditions favorable to the Al ,,, Ca\alary engagements have extond ed almost to the coast Indicating that the Allies and Germans counter flank? ing movements spread out as far West as possible. _. Lett Wing Extended to North Sea. Paris, < >< t. 8. (Official)?The enemy have made no progress on the left wing to tho math. Operations of the cavalry now reach almost to the N?irtli Sea. Between the Somme and lOise in the Boye region. Though the enemy is in force, we have retaken the gr< ater part of the positions previous? ly yielded. On the Xeuso heights, be lwe< n Verdun and St. Mihiel, the Germans have withdrawn to the 1 j orih of liatton-Chatten, a Reinforcements at Antwerp. London, Oct. 8.?-Heavy reinforce? ment.-; of men an 1 artillery have reach? ed Antwi rp. Though the war ofleee her?> is r< ticent, it is known that they are not Belgians. The artillery in? cludes a number of big naval guns and it is believed that the forces are British. Ilritisli Capture Prize Vessels. Hong Kong, Oct. s.?The German r.lcamer Tannenfels and the American Me: uier Bio Paslg have been brought hero by the British ships as prizes. German Air Ship Over Paris. Paris, au. . a German aeroplane Hew over Pari? today and dropped two bombs on si. Dennis. Three persons were Injured. Belgians Bcptilsc Germans. London, Oct. 8.? Dispatches from Rotterdam stab? thai the Germans Who have been advancing upon Ant? werp through a breach in the outer line of forts have been forced back by the Belgian garrison. The Belgians have captured the Londelede forts, but the Germans are still holding T? rmondc a nd Alost. COTTON MAY BE l SED. Postomce rrgeii to substitute it for Jute. Washington, Oct. <>. - Representa? tives Lever ol South Carolina and Page ?f North Carolina called at the postodiee department today to urge the department to buy cotton twine for wrapping packages. The depart? ment has just called for bids for sup? plying 2,500,000 pounds of twine. Heretofore t lie department has been using jute twine. Messrs. Lever and Puge insisted that the government in this situation could in a practical way help ihc cotton growers of the South bj substituting cotton material forthat now being used. These gentlemen found that the department was con? sidering the proposition and expressed themselves us beim: gratified at the friendly attitude of the department to? ward Pks proposition. Cotton Mills Prosper. Washington, Oct. 7. Southern cot Ion mills are enjoying unprecedented pro ,'i rlty, even it cotton painters are i i .,..?? rdiug In letters read to the eit.ee today by Senator Overman, of North Carolina. Vor the lirst Ilms? Ii 1 ? a \<:'is. one of ihe letters stat .i one mill In Concord, X. C? paid a i\ blend, i ii.it being fi per cent, a .id ? i? i ilb : I paid l?S i n\ mill i" that lection. All the mills according to he letters are workittK to capacity, ind inakiug money.