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1* SrMTUR WATCHMAN, l?lttM April, 18*0. Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. "He Just nnil Fear not?Lot all the ends Thou AliOb't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's," SUMTER, s. 0., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1914. TILL TK?E SOUTHRON, Established June, 1800, Vol. XXXIX. No. 18. Both Sides Fortifying Their Posi? tions Before Again Engag? ing in Combat. (.KH.MW Si HMAHINI.S HEFIXSED ANI* AFHOPLANKS DESTROYED IN ATTACK M lHtrnsil SHU'S?VfOKN or GERMAN AO VANCE ON WARSAW AND Ol' AUSTRIAN VICTORY ITiOM HER UN ANI> VIENNA CONFLICT WITH 1*1 ri'ROOHAl) DISPATCHES THAT AVSTRO-OE1LMAN AJJMY OAS BKKM DRIVEN HACK. B?tlk< la Baltic lU-imrCiMl. Stockholm, Ott. 21.? It la reported that an engagement betwec i German tor|>cdo bouts ami hostile : marines haa occurred In the Haltie ?eu, near I'.ugi n Islund, Just uft the German coaat. IC?*|H>rt of Austrian Victory. Vienna. Oct. Jl. Austrian suceess 08 n Gal Ida ami Uukavina ami the capt ire of a Kussian general were oftlc illy announced today. The Aus? tria .a have taken the province of Uukavina. Both Sides Fortifying. Farls. Oct. Jl ?I'.oth the allies and Germans arc fortifying their positions In the extreme north. TlH German artillery has reached the front. Al? though thu tide of hostilities in the north ha* been swinging hack and forth over Kreuch and lUlgiun soil with great violence no decisive re? sult Is yet apparent. The allies are strengthening their lines with h? aw detachments of French und Frith h nisrlnes. The war ofllco Is confident that Verdun will be able to hohl out. Forest Among Ucrtmni*. fxmdon. Oct. Jl.?Today, the anni? versary of Nelson's great victory at lWaUiic, fouuAl the- UriUaii wur*lu\ps coopenrtlng with the land forces in repelling the attacks of the Germans who are atten*htlng t>> drive their way 1?.rough l'elglum to the r'rench coast. A Tlmea dl*pntrh states. "Ths latest developments have caused unrest among the Germans. All festivities have been cancelled und all available Germans are being rushed to Nleu port. A German general has com? mitted suicide." A Chronicle dispatch says the allies have recaptured I'm ;"*, hut this is not credited. A K<iund tron of Hrltish warships has shelled the German positions near Middle-, aorke, forcing the Germans to retreat Inland. Fleeing From Warsaw. Herlin. Ott -1 ?Civilians uro fleeing from Warsaw at tin approach ??f the Germ in army. The attack on the city is imminent. The reports Ol ItUSMl.tn \ a tones along the Vistula are otllcially denied. The German government is gggnaiilH la I'mam <? the farming industry on a large scale. Allies llohl Their Position*. Furls, o.a. 2|.?Olllciul statement Issued at 3 o'clock Ihtl afternoon *a>s "The at lack? by the Germ; \s on tin allies along the Franco*Belgian fron? tier are incrcaslm, in \lolence. l?ut all have l?een repulsed. Tin tiercc ness of the German attack;* is at trlhutcd to th?- arrival of troops re? inforcing the Germans in their el forts to r? a< li the Kreuch coast. The indl ? itions are that the allies are holdnu. their tggfttkNM nnnly and are check? ing Um I Un rm r gttaeki d< ml I in- line e\?? - ml I it : inon Nn up.at thro: k lux rininde to l.? . ?uthwnal of Lille? Along tin- ri :ht and b ft Will pi the -it u i don ghowi go i hs ng<. Nu\al IPittlc on < atUMo. Koine, I let. J 1.?A dtspnti h from Ogtlltgji says I hi British and Kreuch fleets in Ihf Adriath- s< a b.c. e do? strt .ed Cant It Nu- \o fort i na just natiakhi of Cattam fait The An - * trial! Meet It is reported took refuge In thn gnN after los n-f a sul-aiai ine a ad dent royi r himlnii Awaits Aerial Attack. tendon, nit ji. Tan Imminence ?f the German an rial raid over W a don is hUHeali 11 in .ii p itctwn reeeiv? ed today from Rotterdam and Am utenlam. The rltj i? darkened i*vei nl"ht and gmnl gog rial pent 11 liftb 'i ?t tag thing, w Nile ion rnn r< aatl-atrcrnfi i mm 1 i n I r< ? f??r ln? stunt use. Situation In f rame I m luintnl. Berlin, Oct. 21.?It was officially nnnniiin ed tin* altnmnon ihn! no rhsnfe of Importance In Frineo-llel glan theatre of war hhd "ecurrcd. v Sil hum Ii in*? Unsuccessful. tIiiutirdam, Ott. II,?it ij reported that nie Gorman submarine* mude unsuccessful attacks against British warships off the Belgian coast, dun* gjtfg aboard the warships brought dow n some OtV/nun aeroplanes. Germans Itetaln Ostend. Flushing. Oct. 11??Oatend is still held by the Germans. Desperate lighting continues, but the allies are unable to gain ground. V. S. Ship Scl/ed. Washington, Oct. 21.?The state de? partment today Hied with the British ambassador a formal protest agalnsl the seizure by a Brltlgh cruiser of the ol' tank steamer, John Rockefeller* The American ship Rockefeller, with a cargo of petroleum, from Copen? hagen for New York, was held up near the Orkney islands, and forced nto port under a convoy. Russians Advance 15 Miles. Petrograd, Oat lit?The Austro Gernians west of the Vistula have been driven back forty-live miles. The Kas? sien outposts have now reached the vicinity of Seit i ab wich e, southwest of Warsaw, (otllcial.) FRENCH TOUCH QEJi. MINE, U^j DER (ill KM ANS. " 1 Marines Creep up to German Trench? er Under gggj and Use Duyoiict?! Otic Folat of Importance Taken and Retnkesi a Dosen Times. i : m the Dattle Front, via Parts,? October L'O.?The German invaders are meeting a vigorous resistance In ef? forts to ?horten their lines and reel their right wing further southward upon the English channel. Much light? ing i? being done in the obscurity oi fogs. French marines are giving a good ?OOOUnl of themselves, German troop tried g surprise attack en the marines Sunday, but the French force held the held works against superior num? bers. The light lasted all day. A thick fog covered the entire re ? gion Monday and the marines, accus? tomed to such weather Conditions, crept OlOSS Up to tin German Heat li? es. "No shooting/1 was the orders "use the> bayonet!'1 The marines got within thirty feet Of the lunches before they were sein. Their coming was heralded too late for the defenders, who were bayoneted in the trenches and beyond the trenches as they ran. Four hundred Gcrm.au ? Isoners w i re' taken. One of the' places where the Prom ii ' had been most harassed Is near the j elbow of the western line, The im? portant position there* had been taken and retaken frequently during th< ktat ti.ree weeks, ISvery time the Oer? mans had been obliged t" abandon thf 1 position they returned In force and pushed book the I'reieh by WClgtli Of numbt ra The In in h to,,k t lie position f??F the twelfth time and held it for ten I i rs, Then came a shock uf th< Ihuman buttering ram ami tin- French uradually gave way* The Germans began fortifying tin place, but while they wen- mgllg ? in iiii: lass the earth heuved and tiuie was a ip a I enlng explosion, Tht ten hours the Frt n h held (he polnl had been sulHelenl t? mine every rod of the ground, it In estimated thai three Herman battnHons were m .,, hlllated 'I Ia vi i ? ngth of the Herman .'i"n north of Itnye, which fw eilltated their movements ; v ir< Lille, is explained bf the fael thai I hey were occupying nn unfinished canal, extending ss fnr ss Hrlael, Tin Germans found In the deep, broad etil tins mngnlflcenl entrenehmenls, Ogjeers of the allies snj thej hnv< noted that about la pi i.I. of t lo shells from German gunn PXplodi Thej say also that the prodigality ol I heir lire apparently has depleted ih< Herman supply of ammunition, nisi the intensity of the llr? latelj hat diminished, TAFT PRAISES WILSON. SAYS ADMINISTRATION'S PEACE POLICY Slioild) BE A l> IIEltED TO. People should bo Careful of Expres? sions Of Opinions Tutoring Either. side iu Conflict?TroutloN Will] Prove uf Importance. | - Washington, Oct, 80.?Prof, Wil? liam Howard Taft praises the poll- i clci of President Wilson In meeting] the war crisis In his address today act president <>f the American Bar As? sociation, Which is In annual session! here. He contrasted the peaceful meeting] of the association on foreign soil atj Montreal last year with the present Situation Of "'each half id' the Eu? ropean world rejoicing at the cnor ! tnous losses, reaching into the hun? dreds of thousands, of the other half." "Such human catastrope, such a cataclysm iu history, beggars a vocab? ulary Inadequate for description and throws gloom over the entire world," ho continued. "It makes the peace? ful administration of justice, and a discussion of plans for its improve? ment! seem prosaic and uninteresting. While we stand aghast at this awful wilier of blood, destructive of the happiness of Europe, WS arc pro? foundly grateful for our splendid Iso? lation and the freedom from entang? ling alliances which Washington en? joined upon the American people. "The overwhelming Importance to us of keeping out of the struggle has led President Wilson to warn the American people in their public ex? pressions and actions to maintain, as far as possible, an impartial attitude, and In this appeal he should have the warmest approval and the slncerest co-operation of all of us. Most cf us i do not understand how much slfcniti loanee European peoples give to hos? tile expressb ns of our press and of prominent men, which they are quite Inclined to regard as either inspired or at least acquiesced in by our gov? ernment, and US embodying the vlewX ?aa?*i>tti?ntliwM.pae|dc. hwTss'atr de srntsad? predate the comparatively little weight in judging our national attitude that ought to be given to editorial ex? pression^-, or hastily prepared com? munications based c.n current reports nc< essarlly Inaccurate or biased. The language Of the president, In which, he declined t" be drawn Into a de cisi or an expression of an opinion on the complaints of belligerents, was most admirable, and Bhcwed to th. [world that we must show that we do not intend to be drawn into this con? troversy in any way; that while we are willing to assist as much as pos? sible in bringing about peace, our ai tltude as judges cannot be Invoked until we are given formal authority. with a Stipulated condition by the , parties tu abide the j*'dgm< nt. "We are the principal nation, and r might almost say the only nation of tin Christian world not so related to the struggle that both sides may real? ly regard us as disinterested friends. Jt is our highest duly, and the presi? dent makes plain his earnest appre? ciation Of this, nut to Sacrlllee and de? stroy this great levoraga for success? ful mediation when the opportunity arises, by 111-ndvlsed and premature Judgments upon the merits. The sen? sitiveness of the struggling partici? pants to every view, friendly or hos? tile, Is most acute. Many of us can remember how we felt when slml , larly placid. i "Meantime in the sound of battle, peace treaties are being made between us and many of the belligerents, by which we agree to a period <d" one year as a locus penltentluc before a declaration of war. Tins does not seem o large step, but it is something and might prove to be most valuabb under circumstances that one can Imagine, The present war, however. has been used b\ the oppom Ids ol arbitration to prove thai treaties arc Of no avail, and that if a nation v, i. h es to go to war, no treaty wir. pr< \? ni it. No one who has udvueated I real les of arbitration as n means of avoid? ing armed conflict has ever contend? ed that they are nn absolute m 11' nnce ngalnsl war. Nobody hus con lended I hat treaties are noi broki n. ? ii a re ison that sum? ?re broken that w e should give up inn king them 7 "And now that WC arc tliscurislm' complin rue u pi, t, |(.H ? l)( j , feel of treaties of arbitration and nl peace upon t he ? h i noes of v. nr. In i' not a good time for as to clean out own houses ami In pat ourselves In ? position where we can fulfill i<- lh< letter every In at.V that v e ha1 e i 11 lered Into? |\*e have made man) treaties of friendship and pence In de< ij treaties with nil the world ;'i which we have nssnred to aliens, sub Jects ("? elf Isens of Ihe other pnrty I* the treat}, reshh nt wll hin mir bor ENGLISH FINANCIER LOOKti FOB IMPROVEMENT. _I If Surplus is Disposed of, Sir George I Paish Thinks BriBb Mills Will En? ter Market in NnaS Future. i _ I Washington, Oct. 20?Problems of international exchange at present ?arrytng the federal reserve board loon will be solved, the balance of! frade again will swing to the United States and the payment of Immense Sums of American gold to England Will be rendered unnecessary, in the opinion of Sir George Paish, special adviser to the English chancellor of m the exchequer, now in Washington to I discuss foreign exchange conditions V'ith treasury olflelals. Sir George said he believed the Lon on und New York, stock exchanges on would reopen. His government,! e said, was preparing to prevent the ; galling hi loans on securities and with IttCh a guaranty he thought there was little to stand in the way of reopen? ing exchanges. Sir George declared he did not bo i Ueve American cotton growers need' fear that English manufacturers; would buy Egyptian cotton in pref? erence to American. "The Egyptian cotton is not us"d for the same grade of manufactured goods," said he. "At present the English mills probably have a suf Upply on hand for a few They naturally are not xious to buy, however, unless the.v re sure cotton has reavhod* |tie bol price. The jtnargin ojjr*1 profit in cotton is too small to waJrrant sue!: ri^ke. If you sviececd in taking car. ot/.^p ,isgrpiu* cripp, I have Ao doubt y/fe^JuSa^thc English mills in thv ^ke&ag^l softn. ?t TSBppolsje the'cotton exchanges in ' ?rkignd N>ew Orleans will open ^8ho?tly if the plan of the fod erAwcserVe iJoatd for a .^150,O0?,00U i lpdjft fund goes through. Then I think I $dfr Oyetpool exchange will follow, i \^^^cylto,n selling agalnr.there ic j ditions and ^mc of the balance i against you will be wiped out." Secretary Mcmdoo and the reserve 4 board were occupied today with tin directors and other officials of the u reserve banks who arc In Washing j ton for a conleernce and had no j?;>? portunlty for further consultation ' with Sir Qeorge. Mr, McAdoo la suffering from u slight attack of ner? vous indigestion and probably will n t , return t<> his desk for several days* ; Until then the conference with Sir George, to which New York bankera are t<? be asked, will not be held. it became apparent today that the federal reserve board probably would atti nipt to provide short term inter? est bearing paper or notes acceptable i to the English government in place I of act ual gold. English bankers, it ;\.a:' saidi recently refused to take the obligations of New York cits to the amount of $80,000,000 becauso they ' were regarded as having too long to run. The English bankers aro saio to pr? fer GO day or OS day paper. The federal reserve banks prob? ably will be In operation within !>0 days and then paper carrying their indorsement may bo acceptable !?? i i ! higlish creditors. liural Policeman Named. Columbia, Oct 10.?The governor this afternoon appointed John W. Hugglns rural policeman for Claren? don county. ders, due process of law i?i protection of life, liberty and property. Hut wc now withhold, however, from the same authority thai makes the treaty the power t<? fulfill its obligations. A statute of a dozen lines would put it in the power of the president to insti? tute j'ldlcial proceedings, rivil and criminal, in courts ??!' the I'nlted State:? to punish a violation of the treaty rights <d aliens und ennbh? hint to use the <i\il and military executive arm of the government t<' protect it gainst their threatened Invasion. in our past experience, we must realise that mob violence committed through r o e prejudice iigaimfl aliens will never be punished by state authority, and ihcre is nothing lhal ti high-strung people ?and ii is peoples now who large!/ control the m:iti< r of war and pence resent so much as lite mistreatment ? f their fellow countrymen living, under Hie fins of a foreign government that hns stipulate il rind pledged it??? honor in irlve I hem protection. The real on position to this reform finds i; i, ?? in the factlonuI determinatl in ? ' 1 ? ?? pie in localities t?> exclude lawful hie migrants. Thcj look to llloen! f r ? t?i maintnin tinir purpose, nnd I In fear Ihe effectiveness <>f the intimi d arm In restraining It." London Despatches State That Al? lies Are Repulsing German Attacks in Belgium SLOWLY RECOVER GROUND IN CONTINUED PIERCE FIGHTING? GERMANS GAIN FRENCH CANALS. ALSO ADVANCE ox WARSAW ?CONFLICT RAGES AROUND PRXKMYSL WITHOUT ADVAN? TAGE?THOUGHT THAT GERMAN ATTEMPJF To CROSS CHAN? NEL H AS BEEN FRUSTRATED?GERMAN CRUISERS DESTROY ENGLISH SHIPPING?ITALY MOVES TROOPS?REBELLION IN PORTUGAL. I ITALIAN TROOPS ACTIVE. Refugees at Sues Will i>c Compelled to Leave. London, Oct. 22.?An unconfirmed newe dispatch from Venice states that the Italian gunboat Agordat and the. destroyer Dardo have landed a com-; pany of marines at Avalona, Albania. I today and that the forty-seventh Italy Ian Infantry are ready to embark for* Avalona and all news out of Home is Strictly censored. \ It is olllclally stated from London that enemies of tlie ships rofugecing at the Suez canal will be compelled to leave. - Germans Capture French Canals. Berlin, OtH. 22.? The capture of the northern French canal system, from Arleux to the Disc river uftor' hard lighting is expected i.o have I much effect on the campaign in jjVprLh-. jern France. Every attack'by Jhe/al* 'lies has been repulsed. Tin? Ci^jB^jfar^ ,are making progress, thouah sSfrwS'li^ I Belgium. There have been tio/ dj& I dslve results in the eastern frontier. rtOmcial.) I Hoyalist Outbreak in Fortirval. I * London, < >ct. 22.?A serious BitUar [ ^OU has developed in Fortugal, ^^#egftt*<-i*- V*^y>a4?iv ?*? ujjjjl ' Wire communication with Lisbon nas ben interrupted. Gernsans on tin* Defensive. Pai-is, i ?et. 22.?Furious counter at? tacks by the allies toward Courtrai In an attempt to cut off the Germans operating near Xleuport, Dixmunde and 1'prea are reported from math. 'Hieb praise is given the Belgian army. Fighting is progressing night and day with attacks by land, sen j ami air. The mighty conflict begun September 1 2th has developed a mag? nitude hitherto unknown in history. Over fifty towns and villages have been completely wiped out by artil? lery lire. Many non-combatants have been killed. There is confident feel ' ing here that the German's English , channel expedition has failed and ' from now on the Germans must tight on the defensive. Warsaw in Danger. Petrograd, Oct. 22.? The official statement today failed to disguise the fact thai the Hermans are only a few milis iron; Warsaw. It states that i the Germans haw- been repulsed be? tween Prussskow and I.Ionic, eight mill's southwest of Warsaw. Heavy fighting south of Przemyst has been in progress for six days. The Aus? trian losses are heavy. Allies .Make Counter Attack. London, < ?et. 22. -All dispatches from Kreuch, Belgian and Butch sources today indicate that the allies are gaining steadily in France and Belgium. The German attacks hav< been repulsed and the allies arc fol? lowing up the advantage with yl<deni attacks. Germans have been driven from the trenches along I he watei from by British warships. A Berlin 'dispatch slates that the Itttssian cam? paign in Calais and Hungary lias been completely shattered; Germans Fleeing in Disorder. Petrograd, t>ct. 22..it Is ofliclallj stated this afternoon thai the beaten Germans In Itttssian I' d aid arc dec ing in disorder. Heady to Release Oil ship Washington, Oct. 22. Great Brit aiu today ordered Ihe release of tin Standard ('d lank ship .lohn llockc feller which was seized nt Orkney Is land. German War Loan Stitwrihcil. Berlin, Get. 22.?The official an imiincement was made lodaj that tin contributions to tin* German loan noa ? a ee,i i > "ai 000,000, German Commi riv Be^troyer. l.is Bnltnas, Canary Islands. Oct. 22, ?Tlie Norwegian steamer Pcguelne reported today /the vessel was stopped by ; a Van * cruiser. The captain tol ^5 VNcpwegian captain that he h M Jk eleven British and French itntmen and one Ital? ian si ? was carrying food to & Acs Dc-troyhMr Kailroad. ? Joou, Oct. 22.?A news dispatch jf AlMterdam says it is reported j trrtit the allies haVe destrcyed the I railway to Ghent. Ele\cn British i warships bombarded the* Germans on J the Belgian coast forvthirty-slx hours, i the Germans iinally retreating toward MiddlekerJie. - Furious Assault* Krpulsed. rar is, 0ct. 2.2, 5 fertfeT-1 < > fflciat.) ? * The furious GOrmaa- Attack on the ailie:>' left wjiig* nof;>jf?t|ending across tiie frontier into^'Belgium continaes um.limiijlsb.ed. The Germans are .?iai;iiigv'f;on\rpual assaults, bit thus far they have* been repulsed. Fmden Sinks Mor.- Ships. ^ l Eondoi^ Oct. 22v?A 'dispatch from i^irrdo, lnflia, says it is reported that the German cruiser Emden haa ?unk [severs,! more British ships and the ! crews were landed in Cochin. mfm ? My .cndt'nj oci"*S2.?News dispatches state that ? the allies have occupied Courtrai, Belgium, and Neiuport. ?f? fet chasing the Germans eastward i re m Plxmunde. I BELGIANS BEAT GERMANS. Bepcatcd Attacks Repulsed?Thron Sharp shooter^ Perform Wonderful Feat. From the 1 kittle Front, Oct 21. (via Paris.)?The Belgian army with the English channel on its extreme m lug is showing a marvelous lighting spirit despite Its long, hard campaign and disappointment over the loss of Antwerp and ether large cities. In the terrific open struggle along the frontier the Belgians, with the French and British, have repelled With the greatest energy incessant Qerman attacks. Today, like goster day, the German heavy artillery bom? barded the allies" pos lion hut the I Belgians counterattacked and forced the Invaders to retire nearly live miles. further down the line on the Lye ih" French were Closely engaged with general success. Three French sharp k'hooters (?erformed a brilliant feat in def< nding a bridge, the possession of I which w as of greet strategic Import? ance ti? both armies. Tin- Germans I made a ca\alry dash in an effort to [seize the bridge, but the Frenchmen poured out their magazine lire until the Germans retired, having the bridge in the hands of the allies. Around Lille there has been Keren lighting, particularly in Ihe neighbor? hood of Lei a. so, Which threatens the German possession ul Lille. Street lighting has been severe ' 'tween the long lines of houses connecting the sister lev.us of lloubaix and Tour* < oing. Vlonx the centre the artillery ac? tion continued today withi ut great change hut several German trenches' lien captured. T<? STAY AT II \K\ \KI>. Minnstcrbcrg Wlthdmnm Be-in nation a^ l*rofc**or, Cambridge. Mass., Oct. II.?Prof. Hugo Munsterherg has withdrawn his resignation from the llnrvnrd chair of psychology "at the request of the iiuthoritics." Recording to an an nounceiiu nt made today. A iHuimvinent of th > withdrawal of the resignation appeared in the columns of The Hnrvard tlumnl liulletin. The Bulletin sa\s editorially .i .it ilu> university c:m>. not nfford to admit "any suggestion thai it would be v. i 11 i t ? ? ?. to nccepl money to abridge free speech, to remove n professor, or to accept his resignation."