The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 28, 1914, Image 1
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SU1CTKR WATCHMAN, Established April, 1M0.
"l*e Jost and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's."
THE TRUE SOUTIERON, Established June, !*??.
Consolidated Aug. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. 0-, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1914.
Vol. XXXIX. No. 19.
600,000 Reinforcements Sent to Aid Ger?
mans in Their Desperate Attempts to
Break Lines of the Allies.
rH.HTINO continues with slight 4iAIN for (iKKMANS NMAII
4 OAS T?in fast russians have offfatf.u gf.rmans, BUT
AHK frfvfntf.h from advancing uv hfnfavfd austrian
AKMY?1 AI l 4>f TS1NG tao hffohtfd?russians WOULD ad
VA.Nl i : on ufhlln UbTUSI iif.avy fall. of snow.
Cholera F.phli mir in Au-trtu.
Geneva, Oct. 24.?The Swiss gov?
ernment hos been advised that two
hundred cases of cholera have been
found In Austria-Hungary, exclusive
of the cases in the Austrian army, in
which It Is reported there arc many
thousand cases.
^v Ess
Esadcn Ito|M>rtcd Sunk.
tendon. Oct. 24.?It is reported
that \he German cruiser Emden,
which nnj been a scourge to the al?
lies' shipping in the Indian ocean has
been sunk. The report is unconfirm?
ed mans Making Supremo Effort.
Herlin. Oct. 24.?Six hundred thou?
sand fresh German soldiers have re?
inforced the German armies along the
Franco-Helgian front. It is reported
the Germans intend to force the con?
flict there to a conclusion as quickly
as possible and all available soldiers
are being brought into action to break
the allies' line. It is announced that
the Germans have made gains be?
tween lade and Arras and have driv?
en a wedge toward I/ens and Habassee,
threatening to cut off the extreme left
wing of the allies. The battle between
Nleuport and Hixmunde is still raging
violently. Zeppelins are directing the
artillery fire. The Germans are clos?
ing in around Verdun, where the fight
French sorties have been repulsed
with heavy losses.
Alllc* lighting for Their Lives.
Paris, Oct. 24.?The Germans who
have been heavily reinforced are still
on the offensive in northern sphere
of fighting. The hardest lighting in
Helgium is in the triangle roughly
bounded by Nleuport. Hixmunde ami
Hinders. The allies are feeling the
pressure of superior numbers on the
Lahussee-Armentrieres line where
fighting has been most severe. The
Germans arc making a desperate ef?
fort to smush the allies line In
Houllens district. The French move?
ment against Metz seems to have
been checked.
Germans Leaving Antwerp.
FtushiiiK. Ort. 24.?It is reported
that the Germans are leaving Ant?
werp. The wives of German oflicera
at Brussels have been ordered to
leave within forty-eight hours.
? Fall of Tsiug Tao lte|Kirte<l.
Tokio, Oct. 24.?An uncontlrmed
report has been received that Tsiug
Tao, the German stronghold in China
has fallen.
\o?.(ilans Defeat llussluns.
Vlenra. Oct. 24.?It is oltlclally an?
nounce!, that the Austrians have de?
feated two Husshm divisions at
Ivangorc 1, capTuring forty-six hun?
dred prisoners. An Austrian monitor,
operating against the Ser\ians. has
been sunk by a mine In the gave riv?
er. Severe lighting is reported Blong
the San Hiv r. Sfhtri the enemy who
crossed the ptrofi art new being
strongly attucked and pressed against
the river.
Four Million Fighting.
Petrograd. Oct. III. tu.-r four
and a-half million Hussians. German)
and Austrians are now engaged .bum
an Irregular battle front extending
from the Ha I tic sea U Southern Gall
rla. No decision has yet been reach
id in the glsjantk coniliet which is
expected to determine whether the
Hussians will he able to invade Sile?
sia and advance an Dei n n before
heavy sno/wa neons a halt, II Is oill
eially reported that the i.erinans suf?
fered a terrific defeat along IBM Vi
tul.i but the RttSSJtaiM Srt unable In
press their udvantusjf until the Issue
In decided ,,n the left wimv where ih ?
reformed Austrian aims is making
he.ivy attacks. A Novo Vremys Cor?
res pondent declares that the Germans
lest fd>,000 In killed, wounded and
prisoners while attemptim i>. ere
the Vistula at IVMNfOrod ami in Stlh
re?iuent fighting.
German Advance Checked.
Paris, Oct. 21.?A Gorman aero?
plane Hew over the northern suburbs
of Paris today. It wm tired upon by
the forts southeast of St. Denis and
sped rapidly away. The ottlcial state?
ment issued at 4 oclock this afternoon
admitted that the Germans in Bel?
gium are making progress north of
Dixmunde and around Labassee in
France, but it says the allies made
appreciable progress cast of Nieu
port, the vicinity of Langemark and
between Armentieres and Lille. The
indications arc that the French have
thus checked the Germansi n their
advance down the coast from Ostend.
German Advance Successful.
Derlin, Oct. 24.?An official state?
ment this afternoon announces tint
i
the Germans are making successful
advances west of Lille. A number of
villages have been occupied on the
j battle front of the western army.
In the east the Uussian attacks in
the region of Augustowo have been
repulsed. Several machine guns have
been captured. No definite informa?
tion has conic from the southeast.
WILL TAKE CIIA4K FACTORY.
j Penitentiary Hoard to Operate the
Plant.
) - thrtBTWlrtar- ?err **:-*The director*
, of the State penitentiary yesterday le
1 elded to assume the management of
the chair mill, whieh has been in op?
eration at the prison for more than
one year. It was said by members
I
of the board, after a special call meet?
ing, that A. I). Marlin of Louisville
had practically abandoned his con?
tract. The mill has been closed for
two months, it is said, because of a
lack of material.
"We are going to embark in the
chair factory business," said a mem?
ber of tho DOJtrd yesterday, "and be
lieve that we will be aide to dispose
oi* the product. BetWOOU 2fj and 80
prisoners have been employed in the
mill. The mill has be n closed for
two months and we must Und employ?
ment fOO the prisoners. A representa?
tive of A. D. Martin was present at the
meeting today ami stated that Mr.
Martin was unable to secure raw ma?
terial for the mill."
Under thf contract Mr. Martin was
to act as selling agent for the prison.
The penitentiary will receive pay for
the prison*ft] whether employed or
not.
SMITH IX COXFFRFNCF.
Talks With CupttalKts on Wurolr use
Plan.
Washington, Oct. |S,?Three capi?
talists from New York city conferred
with Senator Smith of South Carolina
today in reference to a proposed
scheme for estaldisl ng R warehouse
organization in the South in conjunc?
tion with the Wade and Other plans
in order to make the paper issued us
negotiable as possible, according to
their argument for the system pro?
posed.
They soltelted the attention of Sen?
ator smith of South Carolina und ask?
ed the4 he investigate their plan and
to cooperate with them, it" In bis Judg?
ment it woidd be of bent HI to bring
it to the attention of the official* ol
the treasury department.
They contended th. t the holding of
cotton under the proponed Wade plan
woul?l necessitate along with it an
efficient and adequate warehouse Sys?
tem for hiking care of the roth n.
The Wrong Way.
Farmen who are holding their cot?
ton should knov belli' thin to pm
the hales where Ihe) are exposed t>>
all sorts of weather. Yet reports ol
this bnck-ynrd method of storing cot
ton reach t*U mi on < 'oll? ??? from ill
parts of ihe Ktfitc. Kxposoro t<
wcalhe< will certainly not boost lh<
price of Ihe staple Abbeville Me
dlum.
WOULD ACCEPT STATE BONDS
GQVERNMEKT REQUIRES FBW
MODIFICATIONS IN PLAN.
Wlien Changes Aw tfado, Federal
Hoard Would Use Bond* as Basis'
for Issue of Currency, it* Measure
P>MCP House.
Washington, Oct. 23.?Hepresenta
tives \V. F. Stevenson and George W.
Dick cOday arived in Washington and
joined Senators Robert Lide and T.
W. McCown for the purpose of a?ej*r
taining from the secretary of <the
treasury whether the federal reserve
hoard would accept South Carolina
State bonds as additional security for,
the- issuance of currency to aid in
handling the cotton crop.
Together with Senator Smith and
Congressman Lever, they called at
the treasury department and found
that Secretary McAdoo was confined
to h-.s home with nervous indigestion.
They then made an engagement for
a later call upon members of (ihe
, reserve board. After the call on the
latter had been made and the.sitha
i tion fully explained to Gov. Hanftin,
I head of the board, the South Caro?
linians wejit into conference with the
legal advisers of this board. As the
i u
result of the conference the statement
! waj made by those coming here that
the issuance of the bonds as contem
: plated by the State of South Carolina
and ns already acted Upon favorably
by the senate of that State would
meet the requirements of the federal
|law with a few modifications, and that
if the house acts favorably on the
matter and the people ratify this ac?
tion at the election, the bonds will be
acceptable.
Gov. Hamlln and the other officials
were fully informed of what tho State
of South Carolina proposes to do in
this matter and after the situation
, was'understood all technical objec?
tions were removed when the law
' modifications which, will have jto' be
made are perfected. j
Members of the delegation which
came hero said that these vslight
modifications would not be conaidex
jod material and that everythingMlfltf
^bri?ht for the house to p\tWth*e iJfflB
\ bill and for the bond! to be issued if
the people of the State ratify the ac
jtion of the legislature at the election
of November 3, The South Carolina
( visitors called to see the president
' before going to the treasury and were
cordially received. They were assured
by him that he deeply sympathized
with the people of the South in
their trouble and would be glad to see
anything done that would afford re?
lief.
With everything satisfactory and
ready to make a favorable report te
the legislature when it meeds again
Monday, the South Carolinians left for
home tonight.
VOTF.l) DIG WAR LOAN.
i*russiun Diet Unanimously Passed
$;".::,,ooo,ooo inn.
Berlin, <>ct. 13. (by wireless.)?The
following account of yesterday's
meeting <>f the Prussian diet was
given out today in official quarters In
Herlin:
"A Prussian war loan of $o7r>,000,
000 was passed unanimously, even
the Socialists supporting the resolu?
tion. Money was voted for the relief
of the province of Fast Prussia, which
has suffered the most during the war,
and for other military purposes.
"A German hospital ship, search?
ing the sea for men from German
torpedo boat destroyers sunk by the
British, has been forced to go into an
English harbor by a British cruiser.
"The British are bombarding the
open Belgian town of Ostend.
"Reliable official reports declare
that there is in Germany today a suf?
ficient supply of cereals to meid inn
ply all requirements until the next
harvest and that the stocw el* cattle is
sufficient to provide an ample supply
of meat."
DISASTER AT SAN ANTONIO.
Cloud Hurst Overflows Hlvcr and
Floods Suburbs.
Kan Antonio, Oct, 24,?A cloudburst
last night Hooded the river and low
lying sections of the city and suburbs.
Many people wer,- trapped sleeping.
It is feared the loss of life inn) reach
llfteen to twenty, The property loss
: I est I mo ted ;> I $ ! 50,000.
Isias Kxcccds $500,000.
San Antonio, <>et. 24.?Hat est re?
ports show that twenty-live were
drowned by lasl nights ll.| in cltj
and ii Is estimated thai as many more
wore losl in districts near < lt> Tine.'
hundred houses were washed away.
The loss will be over ;? hall million
I
HOUSE REFUSES TO PASS IT BUT
ALSO DECLINES T ) KILL IT.
Some Members Who Voted Against
Warehouse Measure Refrained La
tor from Voting to Apply Actual
Coup do 12race. Ajncudmcnts Re?
jected.
Columbia, net. 24.?-By a vote of i
to il the house yesterday morning
after a lung debate refused to pass
the McLaurln State cotton warehouse
bill to third loading. However, the
friends of the bill rushed to its res?
cue after th? measure had been lost
by tb's narrow margin and revivified
it to the extent of refusing, by a
I vote of 17 to o7, to put on the parlia?
mentary "clincher." In consequence,
'although the JtfcLaurln warehouse
bill WSJ asphyxiated by the house
at its session yesterday morning, there
is a chance that it can be brought to
I i
life again by heroic treatment.
The house accorded the McLaurln
State warehouse bill What may be
termed disintegrated consideration
j yesterday morning. This measure,
which the senate has passed, provides
' for the election of a State warehouse
commissioner at $3,000 a year and the
'appropriation of $151?,ouo with which
; to buy, build or lease State cotton
'warehouses. The whole idea behind
j the bill is that receipts for cotton
' stored In Slate warehouses will be
more readily negotiable In the money
markets than receipts for cotton
stored In private warehouses.
I To afford the same security on cot?
ton storage receipts, Mr. Haynsworth
proposed as a substitute for the Mc?
Laurln bill a measure authorizing the
commissioner of agriculture, com?
merce and industries to appoint a
j state Inspector of cotton warehouses,
I whose duties would be to ascertain
whether managers of private ware?
houses were bonded in accordance
i j With the law and to issue uniform re?
ceipts for cotton stored In approved
I warehouses. The duties of the State
: inspector of cotton warehouses under
I the Haynsworth proposal would have
kjbeen alalogous to those of the State
H bfrrtk e^rrtntner cmAin* sfc?4u.te insurance
commissiemer. He would have re?
ceived a salary of $2.000 a year. Mr.
Haynsworth modified his proposal to
the extent of permitting counties to
; erect cotton warehouses by direct ap?
propriation. The house killed the
Haynsucrth substitute for the Mc?
Laurln bill by a vote of ">i to 34.
The next amendment of Importance
to the McLaurln bill was that offered
by Messrs. Miley, Belscr and Nichol?
son, which would have provided for
I county, instead of State, ownership
i and control of cotton wart houses, un?
der the supervision of a State cotton
warehouse commissioner appointed
by the commissioner of agriculture,
with the county boards of commis?
sions as county cotton warehouse
I
commissions. The house killed this
I amendment by a vote of 64 to 21.
I Finally, on the direct question of
the passage of the McLaurln state
cotton warehouse bill to third reading,
the house refused to do so, i>.. i vote
of 42 to 4L
Then, on the motion to reconsider
and lay on the table the motion to
1 pass the bill to thrd reading, the par?
liamentary "clincher" which would
have disposed of the bill for the ses?
sion, the house decided by a vote of
?17 to o7 not to put the measure In
the morgue. This was one of the in
, explicable reversals of form which
make procedure In the house inter?
esting and mystifying.
CARRANZA READY TO RETIRE.
i -
Would Yield In Favor of Neutral
Named by Conference, but Not to
Villa.
Washington, Oct. 23.?Gen. Car
ranza is willing to retire ns chief
executive in Mexico if Gen. Villa Is
not Instrumental In procuring his
resignation. He also wishes assurance
that his retirement will not mean
Villa's ascendency.
This explanation of Car tnra's po?
sition, made Informally ill Mexico
City, was received by the Fnlted
States government here today. Car
ran/.a Indicated he wns willing to
have the Aguascallentes convention
request that both he and Villfl giv?
way to a neutral for the provisional
presidency.
Olllcial reports to the state depart?
ment told of the advance northward
of several thousand Carranza troops.
This was explained by Carrunzn repre?
sentatives as Intended for precaution?
ary defense1 it the1 convention came to
tn> iigreeinciit and Villa moves his
forces sollt hwn rd,
(Hllchil i? ports show that Moxle ?
City ni'Wspupe?rs :iro :itacking the
purp) ?so and nets of Ihe A gun sea
in ntea cat bering,
Austria Is Now Menaced By New
Danger Which Grows in
Galicia.
GERMAN SUCCESSES iX THE WEST AND RUSSIANS SUCCEED IN
EAST?TEUTONS BREAK BELGIAN LINE AND ADVANCE ALONG
THE COAST, WHILE WARSHIPS FIRE ON LINKS?RUSSIANS DE
PEAT GERMANS AND CROSS THE VISTULA?CONFLICT AROUND
PRZEMYSL WAGES FURIOUSLY.
Cholera Spreading in Austria.
London, Oct. 26.?A news dispatch
from Bucharest says that cholera Is
spreading rapidly through Austria.
Yesterday there were four new cases
reported in Moravia, one hundred and
twenty In Qallcla and three in Vienna.
Germans Take Many Prisoners.
Berlin, Oct. 26.?Up to Otcober uist
tho Germans In the cast and west had
taken two hundred and seven thous?
and prisoners, including over live
thousand officers, of whom twenty
seven were gnerals. The prisoners
were divided as follows: Hundred
and fifty thousand French, hundred
thousand Russians, thirty thousand
Belgians, nine thousand English. The
Russians have sent eighty thousand
soldiers to reinforce Lemberg. They
are fortifying the city. Foodstuffs In
Germany are becoming scarce.
Russian Victory in Poland.
Petrograd. Oct. 26.?The German
and Austrian invasion of Poland has
been definitely checked and the Gin
mans are using the Austrlans to cov?
er their retreat. The enemy has been
driven back fifty miles from the Vis?
tula. In Gallcia the Austrian.s failed
in the attempt to turn the Russian left
flank.
-
Belginn Line Broken.
Paris, Oct. fPc^Fo 1 lowing up the
advantage gained by breaiung through"
the Belgian iine along- the Yser In
northwestern Belgium, the Germans
are concentrated a vigorous attack
between Dixmunde and Nieuport. The
Bellgan trenches have been under
continuous fire since Saturday morn?
ing. There lias been day and night
lighting around Lille and Arras. The
allies lleet is shelling the coast at
every point where the Germans arc
in range. Northwest of Blossons the
British have gained a slight advan?
tage.
Austrian Cruiser gunk.
Pekln, Oct. 26.?-An Austrian cruis?
er has been sunk at Kia Chau by the
Japanese artillery.
German Advance Checked.
Paris. Oct. 26.?The official state?
ment issued this afternoon says ile
spite unions attacks by the Germans,
who Buecoeded Saturday in crossing
the Yser, they have failed to make
further progress. The allies are main?
taining their frontal positions. The
Germans the losing heavily.
Submarines Sent ro Turkey.
Athens, < >ct. 26.?A send official
dispatch from Constantinople states
that Germany has transported two
submarines by rail to Turkey.
Russians Heavily Reinforced.
Vienna, <>ct. 2?;.?The Austrlans
hove ha i several successes northeast
of Prxemysl and on the lower river
San. The lluisians have been heavily
reinforced in Galiciu and southwestern
Poland.
Russians Cross Vistula.
St. Petersburg. ?>ct. 26.?The Kas?
sians have crossed the Vistula In their
great onrush south of Solec. They
are Hinging the Austrlans back upon
the San, while south of Przemysl a
stubborn conflict Is now favoring the
Russians.
Austrlans Lose Heavily.
Nish. Oct. 26.?Austrian attacks
a loin; the llotiiun front have been re?
pulsed with heavy losses. (Ollictal.)
Japan enters Protest.
Tokio, <>?t. 26.?The Japanese gov?
ernment today protested to the Fnited
Stat?.; against Ihe German warship
Geb r bring allowed to stay any longer
iu port mi Honolulu, where sh?* put In
fi?r repairs. It is reported that Jap?
anese cruisers are waiting outside to
engage her, when sin- sails.
Montenegrin Fire Successful.
Cettlnje, Oet. Fort Va Mat/.,
which is guarding the harbor <a Cat
taro has been .silenced by the Monte?
negrin artillery. The bombardment
of Cattaro continues.
OPTI-MISTIGp' w
PRESIDENT " ^ / STEADY IM
PROV - All KAI).
**_
Won't C Ami Session of Con
grey ^V ^-Consultation will l>e
If ?? A Senate ami Hons*' LeesV
ijy m Elections?Cotton Can Im?
yod to Kngland, Says British
Am ?has>ador.
Washington, I ?et. 2'..- The president
has no intention of calling a special
session of congress to precede the reg?
ular session, it was stated at; the
White House today. He will consult
I with senate and house leaders directly
after the November elections and fur?
ther plans will be based on their ad
j vice. The president is optimistic re?
garding the cotton situation. He be?
lieves conditions will be steadily im?
proving from now on. Great Britain
won't place any obstacle in the way of
cotton going to Germany, stat^J the
Hritish ambassador today.
CATTLE DEAD BY THOUSANDS.
Disease Causes Loss of Million to
Meat Kaisers.
?R*?rtiST ?????In
Indianapolis, Oct. 2G.?Thousands
IOf cattle have been killed and buried
IIn quick time in northern Indiana. It
is thought that they were inoculat?
ed with a foot and mouth disease.
I The loss of the stock raisers will be
over a million.
Wherever one or more were found
infected, the whole herd was killed.
One farmer. Haven Hubbard, lost 81
thoroughbred Holsteins, :'.S5 sheep
and ::"."? hogs. The government will
only repay the meat value.
VON Mol.TKK NEAR DEATH,
-
Chief German General May Die from
Illness.
The Hague, Oct. 26.?It was learned
today thai Count Helmuth eon Moitke,
chief of the German general staff, is
' at death's door. The sickness has
[been aggravated by the failure of mili?
tary plans In France, and the dis?
pleasure of the Kaiser.
WON SEVERAL PRIZES.
S. H. Mitchell's Fowls Given Favor?
able Mention at Augusta.
Mr. Sam B. Mitchell's fowls were
successful in winning several prizes
m the poultry show at the Georgia
Carolina Fair, especially in the cock?
erel class. The prizes won were:
Sam \'>. Mitchell, Sumter, S. C.?
Fourth cock, fifth hen; first, second,
fourth and fifth cockerel.
The Augusta Chronicle says of Mr.
Mitchell's fowls: -Jj j jfl
"One of the priettiest displays of
single comb Rhode Island Reds at tho
Georgia-Carolina fair, which closed
yesterday were those entered by Mr.
Sam i:. Mitchell of Sunder, S. C. The
shape and color of Mr. Mitchell's reds
were features that attracted the at?
tention of all poultry fanciers, who
marveled at their singular beauty. He
had eighteen single entries and made
some nice winnings."
This Is one of the largest poultry
? hows In the South and it is quite an
honor lo have won so many prison.
Good Ft re Department.
A visitor inspecting the Anderson
lire department quarters a month ago
and paying a second v isit to the place
nou would almost be persuaded to be?
lieve that he was in another town.
re can be no comparison between
the appearance of the place 30 days
ago and now. and members of tho
department are jubilant over the fact
that they have a handsome and sp*
'" date department now of which
lhe> can be proud. Anderson lu
telligeiicer.