Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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7 v. &n1vbb8ity of s. ?, he IOiticl}itMi4 and ton. ID ? WATCHMAN, Established April, MM. "Be Just and Fear not?Rot all the ends Thon i't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 18M. Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATUfDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1014. Vol. XXXIX. No. 20. i Germans, Driven Back Prom Warsaw, Are Repulsed By Russians. IK WEST THE FIERCE ATTACKS OF THE (iERMAXS ARE REPl'LS El)? fc'ICHTINt; ALONU YS ER RAC2ES INCESSANTLY WITHOCT ADVANTAGE?-ENGLISH WIMM AII> FORCES AUAINST IN? VADERS HHN COAST?SAN AND VISTULA SEE MORE HARD FIGHTING. L(K KHI) IN rilllK K GRIP. (iwruian Driven Bu< k Across Canal With Heavy Slaughter. Pari?. Oct. 28.?Although the Ger? man? hu\e l?>8t ground near Dlx mundf, ti.* allies and invaders are ?till locked In a death grip along the Year cunal and are lighting with un? paralleled ferocity. Hack and forth acroaa the corpse choked stream the battle has raged now for a week, ??van times the Go mans crossed to the west side of the canal, only to be driven baek by the allies with fearful slaughter. At some points the corpses almost completely dammed the cunal, the soldiers using piles of dead for a bridge. The Belgian village of Lage marck has been destroyed. Both banks of the canal are lined with the unburled dead, the neglected wound? ed, the carcasses of horses, the shat? tered rifts of cannons, ammunition catsons and castoff equipment RUSSIANS II HS I i: GERMANS. Austrian* Exhausted and Germans Driven from Warsaw. Petrograd, Oct. 18.?It la officially announced that Russian troops con? tinue to uursua the Germans back torom^Pol^a4l^n^ of the 'sK^aave^lS^ la becoming slack, the Austrlans having exhausted themselves. The Germans have been driven back llft> -live miles from Warsaw. AMERICAN VESSEL HELD. Red Star Liner Stopped at Gibraltar by British Warship. Washington. Oct. 28.?The deten? tion of the Bed Star liner, Kreonland, ' by the British warship ut Gibraltar was reported to the State department by the American counsel today. The veseel Is American built. American owned and carrying a cargo of copper from New York to Naples. Rattle on Vistula and San. Vienna. Oct. 28.?Severe battles are progressing along tho Vistula and San r'vers. The Austrlans are opposing a strong Busslan army to the south of Ivangorod. Swiss papers state that the French lost over forty thousand n?n at Verdun-Toul battle line since the capture of the fort. A camp has been established at Komulnes by the Hermans. Premier Loads Against Rebels. Pertograd, Oct. 28.?It is officially announced that Gen. Louis Botha, premier of South British Africa huB left for the front to light for Great Britain. Japanese Steamer Sunk. Berlin. Oct. 28.?It has been otTl rlslly announced that the (Jerman cruiser Emden has sunk the Japanese passenger steamer. Kamsukamuru. Austria Ro|K>rt?4 Kticeesscs. Vienna. Oct. 28.?The Austrlans have captured ten thousand Russians and a great quantity of munitions and supplies. It is otllrlnlly ann mur? ed today that reports of the illness of the emperor arc untrue. Warship* Bombard German Lines. Amsterdam. Oct. 28.?The allies' warships are again bombarding the (?ermann along the coast of northwes? tern Belgium. The lighting today is being waged in sea. land and air and the battle Is bloodier than ever. Vio? lent lighting is taking place along the Meuse and Net he ri' eis. Shells from the British warships have wrought fearful ha\<?e In Nlcuport and Ostend. Allies Suffer Severely. Berlin. (Offlclul). Oct. M,?Severe losses have been sustained by the enemv In the lighting in Belgium. The fighting there has been marked t?y extren I violence. The Oennms rae showing conspl >i ous bravery and are upholding the traditions of the * Tathei land." Allies Stop German Attacks. Paris, Oct. 28.?The official state? ment at D P. M. says: "The offen? sive movement: of the Germans in Rel gium is becoming less violent. It is claimed that Ihe positions of the al? lies have been maintained and that progress has been made between Car? man and Cambran, France, and in east Belgium. It is reported that the Germans are making night attacks on the east AUtne in an endeavor to assume the offensive in that region. In the dis? tricts about Craonne and northeast Rheims, the Germans attacks were repulsed. Tho Germans lost two thousand men in killed and wounded in the Craonne district French Wings Advancing. Paris, Oct. 28.?The French are ad? vancing at both wings is the official announcement at three this after? noon. Austrian Movement Thwarted. Petrograd, Oct. 28.?The Russians continue their vigorous shelling of Prremysl. The Austrlans attempted an enveloping movement, but failed completely and were thrown back by the Russian cavalry. Tokio, Oct. 28.?The admiralty an? nounces that two attacks by German warships against the Japanese cruiser Chltoss were repulsed, Just outside Klao Chau harbor. The Germans then 'led back into the harbor. The bombardment of tho German works from land and sea is continuing with much damage. Mine Sinks Ship; Crew Drown. Rotterdam, Oct. 28.?The motor lugger Maria Christina was sunk by a mine forty miles northwest of Ymuiden todiy and the crow was drowned. Boer Hobels Defeated. Havre, Oct. 28.?The Belgians from Congo defeated the Germans on Lake Tanganika on the border of Free State. The rebellious Roers at Raka mas have PSSS defeated by the Rrit ish. Losses were small. C< >N MUMS It RS IG X ATI ON. Oirrnnza's Tender Includes Kliminu tlon of Villa. Washington, Oct. 28.?Confirmation of the reported tender of ^arranza's resignation to the peace conference at Agunscalientcs reached the State de? partment today. Carranza's proposal Includes the elimination of Villa, and is being discussed at Aguascallents to? day. oyi:rrcij:s govkrnor.s veto* 'Assembly Removes Constables From Two Counties. The grneral assembly yesterday overruled tho veto of the governor on ' the bill abolishing the office of dis? pensary constable in the counties of Kichland and Orangeburg. The hill was passed over tho veto by a vote of 24 to || in the senate and of ii to 20 in the house. IS GROWING better. Trade Situation Apparently Solving Itself. Washington. net. 27.?Develop? ments in the natural course of trade are doing much In tin; opinion Ol treasury officials, to solve the prob? lem! of international exchange, Con* ferencof with sir George Pttlah and American bankers regarding the sit? uation Will be resumed Friday by the federal reserve board. ? toy Killed In Com i rib. Salisbury. N. <\, (?et. ii.?The com crib of Richard Cruse, near Concord, collapsed today killing his eight-yeai - old i on and seriously injuring another son, two years older. DETAILS Of COTTON LOAN TWO CLASSES FOR BANK SUf SCRIPTIONS. Federal Reserve Rourd Aimoum Regulations I nder Which Fund $135,000,00 Is to be Dlstributed LioaiLs at Six Per Cent?Six Cen| on Cotton. Washington, Oct. 27.?Full detail of the plan for $135,000,000 loan fui to take care of the surplus cotton cr< were made public tonight by the fe< eral reserve board. The board's out line of the plan was sent to clearing! house associations throughout thb country. Responses are expected bef fore the end of the week and official were hopeful tonight that the pli would meet with sufficient banking support to make its adoption certaii The outline diffeis only in detail from the previous announcements the board. The fund is to be adminii tered under direction of a committt 1 to be known as the central committt Jto be composed of the individual ' serve board members. Actual a<L i ministration of the fund will be unfcj der a "cotton loan commitee," conl sisting of these members: W. P. &j i Harding, member of the board, chair-j man; Paul M. Warburg, member oj 'the board; Col. E. If. House, Austii Texas; A. H. Wriggin, New York) James A. Alexander, New Yorl James R. Forgan, Chicago; Festus Wade, St. Louis; Levi L. Rue, Phili edelphia, and William A. Gaston, Boi (on. ? There are to be two classes of sul scriptions. The first, known as Cla? A. will aggregate $100,000,000 am will be raised in non-cotton produ< ting States. Class B subscriptions ai to be made by banks or bankers cotton producing States. Applications for loans must be sul mltted to State and local committee which are required to approve thei and make them through banks bankers. Applications must be companled by subscriptions to Cli loan recruested, so that non-cotton pro? ducing States participating will loan 75 cents and cotton States 25. Every subscriber will receive certificates of participation which shall be transfer? able on the committee's books and bear 6 per cent, interest. Loans will be made on notes at 3 per cent, with warehouse receipts for cotton as collateral, on the basis of I cents per pound for middling. All warehouse and insurance expenses must be borne by the borrowers. A guarantee fund is to be created by deductions of 2 per cent, from th? face value of all loans, which will be used also to provide funds for th? payment of expenses of administra? tion, estimated to exceed one-eighth of 1 per cent, of the fund. All applications for loans must be made before February 1, 1915. The loans will have a maturity of one year with a promise of renewal for six months on approval of the central committee. In the repayment of subscribers to tho fund, tho Class A certificates will be taken off in a proportionately lar? ger degree until the outstanding amounts of each class become equal. TENNIS TOURNEY A SUCCESS. I Singles Champ is lVom Presbyterian I College; Doubles Winners From Carolina. Columbia, Oct. 28.?The South Carolina intercollegiate tennis tourna i ment came to a close Monday on the courts of the University of south ! Carolina with Carolina taking off first honors in doubles and Presbyterian college taking ilrst prize in singles. The singles championship was won by a well known Columbia boy, Gordon ( Reed, who is in his sophomore year at the Presbyterian college. The doubles were won by Henderson and Wallace of the university. BANDIT GETS $1,000. Robber In New York Gets Away With Soap Company * Pay Roll. New York, Oct. 21.?Four bandits held up two employes of the Stanley' Soap Works today and robbed them Of a payroll of $4.000, then escaped: in a taxi cab. Chicago Board of Trade. Chi* ago, Oct. 2S.?December wheat 1.19 1*2; January pork, 18.95; lard. !?.!?".; ril.s 9.80, Chicago Sells War Supplies. Chicago, Oct. 29.?Three million dollars worth of supplies for the British army will l?e shipped from Chicago within a week, Tho British government deposited with a Chicago hank live million dollars in gold which, will be .spent for general supplies. WILSON SETS APART NOVEMBER 26. President Cites Reasons Why the United States Ras Cause for Grati? tude. Washington, Oct. 28.?President Wilson today issued a proclamation, designating Thursday, Nov. 20, as Thanksgiving day. The president's proclamation, which refers to the fact that the United ?tates is at peace while the rest of the world is at war, follows: "By the President of the United States ?A Proclamation: "It has long been the honored cus? tom of our people to turn in the fruit? ful autumn year in praise and thanks? giving to Almighty God for his many blessings and mercies to us as a na? tion, The year that is now drawing to a close since we last observed our I day of national thanksgiving has [been, while a year of discipline be? cause of the mighty forces of war and ?f change which have disturbed the world, also a year of special blessing for us. "It has been vouchsafed to us to remain at peace, with honor, and in some part to succor the suffering and supply the needs of those who are in want. We have been privileged by our own peace and self-control in some degree to steady the counsels and shape the hopes and purposes of a day of fear and distress. Our people have looked upon their own life as a nation with a deeper comprehension, a fuller realization of their responsi? bilities, as well as of their blessings, nnd a keener sense of the moral and practical significance of what their part among the nations of the world may come to be. "The hurtful effects of foreign war \p. their own industrial and commer? cial affairs have made them feel the .more fully and see the more clearly their mutual interdependence upon one- another and has stirred them to jS^^g^fUl xooDeration such as they Rave seldom^ practiced" b'eYore! Tfie? have been quickened by a great moral stimulation. Their unmistakable ardor for peace, their earnest pity and dis? interested sympathy for those who are suffering, their readiness to help and to think of the needs for others, has revealed them to themselves as well as to the world. "Our crops will feed all who need food; the self-possession of our peo? ple ad mist the most serious anxieties land diillculties and the steadiness and resourcefulness of our business men I will serve other nations as well as our I own. "The business of the country has been supplied with new channels of trade and intercourse. The Panama canal has been opened to the com j merce of the nations. The two conti? nents of America have been bound in ! closer ties of friendship. New instru? mentalities of international trade have been created which will be also new instrumentalities of acquaintance, in? tercourse and mutual service. Never before have the people of the United States been so situated for their own advantage or the advantage of their neighbors, or so equipped to serve themselves and mankind. "Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil? son, president of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thurs? day, the 26th of November, next, as u day of thanksgiving and prayer and invite the people throughout the land to cease from their wonted occupa? tions and in their several homes and places of worship render thanks to Almighty God. "In witness whereof, I have here? unto set my hand and caused the sea* Of the United States to be affixed, "Done at the city of Washington, this 28th day of October, in the year of our lord |914( and of the independ? ence of the United States of America the 139th. Woodrow Wilson. "By the president: "Robert Lansing, "Acting Secretary of State." CARRANZA LOSING STRENGTH. Peace Conference Will Not Agree to His Demand-.. Washington, Oct. 20.?Advices from Mexico today give every Indication that the peace convention at Aguas ealientes will not consent to Car ranxa's demand that villa be retired to private life. The impression is that Carransa's strength is waning. Big I'lre in Tonawnmln. North Tonawanda. N. Y.. Oct. 29.? Piro that is believed to have been of Incendiary origin caused n l<>ss of I40?.OUQ in ibe business section today. It started In I lie Adamite Abrasive plant. Bloody Fighting Stiil Marks Long Drawn Fight Along the River. No Particular Advantage Gained in Past 24 Hours By Either Side in Struggle Along Yser River-French Claim Ger? mans Lost 80,000 Men in Last Few Days' Onslaughts? Big Gun of New German Model Explodes Killing 250 Men ?Both Armies Weary From Continuous Fighting. Australians Capture German Ship. Sidney, Oct. 29.?Australian war? ships have captured the German ship Komet off New Guinea and brought her here. Among he prisoners was the governor general of German New Guinea. Russians Kstimatc German Loss. Petrograd, Oct. 29.?Over thirty five thousand German and Austrian prisoners have been taken by Rus? sians in the fighting of the last ten days. In the official statement today military experts estimate the losses of the enemy in killed and wounded at twenty-five thousand more. The Ger? mans were driven back in fiight to their main trenches along the front extending from Thorn southward through Koldawa, Ozorkow and Petro kow. They have taken up strong po? sitions upon the hills along the Ner river south of Koldawa. The Russians are preparing to attack this line with their heaviest artillery. Submai nes Sent to Bruges. London, Oct. 29.?A dispatch from Amsterdam confirms the report that several German submarines have been sent by railway to Zebrugge, the port of Bruges, to be used against the Brit? ish fleet off the Belgian coast. 80,000 Lost in Yser Battle. Bordeaux, Oct. 29.?The French war office today states that the Germans sacrificed nearly 80,000 in their at? tacks along the Yser river in the des? perate attempt to reach the French ports. It is believed the German at? tacks on the Nieuport-Dixmune line will now be halted. Emden Sinks Two More. Tokio, Oct. 29.?The German cruis? er Emden torpedoed and sunk the Russian cruiser Jemtchug and a French destroyer in the harbor of the Island of Penang. The German cruis? er was disguised and flew the Japanese flag when entering the harbor. Four hundred were killed. Kaiser Orders Capture of Calais. Copenhagen, Oct. 29.?A dispatch from Berlin reports that Germans are rushing troops from all quarters to Belgium to help take Calais, by order of the Kaiser. Big Gun Bursts. Paris, Oct. 29.?A news dispatch states that one of the new forty-two centimetre guns being used by the Germans in Relgium exploded because of the heavy powder charge, killing the gunner and two hundred and fifty soldiers, all being blown to atoms. Another Ship Blown Up. London, Oct. 29.?News dispatch re? ports that a steamer has been blown up by a mine laid by the Germans off Tory Island, off the northwest of Ire? land. Allies Claim to Bo Holding Ground. London, Oct. 29.?'The conaorshlp was suddenly tightened again today. It was stated unofficially at the war of? fice that the allies are holding their ground In Relgium and France. Re? ports that several warships had been set afire by the Germans was denied. i Battle of Flanders Renewed. Paris, Oct. 29.?After a lull caused by the exhaustion of the troops who I j had been lighting continuously for a week, the great battle in Flanders was renewed along the Yser canal and near Y| s today. Both sides have been rcii arced and they are making attacks r. ? counter attacks over the battle fr? which already has seen some of i bloodiest lighting during the war. ranch and British war? ships are foi ning a line off the coast from Dunkirk to Seebrugge, forty miles along the north sea. Stories are In < Irculatlon that the Germans arc running short of ammunition, rnofli clal information states thai the Ger? mans began to fall back, shortly after the renewal of the battle, before tb>^ tierce bayonet charges of the allies. | Paris is Optimistic. Paris, Oct. 29.?Official statement at 3 P. M.. Gains by the allies arf *? ported at several points, partic y around Ypres, in Belgiiim an(' .th of Arras. The statement is o* ? stic. - / German Gain in Fre -7 Berlin, Oct. 29.?An a; .al dis? patch says the Germanitinue to make gains in France q d Belgium. Heavy losses have ca- ?p the Belgians to retire from Xieu s>' The French replaced them. T ^ jermans expect the town will soon kji evacuated. The German forces are in retreat from Warsaw, and Ivangood in good order, j however, because the Russians are i unable to pursue. German Fleet in Secret Rendezvous. San Francisco, Oct. 29.?Reports say the German fleet is secretly ren? dezvoused Pouth of the Hawaiian Is? lands where German merchantmen (are coaling cruisers from the Orient. I The American cruiser Cleveland has been ordered to Honolulu to augment the American fleet, now keeping Hon? olulu neutral. PLAN BIGGER FAIR. State Agricultural and Mechanical ven is Hcclected. Columbia, Oct. 29.?Movement for a State fair of broader scope was launched last night at a meeting of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical society which was held in the Richland county court house. J. N. Kirven of Darlington was re elected president. Members of the executive commitee were elected. The secretary ?rill be elected by the execu? tive committee. There were 39 mem? bers of the society present at the meeting last night. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary. The profit of the fair In 1913 was $5,621, according to the re? port of the secretary. "This fair has not been what it ought to have been or what I intend? ed it to be," said President Kirven. addressing Ihe society. He referred to 'the depressed financial situation which caused the executive commit? tee to call rff part of the fair. "The agricultural department was kept intact and the other part of ,the fair would have been just as good," ?aid President Kirven, "and 1 believe ithat when this fair is over we will ' be out of debt and ready for a greater fair in 1915." The society indorsed jthe action of the executive committee in eliminating part of the fair. A resolution was adopted providing for the appointment of .a committee to confer with city council relative to improvement of the fair grounds. The committee is to make report at the next meeting. W. A. Metts of Co li mblu said be thought the question of Improving the grounds very import? ant. It was pointed out by several members that the entrance to the fair grounds should be improved. The work, it was said, would cost very little. "I want to ask the city of Colum? bia and all South Carolina to join in with us for a greater State fair in 1916," said Mr. Kirven. following his reelection as president. B. F. Taylor of Columbia was unanimously reelcctcd ViCG president of the society. The fair society elected the follow ing members of the executive com* mlttee: B. Mclnnls, If. D., First con? gressional district. Charleston; R. R. Watson. Second district. Ridge spring; T. J. Kinard, Third district. Ninety Six; John D. W. Watts. Fourth dis? trict. Ijuurens; B. H. Boykln, Fifth dis? trict, Boykln; Bright Williamson, sixth district, Darlington; A. B. Langtey, s? venth district, Columbia. The st>clety requested the executive committee and a committee of five to be named by the president to confer iviilj the directors ol the Columbia Chamber of Commerce November tt, when plans for Improving the fair will be discussed.