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ni Ml WATCHMAN, Established April, 1810. "Be Jost and Fear nut?Let all the ends Thou Alrns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHHON, Established June, l&ee. Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTE R, S. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1914. Vol. XXXIX. No. 21. GERMAN FATE III NUKE. Next Few Days Will Decide Suc? cess or Failure of Channel Expedition. FRENCH EXPERTS PREDICT ADVANCE FOR ALLIES ALONG THE COAST IN NEAR FUTURE?RE PORTED THAT GERMANS HAVE ? 12VACTUATED LILLE AND OSTEND?GERMANS WILL RETREAT FROM POLAND INTO SILESIA? RUSSO-TURKISH SITUATION RE? GARDED WITH INTEREST ?BULGARIA MUST JOIN ONE SIDE, - IF WAR IS DECLARED?AUSTRIANS REPORT SUCCESSES. German? Plan Hotreut. London. Oct. SI.?A dispatch from Perlln to The Dally Mail says the j German general staff has decided that1 the Gorman army in Poland must fall | back to the Milesian frontier and re? main there until Calais has been tak? en when several corps will be trans-! ferrec from Franco to the Eastern' frontier. The Tu rko-Russian Crisis. Petrograd, OcL 31.?Neither Rus? sia nor Turkey has yet declared war. and intimations came from high offi? cial circles today that a conflict be? tween the two nations might yet be a <MJ?d. It Is officially stated that the Russian ambassador is still in Con? stantinople and the Turkish chargo d* affaires here declared today that the Turkish embassy In Petrograd would remain unti' the attaches have been recalled er handed their passports. The Russian officials hint that the bombardment of Hlack sea ports were undertaken by the Ocrmun command era of Uie Ooeben and Hreslau in or? der to force Turkey Into tho war. Popular demonstrations In favor of war with Turkey continue here and ths guard placed over tho Turkish embassy Is maintained night and day. Purls, Oct. SI.?Unless the German army of the north receives heavy re l?* ?orceniv nts of fresh troops and ar? tillery Immediately, next week will see ths tide of victory turn decisively in favor of the allies along the Hue from Albert. France, to Nleuport on the North sea. It was claimed today by French military experts Unofficial reports sav tho Germans have evacuat? ed Lille and Turkoing. hoth of which have been occupied by the allies. A careful analysis of all reports from the northern sone of hostilities, '>oth official and unofficial, shows that the Kaiser s English channel campaign || hanging In the balance. The next five days should decisively decide Us chances. Uombnrd Gorman Position. Tokio, Oct. 31. (Official)? The bom? bardment of the German position at Tslng Tau wnich was begun from both land and sea at day-break is succcstif ully proceeding. Bayonet Charges In Snowstorm. Petrograd. Oct. 31.?An army mes? senger announced today that the po? sitions taken by the Germans on the heights between Pilcha and Radomka re?*?. s have been cuptured by the Russian** and the German forces are in full retreat to the southwest with the Cossacks attacking their flanks. The German trenches were hilled with dead when they were captured by bayonet charges made in a b?ndln? snowstorm. Position Taken from Russians. Vienna, Oct. 31.?The official an? nouncement made todav says that up to October 2Sth. Iht Austrian* had taken 73.H90 prisoners. These in? clude Russians. Servians and Monte n< L,-rlns. It Is stated that ?ths Aus? tralia captured fr??m the Russian the heluhtA near the Turks in southeastern Osllcla. The Russian attacks WefS repulsed at other Gallclan points. Tin* Itopllla Dentil List. London. Oct. 31.- News agency re? ports from Whltby say that '.?7 per? sons lost their lives In the wreck of the hospital ship Rnpllla. Germans Can't Take Purls. Paris. Oct. II, ? AeeeedHll t?? ? dis? patch from Boedeaui received by Gen. Galllenl today. the operations dor.nit the next Ihres weeki will shorn that Ifcs Qsjmsj are unable la hike Paris and the go\eminent will return here November Htfc .next. Parl.i ment will convene No^emher Utk I? draft law sseee seeeasai bj lbs WSF Rn*?ls Accept* ( haIlongo. Petmgrsd. Oct. 11?The nmcinli Hussiao news agency issued the Ittel I lowing ?tatement today: The Russian press is unanimous in accepting Tur? key's challenge. Russia's patience is exhausted. Tho general sentiment is that If Turkey draws the sword she must perish by the sword. For Bul? garia, no equivocal policy Is admis? sible. She must declare herself the friend or foe of Russia. Germans l ighting Desperately. Paris, Oct. ill.?Despite the heavy losses they have suffered the Germans {are taking sharp offensive along the battle front from the coast to Arras, according to official statement issued here this ufternoon. The allies lost somo ground south of Ypres, but. have advanced their lines to the east of Ypres. Along tho balance of the battle line in France, there is spioadic activity. The thunder of battle continues to ring up and down tho Meuse valley from Verdun to Toul and east of Ver? dun, there ulso has been hard light ' ing. It Is estimated that the German.; have lost ten thousand men In killed and wounded on tho Toul-Verdun line within the past five days. Attack on England Planner. London, Oct. 31.?Tho Germans arc establishing a naval base at Zeebruggo, Mxe port of Bruges, on Uta, WM&fcdl k for the proposed attack against Eng? land. Reports to this effect which have been current for several days, were confirmed today In a Router dis? patch from Amsterdam. Another Amsterdam dispatch says that two Dutch newspapers say that the Germans have evacuated Ostend and are moving heavy bodies of men northward along the coast. A dla 1 patch to the Times from an unnamed point in northern France says the Gor mans have evacuated Dille, which has been occupied by the allies. Franco Will Support Russia. Bordeaux, Oct. II,?France will give lull support to Russia in case that country goes to war with Turkey, Assurances to this eflect have been 1 g ?c? to Ambassador Iswolaky of Rasila by Foreign Minister Theopllc del GnSSS of France. If Russia de? clares war France will take a similar ,step. It is understood that England may withhold notion until she deter mines whether Turkey intends to car? ry the war into Egypt. REDUCTION HILL BECOMES LAW. Limits Cotton Acreage to Third oi Laud. Columbia, Oct. 30.?The cotton acreage reduction bill was enrolled as an act last night. It will go now to : the governor for his approval* j The act penalizes "planting or cul? tivating'" In cotton in any year more than one-third of the land "planted and cultivated" by any persons. The I penalty for each acre cultivated ov er the prescribed one-third is made not less than $SI ami not more than |100, Peace olfieers are 0barged with th< enforcement of the act and empow? ered to bring proceedings in the numc of the State against violators. i The proponents of tie* cotton acre? age reduction act hope that It Will add force to the "live at home" move I inent and b ad to diversification o.r crops, it is thought thai If strlctlj enforced the act may result in ;?. re? duction of ahout .')<> per cent, in the amount of cotton produced in IhJ State. HIGH OFFICIAL AHR ESTE D. Charged with Having Instituted Re? cent I prislnu. Lisbon Oct, ? St nor Pranco, w ho was foreign minister when Kin" Manuel was overthrown, has been ar? rested on the charge that he Instigated the recent roynllst uprising at Rragan* sea. Mr. It. W. Lenox, of RlehWOOd, O,, has purchased one bale of cotton at ten cents per pound IhroUgh Ihc hun? ter Chamber of Commerce. SAN ITA UV MEASURES TAKEN BY ARMIES TO PREVENT DIS? EASE. Change iu Modern Arms from Those Used in Former Wars?Many Ad? vances Made in Surgery and Arms. _ In the American Civil War eight' soldiers died of disease to one from wound? Experts expect that in the present general European struggle not more than three will fall victim to sickness to one killed on the field of battle. Such is the advance of armv sanita tion and army surgery in fifty years.1 The Americans and the Japanese have been the leaders. The United States! r arm;/ hospitals have installed many! remarkable innovations since the Spanish American war with its drfcad-i ful lesson In the danger of typhoid j and these new ideas have been adopt-I i j 1 led by the army surgeons of old World powers. So It is expected that the present war, the greatest yet in history also will be the most humane. There will bp n0 disproportionate mortality list from disease and no army of cripples as an aftermath. The modern high-power, qulck-tlr ing military rilie and the development In artillery will have much to do with the change. Those who die will die more quick? ly. Gangrene and infection will i be practically unknown quantities, it is thought. Before the Russo-Japanese conflict the armies the world over used a high calibre bullet, made of unsheathed lead and greased to overcome friction in the barrel. i The muzzle velocity was less than 1 half that of the missiles now employ ;ca. Then, too, bayonet and sabre i charges were more common. These i resulted in hideous wounds, very dif? ficult for surgeons to handle, j The bullota which arc flying in Eu i rtrV? tVrtstf liffl flf *ess diameter^ban , tho ordinary lead pencil. Tlicy are jacketed with nickel, lead or steel and have tremendous velocity. The soft, mushrooming bullet of the old day resulted in the shatter? ing of bones and the crushing, rather than cutting, of tissues. infection Was almost Inevitable, the grease be? ing especially unsanitary. A wound In the abdomen was considered nec? essarily fatal. The death rate among the wounded was enormous. In recent campaigns there are in? stances where soldiers shot in what were once considered vital spots have walked unsupported to the held hos? pital:?. Germany used a Mauser ritle, with a bullet of I mm. calibre, steel and COpPOr coated. Great Britain'! mis? sile is the Lee-Enfleld) calibre 7.7 mm.i the coating being oupro-nlckel, The French weapon is the Rebel ritle, of 8 mm. calibre, with bullets eoated with nickel. Russia uses Mos sln-Nagant rifles, calibre 7.<>l> mm., i with bullets CUpro-nlCkol coated. Aus? tria's chief small arm is the M?nn? licher, calibre 8 mm., with a steel sheet over the tip. Hitting a man beyond yards the wounds Inflicted by all these bul? lets are clean cut. They frequently pass through bone tissue without splintering. When meeting an artery the bul? let usually pushes it to one side and goes around without cutting the Idood channel. Amputations are very rare com? pared with wars of more than fifty years ago. A bullet wound through 0 Joint, such as the knee or the elbow, then necessitated the amputation of the limb. Now such a wound is easily opened and dressed. 1 Even Russia, w hich made a sad san? itary showing iu the war with Japan, now has learned her lesson and has sufficient surgical arrangements. All the nations use vaccine to com? bat typhoid, tho scourge which once demlcatod camps and killed 1,600 in our Spanish war. Bvery army division 13,000 to I"?. 000 men) Is supplied with four Held hospitals, each capable of earing for 108 patients. There are also two evacuation hospitals, with a capacity of 7'k? each, for each division. The evacuation hospitals semi the more seriously wounded back tn the hospi? tals at home. Then every officer is instructed In llrst aid treatment, This alleviates n : i' deal of suffering on the Held <>i battle. Next tu typhoid, dysentery Is tb<' grenl army scourge. Thin Ih n I tacked by sterlllxlnft the drinking water. History shows, sanitation has orten determined tbe fate of nations. In 11711, when the line Prussian troops ? UMBIM S IMPORTANT JOB. SENATOR MADE STATE WARE? HOUSE COMMISSIONER. Elect km a Surprise?Bleeee Nominat? ed for Position Rut Ills Name Was Withdrawn Before Ballot Was Tak 011. Columbia, Oct. 31.?John L. McLau? rin, State senator from Marlboro coun? ty ami one time United States senator from South Carolina, was elected fct iJ warehouse commissioner lust night by general assembly. His elec? tion took place on the first ballot af? ter the joint assembly convened at 8.30 o'clock. The nominees who were balloted upon wc~e: John L. McLaurin of Marlboro, J. A. Hodges of Marlboro and R. I. McDavid of Greenville. The first ballot resulted: McLaurin; 55; McDavid 24; Hodges 28; Drake I. I Mr. McQueen of Marlboro nomi? nated James A. Drake of Marlboro,' but withdrew the nomination after Mr. Sapp of Lancaster offered Sena-; ; tp,r McLaurin's name. Mr. Wyche of Sparlanburg nomi? nated Cole L. Rleasc for the position but withdrew the governor's name ibefore the balloting began. Mr. Hodges and Mr. McDavid were nominated by Mr. Liles of Ornngeburg jand Mr. Scott of Greenville, repscct 1 tively. It seemed that the nomination of Senator McLaurin was altogether | j spontaneous. It upset expectations of ;candidates for State warehouse com-, missioncr who were already in the1 field. Mr. Sapp said after tjie election that the idea of nominating the Marl : boro senator occurred to him only a J moment before he put it into exeeu Uion. j The position of State warehouse j commissioner will pay a salary of j $3,000 and expenses. Senator McLaurin Introduced the i State cotton warehouse bill in the sen ate when the special session began. In the form in which it became law jit was at considerable variance with fctSft*. oeisinal-aVlll.TJic State warehouse j act was signed by the governor yes? terday afternoon. WAREHOUSE BILL ENROLLED. Senate Also Adopts Rides '1 hat Would ; Do Away With Dilatory Tactics. I Columbia, Oct. 31.?The free con? ference report on Senator McLaurin's warehouse bill was adopted yester? day morning In both the senate and the house and the bill was ordered enrolled for ratification. Other action in the senate was di? rected toward the modification of cer? tain rules of procedure. Thursday, by the strict enforcement of the "gag" rule, definite action was taken on the bond Issue/ Without the dilatory tac? tics manifested in the house. To guard the senate even more effectively against this, rules were so modified that a definite hour can be fixed for a vote on any pending question by two-thirds majority. IJy this same change the president may limit Speeches according to his discretion. Pills receiving their third reading in the senate yesterday were: 1 A bill to amend subdivision 1 of section 2'J, volue 2, of civil code, 1912, by striking out the proviso therein. A bill to repeal an act entitled "An act to provide for rural policemen for Korshaw county." _ MANY ESCAPED DEATH, i ?????? Passenger Train Wrecked in New York State. Blnghamton, x. Y., Oct. 31.?Seven? teen persons were injured and score escaped death by a narrow margin whin a Oelaward Lackawannn and Western passenger train struck a broken rail and was wrecked near Al ford early this morning. Tho entire train except the engine lefl the rails. CARRANZA PREPARES roil WAR. Council of Generals Held All Night Session in Mexico city. Mexico t'ity. <>ct. 31.?An all-night conference of Gen. Carranso and the generals of the capital garrison end? ed early today and was followed b) greal activity at the arsenal. The of? ficers who participated refused to dis? cuss the situation. marched to the relief of l?ouis XVI the raw levies of the young republic mo! and repulsed them. General Du Motiries, commander of ihe Kronen troops, shows clearly in his report that ihe Prussians had been unfitted for service by dyscntry. Ordinary sanitary precautions would have pre? vented this. TURKEY IIIS Ml Prepare to Move Against Egypt, While England Fortifies Suez Canal. German and Turkish Influences Endeavor to Secure Bulgaria to Their Side?Greece Begins Mobilization of Her Army Balkan Situation One of the Greatest Interest-Report From Berlin States That Russian Black Sea Fleet Has Been Destroyed by Turkish Fleet- Big Victory Over Germans ?Austrain Advance Stopped in East?Little Change in East?Belgians Capture Prisoners. STILL HOLDING THEIR OWN. Last Vow Hours' Developments show .Favor to Germany and Austria. Berlin, Nov. U.?An analysis of of flSclal and unofficial reports from the front shows the situation of the Ger? man troops along ihe Franco-Belgian battle front entirely favorable. The war office did nut issue a statement on the situation in the eastern theatre so far as the Germans are concerned. However, official t dispatches from Vienna show the Austrians are mak? ing progress. DEFEAT WAS SEVERE. Germans Suffered Enormous Losses at Warsaw, According to Later Re? ports. Petrograd, Nov. 2.?It is claimed by the Russian general staff that the whole eastern campaign of the Ger? mans has been disorganized by the re? treat of the Kaiser's forces before the advancing Russian host. The Germans have ceased their .counter attacks In the region of BaKalrSVeo. The Aus-1 tlian forces whichlcrossed the Carpa? thians have been checked. Fresh de? tails show the German defeat at War is iw to be the worst they suffered in the eastern arena. The Russian ad iTAftce contiur.es* without Jnfcerru^Uon. The German losses have be<m enor? mous and the retreating troops are greatly disheartened as letters take!: irom the prisoners .show, t _ Mines Along Turkish Coast. Amsterdam, Nov. 2.?A dispatch from Berlin says the German press prints an "official" dispatch from Con? stantinople: "It Is announced that all the Asiatic coast of the Turkish em? pire is mined and a state of blockade declared. - Glad to Fight Turkey. Petrograd, Nov. 2.?Turkey's advent into the war on the side of Germany and Austria is hailed with great en? thusiasm In the Russian capital. Crowds are parading the streets sing? ing the Russian national anthem and partiotism Is rampant, everywhere. The newspapers express deep grati? fication at Turkey's attitude In siding with Russia's enemies. They declare it makes the Turkish question possible of settlement at once ant: for all time. Feeding the starving. Rotterdam. Nov. 2.?The first out? side relief for the starving people of Belgium arrived in that stricken country today. The foodstuffs from the steamer Coblentx which arrived from England Saturday reached Bcl gium today. The work of unloading the one thousand tons of foodstuffs which hail been sent by the American commission went on all Saturday night, Sunday and last night. Fall of Tslng Toa imminent. Pekln, Nov. 2.--It Is announced in governmental circles today that the German defenders of Tslng Tao are becoming demoralised by the Incessant lirlllsh-Japanese bombardment by land and sea. The strong defensive works have been destroyed by the na? val guns. The downfall of the fortress Is likely to come at any moment. To Carry War into Africa. London. Nov. -. The Turkish am? bassador to England was handed his passports today. A Reuter dispatch says two hundred armed liedoutns are reported to have entered Egypt. Eng land has made elaborate preparations to defend th<- Sues canal. Eight arm> corps of Turkish troops ure reported to ha\( been mobilised for the Egyp? tian campaign. The ambassadors i?f the allied powers in Constantinople have received Utelr passports. Groove has begun the mobilization of In r army upon a complete war footin*; according to a press telegram, it is reported that strong German und Turkish Influences are at work In K?lln to line up llulgaria on I hi* side of Germany. Agents of the Kaiser and Sultan are playing *'uon the anti-Ser? vian feelings of P rian statesmen. The formation of / cabinet at Con? stantinople it i ^ ..ted by press dis? patches from ^/city. if-? Tli' ? it at Brussels. London, { 2.?A Reuter dispatch from Be? ^ iays that after protested negotiaf w the war indemnity im posed . no Germans upon Brussels has \ ^ fixed at $9,000,000 instead of $10, o30 as originally demanded. Thousands of Germans Captured. London, Nov. 2.?Thousands of German prisoners have been captured ir. northwestern Belgium as the result of a daring coup by Belgian soldiers, it is reported in a dispatch to the London Times. The Belgian cycle corps blew up a railway bridge cut? ting off a large number of Germans from their main army and thousands surrendered to escape annihilation. Rnssfna Fleet Dispersed. i Berlin, NoV. 2.?The Russian Black [ sea licet has been dispersed by the Turkish fleet according to an official I dispatch from Constantinople. The , dispatch gives the announcement by the poite on Sunday: "According to i the declaration of captured Russian peaJJpj-s .the Russian licet intended to blockade the Bosphorus by mines 'n order to divide the Turkish fleet and completely destroy it. The Turkish licet fearing the Russians would open hostilities without a declaration of WOP pursued the Russian licet and dis? persed it." It is reported that Germany is pre? paring to Issue a new war loan of a billion, two hundred and fifty million dollars and will advance fifty million of this to Turkey. Kaiser Growing Desperate. London. Nov. 2.?According to a Dunkirk correspondent of the Daily Mail, the allies have intercepted a Wireless message from Emperor Wil? liam to a German general saying that it is absolutely necessary to beat the enemy at Yprcs. The wireless is re? ported to have said that "otherwise we will have to withdraw behind the Rhine." i ^^^^^^^^^^^ Servil? Again Invaded. Vienna, Nov. 2.?Austria has again invaded Servla, it is ofllciully announc? ed. The war office statement follows: "The Austrians on Saturday success? fully attacked a strongly fortified Servian position near Rovryc Our troops crossed the Save and Drina rivers, which were obstinately defend? ed by the Servians, and occupied Ornabaro, Itademkone, Tabanovios land two other imall towns." Tank Steamer Released. Washington. Nov. 2.?The oil tank steamer IMaturia has been released. ! iccording to announcement by the I British ambassador to the state do* partmenl today. The Platurla was seised off the Orkney Islands and has ' been held at a Sc ottish port l>y the i , British. The British have also an 4nounced that rosin and turpentine have been removed from the contra? band list. - 4* ? - 'Vi Threatens to Dot roj Smyrna. ? Washington, Nov. 2.?The United states consul at Smyins today notified the State department that the Turk? ish governor of Smyrna h;;s announc? ed that b<- intends to dentro> the city it the llrst sign of hostilities on the part of the alle s in that section. There are more than n hundred Amer? ican missionaries in Smyrna, and the State department is concerned for their saft?ty, Allies Make Progress. Purls, x?>\. 2, it is officially an? nounced that the Herman offensive continues along the allies' loft wing, but ti e nllies have made progress in Belgium und northern France, parti? cularly between Dixmunde and Lys.