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*0 XT.TfflTnrA,Nn the mam ano WATCIDlAN, Established April, ISM. 'Be Joel and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Alms't at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, EsUbllshed Jone, ladt. STJMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1914. Vol. XXXIX. No. 28. Ships Advance Near English Shore and Fire on Vessels in Harbor at Yarmouth, Sinking Submarine. German* Quiet Concerning Movements in East, but Claim Advance in West- Allies &aid to Have Assumed Offensive Operations Against Enemies in France and Belgium?Rus? sians Pursue Germans?Turks and Russians Lined Up Along Frontier for Active Hostilities?English Seize Ger msn Vessels on South American Coast and Capture Crui? sers In East. Turk* Confides* of Victory. Constantinople, Nov. 7.?It la offi? cially announced that the Turks are In contact with the Russians all along the front. Several English and French merchant snipe rNve been seized in the harbor of & rna. Turkish soldiers searched the Rus? sian and English consulates at Bagdad and found great quantities of hid? den arms. This city is quiet and the people are confident that Turkcv will win. German Oralste? Reported Captured. London. Nov. 7.?A Tokio dispatch states that the German cruisers Bchranhorst and Qneisenau have been captured In the Pacific while coaling. These were two units of the squad? ron which sunk the British cruisers atonmouth and Oood Hope off the Chilean coast Allies Tsko Offensive. Paris. Nov. ?.?While the Germans in the northern sphere of hostilities are making violent attacks on Ypres *n,d north of Arras, the allies am massing heavy forces slong the coast of the North sea. east of Nleuyort and sooth of Mlddlekerke. for a vigorous offensive movement In that region. It i ni ?niii>i??innn wmm and Belgians In the region between the Seeded district and the North sea are going to make a drive in the direc? tion of Ostend. It is likely that the French and British hope to launch an attack against Antwerp in the near fu? ture. Russians Pursue Fncmy. Petrograd. Nov. 7.?All along the line the enemy are in retreat, and the Russians are following up their successes Is announced hy tho gener? al staff. Everywhere resistance by the Germans and Austrians has NSJtl broken down. Austrian* ami Turks Taken Prisoners. London. Nov. 7.?The Austro-Hun garlan consul general and the Turkish representative at Tabriz. Persia, have been taken prisoners by the Russians and transferred to Tlflis. according to a dispatch from Amsterdam. Will Hunt German Cruisers. Washington. Nov. 7.?A brief ofll clsl dispatch confirming the announce? ment that Tsuu; Tao had been sur? rendered by the Germans was received at the Japanese embassy today. The first result of this victory will be to release three naval divisions of three or four warships each, which Mill be sent eastward In search of the German cruisers operating in the Pacific. Germans Say Nothing. Berlin. Nov. 7.?The German war office remains silent upon the opera? tions sgalnst the Russians in the east? ern theatre, but claims successes at several points In Belgium und Franco. No Let t p In righting. Parts. Nov. 7.?The Germans are still making violent attacks In the northern sphere action as officially re? ported this afternoon. Two vigorous attacks, one of them at tabussce and the othwr southeast of Ypres have been re puked by tho Allies. Com? parative cairn prevails in the lighting on the Allies' le t wing. Neutral shipping May Conti tue. Copenhagen. Nov. 7.?In reply to queries from the Imncm govern meat the British admiralty transmitted the followlns message relativ?? to facili? ties for I>ontsh shipping In the North si P H . "American liners as well gj Pan* Ish steamers running tS the Pwros Is? lands will be permitted to follow the usual routes. The so-called closing of the North sea for war purposes does not mean that there wl I be harm re? strictions upon neutral shipping." Germans I*>se Heavily. Pari* N'?v. 7 ?It Is otliehilh re por*ed that in the rereut fighting mar ANancy a single German battalion b it three hundred soldiers dead upon the battlefield. Two complete German detachments got lost in the fog near Ixmx and surrendered. Austrian Troops Move on. Viennai. Nov. 7.?The movements of our troops is proceeding in kussian Poland and Qallcia as intended, with? out any interruption says an official statement here today. ATTACK ON DItlTISlI COAST. Germans Hink Submarine and Shell Shipping In Yarmouth Harbor. Berlin, Nov. 7.?The following offi? cial announcement given out by the admiralty this afternoon: "On No? vember 3, three German cruisers at | tacked the British coast near Yar? mouth and shelled the fortifications to? gether with some small craft in the harbor. It is reported that the Brit? ish submarine D-5 has been sunk." It had been reported previously that shells dropped within o mile o? the shore at Yarmouth, hut was not known to the Germans making the ac? tual attack upon the works. This being the case, it is the first assault upon forts of the British so far In more than u century. Five German Ships Captured. London, Nov. 7.?The British steam? er Hortensius just in from Buenos Ayres reports that British warships oapturod live German vessels off the Uruzlliun coast on October 17. J. A. PATTEN INDICTED. Sherman Anti-Trust Law Case Brought Against Noted Grain Opuerator. New York, Nov. 6.?James A. Pat? ten, Chicago grain dealer, is named among the defendants in a Sherman law suit filed here today charging Patten and others with having cor? nered the market in certain grades of oats in July. 1902. The complaint charges that the de I fendants, through a "conspiracy," purchased on the Chicago board of trade upwards of 10,00?",000 bushels of No. 1 and No. 2 white oats for July. 1002 delivery in excess of the avail? able or visible supply and that "ex? cessive, artificial ami monopolistic prices" were charged for oats sold in the I'nlted States and mlpped to for? eign countries, which enabled the de? fendants to gain enormous profits. Named as defendants with Patten are William It llartlett of New Mex? ico and Prank P. Frazier of this city, members of the Chicag o grain broker? age llrm of Partlett, Frazier & Co. ,at the time of the alleged oats corner. MEXICAN PRESIDENT SWOUN IN. CtsSSM of Conference Will Assume Office Next Tuesday. AKuas, Now 7.?Calientes-General Kulallo Gutierrez who took the oath of office as provisional president yes? terday afternoon will assume the of? fice at noon Tuesday r.ext. The oath was administered by General Ysobel Itobles, acting president of the peace convention. Should Gen. Carranza re? fuse to rcsigy the convention will "declare Aguas Calientes the provi? sional capital and the government Will be set up there." Troops will then be sei t to take Me xico City, PREDICT E V ACTUATION. Mexico City RspOfl Say Americans Ulli Leave. Me\ic?> City. Nov. I,??Extras Issued by the afternoon papers suys Vera CrtM will be evacuated by the Amer? ican forces within a few days. (bn. Venuatlano Carranaa left Ptiebla today f < ?i* Holed ad to confer with Candida Agullar, commander ol the constitutionalist troops near Vera <'nr/. relative lo evacuation, accord? ing la an official declaration tonight (b u. CarranSO today Intimated that be might sjn i" Querentaro lo cany on direct negotiations with the Aguas calientes peace Convention. TSING TAO TAKEN AT LAST, EASTERN STRONGHOLD FALLS BEFORE RR1TIKH AND JAP? ANESE ASSAULTS. For Three Months Weak Garrisons Havo Held Gut Against Much Stronger Besiegers?Losses Have Been Heavy. Tokyo, Nov. 7.?it is officially an? nounced that the German fortress at Tsing Tao has surrendered to the Japanese and British forces. It is officially announced that the step in bringing about the surrender of the fortress occurred at midnight when the Infantry charged and oc? cupied the middle fort of the line of defense. In this operation they took 200 prisoners. I The Germans hoisted the white flag at 7 o'clock this morning at thfc weather observation bureau of Tsing Tau. The quick capitulation of the Germans was the cause of much sur? prise and joy to fhe men of the army and navy operating against it and also to the people of Tokyo. The charge against the middle fort was a brilliant one. It was led by Gen. Yoshima Shimda. The German and Japanese loses, which were large, have not been announced. Ends Picturesque Phase. The fall of Tsing Tau ends the most picturesque of the minor phases ef the great world war now raging. I On two continents and in mahy islands of the sea where colonies Of j the warring nations were planted I combats of more or less interest havo j taken place, garrisons have been cap? tured and towns occupied peacefully, but in the little German concession of the south side of the Shan Tung pen jinsula of China there has been go? ing on since late in August a reduced scale of war that from all accounts has duplicated nearly all features of those battles in Europe that have re? sulted in the capture of fortified po *w*i*a The capture of Tsing Tau loses to Germany her last foot of possessions 'on the Asiatic mainland, as well as ! her last strategic position outside of ' the German empire in Europe. For nearly three months the little German garrison of about 7,000 men and j nearly wholly composed of reservists I in China, has held out against the , land and sea attack of the Japanese and of certain British detachments of both white and Indian troops that found themselves in China at the out? break of the war. What the losses of the garrison have been are not known, but the offi? cial Japanese and British reports have I indicated that Tsing Tau has been taken at heavy cost of men on the part of tho allies. It was on August 15 that Japan threw herself into the European war as Great Britain's ally, after dtmand I ing that Germany withdraw or interne all German warships in Asiatic wafers j and relinquish possession of Kiao Chow. In the, statement from Tokyo that accompanied this declaration. Japan asserted that her intentions j did not contemplate the retention of one foot of German or Chinese terri? tory, and later affirmed that she did not intend to extend her holdings in the racillc. Her demands ignored, I Japan proceeded cautiously with plans to seize the German settlement on the Chinese mainland. The operations in this isolated i theatre of tho war havo been reduced to a scale of some 200 square miles as compared with the whole con \ tinent of Europe, but on that area they have been none the less interest? ing. Aeroplanes and all other accom? paniments of modern farfare have I figured in both Japanese and German operations. The strength of the attacking force as compared with the little garrison of some 7.000 men and the few Ger? man vessels at Kiao Chow was so dis? proportionate that at tho beginning of the campaign it was taken for grant? ed that the German possession soon WOUld fall. The surprise was that so small a force could hold out so long, lie ports from various sources pieced together indicate that tho allies' los.1 around Kiao Chow has been upwards of 1,000 and several second rate war? ships. Detail! of the movements have been secret, but the first general operation undertaken by the Japanese was the swooping of the waters around Kiao chow for German mines. in this connection a hundred Japanese wo? men shell divers offered their services, thinking they unseen by the enemy could dive und release the mines. Hut the offer was declined since the Japanese law prohibited the em? ployment of women in warlike opera? tions, '?uiing tin* mine sweeping AMERICAN RELIEF SUPPLIES WELCOME TO BELGIUM. Arrangements Made to Send Fur? ther Shipments to the Starving Bel? gians. London, Nov. 6.?Provisions sent to Brussels by the American commis? sion for the relief of Belgium already are supplying 400,000 meals daily and plans are complete for carrying on a similar work throughout that part of Belgium occupied by the Germans. The Dutch steamer Jan-Block will sail tonight with 2,000 tons of food and the steamer Tellus is expected to leave tomorrow with 1,700 tons of wheat. Herbert Clark Hoover, chairman of (the American commission, today re? ceived a telegram from Capt. T. E. Lucey, the commission's representa? tive at Rotterdam, which said: "People able to pay are charged 5 j cents for the meals. The meals cost 15 cents and rich and poor starid in line as it is the only way they can get food. "Complete plans have been entered into for receiving and distributing supplies throughout all Belgium. The country has been divided into prov? inces, each province its own distribu? ter. All requisitions on this office will come from the central committee through the American and Spanish I ministers. A subcommittee in turn i will sell food to the committees {which will resell or distribute free to i those in need." campaign at least ono Japanese mine dragging boat was blown up. The next general move on the part jof the Japanese was to seize the Ger? man owned railway running west from Tslng Tau into the province of Shan Tung. This was done under violent protest from the Chinese gov? ernment. It was held that this vio? lated the integrity of the Chinese re? public. ^ Tbe riunabarqt the expeditionary force rnTsnoT^IWr^W ft Is said to have been upwards of 30,000 men. A British detachment of some 800 South Wales borderers and 400 Indian Sikhs under Prig. Gen. Nathaniel W. Bernardiston, com? mander of the North China forces, is said to have formed a part of the centre of the Japanese line in the in? vestment. Fighting continued from the middle of September intermittent? ly until the fall of the fortress today. During this period both the German and Japanese warships and aeroplanes engaged in the bombardment of each j other's position. In one of the most 'severe of these engagements on Oc tobr 3 it was announcd that the I Japanese loss was 1,700 killed and j 800 wounded. It was reported then I that the Japanese would await the arrival of siege guns before continuing operations. At various times Ger? man losses were reported up to a score or more. On the night of October 17 the most serious of the Japanese naval losses occurred when the cruiser Takachiho was blown up by the Ger? man torpedo boat S-90. It was reported October 23 that the Japanese finally had installed their siege guns on Prince Henry mountain and other hills near the town. The German fortresses included three lines of defense. The first of these on the outskirts appears to have been evacuated some time ago and tho garrison concentrated in Forts MoHke and Iiismark and Iltis, which occupy commanding position on the range of precipitous hills that circlos j the city. The Germans also had five I forts excluslvey for shore defense. The heights back of the city are j penetrated only by the railway line and it is probably through this path tha. the allies proceeded into Taing Tan once the defending fortress hail been silenced. An interesting document In connec? tion with the fall of Tsing Tan Is the proclamation which the German gov? ernor posted on August 22. In this Id said: "Never shall we surrender the smallest bit of ground over which the German llag is tlying. From this place where we, with love and suc? cess, have endeavored the last 17 !years to shape a little Germany across the seas we shall not retreat. If the enemy wants Tsing Tau he must come and take it." In taking it the Japanese again have bad revenge for certain phases nf their war with China 20 years ago. Victor!? us Japan was forced, at the i kStigat on of Germany, to give up i'ort Author -her main fruit of vic? tory which eventually became Uus stiin. Ten years later?-in 1904-05?Japan fought Itusnhi and again took Porl Arthur. Now, after another Intervall RUSSIANS OBST GEMME. All of Kaiser's Army Except Forces in Western Area Are Driven From Czar's Country. REPORT THAT TURKISH ARMY HAS INVADED EGYPT AND THAT GERMANS ARE TRANSPORTING MEN FROM WESTERN TO EASTERN ARENA OF WAR, MAIN FEATURES OF DAY?BIG NA? VAL BATTLE EXPECTED IN BLACK SEA?GERMANS: AGGRES? SIVE IN WEST?RE VOLTE REPORTED IN TURKISH CAPITAL RUSSIAN CRUISERS ACTIVE. I - TURKISH FORTS CRUMBLE. Slowly Give Way Under Fire of Allies" Ships. Athens, Nov. p.?The Turkish forts j at Sedihahr and Kouinkale at the i western end of the Dardandellos are slowly crumbling beneath the bom? bardment of the British and French warships. A number of explosions j have occurred inside the forts ac ' cording to a wireless dispatch today. PREPARES WINTER CAMPAIGN. Stated That Territory Has Been Prom? ised to Bulgaria to Join Allies. Berlin, Nov. 9.?Germany has be? gun enormous preparations for a win | ter campaign in both the eastern and western theatres of war, it is officially j announced by the war office. It is re ! ported here that Russia*has promised Bulgaria a part of Macedonia and j other territory, if she will enter the 1 war on the side of the triple entente. Germans Still Aggressive. Paris, Nov. 9.?An increase in the activities of the Germans in the northern sphere is reported. Three violent night attacks were made by the invaders against the allies' lines m JfcS. Arrjfcs, all^of. whicdi. were repulsed. ! A series of ?rlllTery o^?els^are^ln prU-* ' gress from the Belgian frontier to Arras. The artillery duel which is proceeding along the banks of the canal of Labassee is said to be one of j the most terrilic in tho history of mod ? em warfare. The big guns are in ac | tion night and day. The French ar i tillery is out numbered but the Ger? man infantry cavalry is in less force i than those of the allies. In west ; Flanders the Germans are still press ling against the lines of the allies in the vicinity of Ypres, but their efforts to capture the main positions of the : French, British and Belgians have so ' far resulted In failure. Naval Battle Expected. London, Nov. 9.?The next big na 'val engagement of the war is expect i ed to take place in the Black sea with ! in a few hours. The Turkish lleet j apparently has escaped from the Bosphorus and the news that the Russian lleet has sailed from Sebasto i pol indicates that the Russian ad* I miralty intends to stop the attacks be I ing made by Ottoman warships on Black sea ports. In order that Tur? key may transport troops by sea ; without grave danger it is necessary I for her to destroy the Russian lleet. British Merchant Ship Aluindoncd. j Tokio, Nov. 9.?The British steam i er Shirley has been abandoned In the ' Pacific owing to fire on board. The captain and part of the crew arrived Iat Kobe today. One boat containing seventeen is missing. Driven Out of Itussia. Petrograd, Nov. 9.?The official an- , ' nouncement was made today that the German forces which invaded north western Poland have been driven back into Fast Prussia. This clears Bus ?lan territory of invaders, except .ie extreme western and southwestern I part of Russian Poland, where the Germans are still striving to hold their positions against the repeated i attacks of the Czar's army. Addition? al successes against the Ottoman , forces in Turkish Armenia are also officially reported. Many detach? ments are being transported through Germany from the western to the eastern front. This is resulting in weakening the lines opposing the anglo-French-Belgian forces in the west. Surrender of 'I sing Ton Arranged. Tokio, Nov. 9.?The Una' meeting of the Japanese and German military of ten years, in association with llrlt ish forces, Japan has seized the Ger? man possession of Kiao Chow and wl|ied out ;i score which bad been a thorn In Japan's side for two decades, i representives to arrange /tails of the surrender of Kiao C *o the al? lies was held this mor ^ The com mander of the Brit jrces which assisted in the red s?* ?* of the for? tress of Tsing Ta< ,ed to any con? ditions which s ? the Japanese. The Japanese ? o *ke possession oi Kiao Chow t 9} ow. The opinion ! expressed h" loritive journals is that the C n influence in the far |east has he wiped out forever. Turks Invade Egypt. Rome, Nov. 9.?The Ottoman em? bassy announces that a Turkish army has invaded Egypt. It is stated semi-offlciall} that the j Ottoman commander expects the in? habitants of Egypt to join the Turk . ish army in the fight against the i British. The British military estab? lishment in Egypt contains six thou? sand men and in addition there is a native army of seventeen thousand men. The present Khedive of Egypt I is now in Constantinople and it is be? lieved he will attempt to influence the people of his country in favor of the Turks. The uprising in Egypt is probably the result of the revolt in Tripoli. Russian Cruisers Active. raiders have also been active. On Sun? day the Russian warships bombarded the towns of Koslu and Sugia on the coast of Asia Minor and sank four Turkish transports, one of which car? ried troops. Belgian Situation Unchanged. Havre, Nov. 9.?The following oftV cial statement was given out this af? ternoon by the Belgian war office: J "In the vicinity of Nieuport the sit j uation is almost sationary, except : where we made a slight advance. Al? most a complete calm prevails on the remainder of the front. On the left (west) bank of the Yser the enemy still occupies points of advantage which our artillery are bombarding. The Germans have bombarded Dix munde." The following statement indicates that the Germans have crossed the Yser. An official commu? nication last week said they had been forced across the cast bank of the Yser. Martial Law in Constantinople. Constantinople. Nov. 9.?Martial law was proclai ed here today and a number of arre: have been made and some of prisoi srs have been exe? cuted. The foregoing would seem to confirm a dispatch of last week say? ing that a revolt had broken out in Constantinople. Calls on Canada for 100,000 Men. Montreal, Nov. 9.?A dispatch from Ottawa says that Earl Kitchener, secretary of war, has asked Canada to furnish a hundred thousand men for the war against Germany. A NEW MEXICAN CRISIS. Peace or War Hinges on Carranza's Reply to Auguascalicntcs Confer? ence. ,| Auguascalicntcs, Nov. 9.?The next thirty-six hours will determine wheth? er war or peace shall prevail in Mex? ico. The indications are that it will be war. Up to an early hour this morning no reply had been received from Gen. Carrania. The time limit expires at noon tomorrow. RUFRAGE CONGRESS OPENS. Mi's. MeUormaok and Miss Pankliurst Among Speakers. Chattanooga, Nov. 9.?Exponents of female suffrage from all sections of i he country arrived here today for the opening session of the Southern Wo? man's suffrage convention. Mrs. Ifedill lleCormnck and Miss "hiistebel Pankhursl of London are tmong the speakers.