Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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turnt im XQU. nm im WATCinfAN, f "tahlished April, 18K0. "Be Jost and Fear not?Let all the ende Thon Alma'e at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's^ THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, SUMTES., S. CM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 1915. VoLXLX. No. 16 im georse makes threat. Ill r VW throne if pre mikk asgtitii makes any kind of conditional peace with geh many. Balkan Situation Has Passed Crisis ? ml Nations Arc Now at War?Scr ?la Has Declared War on Iiul"ar? ia. Which Has Sent Forces to Rr? slst Attack of AIIIcm on Dulgnr City ?Teuton Invasion of ?Servia Suc? ceeds?No News froni East, and at West Situation Is Little Changed. King; Hilf.i to Abdiente. Special to The Daily Item. Now York, Oct. 8.?King George, of England, threaten? ed to alHllcuto if l*rcmler As qutlh agrees to an Inconclusive peace, according to tb; New York Sun. The king Is quoted as saying tluit he will not per? mit himself or his children to occupy the throne if such a dis? grace nnd humiliation is In? fi k-tod on the llritlsh empire, f n snf| -IW^IffSl GREECE DESEItTS SERBIA. Pi^Gorman Cabinet Decides That Treaty Is Only a Scrap of Fa per. Athens, Oct. 8.?Premier Zaimis and the Greek cabinet decided after sn all-night session that the terms of the Oreece-8erhlan treaty do not re? quire Greece to go to the aid of Ser? bia. A neutral program will he pre? sented to the deputies Monday and a vote of confidence asked. ALLIES ATTACK DEDEAGATCII. Fleet Will Bombard Bulgaria's Aegean Port. Athens, Oct. 8.?The Allies fleet from the Dardanelles are preparing to bombard Dodeagatch, Bulgaria's only JtzTt iigijlsjEft5f Intuslon of Servia Makes Progress. Berlin, Oct. 8.?The Austro-German Invasion of Serbia Is makii\g marked progress, according to a utatement from the war office. Their forces have penetrated a considerable dis? tance southwest of Belgrade. Servia Declares War on Bulgaria. Geneva, Oct. 8.?Servia Is reported to have declared war on Bulgaria. Bulgarians Oppose Allies. Sofia, Oct. S.?P.ulgarian troops have been dispatched to Dodeagatch to resist the capture of that port by the Allies. Serbia Gives Bulgar Minister p? *? _ $ Port :. London. Oct. 8.?The Serbian gov? ernment has handed tho Bulgarian minister his passports. * GREEK cabinet meets. Consider German Protest \gainst Landing at Saloniki. ?thers. < vt. 'J.?The Oreek cabinet held a three hours session today. Amoni; the suI > |ee t s considered was Germany's protest against the landing of allied troops at Saloniki. (.1 KM \\s ON OFFEN sn I Make Furious Night Attacks on French Lines. PnrK net. >j <Oflleial).? The Oer-' mans attacking In mass formations the allies' positions about Ix>os last night suffered extremely heavy losses. Tho attacks were broken by Infantry, ma? chine gun and artillery tire, but the Germans gained a foothold In one trench recently taken from them. Similar atacks were made south of N uNllle. St. Vaas and In the Cham s)*gne. hur ?\,, i repulsed. The Oar mans gained a foothold in a trench at 1 IM"M on the Ixdntrony front MINISTER M M \ssi: ILL. French Premier Assumes I? n ?s of I SfSJSja Minister. I'ris. nrt. I?. ? Foreign Minister MsMH Is s? rionsiv ill, and Premier Vivian! has assumed his duties. Bui aria Protect* to Crccee Sofia, (n r !?. ? Bulgaria has protest? ed to Orec< i nst the landing of the allies at Saloniki. [ ? mnr. relief forc e. AllleV Armlo Hn-tcning Into Servian renlior>. Nlsh. Oet. !?.?The French forces landed it Saloniki base reached S< ? Via, It is officially announced Tin If BETTEBNAVY BOARD ORGANIZED SCIENTISTS URGE GREAT NA? TU )N AL LA I i<) R ATOKY. Session of Advisory Board to Ik? Held Every Sixty Days?Committees to Ho Dc.sjgnutcd. Washington, Oct. 7.?Organization of the navy's new civilian advisory | board here today with Thomas A. Edi ?on as chairman was followed by the adoption of a resolution proposing es? tablishment of a great research and M'orlmental laboratory to cost about $3,000,000. It is probable that the recommendation will be included by Secretary Daniels in his estimates to congress. The "naval consulting board" Is the official' title chosen by the scientists. It was announced that regular meet? ings would be held every 60 days, tho next to take place in New York De? cember 8. Two sessions were held today, the first devoted to organization and elec? tion of officers and the second to con? sideration of the laboratory, which was proposed by Secretary Daniels. Mr. Daniels was host at luncheon at. the Army and Navy club during which a subcommittee submitted a pro? gramme for divldlr g the 23 scientists and inventors into committees or groups for study of specific problems. It was decided that there should be committees on chemistry and physics, aeronautics including Internal com? bustion motors; electricity, standard? ization, torpedoes and mines, sub? marines, ordnance and explosives, wirelese communication, transporta? tion, production and manufacture, ship construction, steam engineering and ship propulsion, life saving ap? pliances, food and sanitation, and aids to navigation. Although the board will enter upon it9 task with such facilities as a~o available It will not be able actually to undertake work contemplated by Mr. Daniels and its members until the research laboratory has been pro I vlded. has been establishment at Glevgeti. The British forces are en route. It is expected the entire expe? dition will be on Servian soil by Tues? day. Bulgarian Cavalry Heady. Athens, Oct. 9.?The Bulgarian cavalry has been massed at Kustendil to Invade Sc^fria. This force is expect? ed to cut the Snlonlki-Nish railway over wh'ich the allies are sending troops to help Servia. Germans Take Belgrade. j London, Oct. 9.?Amsterdam dis j patches say that Belgrade has been I captured by Austro-Germans. Servian Forces Move South. Nish, Oct. 9.?Heavy forces have been sent southward to protect the S.ibmiki-Nish railway which Is threat? ened by the Bulgarians. t Bomb Dtopped at Nish. Washington, Oct. 9.?a German avi? ator dropped a bomb close to the American consulate at Nish, but no damage was done. Bulgar LsjSrVSS London. London, Oct. 11.?The Bulgarian envoy to Great Britain departed for the Hague today. This makes the rupture between Bulgaria and the Al? lies complete. Bulgarian Minister Leaves Home. Home, Oct. 11.?The Bulgarian min? ister and Stall left for Sofia, via Switssrland, today, a large crowd saw them leave, but there was no demonstration* I .NOHMors GERMAN LOSS. Men Saerillccd Without Scruple in Ef? fort to Retake Positions. Paris Oet 11.?The ofllelal state? ment today reports that the Germane i" t enormous numbers in the furious effort they made to recapture the po? sitions recently lost to the French In Champagne, Between seven ami eight thousand 0< rman dead were left with? in tin French lines in the Bouain le? gion alone, it was along the road north of Houaln that the Germans launched their most violent attack. Between sixty ami eighty thousand Germane participated in the principal assault. I > BIVI \ <. Til HO! (.it SERBIA. Berlin Announces Continued Success of German invasion. Berlin, Oct. 1.?Tin? Austro-Gcrman rivalry is now astride the Belgrade Nhrtt and Bemendrls railways. Tie British forces defending Belgrade an retreating toward Kusgdak. ah Bor GREAT CROPS ARE BROWN. HARVESTS WILL BE MOST VAL? UABLE IN HISTORY. Indications Point to Crop of :L02(i, 139,000 Bushels of Corn?Wheat Yield the Largest. Washington, Oct. 7.?American harvests this year will be the most val? uable ever produced. With the wheat crop exceeding a billion bushels, the largest ever grown In one season by any nation, and a corn crop which also may prove to be the largest ever made the government's October crop report, issued today, announced pre? liminary estimates which indicate record harvests of oats, barley, rye, sweet potatoes, rice, tobacco and hay. Corn still is king of crops with indi? cations of 3,020,159,000 bushels. That is 9^,000,000 bushels below the record of 1912 but the final production may more than make up the difference. The higher prices this year assure the most valuable corn crop ever grown. At prices to farmers prevail? ing October 1 the corn crop Is worth ! $2,133,000,000. Wheat prospect* increased as the growing season progressed and the government's early season forecasts moved up month by month so that to? day's preliminary estimate was placod at 1,002,029,000 bushels. Wet weather at harvest time, however, reduced the quality of winter wheat so that much of it will be available only for feed. (At prices prevailing October 1, the farm value of the crop is $910,644, 000, considerably more than ever was paid for a wheat crop. September weather was particu? larly destructive, to potatoes, causing la reduction of 37,558,000 bushels or i 110 per cent, in the fo*"~cast of pro Iduction. Tobacco also suffered from unfavorable conditions, which caused a decrease of 21,345,000 pounds in the production forecast. Tobacco, how , ever, promises to oxceed the record crop of 1909 by 43,000,000 pounds. Oats will exceed the record crop of 1912 by almost. 100,000,000 bushels. Barley will exceed its rccQjf^Ja^^ OD,0(10 bushels; sweet potatoes by '5, 000,000 bushels; rice by 500,000 ! bushels and hay by 8,000,000 tons. CHARLESTON RAIDS AID DIS? PENSARY. I _ Sales fit September in County Over $20,000 Ahead of September last Year. Columbia, Oct. 8.?Gov. Manning was advised today by the Charleston county dispensary board that the sales of the Charleston county dispensaries for the month of September amount? ed to $67,258.02, and for August $66,026.41. This compares with $17, 016.41 for September of 1914, an in? crease in one year of $20,241.61. Sep? tember increase over August of this 'year was $2,231.61. The increase in the sales from the dispensaries since the raiding begun by constables under Sheriff J. El more Martin has attracted interest and attention throughout the State. GO TO NEW YORK. President and Mrs. Gait to Visit Col. House. Washington, Oct. 8.?Smiling and happy, President Wilson and Mrs. Gait left for New York at 10 this morning to Visit Col, House. They were accompanied by Miss Bones, Mrs. Boilings, Mr. Grayson and Sec? retary Tumulty. blan territory between the Danube and Save rivers is now in the hands of the Teutons. The dispatches report con? tinued progress of Germans but they admit that the Serbians are offering severe resistance all along :he front. TURKISH ships SUNK, Russian Torpedo Boats Do Great Bam ago. Petrograd, <>ct. 11,?Nineteen Turk? ish ships were sunk by tWO Kassian torpedo boats Thursday oft the Anato? lia coast. Eighteen were laden with food, the other carried ammunition. MAY COERCE GREECE. Italy Laying Pinns to Force Greece end Itoiimuilla to .loin Allies. Home, Oct. 11,?The premier today laid before King Victor Immanuel a plan to interfere in the Balkans, it Is expected the Allies nnd Italy will take steps to force Greece and Houmanin to join them. Ghent Bombarded from Sky. Amsterdam, Oct. 11,?Ghent wan bombarded by a Ih el of Allied aero? planes Sunday. COMES UP AGAIN AS TIME FOR LATIN - AMERICAN CON FER ENCE APPROACHES. Rumors That Carranza Will he Rec? ognized Denied and Allirmcd?Car? ranza Men are Jubilant. Washigton, Oct. 8.?The Mexican situation is again to the tore. Car? ranza agent! are jubilant over pros? pects of his recognition tomorrow at the Latin-American conference. Some officials anticipate, this action will be taken while others declare that recog? nition of any faction is a long way off. MADERO ASSASSIN SENTENCED. Alberto Grenados win Pay Death Penalty for Treason. Mexico City, Oct. 8.?Alberto Grenados, minister of the interior in ' Huerta's cabinet has been sentenced to death for treason. He is charged wi.h assisting in the' death of Madero. A rentation was created in the Grenadas trial when he swore that a place on the cabinet was forced on him at a conference at the American embassy in w hich Henry Lane Wilson, the United States ambassador, and representatives of Huerta and Diaz participated. SUES DANK PRESIDENT. 1 Negro Woman Claims Damages for Alleged Injury. Lexington, Oct. 7.?Alice B. Mc Morris, a negro woman, has just filed a suit In the common pleas court of Lexington county for $5,000 against <nT. S. Wessinger, president of th"i Bank of Chapin and well known merchant of that town. The case is the first of the kind ever brought in the cir? cuit court of this county, and its out? come will be of interest to all auto? mobile owners, not only in this sec? tion but throughout the entire coun? try. The plaintiff alleges that on or about April 20 the plaintiff was near the '{to.yn ef Newberry, -in.Abe State;, of South Carolina, in a buggy on the pub? lic highway, when the defendant in his automobile, coming from the op? posite direction and running at a high and reckless rate of spoed, caused the horse to the bvggy in which this plaintiff was seated to' become fright? ened and unmanageable and to leave the road. That the plaintiff was thrown violently from the said buggy to the ground, breaking her arm and injuring her in or about the side and internally. WILSON FAVORS M'ADOO S PLAN. Approves Proposal for Raising Reve? nue. Washington, Oct. 7.?President Wilson approves Secretary McAdOo'a decision to recommend that congress retain the present duty on sugar until normal conditions are restored and that the war tax measure which expires automatically December 31, be extended until the end of the war. It was stated tonight that before Secretary McAdoo made his views known he discussed the subject with the president. The president believei the war has had such an effect on industrial conditions that these measures will be necessary to help build up revenues. Some political leaders think that by proposing that the provision of the last tariff law putting sugar on the free list May I, 1916, be repealed, the administration will inevitably open up the entire tariff question. So far as can be learned, however, such a step is not contemplated now by tho administration. SCHOOL FUND DISTRIBUTED. Money Apportioned on Basis of En? rollment. Columbia, Oct. 7.?Today the State department of education distributed among the counties $25,717.16. Of this amount, $15,696.41 were derived from the income on llie permanent ?chool found, and $10,020.75 from the recent payment on the purchase price of BOmc of the Old State dispensary property. The money was apportioned on tho basis of enrolment for the scholastic year 1914-1915. Applications for the regular forms of statt? aid under tho term extension !la\v, the rural graded school law, and the high school law are now being re? ceived by the State superintendent from a number ot the counties. Ev? ery school district participating In these appropriations cannot afford to lose this state aid for the session 1915-16, hence teachers and trus? ters should send In their applications through the office of their county su [perlntendent without delay. WILSON SECOND IN INTEREST. MRS. GALT TAKES FIRST PLACE FROM PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK. Little Shy at First, President and His Fiancee ave Pleased with Attention Shown Them?Visit Col. House and Then Go to Hall Game. New York, Oct. 8.?President Wil? son and his iiancee, Mrs. Norman Gait, came o New York today for a U'ief visit to Col. E. M. House. Every time they appeared in public they were followed by thousands. For the first time since he became president Mr. Wilson gave way as a centre of attraction to another, for the people centred their eyes on the woman who within the next two months is to become the "first lady of the land.'' Both the president and Mrs. Gait evidently were pleased by the recep? tion accorded them. They were slight? ly shy on their first appearance in public as an engaged couple, but ac? knowledged applause with smiles. The president gave himself up for the time-being to entertaining his fiancee. The programme of the couple included a long automobile drive through the parks, a dinner party this evening at the home of Col. and Mrs. House and a theatre party tinight. Tomorrow they lcav? at. 11 o'clock for Philadelphia to wit? ness the second game of the world's series. Immediately after that they will go to Washington. At the theatre tonight "Grumpy" was the play, but the president and Mrs. Gait easily were the stars. As they entered the theatre the entire audience arose and applauded. The applause continued until the presi? dent, Mrs. Gait and Miss Helen Wood ^oxv Bones appeared in their box and were seated. Several hundred persons were gathered at the Pennsylvania station when the couple arrived. They were accompanied by Mrs. W. H. Bones, Secretary Tumulty and Dr. ! Carey T. Grayson. An unusually large ? number of secret service men Were ' with them. Col. House and Dudley Field , Malone, collector of the port of New j York were at the station to greet ! the party. The crowd cheered and 'applauded and pushed forward for a ! chance to see the future Mrs. Wilson. |She beamed upon the people and the president looked at her and smiled. "They are applauding you," he said. Along the streets everybody seem? ed to recognize the couple in the au? tomobile. Later they were held tip by a large corps of photographers. jThe president and Mrs. Gait sat smil? ingly side by side as their pictures were snapped. During the ride many persons bow? ed, smiled and waved handkerchiefs and hats. Frequently the president raised his hat in reply and Mrs. Gait bowed and smiled. TRAIN STRIKES CAR. ?L T. Pace of Tryon. N. C., Killed While Crossing Railway Track in Automobile. Spartanburg, Oct. 8.?J. T. Pace of Tryon, N. C, owner of a garago and public service car at that place, and Richard Bomar, a negro, were killed .and James Outlaw, another negro, was seriously injured when the north? bound Carolina Special on the South? ern railway struck an automobile in which they were driving at a grade crossing on the Tryon-Saluda high? way, three miles north of Landrum, late this afternoon. The accident oc? curred in Greenville county where just a point of that county crosses the railroad. The train was running late and at high speed. The two ne? groes were caught on the engine and were carried some distance. The in? jured man was taken to Tryon. The bodies of those who were killed arc at the scene of the accidi nt and an inquest is to be held there tonight. ASTOR IIP RACE. speed Maniacs Racing at Sliecphcad Hay. Bhecphcad Bay, Oct. '.?.?The weath? er is ideal for record-breaking in the three hundred and fifty mile Astor cup race over the new speedway. Promptly at noon twenty drivers got away, Resta in the lead covered the Ural lap at a speed of one hundred ami two miles per hour, und made the first ten miles at an average speed of one hundred and tour miles. Rests in a Puget car broke the world's record for hundred miles with an average speed of one hundred and four and a-half miles an hour, but was later forced to withdraw from the race on account of a broken connecting i rod. BSG WAREHOUSE GOMBl?E. M'LAl RIN SAYS PLAN IS TO HEAD OEE STATE WAREHOUSE SYSTEM. Owners Meet in Columbia to Consider Plans for Company Capitalized at Million Dollars, Says Report. Columbia, Oct. 7.?Tne formation of a big warehouse corporation by merging the Standard Warehouse Co., of Columbia, anc1 the South At? lantic Warehouse ? .)any, of Aug usta, Ga., is no a ing considered, it became knowr t? re todoy. The sj / idea is to have p , 4>any with a cap? ital of $1,000,or _t /d to extend the *s* / warehouse sys ^liroughout Georgia j and South Cr ^ p. and possibly over the entire cc * belt. If the proposi tion goes tr * a it is said that ware? houses to thousands of bales of cotton mr built at principal points in the y .ates. . , Tho iv y?ition for the merger came from tilt jLuguof Company to the standard Warehouse Company here, a financial representative of the Augusta company having come here from New York with the proposition. It is under? stood that at a meeting of those in- * terested here today a committee was named to take up the matter with the '.stockholders. The new company, if 'formed, will buy up the stock of the j local company, it is said. The proposed warehouse concern would be a gigantic affair, one of the biggest private corporations in the J South. They propose to negotiate loans on warehouse receipts for cot? ton stored with them at a low rate of interest. Slate Warehouse Commissioner Jno. L. McLaurin thinks this private ware? house concern is forming to combat the State warehouse. In a statement issued here tonight he said: "There was a meeting in this city today of owners of Standward ware? houses in this State and Georgia to form a huge combination to head off the Btata warehouse system. I have in my possession a copy of the letter calling this meeting at the instance of large capitalists. They do not permit the farmer to store his cotton where it was grown, and they call specific at? tention to the danger to their inter? ests of the South Carolina State ware? house system. Whether this con? spiracy of a class whom Roosevelt de? scribed as "malefactors of great wealth" will destroy what has been done depends on the people. I have no millions to back me, only faith in God and hope in the people.' T. B. Stackhouse is president of the Btandaard Warehouse system, while Mr. Barrett is head of the South At? lantic Warehouse Company. The ru? mor that if the merger goes through that Mr. Barrett would move to Co llumbia and head this branch was de jnied tonight by an official of the I Stand ward Warehouse Company, who I said that Mr. Stackhouse on yester? day was reelected president for anoth? er year. Pew details of the proposed ware? house merger could "be obtained, for it was stated that the Standard Ware? house had not yet given a definite answer to the Augusta people. Senator McLaurin said tonight that the plan of the State warehouse sys? tem had all along been to build a big concentration warehouse at Charles j ton, where the cotton would be col? lected for export. The new private warehouse company if formed may also build a big warehouse at Char eston. NEW NOTE ON ER YE. Lansing Will Forward Another Com? munication on Sinking of American Sailing Vessel. Washington, Oct. 7.?Secretary Lan? sing will forword to Korlin this week another n<?te to Germany ""warding the American ship William P. Frye, sunk by the German raider Prinz Eitel Frederic. It will acknowledge Germany's acceptance of the Ameri? can proposal that the tre.-.ty of 1S28 be submitted to arbitration tor an Interpretation on whether it permits the destruction of an American vessel currying contraband, and also agrees to the German proposal for a com? mission to fix damages. SOUTHERN TRAIN WRECKED. Head on Collision Near Arrtngtoa, Va. Many Reported Killed. Lynchburg, Oct. t?.?The southern Railway train No. ;;s, from Xew Or? leans crashed head-on into southbound passenger No. It near Arlington, at 7.30 this morning. Many of the pas? sengers and crew are reported killed. Later?Baggage Master Hughes was killed and several passengers on the express slightly injured. The wreck was caused by a mistake in signals.