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ntchmnn mto rifB ?DMTHJt WAIXUMAN, Estabtlabed April, 18*0. "Be Just and Fear not?Let an the ends Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and TwA'a." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established J SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1915. VoLXLI. No. 17. BULGARIA BECOMES ACTIVE. BEGINS ADVANC E INTO SERBIAN TERRITORY IN CONJUNCTION WITH TEUTONIC AL? LIES. Reported i I im ( Itoiimania 11ns Dceldctl to t ?M her Let with Allies and Will Declare War?Russians Re|M>it Ninxtm In EuM?In Franco Little 4 hange Is Re|K>rliHl From Wur Sphere London. Oct. 12.?That Bulgaria opened war against Serbia on Monday has been officially confirmed by the Serbian legation. Bulgarian attacks ?r? being made along the Vlasina riv? er, sixty miles southeast of Nish and fifteen miles from the Nish-Snloniki railway over which the Allies are ?ending aid. The attacks were r uuls HOVMANIA FOR ALLIES. Report From Homo That RoUmnnla Hu Deckled to Enter Uio War. Paris. Oct. 12.?The Echo corre? spondent at Rome telegraphs that Koumania has positively decided to enter the war on the side of the allies. The exact date of this declaration has aot been decldod. The dispatch indi? cates th it the diplomatic conflict in the Balkan* Is not ended. Roumanian participation in the war would force Oreece to abandon its vacillating pol? icy. RUSSIANS WIN VICTORY. Break German Front on Strypa River Capturing Many Prisoners. Petrograd, Oct. 12.?The Russian* broke the Auatro-Uerman front on the Strypa river, Oallcla, capturing sixty officers, two thousand men, four cannon and ten machine guns. The Russians have also taken the offensive at Kua und the enemy Is falling back across the river. LEHMAN HOST REPULSED. tns lh-tve Them Bac k Acrosi Danube River. Or! 12.? Tbo Auntro-ner fhans who crossed the Danube river Southeast of Belgrade have been driv? en back across the river, with heavy loss, It was oUclally announced today. A force that reached Scmendria was Sompletely annihilated. The Serbians have taken the offensive between the Morava and Mlava rivers, and are dealing heavy blows to the enemy. SUBMARINES IN BATTLE. British Underwater Boats Retaliate on Osrnians. Copenhagen, Oct. 12.?The British submarines which are operating in the Baltic have destroyed a German naval collier, an ore ship and anothet enemy vessel. _ , , jj^t^jjj British Steamer Sunk. London, Oct. 12.?The British ?teamer Hallzone? of five thousand tons, has been submarined und sunk. NO EASY CONQUEST. German Advance In Serbia Retarded by IK** per? to Resistance. Berlin. <>ct. 13.?The Oermans con? tinue to make progress in Serbia but their advance has been retarded by the desperate resistance being offered 1 y the Serbians. GERMANS ON THE RUN. GallHnn Army Has Fullen Back Thirty Miles With Russians In Pursuit. Petrograd, Oct. 13. ?The Austro Bsjfirtan iirmy defeated by the Rus? sians In Gullcia Is In full retreat ulong a fifty mile front, according to today's adOces. The Russians have advanced thirty mlle? In three days. Tin- Rus? sians have crossed tho Strypa river un.l the pursuit of the Germans con? tinues. Ill ssl \ siMis ARMY. l?rgc Forar* to Invade Bulgaria to Help Servian*. Athen*. Oct. It.?A fb et of Russian transports, convoyed by warships left Odcnsu Tuesday for thi- Mulgarlan Rlsck s< I Tlw A rvKlo-Freurb fleet is bloohadlai the Bulgarian p<?rt* on the Aof> a a. RUM. Mtl \N ARMY DEFEATED. eWvlnim Claim to Ha VC Won Decided Victory. i Athen*. ? n ' It,?The ftertriari b? gatiim MMMSjMsd today the defeat or the Bulgarian urmy which was nt ti-inptlng to cut the Nlsh-I'rachm a<! r.n|.\,n It is also stated that the, heights toss lasting Belgrade are still la the hands of the BcrvtftM Two THE CHARLESTON ELECTION. Dm has small LEAD OVER QUACK with one BOX protested. No Trouble of Serious Nature Murks Close and Hard Fought Buttle of llallots?Until Side* loellned to Claim Victory. 4 ???? Cahrleston, Oct. 13.?With only one box unaccounted for, Maj. Tristram T. Hyde, candidate for mayor, has an unofficial majority over Mayor Johr P. Grace of 10? votes. The result will not he known officially until the executive committee meets to canvass the returns tomorrow or Friday. The figures, with only Cluh 2, (Ward 10, eliminated, give: Hyde 3,087, Grace 2,978. Tho executive committee sat until early* this morning, but made no an? nouncement. The one box not announced yet Is that from Club 2, Ward 10, In which, it Is unofficially stated, Mayor Grace received a majority of 89 votes. Count? ing this, the Hyde managers claim that Maj. Hyde has been nominated by a majority of from 20 to 23 votes. This box the Hyde managers have pro? tested. Unofficial returns received to 12.30 o'clock Indicate that a majority of tho 24 aldermen elected today have been recognized as supporters of Hyde. Some 6,400 votes were cast in the election, which was marked by in? tense partisanship and deep Interest. There has been no trouble, how? ever, of a serious nature, the militia and the special deputies provided by Sheriff J. Elmore Martin not hav? ing been called upon at any time. The boxes are all in the custody of tho executive committee and the re? sult will bo made known with cer? tainty when the committee meets to declare the result, Thursday or Fri? day. The Hydo forces protested the vote In Club 2, Ward 10, they said, as a matter of principle, and not because 1 it would materially affect tho result. Mayor Grace refused to comment this morning. thousand Germans were killed in the fighting there. ALLIES BOMBARD GHENT. Aviators Complete Destruction of Gor? man Airship Sheds. London, Oct. 13.?An Amsterdam dispatch states that the allied avia? tors bombarded Ghent again on Tues? day, completing the destruction of the German airship sheds and contents. GERMAN STEAMER DESTROYED. ? English Submarine Sinks Loonliardt In Baltic. Copenhagen, Oct. 13.?Tho German steamer Leonhardt waa destroyed Sun? day by an English submarine in the I 'alt le. The crew were given time to take to their boats. Declaration Followed Attack. Paris, Oct. 13.?Hulgaria declared war on Servia at midnight Sunday at the hour when the Hulgar troops crossed the Serbian border. UNREST IN PARIS. Hostile Agitation Against Cabinet Continues. Paris, Oct. 14.?The strong hostile agitation against tho cabinet, which resulted in the resignation of Foreign Minister Delcasse, is still being exert? ed. The silence of tho government re? garding tho Balkan situation is severe? ly criticised. It is believed the situa? tion there ll unsatisfactory to the Al? lies. TRENCH FIGHTING CONTINUES. French Keep Hammering at the Ger? man Positions. Paris, Oct. I I. (oillclal)?Artillery duels In the Artois region during the night were particularly violent north? west of Hill 1 ID. between Sauehez and Glvenchy. Bomb and torpedo fighting continu? ed. In Champagne the enemy used asphyxiating sheila A German attack west of Tahure was repulsed. There is a continual cannonade in the Ar gonnea KERB ARMY TRAPPED. The Balgjarlaaa Mara Cat Ntaii-flaloul kl Hallway. London, i ?et. 1i. ?The Bulgarian troopa have out the Nlxh-Halonlkl rail? way, and advanced sl\tv miles Into Kerblan territory, according to a Bona dispatch. The news indicates that the entire Serbian army baa been trap? ped ''y UM Austrian, German and MIGHTY NAVY PLANNED. SECRETARY DANIELS WILL? REC? OMMEND THAT FLEET BE DOUBLED IN NEXT FIVE YEAHS. fifteen to 20 Ships or Line and BatUo 1'rulscrs With Submarinen and fDe stroyers in I*roi>ortioii Five-Year Urogramme Contemplated by Wil? son and Daniels. - Washington, Oct. 12?Fifteen to 20 lighting ships of ihe dreadnought and battle cruiser type with a proportion? ate number of seagoing submarines, coast submarines, dcout cruisers, de? stroyers and auxiliaries, enough to make a new American fleet, isv con? templated by Secretary Daniels for recommendation as a five-year bftild ing programme for the navy. President Wilson and Secretary Daniels have discussed informally the navy's needs and are agreed that to be adequately prepared for demons? the fleet's strength must be almost doubled in the next five years. An? other conference between the presi? dent and the secretary will be held Friday at which time the total num? ber of ships to be asked for probably will be fixed. The flve-year naval programme when complete would add, in addition to dreadnoughts and battle cruisers, nearly 100 submarines, about 70 de? stroyers and several scout cruisers and fuel and hospital ships. An Important part of the pro? gramme, too, will be a proposal for a large Increase in personnel. #'Ap? propriation for at least 8,000 addition? al men will be asked for the first year. The total cost of the proposed, pro? gramme of the first year is put at nearly $248,000,000. Just what-con? struction should be provided for the first year has not been determined. It is considered probable thajt the construction programme for the first year will exceed that of succeeding years that urgent deficiencies may be filled promptly. , It Is understood President Wilson Intends to discuss tho naval ^Pro? gramme in his annual message and to make of it an administration measure. It is the purpose of the navy depart? ment to recommend at least 30 sub? marines for next year. It is planned to bring the total to about 170 in five > ears. It is not known what the plans of the navy aro for the organization of tho new fleet, but the general belief in naval quarters that tho plan of hav? ing a fleet In the Pacific will figure materially In the new programme. Bulgarian forces operating against It. Tho loss of the railway line prevents the allies expedition reaching the Serbs and affording them neoded re? lief. FICHT FOH CZAR. Russian Armies Advancing Along the Entire Front. Petrograd, Oct. 14.?The Russian armies have assumed the offensive along the entire front on orders from the Czar. They have already won suc? cesses on both wings and the situation at the center is developing favorably, according to the war office. The ad? vance In Galicla continues with heavy losses being inflicted on the retreating enemy. The Russian counter-attacks against Von Hindenberg are making headway. ZEPPELIN PLAYS HAVOC. Forty-one Killed and One Hundred and One Wounded in London. London, Oct. 14.?Amlralty an announces forty-one killed and 101 wounded in the Zeppelin raid Wednes? day. There waa enormous property damage. ITALY TO AID. \\ 111 Baad Army to B?lkau Front. Paris, Oct. 14.?Premier Vlvlenl an? nounced In the chamber of deputies today that Italy is expected to send an army into the Balkan!. MAY INVADE EGYPT. Germans Drilling Turks at Jerusalem. Athena ()ct. 14.?German officers are drilling sixty thousand Turks at Jerusalem, The force is believed to be tiie nucleus of a Turkish army which will attempt to invade Kgypt. Zeppelin Haids Prance. Paris. Oct. 11. A Zeppelin drop? ped bombs on Chateau Thelry and Laferte-Milon, doing slight damage. The airship was tired on but escaped. Allies In Macedonia. Athens. Oct. 14.?The first detach men I Of allies have arrived in Mace RED SOX VICTORY. THREE HOME RUN DRIVES BRING FOURTH VICTORY TO AMERICAN CHAMPS. Dung SwjKh Dominate Battle, With Winners' Clubs More Efficacious In Action?Foster, Hit Hard, Sticks the Whole Way to Triumph. Phialdelphia, Oct. 13.?In the fad? ing sunlight of a beautiful October af? ternoon, Harry Hooper of Capitola, Cal., yearning for the Golden Gate with all the fervor of a native son, decided to bring the world's series of 1915 to a close. Hooper earns a tidy little livelihood each summer by cov? ering right field for the Boston Red Sox of the American league. The honor of his club and the honor of his league were at stake this after? noon when he came to bat for the last time in the fifth game of a wonderful? ly hard fought series?a game tied fast and hard. Col. Eppa Jeptha Rixey I of Charlottesville, Va., was hurling for the faltering Phillies and there was one out in the ninth when Hoop? er faced the erratic southpaw. The colonel made the batter look foolish as he broke two fast curves over the plate for called strikes, and the home rooters were howling in glee. This noisy approval evidently made Rixey overconfident, for a moment later he grooved one. There was a swish, a crack off hickory against horse hide and a white streak headed for the centcrfleld stands. The ball fell to the ground and then with a long, loop? ing bound it went into the crowd and Hooper trotted around the paths. The Phillies still were due a turn at bat, but there was not a soul among the more than 20,000 fans crowded in the park who did not know that the series was over and that the Boston Red Sox had won another champion? ship of the world?four games to one. Flustered but still lighting the stand? ard bearers of the National league went through the formality of com? pleting the last inning, but not a man could get to first. This last game of the series was one to etir the blood. It was a battle from the \TtrYf!f> wTtlr the issue ever 4n the balance. Twice it seemed . Philadel? phia had a winning margin but twice the Red Sox hammered their way to the front. Piling up three runs in the eighth and ninth inning they got the decision, 5 to 4. It was a batting bee in which the Phillies got an early start. Their big war clubs were ringing merrily when the Red Sox determined to take a hand In the affray. From that time forward there was a crashing, clout? ing chorus that sounded a sweet sym? phony in the ears of the fans. For the first time in the series the hum of the homer was heard in the land. The Boston hitters got the range of the short centerfleld and sent three balls hurling there for the circuit. Hooper got two of the home run smashes and Lewis another for Bos? ton. The Philadelphia players, who had had their batting sights carefully trained on the stand and closest fences long before the series began, valiantly tried to meet the invaders at the home run game, Luderus lifted one high over the right field wull in the fourth but here the heavy firing of the home folk ended and for the hist live innings there was never a threat of Philadelphia tallies. The short fence of the little Phllly park, confidently looked forward to as a benefit to the home players, proved In the end their undoing. Cravath, home run monarch of the National league, was expected to break up several games with smashes out of the lot, but he got his long hits in Boston, where they were speared for sensa? tional outs and before the home crowds Gavvy could only whiff the air when the fans were frantic for a hit. He had a chance today in the first inning when the bases were full and nobody out, but Gavvy hit into a dou? ble play. His halo was decidedly lop? sided at this time. But when he ig nominously fanned twice thereafter it was swept away. Although this series the Sox have been just good enough to win. They lost their first game with Alexander, but thereafter were not to be denied. The Philadelphia^ fielded brilliantly, and the Boston players shone with just the degree of finish which sep? arates the winner from the loser. Ex? cept today the pitching was airtight, the ?ostonlans twirling just a little better than the Phillies. And today, in the song of biffs and bangs, the Boston bats crashed in more strident tunes. Never very far above their rivals in any of the live games, the men of the American league in the last four starts were always Just with? in the shadowy line <>f success. It was ii hard scries for the Phillies tu lose, but a brillinat victory for the Boston Sox. Supposedly outclassed from the start, with the exception of one star pitcher, the Phillies fought stubbornly and desperately and were not without plenty of chances to win each game they lost. The drive, the "punch," the ultimate smash, was missing, however, and they could never give their pitch? ers a comfortable margin to work un? der. It seemed that the tide was about to turn to the Phillies this af? ternoon when they carried the game to the eighth inning two runs to the good. But the Sox were out for vic? tory and ten stinging hits for a total of 21 bases sounded the death knell of Philly hopes. Manager Pat Moran of the Phillies sprang a big surprise on the Sox as well as on the crowd when he an? nounced J. Erskine Mayer of Atlanta as the flinger to make the last stand for the home team. It had been taken for granted that Alexander would be sent to the slab in the linal effort of the National leaguers and this belief was strengthened when I g Alex be-1 gan to warm up just before time for the call of play. Mayer also was un- i der way. Moran studied the two pitchers for a long time and then patted Mayer on the back. The wise ones said that Moran had decided to take a chance on winning today's game, so that he would have Alex? ander ready tomorrow for a possible tying up of the series. At any rate Mayer looked good to Moran today, but he looked even bet? ter to the Red Sox. They were having a batting holiday at his expense when Moran stopped the proceedings in the third and waved Mayer to the bench. The home players had given Mayer two runs in their half of the first, but the Sox had hammered home a similar number and had gathered six hits off the Georgian when he flung his glove dejectedly away and ducked into the Philly dugout. Col. Rixey was called to the mound; the Sox assault was suddenly stopped. The home team gave the colonel two additional runs in the fourth inning and it seemed that he was destined to be a winner until the visitors took their eighth turn at bat. Gainer, the first man up in this, frame, connected with one of the left bander's slants and sent it on a journey over the in? field for a single. Duffy L?ewis, already credited with driving in two of the Red Sox victories, had spent a quiet and uneventful afternoon up to this time. But on this spectacular occasion it was different. He met a fast one squarely on the nose and tho crowd groaned as they saw the sphere sailing far away in the offing. The hard driven ball did not hesitate in its fight until It landed a most unwel? come visitor in the very laps of the loyal rooters in the grounds. Up to this time the thousands of fans gathered for the fifth conflict had been confident of victory. They had been treated to more thrills than all the other games had offered. There had been all sorts jammed In the early innings. There had been the rattle and crash or burly bats, sad errors of omission and commission, hit batsmen, bases on balls, attempt? ed steals, flashing double plays and all the complicated affairs of the dia? mond that go down to the records of the immutable box scores. COTTON CONSUMPTION REPORT. Mills urc Using More Cotton Than Last Year. Washington, Oct. 14.?The govern? ment report issued today shows cotton consumed during September was 49S, 119 running bales, exclusive of linters, against 41 4,864 last year. The cotton held by manufacturing establishments and in warehouses on September 20, amounted to 3,886,114 against 2, 2i:u,617 last year. NEW HAVEN TRIAL SLOW. Predicted That Selection of Jury Will Require Week or More. New York, Oct. 14.?That a week or more will be required to obtain a jury to try William Rockefeller and other millionaire directors of the New Haven Railroad was the opinion when the court convened today. COTTON SEED OIL RECORD. On Exchange M,700 Barrels Change Hands. New York, Oct. 13,?All records wi re broken when 56,700 barrels of cotton seed oil changed hands on the Produce Exchange today. Commis? sion houses and shorts wero heavy buyers on fair crop news and prices shot up forty points This attracted heavy offerings of crude from the South, which destroyed about half of the advance after midday. SERBIA HARD PRESSED. TUETONS STRIKE FROM SOUTH, BULGARS FROM EAST, TO CRIPPLE KINGDOM. Greece If q jg Assistance Pact?? Premie 41 nounces That She Will Com it ? a Armed Neutrality. Al? lies > tensive Both in East and I n, Oct. 12.?Servia is being at s<\ from the north and the east. 7V i.ustro-Germans, after capturing ,rade and Semendria, are advanc southward, while the Bulgarians e trying to interrupt communica? tions north and south of Nish, Servia's war-time capital, and to attack the Servians on the flank if they are driven back by the German Field Marshal von Mackensen. The situation is admitted to be se? rious, not only for Servia but for the whole allies' cause. It is asserted that the Servians are inflicting heavy losses both on the Austro-Germans and Bulgarians, but with their army of about 250,000 men they are be? lieved to have little chance of mak? ing any prolonged resistance against 300,000 or 400,000 Austro-Germans, and probably 200,000 Bulgarians. They are arranging for the transfer of the capital to Monastir in the ex? treme southwestern corner of the kingdom. Greece apparently has decided to ignore the treaty under which she is supposed to go to the assistance of her Servian ally in case of an attack. Premier Zaimis said, when notified of the Bulgarian attack, that Greece "re? mains in a position of armed neutral? ity." The quadruple entente has decided to take energetic action. As soon as news of the Bulgarian attack on Servia was received in London the Bulgarian minister was handed his passports, and M. Viviani, the French premier, in the chamber of deputies today declared that France, Great Britain and Russia had decided to take 'Oint action and that tomorrow ??Russian troops will be fighting by the side of ours." An Angio-Fr^h .force La known^to be landing at SahmTkV'^uT* foeW^sP* considerable speculation as to where Russia will enter the Balkan conflict. It is report! that Grand Duke Nicholas is to command the Russian Balkan army, which, it is believed in military circles here, would make the Bulgarian people less willing to fight against Russia, there being a deep veneration among the Bulgarian peasants fc* the emperor of Russia and his family. , It is understood that Italy has de? cided not to cooperate with the allies in the Balkans, the Italian govern? ment believing that troops can not be spared for any campaign other than that in Trentino and Trieste. Now that Austria and Germany have entered on their Balkan enterprise, which is interpreted as the first step towards an endeavor to get a German empire in the Near East, there can be no drawing back, but the allies hope that with a vigorous offensive both on the East and the West they at least can prevent the sending of any large reinforcements to von Mackensen. The French in both the Champagne and Artois regions of France are con? tinuing their offensive but not on the scale of the recent attacks. The Brit? ish, after their success in repelling the big German attacks, are preparing for another move, but at what, point only the commanding generals know* Now that they have started, it is be? lieved here that the British and French on the Western line will give the Germans no rest. It is much the same on the Eastern front. The Austro-Germans having brought their offensive to an end, ex? cept in the region of Dvinsk, the Rus? sians have recuperated wonderfully and are striking back. The Germans I claim another success west of Dvinsk, 'but they still are fighting west of llloukst. They also announce that Russian counterattacks have been re? pulsed south of the Prlpet river in Volhynia and in Galicia. The Russians seemingly have en? tirely regained the initiative, especi? ally in Galicia. Here Petrograd re? ports a Russian Victor) on the Strips. The Russian offensive on the front started several weeks ago when suc? cesses were won at Tarnopol and Trembola. Aft at ro-German reinforce? ments were rushed up and hard and incessant fighting has taken place since. Gen. Count von Bothmer com? mands the Austro-Germans in this sector, and the German official report of today says that the position of the "German troops"1 with him is un? changed.