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attirer m UME il. ' ' .vit. ANDERSON, S. C THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1915. NUMBER 194. DENIES GROUND GAINED OF GREAT) VALVE BUT OBJECTIVE NOT YET REACHED RAINS D Report Progress East of Kovno?-] Fighting on Austro German Frontier. London, Aug. 25.?An official re port issued tonight regarding recent | operations on Gallipoli Peninsula seta at rest rumors that the British cut I off or outflanked the Turks. Tboj report says the ground gained is of great value, but .that the true objec tive has not been reached. Early in August the Australians and ' New Zealanders reached the summltos of Hart Bahr and Chansk Bahr, com manding positions on the west coast, but the failure of a new landing party at Sulva Bay compelled them to re tire. In an attack Saturday the British) lost the advantage of a surprise and | had to retire again. The reporta ad mits heavy British losses, but says those of the Turks muet have been heavier. Altogether the British bold a front | of about twelvo miles along the west side of the peninsula, and at somo pe?ala have penetrated for a consid erable distance. The Turku are' m?iiing a stubborn defense but the al lies confident the Dardanelles will be forced -befer?^he/and of September. Heavy rains'are retarding the Oer mana -* Courland. They are still try ing, however, .to force th? retire ment of the Russians holding tho line between the rivers As and Dvina, and have been successful at one point?t) least. Berlin re|?orts German progress eastward of Kovno and near Brost Lttovsk. The only important event in the west is the recapture by the Germans of a trench in Vosges.. Paria to night announces renewed artillery ac tivity along the western front. Heavy fighting continues along the AuBtro-Itallan frontier. .The Italians! claim to have captured the head of! 6tlmo Valley in the Tonale sono. London, ' Aug. 25.?The Balkan states seem no nearer to a determina tion of their future relations with the Warring powers. ,.As far as official anxiety goes however, no definite steps have been taken for a revival of the Balkan league, and its align ment wit.-:' the .entente allies. There is no confirmation of the various ru mors which excited London yesterday tue chief of these were reports being that Bulicarla had decla?-ed war against, Turkey and would assist in an attempt to force tho Dardanelles. ' The Arabic situation ia still elicit: tug the comment of the English press. -Tho unofficial German explanations arc characterized as Inadequate. Ef forts of Germany to make an explana tion are interpreted as evidence that Germany realizes the relations with the United States have recited a se rious stage. The furious efforts of the Teutonic allies along the eastern front for the ; last twenty-four hours have not been j as fruitful as usual in the ground gained.' This is taken to mean they ( nave reached the swamp regions. Teu tonic reports stato that further ad vances were achieved south of Brest- ' Lttovsk ?jid that tho Palva river line had bee'j passed. The Austrian caval ry has entered Koval and is said to be advancing- north. The outfinnklhg /movement, however, will be confront ed by a barrier formed by the River Fir pet and th? adjacent msrshee. The German press recognizing this diuiculty points out ttrat, the armies of th? centrai powers fece a serious Obstacle in the immense roadless Plerpet marshes, leading av Hungarian newspaper to aay the desirable tacti cal position of the Russians Is ex tremely favorably. Another explana tion o? the pause of the Teutonic ad vance against "Srest-Lovsk ? Is that the lavadero are being bold up by the continual rain. No Important actions la reported from other fronts. The English public is stirred by the large loss of life at the Dardanelles and Turkish reports of desperate fighting and awaits with keen inter est details. Fortress Ahaaioael. . Jfetrofrad, Aug. 25.?The Ossowetz garrison joined the Russian field (a)NnNtmr?.oH paus tsars.) CANADIAN OFFICIALS ALLEG ED TO HAVE OVERPAID CONTRACTORS CHARGES AGAINST ROBLIN REGIME Report of Investigating Commis sion Discloses Graft of Near ly Million Dollars. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Aug. 35.? Charges that enormous overpayments .were made to the contractors who erected the new- parliament buildings of the- province of Manitoba and that these overpayments, in part at least, were designed to provide a campaign fund for the recent. Robiin govern ment and that some members of the government were cog bissant' of what was* occurring,/were ?ust?lned today In tho report of the Hoya* commission, wbioti "it?vestlgat?d th?-charges. The commission' declared that from Apr? 2X to July. 9, X^^SiMjimto the elections, payments wero made to contractors totalling eight hundred and eighty-two thousand, two hundred |and eight dollars, of which ?ix* hun dred thousand was fraudulent over payment. Thomas Kelly and Sons are contrac tors named. Sir Redmond Foblin, ex premier, "made common cause with the contractors to resist- discovery," says the commission, which also lays blame on other government officials. SERBIA'S REPLY IS HANDED TO ALLIES Expected to Agree to Make Ter ritorial Concessions Demand ed By Bulgaria. London, Aug. 25.?Serbia's reply to. the allies note respecting concessions of territory to Bulgaria Was. handed to the Italian foreign minister today, according to a Rome dispatch. It Is unknown here what It was. but it has been expected here that "Serbia will agree to the principal demands. COLE. L. BLEA3E FOR GOVERNOR Definite Announcement From Former Chief Executive Made Public Wednesday. Columbia, Aug. 25.-?Former Gov ernor Bienne in a letter to W. P. Beard, the editor of The Scimitar of Abbeville mad public today announc es that he-'will be a candidate for gov ernor next year. The letter couched in his characteristic language, con cludes, "So on with the dance; let joy bo unconflned." Prohibition in deaera. Douglas, Ari*., Aug. 25.?Carra? as officiale have put absolute prohibi tion Into effect in the larger towns of Sonora now under control, ^..cord ing to travelers arriving today. Naco sari and Cananee both are said to be dry. DANIELS WOULD INCREASE NA Boston, Aug. 25.?Secretary Daniels today declared before the gov ernors' Coh?rent , that his ahn, was that the n?vy s> Ml be steadily in creased In size and efficiency to do fend the United States against attack from any quarter. MASSACHUSETTS PRESI -.- | > .-, Senator John Senator John W. Weeks of Massa chusetts will be one of the strong factors in the National Republican convention of 1916. it is already well understood that he will bo among the prominent' candidates for the Republi can nomination for president. The career of Senator Weeks has been one of exceptional interest. .He was born on April 11, 1860, in the town of Lancaster, . H., of an old New England family. He was reared on a farm and after a course of preparatory schooling en tered the U. S. Naval Academy1 at An napolis, graduating in 1881. For the next two years be served an a mid shipman in the navy, and on his re tirement in 18815 enterca the Massa DIPLOMAm ?FAD MINI _______ SAYS U. S. HAS PLAYED "IGNC AND HAS SEEN OWN MEN -% MURDERED ON HIGH S -?SCORES PROFES Pittsburgh. . Y.?Aug. 25.?Th?o-, dore Roosevelt in an address tonight at tho military instruction camp here, declared that for thirteen months tho United States had "played on Ignoble part' among the nations," in that', it had "tamely submitted to seeing the weak, whom we had convenanted .to protect, wronged," and "had seen our own men, women and children .mur dered on tho high seas without ac tion on our part." iphe former president condemned, tlic government for having "not taken the smallest step In the way *ot pre paredness to defend our own rights." German, ho condemned as "utterly brutal and ruthless in its disregard of international morality" and de clared that it "would bo a base aban donment of morati ty" for American manufacturers of .munitions of war to refuso to make shipments Tor tho hse of ith'e armies that are st*iving to rsetoro'Belgium to Ita own acoplo." Munition makers who refused to make such shipments should bo rut, he- said, on a "roll of dishonor." He added that they should be encouraged "bo that wo may be. able to hold our own when tho hour of peril comes to j us In our it urn." His speech follow*. In part: "Free citizens should be allowed to do their own fighting. Th?" profes sional paclOclut is as much out or pince in a democracy a?" 1s-the pol troon himself; and. ho is no better citizen than the poltroon. Probably no body of citizens ir ? tho Uuited States during the last five years, have G?EV DEMIES BELG?UFr? ?B?OMfllLI?? British Foreign .Minister D?clarai Germany Deuberaiely Violated Belgian Nentralky. London. Aur. 25.?Sir Edward j Grey, British foreign minister tonight | made public a letter in roply to Ger, tuab Chancellor von Bothmann Holl wegw-'s recent speech. Sir "Edward! denies Belgium trafficked her neu-i tralJty, as Germany claim*', and de olares Germany deliberately viol?t- j cd Belgian neutrality. [DEN AL" OFFERING ;_ W. Week?. chusetts Naval*,Brigade, of which he was a member for ten years. The last Bix years of that decade he was com manding officer of the organization. Wiien the Spanish-American war started ho volunteered -md was bro vettcd lieutenant, in command of the second division of the auxiliary fleet. Previous to'entering public life ? a congressman. Senator Weeks had served the municipality of Newton, Mass., where -he long resided, as mayor. His interests brought him into close touch with every develop ment of the times, in fact, as a mem ber of the well known banking firm Of Homblowcr & Weeks he continued his connection with the banking field up to tire time be entered the U. B. senate. icCOURSE STRATION ?BLE PART AMONG NATIONS" ? WOMEN AND CHILDREN EAS WITHOUT ACTION iSIONAL PACIFIST. I wrought so efficiently for national [decadence and interna?Onal degrada tion, as the piofessir.nal pacificists, tho peace-at-any-pricj men, who have tried .to teach our people that ellly all-inclusive arbitration treaties and the utterance of fatuous platitudes at peace congresses are substitutes for adequate military preparedness. "Under the conditions of modern warfare it is the wildest nonsense to talk of men springing to arms in mass unices they have been taught how to act in m ass and bow to use the arms to which they spring. For thirteen months America has played > an ignoble part among the nations. We have tamely submitted to seeing the weak, whom we had convcuantcd to protect, wronged., We have seen our own men, women and ' children mur dered on the high aeas without action on our,part. We have treated elocu tion ?*? a substitute for action. Dur ing this time our government has not taken the smallest step in the way of preparedness to defend our own rights. Yet lliese thirteen months bave made evident the Inim itable fact that force is moro dominant now in lh'? affairs of the world than ever be foro, that the most powerful of mod ern military nations Is utterly brutal ind mrhless In its disregard of Inter nati jnal morality, and tb-vi rightcous aoie divorced from forc? is-utterly futile. Iteliance upon - high-sound lug words dnbacked by deeds Is proof of (CONTINUED ON PAGfc. TWO.) PHOTOGRJM FORTS Made Pictures-?* R?servations at Fortress Monroe?Former German Soldier. Washington, Ang. 25.? Gustav Kopsen, who according to federal of ficials, formerly served In tao Ger mon army, was arrested here tonight by agents of the department of jes thro, charged with making pictures of mili tary reservations at Fortress Monroe and nearby points. Officials said: Kopsch admitted making fletares but declined to explain. SAYS ONLY PURPOSE IS TO SAVE COUNTRY FROM END LESS REVOLUTIONS EXTENDS TIME FOR DISCUSSION New Government Had Threaten ed to Quit Unies* Allowed to Discuss Proposed Treaty. Washington, Aug. 2S.?Secretary Lansing today explained the purpose of the United States in proposing and pressing the. treaty with 'Haiti at this tinto, giving the Unitod Staes en years' control of Ha?tien finances. He said the United States was act ing from disinterested motives to save Haiti from ruin through endless re volutions. It was confirmed here that American charge Davis bad 'extended until tomorrow night the time 3n which the Ha?tien government aright [accost the proposals. I Port au Prince* Haiti. Aug. 2 >.-~ The government and congress having threatened to resign if the American government refused to permit discus sion of the proposed treaty which would allow the United States ten years control of Haiti's finances, Washington has agreed to the discus sion. The population, which has been agitated, now is more tranquil. SOCIALISTS OUTLINE SOME PEACE TEAMS Say Terms Must be Lasting Bring ing the Nations of Europe to Closer Relation. - Berlin, Aug. 25.?Socialist newspa pers publish the results of a confer ence with a party of Reichstag mem bers, who were members of the party committee. concerning tho Socialists' peace alms. They summarise the aims as rol lows: Peace must be permanent leading the European nations to closer rela tions. Germany's opponents must net be permitted to acqulro any German ter ritory. Most favored nation clauses should be In traduced into the peace treaties. Tariff walls must be removed. As^far as possible the freedom of seas should bo established; narrows important to world commerce interna tionalist, Austria and Turkey must not be weakened. The annexation of oretgn territory violates the fight of l?'e peoples -to self rule It would weaken the interna tional strength and harmony of the German nation; therefore, we oppose all plans of this sort, which corn? of short sighted politicians, favoring conquest. ' Finally the party demands the es tablishment of an International court to which further conflicts, between the ustione nvjy be sent. IJ. rt. Troopers Fired Upon. Douglas. APU., Aug. 25.?Troopers of tbo Tenth cavalry, doing berner patrol duty near LoChiei, Aris., were fired upon Sunday and . returned the fire, which is supposed to have come from renegade Mexicans professi ug allegiance to Carrante. There were no casualties. The Mexican comman der sent-an apology. RUSSIANS LEAVE BIAI YSTOK FORTS London. Aug. 25.?A Petrograd dis patch says the Ptusslaris have evacu ated Blalystok but will continue to hold Grodno until the.bulk of the Russian armies reach appointed posi tions east of VUna. AGREES ) FOR BY SI HARDING URGES BANKERS ?0 FINANCE CROP DOESN'T THINK CONTRA BAN ORDER CREATES SE RIOUS SITUATION EXPECTS FOREIGN COMPETITION Predicts Big Demand for Ameri can Cotton Despite Fact That it is Contraband. Birmingham, Ala.. August 26.? W. P. O. Harding, of tho Federal lie serre Board., told ?he Alabama Mer chants association hero that, the plac ing of cotton on the contraband list by the allies did not eseste, a des perate situation mit rather one oalling fpr intelligent leadership. He urged llMNHhcrn bankers.to make concessions fe1 finance the crqp f and , predicted fiere would' bo vntprnaiional compe tition, tpr the American crop despite the fact that It was'contraband. Mr. Harding handled, for tho reserva' board, the arrargemefits for tho hun dred million dollar cotton loan fund. Ho explained to the Alabama mer chants however that be was not speaking tonight for the federal board, but was giving his personal views. "Germany." eaid Mr. Harding, "Is as anxiou.? to have cotton as tho al lies are to prevent her. It Is not in conceivable that there may be evi dences beforo rry long of Internation* al competition fot possession of the Smith's great Suapte. tt Is nt lunst a possibility that cotton will be pur chased In large quantities for forlgn account and stored In Southern ware houses, to be shipped out as needed and as opportunities for' shipment, arise. "No one has ever accused Ger mans of being lacking in far alghted ness. They are already looking for ward to what will happen when peace is restored and that they will make a supreme effort to recover their lost trade with other nations' cannot bo doubted. Is It reasonable to believe that they would look with complacen cy upon the absolute control of the cotton Market by the mills of Eng land and America, permitting them to secure thoir . a opiles of cotton at very low prices and defer their own purchases until after peaco Is made and take tho chances of securing then 1 their ov. stocks at much higher] prices? Is it not reasonable to be lieve that they will arrange to huy cotton as the -'spinners of other na- { tiens buy it and can they not easily arrange to have their cotton purchas es stored in this country for their ac count until they can transport it to their own shores?" Mr. Harding said the Smith's wel fare depends upon' the marketing of cotton at fairly remunerative rates and Southern bankers should, whore ever possible, make liberal conces sions In their usual .tes o ncommo dHy losns, high interest, he pointed out, means forced sales. "Present conditions," he raid, "fully justify low rates and Southern bank ers should he willing to forego tem porary profits for the sake of se curity and solidity In the future, t am sure that the federal reserve banks may be depended upon under their power of rdiseountlng to cooperato to fullest extent with the banks in L'tklng care of the cotton crop and Ibis assurance h?.'of course, not con fined to cotton' leans but extends to other staple commodities. "It Is now a matter ot public knowledge that the British govern ment and its allies bave declared cot ton an absolute contrabatvd. By that It Is understood that cotton will be subject to seizure, even when con signed to neutral countries, unless the shipment is mado in accordance with the terms and limitations of the proclamation declaring It contraband. As the annnuar takings of American cotton by Austria and Germany amount to about 3,000,000 b?le?, the attitude of Great Britain sun her allies has created mach uncertainty la the cotton trade .Mid great appre hension on the part of cotton pro ducers In the South." o RELIEVES DANGER OF CRISIS IN RELATIONS BETWEEN U. S. AND GERMANY OFFICIAL REPORT NOT RECEIVED When Manner of Sinking Becomes Definitely Known Matter Will Be Peacefully Adjusted. Berlin, Aug. 25.?It the commander of a German submarine v'ol.-ttod his Instructions hi slatting the Arabic, Germany will give full satisfaction to the United States, Chanci !lor von Bethmann Holl weg Informed the As sociated Preso; in an interview to night. The chancellor stated that It was Impossible to make ? definite statement until he knew whether a mine or submarine sank the Arabic and whether or not the Arabic might not hnve justified the sinking. But if investigation showed the commander had exceeded instructions, then Germany will give full satisfac tion to the United States. While the situation regarding the Arabic case is by no meine clear, indication? were noticeable today of the belief that a way-will be found oat of -the entanglement, even if it is established that a German submarine. Isaak the Arabic without warning, which Germany, In the absence of an official report, has no reason to be' lieve. Newspapers and the public set m hardly awakened to the notare of the situation, and between the diverge?t views of Theodore Roosevelt and W. J. Bryan, which they were given to day, find tittle enlightment regarding American public opinion. The foreign office, however, is evi dently fully aware of the delicate nature of the situation, add is dis posed to avoid a crisis, which Is farthest from its desire. Berlin, Aug. 2".. <American Ambas sador Gerard called on Foreign Min ister von Jagow yesterday and asked for Information concerning the sulk ing of thin '.V<(uner Aral)p. He learned that the government had no official news. The only. information th? govern ment has ir. from newspaper dis patches throwing little light on the circumstances attending the Arabic's [destruction. It is not even clear Whether the disaster was duv. "to a torpedo or a mine, or whether. In I rase it was torpedoed there were spe 1 clul circumstances impelling the sub marine to attack the Arabic. I'ntil official advices be received clearing up definitely these points the foreign office will hardly be lu a posi tion to discuss the case or make a [declaration of Its policy concerning the Incident. The foreign office effl ciais make it very clear that they have no Intention, of flouting the United States or seeking to bring about a situation such as can b* <*-salt With hypothetically. BeraetorfTri Telegram. Washington, Aug.'. 25.?Unofficial word has been conveyed to President Wilson that close friands of the Ger m?t ambassador believed that bis tel egram of yesterday foreshadows ac tion In the Arable cose satisfactory to the United States. Officials await a further Herman statement. .President Wilson was lnformod through these friends that Germany wanted to :uutuu<in friendly relations with the United States and the neat message from Berlin will be favor able. ' Secretary of State Lansing refused to comment on Ambassador Bern storff 's telegram. The message is re garded, however, as answering the in quiry directed to Ambassador Gerard, at Berlin, because it showed the Ger man government itself Is lacking' In information necessary for an explana tion. No fresh lustraci ions were saht to Ambassador Gerard Anfttrfa Won}*'Deplore It. Zurich, Switzerland, .\ug. 35.?The Vienna Nene Freie Pro*e. whose rela tions with the Gorman embassy are close, declares one thing br certain that the American government has every ground to consider the grate perils to peace which' Its (?Hey In volves. It ts absurd that the incident of two or tlmvi American being* injured the war /one should decide the meat leur of peace between two great nations. Germany has made reasonable pro por-.Hl? which would exclude such threatening incidents. .