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VOLUME II.
_ ANDERSON, S. C SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1915.
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DECLARES HE HAS TAKEN
OVER MILES OF TRENCH
ES IN ARGONNE
FRENCH ADMIT
GERMAN GAINS
Crown Prince b Yet- Fer Fro. .
Objective-Artillery Fight
Still Going On.
London, Sept. 9.-Gorman Crown
Prince 1H making another determined
attempt to break through the French
lines in Argonne aud Berlin declares
ho has taken trenches over n front
of one and a quarter miles to depth of
three hundred to five hundred meters,
and captured two thousand prisoners,
forty-eight machine guns and sixty
four mine throwers. The French ad
mit partial Gorman success but de
clare- ?hat in most instances tho at
tackers were thrown back with heavy
losses.
This is the prince's second effort to
win a victory In this region within
three months, flo apparently is as
far from Mig objective now as befcro.
Fighting was in progress all day yes
terday and throughout the night and
was still going on at tho latest re
ports. This doubtless is the German
reply to the artillery bombardment
the allier have kept <up for fifteen
days but which now seems to be dy
ing down without tho succeeding In
fantry attacks. Instead, except
south of Arran, bomb throwing seems
to (have taken ita place.
Along the eastern front thing? uro
moving moro slowly again after the
Russian offensive in the southeast in
which the -M USCOVIICB claim a substan
tial victory. From Riga Gulf to Oli
ta. souci of Kovno, the Germans as
sert the situation is unchanged while
their center from OH ta io beyond
Pr J pct Marshes continues to Advance
Thence to the Rumanian frontier tfic
Russians still are the aggressors.
On the whole the Russians appear
to be mr.Mng a better stand since
their ammunition supply-ftes owen re
plenished. They are aided, doubtless,
by rains.
Tho. only Dardanelles news is from
Constantinople, where the Turks re
port artillery action in which allied
ships participated.
London, Sept. 9.-For the first time
in many weeks the Russians, by their
own statements, have inflicted a de
feat on their opponents, in battle
Tuesday near Tarnopol o.. the Gali
clan frontier, wlhille not conclusive, is
regarded In England as an indication
that the Russian? propose to strike
back after a long retreat. Tho Rus
sians retained eight thousand prison
ers, exclusive ot dead and wounded,
as a measure of the victory.
Tho Germans center is reported as
forging slowly, by sustained pressure,
but in the north. Von Hendentferg Is
?till unable to force the passage of
thc Divina. Grand Duke Nicholas
today is on the way to the Cau
casus, and toe English press is un
able to fathem what the transfer sig
nifies. lt is suggested that an impor
tant Russian diversion on-"the Turk
ish frontier lh connection with the
French and British attempt to force
the Dardanelles may be made.
French Report.
Paris, Sept. 9.-Repoits of violent
righting last night tn', tho Argonne
region are made. Tbs Germans at
tacked the French lines fiercely.
Orman Version.
London, Sept. 9.-The German ver
sion of the latest Austrian war of
fice statement, received here from
merlin asserts that 20 Russian offi
cers. 4.400 Jhen and swen machino
guns were* captured when the Aus
trians took tho Russian positions
south ofSsupalka.
London Afr Raid.
landon, Sept. 9.-Twenty persons
were' killed and eighty-six Injured in
last night's air raid on London.
Thew figures were given ouf here
officially.
The German air ships flew over the1
eastern counties of England and the
lioadon district. Tba list of casualties
given: Killed Ix men. 2 women. ?
children. Injured seriously, 8 men, 5
women. 2 children. Injured slightly
38 men, 38 women, ll children.
On? soldier was killed, and three
lu Jurad, the others wer/- civilians.
Ti?o attack ot last-night bringa up* the
total casualties In Zeppelin raids to
1G2 kitted, and 340 injured. On the
'?.jUmitMXA nish* thirteen .persona were
killed, and forty-three injured.
RICEIS
G HARD
>H FRENCH
DR DUMBA TO
BE RECALLED
BY REQUEST
U. S. AMBASSADOR AT VIEN
NA INSTRUCTED TO RE
QUEST CALL
IS NO LONGER AN
ACCEPTABLE ENVOY
Action is Taken Because of Ac
tivity in Creating Indus
trial Trouble. <
Washington, Sept. 9.-Ambassador
PejdfU'?'* at Vienna was Instructed by
I cable tonight to inform tho Austro
Hungarian government that Dr. Con
stantine Dumba no longer was ac
ceptable as an envoy to the United
States and to ask for his recall. Sec
retary Lansing formally announced
this action.
The action was the answer of the
American government to Dnmba's ex?
! planation or his intercepted letter to
Vienna, outlining plans for handicap
ping American plants making wai
supplies for the allies.
Washington, Sept. 9.?-Secrotary
Lansing has cancelled thc passports
of James V. Archibald, an American
correspondent upon whom Britisli
\ secret service men found letters from
Dr. Constantino Dumba, the Austro
Huogarian ambassador to his foreign
office on the subject rom. n i lug
striker Jn American munition plants.
Archibald ia now In Rotterdam, and
American Minister Van Dyke is in
structed to. issue an emergency pass
port to permit his return to the Unit
ed States.
The cancellation of Archibald's
passports is the first official action
which suggested that the mattet
might extend so far as to cause the de
parture of Dr. Dumba from the Unit
ed States.
Officials are annoyed that American
passports have been used to carry
military information.
Dr. Dumba said be sought to give
the widest publicity to the Austro
Hungarlan penal code against a sub
ject engaging war .munitions manu
facture for his country's enemies. Dr.
Dumba is today in tho summer em
bassy at Lenox. Mass., awaiting
news of the United States' decision,
which will not be reached until doc
umentary evldenco has come from
London.
SW?PREIENT
TALKS Bl PEACE
Says Neutrals Are Justified in
Directing Energies Toward
Peace-Switzerland Ready to
Co-operate.
i Parla, Sept. 9.--Neutral nations are
i justified in protesting against. wi .t, .be
cause hhey aro victims, ls the opinion
that Dr. Joseph Motta. president ol
Switzerland expressed In an inter
view published In the P?rit Parisien.
Dr. Motto said: "Past wars affect
ed only the belligerents, but now
Iheru Ls a community among people.
Tua rupture-ot the community by th?
war of certain states affects all the
rest.
"It is not ?mffictont for neutrals t?
await ?he end of tho conflict. Pas
si voceas has ceased as a duty. Energy
is now the proper pbiicy. Legitimate
neutrals should unite tfteir influence,
a? they arto Injured In common. Th?
first sign of fatigue .will not lind
Switzerland hesitant. She will act
with other neutral governments, esa
utaust that peace ls tho canse of all
nattons."
ll
TO PAY FOR
NOTE EXPRESSES REGRET FOR LOSS Ol
ACCEPTS REPORT OF SUMARINE C
STATEMENT OF INCIDENT-SAYS
TIFIED-WIIXING TO SUBMIT Q
P?RATION TO THE 1
Berlin, Sept. 9.-Tmo German
government, in a note to the. United
States on tho sinking of tho'Arabic,
"most deeply regrets that- lives wei*
losit through tho actipn of its com
mander. It. particularly expresses
this regret to the government of the
United States on account of tho dcat'i
of American citizens," and ..adds:
"The flo: nan government ts unable,
however, to acknowledge tiny objec
tion to grant Indemnity in the mat
ter.- - .
Text of *o?6.
The text of tho note follows: "On
Augusj. nineteenth a German stir-ma
rine stopped *tho Knglish steamer
Dunsley about sixteen nautical miles
south of Kinsale and was on the point
Of sinking the prize by gun fire aftet
the crew had left the vesseT. At this
tn ornen t the commander saw a large
steamer making directly toward '..sin.
This steamer, aB developed later, waa
the Arabic. 8ho was recognised as
an enemy vessel? aa sho did hot fly
any flag and bore no neutral mark
ings. .
"When She approached she altered
her original course but then
pointed dlrce?y toward thc i
Tine. From this the command
came convinced the steamer li
tentions of attacking and ir.
him.
"In order to anticipate this
tic gavo orders tor the ?ubirtai
dive and fired a torpedo a
steamer. After firing he con
himself that the people . on
were being rescued in fifteen
"According to hts instructio
commander was not allowed to
the Arabic without warning aiu
out ea:lng lives unless tho si
tempten to escape or offered
tance, ile forced, . however, t
elude from tho attendant c
stances that 'he - Arabic plani
violent attack on tho . aubraarl
"V AB conclusion is all tho
obvious as h*- had been fired
at ? great distance lo tho Irl
August 14-that is a few dayB
-by a 'large nassenger steam
paien-tiy belonging to tho
Boyal Mail Steam Packet .Co.,
he had neither attacked nor ot.
"The. Gorman government
HOTEL PROPRIETOR
KILLED UNRULY GUEST
BUliochvtlle, Ga.. Sept. 9.-G. A.
Thompson, proprietor of a hotel kill
ed Samuel Bulloc?:?,- a druggist and
was probably fatally funded in A
pistol duel here late today.
' Thompsen claimed Bulleen waa dl?
ordsrlly in the hotel dining room and
he tried ~to eject-him.
I Jul loch drew a gun and fired and
Thompson replied. Bulloch was shot
lc tue head and chest.
ON ? $15.000 6
Decatur, Ga., Sept. 9. -Dr.
Sprayberry, charged ''with the
dor. five years ago of his aui
uncle. Mr. and Mrs. Williams
berry, was released under
thousand dollar bond followir
hearing here. The bend o
Osmer, who was Jndictod wlfci
barry Was raided Troigi twen
hundred to fifteen thousand.
Nos. 1, 2 Stella Carol, English
Actress, and Her II unhand.
No. 8 - Miss Glady H Carne.
e. 4-Mrs. Jamos Cul mon. N
Hero are the first photographs of
survive) s of the Arabic, wrecked oil
the Irish coast 1>. a Germau sub
marine. Some of these passenKCra
arrived in thc United States tho other
day on the American liner St. Paul,
still carrying their life belts, which
they said they would preset ve as
mementoes of their experience. Miss
Carol is an English actress, who was
on her way td open In the United
States. Miss Carne was a (heroine of
tho wreck. Thovgh overcome with
seasickness, she recovered control of
herself and took an o.|.- with the-,.. I
sailors in thc Ufo boat wnich catTlea
her and a large number of other sur
vivors. Mrs. Calmou was an Ameri
can who was making tho trip, back
with 'her /husband. She U -ought her
lifo preserver so she could remember
tho occasion more evidently.
BILLING
. ARABIC
? AMERICAN LIVES, BUT
OMMANDER AS TRUE
ATTACK WAS JUS
UESTION OF RE
rIAGUE
again
Himm
ler be
ad ta
mmin*
attack
rlne to
.t the
tvlnced
boa-.d
boats,
ns Ute
attack
1 with
llp at
resis
0 con
ire ii oi
led a
no.
more
1 upon
sh sea
before
Qr ap
Brltish
which
opped.
most
doeply regrets that lives were lost|
through action of their commander,
it particularly expresses f-tts regret
to the govornment of the United States
on account of death of American
citizens.
"The German government is unable,
however, to acknowledge any obliag-l
tion to J.-rant indemnity in the matter
even if the commander should have
been mistaken as to the aggroBoive j
.mentions of the Arabic.
"If it chouid provo to be the case
that it is impossible for the German
and American governments to reach
a harmonious opinion on Cits point,
tho German government would bc
prepared to submit the difference of
opinion as being a question of interna
tional law to Tho Hague Tribunal for
arbitration, persuant to article 38 of j
Tho Hague Convention for Pacific
Settlement of international Disputes.
"In so doing it assumes that aa a
matter of courso tbe arbitral docls
ion ?hall not ho a lin it ted to havo tho
importance of a general decision on
the pc wu I ss lb lilt y or converse under
international law of German subma
rine warfare."
?ED
ONO
Bryce
? mur
at and
Spray
fifteen
?g &
1 John
Spray
ty-five
ISSUE STATEMENT Of)
GERMAN 1 RAID
Berlin, Sept. 9.-The report of the
chief of the admiralty staff, says:
"Oui- naval airships attacked daring
the night ot September elgth and
ninth with good results, the western
part of the city of London, gl ?.vt fac
ti- rios near Norwich, harbd- works
sad iron works af Mkldleaborp. There
I were heavy explosions and num
I erous fires. Our airship? were heevl
j ly fired al by hostile batteries but ali
1 returned safely.
CARRANZ/
THREATEI
J9NTEXAS
u. a if io
OF INDUSTRIAL
PREPAREDNESS
50 DECLARES PRESIDENT OF
NAT. ASSO. OF COTTON
MANUFACTURERS
INDUSTRIAL PEACE
IS A NECESSITY
Urges Public and Legislative Hos
tility Toward Business Be Al
layed Till After War.
New Loudon, *Scpt. 0.-Industrial
preparedness, hand In nand with mil
itary preparedness, was urged by Al
bert Greene Duncan of Boston, pres
ident of ehe Nationa! Association of
Cotton Manufacturers, in an address
before the semi-annual meeting of
thnt association here today.
"Wo have," said Mr. Duncan, "for
many years relied on our splendid
Isolation, and neither in military pre
paration nor in tho full development
pr our resources, havo^we ever. hu>lt
up that independence, as ? nation,
that has been in relations between
tuan and man, tho keynote of our gov
ernment'from Its inception.
"As the expanse of oceans which
separate our shores from possible
Toes have made us indifferent to ad
mittedly inadequate provisions for
defense, our separation from the se
vere commercial rivalries of Ehirope
ave closed our.eyes to thc necessity
of commercial independence. Serene
In our determination not to be a par
ty ny European struggle, we nev
er ngined we could bo tho victims
D> a quarrel not of our own making,
nor that any possible embroilment
of other nations could be so far reach
ing that we should suffer from its
effects in our world trade relations
and even in pur domestic affairs.
"Military preparedness and indus
trial preparedness should go hand In
band. The sinews of war must be
provided by the latter before the form
er can be developed to its full extent,
and by commercial preparedness, 1
mean not only the strengthening of
those Industries which would neces
sarily contribute supplies for a pos
sible war, but all enterprises of man
ufacturo, transportation and distri
bution, so hint we can put behind any
body of men enlisted in the nation's
defense a united, prosperous, con
tented and determined population'
and be able to supply all the varied
wants of our people and furnish the
fullest support to the government in
any time of trial.
"We have learned tho sad lesson
that trade rolations with other coun
tries, however, firmly rooted, aro sec
ondary to military exigencies. We
have seen our mills handicapped and
In some cases forced to close or cur
tail, due to shortness of wool, dye
stuffs, chemicals and other needed
supplies, many of which om* country
would have been amply able to sup
ply if the Idea of commercial and In
dustrial preparedness for any emer
gency had been kept in min;-."
Mr.. Duncan declared that while
the Industrial depression in this
country had been in part temporarily
righted by a demand for products
which rite United States alone could
supply, the trf.t should hot be over
looked that the presnnt difficulty ot
l/.'.e settlement of foreign balancea !n
American favor might seriously cur
tail prospective exports.
"Our national honor, and. even our
existence" he said, "may depend upon ]
tba extent and the thoroughness in
the next few months of our military
preparedness, but as a basis and
ground work which alone can make
possiblo the .enormous expenditures
Involved, our domestic affairs - should
have equal attention. In the midst
Of international complications, when
we know not what a day may bring
for iii, it la the duty of every true
American to stand by the president In
his efforts to preserve our national
dignity and honor. On the other
band may we not urge lt as an equal
duty upon the president to stand by
us in an effort to bring back and main
tain the business prosperity of the
country."
[OUT WARNING FROM
ACROSS RIVER NEAR
PROGRESO
WON'T FIRE ON
U. S. SOLDIERS
Advices to State Department Say
Gen. Villa Has Evacuated
Torre?n. ?; I
., .a
Brownsville. Sept. Carraura
troops entrenched on Uh? Mexican side
near Progreso, thirty miles north
went of hero, today shouted a warning
across the border that they "reserv
ed tho right to fire" upon any Taxas
rangers, deputies or civilians appear
ing on tho Texas bunk of the Rio
3rando. They gave assurances they
wouldn't fire upon American sol
diers.
Tlie assignment of troops to guard
tho border was completed today, and
are patrolling the border for a dis
tance of a 'hundred miles. No dis
orders are reported.
Yilla Evacuates Torreen.
Washington, Sept. 9.-State de
partment advices tonight from Laredo
contained a report that Villa had eva
cuated Torre?n. That city ls the
present objective pf the Carranxa
army moving northward under Obro
gon. Evacuation would lead the
Carranza forces north to Chihuahua
before a decisive engagement.
Secretary Lansing announced that
Carranza'? answer to the Pan-Amer
icana -i?aca_AJM?5al"w;u probably, be
received tomorrow or Saturday.
ills adherents here say fie replly
will be a courteous refusal to enter
the proposed conference.
Washington, Sept. 9.-Secretary
Lansing announced that General
Carranza'? reply to the Pen-American
peace appeal is expected Friday or
Saturday. Willie t?he secretary ?aid
he bad .no advise as to Its nature, indi*
cations are that Carranxa will declina
to enter the joint conference of Mexi
can factions.
COTTON MANUFACTURERS
IN ANNUAL SESSION
Effect of War On Cotton Situa
tion to Be Discussed-Ad
journ Saturday.
?New London. Conn., Sept. 9.-The
effect ot the European war on Amer
ican cotton Industry, particularly In
Gio matter of dyestuffs. Is the fea
ture of the program for tho semi
annual meeting of the National asso
ciation of Cotton Manufacturers, be
ginning lhere today and continuing
through Saturday.
Aside from the address of the presi
dent ot the association. Albert
Greene Duncan of Boston which ls on
the program for today, the later sss- '
slonos of the convention will discuss
technical subjects, among them. "Tho
Prevention of Accidents in Cotton
Milts" by John Calder cf Boston; "Tbs
Development of the Gae of Natural
Dyestuffs" by Edward 8. Chap?n ot
Boston and "TVie Scarcity or Dyes
and Chemicals. During the Present
War" by Dr. L. V. Stanley Stanis
laus of 'Philadelphia.
in addition to the business meetings
the program committee has arranged
for contesta at golf, baseball and ten
nis, in each of which trophies ar?
provided.
NOTER GERMAN AUTHOR
GETS FIELD COMMAND
Berlin, Sept ?.-G?n?ral Frederick
A. J. von "Gernhardi, -athor of "Ger
many and the Next War." written in
1912, forecasting the present cam
paigns, has been assigned to a fled
command at h ia own request tty Bfca
peror William.
-,
NORWAY HAS tOST
F?KTY-ONE VESSELS
Washington, Sept. 8.-The Ameri
can ambassador fo Norway r o ports
that 41 Norwegian sblpe and 76 sail
ors have perished since ta? beginning
of the war. Thirteen were destroyed
by mines, 24 were torpedoed, three
disappeared In the war tone, and one
Was. crushed by a German warship.
Another ship was taken to Hamburg.