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FORCES ON THE 0lSE
SAID TO HAVE PROGRESSED
Germans Hold Trenches in Center Of Great Battle
Line in Right Wing Reported to
Be in Danger.

LONDON September 1e e:so pm.-Although decisive
either of the armies facing each other
the French official report
allied forces beginning to make their continued pressure
felt. The armies still are in death grips.
army operating the right bank Of the river ose
region Noyon according this report has made some
progress AngloFrench force which week crossed
Ane in the face of witerng fire from the German guns
of that point In the center the
from the trenches which they dug when
they compelled fall back while the princes army
which holds the German left again has retired
MAIN ATTACK ON GERMAN LEFT.
gathered that the main French attack directed
against German left with the object of driving it back toward
thus cutting its line of to Metz
strong reinorcements estimated
Gen. Kuck who max
ing stubborn stand the German right As long he
keep allies would be impossible for them deach
forces assist in the attack on the crown prince.
The given Paris that the Germans
bringing Lorraine Asne
enemy holding firm the and that the of the
German crown prince continues to retreat
FRENCH OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
The statement
wing the right bank of the river Disc in the d
ecton Noyon advanced We hold all the heights
right bank Of the Asne opposite who be REIN
forcing himself by the bringing Of troops from Lorraine
"On right wing the Of the German prince
Our advance in Lorraine regular
Summing the opposing armies, strongly ntrenched
delivering partial attacks along the entire front without being
possible record decisive result for side the other
A later statement says:
ION left wing have captured flag south of Noyon
Following rather serious the plateau Of Cra-
have made number of belonging the 1at and
15th Corps and the Guard Corps.
The Germans Notwithstanding attacks which
violence able gain ground around Rheims
they have been bombardng all day.
1.-THE situation the whole is unchanged.
made progress side of
the Argonne There is nothing the right wing.
"The general situation remains favorable
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way of Belgium. who were Obliged
south. Ia sne
1t Is also learned that for a time
to the consumption. =
Coincidence that these conditions can
pc remedied is responsible for the on
timism with which the situation ie re-
garded by Germans. -
Letters from East Prussia would
seem to indicate that the northern sec
ton will be held on the defensive for
the present. It is known that large
forces have been thrown into Silesia
for the purpose of reinforcing Gems
been obliged to fall back in the terri
tory south Of Lublin and Radon.
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addition to the sea, which the British
navy has kept open for Them
w nile the French railways have suf-
fered greatly in the German advance
on Paris and the retreat from that dis
trict, the French were long ago pre-
pared for such contingency Army
engineers and builders. who have fol-
lowed the fighting men. have relaid the
tracks and reconstructed the bridges
The government had in reserve ma
terial, already prepared, to duplicate
every bridge likely to be destroyed by
the enemy. This was taken to the app
pointed places in sections.
Tell of Fearful Losses.
Wounded German officers who were
taken prisoners tell of fearful losses.
Some of the companies of the Imperial
Guard lost all their officers and are now
commanded by volunteers.
One German prisoner i'd that the Ist
Battalion of the lst Regiment of Ger
man Foot Guards did not possess a sim
gle officer. Among the Germans killed,
according to the prisoners, was Gen. Won
Setback. A German officer declared that
all horses of the German tenth army
corps were killed. and added:
Even when bivouacking our troops
French aviator dropped four bombs
among us. killing large number OF
men and horses"
An officer, of the Prussian Guards said:
My regiment started out with sixty
officers. Only five remain. while more
than 1000 men of our regiment have
been killed or wounded"
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Want Italy to Join Allies.
SIEGE GUN USED BY GERMANS:
REJECTED BY u. S. AFTER TESTS

CHICAGO, September 19.-Louis Gath
mann, German resident of Chicago,
is said to have invented the new Ger
man siege gun and shell used with
such disastrous results to Belgian and
French Notifications.
This Chicago invention is said to
have been rejected by the United States
government, except for coast defense,
after series of tests held at Sandy
Hook experiment station in 1898.
The inventor is said to have taken his
device to. Germany and later to have
sold 1t to the Krupps. -.
Gathmann was at one time connected
with Northwestern University and Is
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Says That Rome Is Quiet.

said to have invented the gun shortly
before the Spanish-American war.
Roger B. McMullen, and his brothers
helped finance the early manufacture
of the shells for experimental purposes.
The first shells were made in small
Chicago machine shop Later the
United States government, appropriated
100000 to test the invention and spe-
cial gun was built to ahurl the gigantic
projectiles which were eighteen inches
in diameter. weighed 1900 pounds and
carried more than 500 pounds Of gun
cotton or nitroglycertn. The flrst shells
were four feet long and built in two
sections. which screwed together. In
the tests at Sandy Hook the projectfles
were successfully hurled, twelve miles,
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ENGLISH POLO PLAYER
AMONG DEAD IN FRANCE

LONDON September 10. 10 p.m-Capt.
r. N. Grenfell. the well known polo player
Of the Buckingham Yeomanry. attached
to the 9Th Lancers, was among the
officers killed In action in France. His
name appears in the list. under date OF
September l6, issued by the war Office
tonight.
The list also contains the names of
Capt Lord Guernsey. of the Irish guards,
and Capt. Lord A v. Hay. also Of the
Irish guards. Col F. r. F. Boileau, of
the general staff died Of wounds.
The names are given OF twenty officers
killed, forty wounded; one who died OF
wounds and one missing.
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GERMANS IN FRENCH UNIFORMS
TRY TO BLOW UP A BRIDGE

disguised in French officers uniforms
taken from prisoners and were proyid.
ed with prisoners Identification papers.
Their behavior, however, had excited
suspicion.
IAN attempt to stop them re.n,.ad IN
an exchange Of revolver IRE. three
gendarmes being shot. The 60
mans got away. but afterward thev
were traced to the river bank near
were able to effect their purpose.
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LONDON. September 1s.-The Dieppe
correspondent Of the Daily Mall mas
sent to his paper the following dis
patch:
"Friday a party, of Germans made
daring attempt to blow up the railway
bridge at Oissel. eight miles south
of Rouen. and thus sever railway COM
munications between Dieppe, Havre,
:.rhe members Of the party were
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CHINESE GOVERNMENT
EXECUTES PL0TTERS

PEKING. September 90. 1:16. am
The government has instituted severe
measures designated as martial law in
several provinces and many important
cities.
The discovery that rebels in the cap
ital were preparing to take advantage
of the governments present financial
and diplomatic -didiculties is, causing
scores Of arrests and many executions.
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German, Right in Danger.

German Right in Danger.
1t. is apparent from the French ac-
counts that the German right is in no
small danger particularly il 1t is true
that a French turning movement Is In
progress from Amiens in the direction
Of st. quentin. OF this there Is some
evidence, because of the presence in
that district Of British airmen.
The troops. however. are Handicapped
greatly by the heavy rains which have
caused swollen rivers and miry ROADS.
They must fight for some days yet be-
fore a decisive result is reached
May Not Be Stronger.
The Germans, 1t is said. have re-
ceived $4,000 new men for the right
wing, but, with the necessity OF send
ing troops to the east, it Is unlikely
they are any stronger on the center
and left than they were at the begin
ming of the battle.
The allies, with fewer men to draw
upon, are keeping their armies up to
full strength and are probably fncreas-
ing them. They soon will have many
trained men from the British garrI-
sons In Egypt, the Mediterranean sta
ttops and later from India The battle.
however, may be over before these
troops reach the front. SO the allies
must make the fight with what they
have.
In y.orraine and A1sace the situation
seems unchanged. None of the reports
refer to hghting there.
Reinforcements Vital Point.
The outcome depends largely upon
which side can bring up most quickly
the strongest reinforcements. The two
armies are about evenly placed. The
Germans have behind them the rail-
ways stretching into Belgium and Lux
embure. and Germany itself, while the
allies have all France behind them, in
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AUSTRIANS. 100000 STRONG.
WATCHING ITALIAN BORDER
Siicilian Population Clamors for Italy ;
Participation IN War, and
With Allies. =4-~~

ROME, September 19. 1925 am. via
Paris. 4:25 p.m.-A report received here
from the Austro-Italian frontier says
that 100000 Austrian troops are watch
ing the Italian border. Trieste has
been left with a garrison OF only
10000 men.
Reports received here state that the
factories OF Austria in which explo-
sives are manufactured are being
worked to their capacity day and
night.
According to the correspondent of the
Messaggero at Trieste, Austria. the
municipal authorities of Trieste, where
the great bulk of the population is
italian, have refused to permit a spe-
cial church service imploring. victory
for Austrian arms, on the ground that
the war is contrary to the sentiment
Of the people of the city.
Want Italy to Join Allies.
News from Sicily is that great fer
ment exists among the population in
favor of Italy joining the allies.
Demonstrations are daily taking place,
the authorities not intervening, while
the papers are urging the government
to abandon its present policy as soon
as possible.
Under these conditions, it is said
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MAKING COTTON SACKS.
Market for 5000 Bales Created by
New Milling industry

EAST ST. LOUIS. H., September 10
A large milling company of this city
will ship its product in cotton sacks
instead of in burlap bags. according to
an announcement made today. This
will make a market for 5000 bales OF
cotton. At $50 a bale this would
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here, it is doubtful how much longer
the italian government can Withstand
public opinion.
ENJOYS in Word Duel.
duel of words is being carried on
between the German and Russian am
bassadors to Italy.
H. Deffotow, the German ambassador,
in statement denying the intention of
Germany to make peace, referred to
the war ignobly imposed upon" the
German people. The Russian ambassa-
dor. A. kroupenski, has made this
This passage contains as many lies as
words. All the. powers recognized that
Germany was the aggressor and the word
ignoble' Is the only one applicable, to the
German procedure before and during the
war"
Says That Rome Is Quiet.
NEW YORK, September 19.-The fol-
lowing dispatch from a responsible
American in Rome to the New York rep
representative of the Italian state rail-
roads was received today:
''The Italian government begs you to
reassure by all means the American pub
lie of the tranquility and public order
here. The conditions are normal. There
is an absolute absence of any exceptional
conditions for travellers or for the So
journ of foreigners"
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AUSTRIAN REAR GUARD
THROWN BACK BY FOE
Three Thousand Prisoners Said to
Have Fallen in Hands of
! the Slavs.
pRzEMYsL IS NTRENCHED
Garrison of 10000 Men Provisioned
for Two Years-Czar's Forces
Gain Successes Against Ger
mans in East Prussia.

LONDON, September 10, II
p.m.-An official announcement
by Russian headquarters in Petro-
grad says:
"The Russian troops have cap
tured the fortified positions OF
Siniava and Sambor. in Galicia.
The Austrian rear guard has been
thrown back beyond the San river
in the region of Radymne and
Medyka. The Austrians Destroy
ed the bridges on the San in the
region of Sandomir and Ra-
iomysl. .,-...
The Russians captured 1900
prisoners and 22 cannon in the re-
gion OF Me1nirov and have taken
1900 cases of ammunition.
Villages Are Evacuated.
Telegraphing from Amsterdam, cor
respondent of the Central News says
a dispatch has been received there
from Vienna to the effect that all the
villages around Przemysl. in Galicia,
have been evacuated by their inhabf-
tants on order OF the Austrian military
authorities. The villagers have been
sent to the westward. ~
Intrenchments are being dug all
which has q GARRISON OF 10000 men.
has been provisionSd for two years.
Russian Offensive Develops.
The complete Russian offensive
against Austria is developing slowly,
as 1t must in the nature of things.
There are great stretches Of country to
cover and enormous numbers of -men
to move. Austria, 1t is computed. has
not more than a half million men left
to guard her northern frontier against
the Russian millions. but II she can
withdraw them to CracH1 in some
sort of order she can rely Sn the help
of a well trained German army corps.
II is to prevent this that Russia Is
bending her energy. She has at pres
ent an army drawn across Galicia from
in the north, right. .down-eo
fortresses Of Sienawa, Jaroslav and
Przemysl, all Of which she Is about to
attack This army ts moving west
ward, while another, driving the sec
ond Austrian army before 1t, according
10 Russian reports, Is moving south
from Zamosc and Radon between
Przemyel and Cracow.
Austrians Form New Front.
The Austrians are forming a new
front to oppose this move, and the two
armies must soon come together.
On the east Prussian frontier the
Russians claim not only to have arrest
ed the German advance, but to have
had some successes in counter attacks.
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Japanese Reported Near.

Late at night a rumor arose that the
Leggett had collided with the japanese
cruiser Idzumo. This information was
credited to the japanese consul at
Seattle, who denied knowledge of 1t
except as report which he did not
believe
The Francis H. Leggett was a steamer
of 1.606 gross tons. She was built at
Newport News in 1908, and was owned
by the Hicks Hauptman Navigation
Company of San Francisco. She was
commanded by Capt. Charles More, one
of the best known shippers on the
coast. and was under charter to Charles
X. Mccormick & Co.
PORTLAND. Ore, September 10
Charles r. Mccormick & Co. under
whose flag the Leggett sailed, had re-
cefved no direct word today as to the
number of passengers and members of
the crew who lost their lives, or what
was the cause Of the accident.
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WAR ON WAR TAX
BEGINS THURSDAY
Democrats Finish Draft of Bill
and Will Ask Rule Limiting
House Debate.

The House of Representatives will
take up the fight on the war revenue
tax bill Thursday under a special rule
to make it privileged matter, and
probably to limit debate. This agree
ment was reached yesterday afternoon
after a tiresome secret session Of the
democrats of the ways and means COM
mittee. who completed their labors on
the draft of the bill which will be in
troduced in the House tomorrow.
The measure contains scores Of items
to be taxed. many of them taken bodily
from the Spanish war tax of 1898, but
welcome relief to many business men
is the absence Of a stamp tax on
checks
The members Of the committee left out
tn 8 troublesome little item because 1t
had been found By Treasury Depart
ment experts that the ous.: II
country had increased to SO great an ex-
tent that activities other them signing,
checks could be taxed in small degree
and bring up the total of the biiPs re-
suits to about S105.000.000 in a year.
However, telephone calls costing more
than Is cents will be taxed 1 cent;
kilograms will be taxed l cent, and
every sleeping car and parlor car ticket
will have to pay two-cent tax to the
government. Gasoline will be taxed 2
cents a gallon, but there is .oss, .l:t~
that the Senate will throw this out OF
the bill and substitute some sort of
federal tax on automobiles not used in
business.
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G. o. p. Against War Tax.

ate already have gone on record In op-
position to any war tax measure. The
democrats hope to rush the bill
through the House. and the big fight
against the bill, it is realized, will be
in the Senate.
The committee increased the internal
revenue tax on beer by so cents a bar
rel. making the new tax total $1.50.
Domestic wines are to be taxed 20
cents q gallon on sweet wines and II
cents gallon on dry wines
Stamp tax provisions of the bill and
the tax on tobacco dealers. brokers.
| in schedule A, which will continue in
effect until December 81. 1915. The re-
! mainder of the bill will be in force un-
til repealed.
$1,000 of capital surplus and undi-
vfded profits, brokers will pay $50
! each, pawnbrokers. $40: commercial
brokers $40 and customhouse brokers
SO: Proprietors of theaters, museums
! and concert halls in cities Of $1,000
| population CT over are to pay 500
each. Circus proprietors are to pay
800 year, proprietors of other exhi-
bitions $40 and proprietors of bowling
alleys and billiard rooms IS each al
| ley or table.
| Tax on Tobacco Men.
| Tobacco dealers and manufacturers
are to be taxed the same as in 1898.
except that in the largest, class, to-
bacco dealers not specifically provided
| for" the tax is to be $3.50 each. In
| 1898 there was a $12 tax on tobacco
| dealers having annual sales Of $4,000
| pounds or more.
Bonds and certificates of indebted
ness are taxed cents for each 500
involved and freight and expresr re-
| ceipts l cent each with a manda-
tory provision that the shippers must
| pay this tax.
The bill carries taxes of SO cents on
eertifieate eern Of profits. IS cents on each
certificate of damage and 10 cents for
each certificate not especially provided
| for.
| taxed cents on each 500, and fire.
| marine, casualty, fidelity and guaranty
| insurance policies cent on each dollar,
tom houses win pay stamp tax Of so
| cents, as in 1898. but the twenty-five
cent tax on each warehouse receipt
imposed in 1898 is omitted. The 1898
i tax of from Is cents to 81 for entry
~ goods at custom houses, according
to values, is renewed
Passage tickets, which are tickets
from United States port to foreign
port, will be taxed from 81 to IS each.
/ according to the value of the ticket, as
in 1898.
j Other Stamp Taxes.
Other provisions are: Brokers' con-
tracts, 10 cents; deeds and other con-
yeyances SO cents when not exceeding
$500 in amount, and SO cents for each
additional $500: mortgages. Is cents
for each $1,000; power Of attorney to
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blame for the wreck. The boat wa
unable to stand the storm"
Cruiser Sent News.

First news of the sinking OF the
Leggett was received at the Telegraph
Hill wireless station last night from a
foreign cruiser, which did not give her
name. The wireless message stated
that the Leggett sank yesterday after
noon sixty miles south of the Column
bia river. The warship reported that
the S. o. s. call was received at 3:15
pm. No s. o. s. call was picked up
by any OF the land stations.
The message received last night by
way of Astoria to the port of Port
land commission said:
"Leggett sank at 3:l5 PM, sixty
miles SOUTH"
Sixty miles south was taken to
mean south of the Columbia river,
which the Leggett would pass Ell
route to San Francisco from Hoquiana,
Wash, whence she sailed Thursday
with q cargo of lumber.
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here, it is doubtful how much longer
| the italian government can withstand
public opinion
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The Austrians are forming a new
front to oppose this move. and the two
armies must soon come together.
On the east Prussian frontier the
Russians claim not only to have arrest
ed the German advance, but to have
had some successes in counter attacks.
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Lifeboat Launched.
Capsized as She Sank.

81 was standing on the bridge when the
ship went down. The boat capsized as
she sank. don't know how long I was
under water. but when came to the
top l grabbed railroad tie and hung
on The wireless operator also was hang
ing to the tie I saw men sinking all
around me, but could not hear their
cries owing to the screeching gale
TT soon became dark. but II was
1 o'clock in the morning when the
operator chung to the tie with me for
several hours and then, benumbed by
cold, he dropDed OF. No ono was to
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Fair today and probably Monday; light
to moderate variable winds.
Temperature past twenty-four hours:
High. SO. at pm. yesterday; low, 90,
at am. yesterday.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE THREE.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-22

lighting system. Not only wes l as
sured that there Waa nothing Illegal
about SUCH O contract being entered
into, but the contract itself was
drawn by -tlie city, attorney.
.sWshat do 1 think of the sWhit6
wayy j: think that the city OF Anaer.
son has q bargain. LsInight Has that
before . report was made 70 copnfeil
concerning the mat fs4.. I mad an e1-
hauStiye study OF similar ghtlng sysz
TENS in cities OF the ss5otrthr and .pfS-
cured facts as 20 the costS OF Install
Hing such syste.t, maintenance OF
the Same. Stc IT might be sof inferst
TO AfidefsOnianS. IL they are not al
sr7ad aware 81 the 5aee 10 know that
with the e1eep is5e 6f Charlotte, they
lhsye got the isNeat rate fors the
EssSghfte Way sgsssrn on citing bf any
city In tho Soiisl Our system costs
Ius SIS per post per year My ;inyesti-
cation yefeEled the fact that the next
cheapest rate ON this syster. OF street
iightirg, IL $4z.60 Per post found
that spnle cities, Savannah for IN
stance were paying Q great deal more
than that, This Georgia city bays
s62.b0 per year per post for its
titp Way system, or $zf.cD more
Dor post Oer year than the city OF
Anderson la paying. 4 IS
Another f1ct ii would cali attain.
ton to is that Anderson secursd tbe
INSTALLER tienspf the ....zhting system
= - ~ - \ ff-se
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-22
FORMER ALDERMAN {. {. ELMORE:
TALKS OF CITY's WHITE Way

fs,rnfsI. af..1A Il ~. - ~ -ffz ~
-.-~'t .i8nt uIi,< NHteEfE0 Ine%Clty or
Anderson there was n nnsaihsiife 1.f
the city's magnificent white way.
being discontinued. q statement from
former alderman e. t. Elmore, who Is
recognized as the father OF fhis beau
ufui street lighting sysiem, conesfn-
iEg the situation, will. prove OF the
ly. rs
When interviewed yesterday BY 4
reporter for The fnteiiigeHcer.. Mr..
Eimore expressed the earnest hope
that not one single cluster OF the eia-
giant lighting system would be rnolestS
ed through the activities OF either the
present or future councils, To nFing
about any. interfersace with the
white Way" In aiiy respect; Nj. FL
more stated. would constitute { fat-
5ai mistake for the city. and one that
she citizens, he believed, would not
..olerete. Il
II was heartily ID tayor Of the es-