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. ' ? .: ' ' I r" * Abbeville Press and Banner $1.50 ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1915. established a year. 1844 ? i 1 l MAMMOTH LOAN By SYNDICATI FINAL DETAILS YET TO BE AR RANGED BY COMMISSION AND FINANCIERS New York, Sept. 19?The proposec mammoth credit loan to Great Brit ain. it was reported tonight, i? to b< underwritten by a syndicate of Amer ioan financiers and bankers who ar< to receive a commission for their ser vices. The securities offered, it was coin will hp British and French c per cent, government bonds and th( price to the investor is to bo par. The amount of the loan, it was re ported, is as yet undetermined, bul will be between $600,000,0(10 ant $soo,000,000. Whether war munitions will be in eluded within the scope of the credii has not been decided, it was believec tonight. The underwriting syndicatf it was reported, would be the largesl of its kind in the United States anc probably will be open to nearly al national banks, trust companies anc State banks that care to participate. While the amount to be paid thest banks was not annonced in percentages, it is understood the profil will be a small one, possibly one-hali of 1 per cent. Elimination of reported differences between American financiers rnd the Anglo-French commission over the wanner of placing the loan apparently has resulted in a victory foi the American financiers. It has beer reported the commission wanted the lnan placed by subscription nnd thai there should be no underwriting syndicate. | So far as the plan has now developed, the intention of the conferees, it is reported, is to open their books to virtually all banks, or all, who wish to participate and to p'ace the bonds with any and all of them, proGerman and otherwise, at a figure onlv a shade better than that which the invoefnr will nav One vital, issue yet remains for decision, whether the big sum realized by the sale of the bonds will ^e available for payment of war munitions, hief of minor details yet to be vorked out is the matter of Russia's participations. The indications were tonight thai fnunitions would be excluded. Two . ether ways for paying for munitions are open: Payment in gold to be shipped tc the United States from abroad, 01 payment by the sale in this market ol American securities owned in Greal Britain and France. It was said to be within the range of possibilities that a separate credit loan would be established to provide for ammunitions, hut this vas re. garded as unlikely. Whether Russia will participate >r the loan will depend, it is said, whollj on the conference at London by the Russian and French ministers anc the British chancellor of the ex chequer. There will be no definite announce ment of an agreement tomorrow This became definitely known to night. The situation is regarded a: encouraging, but there are points t< be agreed on that will require som< clays to settle. A fortnight more ma? bring an announcement that botl sides have agreed on all details. rThe commission will continue it greetings tomorrow with Americai financiers. ENGLISH KING OFFERS TOAST TO WILSON London, Sept. 17.?At a dinne held at Windsor Castle King Georgi proposed the health of President Wil son. In the course of a short speed the King said: "It will, I think, be an everlastinj test of the wisdom and good sense o the American people that in the mos trying and difficult circumstance they stood loyally united behind Pres ident Wilson. Mr. Wilson's actioi throughout the period of difficult; has justified the faith and confident of the American people." This is the first occasion on whicl the health of the President of th k United States has been proposed a the English royal table by its Sover eign. Queen Mary also has been sig nally polite to American women, am there Jjave been several entertain ments at Buckingham Palace in th last few months at which the onl -women present were Americans. BERNS70RFF CAN I i SETTLE PROBLEM - GERMANY LEAVES QUESTION \ ENTIRELY IN THE HANDS OF AMBASSADOR 1 Berlin, via London, Sept. 18.-^A - full settlement of the submarine pro- a i blem can probably be arranged by n - negotiations in Washington. Count it ? von Bernstorff. German ambassador 0 - j to the United States, is in possession u ; j of complete information regarding t< j the wishes and policy of Germany, so n ; the Associated Press is informed, and f< has been given power to negotiate T _ lovmc r>f spttlpment with the United tr " 11 States subject only to final revision f] 1 and approval by the home government. h A long report on the submarine sit- P t uation was received here froti Count tl 1 von Bernstorff Thursday and a long G ; message of instruction went forward si t to the ambassador this morning. Both C 1 dispatches were of a nature which R I seems to make officials confident the ji I whole submarine question can be set- b tied satisfactory. tl ; The form which the negotiations 2 . are now taking goes to strengthen r< t this optimism, for Count Bernstorff si : is in a position to communicate many al things not adapted to inclusion in a s< ; public note but of a nature to con-. > vince the American government of &i ; the good faith behind Germany's-as- e1 . surances and the government's set- A tied determination to remove the r< t sources of the conflict on tho subma> rine question. !t? : The hope is expressed here that the . negotiations can be pushed through di without delay, and that no further is- di sues may be brought in to complicate ci a settlement. ts tc THE OPENINGS. pi The openings in the different mil- b< li'iery stores are in full blast this ti morning and our streets are lined with interested women. Many beau- th tiful styles in millinery and dress vi goods are being shown by Ph;!son & se | Henry and Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran, cf Very bright colors in millinery are w being used and the very latest styles fr in dress goods are being shown. It a( ' will pay one to come to Abbeville to il; do the Fall trading. I o1 The Haddon-Wilson Co., will not ! j have a formal opening, but i.re dis- fs playing a fine line of goods, ar.<! many h< beautiful hats. th w ' 1,200 RUSSIAN PLANTS TO MAKE MUNITIONS in ' Paris, Sept. 19.?A Petrograd dis-lis " patch to The Temps says the Rus-1 in sian War Office soon will have 1,200 N ' factories and 100,000 workmen de- di voted exclusively to the output of war munitions. C It is stated that the Japanese Government contemplates the establish1 ment of more arms factories to supply Russia. Cl 5 fc 1 ON TRIAL FOR MURDER w OF SHERIFF HOOD P< Winnsboro, Sept. 20.?The Fair- o1 - field county grand jury consumed the ti . morning here examining witnesses in - the case of Ernefct Isenhowe>\ James P: 5 Rawls and Jesse Morrison, alleged ) principals in the shooting affray in i front of the Winnsboro couH house 171 j on June 14, this year, which resulted ti \ in the death of Sheriff A. D. Hood, P Jule Smith, negro accused of crimi- b< s nal assault; Clyde Isenhower, broth- cj i er of Ernest Isenhower, and Rawley Boulware, rural policeman. cl A true bill was found against the three men by the grand jury on June ? 1?. for the murder of the neirro, Jule j tl Smith. It is thought that true bills : ^ r will be returned this afternoon for|i"( e murder in the cases of the other three ; . men killed. |g n It is known here that Solicitor i n Henry will ask the judge for a change | P f of venue to either York or Lancaster jl> f counties, on the allegations that the ti t state can not receive a fair trial bes cause of the intense sympathy felt '' . for the men by the citizens of Fairt I field county. It is said that a like de y gree of sympathy is manifested for b e Isenhower, Rawls and Morrison in ! a | Chester county. It is believed that, J h | if they are tried in either Fairfield or ' 1; e Chester counties that at least a mis- j r t ^ trial is foreordained. j r GOING WEST. jv d i Governor Manning has appointed v i- John R. Lomax, Joe J. Link end Jas.' ( a nilltom rlolorrn+AC tn tVlP 'Pjll-mprs' 1 ^ V.....C... ? V- ?~ ~ j y, National Congress to be held in s [Omaha, in October. .x _ |l RUSSIAN ARMY IS IN GREAT DANGER 'ON HINDENBURG CLAIMS TO HAVE THROWN A LOOP AROUND SLAV ARMY London, Sept. 20.?The Russian rmy menaced since the fall of Vila by the German encircling movelent, is estimated variously at 250,00 to 500,000 men. The conditions nder which the Russians are at?mpting to extricate themselves furish a striking parallel to tho?e which allowed the capture of Warsaw. 1 hey may precipitate one of the reatest battles fought on the eastern ront. Although no official confirmation ad been received in London from etrograd today of the fall of Vilna, le British press has accepted the erman claim readily in view of the tuation that had been developing oncern is expressed for the retiring ussian forces. So far as can be adged, Field Marshal von Hindenurg's troops have flung a loop about le Russians over a front of some 00 miles and are not only in then ?ar hut are menacinc seriourlv the I ngrle railway line arid the few availble wagon roads stretching to the i juth. As at Warsaw, the number of Rus- ' an prisoners left behind with the ^acuation of Vilna was not great, pparently the only way in which the ] ;tiring forces may ameliorate the ] jemingly bad situation is by a coun- ? :r blow. 1 It is pointed out that the von Hinenburg's cavalry has penetrated so seply into hostile country as to -eate a salieijt open to sudden at- ^ ick, if the Russians should be able ^ ? command reinforcements at the rorier time and Dlace. but it is not . jlieved here that they are ,-n a posion to deal such a blow effectively. There is much speculation as to ie German objective. Opinion is dided whether von Eindenburg will sek merely to close his loop, thus ipturing the army within the net, or ill press eastward toward Minsk and om the west through Sionim and *ain try for a decisive victory. Simar tactics attempted after the fall : Warsaw met with failure. The Russians are employing their imiliar rear guard tactics, r.rd the >pe is expressed in the British press lat they will be able to fight their ay out without shattering losses. Next to Warsaw, Vilna is the most nportant town in western Russia. It < :i m;iunM., <x railway juiidiuu ui gicai iiiiuuaiy iportance. It was from V;lna that apoleon fled in disguise in 1812 uring the retreat from Moscow. < ARRANZA TROOPS OCCUPY TORREON 1 < El Paso, Texas, Sept. 20.?The oc- < jpation of Torreon by the Carranza i )rces under Gen. Obregon was under : ay today ^cording to unofficial re- ' orts. It was said aeroplanes flew i ver the city in advance of the troop i ains. General Villa retired yester- i ay, owing, it was said, to lack of j rovisions. i Another Faction Started7 El Paso, Texas, Sept. 20.? A non- j military faction, looking to the solu- i on of the Mexican situation is in I rogress of formation and will ask to e represented before the Pan-Ameri- ; an conferees, according to a high | fficial here in Mexican military cirles. The official said today that the | roup was composed largely of weal- ] ly Mexicans and included members j 'ho are Carranza sympathizers, rep- ( esentatives of the Villa and Zapata actions and of the former Huerta ( roup. The group plans to seek the ( loral and material support of the an-American governments to estabsh themselves in governmental conrol. 00 BALES AT 10 1-2 SOLD 1M SPARTANRIJRP. FRIDAY Over 100 bales of old cotton, owned y Dr. A. D. Cudd, R. E. Cudd, and ^sociates were sold to the Clifton Tanufacturing company for 10% cts ist Friday, according to information eceived directly from one of those i-presented in the ownership of the otton. The market on the staple /as quoted at 10 cents and the unisually strong price received for the }udd cotton is attributed to the fact hat it was cotton of 1914 production tnd buyers usually like to buy in big ots.?Spartanburg Journal. BANKERS HOLD KEY 10 THE SITUATION PRESIDENT WILSON DECLARES PROSPERITY OF SOUTH DEPENDS UPON THEM Columbia, Sept. 20.?"The president feels that the whole maintenance of the cotton situation depends directly and immediately upon the southern bankers and they have themselves to blame if it does not come out satisfactorily," says J. P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, in a letter to John L. McLaurin, btate warehouse commissioner. "The president," says the latter, lias received your letter of September 15 and has been greatly inter - ? 1 J? * i- TT _ 1 i.. estea in reading 11. ne asK3 me 10 suggest that you emphasize the letter that he wrote to Mr. Harding, and which Mr. Harding read in h'.s speech ;it Birminghan, Ala." Mr. McLaurin left yesterday 3;or Atlanta, where he will this week deliver an address on the cotton warehouse system to a gathering of Georgia farmers and business men, which has been called by C E. Barrett, president of the National Farmer' Union. ' On September 15 Mr. McLaurin >ent the following letter to President Wilson. "You were so generous in the letter tead by Mr. Harding in his Birming- , ham speech that I feel that you ( should be promptly advised of the sit- . nation now pending. ] To Maintain Prices. ] "The quick advance in cotton is 1 iue primarily more to that letter and ( the statements of Messrs McAdoo a ad ] Harding than to the admitted short ' :rop. This will later sustain prices, ] f there is no combination of moneyed 1 .interests to force cotton on the mar- 1 <et. "Last spring the New York banks ' Freely loaned 7 cents per pound when 1 he market price was much lower 1 :han now. The same banks are ' efusing to loan over 6 cents. This is very short crop, and at 10 cents a ?ound wili not bring what the last ] rop did to the producers. < "The banks of the South, are, as a ? ule, opposed to lowering the interest s ate. They are afraid since your < otter to come out openly and are < working through the New York ' ^anks." < 1 GOVERNOR MANNING 1 PAROLES KOBT. KENNELS J Columbia, S. C., Sept. IS?Gov- } Drnor Manning today granted ( i parole during good behavior, to ] Robert Kennels, a young white man , convicted at the October 1914 term )f Court in Greenwood County, be- ( fore Judge Sease, and sentenced tox , erve fifteen months on the public tvorks of Greenwood County. This is the same case in which th? Gover- ] nor, on August 3rd, last, granted parole for ten days for the purpose of allowing the prisoner to visit his mother, who was at the time very ill. Ihe prisoner returned to the chain ?ang promptly at the expiration of , the ten days, and is reported to have been a model prisoner. Judge Sease, who presided at the ( trial, recommended that the pentence be commuted to ten months: the Prosecuting Attorney, Solicitor R. A. Cooper, also requested that the ; prisoner be paroled. Seveval letters have been received by the Governor in"the case; and the Board of Pardons unanimously recommended that , the sentence be commuted. In addition to this the Governor today receive^ the following letter from Dr. ; John W. Williams, of Honea Path: "Wish to state that Mrs. Kennells is gradually growing weaker every day and before many days have gone she will have passed into the great beyond. She is unable to get up at all and is absolutely helpless. "I would like very much to see her last days made as happy as possible and anything you can do will be gratefully appreciated to all parties concerned." Among the papers filed in this case is a letter from the magistrate before whom the preliminary was held, in which the Magistrate states that this boy was, in his opinion, led into the trouble by a bad companion, and that Kennells has been sufficiently punished. .. ? GARRISON WILL ASK FOR 1250,000,000 ENORMOUS SUM TO BE EX- i PENDED FOR THE NATION'S DEFENSE. Washington, Sept. 19.?Secretary Garrison will ask Congress, if ' President Wilson gives his approval, ( for $250,000,000 to strengthen the ' ration's military defenses. His estimates are now practically cpmplete and ready for submission ' to the President. The last Congress 1 appropriated only $109,000,000 for 1 the military establishment, including 1 the army, the State militia, fortifica- ^ tions and West Point. Whether Congress will be able to ' ?rant the Secretary's estimate, how- 1 ever, is problematical. 1 Keeps Plans Secret. Mr. Garrison himself will shed no c light on his plans or give any hint of j how he would expend the vast sum ( which seems necessary for what he < terms "reasonable nreDaredness." It ;s said, however, that if Congressmen x are staggered by a proposed expendi- ? ture of $141,000,000 more than was ? carried in last year's army appropri- f stion measures, it would be just as r well if they never knew what the v Loard of general officers appointed by y Mr. Garrison to investigate the coun- a Iry's military defenses, propo?ed. -] This board was designated by Mr. 0 Garrison some six months ago and consisted of the chief of staff of the t army, Major General Scott, and the ( beads of the several bureaus. The t members were instructed to go over, g the whole situation and propose rec- r immendations for the increase of the n present regular army, the creation of t [i reserve, the strengthening of the f present coast defenses and field artil- f lery and the abolition of useless army posts. d This committee brought in a report f :alling for the expenditure of $600,300,000. It is now certain that it will c r.ever see the light of day in its ori- t ~inal form. ? To Strengthen Army. t In view of Secretary Garrison's re- ? peated assertions of his appreciation Df the fact that this country is, and s llways will be, opposed to a large * standing army, it is taken for grant- v ?d that he will seek the achievement ^ jf reasonable preparedness through a v reserve. It is pointed out that an in- ' :rease from 25,000 to 40,000 regular 0 troops, and perhaps 1,000 officers, s may be sought to bring the total ar- ^ my up 10 someimng less tnan jou,uuu ? men. As the State militia does not stand, e E?nd never has stood, very high in the * estimation of army officers, it would * not be surprising if Mr. Garrison sought to withdraw Federal support ^ from that organization and place his a dependence on a trained reserve of j1 about 350,000 men, so the United 1 States could announce an armed r force with a combined army of riot * less than 500,000 men at the cutset. 1 a BRYAN TO GO TO EUROPE TO TALK PEACE s r Washington, Sept. 17.?Plans to send former Secretary Brvan on a mission of peace to the warring nations of Europe were the subject of a j conference here today between the v lormer cabinet officer and Dr William ^ Forgo, representing editors of Amer- j ican newspapers published in foreign j languages. v Before visiting Mr. Bryan, Mr. a Forgo in a public statement set forth ^ the plan as so far developed, which v contemplates a personal visit by Mr. Bryan to belligerent nations to argue s for peace. In his statement Dr. Forgo tnid that Mr Bryan already had given him the impression that if the trip were undertaken Mr. Bryan himself "will for the love of the cause not only sacrifice his time, but will also pay his own expenses." The statement lauded the former secretary of state, saying that "in all ( Europe, belligerent or neutral coun- t tries, there is no American held in < greater esteem than Mr. Bryan." Dr. Forgo said Mr. Bryan probably would announce his plans after to c'ay's conference. < oooooooooooooooooo i o COTTON MARKET. o J o o i c Cotton sold Monday for o o 10.57. Seed 46 cts. bushel. o oooooooooooooooooo < SAD DEATH OF ENGINEER BAER STRUCK ON HEAD BY MAIL CRANE, FRACTURING HIS SKULL The people of this city were- grlevjd and shocked by the untimely 5eath of Engineer C. D. Baer. of the Seaboard, which occurred in Athens, Saturday morning. Mr. Baer left Abbeville Fiiday on ; lis regular run to Atlanta. His rain was a double-header, and he vas running the front engine. Ho vas just in front of the. passenger :rain and at Carlton, which is a lag stop, the mail pounch had been placed on the crane from which it is aken by the pasging train. Mr. . Baer was leaning out of his window vatching something dbout his engine, xnd over-looked the fact that the ?rane was in place. He was struck n the head by it and died from the effects of the wound produced on Saturday as stated. Mr. Baer was a native of Atlanta, ie moved to Abbeville with his wife ind interesting family of 'children everal years ago. He was a faith'ul engineer of his employer, and a * espected citizen of the city. His vife and children are greatly beloved >y the people of the city, and especiilly by those who know them best. rhey have the sympathy of a host ?f friends in this sad bereavement. The deceased was a faithful memier of the Abbeville Presbyterian Church. He was also a member of he Brotherhood of Locomotive En* ineers, and stood well with his brethen. As a mark of respect, a large lumber of the resident engineers atended his funeral in Atlanta. Mr. 'ratt, his pastor, also attended the uneral. The following account of the accient is taken from the Athens Dialy lerald: As a result of injuries which he reeived while driving his engine yeserday afternoon, Engineer C. D. 5aer, of the Seaboard railroad, died his morning at 6 o'clock at the St. lary's hospital in Athens. Mr. Baer was enginner on the outhbound train which passes hrough Athens at 6:17 and which /as run in two sections. Yesterday is section had two encinps Vio /as driving the first one. At Carlon he leaned rather far out of one f the windows and his head was truck by an iron mail pouch crane, 'hese are put at the flag stops to ;rab the mail. The man's skull was fatally crushid. His head was wounded from a oint over one eye around his head o the base of the skull. His friends hurried him to Athens, vhere he was put in a conveyance md hurried to the hodfjital. After the thysicians had made a careful examnation they stated that thore was tot much chance for him to live. Svery aid known to medicine was ised to save his life. This morning it 6 o'clock he passed away. Mr. Baer was 42 years old and is urvived by a wife and seven childen, who live in Abbeville, S. C. ALFALFA GROWERS. Mr. W. W. Long of Clemson Colege, Mr. E. C. Hall, of Colun&bia, vho is engaged iij farm detnonstraion work in Richland County, and Ton.^Clarence Poe, Editor of The ^ogressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C., vill be in Abbeville on Saturday to ttldress the alfalfa growers of Abbe-ille County, and any other farmers vho may be present. County Demonstrator Cheatham ,;s mxious to secure a large audience for hese speakers, both for the reason hat they are experts in the matters >n which they will talk and for the urther reason that alfalfa growing n Abbeville County is of great imjortance to the farmers and the subect needs discussion. The meeting will commence in the }ourt House at 10:30 o'clock. Every armer and business man in the bounty is urged to be present. ENLARGING THEIR BUSINESS. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkwood hove rentid the store room next to Milford's lrug store and will move in as: soon 1?: some necessary repairs can be nade. They will enlarge their business, putting in a full line of jewelry, l'hese are new people in Abbeville .ind everybody rejoices in their suc:ess #.ZlM