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VOL. 8, NO. 104, SEW CONFERENCE FOR THE (HON GOC An Enthusiastic Prelimfna Meeting Held Saturday. MET IN COURT HOUS C-ouiity Organization Perfected General Conference to Ik* Held on Tuesday, November 25. The preliminary Conference the Common Good of Lancaster coi ty met at the court house Saturd September 27. at 10 o'clock, large representative gathering v this meeting called to arrange another regular conference to be h< at a later date. Rev. H. R. Mure son, a member of the state execut committee, who In furtherance of 1 work of the state conference held Columbia in August, had called t county conference, presided. He o lined the meaning of this moveme showing that it was designed in der that the" strong might help \ weak, that the lndvidual might h the community. We have come a place, he said, where there must a thoughtfulne^s for the masses the people in order that they may enabled to enjoy the blessings wh are showered on this age. Our p pie must learn to put more thoui Into their business whatever it is make it more productive. The wo lng man puts out a prodigh amount of labor, working from ! to sun and unless he puts thoui into that work and does it inte gently he will get very poor resu whereas for the same amount work should be made twice as p ductive. We must all put m thought into our living. New E land, said Mr. Murehison. where soil is not so fertile as in South Ca lina, those who cultivate land more returns because they put m thought into their business and ' lng. We can point to specific ext pies in our own state where men hi succeeded on the farm and elsewh and have grown wealthy because t] have done their work intelliger and well. In school, in church i in our industries as well as in fai ing, we have wasted our mm where we needed only more thoui The chairman continued his marks, giving a few of his ideas j plans for the conference. He s gested that one speaker might giv brief history of the oounty, whi< would be of interest to the youi that another, might tell something the geography of Lancaster coui telling how big it is, how much 1< is in cultivation, etc., that some < might report on the progress of e cation, how many schools there in the county, where they are i how many children are enrolled: other might tell of health conditi o/\t?rt a?a ti'ol 1 in form auu owuir uur ? cii iiuvi ui might explain our county g ernment, telling ua our pow and privileges. He suggested t we, get some government expert tell the farmers how to raise bel live stork. Then the civic works the women should not be overlook They might be told of what progi sive women are doing elsewhere make more beautiful and health ' "* *' the communities in which they 1 He cited the examples of Ander and Bishopville, telling what civic leagues had accomplished these places. Mr. Murchison explained that gathering was non-partisan rat than non-political, as it has freqm ly oeen called. The Conference the Common Good does and will vocate measures which *ert to the betterment of to county and state, but will t the part of no man for vanclng his personal ambitions office. Every man is a politician should be, in the sense that he is terested in all that pertains to to county and Rtate. "Thank Gc said the speaker fervently, "for 1 politician who his country, state and his community and ^ fakes an interest in all that conce tue people." The chairman spoke of how Conference for the Common G I offered help In making country more attractive, as well as m healthful and emphasized the imi tance oC co-operation. He refer to the pressing need of remotest i tions, into those places where need is greatest and then work better schools and churches more co-operative work, showing t an inspiration to these people would be to see something prospei before their very eyes. At fhe close of his interesting planatory remarks, Mr. Murchi called upon a number of those p ent, asking them to express tl ideas of the movement. Mr. W I' Thomson spoke of being heartlh favor of the movement nnd proml to throw the weight of his In flue into It. He deplored the abse?c< thought in the actions of men. spoke particularly of how the j 11c health was not properly s guarded, citing how he had c been Invited to drink from an o water bucket in the back of a d store, out of a rusty tin dip Various prescriptions were filled that room nnd even poisonous i stances like Paris green were ham (Contloucd on Pago Eight.) ' ^ ^ 11-WEEKLY. MEMORIAL TO CROZl Chapter of U. I). C. Hearing in Name Will Hold Ceren |U Newberry Special to ( State, Sept. 28.? The Calvii chapter. United Daughters Confederacy, have placed a ry marker, with suitable inscri the spot where Calvin Cro murdered in this city Sept 1865, by the negro troops -j. Thirty-third Massachusetts i '*' the murder being In reve Crozier's wounding a negrc in defending a young worn '? senger on the railroad from I suits from the negro. The of Newberry erected a fc monument to Crozier 13 yea for ltosemont cemetery. On Jn_ afternoon at ."> o'clock appro] ay> orrises, under the directioi A chapter, will be held at th< t'as tion of the marker on the sp for he gave up his life. Talks pld made by Dr. A. J. Bowers hi- Leavell and Z. F. Wright, ive ^ INTEREST CENTE] hi" IN RECALL OF ut Many Theories Advanced i orthe ington as to Possible Out e]p May Insure llariuon k" Washington, Sept. 2 8. of Washington today discusse< be ported recall to Mexico of ( ich brio Diaz( but no tangible '.". tion of the motive back of ght | to mons was forthcoming her rk~ One theory was advanced 3tis ^ visional President Huerta ght deavoring demonstrate t ]lj. | ()nil conditions had return Its. other was that Diaz migh l ef influence into the campaign 'ro~ 1 the election of Federico Gi ore | nj. ! Huerta's successor. It also the gested that the return ol ro-1 Diaz would ensure harmon get some factions in Mexico Cit; ore While preparations are be Hv- in the Mexican capital to im- election on October 26, doi ave pressed in various quarters ere to the practicability of h< hey election at that time. Th< itly communication on aecoun ind sporadic uprisings and dis rm- various parts of the repub jcle to the belief that Liberal; cht Mexican Congress would s; re- blocking ratification of ai ind because a majority of the t ug- ing precincts would not be e a tion. ch The principal problem in ng: a valid election, it is belie ; of would be the difficulty of lty, a general participation. Tc ind suggestions have been mad one armistice be read to the Cor du- allsts. The latter, it is are would consent to participa ind elections if they were cond an-'' erywhere by the civil inste ons military authorities and i ied, tees for a free campaign w< ;ov- Constitutionalists claim tl ers event it will be impossible 1 hat eral election to be held 01 to 26, as so many parts of th< Iter are isolated from mail am ; of connection that it would r :ed. least two months more to pi res- eration the electoral mcahii to distinctly legal basis. iful ; Ive. I Diaz Receives No Mes s?n I Riarritz, France, Sept. j ' Porftrio Diaz, ex-President ( 'n today declared that he haci no communication from th< the war department recalling her service. He said the repoi snt- J ing his recall must hav for through confusing him \ ad- J'elix Diaz. :ain | The ex-President said he wn,' main here until the middle ake her. ad- i for SEEKER BEATS HIS AC or i |n~ Triple Victory Perched on 1 |fj the Impeached Execiu the Albany. N. Y., Sept.29.? hla Sulzer today won a triplf vho over his accusers at the tr rns Impeachment. Presiding Judge Cullen t the Introduction of evidence in ood prove the governor had ma life | cupt political bargain with iore man Patrie of Greene coi >or- held * as incompetent red brought forward to show th sec- made similar bargains wit the blyman Swaet of Oswego c< for Assemblyman Prime of East anfl Th/i l^orlolatlnn In aanh P' hat do with highway and bridgf it ments provided for in bills *ing the legislature to which tl blymen v/dre desirous of g ex- governor's signature. In I son case no charges were broui res- 1 articles of impeachment an heir ground Judge Cullen tl C. charges out. r iir Ised J'oiukI ltroke With Millioi !nce Itonds. i OI I Son Francisco, Sejjt. 29.' I'3 McDonald, a plainly dresse >u?" aged man, was found ill ii ''"" lodging house hero last n nee pVe rents in his purse, but P"11 270.000 in negotiablo bonr r"K curl ties sewed In en insii P< r The papers are salil to be ' Jn of 47 bona Ode companie " drawing interest, lied Tlie man Is in a coma a planntlon regarding his w be learned. r LANCASTER, S. C I,.,, GENERAL HUERTA TO SUPPORT GDI a Crozier of the ptfo.anon Reported That Catholic zler was u?r?~~: ember 8, "t,a W1 IW?' of the ??? ngemetor HOLD SECRET MEE > trooper lan pas- ?? . gross in- Movement on Foot t< citizens Francisco (Home/. Back Hoi landsome Enter Presidential Itac rs ago in Tuesday Voru Cruz, S ?pt. 28.?Th priate ex- eral Huerta and his organizai a of the support Frederico Gamboa, ct e dedica-1 of the Catholic party for th iot where | dency, is the report today ; will be ' from the capital to John Lint s, R. Y. dent Wilson's representative. I was received at the same t , officially a copy of President 1 [Jg most recent assurance that ' ernmeut would see to it tt DIAZ | elections were conducted fa October 26. n Wash- Accompanying the assurai new declaration from General that the revolution is pr ' ended. Official has accepted tl suring declaration with reser 1 the re- information makes it appej Hen. Por- there is yet much to be don< explana- government before Huerta the sum- ment '8 justified, e. HOLD SECRET MEETI that Pro- The determination to sup was en- Catholic candidate is said t hit tr-in- &epn reacnea at a secret me< 'tended by the provisional P ed. An- | cabJnet ministers and otl throw liis ports indicate that there wil to secure perhaps more tickets besit imboa as headed by Senator Gamboa. reliable source it was today was sug- | that Gen. Felix Diaz woul< I'orflrio here October 18. Parisans in ly among he is to be a candidate and y. confidence that he will be el< ing made Manuel Calero, former am hold the to Washington, and Jesus ibt is ex- Magon, ex-minister of the 3 here as are talked of as the Libers aiding an dates, and there has been sor ? lack of movement in the direction < t of the ing back Dr. Francisco orders in Gomez to enter the race, lie, leads ucceed^in D<* FuPnte ls c"n,,,<1 1 election i Mexico City, Sept. 28.?C< otal poll- De La Fuente, former mir in opera- j communications and public ' ; General Huerta's cabinet, t securing put forward as a presidentii ved here, date by the so-called Libera obtaining lican party. This makes t > this end nomination for presidential e that an I)r. Gregorle Mendizabal, i istitution- senator, was named for t believed, 1 presidency with Col. De La te in the ; Roth have accepted. The ni ucted ev- I this new ticket is not regi ad of the , of great political importau r guaran-| me innuence or me umerai are given. I cans Is confined to the cai lat In any ! neither candidate has any g 'or a gen- lowing. r October Lively interest is centere i republic announcement of the recall t a railway j of the ex-President Gen. equire at Diaz. It has given rise to it into op- of speculation, the chief of nery on a that the ex-President would ; to resume his place in the j that his services would be sage. I for the war council in ev< 28. Gen. general outbreak of hostHjt: )f Mexico, ! Many appear to see a cc 1 received between the recall of Ger a Mexican Giaz, the recent visit of G< him for n'mo Treveino and the invi rt regard- the aged ex-President to j;c P arisen Gen. Porflro Diaz has bee vith Gen. retired list for more than When Francisco Madero would re- President one of his early > of Octo- to rptlro General I)iazt aliej age had incapacitated him fo service. Porflrio Diaz rece TI'SFRS invited by Minister of War ' ' i Mondragon to resume his tt - the active army roll. At t a r ? j General Diaz said he would "ve. his country needed him for i -Governor war- General Diaz is in hi ? victory fourth year, ial of his Diaz Also Candidate >arred the n 0 ? _ _ tended to , aris, Sept. _8. Gen. F( ide a cor- t0('ay sent a cable message Assembly- Gahboa expressing his fe ,,'t'v ;iI,d and compliments upon the testimony t,on ot thp ,attpr to the pi at h< hail of Mexico by the Catholic j h Assem- Nevertheless General 1)1 i)unty and be a candidate for th dency. ise had to General Felix Diaz will sa , improve- '8teamer Corcovado from H passed by I Mexico Tuesday He has i be assem- recalled, according to his st etting the b,lt hav,nK finished his v he Patrie Kupope he returns at a tin Sht in the su'ts his convenience. id on this ? irew the |,oh \iigeles Jury Clears >li I.os Angeles, Sept. 29.?G Bixby, a millionaire of Lon i in flood Cnl., charged with having c ed to the downfall of minf ?Edward women, was found not gui d middle- Jury tonight a a cheap | Judge Benj. F. Bledsoe ii ight with the jury to disregard the al with $1,- of conspiracy made by Bixb; Is and se- on the witness stand and t< le pocket, j nun if he were deemed guilt securities a reasonable doubt. The ol s and all lated to the millionaire's al latlont with a 19-year-old nd no ex- of three young women wl ealth can sued him for an aggregate i 000 damages. > TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,1913. 'COCAINE GETS IN |SK IOA IIS DEADLY WKiEa". J as a larg , his neck I ! ?and tb Party! Seven Killed and Many Wound- desperad< , _ , .* was extiu me. ed During Reign of Terror. The cr< negroes \ * men and 2T1NG. | TROOPS ARE CALLED OUT. but were I believed I the detai i> Hring Countryside Greatly Aroused and as they i rue to Farmers Come From Every Di- plentiful ,, . ... Their mc e. reetion to Aid Citizens. remarkec at Gen- Harriston, Miss., Sept. 28.?Two hhn?0jok! indida'te (lr,,K-crazed mulatto boys, brothers, groes an e presi- morning began a reign of terror, plans tl? brought which ended after three white men, bad, is n i, Presi- three negro men and a negro woman There been killed, sveral woundod and CHINj tluertii's the two boys lynched. A serious ij*q j his gov- clash between races was prevented tat the by the arrival of a company of nairly on tional guardsmen from Natchez. I negation toe is a trouble started at about 2 kow a I Huerta o'clock Sunday ' morning and con- ( ?' oeilenllo *1.. *11 -1 * < A * * avuxaaij uuuru mn-l luitiruuy UIllll aUOUl 1'J | INaKlIlf o'clock today when Walter Jones, the Hsun, cc te 0i(ier Qf the two bovs, who started , ^a,lklnR. ve. His J 1 p-uard of \r that the firing, was lynched just after the fV),n( to 1 s by the soldiers arrived. His brother, Will, apologize 's state- imd been shot by citizens earlier in demands the day. Soon after people who had '"K sv barricaded themselves in their homes *' Jp^he' (V port the cautiously began to emerge from tion at tl ? have their hiding places and by noon tin- mander. resident town was quiet. No more trouble is lers. Re- feared. Pokinj 1 be two START OF SHOOTING. n\Tt" les that 1 ,at Tan From a The shooting was started in the the .Taps learned negro quarter bv Walter Jones, aged ,i nr-ivo ?? ^ , aUthOriti slst that ' W a nPKr? woman and Thad , had fullj express i Grayson were shot and killed. Walter demands jcted. ' then went to the home of his mother Septemb bassador ' and aroused his brother, 18 years I esps pin-pR i . , matum t interior oId* To*ether they proceeded (to rompl il candi- ! trough the main street of the little | obstacle ne slight town, firing at every one in sight. ( mands, i >f bring- Citizens aroused by the shots peered Fhang 1! Vaaquez out Gf the windows and then hastened j to cover believing, they said today, rine8 ap, that riots of more serious proportions on the \ had broken otu. dI. Davis The two boys went to the home of Tokio, lister of former Constable Frank Keinsley, Qen works in j and when he replied to their call, Consulat ias been > Walter Jones shot him through the a;r a0co a.1 candi- head. Death was instantaneous. rjais hei 1 Repub- i Keinsley's son, William, when he saw moves tl he third his father fall, reached for a gun but i honors, before he could fire, received a buli former let in one of his hands. COLO he vice j The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Fuente. depot is near the Keinsley home nnd W iming of i the two negroes went in that direcirded as I tlon. A train had arrived from ice since Natchez just a few moments before Republi- and Conductor E. B. Appleby was pital and standing at the station talking to ;reat fol- Flagman W. C. Bond. Without warning the two negroes fired on d in the them and both fell. The negroes ,a,nn o Mexico then directed fire on Claude Free- I , ( Porfirio j man, who was waiting for a train to j , , , ! all sorts take' him to his home at Fayette, ?"ripd n which is Miss. He was instantly killed. The be asked negroes then fired into the train, 01 s army so terrorizing the passengers. scribed available (lid not. Mitofa ATTACK SLEEPING CAR. places b les. A sleeping car from Natchez is left ')0t s.u.^p nnection every night at Harriston until the i ^ ''1 ' i. Felix through train from Memphis to New ( p >n. Bero- Orleans arrives. After the train or'< tation to from Natchez left, this car stood ^vo "101 turn. alone at the track and was a target ,,ra n on the for the fire of the two negroes. While f,, , I, a year, many windows were broken no one u''l deli became jn the car was hurt. > fetn. acts was The two negroes then made their loavp l"1 ting that Way to a cottonseed house nearby. a' ' ">'a r further it is believed they then realized that P*l,ion 9 ntly was this wholesale killing could not long ,"at h?' General continue without opposition and de- 1 ney W'M place on termlned to make their last stand. ! The hat time j Citizens by this time telephoned this poi return if Sheriff TIammett at Fayette. Sum- New Yo a foreign moning former Sheriff Gillis to ac- K Cher s eighty- | company him Ilammett started for Miller r Harriston on horseback, arriving connectc about 5 o'clock. A small crowd of um of > men were firing into the seed house auspices hut no one had ventured into the ! taken, plix Diaz place. Taking a few men with him, ecjuipme to Senor Sheriff Hammett started towards the Oherrio Delations seed house. Seeing this, it is he- lection t nomlna- lieved Walter Jones hid in the tall ments a residency ( grass nearby and as TIammett ap- 1 tend the jarty. proached the negro fired, instantly ' ex-Presi az also kjlHng the officer. A shot from the huntsm.i e presi- seed house brought down Gillis. These 11 on th.. CALL. FOR TROOPS. bearers. 11 on me embark avre for | Ry this time the countryside was torhoats not been aroused and farmers came from ft is exr atement. every direction. Everyone began j have to vork in firing at the seed house. A call was ; , 10 which sent to Governor Rrewer for troops. 1 , ? ' ; Finding his hiding place too pre- fj . carious, Will Jones started to run (-j,i llionaire. towards a coal chute nearby, but had gone only a few steps when a bullet , . eorge II ended his life. A rope was placed , '1 ' K Roach. nrAiirwl Mm hnrlv if wflct cfrnnr n?? r?r? ontribut- a telegraph pole near the station and >r young riddled with bullets. ' lty by a Soon after Will was killed, his ", , "p. brother, Walter, pleked ofT Tom . V . rastructed weeks, a negro who was on the coal ; , ? legations chute. "n,J' a ' / himself much o r> convict NATCHEZ GUARDS ARRIVE. Roosove y beyond Not long after Weeks was killed *ias ' Tense re- the special train bearing the Natchez jary leged re- guardsmen arrived. As they were \ girl, one detraining the crowd rushed'the seed ! A ma 10 have house. Not a shot greeted them and his llm< of $150,- the surviving negro was found com- women pletely unnerved but not Injured, before a i ckly placed a rope around T| I and rushed him to the coal I H 'he rope was too small and I 11 the negro was drawn up. euviuiy 10 uie ground. Not if protest came from Jones ;er rope was placed around and again be was pulled up ,e crowd looked on as the >'s body writhed until life ct. awd went to the home of the La vhere they found two negro were about to lynch them dissuaded by officers. It is the Jones brothers planned Is of their murderous night ivere well armed and had a supply of ammunition, ither said one of them had I that he was going to y the town but she thought ng. Whether the two ne- ^ e??ted there knew of any <*rat > Jones negroes might have Pr?l ot known. whe offic gret k APOLOGIZES f< r. APANESE CONSUL m?" Lea States Authorities at Han- l""' nd Shantung Hail Fully |>d nplied With Demands. end lea\ ;, Sep. 28.?Qen. Chang thp immander of the troops of jrot accompnied by a body- ora( 50 cavalry, this morning wor the Japanese Consulate, and (>on d, according to the Japanese j wjjj in collection with the kill- 1 j)fH. eeral Japanese and an insult i o the Japanese flag, onsul expressed his satirfac- j p le action of the Chinese com! pre! tion ?, Sept. 28.? The Japanese met today emphatically denied the ultimatum had been sent by but uiese Government to China, sup ation stated that the Chinese tha es at Hankow and Shantung ren r complied with the Japanese tho A CM. ~ I. ? I Jl -? ! uiiaiihiini uinpuiL-u Ol COII er 27 announced the Japan- lire ister had presented r.n ulti- | 1 .0 China allowing three days wei y with Japan's demands. The bod to compliance with the de- moi t was feared would be Gen. tee [sun's refusal to offer an of- had ilogy. A later dispatch de- pro apanese warships with ma- S r?ard were awaiting the issue son "antse River. Uni ey, , Sept. 28.?The apology of ang Hsun to the Japanese (ur e at Nanking has cleared the rding to the Japanese offi- | p^, p and for the present re- . tie danger of complications. NEL TO SEEK bin ESTERN JUNGLES adJ j the It Will Hide in South th!J nerica For Over Three ' Months. | go-1 bv Vork, Sept. 29.?For more .yj. ree months, from about the joa if December to the end of ni* Theodore Roosevelt will be ta'r i the wilds of South America. rilo ments for this end of the col- : nuth American trip were de- ' today but the announcement tell much about times and | ecause the colonel himself is ! just when Iip will go or when I mi-rge 11110 civiuzea country. \\'i toosevelt will start from New tober 4 and will spend about itlis visiting various cities in Argentina Chile and Paraguay < be government guest and he Gf ver several addresses. In De- tvVl a little river steamer will a < m and bis party of naturalists '(>XI ba, Brazil, the head of navi- 0f n the Paraguay river, and at %vj, nt the hardships of the jour- qf begin. | Colonel's companions from pu nt will be Anthony Fiala of ma rk, the Arctic explorer: C.eo, shi rie of Indiana and Leo R. bal >f Newfane, Vt., naturalists yet id with the American Muse- obi Jatural History, under whose ch the expedition will be under- ad> Mr. Fiala wtll look after the ind nt of the expedition, Mr in will have charge of the col- em tnd preparation of bird spec!- bot ind Mr. Miller will superin- sea 1 collection of mnmmr Is. The | * dent will be the party's chief jaj in. get four, with native Indian canoe men and servants, will the at Cuyaba in light draft mo- sco and canoes, although later net >eeted that canoes alone will far serve. s said today that when Colotsevele first received invita- 1 lecture in Brazil, Argentina tan le> bis first idea was to de- We ?ut that the opportunity to str d collect scientific specimens gol ilds of Brazil was too attrac- rot htm to forego. This oppor- Rrc ias broupht to his attention tlrr Rev. John Augustine Zalim xh ilnpton. provincial of the Or- ! Wh he Holy Cross, a missionary ]ue dentist who has explored ; f the wild country that Mr. | off It will enter. Father Zahm a consulted about the ltlnerthe Roosevelt expedition cor n spends a pood portion of : ed > deceivlnp himself, and a ' ser 'spend a pood portion o? hers the mirror. It's the same thinp the s. $1.50 PER YEAR. E TARIFF MEASUREuill I cnnu DC i iui If ILL OUUII UL LHH nocratic Conferees Have at ist Reached an Agreement. RRENCY BILL IS NEXT. irinan Simmons Gives Out First omplete Estimate of Federal Revenues and Expenditures. /ashington, Sept. 29.?The Demote tariff revision bill, first on the ;ram of reforms mapped out n President Wilson eaine into e, today advanced to its last con>sional stage when the joint connce committee returned it to the se with the unanimous endorseit of the Democratic conferees, ders in both houses of Congress glit were confident the bill now :tically complete, would he signby President Wilson before tlio of this week. It scarcely will re the center of the stage before currency bill is forced to the it and coincident with its consid;ion will begin tne administration k on the anti-trust and railroad trol program. These measures be brought forward when the ember session opens. CURRENCY BILL NEXT. 'resident Wilson is satisfied with tariff bill out of the way. Con*s will take up the currency yuesi and dispose of it before adjourn it. i mp course to Mo followed in senate has not been mapped out. there is a growing belief among porters of the administration bill t the senate will take up the curry question at an early date, even ugh its banking and currency imittee has not settled the meas's details. 'he tariff conference report today it to the house soon after that y convened at noon. During tho rning the full conference commitconvened by Chairman filmraons, I given the report its formal apval. Senators Simmons, Williams. Jobnand Shlvely and Representatives Jerwood, Kitchln, Dixon and Rainthe Democrats who have adjusted differences between the senate and ise excepting only the cotton funs tax proposition, signed the final ort. while the Republican and ?gressive members declined to a. MAY PASS TODAY, riie house will take up the tariff at 11 o'clock tomorrow and it believed it will be passed before ournment. It is expected to reach senate Wednesday and to nasa t body by Thursday. The cotton future tax still is in dise, the house rfeusing to accept tho called Clarke amendment adopted the senate. Expressions from tho lite House and from congressional ders today indicated the whole n might be dropped from tho iff bill and taken up as a separate asure next winter. IP AN BUYING MORE AMERICAN COTTON II Heroine tin* (Jrentost l*nrrhaser of Cotton in the World. San Francisco, Sept. 2f>.?Ilecause the rapidly increasing trade bepen the United States and Japan, shortage of trans-Pacific vessels is jeeted by Y. Na gash inn a. manager, the Mitsui Company of this city, ich has just returned from tho lent. "Japan will become the greatest rchaser of cotton and other raw* terial in the world," said Nagama today. "East year .170,000 es were shipped there and this ir the shipments will reach 4 00,I) bales. The development of ina and Manchuria is being taken rantage of by Japan and an era of lustrial activity without parallel that country has been started. Tho pire is one great workshop. La is plentiful, but raw material Is rre. 'It will not be many years beforo >an will be the United States' big it purchaser of cotton. 'Owing to the scarcity of coal on * Pacific coast, Japan will ship res of cargoes of coal here in the ir future. That will avert a coal nine this winter." Arson Squads Again Busy. Yarmouth, Eng.. Sept. 29.?Millit suffragettes "arson squads" re again busy today. They derived the greens of the municipal f links here with acid, leaving a ifession of their crime on the >und and a note saying: "The iher yard was set on fire by us." is had reference to a fire Saturday ich destroyed $175,000 worth of nber. icinl l>oes Time to Study Prison Reform. \uhurn. N. Y.. Sept. 29.?Thomas tt Osborne, chairman of the stato nmission on prison reform. enterAuburn prison this morning to ve a short term, self-imposed for ? purpose of studying the effect of present prison system.