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VOL. 10, NO. 13. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY, NOV KM MER 17, 1!)14. $1.50 A YEAR. COTTON EXCHANGES OPEN mBUSINESS Trading Brisk and Nervous First Few Minutes. CLOSED SINCE JULY ^31. Nervousness at Start Due to Confusion In Regard to New Contracts. b1 New York. Nev. 16.?The New York cotton exchange reopened for unrestricted trading at 10 o'clock this morning. It hud been closed i since July 31, when the market went into convulsions and three firms failed through the demoralization created by impending war in Europe. The floor of the exchange was thronged with brokers when the gong sounded today. Ejuring the first few minutes trading was exceedingly brisk and somewhat nervous. There was a l.'ttle confusion because of unfamiliiarity with the new style contracts and the new rules imposed on the market by the operation of the so-called cotton futures law. Early trading was confined almost entirely to December cotton sold on old style contract. The market opened at 7.4 5 and dropped quickly to 7.4 0. A low level of 7.39 was reported in the first half hour. The market then grew steady and the nervous tone departed. At the end of the first half hour trading appeared to be normal and the number of brokers on the floor had dwindled to usual size. Prices were approximately three cents below wha tthey were when the exchange closed on July 31. January BOia at 7.7 5 to 7.85, March at 7.85 to 7.88, May at 8.10 to 8.12, and ?V)ctober at 8.40 to 8.50, all on new style contracts. Wall street brokers, inactive because of the darkened stock exchange, wero Interested spectators at the opening. A sprinkling of other spectators, friends and families of cotton brokers were in the galleries. A general laupgh greeted the reading of a letter of congratulations from members of the Liverpool cotton association. The letter was read from the rostrum shortly after the opening gong sounded. New Orleans Opens. New Orleans, Nov. 16.?With the exchange gayly decorated with palms and flowers and women crowdl ng the visitors' gallery, the cotton market opened to normal trading conditions at 9:05 this morning, after a suspension of almost three months and a half. The first trade between Now Orleans and Liverpool went through to completion, passing censors' hands and all in 17 minutes. First trades in local options did not show much change from last week's liquidation trading, January's first transaction being at 7.50. The market was somewhat complicated because trading was carried on In two stylea of contracts one being the form used up to the time of the suspension last July and the other framed to meet the federal cotton futures act. Old style March brought 7.?1 and the new stylo 7.86 on the first call, showing that the trade was willing to pay a premium of a quarter of a cent a pound for the new stylo. Kinds liomb Under Whitman's OfHco New York, Nov. 14.?A bomb somewhat similar in construction to the one that wrecked the entrance to the Bronx county courthouse last Wednesday night was found ?o-l day in the Toombs court room just under tbo district attorney's offices, j-. _ .<*! * by ine Oovernor-eiect Wnitm'Ji The room was crowded. Oeorge L. O'Connor, a policeman, saw smoke from the burning fuso or the bomb, ran to the spot, picked up the missile, tore off the fuse and carried the bomb from the court room. Four men were sitting on the bench in the rear of the court room Vhlira a KnmK <? #*?? ? ? " ?' ^ arvaasxj WHO IUUIIU, The bomb contained explosive enough, it was estimated, to have wrecked the building. m Sr:iM*. m. WANT PROHIBITION. Persons Ask for I>ry Nation. Atlanta, Nov. 14.?Celebration of prohibition and suffrage victories in tbe various states marked the national convention of the W. C. T. 17. | here tonight. Delegrates from the commonwealths in which success was gained addressed the session. The claim that Intoxicants were a contributing cause to the coal strike war in Colorado and that the strike was responsible for the prohibition victory in the recent election j there, was made today by Mrs. Adrianna Hungerford, state presi; cent of the temperance union in Colj orado } "ICvery county concerned in the I Rtrikfl wont li? oil prohibition wti^ pointed out in sup1 port of the lafler op nlon. | Various o^hor speakers addressed three scsalcfhs of the convention here to-day oiv^rohlhitlon topics. t Kn^laoM Will Increase Her Arniy by a Million.Tendon, Nov. 16.?The meeting of they House of Commons today was devoted entirely to war measures. The house granted without a dissenting vote Premier Asqulth's request for a vote for 2250,000,000 pounds 1(1,125,000,000) and another 1 ,000,000 soldiers. The prime minister characterised the crisis as "the greatest emergency 1 in which the country over has been placed." He said 1,200,000 men already were under ?rm? *.?? ?w~ . ? vunv illC : war was costing nearly 15,000,000 ' a day and thnt the government proposed to lend Rolgiutn $50,000,000 and Servia $4,000,000 without interest, until the end of the war. I lug majority," added Mrs. Hungerford A petition in favor of national prohibition, said to vaar the signatures o! 5,000,000 persons, was displayed in the convention chamber today. It is planned to present the petition to the next sesl on of Congress. DEATH RATE FROM TUBERCULOSIS Nearly 3 Per Cent Higher for South Carolina Than Average for lTnlte<l States. Columbia, Nov. 16.?The Rod Cros3 Seal campaign in South Carolina has taken on new Impetus, owing to the fact that, as announced last week, a special anti-tuberculosis conference for the South is to bo held in Atlanta, beginning November 30th. Vital statistics for the whole of South Carolina ure not available, but from such figures as are at hand is shown a great need for antl-tuberculoa s work throughout the state. The National Association in New Yotk has just made public, through the state commission, its figures for South Carolina. From a part'al church census it was found that the mortality rate from tuberculosis is thirteen and one-hal'' per cent. This is about three per cent higher than the average for the United States. From this fact, both the ajrproachlng conference in Atlantafand the 1914 campaign for ROllitlir IJ/wl ? U1UCD uoais UtiCOUie doubly important. The commission announces that up to to present TO agents have been secured for 10 It. ' W. C'. T. U. CONVENTION. j Double .Moral Standard is Roundly Denounred. Atlanta, Nov. 16.?Arralngment j of different moral standards for men and women marked the address hero today of Mrs. Ella A. Boole, Ph. D., of Now York, before the National Convention of the Women's ChrisMan Temperance Union. "The double moral standard is one of the eocial plague's greatest boons," said Mrs. Boole, who Is ptesident of the New Yorit branch of the national temperance organisation. "It is ru nous for man to observe one code of morals and woman a different one. "It is up to women to see to it that man observes te same morals she does. Why should man be given moral liberties that are denied a '.oiiian, when, in truth woman is I he .<ustnlnlng element In all mora.s?" 'i he speaker predicted national ! prohibition of the manufacture and ! *nle of !intoxlcants by 1920 and ui.l! verBal prohibition w)thin a comparatively few years. The European war, she said, would be, an aid to the prohibition struggle Jon that Continent. The recent decision of Russia for EYE WITNESSES TELL I OF END OF AUDACIOUS Mammoth Vessel Was Disabled by Striking Mine. IS FINALLY BLOWN UP. I Musicians on the Olympic Reach ' New York With Kirst Direct News. New York, Nov. 15.?Two men i who saw the llrltish superdroad-j nought Audacious lying helpless in a i heavy sea some 27 miles northeast'i of Lough Swllly, shortly after she ; had struck a mine on October 27, arrived here today on the steamer New York from Liverpool. To the 1 stories that previously had reached here of the loss of the warship they i ! added numerous details. One state- i ment they made was that the Audac- < I ious might have been floating today I had she not been blown up by the British cruiser Liverpool at 9 a. in. on the day she was disabled by the mine. The men who told the story were James Rupert Beanies, leader of the orchestra on the White Star liner : Olympic, which rescued the crew of the Audacious and made fruitless ; efforts to tow her to shoal water, and Hugh Griffiths, one of the orchestra's musicians. At first both declined to discuss the event, declaring that they had been put upon their honor by the admiralty to say nothing. When they saw the positive statements that had been published here regarding the disaster, however, they concluded they were breaking no faith with the govern1 ment by admitting the battleship had gone down. SHIP IS SIGHTED. The story of Beame3, who was helped from time to time by Griffiths, was substantially as follows: "We sighed Torey island at H) a. I m. on Tuesday, October 27. An hour later one of the stewards came I to our quarters and sai d, 'You better get up on deck and see two lovely warships.' We ran up on deck. Tlin .lov -> - ' .r. ,i.-> uui iv aim uiauay ana a stiff westerly gale was blowing. Otf our starboard side we saw a big battleship and heavy seas breaking over her. She was flying a code dis- i tress signal. "As we approached the other warship, which we learned later was the 1 cruiser Liverpool, came over to us and at high speed crossed our bows. ; Hardly had she crossed when she turned and recros3ed and kept up this sort of serptine movement for a half hour. "It was said on board later that | ' this performance was for the pur-1 | pose of clear'ng the way for the j White Star ship, at that time the 1 only agent in those waters capable I of towing the Audacious to a shoal haven. "It was decided that the Liverpool could better risk hitting a mine than could the Olympic. RUSH OF VOLUNTEERS. "Tho order was given to man our lifeboats and a call issued for vol- ; unteers. The Olympic's crew actu- j uuy iuugni 10 gei into the boats, <^o eager were they to do something for their country and for the sailors on the doomed Audacious. When one of tho boats hit the water they 1 found In it a little bell boy, 11 years i old. "The seas were high and It took f the men in the lifeboats 20 minutes to get over to tho Audacious, 500 I yards away. Wo plainly could see the crew at quarters. They were, the calmest body of men I have over ! seer.. The captain was walking up; and down the deck calmly, with his i hands behind h's back. "There were about 900 on the ! Audacious but only 280 were taken to the Olympic. About 4 00 were transferred to other war craft by | the Olympic's 14 lifeboats. About 200 were left on board to assist in handling the lines and cables, while j the Olympic made her futile efforts to take the Audacious in tow. These i men were taken off to Liverpool In J the Olympic's lifeboats when lit was' I decided the Audacious should be 1 blown up and sunk." END OK THE CRAFT. rna. uiymplc dropped anchor off ' Lough Swllly at 8 p. m. An hour (Continued on Page Eight.) NEITHER CAN DELIVER THE KNOCKOUT PUNCH Armies in West Flanders Remain Deadlocked. GERMANS FORCED BACK. The Russian Armies Are Gradually Converging on Cracow. Petrograd Cautions Allies. London, Nov. 16.?The armies' of the allies and of Germany remain deadlocked in West Flanders today r'.long the battle line, where snow s ankle deep .with the prospect of further intermittent artillery duels and infantry clashds, which for more than a month have been swinging back and forth without definite reBult. The snow and the generally adverse weather conditions in Flanders will make necessary more frequent shifts of men in the trenches and there will be more sickness, es- j pec!ally lung and throat affections. In short, trench warfare, already j laborous and exhausting, will daily i become a greater ordeal. The Germans, who endeavored to cross the Yser canal between Dixmude and Blxsclioote were driven back and a German rogiment was destroyed at Bix8choote. Two German attacks near Ypres were repuls-j ed and the French have taken the offensive and driven the enemy from positions taken by them several days ago. On the remainder of the line there have been artillery exchanges and engagements of relatively minor importance. The Germans have not abandoned their attempt to reach the French coast towns and yet they have not advanced. Today, according to the claims of the allies, the Germans are back on the right bank of the Yser, having been forced to release their grip on points on the left bank held so stubbornly by them last week. This retirement of the breadth of the river is described in the official communication given out in Paris last n'ght as "the most noteworthy incident of the day," and it shows how little change there has been elsewhere either in Belgium or France. In the meantime, the Germans are putting tne linal touches to the defenses stretching in row after row from Ostend to the Dutch border, and should their present lines be broken they probably w'll endeavor to winter in these posit ons, In the eastern arena of the war the Germans are making and executing similar plans in the face of the Russian advance. It is said that great German forces are being concentrated at Thorn, Posen and Hreslau, with the idea of keeping the Russians out of important positions '.n the provinces of Posen and Silesia. A word of caution to the allies comes from Petrograd. This is that they must not expect the Russians to sweep on to Rerlin overnight, as it were, as this advance may take months and even longer. The Germans occupy the defenses they have been preparing for years and in addition to this may be nnle to spare even more men for the operations on their eastern front. Russian armies seem to be gradually converging on Cracow, and the siege or investment of this place appears to be not far off. It is suggested {hat the Austrian garrison of Cracow might surrender to avoid a bombardment, but this can be called nothing more than a suggestion. The Russian forward movement In east Prussia seems to continue and it is sa d the Russian generals j are imposing on the captured towns fines in proportion to those levied by the Germans on cities of Belgium. These fines correspond with the population of the town taken. I The British operations against the Turks have spread the conflagralion to the southern entrance of the Red sea, where Indian troops, assisted by B* tlsh warships. have taken a Turkish fort. The spy agitation In England\ again has flared up. Today all persons leaving Ixjndon must depart from a designated railroad statihn, where the person and baggage of every traveler Is subjected to a search for maps and drawings and anything else that might be intended Tor the use of the enemy. \ | KH'KNKHH IN A KM IKS. Soldiers Suffer From Fogs anil Kain. Thlelt, Belgium, V!a Sa8 Van 1 Ghent, the Hague and London, Nov. j 16.?The Germans have not yet buc-| ceeded In crossing the Yser In front of Dixmude, and that town, having been entirely destroyed, has been of little value to the Invaders. Heavy fogs and pouring rains are ' causing much sickness. The i trenches are flooded and as a result the soldiers suffer from severe colds and pneumonia. The nearby villages having been destroyed, the nearest hospitals are .'n Ghent and Bruges, and these already are overcrowded. The exhaustion of the troops has i caused a momentary lapse in infantry operations and the battle continues to be chiefly an artillery duel, which, owing to fog, is of a desultory character. Military men here expect no decision for several days. I SANTA CLAUS SHIP, LADEN WITH GIFTS Sailed Saturday With Christmas Gifts for the Children of Europe. New York, Nev. 14.?With more than 1,200 tons of Christmas gifts from the people of America, a Santa Claus ship, the naval collier Jason, sailed today for Europe. A message of Godspeed from President Wilson was received by Lieut. Commander C. F. Courtney, U. S. N., shortly before sailiing time The docks as the ship cast loose her lines were throng, ed with thousands of school children. The gifts that the Santa Claus ship carried were gathered from every state of the Union. They include almost everything from toys and dolls to clothing and food. So heavy was the rain of Christmas presents for the children of Europe that a force of 9(1 soldiers and Go sailors from the navy yard was reI quired to receive and classify the gifts as they arrived and repack them so that an equal distribution might be made in the several conn, tries for which they were intended. A summary of the cargoes mades by Commander Courtney shortly bolore sailing showed the following items: ! Fourteen carloads of children's clothing, live carloads of women's clothing, one carload of men's clothing, five carloads of toys and 57 carloads of miscellaneous presents, foodstuffs, boots, shoes, etc., a total of 82 carloads. The ship will call first at Falmouth, where the gifts intended for England, France and Belgium will be discharged; then she will proi ceed to Rotterdam, where gifts for Holland and Germany w*ll be discharged. At a Inter dato onnllior consignment will go forward tor the people of Russia and Poland. Nearly all the gifts received were accompanied by notes of good will ; written by the donors. As the spirit of neutrality of the United States was unwittingly violated in many of these missives, it was found necessary to \\? tliho:d them. A large quantity of clothing that was found unfit for immediate shipment, will be sent to Wilis Island for cleaning and fumigating and will afterwards be taken in charge by wives of army officers who have volunteered the service and prepared for a later snipment. K'nipioyees at Navy Vnrd Have Narrow F.scapc. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 14.?Chus. Yeager, foreman, and three of hir men, working on ships in dry doc' tlier. are suflerintr from ..,>.1 shock, after one of the narrowest escapes from death on record at the local navy yard, when, In a derrick bucket loaded with scrap iron which they had mounted to avoid the labor of cl mblng the dock steps, they were thrown to the brink of the 50 , foot basin, the bucket chain snap- ; ping 20 feet overhead Just as they were swung from over the dry dock j toward terra Anna. Tney fortunately were thrown to the edge of the basin. 200 ltales of Cotton Destroyed by Fire. North, Nov. 14.?Two hundred bales of cotton stored on the station platform and 50 bales In two box cars on the siding were destroyed by Are here early this morning The loss is estimated at approximately <9.500. WILSON ATTRACTS NEW YORK CROWD Gothamites Soon Pierce President's Incognito. FORCED TO SLIP AWAY. Manages to Ksrape Only After llreaking l"p Two or Three Open Air Street Meetings. New York, Nov. 14.?President Wilson found tonight ho could not eseape recognition in New York, even when he appeared upon the -ureet as a private citizen. He tried it and failed. Mr. Wilson announced that lie intended to spend the evening quietly at the home of his friend, Col. E. M. House, but changed his mind and at 8:HO o'clock he and Colonel House started for a stroll on Broadway. They were attended only by a couple of secret service men some distance in the rear. Soon the President and his escort hailed tor a moment to listen to the music provided at a Salvation Army open air meeting and right there Mr. Wdson's incognito came to an end. "Its Wilson! It's President Wil son!" shouted the discoverer. Instantly tho Salvationists were deserted as the isteners began to fol0 low the Presid< nt and his host. Tne set ret seri'ce men closed in closely. HEARS SOME ADVICE. Two blocks farther on a vounteor street orator discussing the Mexican situation gained the nation's chief executive as an auditor. The Presid-nt smiled and started on as the speakei culogked Villa and excoriated Cnrrnnza. "Hie orator soon was deserted, the throng trailing the President. The next stop in the Wilson itinerary was at a suffragist meting. The feminine speaker was interrupted in her address as the hundreds who followed the President come up. 'I he crowd shouting "Hurrah for Wilson!by this time had gained alarming proportions. Two or three New York policemen volunteered to assist the secret service operatives in forcing a path for the city's distinguished visitor and they began looking for a safe haven. The suggestion was made as they reached Thirty-fourth street that they seek the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The hotel was reached safely and the | officers made a lane for Mr. Wilson As he gained the door the President turned and waved his hand, crying, "Gooa-bye, I'm going to get away i front you now." ESCAPES THE THKONGS. As the crowd surged around the Thirty-fourth street entrance. Mr. vvu-on, Colonel House and their guardians were taken to the second floor in an elevator and spirited out on tne Fifth avenue side. As they gained the street the President caught sight of a painting of Mrs. j Wilson in the window of an art store. The President stood sadly and silently before the window for a few minutes. Then the secret service men hailed a Fifth avenue bus and in this venule the President .his exploration of the city ended for the night, rode to the home of Colonel House. i-rcsiaont Wilson took a o itnplete rest here today, playing golf during i' e morning and taking a loi g a ito. mobile rldo in the afternoo t. Tonight ho remained quietly at the home of Col. E. M. House, Ms personal friend. During his automobile Tide the President was within a few miles of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who Is at his home In Oyster Ray, hut the two did not meet. Attendance at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church and dinner at the home of Cleveland H. Dodge at Riverside will make up the President's program tomorrow. Daughters Meet In 1015 at San Francisco. Savannah, Ga. Nov. 15.?-San r-rancisco was selected as the 1918 meeting place of te United Daughters of the Confederacy just before adjournment yesterday. Nashville I and Louisville lost by a close vote. The date of the next contention v*'l! be decided later.