The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 20, 1914, Image 1
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VOL. 10, NO. 14, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914. $1.50 A YEAR.
WW LESS COIION,
ID'ADOO'S ADVICE
Says Wade Fund Won t Help
Without Crop Diversification.
BIG EUROPEAN D$g4AND
Says Never Before Have tlie Chanm
Been So (J<km1 to Heap Sure
Profits.
Washington, Nov. 18.?Although
the $136,000,000 cotton loan fund
has been completer! officials of the
-.1 .....J ?!.- '
iouci ui iuovi v ** uviti i u iliui tin* lll'ilh*
ury department declared today that
? the South must introduce liversificatlon
of crops and a reduction of cotton
acreage next year to get the
full benefits from the fund and insure
a material increase in the price
ot raw cottou tor nex' year's crop.
Secretary McAdoo in a statement
ton'ght called this "the other pressing
and important problem" with
which the South must deal. He urged
the raising of other food products,
which, he predicted, will find a 1 mdy
market, particularly if the European
war persists.
"The Southern farmer," said Mr.
McAdoo. "therefore, has an unusual
opportunity now for changing existing
methods and habits, with certain
profit and permanent ben o-t to
himself."
He suggested that the department
of agriculture would gladly outline
methods of crop diversification
suitable to different localities, and
added that bankers had an excellent
opportunity t? aid in this work by
using thot'r influence to direct, the
character of crops by imposing
"proper conditions" upon advances
to farmers.
SURE PROFITS.
"The farmers of the South," con
eluded the statement, "ought to
wake up to the importance of crop
diversification. There never before
was a time when they could wake
up with such certain profit to themselves.''
Members of the federal reserve
board were inclined tonight t.> be
heve that present conditions pointed
to a decided reduction in the cotton
acrouge through influences outside
the cotton producing states, and
predicted that with acreage reduced
cotton would go to a normal level
next year.
General supervision of the cotton
loan fund will be under the reserve
board members, with the recently
appointed cotton loan committee In
active charge of tne work, according
to announcement at the treasury tonight.
Tlife first meeting of :1iIf
committee will be held :n New Vo'k
Fridey morning
McADOO'S fi'J ATEMENT.
Mr .McAdoo s rtatement said In
part:
The plan gi.es the cotton loan
committee pover to appoint corn
mlttees In each of ;he cotton productug
states of \labaraa, Arkansas,
Floi>da, Georgia. Louslana, Mlvd.v
aippl, Nort>> Carolina, Oklahoma,
/ South Carol.nn Terse and Tennessee
to assist It in carrying on the practical
work.
"While the creation of the cotton
loan fund ard its use under the
plpn will have a fnr reaching anil
beneficial infiuo , upon the cotton
and business situation, nevertheless
the attention of :!>. South should not
he drawn n.*ny from the other ores'
lug a "i important problem ..*;*l?
which it must intelligently and effectively
deui, :;ainery, a mater'nl
reduction of editor, acreage In "i ??"?
and the ralpiug of fcod product, on
a large part of the acreage be''" lofore
devoted to c Hon.
WILL HELP COTTON.
"Not only will crop diversification
help *.Le prosperity of the South, hut
the rafrc assurance of a largo decrease
tn the cotton crop next year
w:li immediately enhance the value
of the present crop. The food products
which the South can advao
ageojaly raise on a part of the
acreago will find a ready market at
profitable prices, even if the S.ntr
it*elf cannot absorb them with greater
advantages than by buying n?p
piles from neighboring state;. If
the war in Kurope Is protracted the
demnnd for foodstuffs will grow in
volume and intensity and must b?
suppl ed In large part by this coun
try.
"The itrentlv expressed view* <.f
w
icc secretary or agriculture on ?l?is |
subject should be read by ev -ry
farmer in tjio South. The department
of agriculture will gladly give
Information to the farmers of the
South alout the best means e.i d
methods of crop diversification su:tuble
I) the condlitons of each ?o- ]
( callty.
BANKS'-S' OPPORTUNITY*.
"The ban.- rs also have an exccp!
tional opportuulty to aid In th s com- 1
mendable work. They can. In large j
| measure, Influence the character 01 j i
j crops by Imposing proper conditions
! upon the advances they may make
to the farmers. Where the bankers
are not dealing direct with the farm
> is. (he merchant who supplies the 1
' i.ertssary credits can exert the notes
' sj.rv influence.
"I earnestly hope that the farm- '
ers, the bankers and the merchants 1
in the South \sil 1 co-operate with '
I each other for the purpose of niater- *1
I ally reducing the cotton crop in
; 1915 and securing satisfactory crop <
diversification. Not only should I
the Southern farmer plant food I
(rops, but he can raise cattle and I
| poultry with great benefit to himself '
and the country at large. He can- <
not do this, however, unless ho re- '
duces cotton acreage and raises food I
supplies." <
MEETING CALL FOR
FOOD FROM EUROPE |
I li
Despite Great Increase in Foodstuffs (
Total Exports Show Large Falling
Off?Increase in Cotton.
Washington. Nov. 17.?How Eu- i
! rope's cry for food is being answered
| by the United States was set forth
j n statistics made public today by
the bureau of foreign and domestic
I commerce. They showed that during
last month exports of breadstuffs
amounted to $38,247,570, an
incease of nearly $25,000,000 over
those of October, 1913. Exports of
frefdi beef last month were more
| than double those of October a year
: ago. the figures thjs year being
! $83,940 as against $36,863.
In spite of the tremendous in-11
I crnnoii it, fr?,1 -1.1 ?
? x <?ov tu ci1111mt*iiih, in?wover,
, exports as a whole did not measure i
Hp to last year's figures. The total (
for October as recorded at the country's
10 chief ports was $83,513,406
as against $147,833,016 the previous
year. The districts selected handled
nearly 80 per cent of the nation's
! export trade and the tabulation
, shows the balance '.n favor of this
country on international trade stood
last Saturday at $32,392,214 for the
i first half of November.
It was said at the commerce bureau
the increase In November ex!
ports probably would show bread,
stuffs and fresh meat were still in
greater demand than during last
| month. Officials also pointed to the
increase in cotton exports as a sig-,:
! niflcant feature of the situation.
So great has been the European '
demand for breadstuffs that wheat,
; corn, barley, oats and flour are going
across the Atlantic from every
; port in the United States. Huge
shipments have been made from San
I Francisco via the Panama canal.
I The total of breadstuffs exports for
I the 10-months ending with October
I this year was, $1204,216,478 as j,
against $170,220,519 for the like pe |
' rlod of 1913.
Export trade in mineral oils show-, I
ed a marked decline last October, ;;
proDUDiy because of the seizure of j 1
many oil-lndon ships by British
l cruisers. The decrease tn all ex- <
ports for the 10-months period of
1914 was $212,326,321. Cotton exports
for October 1914 wore valued ; i
at $20,420,043 against. $107,37!",.
197 In October 1913. The decrease <
for the 10-months period in cotton (
shipments alone between 1913 and i t
1914 amounted to $127,180,748, '<
!>. A. It. School for Mountain Girls.
Hock Hill Special to Charleston
News and Courier, Nov. 19.?The
Daughters of the American Hevolu- '
tion, South Carolina Division, in an- I
uuui vomerence nere, today selected j,
Greenville as the place of meeting
for next yar.
Aside from routine business two '
other matters of interest occupied ;
Hie attention of the delegates at to- {
day's session. They decided to es-1.
tablish an industrial school for
mountain girls, and also endorsed |(
( the "wear cotton" movement. 3
Mrs. P. H. H. Calhoun, state re- ! t
gent, who wns detained Wednesday, i ,
arrived and presided todny. Mrs.
,W. ?. Ardrey of Fort Mill. Mrs. .!. 1
H. Johnson of Hock Hill and Mrs. E.
1C. Von Trescow of Camden were
elected to fill the exfl'red terms of 1
vice regent, auditor and assistant f
historian, respectively. 1
STRUGGLE FOR POLAND A
WATCHED ASBAROMETER
Russians and Germans Are F
Locked in Severe Fiffht.
GERMANS FALL BACK. A
\ilvanre ( tiarils of Knssian Cavalry , F
Meet With Idtlle Kesistanoe.
IU'IkiuiIc I*tiller ItomhariliiiiMit.
London, Nov. !! .- Public interest
now is centered in the battle of "
Russians and Germans he* ween the ''
Vistula and Warta rivers in Poland.
for it is believed the outcome tiler- v>"
will have a marked effect on the op- ul
?ratlons elsewhere and on the dura- ^
tton of the war. if*
1,1
Hoth German and Russian Head- '
inarters are very sparing with in- !
ronnation. All that is defln'tely -l
known is that the Russian advance ''
guard, consisting largely of cavalry, 1
which advanced right on to the ^
Herman frontier after the battle at ol
fr
Warsaw, met superior forces and has
fallen back more than half the distance
covered in the advance. w
The Germans are sending forces r<
into the country between the two1
rivers where tlie buttlo must bo j 0(
fought, hoping that in this confined;0'
-irea the Russians will not be able to 1
deploy their enormous armies to ad
vantage. The Russians, however sj
now can choose their own ground tc
Lor the battle, and it is probable they I bi
will select it as far a;- possible from ol
the German lines of eomniunicatior pi
In Galieia. before Cracow, and in u
Fast Prussia the Runs ians are push- pi
ing tlie'r advantage, apparently di'i- n
regarding the fact that theii center |
has been compelled to fall back.
Tbev also are showing much act'vpa* 1
ni
in the Carpathians to prevent the
Austrians from retiring into Hun-'
t ei
gary. It is stated they already have i j
cut off 800,00(1 Austrians, who will '
now be compelled, if defeated, to ro.
ni
treat westward. j
la Flanders and France the b: t ni
tie which ha ; been going on for ?f> p
days has again developed nto an artillery
duel. This douhties- la d ie
lo inability of tlie infantry u.i either
. ,?<.i? icui lur UUKIUC8S piaces. i m
fapanege renters on share baste are ga
lot tabulated in the report. tb
in
HnimlnK in IMeilniont. n|l
Spartanburg, Nov. 19.?Snow he- ,
Can falling here In large flakes at
1:30 o'clock tonight. "(
19
side to operate successfully over li w
muddy ground, and to the extend* <i j
flooded area between 'lie coast and ^
Dixmude. While tliev are a.nvaia
w
men eastward to oppose the Ruso?
sians, the Germans are reported to
be bringing more big guns to the J
western front. Russian and Turkish j
squadrons have met n a long dis- r<
tance duel off Sebaatopol and iota
claim victory. Tho Russian report:
says tho Turkish cruiser Goebea wa3 I
damaged, while the Turks claim a
Russian battleship suffered severely (1
and that the other Russian warsntps
tied.
Reminiscent of early days of the
war is the report from Vienna that :
Belgrade has been called upon o jn'
surrender. This city. cap'tal of
Servla, was under bombardment for
weeku and was relieved only when dl
the Russian advance In Galtcln 'cm- 1 ei
pilled the Austrians to *.ook aftei '01
heir northern frontier*: Now t!'c fc
vians, like the Montenegrins, are
t.'d- In their ewn eouia . and tliAi
btriana, unmindful of the fccoint , fc
Invasion of their northern provinces, P<
are endeavoring to destroy the two,'8
little armies. [b'
4
lapana.se Holdings in California *1'
I.anil. S1
Cacrawento, Cai., N'ov. 19.? Jap- (>l
inese holdings in California land, a 1 ?'
;
year and a half of the passage of the
.tale's al en land law wliich excited as
si
diplomats of two nations, are set i
forth*-In a report made today by Iho ?'
statistician of the statu board of a*- \ p<
rlculture.
The Japanese own S31 farms in
:he state, comprising 12,726 acres pi
uid valued at 1609,000. Lease1 th
Holds, permltte<l under the law,' cr
nuount to 17,606 acres. m
The Japanese also own 218 town ' th
ots valued at 9238,676, they have se
J,676 places of business with metre m
han four million dollars of capital li(
nvested in them and on this cap tal I ti<
lo business amounting to $16,000,00
rearly. They pay about $ 1,000,000 j ad
iDVOCATES BIGGER
ARMY FOR U. S.I
i
orce of 500,000 Urges Gen-'
eral Wotherspoon.
RMY IS INADEQUATE.
nvors Increase of the >1 i I if in to
Form a Seron?l Line of
l?efence.
Washington, Nov. 18. ?Declaring
would bo impossible to defend the
unumu canal and-^Ameriean terriirial
possessions against attack
tb present or proposed garrisons
nles$- they could be rapidly reinirced.
Major General Wotberspoon.
(tired chief of stall, in his report tony
recommended the increase of ,
le regular amy to a strength of
95,000 enlisted men. He proposed
iat this force be augmented
trough u system of reserves until
tero was created a mobile strength
' 500,oOO first line troops equipped
>r a six months' campaign.
General Wotherspoon said there
as need for more forces to protect
tar approaches to American coast
^fences and those points not cover1
by fortresses, and urged that the
rganized militia bo developed to a i
rength of :$od,000 men.
"It is manifest." General Wotherioon
asserted, "that the great wa rway
of the Panama canal cannot
a protected against the operations
f a first-class military power by the
resent or proposed garrison we con-'
(tnplnte placing there, without the
owor and ability to reinforce it
ipidly from the United States.
IN THli PI II LIP PINKS.
"That an effective defence against
n entrpris ng enemy in the Philipines
could be made with a defied-1
ncy of 88 per cent of the manning I
etails of the coast defences of
[anila and Subig Hay, and with a ,
lobile force of a little over seven
lousand American troops, supplelented
liy less than six thousand
hilippine scouts, is manifestly intjss'ble;
that we can retain our
iluable territory of Alaska in ii
olated position against en eiiemv
ith any military power by placing
un <1 him isuii ui iksb man ;?<iu
en verges on the ridiculous unless
e have an ample force at home to ,
ccupy that territory in the ver>
;rlles*. stages of an impending collect.
As regards the Hawaiian
ilands, all military persons will
?cognizo that the proposed garri>n
in this possession is far below
hat It should be to meet a serious
ttack."
Outlining his view or the army's
rst line requirements, General ^
fotherspoon said:
FORCE OF HALF MILLION. i
"Careful consideration of our
eeds would indicate the advlsubill-1
r and necessity for having at all
mes, available at home, and in ad- i
Itlon to the necessities in our for- >
gn possessions In the first line of ,
tr military establishment, a mobile
tree of at least 500,000 thoroughly
alned and thoroughly equipped
<hting men .with adequate supplies
ir the operation of this force fur i
sriod of at least six months. This
a conclusion that seems to have
sen reached by all those who have
ven careful consideration of this ;
lestion. It is also agreed that wa I
tould have a second lino, a thorlghly
equipped and trained force
' organised militia of not less than
10,000 men, properly proportioue 1
i to its stnff, several arms \
ores and supplies necessary for it
jerat'on in the field for a lif.e
>riod."
OUTLINES HIS PLANS.
General Wotherspoon outlined the
an through wh'ch he would double
e strength of the regular army and ,
eate the reserve. The enlisted
en would serve a short term with
e colors, then pass into the rerves
for periods of five years or
ore, being at all times under ob-'
;atlon to respond in case of na-1 (
>nal need.
"Assumln#,'' the report aaya, "the
loption of a short term of enlistsnt?say
three years?for the pan- j
ge of men thoroughly trained in ,
e school of the regular or stand- .
g army into the reserves, and that!
i*n so trained ?hr?ni<i
nwi ur 11 tlj
the first reserve for a longer pe- i
)d than five years, it would appear
i>.\iu;k invkhtments n
Concerned in Appeal to Vnited
States Supreme Court.
Washington, Nov. 19.?Invest-!
ment of about $150,000,000 in Chi- j
cago office buildings by corporations
was said today to be concerned in p
the outcome of the Imperial Building
Company's appeal to the supreme
court from the action of state
courts in declaring its charter void. F
Argument on the appeal has been
completed. i ff
The .state forfeited t'.ie charter on
the ground that the primary purpose i
of the corporation was not to operate
an office building, but to hold real
estate as an investment.
"Tin* dec'sion of tin- Illinois court '
lias in iis effort destroyed a number "
of ( barters." declared tlie attorney- 111
in their brief, "and placed tlieir
stock and bond holders at the mercy s*
of the ground lessor, or where a "
deed has been given, at the mercy of "
the grantors. Several of these companics
have stock issues of from
111,000,000 to $2,000,000?the lat- P<
ter being that of the Chicago Masonic
Temple enterprise." J<
GEN. VILLA MOVING K
ON CITY OF MXEICO n
The First Clash of Arms lOxpected c<
at t^neretaro?( 'oiklit ions In
Very Serious. is
Washington, Nov. 18.?(Jon. Fran- hi
cisco Villa, commanding troops un-!ti
dor control of the Aguas ("al entes w
convention, is marching on Mexico
City. His army today reached
Leon, the tirst important railroad st
center south of Aguas Calientes. ' d'
Clen. l'aolo (lonzales Carranza tl
forces tire at Queretaro and Irapua- a
..mic mi' nisi important clash tj
between General Carranza and thoj
convention probably will occur. it
The facts were reported today by n
George ('. Carrot hers, American on- p
sular agent, accompanying Gei etal b
Villa. Carrothers declared Villa w
was well equipped for the march. ti
Amer can Consul Sillitnan tele a;
graphed that conditions were Ion
more serious in Mexico City than at tl
any time since the parley tor pone*, id
began, lie regards actual lioRtiiitie 31
as inevitable, though some general- cc
rtill tire trying to patch up dilcr
c pees.
General Carratr/n. according te at
messages from Mr. Sillim oi and' rh
Leon Canova, spec al agent at \guas hi
Calientes, declared that he hr.d been a
misunderstood, that he never itmnd-.di
i d to deliver the executive pow? r ei
except to some one of liis own s. lev- fi
t.on. tl
Otilcials here tonight believed tl
Gen. Eulailo Guiterrez, chosen p.*.- ct
visional president by the convention, p
had ordered a general attack on Car- a
ranza garrisons. Guiterrez controls cl
Northern Mexico and General Vila's n
advance guard Is within 200 miles n
of the Mexican capital. c;
Que column of convention forces 1<
is moving eastward from San Luis w
Potosi to Tampico. Another is in- n
deavorlng to cut off the forces of tl
General Jesus Carranza at Puerto, w
Mexico. An engagement at Julie,
near Puerto .Mexico, was reported K
tooay by American Consul Canada h
Gen. Jose Carbajal, a Villa com- w
matuler, was killed. w
Whether or not ex-federals, under b
Genernls Higenio Aguilar and \rgu- b
raedo, which threaten Puebla, are f<
working in harmony with General h
Villa is not known, but renewed t- t|
tacks on the Carranza lines by
Zapata troops are expected.
doctors DIscoyci' \e\\ Compound I'm '
Slo|)jiiiik KIihiiI Flow.
(ioneva, Switzerland, Nov. Is. \
preparation which it is claimed willjn
. op almost instantly the ilov of v.
blood from a wound lias been in tl
\enied by I'rof. Theodor Koclicv ol ; cl
i'erne. winner of the Nobel pri'? for cl
surgery in 1912, and his as8V.?.nt,
I >r A. Fonoe. The new preparation, it
called Coagulen, is a powder, and is s\
dissolved in water before being ap- tl
plied to a wound.
The discoverers have made a gift &
of their invention to the armies in
the field and have sent large quanti- hi
ties of the powder to French and ti
German surgical headquarters. Med'ral
men here declare the lives of ni
thousands of soldiers prohahly will
ho saved by it. It can be applied ai
by untrained hands, it is said, or by m
the wnniwioii ???" *-* "
uiiiiBeir. at
that ihe size of the regular or stand- c<
Ing army to be used as a sehool for ir
the training of reservists should be in
about 205,000 enlisted men." A
URNIN6 SCHOOL
COST TEN LIVES
loritlu State Reformatory
Proves Death Trap.
IRE ESCAPES BARRED.
oors l<oH(liiiK to It l>ouhlo<l l,?xk<Ml.
I'ri'VAIltlliir 'A
?n " > nn ??
Ih? Investigated.
Marianna, Flu.. Nov. 18. Eight
.udents and two officers of the
loriila Reform School lost their
ves here at an early hour this
lornitig when the main building
as destroyed by lire. Nearly 100
udents escaped by climbing
trough a skylight to the roof and
tence making their way down the
tree stroies on the fire escape.
The dead: Bennett Evans, car?nter;
Charles Evans, guard; Joe
featherhee of Jacksonville, Clifford
affords, Louis Hanff, Louis Perundez,
Walter Fisher, Waldo Drew,
arl Morris. Clarence Parrott, inintes,
boys under 21 years of age.
Tonight (5ov. Park Trammell wir1
President (1. JI. Milton of the
aard of directors to immediately
sue a call for a meeting of the
Dttrd to make a thorough investigaon
of the fire. President Milton
ill issue tlio cull tomorrow.
FIRE ESCAPE LOCKED.
The governor's action followed a
atement wired him by Superintennnt
Bell and by information that
le fire escap ? doors were locked
ud the keys were in the office on the
rst floor where the fire started.
The fire was discovered only after
had ga'ned great headway and
nllilni' ..ia 1- ^
? vuuiu n\- mini' 10 Slop ltfi
rogress. Tlie building was of
riuk, ."><? by i;.o feet, with two
ings 50 feet in length. It was
nish'Ml inside 11 pine, all partitions
ad 1' iors being of wood. This had
cently been panted and the oils in
le paint made the wood burn raplly,
so that it i.. said, that within
it minutes after the fire was disivered
the building was in ruins.
SOUGHT TO SAVIO THBM.
When Superintendent Hell was
ivakened the stairways were in
tines. The two lire escapes being
icked, he could only make his esipe
through the roof, and th's he
Id, climbing to the tower he juinpl
to the roof and from this to the.
re escape, from which he reached
le ground and tried to enter the ofce
to obtain the keys to the fire eslpes.
The office being in flames, he
rocured an axe and with the assistnee
of Allen, one of the guards, he
limbed to the landing of the fire esiipe
as the second floor, where three
len were trying to make their esape.
He succeeded in breaking the
lcks of the barred grating to the
indow, but was unable to get the
letal frame out. In the meantime
lie floors gave wnv and th? innmiM
era hurled to their doom.
The men at the window were A. B,
Ivans, a carpenter; C. M. Bvans_
is son, a guard, and one other, who
as an inmate. The seven others
ho perished are supposed to have
een suffocated before they were
crned, as their < barred bodies were
Mind on the bedsprings of their
eds. All were in the same ward in
ie north wing of the building.
STO?'K i:\< ii \\<;r. TO OPKX
nr< stlil ted Tending in ll? nd* <>l
Ml Kinds to Begin Satm lay. 1
New York, Nov. 1!).? Arnounoeicni
was made today that there
ouid be unrt strioted trading on
to lloor of the New York stock exliango
next Saturday in bonds of all
lasses, at certain minimum prices
This was considered the most
nport-int step yet taken towards reimption
of unrestricted trading on
10 exchange.
The bonds to be traded in include
large variety of government, state
ad municipal 'issues, as well as the
ands of numerous private corpora
ons. Today's action is regarded
? ft 1 rtp'i oo 1 * *
_ uuicume or (lie better
larket for investment securities.
It was intended to extend the
rea of open trading to certain guarute.ed
stocks, but on further oenderation
such action was dearned
nwise for the present. Advices resived
by stock exchange officials
idicate that London will be a
loderate purchaser of this class of
merican securities.