The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 19, 1917, Image 1
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STRANGE WORLD THAT "
GERMANS WILL ENTER"
AFTER WAR ENDS THEY tlj
WILL BE OUTCASTS. fl?
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Rtedfield Points Out We No ?
Longer Depend on Teutons m
for Dyes and Potash. g|
eh
nr
New York Oct. 18.?What a dif- *
ferent world of trade this will be af- .
SI (
or tho uror uroa nlotn en/1 tkn I '
? **? ?? uo piviui ovi iu ill's
Southern Commercial congress here *w
tonight by Secretary Redfield in an ^
address telling of the cutting of the
threads of Germany's foreign commerce
by her own act, and of the ar
awakening of America and her al- p
lies to the danger of having their 8''
industries dependent upon foreign lo
and possibly unfriendly sources of cl1
supply.
"When peace shall come and her tr
merchants take up the task of re- ( ''
storing Germany's ruined commerce
they will find that It is a 111
strange world which they seek to re- to
enter," said the secretary. "There <a
will be difficulties in the path of the 01
future peaceful penetration of which rr
xney seem not to dream. Commercial
frightfulness, like its mill-; In
tary namesake, will have passed th
away. ,or
"It will hardly be said again to nx
, any secretary of commerce of the 1?
United States that the German dye- th
stuff will not 'permit' the establish- w
ment of an American dyestuff in- ^
y dustry. The monopolies on which
^ German foreign commerce in large fr
part seemed to rest secure have fe
passed away. Our friends beyond bt
the sea and we ourselves have learn- sa
ed the danger of having our indus- pi
tries wholly dependent on foreign w
sources of supply which may become w
unfriendly. b?
Germany's ljost Commerce. hi
"It is pitiful to read extracts from cc
the German press which seem to el
show that they expect to take up T1
the task of rebuilding their com- w
merce where they laid It down. They a
reckon the world's demand for pot_ to
ash as a purely German asset. It w
was so, but it is no longer. Thev pi
were the world's source of dyestuffs, m
That opportunity has gone. It was
they to whom the world looked for C<
optical glass. We do not look there
now. They were the source of supply
of chemical porcelain. We make T1
il today as well as they.
"I need not tell you of the commercial
value of what we call 'good
will' or point the ad-vantage of doing
business as 'a going concern.' ta
The great markets of the world have se
# been and are to be fonnd among the th
natldns who have parted company to
with Germany in the present strug- st
gle. Her past markets have been j fo
found among them. The peoples of i rii
these lands are not likely by one j til
common Impulse to turn quickly to (ar
, Germany for a renewal of the com- re
mercial Intercourse which was bro- Pi
ken by her act. It must be renewed
under circumstances of peculiar er
hardship. th
"As it will be a strange world up- fo
on which the German merchant will er
look out when war shall close, so let pr
me add It will be In a large measure ha
a strange world upon which the ?]{
American merchant will look out at he
the same time. When embargoes ti
are over and trading with the enemy er
acts slfall have ceased to trouble, an
we also shall see things differently.
The noveltv will not on our nart
? - ? - x,h
arise from separation but the re- du
yerse. We have gained and are
gaining a better understanding of bu
the world we live In. Scales of RO
provincialism have fallen from our W|
eyes. ftn
We (Jet a New Vision. fn
"When our sons have fought And ru
died together with those of Great *<.,
Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and ?.
our other honored friends, things rei
cannot be as they were before that a i
k happened. Each knows the other asi
* better than he did. Old lines of sep- ,pr
aration have gone. Our vision is en- thi
larged. Applied to commerce this sh,
means that we understand other
peoples and their needs better and thi
know better what we do to supply tut
them. Our men with vision are lo<
reaching out Into all the lands. sp
"In the coming days when nor- frl
4 Liberty Bom
HIE L
VEEKLY.
HIVATE BRUTALLY WHIPPED,
STORY TOLD ABOUT OAMP1
vcHtigation of Alleged Brutal!
Trout llll'lll <lf KnMlor II* Com..
Wads worth.
Spartanburg, Oct. 18.?An inves?ation
is in progress In the 106th
sld artillery, the old Second, in.
living an alleged brutal whipping
id to have been administered to
-ivate Otto Gottschalk, of Battery
last Saturday by four non-comis8loned
officers, said to be acting
ider orders of Capt. Howard E.
illivan. The nature of Gottsialk'8
offense is not revealed and
> official comment is to be had on
e matter further than the admisan
than investigation is in progress
id a report on the whole matter!
ill be submitted to Brig. Gen.j
liliips.
According to the story going
ound camp. Gottschalk was strip- j
id and beaten by the non-commisoned
officers while Capt. Sullivan
oked on the performance. Gottsialk
was confined to his tent this
ternoon and showed signs of his
eatment by bruises on his hands.
ipt. Sullivan when asked for aj
atement. declined to discuss the:
atter and referred newspaper men |
Capt. Freganiere, the regimen- j
1 adjutant, who also expressed the
linion that the public was not conirned
in the incident.
Col. Geo. A. Wingate, who is actg
commander of the brigade, said
ie matter had been reported to him
? Sunday and as brigadier com-1
ander he had reported the affair
Gen. Phillips. Col. Wingate said
ie report of the matter, together
ith recommendations, will go to
ie commanding general.
From some of Captain Sullivan's
lends it was learned that his dense
will be that Gottschalk had
sen a repeated offender against the
initary regulations of the commy,
that he had been repeatedly
arned. and that his last offense
as of such a serious nature as to
? very provoking. Captain Sullivan,
s friends say. ordered four nonimmissioned
officers to give Gottslallc
a bath, but did not witness it.
here are enlisted men, however,
ho insist that Gottschalk was given
severe beating, after being made
drink from a ditch full of dirty
ater. and that Captain Sullivan was
esent aJl the time and urged the
en on.
*
DTTONSKEO PROIHTKRS
CONSVI.TI\(i OFFICIAI.H
heir Misapprehension as to Price
Fixing Removed by Food
Administration.
"Washington, Oct. 18.?Representees
of the producers of cottoned.
the ginners, the crushers and
le refiners, have been in Washmgn
during the past two days cojvilting
with members of the federal
od administration regarding the
lies to he put into effect whereby
le glnners, crushers and refiners
e to operate under the license alady
issued by proclamation of the
resident.
There seems to haver been considable
misapprehension regarding
e question of price fixing. The
od administration has not consided,
nor does it Intend to, fixing
ices of the products. Its activities;
ive to do solely In this case with the!
Imlnatlon of speculation and'
tardlng of cottonseed products. |
?e license rules now beine consld
ed hare to do with this problem
d there la no consideration being
ren any question of fixing prices
ton cottonseed or any of the procts
derived therefrom.
The conference is still in progress,
t It is expected that by tomorrow
me constructive recommendations
II be made that will be of asslsvce
to the food administration in
lining proper regulations ana
les governing the sale of cottoned
and Its products.
itrlcted conditions we recognize as
matter of course, that the nations
toclated with us In this war are!
eparing for their proper share of
s world's business when the war
nil close.
"Believing as we do, however,
at commerce is not war but mu.
a) intercourse to mutual gain, we
)k without fear and with strong
proval upon every effort of our
ends to renew commercial and in
I And Draw Inte
&NCAS
. LANCASTER, S. C.. FF
[SUMMED WAR COS! RUS
160 MILLIONS DAILY PL
\
UNITED STATES BEARS A SUN
rULKTM Ul4 TOTAL.
Up to This This Cost to the Teut
World Has Been Over . t<
$100,000,000,000.
New York, Oct. 18.?The war is' Th
costing the belligerent nations of on th
the world at the rate of $ 160,000,_i (;
000 a day?$6,500,000 an hour? burg,
and the United States is paying at still
least one-quarter of this staggering rious
sum, according to estimates made by! as fa
the Mechanics and Metals National, sers
bank of New York. The estimated I phelb
daily cost at the beginning of the Atter
war was $50,000,000 and a year ter t
ago it was $100,000,000. This1 jn tti
country's rate of expenditure is1 Dago
greater than any other nation. Great with
Britain being second and Germany Russl
next. naval
uy* next August, according to the | the (
bank figures, the total cost to theitle a
world will be $ 1 .in,000,000.000. Al- Huss
ready expenditures have exceeded | As
$100,000,000,000 of which all but made
a fraction has been translated into landi
permanent national indebtedness. Ilara
Interest on public debt is now cal- sian
culated to be more than 10 per cent fort 1
of the normal income of the Ger- or Fi
man people, as compared with less heavi
than one-half of one per cent in the tensi
case of the people of this country. | hefor
The developed national wealth of madf
j the allies is placed at $000,000,- Keva
I 000,000 by the bank, while that of In
I the teutonic powers is given as.tions
' $130,000,000,000. I temp
About 53,000,000 men are today
engaged in the war. To what ex- p
.tent the entente allies have gained , a,wa
superiority over Germany is shown fnntr
by the bank in striking fashion. have
With no more than 2.000,000 of r?hls
] American manhood enlisted, the to-| wore
tal military strength of the allies is priso
33,000,000, against a total for Ger- takei
Imnnv Allatrio-IIninrni-.- T> .. 11 Af
I .? ..uup,u J , IMII^UIIU
land Turkey of 20,000,000. The hPnv
population of fourteen entente al- sumc
i Ilea, from which the ranks of their Gern
armies may he replenished, is alto, pecla
i pether 1,300,000,000, apainst a pop- "'11
ulatlon of less than 150,000,000 in 'kerf
the central European nations. i tivitj
* I Pr
] ATTRACTIVE FEATURE OF mad<
BONDS TO CORPORATIONS A,lat
hip t
Undistributed Funds May Br In- an<^
vrst?l in the Roods mid are I'^iw tiller
of Tax While Money is Xou heav
been
The attractive feature of Liberty ters.
Bonds to corporations as an invest- strori
1 nient is the fact that the povern- brok
ment has recently issued a circular pun
explaininp that "the new tax law offen
provides for an additional tax of 10 to tli
per cent upon the amount remaininp Th
undistributed six months after the are 1
end of each calendar or fiscal vear.i tics
of the total net income of every Teuti
corporation, joint stock company, or heav;
association, or insurance company or la
received durinp the year. The law consi
distinctly provides, however, that [ test
this tax shall not apply to that por-1 been
tion of such undistributed net ln-|who
come which is actually invested or dos,
employed in the business, or is re- prlso
talneij for employment in the reas- Th
onable requirements of the business, Chan;
or is invested in oblipations of the sunk
United States issued after Septera-!a los
ber 1, 1917." I The
It is this last sentence that should Repoi
appeal strongly to corporations, as it to ha
means that If a corporation has un-'crew
distributed profits for the year of1
$10,000, It would be subject to a i 1
tax of $1,000 but If this $10,000 was;
invested In the Second Liberty Loan Subm
4's. It would be free from such td*-|
atlon. I I-oi
^ , mercl
NO PROHIBITION IN IOWA. ' were
the U
State-Wide Amendment Killed, Ac- ment
cording to latent Upturns night,
Dea Moines, Iowa, Oct. 18.?Iowa Six
citizens apparently have declined to one fl
bind themselves to State.wlde prohibition.
^according to late returns <
tonight received from all but three Chi
counties in the State. The count of Jamei
votes gives 197,279 against and busim
196,341 for the proposed constltu- Chlca
tional prohibition amendment. Stat- Red <
utory prohibition now prevails in whlct
? "wj i. * '! hi * ' . ?-- ? *-??fr"
#
rest Or Pay The
ITER I
MDAY, OCT. 19, 1917.
1SIAN SOLDIERS ARE MAV
IRSUED BY GERMANS
Concord
IMARY OF ACTIVITIES varl-colon
A TTHE FRONT. Means t{
relations
rich worn
ons Take Arenburg But At- f*rinp"
? to save ni
empts to Enter Gulf of Th,s w
todav bv
Rega Frustrated. of two N<
been reta
to fight 1
e German forces which landed former h
ie island of Oesel at the head of a]ieKod "s
?it or Riga have captured Aren- j%vo trunk
capital of the island, and are man, corr
pursuing the Russians at va- antj Oaste
places. Aiding the operations testament
r as possible are German crui- eurities,"
and torpedo boats, which have $3 20,000.
ad coast batteries and towns,
npts by the German fleet to en- Receiver
he Gulf of Riga or to operate NfiW ^
le waters between Oesel and peter8f ar
island, however, are meeting appoin'ted
resistance respectively from the of (hp
lan land batteries and Russian ^aude ^
I units. In the latter region. deRth U1
lermans declined to accept bat- sjances a
nd retired in the face of the 29 jast, j
ian warships. ton B
yet no attempts have been jn jajl
> by the Germans to effect a fh<> 0},arp
ng on the coast of Esthonia and Thp ap
ss the right flank of the Rub- w&g qn a
army, and neither has any ef- Robtn8on,
Imen made to penetrate the Gulf BouSehol<
Inland, the waters of which are (|00 a|uJ (
IIy mined and will require in- {y vaults
ve mine sweeping operations assets iTl
e a naval demonstration can bo gp(s for(h
t against the important port of
' GOV.
Flanders no military operann
n lari'O sralo Vinvo tioo" ? -
ted. but the big guns are car. ^'"s
' ?ut reciprocal bombardments '
reat violence, like those which
Vs precede the starting of an in- The Ce
y offensive. The ttrltish troops nm,ee.- of
carried out several successful ernors of
. in which severe casualties ,(> ,be ,a
inflicted on the Germans and . rtv *'oar
ners and machine gnns were is the rer
a. Carolina:
ter the lapse of two days the II is e
y artillery duels have been re- ?!'e 1
>d between the French and the ?ial RUPP(
lans on the Verdun front, es- behintldly
to the north of the famous ,)y bu
'144. Also on the Aisne front jseoon<1 ol
! is considerable artillery ac- ?ur ba,r
' sufllcient
eparntions apparently are helng H,,t' ,:
? along the Julian front of the h"'1 ,hat
ro-ltalian theatre for another m<'nt bo'
tattle. In the Rrestovlzza valley ''onon
several other sectors the ar- <'ent> nn('
y of hoth sides is engaged in ,axat>?n,
y fighting and there also have PXCP"ent
sharp reeonnoitering encoun- anc' secu
In the Rrestvovizza valley a tain'nP a
ig attack by the Austrlans was Wi,h
en up by the Italian machine |and flne 2
Are, as likewise were attempted ,nftrs and
sives front the west of Flondar j more rafi
ie head of the Adriatic sea. | foro- Th
e entente allies in Macedonia w? show
<eeplng up their harassing tac-J munity tl
against positions held by the *avi,|K a>
r>nlc allies, dally throwing! ,PI paj
v bombardments against them |' 1111
unehing Infantry attacks of;W,l> for '
derable proportion. The la- ,*iat 11laV
of these latter operations has sa'vin*;
carried out by Scottish troops. 'or t^ein'
raided the village of llonion-! ""'ir fufl
near Seres, and captured 14* evfJ,yone
ners and three machine guns. wiR l>e a
e British mercantile cruiser 7fin" R w
ipagne has been torpedoed and',,',est {n
and an enemy submarine with ! ('eePf>r I)a
s of five officers and 51 men. I Sur^ ai
British mine sweeping sloop a*,rao,'vp
nla is overdue and is believeo '?Yal an<*
.ve been lost with her entire! ^i,"R
jfield.
| Yo
IVKbVE VF.SSKLS SI NK. j RI(
artne Take Another flood Toll
of Ships During Week.
idon. Oct. 18.?Twelve British , The fnl
lant vessels of over 1,600 tons statement
sunk by mine or submarine in an<^ uode
ist week according to the state- aml Soi,th
of the British Admiralty to-1
| Loans i
vessels under 1.600 tons and 1917.
shlng vessel were sunk. In North <
~ ^ In South <
"hamplon Knitter Is Man. Loans i
Icago. Oct. 18.?Frank N. ber 13. 1
?, sixty-five years old. a retired in North
ess man. Is champion knitter,of in South
go. He has turned into the Loans
-ross half a dozen pairs of sox 13, 1917.
i are admittedly the most per in North
I'S -f ' " r*T '
Amount In Tax
tews
$2.1
ZSXX^Sj PARI
(t^nc<> Worth !fct2<i ?hm? it I - -
it Down From New Aj I If
York in Trunks. llLLIL
???
I. N. C., Oct. 18.?The
Jd past of Gaston B. PROBABLE
)gether with his business NOT 1
with Mrs. Maude King,
an he is accused of muray
be bared by the defense
m from the electrict chair. Belie\ed Th;
as believed indicated here ?h<
the presence on the scene
\v York lawyers, who had Name
Ined in Mrs. King's behalf
'or added millions of her
usband's estate under the Washington.
second will." They brought tatives of the
s of papers of the dead wo- participate in
espondenoe between her lied conference
in Means, the alleged later al authorities
, and a safety box of "se- from conflrmin
valued, it was said, at can participati
ing, Vice-Adml
sador William
for Mrs. King's Estate. Paid to be the
rork, Oct. 18.?Curtis a (,<'legate8,
i attorney of this city, was j A report th
temporary receiver today confidential ad
lew York estate of Mrs. dent, will go t
. King, who was shot to ference could
nder mysterious circum-i Secretary of
t Concord. N. C.. August asked whether
ind for whose death Gas- resented, said:
?ans, her business agent, is "The matte:
Concord awaiting trial on tion."
e of murder. 0
Secret arv ol
pointment of Mr. Peters . .
... to discuss pe
pplication of Mrs. Anna L. , ,
question of wh
Mrs. King's mother.:. , * ....
branch of the
1 furniture valued at $25,- ., .
it was general
leposits in banks and safe- (lepartment th
in this city constitute the wou,(, ,)p the ,
this State, the application
^+ participation \
MAXXINfi'S >IKSSA(iE. ,cial ?eQuaintec
America wfl
., .... ... .... limited way.
1-armor* \\ liy I hey Should
? . i. . i, . the conference
Buy Liberty Bonds.
sented at all.
ntral Liberty Loan com- CU8sions of m
Richmond asked the gov- against An
several States for messages f
rmers bearing on the Lib_ n"' 1,1h',rt>
i Bonds, and the following h* >,sar w>*h (
ly of the governor of South To Biscuss Mi
ssential that our arm.ies in t'onsiderabh
t>e given the complete finan- American dele
>rt of the many who remain military and
This can be done effective-. west. The r
ying each his share of the American nav
Bering of Liberty Bonds, by the know]
iotism alone should be a lated of Eurc
incentive. abroad and b
tying patriotism aside, we partment hen
an investment in govern- tion brought 1
ids is a good business ac- In the tradi
wing interest at four per tions the Unil
being practically free from commanding i
government bonds are an the market pi
investment. Their value is in a legal
rit v o a /ir*llo4fkwnl ! ? 1 *
,.v ?lo in uu- wnere she cj
loan is unquestioned. pleases with
fair yield of money crops As far as th?
yield of food crops, our far- their problem:
people, generally will have dence upon J
h available than ever be-, he dealt with
le duty is compelling that than by any r
th epeople of every com- conference, bt
re wisdom and necessity of trnls probably
id investing their surplus, ant chapter of
ing their debt9, in safe se- nation natural
ind to be prepared in this a large extent
my necessity or emergency conference,
confront them. The habit important p
is a most important lesson !>nf,jVO nnd p;
and if acquired, \sill mean American troc
lire success. Hesides this. rU8Sjon> ]
who holds a Liberty Ilond American dele
better and more loyal citi- pjace before tl
rill mean a more ardent in- ^.finite staten
i the government, and a of (helr oxper
trlotism. pect to be abl
i investment is specially ?
- way Dy April,
to our farmers, always
patriotic, and upon whom \jr\v PRAF1
burden of maintaining our
May Conscript
urs very truly, to p
'HARD I. MANNING, Washington.
Governor. ment to the dl
"?" * between the ai
Farm ls?ans. jpct to conB(.r
lowing is a comparative duced Jn cong
of farm loans, both closed K h f Calif
r consideration. In North
i Carolina, up to trie pies- pongressmar
ng Republican
closed up to October affairs co
tive in guiding
"arolina. . . .$168,135.00 through congn
Carolina. . . . 218.215.00 department off
eady to close up to Octo- Ing the draft t
917. i "What we
Carolina. . . $144.210.00' drop in the b
Carolina. . . . 79,776.00 explaining the
approved up to October ( draft ages.
i must be furnl
Carolina. . . f 1.5 1 6.991 ."0 >j>nd any real
?
es-Which?
00 A YEAR
fICIPATE IN
^CONFERENCE
PERSONNEL IS
DISCLOSED.
at Pershing, Sims'
irp Would Be
d Delegates.
Oct. 18.?RepresenUnited
States may
the forthcoming ali
in Paris, but federcarefully
refrained
g the report of Amerion.
General PershIral
Sine; and Ambasi
Graves Sharp were
most likely American
at Col. E. M. House,
Iviser of the Presio
Europe for the connot
be confirmed.
State Lansing, when
America will be repr
i.s under considera?
f War Baker refusecf
irsonalities when the
0 would represent that
service came up, but
lv believed around the
at General Pershinp.
nan.
ig outline of Ameflca'g
vas drawn by an offi1
with the situation:
1 participate in only a
At certain sessions of
she will not be repreFor
instance, in dis?
ilitarv schemes directstria.
Bulgaria or Tur!
representatives could
as this country i.s not
Germany's allies,
litnry and Naval Plan*
in West.
p part will be taken by
gates in discussions of
naval plans in tho
epresentative of the
y will be guided both
ledge he has accunm>pean
conditions while
y orders from the de;
based upon informa>ack
by Admiral Mayo- m
? and economic discusted
States will have a.
aart. This nation is
lace of the world, and
ly intrenched position
in do any thing she
her food and produce.
; allies are concerned,,
s in relation to depentmerican
supplies will?
in Washington, rather
esolutions of the Paris
ut treatments of neuwill
form an import'
the sessions, and this
ly would he guided to
by the decisions of the.
lans for the spring of_
artiripation therein of
>ps will he under disbelieved
here and the^
(gates will he able to
he allied war chiefs a
lent of what, in view
ience so far, they exe
to do in a military
+
r IjAW PKOPf**HitMen
From Eight<vi?
'orty Years.
Oct. 18.?An amend?aft
law to make menr
res of 18 and 40 sub iption
will be intro:ress
by fongressmai*
ornia, when the eon_
December.
i Kahn. who ia rankmember
of the milimmlttee
and waa acv
the present draft bill
psasa. will eonault war
ictala before completrtf
hla amendment,
have done la only a
ucket." Raid Kahn In
need for changing the
Men. money and food
ehed by America belization
of the people