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1 4 VOL. 13, NO. 10, 8 PRESIDENT IS MOVING 10 PREVENT SIR APPEALS TO PATRIOT OF WORKINGMEN. Calls Four Brotherhood H< to Meet Him in Conferen< November 22. Washington, Nov. 15.? agair President Wilson has ui taken personally to prevent a eral railroad strike. He has c; the heads of the four great rail brotherhoods to meet him in ference November 22, and will i that patriotism be put ahead of vate Interest; that there be m tempt to handicap the operatio a vital part of the national making machinery. The President is confident nothing unpatriotic will be done if the necessity arises, he is pn ed to take the required steps to vent a tie-up of transportatior In announcing today the co conference with the union cl Judge William L. Chambers, c man of the board of mediation conciliation, made public a 1 from the President which said: "It is inconceivable to me patriotic men should now for a ment contemplate the tnterru of the transportation which i n r?l 11 rtl ? 1 - 1 4 nuiiuiuici; in-ii-swiry 10 ino sale * the nation. * * The last tlii should wish to contemplate v be the possibility of being oh to take any unusual measure t< erate the railways and I hav much confidence that the men ere dealing with will appreciate patriotic motives underlying efforts that I shall look forward assurance to your success." At the time of the theat strike averted by the eight-houi last year, It was understood tha government had developed plan emergency operation of the roads, if that became necessar; that time the United States wai at war. President Wilson's letter was to Judge Chambers two weeks before the mediation board c man left for Cleveland, O., to fer with the union loaders. It 1 derstood the conferences held were productive of substantial a ments, hut that the engineers. milium <tiki nremen wore unw to pommit themselves unr tlonnlly to arbitration, alth welcoming mediation. An adjustment at the \ House conference next week Is ed for which will dispose of the nihility of a strike, at least fo' t duration of the war, either b agreement to submit the dlflAci to an arbitration board v findings would be binding, r postponing a wage contest unti enemy overseas has been defea The Switchmen's Union of r America has agreed to arbitrate it is understood the Order of road Telegraphers also is willii put its case in the hands of ar perial tribunal. The new demands by the rai workers would add $ 109,001 yearly to their pay envelope? cording to calculations of the way managements. AMERICAN MISSIONARY JUMPED FROM A U Victoria. B. C.f Nov. IB.?Ml P. Davla, an American missio home hound from China, who been suffering mental deranger jumped overboard from a Can? liner November 4, the first daj of Yokohama, according to a r< reaching here. Her body was recovered. Miss Davis was I taken to her home in Virglnl care of two nurses. She ev them and crawled through a hole to her death. + OOODWY.X RHETT N.VMKI) 10 H. C. DIRECTOR OF HAVI Washington, Nov. 15.?R. Rhett of Charleston has been ed as director for South Carolii the campaign to gather for purposes two billion dollars in t savings within year, beginning cember 3, through a system of in* thrift stamps, war sai tamps and war saving certiflc [?HE Li KM I-WEEKLY. \ WOMAN CHARGED WITH Q I MURDER NEAR KERSHAW 0 IKP II\r Mrs. Ha<'h(i Carter, Sixty-five Years Old, Killed Hy Mrs. .lames ISM Parker. G Kershaw, S. C.. Nov. 15.?James Parker and his wife, both white peoPads pie. were placed in jail late Wednes- I* day night charged with the killing of Mrs. Rachel Carter, a white woman about 6 5 years of age, residing on the farm of W. H. Tiller, In thei Once West Wateree. uler- Not much of the details of the af- \ et Ken fair could be obtained owing to the'tc ailed lateness of the hour when the sheriff j b> road made the arrests but from what can|th con- l)e learned the children of Mrs. Williaj nsist Dalley, daughter of Mrs. Carter, their,) pi i_ dead woman, had a quarrel in whicli \ <i< ) at- th? Parker woman claims that one of I k n her children had been badly beaten.' fwar It is said that she and her husband ' sj armed with shot gun and rifle wentjtr that 10 xne L'ai,ey home and called the oJ hut woman to the door. Mrs. Carter (r 'par was to aPPear at the door pr ? and was shot and Instantly killed by pre-. pi ( Mrs. Parker, the load tearing a u, great hole in her chest. The Parker . 111 i n it woman then severely beat Mrs. liefs . ' Dalley over the head with the gun. hail while her husband stood by and wit- 1,1 a,u' nessed the deed. ! etter m The shooting occurred at nearly ^ dark on Wednesday evening and it (( **1,lt was not until 10 o'clock that Sheriff 1 nn>- l Hough recelveil a call. They were!p) P'i"n placed In jail about 2 o'clock Thurs-1^ s S(,!day morning. Coroner l)lxon was in' tv ofI 1 ^' West Wateree vesterday to hold an 1 inK 11 Inquest. 81 rouldi ^ ,lKed REARI) IS SENTENCED e?^ TO SERVE ONE YEAR a] you * j si j the Former Abbeville Fditor Convicted j w xo,n in Cnited States Court 011 with | ti Two Counts. I .ened ??? " 'ass Greenwood. Nov. 15.?W. P. * Beard ol' Abbeville who was cons forvictnd on two counts in federal ia"~ court here last week was sentenced 0 l.v -t ll.l oa 1 T I..I - 1l an<l their requirements. He may II take measure*? to prevent hoarding." 01 i k IXC1S Another I<onn to France. ti (}. Washington, Nov. 15.?A loan of 11 nam- $310,000,000 to France to cover ex-'tl la In, penelltures In this country (luring T war November and December was made ti imall Tuesday by the treasury This w De- makes the total credits extended (o < In sell- France $1,130,000,000 and the to Ri rings tal of loans to all the allies $3.87f.-jtl ates 400,000. ti I i .... ... .inniiMiM ainT Drum s not1 , , ...... r? i refused a new trial. The sentence n was one year and one day in federal n SOI11 prison and a tine of $500. a ago. n 'hair- ' llG 8nme sentence was Riven i (teorue Herring who was found U t 1)11- | || s un- violation of the espionage there aot" Witnesses testified that Her- 1 ' c,;nK criticised the Wilson ad minis- U n ' ' "* 1 con- ,,at'on severely and charged it with mi l "smuggling" ammunition to Kngland ondi- aild saying Liberty bonds were nojn ough KOO(l- Another witness testified that a Herring advised him not to enlist for * Vhite war st'rvice- j? hop-1 The defendant denied that he pos- made the charge against the Liberty ? r the j bonds, but tlint he referred to Con- J " v an federate bonds. Herring was 'ar-1 t ^ iilties' tested in Union, but is said to have fhose come from New York. ir by: " i the FULL AUTHRITY FOR f ted FUEL ADMINISTRATORS ti >Jorth (| a"d li Rail-; State Appointees Will .Make All ig to Regulations to Cover litxal ii Distribution. Iroad a.notv , itc-! Washington. Nov. 15.?State fuel n raU administrators today were given full authority by the fuel administration n ! to make all regulations regarding lo-1 P I cal distribution and Darticularlv to!'* NKIl nee "iat 'ue' "upply is equitably n I <11st ributed at fair prices. Wher^ ( 88 legal authority must be invoked to f< nary! carry out the regulations specific aa-j ,la(1j thorizatlon will be conferred, nent.j "The state administrator has ail- ^ l("an thority to promulgate reasonable) out I regulations regarding local dlstrlbu!>porf tion," said an announcement to-1 not night by Administrator Oarfleld. ^ )einK "He may require dealers to deliver, a 'n only a limited quantity to any one a(*' customer. He may require con-' INI! ' 1 sumers to state their snnolv on hnnrt iNGASTER LANCASTER, S. C.. FRIDAY, NOV. 1(>, 1917. HORTAGE OF COAL IS GERMANS AMBUSHED NOW 50.000.000 IONS BY AMU TROOPS I # I ARFIELD OUTLINES PLAN REVENGE IN PART FOR REOF CONSERVATION ' . CENT TRENCH RAIDS. roduction Far Behind Demand None of Men in Ambush Killed Necessitating Immediate By Enemy Bullets Which Protective Measures. Were Fired in Return. Washington, Nov. 15.?The 1917 With the American Army in >al shortage is put at 50,000,000 France, Nov. 15.?American infan>ns in estimates completed today trymen exacted a part revenge for a r the fuel administration. Al- ] trench raid during a recent night by louirh nrnrliiftion I * m w. uuuuiinous amuusning a large German patrol 111 id anthracite together has jumped 1^0 Man's Land, killing or wounding ).000.000 tons, consumption, it is U number of the enemy, jclared. has increased at least! The American patrol, in which 10,000,000 tons. j there were some Frenchmen, arImmediate measures to meet the ranged the ambuscade near the Gertuation planned by Fuel Adminis- man lines on a shell-ruined farm, ator Garfield include curtailment After lying in the mud nearly ali ' shipments to non-essential indus- night the patience of the watchers ies, priority orders designed to in- w?8 rewarded by the sight of a large ease the car supply and a cam- German patrol, its number more lign for coal conservation in man- than double that of the h ranco facturing establishments and Americans. Dusehohls. The Germans were permitted to Previous statements from the nd-|l>ass' when the Ameiicans and inistration had indicated the be- FrRn(h on tht'lr flank ?Pene<l a hot ef that the increased production ftr" from she11 cratera and ol,her ight meet the enlarged demand, shelters where the> wort sccurec . unitions plants, however, are said Thp were takon com" , be using fully 50 per cent more pMely by surprise and bolted, car. .1 1 I'lvinc with them their men who had >al than they used a year ago and, 1 K ",l" !her lines of industry, stimulated heen hit. ,... , ,. The number of dead and wound v war conditions, are demanding 1,1 , , 1 , 1 ed is uncertain, but none of the men early as large an increase in their <u "" 1 ' ,pp]jes in ambush were bit by the bullets ! the Germans later sent in from a "The fuel administration is de- .......... *,.1.. distance. There wore congratula?rmined. said Dr. Garfield today. , ,, , , ,, . ?? tions all around when the Americans that war industries, public utilities , ,, . . ... land French reentered their trenches, nd domestic consumers shall be 1 >nniin.i ?i > .? ? . , During the last two nights the lpplied To this end the fuel ad ? .. Germans have continuously used mannistration expects the eo-opera__ i .? chine guns in the direction of the on of every coal user in the counT. . . , . , . .. ... American line. Sniping Is becoming ry. rhe fuel administration will " or. nil ,.r ;* . . . more active on both sides. Amcrise all of its authority to prevent ... ? . .. can sharp shooters are working close ie waste of fuel and the unnecesiry use of coal. Domestic users will to the (5?rni especially when e urged to conserve their supplies. n'( 'bur. The activity bv enemv snipers Wherever the unnnecessary use thuR far ha8 rcsuUp(l in one Amorif coal in industry threatens to em-:pan casualtv. A non-commissioned arrass war industry the fuel ad- omp? was hit in h?ad am, linistrntion will see that the war , .. , killed. ecds are filled. All activities which + re unnecessary to the maintenance ,. ? ??*-.?? ditw , .... . . I . S. STEAMER SI NK f the military or economic efficiency ill have to give way by curtail- 15^ A (1ERMAN I -HOA I lent to the necessities of war. and _____ (lis must he accomplished without ndue curtailment of the domestic '"i\e Members of ( row Killed H) upply. Kxplosion of Torpedo in liny "This policy is expected to relieve Biscay ot only the demands for coal, but part of the enormous pressure on he transportation facilities of the ,.\n Atlantic Port. Nov. lf?. ountry." News of the destruction by a GerDr. Garfield illustrated the in- 'man submarine of the American leased demand for coal by pointing steamer D. N. Luckenbach on Octo r> the requirements of the Tlethle- j,or 27 was brought here by 24 surem Steel company, which is con-lvlvors of the emu.- i.'^? uming this year 3,000,00ft tons crew were killed. lore than it took in lftlfi. The do-; The vessel was sunk in the Hay lands of the government. including ' of Biscay, a hundred miles off the tie requirements of the fighting French coast by an unseen torpedo trees of the army and navy, jumped whose explosion killed the five men his year from 2,000,000 to 8.000,- ' survivors said. They were 00 tons. The requirements of pub- picked up by a Danish ship two days e utilities companies have increas- after the sinking. d about 3.3 per cent. Most of this The ship, owned by the Luekenlcrease was due to the increased hach Steamship company, was of 2,se of power by munitions plants. <?29 tons gross and was built in 1883 Solution of the car shortage proh- at Newcastle. Kngland. She left >ms, officials believe, will do as New York October 13. lueh toward increasing the supply Two other Luckenbach steamers 1 meet the demand as will curtail-1 have previously figured in submalent of industry, although the best ,-jne encounters. The Lewis Luckossible use of transportation facil-1 enbach was torpedoed and sunk ies still would leave the country I early in October with the loss of a tany millions of tons short of fuel. , naval gunner and nine of her crew, urtailment. therefore, will be en- The J. L. Luckenbach escaped detreed to the point where consump- i struetion with the aid of an Amerion and production are balanced ran destroyer after engaging a sub marine in a rour-nour ngnt in which FILL COMMANDEER A , seven of her crew and two naval W AGON F ACTORY K,!nners wpr(> wounded on October 19. The five men killed on I). N. input of I'lant at Wilson, N. <\, Ldckenbach were members of the liikely to Be Diverted to Ise |p"^neroom force. The survivors 'escaped In two small boats. They of Army. experienced rough weather and Wilson, N. Nov. 15. The wind and snow and were in an exackney wagon factory of Wilson, hausted condition when picked up ae of the largest concerns of its by Danish ship which brought Ind in the South, has received no- them to this port. fication that the government will kely take over the entire plant fori Is Hock llill Doctor, le manufacture of army wagons. Captain Crawford, In command of he factory already has large eon-jfj)fl medical detachment of the Six acts for the manufacture of armv tieth Infantry at Camp Greene, foregone. These will be turned out merly practiced medicine at Hock eglnning January 1. Between 1,- Hill, S. C., it was learned yesterday Oft and 2.000 wagons are sent from piy a peculiar co-incident, the comle plant monthly in normal condi- rnander of the regiment la a colonel oni1- by the same name. News $2.00 A YKAR KEL=~OU,IERS|GOMPERS SAYS CAPITAL' iw liox shi,.pru T.HL,, Hy UH?I SHOULD BE REASONABLE Chapter unci Others Are R . ' CALLS PRESIDENT WILSON "THAT GREAT MAN." A large box of hospital garments l< was packed and shipped today from the workrooms. The box contained! Labor Disputes Can He Allayed 200 hospital bed shirts. 30 pair of I ix. "uiiiik Mitr ov exercise of j pajamas, 6 surgeon s aprons, 5. ' nightingales and 40 table napkins. Patriotism. Sixty-nine hospital bed shirts were made in the workrooms, and 25 pair n. . .. ...... , , , ' Buflalo, Nov. la.?While deleof pajamas, and .6 surgeons aprons. , i __ ..... . Kates to the annual convention of J The other articles in box were made ,. .. . ... ,. ... ........ . ,he American Federation of Labor and contributed by the different ? ? ... .. ,,, , , ,, were awaiting the reports of cornauxiliaries as follows: I .,, ,, . . ? i , ? . .. . . . mittees. President Samuel Gonipers Heath Springs 48 shirts. , . . ... i .. . .. . . . . . addressed a joint meeting of the Ex- I Kershaw 40 shirts and 4 pair of .. , . . . ,, ? , , , ecutive club and the Greater Buffalo i pajamas. [ . . ., . . , .. . J _. . ? ? >club. Ho told the business men that The Lancaster Equal Suffrage ... ,. ,, , . the long standing problems affectLeague 29 shirts. . .. , , , . ... .* ,, ., , , ? ... Big capital and labor are virtually The U. D. C. s 12 shirts. , .. insolvable. Civic League 2 shirts. . Friday Afternoon Book Club 4 0 "AU that 05111 be done." Be said. f table napkins. "i8 to solve Problems confronting , Mamie Fraser Society 5 nighting- us from day to da>'- 80 ,hat- daV b* 1 I gales i day, we may be better prepared to ! A 'large box of knitted garments' rt'at h a solution, if solution be pos- j is packed and ready for shipment. Isib,e- of what has been a riddle for i A list of the contents will be pub-,aRe8' lished next week. Mrs. John Poag.j "We can allay all disputes during supervisor of general supplies.! this great war in which we are now wishes to announce that 200 more | engaged by you gentlemen bearing | hanks of wool have been ordered, 'n mind that all the virtues are not Those desiring to knit will apply for 'on your side and all the vices on 'wool the first of next week. Sweat- ours. It is not fair to take the dereers are most needed. I Bet and hold him up as a type of Miss Margaret Moore, supervisor labor any more than it is fair to of surgical dressings, urges an in- Bold up the Grndirriml ?? ? ?-> ? vi Ioroased attendance at the work- employer, rooms on Wednesdays. Fridays and "Neither side ran claim all the paSaturdays. More workers are badly triotism, but it is possible to obtain needed. The average attendance is a better understanding so that the 'only five women when there should standards of American life shall not I be at least twenty. Won't you drop be lowered and to the end that our in ond do a bit of patriotic work by bovs at the front may be supplied folding a dressing? Vou'inay there- with all that is needful not only for bv save a life. fighting, but for their comfort when The entertainment committee is they are not fighting, making a great success of the lve<l "To 1110 this war has quite anRose Tea Room. If you haven t significance than the mere been in come see how attractive it winning of buttles. It is to bring a 's- rejuvenation of the democratic peoA < hrlstmas remembrance was pjt>s of the nation of till the world." sent from the Lancaster chapter of Speaking of President Wilson and the Red Cross to each of the follow- lhp probiPmB tRat faced him. Mr. ing hoys who h?\e alreadj gone (;,,,iipors said he was proud to servo across: Llliott \\ . Springs, < 01 poial j under the leadership of "that great Perry Beckham. ( lyde < authen. man who is now voicing the aspiraDonald llinson. Manley Lllis. Hil- ,jons ,,f whole civilized world." Hard Barfield. Ira Small, David Ren- , ? ,, m ' "What we aim to do, Mr. Gomnt ' . pers continued, "is to advise with Kach of these boys were sent a , . . ., ..... employers of labor to bear in nund pair of warm hand-knitted woolen . ...... ... , . . , . , that, in recasting oui industrial consocks tied w it h a bit or bright red ... fl it IDno "I'l 1 ? * , . ? will iui mk III tmi |??* IIIrown OK ribbon and a bunch of holly. I,,? _. ,, the snap heap and a new roncepIf anv bovs who are Over There . .. . . tion reached on the rights of othhave been overlooked it is because ers. their friends or families did not re. . . "Some mound must be reached or spond to the request of names and ... . . . which the industries of our countrj addresses. flifts will be sent next l| . ... . .. may be speeded up so that the wa! 1 week to all Lancaster men in the . . ,, . , . . may be speedily won. Of its resul navv. These must be mailed not la' 1 have not the slightest mental re. ,'ter than the twentv-fourth. If you . . .. . . . . .. servation. It is written into th know anv bovs in this branch of the . stars of freedom above us." , service send in their names at once ... r, . The morning session of the coi , 1 to Mrs. Lerov Springs. chapter i . . ? vent ion lasted about an hour, ac i chairman. ' ^ journment being taken until t< A1F \SI FIMDEMIC NOW ,norroNV when word came from th 1,r" r'' committees that no reports would b THREATENS ( AMP SEVIER . eadv until then. The news from Boston that th strikers at the VVatertown arsent Itnle* Formulated and Xmmunced 0 , , , , , . ,and Squantuni had decided to cor For controlling It and Pre- tin tie the strike regardless of the o , dors issued by the international off venting Spread. cers, here, caused a flurry and it wa at tirst thought that the situatio Camp Sevier S. Nov. lf>. To there had developed from a misui .... ... . . derstanding. aid in the control of the measles epiJ. I- Toomey, secretary of th demic now threatening Camp Se-! rarpenler8. dlrttrict council, wh vier, rules will be observed as de-.\<>nt from here to Boston, sent tailed in a memorandum issued from telegram stating that no informatio divisional headquarters. been received from the genert On all fair day, upon return o( b>' "?* ^ was taken to mean that some or troops from morning drill, tents will ha(, fai,ed fo forward proper instru< be furled for airing, and will remain tjons and steps were at onee take furled until return front afternoon to straighten out the tangle, drill. They will be furled in all or- A message from New York said a .w ,, . .. the men there had returned to wor gani/ations at the sounding of the and would await adjustment of the general by regiment or independent Krj(>vano(?s battalions. J Iledding and clothing will be so ItKASSl KING STATKMKNT 1 arranged as to give them a thorough WAS ISS1'K1> I1Y I'AI.MB airing. Washington. Nov. 15.?Heat Companies will he inspected twice withdrawals of bank and postal sa daily by the surgeons. it gs deposits by aliens In some 1 | When a ease of measles is discov- ralitles caused A. Mitehel Talmt ered in the command the man is im- alien property custodian, to Issue mediately sent to the base hospital formal statement today reiterath or field hospital and all those quar-1 assurances that the government h tered in the same tent are sent to no intention of interfering with t' the regimental isolation camp, there money or property of Germans to await the required period of oh c'tizens of countries allied wf servation before being returned to Germany living a*'d doing law! j duty with their organizations. | business in this country. I I 1 i