The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 16, 1917, Image 1
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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.
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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.
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