The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 22, 1918, Image 1
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23. NO. 27. SEMI-W
. MANY IDLE RESULT *
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vr TLULHAL UIYULIY A
Richmond Has Largest Number
of Workers Out of Employment
in South.
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IS GENERALLY OBSERVED ?
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Cotton Mills and Tobacco Inter- s(
ests Hard Hit?Over Entire m
Country Millions of Work- Jj
men Are Thrown Out. p
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Atlanta, Ga? Jan. 21.?Hundreds l)<
of Undustrial plants in the south "
t r
are closed for a five-day period from
Friday until Wednesday under
the fuel restriction or- ^
Idle, No reports of violations of the
cc
order have been received and surI
,,.1 t l^.w. ?V... . 1?.1- nl
mvv iiimiv unwtio ui c iuai uuui man- ^
ufacturers and workers view the sitec
nation philosophically.
Scores of cotton mills using other
cr
than water power are closed for the ^
five-day period, but those working
on government orders of heavy
. . . ni
ducking are expected to reopen under
the exemption for such plants
issued by Dr. Garfield. r'
The tohacco Interests probably 11'
are the largest outside of cotton, to 1,1
be affected by the order. Cigar factories
in Florida, Virginia and other a<
states, are closed as are tobacco and
cigarette plants in Virginia, North
Carolina and other sections. ( :
The industrial center at Blrming- rc
ham is only slightly afTected, as 'n
most of the steel plants there are UI
engaged on government work and ai si
the coal mines extra efforts are being
made to get out coal. Shipyards
including the navy yards at Nor- in
folk, Charleston and New Orleans U1
and the Newport News plant, are to
in full operation.
Richmond apparently has the re
greatest army of idle workers of R|
any city in the south, 30,000 heinp
leported out of work there. Norfolk
and vicinity report from 10,000 Of
to 12,000; New Orleans some 15,- fa
000; Macon, Ga., 7,000; Memphis.
from 5,000 to 7,000; Chattanooga.
from 15.000 to 20,000; Charleston, ',T
S. C., about 2,500, and Knoxville, OT
about 3,500. tr
In the Roanoke district. where sli
about 2,000 workers are idle, th? "I
Norfolk and Western railway of- rc
fered to employ hundreds of persons 't.
In repair and other work on its lines re
and in Its shops during the days of Rfl
inactivity. Including Mondays. tli
The shutdown of industries Is or
expected to relieve coal shortage in co
Atlanta. In many parts of Alabama ?f
and In other southern states. Fuel ^
administrators are directing fuel to ti<
householders badly in need of fuel. Pf
P?
XMTi a. wt
n iihuiii i'mms ?.;iose<i.
Winston-Salem. Jan. 21.?Tn compliance
with Fuel Administrator ?
Al
Garfield's order all local manufac- ^
turlnp industries except public utll- ^
Ities closed Friday. The pas plant ^
la faclnp a shut down unless a supply
of coal is secured within the
next few hours.
tw
ar
Cleveland Workers Idle. w;
Cleveland. Ohio. Jan. 21.?Two th
hundred thousand Cleveland work-l'*1
ers are idle and a daily payroll es-|
tlmatcd at more than $1,000,000 is dli
tied up. Amonp the plants closed
down are many enpaped in fllllnp In
war order contracts. co
th
Baltimore Industries Close Down, j
Baltimore, Jan. 21.?Upward of, (J'
160,000 persons Idle here and ap- ^
proximately 3,000 industrial enterprises
are closed down.
1
Many Shoe Workers Idle. ,n,
Lynn, Mass.. Jan. 21.?Manufac- sy
turers estimate that between 15.- nx
000 and 20,000 local shoe workers of
are idle here. Ini
in,
Macon Plants Close Down. Ml
Macon. Oa., Jan. 21.?Eighty tr]
manufacturing plains employing
more than 7.000 workers are praetically
closed down here as a result
of the federal order. mi
fei
Memphis Workmen Idle. wl
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 21.?Be- ab
tween 6,000 and 7,000 workmen are an
idle here as a result of the closing 7
of Industrial plants. th<
rie Lai
EEKLY. LANCASTE1
HORT LINE RAILROADS fTMED /
OF NATION FACE RUIN uLPItlU
? MEET
s Result of Failure of Ciovern- IlllilJ 1
mcnt to Take Them Over
For Control. Recess Wa
This
High Point. N. C.. Jan. 21.?That (
i? 800 short line railroads
f the country face ruin
i a result of the fall- NO REQU
re of the government to take them
rer for control and operation is the .
atement of W. *E. Price, general House Rej
anager of the Carolina and Yadkin ing Fu<
Ivor railway, upon his return to Rp?rind
te city from Washington. Mr.
rice and Traffic Manager Frank J dustries
zemore have been spending the
ist few days in the capital city in _ , , .
? . * . Columbia,
i effort to ascertain just where ^ R0 ()f
ley and the line they represented
. . . .. _ , morning bio
ood. According to Mr. Price, Di,
w * j u . an adjournn
ctor General McAdoo, President
, t , . sembly for i
rllson ami the legal advisor in the ...
. ii a , 41. .. which time
introl and operation of the railways
. ...... and finance
re of the expressed opinion that
_ . . . and senate
le government has not yet assumed
. work on the
introl of any other than the trunk
, .. . ? The senat
aes of the country. Further, arj.
* n t i >1 .i [entire morni
irding to Mr. Price, indications are ,
. . I matter and
i..?j uimior general does not once A C{
mtemplate the taking over of the fer<j(j by gen
jmerous short lines of the country. )own provK
The condition is such that the nffl- was finally s
als of the short lines are greatly bouse, i)Ut
armed and can see nothing hut wa8 objected
lin staring them in the face unless movement c
lere Is a change in the mind of the were made h
Jmlnistration officials. Since the an(1 others t
ivernment took over the railroads. a 8jmuar re
r. Price stated, the officials of the was aet agal
irolina and Yadkin railway have unanim'
icelved regularly the bulletins and by any nieai
structions from Mr. McAdoo and. jg attests,
ltll a few days ago, the impres- The house
on was labored under that the ,CqUe8ting F
iort lines were controlled by the to re80|
>vernment. There was something quirjng facte
the air, however, which caused to shut dow
leasiness and the trip to Washing- eyer, a reso
n resulted. porations to
There it was found that the di- during the ]
ctor general and his advisors had business. I
iparently decided not to take over of this resol
e short lines, numbering about the senate.
>0, having a total mileage of 3fi.- Both hot
?0 and representing invested capl- Tuesday at
I of $1,000,000,000. It seemed to members we
> the prevailing opinion that the afternoon,
mration of the trunk lines would In the sen
ing about the desires of the gov- and mlnorlt
nment, the improvement of the was subinitt
afflc situation. That places the resolution, p
iort lines, those depending entirely election of a
ion the trunk lines for cars and assistants,
mnections, emphatically up against Announce!
??> biikhr, ior wim me government investigation
gelations there would be very by Governoi
nail chances of the short lines get- mer Chief (
ng any business through. Co- SOn would b
leratlon, it is stated, could not be at 3 o'clock.
iunted upon and without the co- in the Judlci
>eratlon of the large lines, the in the sei
iort ones would amount to prac- port was re'
[ ally nothing and it would be 1m- Hams' bill p:
issible to earn operating ex- wage for w<
inses. cantile estat
The senate and house committees Senator B
i the railroad problem will not file has introduc
elr reports for about 10 days yet, a raise for a
r. Price informed the reporter, and
irlng that time it Is quite possible SEVENTE
tat representatives from the 800 WHEN r]
ies will visit Washington and
ake a plain statement of facts to j
e congressmen and senators. The] They Were
ro representatives of the local line I ,
< liiinnel i
e ready to return at any time, it |
is stated, and they were hopeful \ tlx* A
at another visit would result In
eir gaining more Information than j
e one ending with last evening Tampa, b
j teen men, si
and the re
Mr. Price and Mr. Sizemore were
known to ha
attendance upon meetings for the .
. , day when t\
nsideration of traffic problems . .
? . *w i ? . were being t
roughout their stav in Washing- ,
. ., . .. .. . .. the estuary
n and they admit that they re...
. ... midstream a
rned knowing not one bit more!. J, ,
.. .. ... . bodies had
at is tangible than they did here
they left the city. n <L, '
The men
their work a
Million Workers Made Idle. jI)R amj
Philadelphia. Jan. 21.?Approxl- hnth i
itely 2.000,000 workers in Penn-|to thg|r capj
Ivan I a are thrown out of employ-J ed the
ent during the five-day ?hul(lown;thgnne| thr(
industries affeeted by the federal boats, causir
< to statistics compiled by the flkiffs. a
K to statistics complied hy th''jhank rap|diy
ite department of labor and Indus- opportunity I
Y at Harrlsburg. from one am
who perishet
Many Idle at Danville. | carried down
Danville: Va.. Jan. 21.?Approxl- their efforts
ately 8.000 persons here are nf-j(he iaunch 0,
rted by the fuel restriction order
ilch went into effect Friday. The
sence of the usual chorus of bells * onstltueni
d whistles from the factories at Petrograd,
o'clock was the first reminder of uent Assembl
s order of the day. the Bolshevl
sa. w
MCASr
El, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY
ii ASSEMBLY FUELLE
AGAIN TODAY IS 01
s Taken Friday Until Nearly A
Afternoon at Closed i
)ne O'clock. ii
EST TO GARFIELD WAS A (
ects Resolution Ask- Cotton M
el Administrator to pension
Order Requiring In- Time?I
to Shut Down. Hunt in*
S. C., Jan. 21.?The The Urst
representatives Friday orauy obsei
eked the movement for . .. . ,
ot the husi
nent of the general asi
period of ten days in slor?8- cro('
the ways and means opened for
committees of the house closed afte
respectively were to theatre op<
! appropriation bills. , ...
closed toda
e spent practically the
ng in a discussion of the w 's< 's ,,t,v
reversed its position yesterday a
incurrent resolution of- The banks i
lator Walker, of George-, il8k,.,i to el
ling for adjournment but ,n ol.(h
idopted and sent to the ^ effort (
Immediate consideration
to in that" body and the tion x M > (
lied. Strenuous efforts and did no
y Representatives Young The fuel
0 have the house adopt ington Satu
isolution but the house tpe request
nst It. The senate was theatre opt
ous on the proposition \0wed to
is, as the vote of 20 to "heatless d
This was d
1 rejected a resolution amusement
|*uel Administrator Gar- were idle N
nd his drastic order re- general clos
>ries and other plants not well i
n. It did adopt, how- Tuesday,
lutlon requesting cor- wore inclm
pay their employes (,f (he origi
period of suspension of and pool r
mmediate consideration (|ay of eacl
ution was objected to in day, for th<
There was
ises adjourned until ,nR fo fhe fl
1 o'clock. Many of the husines
nt to their homes in the c|08e. even
! quired to.
ate a majority favorable thQ order t(
y unfavorable report to cjoso p,
.ed on the Christensen j prlntlnR' 0fll
roviding the manner of (jay t
chief game warden and effftct of m
reaching th
nent was made that the , f
of the charges made operatlng }
Manning against for- j wlth the ni
3 a me Warden Richard- fue] admini
iegin Tuesday afternoon Thp j Jin,
The hearings will be Satur(lny fn
ary room of the senate. rpbo nj(1j Uf
aate an unfavorable re- cftrg of roa
turned on Senator Wil- (be pydro-e
roviding for a minimum 0ftr sl,jnres
linen employed in mer- mM1 ifi
ilishmenta.
? j prnment co
onham, or Greenville, ?
' ? . , Springs was
ed a bill providing for ..
' the governi
ill State officers. .
tions. but t
EN MEN PERISH ClT, I
rwo BOATS UPSET niained cloi
1,200 empW
ing the si
Being Ferried Across n,oy rpfeiv<
it Tampa, Fla., When policy was I
,. , ? , Springs mill
ccident Occurred.
1st rat ion s r
oral times
la., Jan. 21.?Seven- >"?hs the
x of whom were whites|,roni half-a
mainder negroes, are rount 8C
>ve perished late Thurs- t'me w
vo skiffs in which they half theii r
owed by a ferry across "mf> ?' 3U!
channel here, upset in The '-nn<
nd sank. None of the ?Pora',<1
been recovered late to- f'omos "nde
I producing (
were returning from for,"lzor Ph
it the Tampa Shipbuild-1 day*" The
gineerlng company and rrMirt house
t was said, were loaded harness and
icities. A launch pass- &ry-H??d
in the middle of the door to Th
Twing waves into the ?'?8ed *or f
>K both to ship water. ,ce P|ant ?
iccording to witnesses. nKPfl were 1
. leaving virtually no flnns to *et
for the men to get free froifcht dep
Dther. Several of those romP?'iny oil
1 could not swim and Rnd ,ho ,e,(
i their companions in UHUa'- Th<
to remain afloat until was unPs,"?
Duld reach them. There we
made up in
. . ^ hunters am
t Assembly I>i^olv?l. caB|on fo m
Jan. 21.?The Constlt- cars, thoug
Iy ha* been dissolved by cold that t
Iki authorities. Joyed.
HER NEV
if 22, 1918. !
;cc mflnnay still deadlocked in
jOO lllUllU/tl PARLEYS AS TO PEA
KSFRVFD HFRF ?
LFULiil f LI/ llLillLl Arrest of Ilumnnian King Oiil<
by Bolshevikl ami Incar?
ill Business Houses oeratton Planned.
n Forenoon and All
n Afternoon. The Teutonic allies and the I
shevic are still deadlocked over
GENERAL HOLIDAY que8t,on of peaie termsstumbling
block evidently is
evacuation of occupied territ<
ill on I* ive-Dav Sus- demanded by the Russians in or
Pavinj; Workers Half that the inhabitants may havi
Vlany Spend the Day free rein in expressing their clesi
r Newspapers Close. ah to their future government.
I A .. ??il 1 -A- A
| nil UIIICUII VHTIIIUII SUlieill
says the Russian proposal regard
fuelless Monday was gen- I evacuation are so divergent fi
ved in Lancaster. None the ideas of the central powers
ness houses except drug; their present form as to be ui
ery stores and the banks I cePlable to Geiman> and her .ill
I The Russians are described as li
business and these were ,
i mg taken an uncompromising a
r 12 o clock. The Star jn tj10 matter and as not tr<
prated as usual, but is jnR with the Teutons on a just ba
y. The pool room like- Seemingly as giving finality
serving today Instead of previously expressed intent
... " , ... with regard to the evacuation
is the "heatless day. ..... ... r<
occupied territory, the Gem
and drug stores were not Htatement says the withdrawal
ose any part of the day, the Austrian and German tro
r to co-operate fully In 1 wmie the war continues is impo
to reduce fuel consunip-1 aH endeav(" placate
, . . Russians, however, it is stater t
osed their doors at noon ,, , ,
it military conditions permit,
t reopen foi business. occupying forces may be reduced
administration in Wash- such numbers as are necessary
irday afternoon granted maintain order and meet the te
of moving picture and ; ideal requirements of the countr
trators that they be al- Apparently there has been
observe Tuesday as a ameloration in the tense situat
ay" instead of Monday. txislinK between the Bolsheviki i
one in order to afford tbp Rumanian government. Foll<
for the workmen who inK closely upon the ultimatum
ionday on account of the Rumanla, threatening energt
Ing order, but who could military measures if the Rumanii
ittend the theatres on faRed immediately to release m<
Billiard and pool rooms bepH of (he BolsbPviki who were
led in this modification rested, comes the official annour
inal order. The theatres ment that (he arrpHt of King Fe,
ooms will observe Tues- nand 0j- Rumania has been orde
i week, instead of Mon- by tbp Bolsheviki. If captured
ten weeks. monarch is to be brought to Pel
i no confusion locally ow-|Urad and incarcerated in the fain
ict that most, if not all of, st. Peter and St. Paul fortress,
s houses were willing to Fighting between the Bolshet
though not actually ro_i nn?l the counter-revolutionary for
There was nothing in continues at various points in R
a require the newspapers g|a proper an(, SiberIa. 1Iostili1
it they, and in fact, all|bp(weei) the Ukrainians and Bols
ces in the city closed forjv|p forcps af 0degga aga,n b
his will possibly have the| ,)roken ou, Warship8 are 8aid
aking the papers late in. have bombarded the citv. Irkuti
eir suhscribers. but nev-' pagtern Siberia> and 0rpnbl]
he newspapers are co-ja,so Jn s|beria havp bepn captUf
n every possible way Anothpr mut|ny iR declared
itional. state and county havp ,)rnken QUt reoently at c
stration. nany's naval base at Kiel. The tr
caster cotton mill closed b,e gUrted amonp niember8 of cr,
r the five-day period. of 8Ubmarines> who lately are
.es about two and a half portpd tQ have been dissa(js1
1 dally, but when using w,(h the ,ack of RUCCeBfi and
lectrlc power less than a danRer8 of fhp 8UbmarinP ct
for heating purposes. pajRn Men from cru,8er8 arp
i wot king on large gov- 0jared (o baVe joined in the fray,
infracts, and Col. Leroy wMch offlcerjj are reported
s advised Saturday by hgve bpen kl?ed
ment to continue operahe
orders were received _ *
nill had closed, and by MOB IN MISSISSIPPI
he shortage of coal, re- BURNS TO DEATH NEG1
icd. There are about
?yes of the mill anil durlspension
of operations Negro Was Charged With the M
} pay for half-time. This' dpr Young Wliite CJtrl?Con
In operation at all of the|
Is before the fuel admin-1 f<,sse<1 ,,e Wl,N
>rder was sent out. Sev
during the past two ?azeIhursti Miss., Jan. 21.n.ills
have shut down for mob of Revpra, bundn.d cit,ZPn8
-day to two days on ac- Haze)hurst reported to have hi
arcity of coal, and each h),adod by tbo fathe|. ()f M|fl8 V(
orkmen have been paid wn,y8 who wng murdpred near h(
egular wages during the|. t wpek took Sjm K(lwards> a
'Pension. Rro, |rom (bp county jail and bu
master cotton oil mill od b|m
on day as usual. This
_ ,. . . , .. . , Sheriff Shelton appealed to t
r the head of the food
concerns. The Catawba men to ??owthe law to take
*nt is closed for the five Cour8e' Promising every effort for
1 rarly trial. A big bonfire had b<
POllfllV AfTW'Oa in tbo ' n
~ ' " 'I built in the public square. Coui
were open as usual. The!
. . . .. ? i authorities said that Sim Edwar
shoe shop or the OreRIve
Stock company. nexf ,ho nrRro arre?ted. admitted he u
e Lancaster News office.1 n wi,npaB to th* ?'? to
he five-day period. The no ar,ual part ,n "
perated as usual. Oar-|cord,nR to thP ""thorltie.. declai
rv?i? three other negroes, also under
only open to allow per.
m x rest, committed the crime,
their cars in or out. rhel
Qrt,, | u 1.* ? ? - VV It An fk ^ . - * '
inn, ow u i mill nxpn'SS, " u I mat OIIW ?I 1
Ice. the Western Union Kroea had confessed was spr<
phone office operated as nbout town the mob was forn
Red Cross work-room an(' 'a,or waa Increased by a nil
lly busy during the day.|ber of country residents,
re many hunting parties The mutilated body of Vera Wil
the city, mostly rabbit was found in the woods near 1
1 many people took oe- home two miles from here 1
ake short drives In their Tuesday. The girl, who was
h the weather was ao years old. left home to go to a sti
he trips were little en- nnd when she failed to return af
several hours a search was start
i i i??????MSB?
ys
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
? THIRTY-FOUR ARE
SOUGHT BY BOARD
Second List of Those Who
Failed to Return Questional
naires is Given Out.
the
rhe CLASSIFICATION GOES ON
the
>ry, I
tl,M Lists of Those Placed in Class
e a One Have Not Been Made
Out But Will Be Printed
Later.
ent
in?
om The local board has not by any
in means finished its work. When a
r? presentative of The News entered
ies" the office yesterday he found it the
a vonly
really busy place in the city,
at- Members of the board are now ensis.
gaged in filing the records of the
to registrants, files for this purpose
During Storm Killing Six aiul
li(> Injuring Three.
its
an Washington. Jan. 21.?Six men
'en wore killed and three injured on the
I'nited States steamship Michigan
('8, when the ship was caught in a heavy
,a8 gale at sea, it was officially announced
today.
ac" The dead are:
e(1 Osben Capers Belyeu, Carl Fredar~
crick Marahrons. Clarence Eupene
ttook, Frank John Prinz and Julian
'hfl S. Moll, all seamen, and John Enpol>a<'
lio Chico, a fireman.
The injured:
m" Edward Thomas MeDonald. left
Ion broken; Gordon Solomon Farlys
mor, both arms broken; Virpil V.
tier BtRpors, thigh out and head and
ate ankle Injured. All tlio injured are
17 seamen.
are The men were killed and injured
ter by the fallinp of a cape mast, the
ed. first accident of its kind in the navy.
having been received last week, and
then. too. all of the classifications
lau
()t have not been completed. Many
ops have been classified since last week,
but the lists have not yet been made
l'u> out. These will be printed in The
"at News as soon as the board can furnish
them.
The board is "short" thirty-four
to questionnaires, which have not been
c^" returned in accordance with the regy*
illations. This is the second list of
no delinquents given out by the board
>on and it was turned over yesterday to
md the chief of police. All are colored
>w" except three. The list follows:
to White,
stic Torrence E. Catoe, Kershaw,
fcns prnest Wright. Tradesville.
sm- John N. ltingstafT, Kershaw,
ar- Colored,
ice- Minor Robertson, Kershaw, R. 5.
rdl- Henry Sowell. Lancaster,
red h. b. Seegars. Kershaw. R. 3.
the William Johnson. Waxhaw, N. C.,
TO- R. 1.
ous Tom Witherspoon, Waxhaw. N.
C? R. 1.
riki Joseph Crazier, Lancaster, R. 3.
ces Sam Smith, Heath Springs,
us- Mitchell Allen. Lancaster,
ties Elmore Phillips. Fort Mill, R. 2.
he- Lewis Stover, Heath Springs,
ave Richard McKinnev, Lancaster.
to Joe Stradford, Kershaw.
*ki, Arthur Tucker, Lancaster.
irg, Jonn sterling, Kershaw, R. 2.
ed. Charley Horton, Kershaw, R. 5.
to Clarence Buchanan, Kershaw,
ler- R. 5.
ou- Jim Hinson, Kershaw.
?ws Frank Vinson. Van VVyck.
re- James Mcllwaine. Lancaster,
fled William Harris, Lancaster,
the George W. Pate. Kershaw. R. 3.
im- John Gardner, Kershaw,
de- William Durham, Fort Mill,
in Thomas Starnes, Tradesville.
to James Mobley, Lancaster. P.. 4.
Robert Simpson. Stoneboro.
Wesley Robertson. Lancaster.
Mitchell Koe Lancaster.
James Hilton. Kershaw.
[10 Yancey Raskins, Taxnhaw.
+
No Relief at Charleston.
,,r Charleston. S. C.. Jan. 21.?No
relief has yet been felt here under
workings of the fuel order. Coal
deah-rs have practically no coal on
hand.
of ACCIDENT ON MICHIGAN
tn COSTS LIVES OF SIX
pra
pre
ne- Cage Mast Aboard Battleship Falls