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Eft I* A LIVE PAPER ^ || 1 I I ,N JL p> I A LIVE TOWN f VOL. 22. NO. 98. SEMIi^GREAT P ID ID AMERICA SET NO PRICE NOW l )R RAW COTTON nues to Absorb Interest at ? itional Capital Among J j - Officials. h^iA ? I . *HtA^ II ? **ci n/MTni\tn **.t ME/ufc ?- uo ruum^u irN V i f f J \ /. Mt. ^y of These From the Cotton I * Producing States Urge a II Minimum Prirt of Thirty^ Five Cents. Washington, Sept. 2 6.?Chairman Baruch within the past 4 8 hours has made guarded promises y .st southern spokesmen that there will be no price fixing in the immv'iate future. The war indus% tries hoard first wants to try out a r. . ,.r system of government control of \' distribution. This means that J / from the standpoint of the proL ?, ? ducer the situation shows imfl provement today. For the present W tln-rc is, to be no action setting an | arbfltaa'ry price on raw cotton, L , through the government's purchB ' asing power or otherwise. [ . IWashington, Sept. 26.?At both I ends of Pennsylvania avenue the If cotton*" prica fixing "Controversy engagU* fit" *t tetfiio^'dX'hairm&n Barn eta, of t e war Industrie* board, "was retl^ < jnt about the probability of an ul'mate arbitrary price on raw cotton t said the 0001104ttee on cotton disI t. button, named two days ago, ^ should be able to handle this situaV tion wTthout making an arbitrary price necessary. This committee Mi opened oflires here and will handle all purchases for this government and the allies. 41! HB Southern senators and eongress^FV '? n^en persisted in their view that the m -^government by concentrating purchH ?^lases and acquiring three-fourths of * Jthe crsj> will actually control prices, ** /^rwhether or not tin arbitrary figure J */be set. J. J. Brown, president of the HI. cotton states official advisory market-' V ing board, headed a protesting delem y. Ration which called nponN the war industries boards committee, f, Most of the telegrams which have , JP" the scnut'?*?-? n/>m-i r'1 tiers protest aganTwr Ully price lower "*^an 35 cents a pound. J Senator Simmons said he was op' sed in every way to the fixation of y a price on cotton. He believed, he i ?!? said, that the law o fsupply and de[j ' inand should control the market asj (Continued on Page Right.) A Last Call I Do you want your paper stopp . question for the oast several we ' ' hare not. True, the latter are I V- minoilty that these remarks are I DO YOU WANT YOUR FAPKH V . Board says The Lancaster News, a S all whose subscrtption Is not paid I . r IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR K qulpk'y. The time is nearly up?i B& - a matter in which The Lancaster M no-alternative?no matter how v SB credit, we cannot do it, because t must not. I NEXT MONDAY II THIS IS THE Wt For the convenience of our subst sBBBP* remittance we have arranged the ' them easily to arrive at the amou 7 The date on your lahel, next t( on which your subscription expl a % ^ jneans that John Doe's subscripts J on~October 1st John Doe's pnper \ " 7 f his.subscription In advance of Oc k! must keep it paid in advance. I J from the following tabie what y< let your remittance come forward V- ? The pHce of The Lancaster New ' jr 1*2.ttQ will pay your subscriptlor eat dfrp* on your lajud. Zr^JjA"SOJlrV,f wm P*y your subscript!' ? vsent^diiie. event, pay your subscrjp .Jt&L . " jJ tUE LAXCAJt ^ ~.?74 I 'HE L WEEKLY. ATRIOTIC m lNS CAPTl NKW OFFENSIVE BEOUN L BY THE AMERICAN AND L FRENCH NEAR VERDUN I * Twelve towns and more than Ave thousand Ceriumi prisoners have l>een taken by American J troops, flghtiiiK in conjunction with the French, in a new of Tensive begun at the break of day Thursday in the region extending from northwest of Verdun to wittUn fifteen miles of the Cnthedral t'ity of Itheiins. The Americans advanced to a , depth of sever miles, overcoming the stuhtH.m resistance of the enemy. Pennsylvania, Kansas and Missouri troops were among the fighting forces which, in less than a day won territory of great ini|>ortance to the enemy and further depleted his army through men raptured, kllleil or wounded. INVADIXfJ IUTXiARIA. Rritish troops have invaded Ruigaria from the north of hake Roiran in Marcdon'a, making another epoch in the history of the war. Aside from the moral effect of the penetration of the r*ountalnous country of King Ferdinand the manoeuver is likely to prove of great strategic value once the Istruinltza river valley leading toward the Sofia-Seres is re?i#>h wl. Mciintiinc clays of adver- l slty continue with the* Teutonic* Allies In Southern Serbia and ( Palestine. The British and French are , keeping up their manoeuvers , which are gradually bringing the \ Importtuit town of St. Quentin Into their hands. , In Serbia the Serl?s, Italians, fJreeks and British are still ] threatening the enemy forces With ii'SSiitrr by rriimiri of Iii?j 1^ I rapid advance and the state of confusion into which the Bui- < garians nnd Germans have been , thrown by the shock of the of- j frnsive. Camp Sevier 1'nder Ouarantine. | OreenvMle. S. P.. Sept 26.?Soldiers and the entire military veser- ( vation of Camp Sevier was placed ( under ouarantine Monday on account of the development of the first suspected case of influenza in camp. The j quarantine, ordered by Brigadier | Opnc^ral French, acting commander of the 20th division, will remain in effect so long as the authorities eontoere is danger of a possible outbreak of the ( Infers to Meet. A meeting of the Lancaster county ginners association will he held at the court house tomorrow, (Satur-j, dnvl afternoon -at four n'plnoli All I members are urged to attend. * to Subscribers ied? We have been asking that eks. Some have answered; some In tb3 minority, and it is to this addressed. I STOPPED? The War Industries ?d all other newspapers must stop in advance on October 1. Therefore, PAPER STOPPED, you must act lext Tuesday is October 1. This'is News has no discretion?there is tilling we may be to extend your he War Industries Board says we 4 THE LAKT DAY I IJAHT CAI/Li ;rlbers who are yet to send in their following table, which will enable nt due on their subscription. ) your address, indicates the date i red. Thus: "Jorfn Doe.8-12-18" ! m expired Augur', 12. If 18. Now | vill be stopped unless he has paid I toher 1st, and after that date ho <ook at your label and flgjire onM^ iu owe An your, subscription aixf^ IT.ONCE. V . , s is $2.00 per I I one Swir In a4a?nA. ? v. ~ , p p ? ui inn 'S ' i ' >n rfix months in advance of the a*<fVaj> te.Dt. QpttfTer 1. I, ijtfit NEMtff (r~ t^T~F~7~i ANCA .LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY : MASS M m (1 JRE 12 TC tmnnnnnnnn re li [ JOUNT OF LOAN Secretary McAdoo Outlines the 1 Government's Plan of ComCampaign. BONDS RUN FOR 20 YEARS 1 "Every Dody Should Buy"?The ( Money is Needed to Enable Pershing's Army to Eliminate the Rhine. New York. Sept. 26.?Six billion lollars la the minimum amount which j 5 people of the United States are ask- 1 ad to subscribe for the fourth -liberty v loan, according to an announcement o by William G. McAdoo, secretary of: t the treasury, in a stirring address ' n tiere outlining the government's plan) Cor the campaign, which starts Sat- < urday. The share allotted to New York! federal reserve ^district is $1,800,- 21 D00.000, or 30 per cent of the great- I e est loan yet offered. The loan, which | ^ will bear four and one-fourth per 1< cent interest, will run for-2 0 years.) 1: maturing October 15, 1938, unless g the government should exercise its h reserved right to r?d-"?E th6 bonus " on or after October 15. 1933. Asserting that, without this vast 1 sum, "we cannot lick the kaiser," the secretary made a special appeal for the subscriptions of corporations and I wealthy indivlflltnln n? returns f.nm 1 (i ? , the tihrd liberty loan indicated that i A wealthy corporationa and persons of|h large means had not responded1 F "commensurately with their abilities, 1 to help.*' He pointed out that of the t 18,000,u00 Americans who suhscrib- i ed for the last loan, only 22,500, in- < eluding corporations, bought bonds < in excess of $10,000. c "It would he preposterous." he * said, "to say that there are only 22.f>00 men, women and corporations in f America able to lend more than $10.- 1 D00 each to their government in lib- I erty bonds." ' Swindlers Arc Denounced. A Mr. McAdoo also condemned the practice of "swindlers and unscrupulous .and unpatriotic people, who. contrary to the urgent request of the treasury department, had induced holders of liberty bonds to exchange] 1 them for stocks or investments of (foAlbtrtlt Va?tie " ir? noi,,t.,,l nut thmt ' these operations forced the treasury * to buy the bonds thus thrown upon ' the market, in order to protect the, 1 I market and the credit of the government. Applauded by a crowd which filled f Carnegie hall, Mr McAdoo said in ^ part: "The treasury of the United States ' asks the American people to subscribe to the fourth liberty loan $6.- ' non noo nnn * i o uiuiicy in neeued to oarrv on the war. We cannot lick the kaiser without It. We cannot re- r itore peace to the world and re-estab-j f I'sh liberty and democracy without r It. t "The huge amounts expended by ' America in this war are not wholly ( used for destructive purposes. Great 0 <uni8 are used for constructive work ivhlch will be of permanent value to ' he American people." The great merchant marine which, ' tie said, on completion, will he thej largest, most efficient and modern nerchant fleet in the world, was cited , B is one constructive use to v hlch * Iberty loan money will be put. "For * the fiscal year, he said, "It is 11 i-nKoKin *k?,* ? AAA AAA ? - - nun ?a,vuu,UUU,UOO to " ID.OftO.OOO.OOO will represent loans c o the allied governments and ex- ' >endlturen for ships, shipyards, 4' locks, wharves and other facilities 3 vhlch will be salvaged to the Amerl- *' an people.'' All Must Buy Bonds. Asserting that "everybody should ?uy bonds," Mr. McAdoo continued: , e "Wages and salaries aro, higher In ^ America today than ever before 1^, Its ? (Continue*! on Page.?lght.) I? v A ' ^ A .SEPTEMBER 27, 1918. EETING H i m >WNS ANE flORE THAN 30,000 CASES OF INFLUENZA This Number Has Been Reported in Army Camps Throughout United States. In< rat ho 55 DEATHS IN ONE DAY it,u wi Sti Closing of Public Schools and Ca Dance Halls in Some Places cay Resorted to as Preventive Measure. Ne en All Washington, Sept. 26.?More than sol ,000 new cases of Spanish influenza wj n army camps, with 15.r> deaths, vere reported yesterday to the office tp, if the surgeon general. The total of to he cases in army camps is now iearly 30,000. W )VKR SO CASKS KKI'OltTKI) AT WILLIAM AM) >1 AltV COM,LCD Williamsburg, Va., Sept. 26.? lore than 30 cases c Spanish inilunza were reported at William and lary college yesterday and the colege has been quarantined. No one s permitted to enter or leave the vo ;rounds without a pass. No deaths wo ave been reported but several of the sei tUuOn*- -aid Ic bo extremely ill '7M opi rwo THOl'SAM) CASKS OF ha THE DISKASK AT CAMP LBE t,u Richmond, Va., Sept. 26.?Followng the report to health authorities f a number of cases of Spanish in- nu luenza. Health Officer Flannigan eo1 ast night issued a suggestion that all pu tubllc dances announced in the city 'rc >o discontinued until such time as 'n he danger of a spread of the disease 8h s over. With over 2,000 cases at 'amp Lee, and many of the soldiers lally visiting the city, the health offi- c''' er has taken this step to prevent an s<'1 ipinemic nere. Ton datha were reported at the 'amp yesterday with 400 now eases. ' 1 iVhilo several eases have been re- ^? lorted hero, Dr. Flannigan's an- ^ touneoment ending many of the pub- ' ? ie gatherings will greatly roduee the vv' langer of a spread of the ailment. th< cal m m i:\za < \i sKs death of SI\TY-S|\ \T CXMI' DEYKNS ^ Aver, Mass., Sept. 26. Sixty-six tenths were reported at ("amp l>ovens rom Influenza or pneumonia yesterlay. Among the vietinis were ('apt. " Tiarles * A. Sturfovnnt. of Manchos-| or. N II , medieal oflleer of the 74th nfantry. and a nurse, .Visa Dorothy I X. Oroshv, of Boston. OfTieiai reports indieated that tire general situation remained about tbe tame with approximately 0.000 eases r'' >f influenza or pneumonia under sh reatment. ve: ??? I . r\VE\TV-ONE DEATHS l\ SECOND NAVAIj DISTRICT a<1 sh Newport, R. I., Sept 26.?Twenty- ..() me deaths and 13f> new eases of inSC< luenza were reported In the second J)i( taval district yesterday. Among j. hose ill at the torpedo station are nen who arrived this week from the .. tie Treat Bakes training station, Chi- ro] ago. The total deaths in the district lue to the epidemic since September i, reached 82 tonight. ' (he five hundred cases of "J* INFECENZA AT CAMP MEADE Camp Meade, Md., Sept. 26.?The pn uthorities admitted yesterday that tjn nere were 50ft cases of influenza in his cantonment. There have been (.D 10 deaths, however, and every rare pn n being taken to prevent pneumonia tio omplications. Major General Car- pai er, the oojnmander of the I^aFavette COI iviaion, ordered the liberty theater no loaed and forbade any large gather- th> ng of the'men indoors. ^ roi . wll G< rs Received hy, Kln?r. a f London.' Sept.. 28.?Samuel Onmp-,k rs, president of the Ame^cnn feder- th< tion of labor and the othMr members tht f the American labor mission/wore lis! eceivod by King Georg<^?^4i|tjfc^Wei r? wa. Ilrat received Alone. ne< ?%? { ' ' < 1 I 4 , ( New SUB SC ERE TOM d ) 5,000 PR] 3LLOCK TO SPEAK IN j W. COURT HOUSE TOMORROW viit Patriotic Mass Meeting to Ile^ Held in Laneaster Itegiiining at 11 A. M. Dloro rnx Ikn K?? SO] itt nil 1UI UIC ui? lUUt' 1IIUM5J :eting to be held in Lancaster toarrow are about complete. The eting will be held in the court use beginning at 11 o'clock, and 3 principal speuker of the occasion qjj 11 be Hon. \V. 1\ Pollock, United ites senator-elect from South rolina. Local speakers will also poi ike addresses and a chorus of Lan- . iter ladies will sing patriotic songs. The committee, at the time The ( ws goes to press, is continuing the i ort to get one or more returned nerican soldiers who have seen rvice in France, who, if secured, (I II also make addresses. I This is a county meeting and all in * people of the county are invited sur attend. con ANT NO FIGHTING MEN X ENLISTED IN "Y" WORK pat I SOl! neral Pershing Would Itar the ma I Men Likely to He Assigned to 8,,r' Class 1 Hv Hoards. are 1 be i New York, Sept. 26.? Widespread luntary enlistment of Y. M. C. A. rkers in France at this time would' j-uj iously interfere with the organ- j j tinn's work in the army in the inion of General Pershing, who!mp( s written to K. C. Carter, head of (pm > Y. M. C. A. overseas forces, to pi it effect. ano "I suggest the following arrangeint.'' said General Pershing in his n mmunication to Mr. Carter, made! ^ blic here todav: "Of the mwi iiirun. hhki me statement, "as spared by the railroad administran, has bepn rejecteTfby the Amerifi short line railroad association nmdtee for the reason that it does y {^| t employ any of the vital points! pon it have been contended for by the ** nmittee during fhe negotiations ppri th the railroad administration for <,pjf wtlsfactory,short line contract. ^ "No negotiations will.be had withjcj,a > railroad administration .unless jjjni ) directed general or railroads will w?or ten to the claims of the snort lines j^er ?sonallyv*.n<f grant the vital points t-essary t<t th?Ar very exls^eu^e." & 4 ? - ? niol im 32 to 4 5 years old now enlisted ^ the work those assigrod to class 1 onn ould leave the service of the Y. M. 0j. A. as soon as you can replace t em. Those assigned to deferred 0> . issiflcation should continue In the j rvice until called for military set- OI)<> ^e or until transferred to class 1. , reafter the Y. M. ('. A. should re- ,)n(j ait no nten between 32 and 4 5 ins of age wh onre assigned or liketo be assigned to class 1. It should j,.n wever. recruit men of these ages ^ ^ to are assigned or likely t?> be as;ned to deferred classification that ey are liable to service whenever m's 0 CHANOE IN ST \TI s or SHORT LINE ROADS , (il wo tilroitd \dmin'stmtin? and Otlleials ^ ^ of liiiilroiiils Iteject Kaclt Oth- j.^v er's Proposals. cor Washington, Sept. 2fi. Proposals short line railroads for modifica- . for >n of the form of contract with the ilroad administration under which j nit linos would again return to j vernmont oontrol were rejected j sterday by the railroad administra- ^ >11, and counter-proposals of the r ministration were refused by the 1 ort line representatives. Negotians which have boon under way for j voral days wore suspended indofi- ^ j ely and several hundred short j ns which claim they are operating ^ a severe disadvantage in competi- Jjnj n with government managed PO ids, will continue to operate Pr'-|0?n io]y- j in ! Railroad administration officials! aracterized the short lines' do- )p(j incls as exorbitant. The American art line railroad association gave ^ t a statement describing the terms ypn aposed by the railroad administra- ^ro n as "impossible and unlivabte.'' wif] "The final draft of the short line JF-' # +S COTTON TODAY 33 CENTS * ?* RIPTION $2.00 A YEAR ORROW n m ISONERS ORE RED CROSS" \ WORKERS NEEDED me Allotments Cannot Be Met Unless Attendance Is Increased. :ganize motor corf ??? . urteen Women and Cars Are lYanted for Work in This itv. Each on Duty Half Day Kach Week. ?v MISS MARGARET MOORE.) "nless there is a decided increase attendance at the workroom the I gical dressinp allotment cannot be lpleted within the tihrty days aled for the work. Every woman V > is not enpaped in some other riotic work should feel it her *' nn duty to come lend a hand in kinp these dressinps which are m rdv needed during the great ofTen on the western front. Our boys * fighting day and night. Can you V content to sit idly by while some g ng hero loses his life for want of I proper bandage to dress his fear- ^ wound? ^ * 'he executive committee of the I Cross held Its regular monthly 'ting at the rooms Monday, Sepber 14. There was a fulj attende and as usual much of import- j e relative to .the work of the pter was discussed and acted ? n. ^ "he organization of an auxiliary tor corps was reported and irew Gregory's appointment ?' tnin wn? approved. It is the P?%"!{ > he captain to have o nduty be- jj en the hours of 7:30 and 1* ock in the morning and 1 to 7 ock in the afternoon, each day, member of the corps. This essitate at least fourteen wi wi to date this ntimber lias nP^Vi red. The corps consists ' body It. Thomson. Mrs. Spr!J the apIn_ ,'seur. Miss Lewis , nt wa7* . Frank Hunter, s Lau-a Gilbert Williams, Miss ' j r\ Gildersleeve Wylie, Mrs. Frank i per. Miss Hess McManus. with ;s Herry Re'le Uennett, lieutenant, 1 Mis. \ndrew Gregory captain. \nyone able to own a car can ceraty give >t one half day out of tho ek to the Red Gross. The time 1 j come when everyone must give. * S eryone in Rurope is giving of time, ength and money and it must hod ne the same in America. With the ruber of young women in Lanras ? who can drive their own ears, it iuId certainly not he necessary to for members of the corps when y fourteen is the required num- The motor corps is a business orlization and tli? i- ? .... ...... "iiiai HO dy to go at r?a 1 The n'edgo for corps is .as serious as that of the lier After one month of faith- ? service a most solnin oath of aliance is taken to the T'nited State** . oc mission is given to woi form. The duty of the Vk tor as is to help first in any RedTross errands for the workroom and mnnect'on with the Home Service I Canteen. During Idberty loan C * ot^ev patriotic drives they will y called upon. Vith the beginning of the school r the work of the Junior"'<( ?? ?ss again commences. This year q h the organization complete in iteen schools in the county, it is / ed that much particularity in an j cational way will be accomplish-; It is also hoped that the other ntv-seven schools In the county no orcanlzed. Mr. W. S. Patterwas made county chairman and ti the promised assistance of exienced workers hopes to do ? , ndid work. ? * !r. Patterson and Mrs. Mlllen, irman and vice-chairman of auxries pave splendid reports of tho k of the branch and auxiliaries at shew, Heath Springs and Pleas(Continued on Page Eight.) V * * 4 *