The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 27, 1918, Image 1
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 *