The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 10, 1919, Image 1

Newspaper Page Text* I .4 gshThe Lancaster News ess 68TH YEAR. NO. 100. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR ARMY AIR SERVICE GIVES NAMES 66 AGES Capt. Elliott W. Springs, of Lancaster, Stands in the Seventh Place. BROUGHT DOWN 11 PLANES Capt. Rickenbacker Heads the List With Twenty-two Planes and Three .Observation .Bal loons. The New York Times of October 5 gives a list of sixty-six American aviators who earned the coveted title of "Ace" in the world war. The list is taken from the finnl records of the Army Air Service which has Just been made public, and includes the name of <EUiott W. Springs, of Lancaster, who is given seventh place in point of number of enemy planes destroyed. These men served with the British, French and American air services and excelled in all types of fighting. In naming the American Aces, both enemy airplanes and balloons are counted. Some of the United States aviators specialized in "putting out the eyes" of the enemy by destroying his observation bnlloons. The following is the list of Aces and what they accomplished: ('apt. E. V. Rickenbacker, 94th, 22 planes, 3 balloons. 2d Lt. Frank Luke, 27th, 4 planes, 14 balloons. MaJ. H. V. Lufbery, 94th, 17 planes. 1st Lt. G. Vaughn, R. A. F , 12 planes, 1 balloon. 1st Lt. F. Kindley, 148th, 12 planes. 1st Lt. D. Putnam. 139th, 12 I^ihuviii st Lt. Elliott W. Springs, 148th, 11 pianos. 1st Lt. Reed Landis. 4 0th R. A. F., ^ 9 planes, 1 balloon. 1st Lt. J. M. Swaab, 32d, 10 planes, 1st Lt. C. E. Wright. 93d, 8 planes, 1 balloon. 1st Lt. P. E. Raor, 103d, 9 planes. 1st Lt. T. C. Cassady. 28th, 9 planes 1st Lt. H. R. Clay, 148th, 8 pianos. 1st Lt. L. Hamlnton, 3d It. A. P., 5 planes. 3 balloons. 1st Lt. Joseph Wehner, 27th, 2 planes, ti'balloons 2d Lt. S. Donaldson. 22d 11. A. F., 7 pianos, 1 balloon. 2d Lt. C. Jones, 22d. 8 pianos. 1st Lt. It. F. O. I). Hunter, 103d, 7 planes, 1 balloon. 1st Lt. J. R. Roane, 22d, 6 planes, 2 balloons. MaJ. J. A. Melssner, 14 7th, 7 planes 1 balloon. ('apt. H. Coolidge, 94th, 5 pianos, 3 balloons. 2d Lt. W. W. White, 14 7th. 7 planes. 1 balloon. 2d Lt. Burdlck, 17th, 7 planes. 1st Lt. Lamer, 103d, 7 planes. 1st Lt. L. C. Holden. 95th, 2 planes, 5 balloons. 1st Lt. W. P. Erwln, 1st. 7 planes. 1st Lt. S. Creech. 148th, 7 planets. 1st Lt. II. W. Cook, 94th, 4 pianos, 3 balloons. 1st Lt. Reed Chambers, 94th, 0 planes. 1st Lt. L. D. Campbell, 94th, C planes. 1st Lt. L. J. Rummell, 93d, 6 planes. 1st Lt. M. Stenseth, 28th, 6 planes. 1st Lt. \V, II. Stovall, 13th. C planes. 1st Lt. M. K. Guthrie, l3th. 6 planes. 2d Lt. P. PL Hays, 13th, 6 planes. 1st Id. L. C. Hammond, 91st, 6 planes. 1st Lt. W. A. Robertson, 139th, 6 planes. 1st Lt: E. P. Curtis, 95th, 6 planes. 1st Lt. S. Seawall, 95th, 4 planes, 2 balloons. 2d Lt. J. Mararthur. 27th, 6 planes. Capt. J. C. Vaseoncells, 27th, 5 planes. 1 balloon. 2d Lt. H. C. Knotts, 27th, 6 planes. 2d Lt. VV. T. Po.jder, 103d. 6 planes' 1st Lt. E. <1. Tobln. 103d, 0 planes. 1st Lt. C. J. Grey, 213th, 4 planes, 1 balloon. 1 st Lt R. A. O'Nell, 147th, f> planes. 2d lit. K. li. Porter. 147th, 5 planes. 1 at lit. J. A. Ilealy, 147th, 5 planes. 1st Lt. O. W Furlow, 103d, 5 planes. 2d, Lt! R. M. Todd, 17th, 4 planes, 1 balloon. (Continued on Page Eight.) 1 \ 0 MUCH COTTON IS BEING , SOLD ON LOCAL MARKET TODAY AT A GOOD PRICE At 10 o'clock this morning there were two hundred and elev- , en bales of cotton on the streets >f Lancaster waiting to be weighed, representing 105,500 pounds of lint cotton, which at the prevailing price of 35 cents and better. makes a total of $36,935.00 This was at one time during the day, though all since earlv morn ing until the time The News goes to press at 2 o'clock, the streets have been literally lined with the staple. The price paid throughout the forenoon was 35 to 35 1-2 cents. i LOUISIANA FARMERS TO . HOLD ALL THEIR COTTON 1 Hankers Will I/oan 9100 lVr Hale 1 on Staplo and Mills Will Bo l Built to Manufacture. ] I 1 Columbia, S. C., Oct. 9.?Although many persons have contended that , "distress cotton" cannot be kept off the market until the American cotton | association has fully organized Its various branches down to the smallest town, statements are daily reaching headquarters that a concrete movement is on foot to hold even those sales until a fair price is offer ed. officials here declared today. A fair example of one of these reports is a statement telegraphed to the American cotton association headquarters by T. L. Dowllng, of Gloster, La., as follows: "On my return from the meeting of the association in New Orleans, I called the bankers of my parish together and they have agreed to advance $100 per bale on all cotton i? hi. -- - - - rsawr.ii inm |jariHii and nom tne same off the market until the mini- i mum price fixed by the association is I reached. It was also resolved to build in the parish cotton mills of ] sufficient capacity to manufacture all cotton raised in the parish in the s near* future. Gloster, La., is located in DeSota 1 parish and while it has a population of less than 4 00 persons the work * started in that section is a fair example of the organization movement inspired by the American cotton association, officials point out. Skipping from Louisiana to South Carolina, not because the intervening states are backward, by no means but because the Palmetto state is making such big strides toward a better price for cotton, officials of the association point with pride to Spartanburg county. Arrangements for storing 4 2,000 bales of cotton grown in Spartanburg county have been completed. Plans made by business men and farmers in that section have been so thor oughly worked out that it is expect ed that the entire 1010 crop in Spartanburg county will be held off the market until a fair price is offered for the staple. The "fair price" will , be the minimum agreement made at the New Orleans convention, at least 36 1-2 cents for October and a sliding scale of a half cent increase each month until the price reaches 4 0 cents in May. The cotton will be stored in houses formerly used by the government at Camp Wadsworth, which have been purchased by the Spartanburg branch of the American cotton association. , I Many other reports have reached t 'headquarters of the American cotton , liissociation, all tending to show that , the organization's keynote, "Hokl ( Vour Cotton," has not been forgotten. And in the meantime, official reports reaching here daily tend to , show that the organisation move- ( ment Is progressing satisfactorily. } SWALIiOWF.n FAIaSK TKKTH AND j J D1KD WITHIN A FKW MOMENTS j Washington, Oct. 9.?Mrs. C. M. < Warren swallowed her set of fulsei teeth while sitting In Mt. Vernon square and died as she reached the | ,'Rmergency hospital. Mrs. Warren i who was 60 years old, was observed < by a sailor seated on a nearby bench 1 , to he grasping for breath He rukh- i ed to her aid, but she was unable to ' speak and could only point to her < mroar. sne wan pronounced dead i 10 inlnutea later by I)r. J. Ward Man- I kin, superintendent of the hospital, i GREAT INTEREST IN I LABOR CONFERENCE Secretary Lane is Made Perma- 1 nent Chairman and He Injects Enthusiasm. HIGH PURPOSE CAN'T FAIL I Entanglement of Own Rules t r.... .... - - - causes me Lonierence to Adjourn Hut Procedure Has Been Arranged. Washington, Oct. 9.?After perfecting an prganization Tuesday, the > industrial conference called by l'resi- 1 tent Wilson got tangled up in its own 1 rules and had to adjOurti until yester- I ilay. c Secretary Lane was elected permanent chairman. In his speech of ac- t ceptance, he stirred the delegates rep- ( resenting capital, l^bor and the pub- I lie, to great enthusiasm by declaring I that the high purpose of the gather- ? ing made failure impossible in the ' efTort to harmonize industrial rela- I lions in this country. * Proceeding to the adoption of the H rules, the conference struck its tirst t mag in a protest by John Spargo, of * New York, a representative of the ^ public, that the report of the rules ' omittee made no provision for mi < nority expression and was a "trav ssty" on free deliberation. His criticism caused early adjournment of 1 !he morning session to permit amend- ' ments to be formulated by the res- 1 pective groups, but on veconvening ^ ihe rules were adopted without ma- c lerlal change. They provide for public sessions and unanimous vote by j * groups on all conclusions and decis- 1 ions, and require the assent of a x group before any member of it can Introduce a resolution. A committee of lf> was named to recommend for or against all resolutions introduced, as follows: ' Representing the public: Thomas 11 I,. Chadbourne, A. A. London, II B. ^ Endicot.t, Charlqp ,Edward Russell ind Miss Lillian Wald. * Representing capital: S. Pember- s ton Hutchinson. John \V*. O'Leary, 1 John J. Rascob, Herbert P. Perkins, ind J N. Tittemore. Representing organized labor: Sum- '' uel Oompers, Frank Morrison. Mat- 1 [hew Woll, \V. 1). Mahon and i<. E. v Slieppard. The employers' group was the onljj ' jne ready, under the rules, with any ' business, Frederick P. Fish, of Most<fh. offering a resolution declaring the need of the industrial situation was Increased production, adequat compensation for services and jus return on capital and that each del *gate should be guided in his actions [>y the good of the country as a whole rather than by the interests of his narticular group. ( Motion was then made to adjourn, ( ivhich evoked quick protest from del- c agates who have been demanding < itrenuous action from the conference. flavin Mc-Nahb, of San Francisco, a representative of the public, said he s would offer another resolution to j give the conference something to do, v but Mr. Spargo made a point of order ( lhat the resolution had not been pre- j *enie<i to tnc group First, and Mr. Me- -| Vnbh was forced to desist. ? It was then suggested that the com- f nittee of 15 hold a meeting and the ? groups also get together as a means v >f expediting business, but this was ( deemed unwise as the committee 4 members would be absent from their ( group meetings, and besides the com- a mlttee had no business before it ex- n rept the perfunctory election of its chairman. n After much discussion about the > rules it was decided to adjourn any- r way. Disregarding its rules, the h conference paused in 1$s work to p idopt a resolution of sympathy with S President Wilson In his Illness and b tiope for a speedy recovery. v )VHt *?.ono FOR MIDI.Fit a WHO TKIKD TO SWF. I.IVFS r Chicago, Oct. 6.?- More than $0,000 ( for the benefit of John Miller, a railway watchman, who was lntiir#??i m.l 'ently when he sought to save tho Ives of William Fitch Tanner and his |i wife, who died together when Mis r ranner's heel was caught before an ji incoming train. was realized last r! light at testimonial performance of j eadlng actors and actresses now play- a n Chicago, New York and elsewhere, t PRESIDENT WILSON IMPROVES STEADILY His Physicians, However, .Are Cautious and Guard Against Over-Optimism. AMILY MEMBERS LEAVING \nother Setback Still is Within the Range of Possibility, the Doctors Say. and Mr. Wilson is Kept in Bed. Washington, Oct. 9.?Presiden Vilsonjsi^ondition has improved and lis apnptt. the failure of which las be?W*one of the serious draw >acks to his recovery, shows a deided change toward normal. So far has he progressed that his wo married daughters, Mrs. William J. McAdoo, of New York, and Mrs. '"rands B. Sayre. of Cambridge, dass., who came to his bedside sev >ral days ago, have returned to their tomes after consultation with the jresident's physicians. Dr. Grayson and the two other phyiciaijs showed a decided inclination o guard against over-optimism, how ver. as they believe another setback till is within the range of possibil ty. They continued Mr. Wilson' onflnement to bed and kept otlicia usiness away from him. Messages of soclicitude and sympah V pnniltnm ? 1 *' " *"*' * ...T v^/wiuiuv iu fjuui iiau me w nite louse from all parts of the world, rhe following cablegram reached the Vhite House from President Porras, >f Panama: "With the greatest pleasure we see >y today's cable about the improvenent In your health. We crave it vill be a turning for the best." jOXIIOX PAPKItS CONtKHNKI) OVKH PRKSIDKNT'S ILIAKSS London, Oct. 9.?Concern over the llness of President Wilson is extressed by many London newspapers. The Chronicle says: "No sick bed of our time, or pernaps any other time, has commanded itch universal concern and svmpahv." "Political and diplomatic circles are eriously pro-occupied over the presdent's illness." says the Mall. "Realy no man in the world concerns the vorld more than Mr. Wilson. In >reat Britain we await news from tint not less anxiuosly than do the American people themselves." VILL RESTORE CAROLINA SPECIAL ON NOVEMBER 9 tnilroud Xdininistrut ion Announces Host oration of Train Charleston to Cincinnati. Restoration of the Carolina "specal" giving through service between 'harleston and Cincinnati over the Southern railroad lines, effective on Sunday, November 9. has been anlounced by the United States raiload administration. Coaches and ieeping cars will be bandied through etween Charleston anil Cincinnati nth dining car service between 'harleston and Knrivville ?..? ween Cincinnati and Somerset. Kv "here will also be a through sleepng ear between Columbia and Cin* innatl and between Asheville and 'hattanooga. The schedule will be, rest bound, leave Charleston 8 a. ni , "olumbia 1:15 p. in., Spartanburg :50 p m., Asheville 8 p. m., cenral time. Knoxville 12:40 a. m. ind arrive at Cincinnati at 11:45 a a. The eastbnund will leave Cincinlati at 6:30 p m.. arrive at Knoxilie at 5:30 a. m.f Asheville 11:25 a. ii.. Spartanburg 3:15 p. m.. Columda 6:40 p. m., and Charleston 11:45 i. m. On the same date. November i, local trains numbers 13 and 14 letween Columbia and Charleston rill lie restored on the following chedule: Leave Charleston 7 a m , rrive Columbia 12:50 p m. Leave tolumbia 2'40 n m unci o"l?o ?? Charleston at ft:SO p. m. No Mlnhnindcd Cotton. ^V a shin pit on. Oct. ft> Halinir of oily or achine cotton without heinu narked with such words would trohihltod under a resolution Introluced by Representative Green, Relultlican. of Massachusetts. A penIty of $200 is impoaable for violaions of the resolution. ARE VIRGINIA NEGROES TO START SOMETHING? In One County It is Saiil Ncgi-oo*. arc Holding Meetings and Arming Themselves. ! Panville. Va., Oct. ?That the, negroes of Pittsylvania county are organizing with some evil purpose in I view, is the opinion expressed here by numerous farmers who have been here during the past few days. First reports of the actions by negro nier. J in the rural districts were discarded as alarmist propaganda but when they began to come in from many widely ,s**parat.ed pointjt they were taken flloro uorimiol" > ?"1 v * * ' ...hi u.i>? ut't'n investigated so far as it is possible. The belief prevails that arms have been ' bought in large quantities by ne- i groes, led by men who have been < active in polities, although this is not known. Night meetings during i the past weeks have been common occurrences and sober-minded men have been struck by the change in i the attitude of the negro toward the i white man. Hearing that Cascade was one of the districts where unusual activity has been observed, the 1 correspondent west to some pains i to get a lucid review of the situation and he talked over long distance tel- i ephone with a country doctor and a \ conservative storekeeper. Itoth men i were disinclined to talk but when i they were asked for their views of the situation as it appeared to them. I they bore out in every particular I what the farmers here with their tobacco had said earlier. i At Cascade lives Jesse Strange, a negro aged To years, who has been a dominating figure in politics for < years, lie played a part. too. in the ' reconstruction days and has always, i been regarded as a leader. The com- i munity is thickly settled by negroes} i wno greatly outnumber the white pop- ' ulation. It is here that the change 1 in feeling by the negro toward the i white man has heen noted and it is also observed that negro soldiers discharged from service are active In < the organization. Strange, it is al-j leged. is the leading spirit and he,' has had largely attended meetings at his house, it is claimed, and sev- 1 eral meetings have been held late at 1 night at the nearby negro churches These things have been plainly ol served by the farmers who have seen the negroes going to the often hel l ' meetings. The physician said that | he did not believe that the organiza-' , lion had any political complication. 1 He said that belief prevailed that re-j I cently arms and ammunition have 1 been bought and stored at Cascade, js No white men have attempted to attend the meetings hut they are ' watching the developments closely and are hoping that whatever is afoot will blow over There is. however. according to the correspondent's 1 informant, no doubt that the bonds of neighborly friendship among the white people have been greatly ' strengthened of late and that the air 1 is surcharged with suppressed feel-,'1 ing. The Instance recorded at Cascade'1 is also reported from the northern I edge of the county. ( GEORGIA MOB LYNCHES \ AND BURNS 2 NEGROES < One of Tliem Was Charged with Having Probably .Mortally Wound( ing a Deputy Sheriff. 1 Lincolnton. Ga , Oct. 0 ?Jack Gordon and Will Brown, negroes, were i lynched by a mob here early Monday |{ and their bodies burned. The vietims of the niob were charged with'} shooting Deputy Sheriffs Roy Free- j man and Boyce Fortson near here ] late Saturday. Freeman is not ex- t pected to live. Mose Martin, another negro, was killed by a posse late Sunday during [< th?- hunt for Gordon and several other blacks were whipped for refusing to t give information as to the where abouts of Gordon. I The lynching took place about four 1 o'clock Monday morning, after (lor- 1 don had been taken from the custody of Sheriff Kelley, of Wilkes county, by a mob said to number approximately 1.000 persons i The other negro, Brown, was being ' held hy the mob awaiting the arrival of Gordon. The two were strune up on the outskirts of the town and after I their bodies were riddled with bullets, , they were rut down and placed on a i | pile of burning pinewood. PRESIDENT'S GIFTS NOT WORTH MILLION Secretary Tumulty (Jives Out ln \nt<n > ?i ncii uas presented Him in Eui ope. NOT OF VERY CHEAT VALlTE List Includes Little Tokens Received By Mrs. Wilson While She Was With the President at Peace Conference Washington. Oct. 0.?Secretary Tumulty has issued the following statement relative to the gifts received by President and Mrs. Wilson while the president was abroad attending the peace conference: "While on his western trip the president's attention was called to the resolution of Representative Rodenburg. of Illinois, and the statements of Senators Penrose and Sherman in regard to gifts received by the president and Mrs. Wilson while they were in Kurops. "Senator Sherman indRnirwl hi. sis of the various stories touching this matter when ho said 'cloakroom gossip laid the values of these gift9 at half a million dollars.' Senator Penrose said he had been informed the presidential party 'brought back to this country presents from crowned heads and foreign governments amounting to several million dollars.' "Here are the facts: "Outside of p considerable number r>f small gifts, such as books, walking dicks, an old silver dish found in the ruins of Louvain, war souvenirs made by soldiers out of war material anfl numerous medals struck off in liis honor, the following are the only important gifts received by the presdent in Europe: "In England: "Photograph of the king and queen if England. "A book relating to Windsor casle. "The freedom of the city of l.onlon, presented in a g<^l casket, by he lord mayor at Guild hall. "In Italy: "A watercolor picture, on bronze etisel. presented by the queen of Italy. " \ bronze figure presented at the mpitol in Rome. (A gift from the icople). v iiruic ui nana \ lcioria' sent lo the train at Genoa, either by .a ichool or by the citizens of Genoa. "A set of books from the citizens >f Genoa. " \ mosaic, presented by the pope. "In France: A bronze figure, presented by a )odv of students "The president also received numjrous honorary degrees from nearly ill of the countries of Europe, and many resolutions of respect and gratt tide. "Knowing that there is a constitutional inhibition against the president receiving gifts from foreign *ulers or states, the president, after 'onsulting the secretary of state, a'as preparing a list of the presents te intended to ask the permission of congress to retain, just before ho darted on his western trip. "In addition to the gifts received t>y the president, the following tok r?ns wore present oil to Mrs. Wilson while she was in Lurops: "In France: "A pin of Parisian enamel with Liny diamond chips, presented in ho:el de Ville by the city of Paris. "Linen hand-embroidered lunch ?et (small cloth and dozen napkins) in a case, presented through Madam Poincare and Madam Pichon by ttao working women of France. "In Belgium: "A small medal by Cardinal Merger. "A Belgian lace table cover, presented by the queen. "A complete file of the 'Libre Belchine' (the paper published during he German occupation), presented L>y the king, in leather folder. "In Italy: "A reproduction of the 'Wolf and Romulus and Remus,' in gold, presented by the people through private lllhuppinl Inn "A piece of lace in lpather case, presented by Slgnor Orlando in behalf of 'his colleagues.' "A small reproduction in silver of a pitcher found in the ruins of I'ompeii. ^ f

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