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GERMAN RETAKE FRENCH FORTRESS Kaiser's Forces Cupture Dixmunde, Which Is On The Direct Road To Seacoast CRUISER EMDEN DESTROYED Great Britain Elated Over Destruction ana capture ur marauding Vessels Resuming their attack on the allies, the Germans report they have recap tured Dixmude, which, the Berlin of ficials declare, gives them an open road to Dunkirk, an important French port, which has been one of the chief ob- ? jective points of the war. Dixmude has been the center of some of the i most sanguinary fighting of the cam- I paign. Great Britain is very elated over t the news that the German cruisers Emden and Konigsberg have been put \ out of commission. These cruisers for ! the past month have been a great ^ menace to British shipping in the In- f dian waters, and it has been reported i T nn/^nn o f n n lacc fhtin 99 liltlP. > lish merchantmen have been sunk or captured by these German warships. For mqre than a week about forty Brftish, Australian and Japanese fight ing ships have been scouring the southern seas in^ search of these Ger man scourges. The German cruiser Emden was located in the eastern wa ters of the Indian ocean, and after a short fight was driven ashore and burned. The Konigsberg was located in nearby waters by an allied war ship. A chase followed in which the German ship took refuge in a harbor. The entrance of the harbor was then blockaded, bottling the German ship in its haven of refuge. Turkey's advent into the war also puts a new phase into the situation It is freely predicted that if Germa ny fails to win, the Ottoman empire will be vanquished by the allied forces. For nearly a half century Tur key has come out of oi^e defeat only to be launched into another war which ends in defeat. This has resulted in a reduction in the Turkish territory, especially in Europe, until it is now one of the smallest countries on the continent. To hold their enemies and at the same time inflict the greatest losses possible, seems to be the campaign . the allies are carrying against the Germans in the north of France and in Belgium. For weeks the great forces of the German empire have been pounding away at the allied ranks trying with desperation to break through their lines and force au open ing to the French coast. But it has all been in vain. Added to the ir resistible strength of the allies the Ger mans had to fight in a flooded territory. It was too much for them and they were forced to retreat. Another attempt is now being made by the Germans to force their way through the region surrounding Ypres. It seems to be the last chance the Germans will have, and they must eith er succeed or retreat back through Belgium. When the siege on Paris failed, the kaiser, it ie said, resolved to begin a campaign on England. For this purpose the control of the French and Belgian coast was necessary. Ant werp was taken and the German forces moved on to the Belgian coast. But all was lost when they failed to reach the French coast. Much interest is being manifested in the campaign in the east. With the Great Russian hordes threatening the richest region of Germany with inva sion, military experts are wondering what will be the next move of the Germans. According to the latest re Dorts the Russians have advanced as b< hi e^ a w fa w tl tl m gl si b< in n< d< P< E s: E h? th of SE ai ol gi CI m S] o< G m tr ta re far as the Warthe river, In Russian Poland, and are now on the border of East Prussia. The Germans are said to have retreated into East Prus sia. In the east of East Prussia the Russians are also said to have made much headway. With the Russians closing in from two directions the Ger man forces in Prussia are facing a serious dilemma. Concessions Offered Roumania Venice.?It is stated here that Count Tisza, the Hungarian premier, has promised political concessions to Roumanians in Austria in return for Roumania's aid in the war. Among the concessions alleged to have been promised are complete amnesty for all political offenders, permission to use and display the Roumanian national colors, a revision of the franchise, which will assure to Roumanians ade quate representation in elective bod ies and in parliament and a reform of school laws. Lody, German Spy, Shot London.?It is officially announced that Carl Hans Lody, alias Charles A. Inglis, who was found guilty by a courtmartial of espionage November 2, has been shot as a spy. When ar rested, Lody claimed to be an Amer- " ican, but later confessed he was a p German. He had lived In New York ^ and Omaha. In the latter city he mar- ^ ried the daughter of Gottlieb Storz, a 0 brewer, who later divorced him. Lody met his death in the Tower of London e after lie was found guilty by court- ^ martial. Marriages Increase During War London.?Notwithstanding the de- F parture of young men to the war, J marriages in England and Wales for the quarter ending October 1 were p 1.2 per cent greater than the mean rate for the ten preceding quarters, 1 the rate per thousand being 17.4. The same period the birth rate was l.S * r per cent below the mean rate of the c period named, and the death rate was f | 0.9 below the mean average. c German Cruisers Are Captured London.?The British navy got intc le war picture with two successes? le destruction of the German cruisei mden, in the eastern waters of the idian ocean, and the bottling up ol le Konigsberg, considered her sistei lip, in the western extremity of the ime sea. These two raiders, especially the mden, have many successes to theii edit and their skill in evading the et thrown out for them has been a latter of chagrin to British naval ien. The Emden's end came in battle as jfitted her record throughout recent story, for, according to all accounts, fen tnose 01 ner victims, sue ymyeu clean game, strictly in accordance ith the recognized rule of naval war se. After a sharp action off Cocos island ith the Australian cruiser Sydney, 10 German ship, with heavy casual es, was beached, ablaze. The Ger an cruiser Konigsberg met a less orious fate, as she was bottled up in ich a position that she must either i captured or surrendered, though i either case she probably will be Jthing but a useless hulk. The cruiser Chatham, which ran jwn the Konigsberg in the river op )site the island of Mafia, German ast Africa, is a sister ship of the pdney, which closed the career of the mden. i Both the Emden and the Konigsberg ive the destruction of warships to leir credit, as well as the sinking ! many merchant ships. The Emden ink the Russian cruiser Jemtchug id a French torpedo boat destroyer T Penang, while the Konigsberg's ins made a hulk of the British light ulser Pegasus at Zanzibar, in the iddle of September. With the exception of Admiral von pec's squadron in the Pacific, all the :eans are now believed to be free of erman cruisers, and the British ad iralty already has informed the coun y that adequate measures have been ken to deal with the victors of the scent battle off the Chilean coast. German Ships Destroyed Tokio, Japan.?After desperate as lults, in which the Japanese, in the .ce of heroic resistance, rivaled the -avery of their forces at Port Ar iur, Tsing-Tau surrendered, Gov. Mey -Waldeck, after the hoisting of white igs on the'forts, sent an officer with flag of truce to the Anglo-Japanese ties. The Japanese and German officers pened a conference at Moltke bar LCks when the formalities of capitu .tion were concluded. The Japanese officers highly praise le bravery of the Germans, who >ught tenaciously to the last Un^ Fficial reports are that the Germans lew up what was left of their forts afore surrendering and practically the hole town is in ruins. England Predicts Long War London.?That England is prepared ) carry on the war indefinitely, with very confidence in the result, was the jnor of the speeches at the annua! anquet inaugurating the new lore layor of London at Guild Hall, deliv red by the men responsible for the onduct of the war. Notable speeches -ere made by the prime minister, H [. Asquith, Field Marshal Earl Kitch ner, secretary for war, and Winstoi pencer Churchill, first lord of the ad liralty. Lost British Warships Sighted Santiago, Chile.?The British cruise: ilasgow, which was engaged with th< lerman squadron in battle. off th< :hilean coast Sunday, November 1 nd the British transport Otranto hav< assed Delgada Point light in th< Itraits of Magellan, bound for the Fal and islands, a British possession eas f the extreme southern point of Soutl tmerica. The information is contain d in advices received here by the ad airalty from naval authorities in th Jtraits of Magellan. Japs May Fight In Europe Tokio.?Since the fall of the Germai losition at Tsing-Tau the question o apan's sending an army to Europ ias begun to attract increasing atter ion. The idea finds considerable sup >ort in military circles, 3,000 Prisoners Taken London.?A Reuter dispatch fror Ciev, Russia, says: Three thousan Jerman and Austrian prisoners, ir luding ninety officer, together wit! ifty guns and several thousand rifle: apturc, have arrived here. Russians Advance Into Germany ) London.?Except for the fall of Tsing . Tau, the most significant 'report from . any of the battle fronts?and the moit ( welcome to the allies?Is that the Rus j sians, besides driving the Austrians . back in Galicia, have reached the War ( the river in Russian Poland, and have established themselves on the East ( Prussian frontier. | A Berlin official report says some Russian cavalry crossed the Warthe, but were driven back. To this the < ( Russian report adds that the town of i Warta, on the Warthe river, in Po- i land, has been occupied and that a < Russian column has proceeded west- : ward through Czenstocho^a, near the j J- Silesian frontier. ; The Russians, too, are responsible 1 for the report that they have defeated ] the Germans near Mlawa, in Poland, i just across the East Prussian boun dary and at Lyck in East Prussia. Military observers here say the ; Russians have followed the retiring 1 Germans at a much faster pace than was anticipated and that if they are j | in force they may prevent the Ger mans from taking up their new posl- j tions on the Warthe and compel them to fall back to th Silesian border. , Despite all this, reports persist that the Germans are sending westward , large numbers of their troops who have been fighting in Poland to oppose : the allies in France and Belgium. That they would do this with enormous Russian forces threatening their own , and richest territory military men here 1 | say seems highly improbable unless j the Germans are satisfied a small j ; force can prevent the Russians enter- < ing Silesia and East Prussia. Allies Fighting Around Ypres I In the west the ding-dong fighting , continues. The Belgians, who hold 1 the lines along the coast, are being given comparative rest, after their three months of almost continuous fighting. The Germans still are con- ; centrating around Ypres, where they are trying to hack their way through ( the Anglo-French troops to the coast. Both sides claim to have made prog- ; ress here, the Anglo-French forces southeast of the town and the Ger mans southwest. Correspondents in the rear of the armies say the flght i ing has not appreciably lessened and i that both sides are using tremendous weight of artillery in an endeavor to ; clear the ground for an infantry ad i vance. Both armies are being reinforced. It i seems to be realized that the Germans cannot proceed farther west because i of the co-operation of the warships ' with the land forces and that a route either here or farther south must be found if the Germans are to attain i the French posts. > Rebels Win In South Africa London.?Gen. Christian De Wet, the ' i rebel leader, says Renter's Pretoria i correspondent, has been in contact s with and dispersed a small govern- ' ment command under General Cronje. Naval Battle Is Pending [ Washington.?Official dispatches of tha foil rvf Telnc-.Tan wore repolvofJ at the Japanese embassy and interpreted as signalling the beginning of an of fensive movement of the squadrons of warships which have been occupying and blockading Kiao-Chow, which have been released, it is said, to hunt down the German ships in the Pacific. It was stated at the embassy that in all probability a Joint occupation of the British and Japanese forces would take place at Tsing-Tau immediately. Servians Defeated Near Shabats London.?An official statement is sued in Vienna says: "In the southern war theater, attempts made against the enemy, strongly fortified behind barbed wire entanglements in the dis trict of Compianine and south of Sha bats, are progressing slowly. The strategically important heights of Mi sar were captured and 200 prisoners taken. Some Servian entrenchments were stormed and 1,500 prisoners, four cannon and six machine guns were taken. British Occupy Turkish Port London.?The admiralty announces the occupation of Fao, a port of Asi atic Turkey, at the mouth of the River Shat-el-Arab, in the Persian gulf. A military force from India, covered by the sloop Odin, landed with s> naval detachment after the Turkish gur.s had been silenced, Russians Master the Black Sea Rome, Italy?According to a tele gram from Odessa, the Russians con sider themselves absolute masters of the Black sea. y EYES OF THE WORLD ON EASI PRUSSIA ALTHOUGH THE GREAT NUMBER OF MEN AT WEST FLANDERS ARE WATCHED. GERMANS LOSE DIXMUDE Berlin Denies the French Claims and Assert That the Germans Continue Progress. London.?While the battle in West Flanders continues to hold public at tention because of the desperate char acter of the fighting, the numbers of men engaged and the territory at stake, military men now look on East Prussia as the center of gravity of the war. In the latter field a tremendous battle is developing. The Russians are pushing vigorously a great en veloping movement. They are engag ed with the Germans along a wide curve of 150 miles from Stalluponen, in the Northeast through Goldap and Kruglaken, which is well within the tangle of lakes, down to Soldau in the southwest. Military experts say the Germans apparently have checked their retreat in P/%1 nnH and are counter-attacking. They say, however, that the Russians are not to be turned from their plan, which is believed to be an attack on Danzig. They argue that the Ger mans must allow East Prussia to be overrun a second time or bring up re inforcements and that they hardly can weaken their army along the Polish frontier for that would leave Posen and Silesia open to invasion. The Allies, naturally, are hoping an effort will be made to relieve East | Prussia at a sacrifice to the German i armies in Belgium territory. In fighting in their own country the Germans will have the advantage over the Russians as they have a network of stragetic railways to move their troops quickly and they use more motors than their opponents. Military men are watching operations in this region with deepest interest. In West Flanders the Germans do not seem -to have improved their posi tion to a marked extent. In fact, an unofficial report from the north of France says they again have lost Dix mude, which they took last Tuesday, that their attempts to break down the British resistance around Ypres have failed and that their attack in the vicinity of Labasse has met with no greater success. The German official report again Bays the German attacks are progress ing and records the capture of prison ers. German attacks have been re pulsed and that an advance 'has been made by fhe Allies nearly every where. Vienna also reports that the Aus trians have turned tneir attention to the Montenegrins and are endeavor ing to force them back. According to a Montenegrin report they have failed. Accounts from this part of the world are so contradictory that the only thing clear is that the Aus trians .have virtually cleared their country of the enemy. England is beginning to learn the cost of the European war. A white paper issued shows that the govern ment intends to ask Parliament for $1,125,000,000 which with their $500, 000,000 voted at the last sesion, is ex pected <o be Great Britain's bill for the fiscal year ending March 81. Of this sum, however, a small part has been loaned to Belgium and Servia. A portion of the money also will be required for the additional million men to be enlisted, who will bring the English regular army up to 2,186,000. These figures do not include the ter who number nearly 600,000. Strenuous Efforts by Germans. > London.?The official press bureau Issued the following communication: "A severe attack against the por tion of the line held by the first army corps before Ypres was delivered on the eleventh by the Prussian Guard Corps. The enemy made an especial effort on this occasion to break the line which they hoped already had been weakened by attacks of infantry of the line. "Our troops weTe subjected to the heaviest bombardment that we have yet experienced, from dawn for three hours. This was followed up by an assault carried out by the First and Fourth Brigades of the Prussian Guard Corps. It is understood that these picked troops had been brought up specially to act against us In order to force their way through at points where previous efforts made by the infantry of the line had failed. "The attack was pressed with the greatest bravery and determination. Owing to the gallantry of our troops the enemy was repulsed. "An immense loss had been Inflicted on the Germans, 7000 ot their dead having been found on the ground be hind our front trenches alone. Their casulties in advancing up to our line under direct fire must have been enormous. Our casualties also were heavey. Action of our troops on this as well as on previous occasions can not be praised too highly." Dixmude Abandoned by Germans. London.?The correspondent of the Central News in the north of France telegraphs that the Germans have been driven out of Dixmude. "The Germans, the correspondent eays, "had not long In which to con gratulate themselves on their seizure of the mass of ruins which once was Dixmude. They were sprayed with shrapnel and high explosive shells un til extermination threatened them. The appearance of French marines in a bayonet charge rapidly convinced the mthat the death rate would be too high if tliev remained. Hence Dix mude is ours again. "The Germans have made a slight advance against Ypres, but it is doubt ful if they hold the village of Steler. very long." BUT LITTLE HELP F FARMERS' UNION PRESIDENT ON EXTRA SESSION.?PRAISES ACREAGE CUT. PALMETTO CAPITOL NEWS General News of South Carolina Col lected and Condensed From The State Capital That Will Prove of Interest to All Our Readers. Columbia. E. W. Dabbs, of Mayesville, pres ident of the South Carolina State Farmers' Union, in an address to the members of the union recently, save that the legislature has met In extra ! session and adjourned "without doing \ much to help." i "The legislature has met in extra session," says President Dabbs, "and , adjourned without doing much to ' help. The eliminating of cotton acre- , age to one-third of land actually cul- ( tivated I think is a step in the right direction; but it should have gone fur tber and planned for markets for ( farm produce, and it should have j made an appropriation for supplying , seed grain and winter legumes to i farmers not able to buy them. In- j stead of this real help, It wasted much ( time on a bond issue of very doubt- ( ful helpfulness. Fortunately this died without the farce of an election on 1 it on 12 hours' notice. 1 "The warehouse measure will be 1 of great service, If it Is not confined 1 to a few big central warehouses, but i Is made to cover the state so that < every community can have one so < cheaply constructed that there will be very little idle capital In the years when the farmers will sell cotton, and 1 yet with the state's protection in < times like this for the cotton that . can be more cheaply stored and In- i sured in small lots in the vicinity of the gins and where the farmers will 1 patronize them. "But after all is said and done It remains with the farmers to work out their own destiny. We must organ ize?first, because 'in union there is strength' to do many things the in dividual can not do alone; and, qec If fVio rvnlv xcflv vo r?nn secure the legislation that will really help us with our problems. We have the Farmers' Union as an organiza tion. Some of us in many counties are holding It together and doing ef fective work. A few joined at first for selfish or political purposes. These have all dropped out and those who are now keeping up the organization have the highest motives?the build ing up of an organization for educa tional development in scientific agri culture, social and fraternal advan tages. and the benefits of co-operation in collective buying and selling. Will you come with us? We need you and you need us/ "We should like very much to hear from every school district in the state within the next few weeks. Get your people together and notify the 6tate president or the state secre tary, J. Whitner Reid, Columbia, S. C." W. F. Blackburn Succeeds J. K. Aull. / John Ki Aull, formerly of New berry, has resigned the position of private secretary to the governor of South Carolina to become secretary to the state warehouse commissioner, jonn Li. MCLiaunil, aiiu uaa aneauj taken up the duties of the latter posi tion. He said that his successor in the office of private secretary to the governor was W. F. Blackburn of Col umbia, who has been stenographer in the executive offices for several years. Mr. Aull was stenographic reporter of the Eighth judicial circuit when he was appointed private secretary to the present governor, vice Alex Rowland of Columbia resigned. He was educated at Newberry College and was for several years a newspa per man. Asks Clemson College to Help. The South Carolina experiment sta tion at Clemson College has been asked by the United States depart ment of agriculture to prepare the government cotton exhibit for the Panama-ParfQc Exposition at San Francisco ia 3915, according to a let ter received in Columbia a few days ago from J. N. Harper, director of ?he station. The cotton exhibit will be located with the government's agri cultural display in the agricultural building at the exposition. "It certainly is a high compliment to Clemson Colege and Prof. Harper," said Commissioner Watson of the state department of agriculture. The collection of oottons arranged by the department of agriculture will be in cluded in the exhibit to be sent by the experiment station. Practically every variety of cotton has been col lected by the department for the dis play, which is considered one of the most nearly complete in existence. I Work on tho cotton exhibit will be gin at once and it will be shipped to San Francisco by the experiment sta tion officials early in 1915. County Treasurers Paying Slowly. "Unless the money is sent in more quickly, we will have to borrow; for the general expenses of the state gov ernment," said S. T. Carter, state treasurer. Only $4,046.41 had boen received from the county treasurers of the state. The collection of state taxes was bosun October 15. On No vember 7 last year the county treas urers had sent in over $7,000. Remit tances have been recevied this year from seven county treasurers. The | first tax money was received from j Barnwell and Orangeburg counties. Much Money Rent Out of Thl? State. F. H. McMaater, Insurance commie iioner of South Carolina., in his an nual report vrill say that it is worth while to consider the amount of cash which South Carolina Is sending to Jther states for life insurance. The following figures show the net imounts in cash that were sent to the several states during the year 1913 tor life insurance premiums. From :he gross premiums have been de iucted the dividends to policyholders, losses paid to benefiiciaries, state, lounty and municipal taxes. The following are the figures: South Carolina sent last year in net premiums to California, $67,973.64; to Connecticut, $74,1/62.63; to Florida, 54,717.55; to Georgia, $11,669.67; to Indiana, $32,454.15; to Maryland, $4, 521.11; to Massachusetts, $95,759.80; :o Missouri, $56,657.67; to New Jer sey, $386,131.56; to New York, $820, 360.16; to North Carolina, $417,261.96; :o Ohio, $125,070.51; to Pennsylvania, ^233,599.39; to Tennessee, $63,520.01; Lo Virginia, $452,461.95. This grand total sent to all the Jtates named was $2,946,921.76. De iuct from this $620,281.58, an estimat ed amount paid to the agents of the companies in South Carolina, the cash imount sent out of the state last year lo other states for life insurance pre miums was $2,326,640.18. "These figures are worthy of more critical dissection,*- says the commis sioner, "for thereby we may learn the p?rv lar^A sum that is sent out of the 3tate each year and has been sent out of the state each year for a great num ber of years for permanent invest ment. And as it has only been during the last five years that the companies lave made any permanent investments In South Carolina securities, some Idea may be gained of the great sums that have been taken out of the state and permanently invested elsewhere during the last 30 or <0 years. "An analysis of the figures will show that the fire insurance companies and the miscellaneous insurance compan ies take insignificant amounts out of the state as compared with the amounts the Me insurance companies of other states take out of South Car olina each year. "The so-called miscellaneous com panies, including the accident and health companies, fidelity and surety, employers' liability, steam boiler, bur glary, elevator, live stock, etc., re ceived in premiums rrom South Caro lina during the year 1913, ?but>,*<?$.83. They paid back in claims, commis sions to agents, state, county and mu nicipal taxes and license fees $434, 091.83, taking out of South Carolina in net premiums $72,382. This may be considered practically a net profit to these companies. "It Is when we come to the life In surance companies that we find that great sums are taken out for perma nent investment." - 1 Local Storage is First Need. John L. McLaurin, state warehousa commissioner, said recently: "I shall be prepared very soon tff entertain propositions to receive local warehouses, and will publish the terms as soon as possible. With the limited funds at my disposal, however, I think it will be better for the farm ers and merchants in every county to get together and provide such storage room as they can. I propose to accept corrugated-iron warehouses (in the country, where the Insurance compa nies will take them, and I would sug gest a type of warehouse which would hold about 800 bales of cotton which could be erected very speedily for ahmif SKflf). "It Is very important if the people are .to hold their cotton that it should be placed in the form of some nego tiable paper so that the lien mer chants and others may be able through their banks to discount it, when the federal reserve system goes into operation, November 15. A state warehouse receipt guaranteeing the title of cotton and the weights and grades, is a form of paper that has long been needed in the commercial world, and I am assured that it will find favor in the moneyed centres when it is properly understood. Some Charters Issued Recently. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Davis & Barnes Co. of Summerton with .a capital of $2,000. The petitioners are Harry E. Davis and Fred Barnes. A charter has been granted to the Farmers' Bonded Warehouse Com pany of Union with a capital stock of $5,000. T. C. Duncan is president and treasurer of the company. South Carolina Exhibit Attracts. "The South Carolina good roads ex hibit attracted much attention," said Commissioner Watson, who returned from Atlanta, where he attended the American Road Congress. The ex hibit 1b in charge or James uougiaa Lee of the state department of agri culture. Mr. Watson made the trip to Atlanta by automobile and reports the roads in- excellent condition, espe cially the section of the Capital high way between Columbia and Augusta. He was cheduled to speak in Atlanta, but had to cancel the engagement. Survey of Soils to be Made. Detailed soil surveys of Richland, Hampton and Dorchester counties are to be made this winter, acording to a letter received in Columbia by Con gressman Lever from Carl Schurz Vrooman, assistant secretary of agri culture of the United States. Mr. Le ver has been working for the surveys for some time and was assured from Washington that the work is to be gin as soon as practicable. Five men will be detailed to the work in this state. Several months will be requir ed to complete the work. State Gets Some Valuable Books. Some valuable books have been added to the state library through recent purchases made by Mrs. Vir ginia Green Moody, the librarian. With the assistance of A. S. Salley, Jr., secretary of the state historical commission, Mrs. Moody purchased part of the American historical li brary of the late Maj. Edward Willis of Charleston from a Philadelphia house. Valuable and rare book- on i South Carolina were included in t is j purchase. The books have arrived ' and are being indexed and placed. TO EVACUATE H GRUZ TWENTY-THIRD I JATE SET FOR SOLDIERS OF THE , UNITED STATE8 TO LEAVE MEXICO. CHIEFS PROMISE SAFETY f-' Carranza and Aguas Calientcfe Con* vention Agree to Terms Submitted by Department of State. Washington. ? Monday, November 23 was fixed as the date for the Amer ican evacuation of Vera Cruz. Secretary Bryan issued this an nouncement: "Both General Carranza and the convention at Aguas Calien tes having given the assurances and guarantees requested, it is the purpose of the Ad ministration to withdraw the troops of the United States from Vera Cruz on Monday, the 23d of November. "All the persons there for whose personal safety this government has made itself responsible have left the city. The priests and nnns who had taksn refuge there. and for whose safety fears were entertained, are now on their way to this country." This statement was given out after a long conference between Mr. Bryan and President Wilson, lit apparently was received with surprise in some of* flclal quarters, the general understand ing having been that the evacuation might be delayed indefinitely pending reports on the alignment of the va rious Mexican chiefs in the latest civil war. , > ; ... 'j Secretary Bryan declined to add to - the formal announcement, saying de- r tails would be made public' by' the War Department. Secretary Garrison had nothing to say and to just what authority the port of Vera Cruz would be delivered was not made plain. It has been assumed, however, that as the United States throughout the Mex ican difficulties has dealt with the de facto authorities actually in control of territory involved, the city would be turned over to an agent of General Carranza, probably General Candido < Aguilart As far as is known there has been no final decision as to when and to whom the more than a $1,000,000 of Mexican customs moneys now held by the United States shall be paid. Both Carranza and the Aguaa Cal ientes convention have given guaran tees that customs duties collected will not be reimposed. In view of the com plications which might arise, however, in the event Carranza were driven from power by Villa's army, support ing General Guiterrez, the convene tlon's new provisional President, it has been suggested that payment of the money might be withheld, pending a clarification of the situation. NATION IS WORTH 140 BILLION. Has Increased Seven Billions.?Popu lation Now Over 100,000,000. Washington.-r-Enormous growth of the last half century was shown in a report by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Since 1850 the population has more than quadrupled, being now more than 100,000,000, the report says. - "In the same period," continued the report, "foreign commerce has grown from $318,000,000 to $4,259,000,000, i and the per capita value of exports from $16.96 to $23.27. National wealth has increased from $7,000,000,000 in 1870 to approximately $140,000,000,* 000; money in circulation from $279, 000,000 to $3,419,000,000 and New York bank clearings "from approxi . - ? ??a ???nnn ?Ofi nftrt - mateiy *o,uvu.uuu.vuu m V?w fvu^wvf 000,000, while for the entire country bank clearings have grown from $52,- ' 000,000,000 in 1887, the earliest year for which figures were available, to' $174,000,000,000 in 1913. V/ill Reduce Acreage. Atlanta, Ga.?Thirty-three Georgia counties wil' reduce their cotton acre age 42 per cent in 1915 as compared with this year's crop according to re ports received by J. D. Price, state commissioner of agriculture, and made public here. Haitians Establish Government Washington.?The United States was nohfled officially of the establish ment of a new government in Haiti , with Davilmar Theodore, successful revolutionist against President Zamor, as president. The only cabinet offi cer selected so far is Joseph Justin as minister of foreign affairs. He was director of the law school at the cap- f V Kal. Although the transport Hancock with a regiment of marines has left / Port au Prince for Guatanamo, the battleship Kansas remains there and the cruiser Tacoma stays In the North. Cotton Loan Most Complete. Washington. ? Strong efforts in the last few days to complete the $135, 000,000 cotton loan fund so far have been unsuccesful. It was said that much depended on Boston and Phila * -> noftWnntinn delphla Banners auu lUClt would insure the raising of $96,000,000 in non-cotton producing states. This would be within $4,000,000 of the amount required from these states. Officials hope the Xeiw England and Philadelphia bankers will contribute the portion allotted to them within a few days. Aviator Killed in S. C. Chesterfield, S. C.?James Terrill, an aviator of Worchester, Mass.,. was instantly killed while doing a trick flight at the Chesterfield County Fair when the Tight wing of his Curtiss biplane crumbled and his machine col lapsed and his machine collapsed, throwing him to the ground 600 to 700 feet below. Every bone in his body was broken. Several doctors were present and rushed to the fallen man, who was dead before they could reach him. Mrs. Terrill was present and collapsed and in a serious condition.