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A YEAR- - ' : :
VILLA HEMMED IN <
BY U. S. TROOPS
PERSHING BEGINS DISPOSITION I
OF TROOPS UNDER HIS COMMAND
TO CAPTURE BANDITS
EI Paso, Texas, March 19.?Francisco
Villa has been driven into trap <
by the rapid advance of the Ameri- 1
can troops, according to the informa- 1
tion received to-day in wireless dis- <
patches from the front and in telegraphic
dispatches to Gen. Gavira,
the Carranza commander, at Juarez.
Everything seems now to depend
on the ability of the Carranza garrisons
to hold their end of the net. On
three sides the bandit chief he is
hemmed in by strong Carranza columns,
while on the fourth the Americans
are driving forward with amaz- ?
ing speed. J
Villa was reported in the Babricora j
Lake region to-night on the ranch of j
Mrs Phoebe Hearst, which he has j
ravaged several times in the past, j
Babricora .is about fifty-five miles (
south of Galeana, where one section
of the American expeditionary force j
has arrived, and is pushing forward
at the rate of thirty-three miles a
day- A few miles to the west of J
the bandit's positions is Namiquapa, J
which is held by a powerful Carranza *
garrison. On the east are the frown- J
ing barriers of the Sierra Madre *
Mountains, barring the way to Son- J
ora. Gen. Luis Guitierrez, Carran- 1
za's field chief, declares that he holds 1
all the passes to Sonora.
Hangs on Carranza.
On the south Villa's way is blocked i
oy me carranza garrison <x\, jinucia, i
a town of considerable importance, i
as the headauarters of the Madera <
Company, Ltd, an American concern, 5
which has vast lumber, mining and <
railroad interests. On account of the 1
importance of this town an excep- s
tionally heavy Carranza force is said J
to hold it. The whole situation seems
to hang tonight on the Carranza j
forces. If they remain loyal to the
first chief, which up to the present
time they have shown every indication
of doing, Villa appears trapped.
It is, of course, realized that he is on
ground of his own choosing and a
country admirably suited for guer- !
rilla warfare and surprise attacks.
While Carranza leaders and the
United States military authorities 1
have succeeded so far in avoiding ^
any friction there is one serieus ques- 1
tion which may arise at any time to (
threaten the entire situation. As the .
lines of commutation of the Ameri- 1
can force lengthen the problem of ,
bringing up supplies becomes increasingly
more pressing. j
To errant the United States Dermis
gion to use the Mexican railroads for
shipping supplies it is thought here
may be misconstrued by many Mexicans.
On the other hand a refusal
would scarcely harmonize with the
professed desire of the Carranza
Government to co-operate in every
way with the American authorities.
The arrival of this crisis is being anxiously
awaited on both sides of the
border.
Wireless From the Army.
With the American Army, March
18?(Via Wireless to Columbus, N.
M.)?After marching more than 110
miles into Mexico in forty-two hours
the American punitive expedition today
received information apparently
locating Rancho Villa, the object of
their chase. Disposition of the troops
began to-night for the task of hunting
him down. Meanwhile Villa was
reported continuing his outrages upon
Americans.
The exDedition reached (name
deleted by censor.) They were in- '
formed that the Mexican leader pass- j
ed through this place only a few days
ago. The latest information of Villa's !
present whereabouts placed him on ]
the ranch of Candelarlo Hernandez, 1
one of the sub-chiefs with him on the j
raid against Columbus.
Gen. Pershing personally led the
flying cavalry column in the 110-mile
dash. Every man in his command was '
mounted. They passed through a section
of Mexico where water was ]
scarce. For such a large body of men '
the speed maintained was remarkable
and the good condition in which 1
they came through was inspiring. ,
Only a few cavalry horses and ;
pack mules were lost, the victims of
- ? ? mt 1 i ,
a bard riaaen trail. ine men reai-neu
the camp thirsty and hungry, but '
otherwise in good condition, fit for
action and eager for the pursuit of
Villa to begin in earnest. Here they
were met with reports that Villa had
raided the American colonies in the
vicinity of his mountain retreats and
that he had killed residents of these
colonies.
HOMER OULLA HERE.
Mr. J. Homer Oulla, of the Oulla
Printing & Binding Co., of Anderson,
was a pleasant caller at the Press and
Banner office last Friday. Mr. Oulla
is an Abbeville county boy. He started
his printing career in the Press
and Banner office years ago, then
owned by Mr. Hugh Wilson. He is j
now owner of one of the largest and;
best equipped printing plants in the
state, and one of Anderson's most
progressive business men. He is also
publisher and managing editor of
The Piedmont Magazine, which has
a wide circulation in the Piedmont
section. !
AERIAL RAID MAJOR
NEWS OF 1
DROP BOMBS ON GERMANSFIGHTING
AROUND VERDUH
AGAIN IS SLACKENED.
A notable aerial raid was carrie
>ut early today on the German avis
;ion field at Houttave, near Ze?
jrugge, Belgium," a squadron of 6
illied machines?aeroplanes and see
Manes?making the attack. The Bri
ash official announcement, aeciare
;hat considerable damage appeare
;o have been done by the bomb
iropped. The machines carried a
iggregate of about 6 1-2 tons o
Jieso explosives, the statement ind;
:ated.
Fighting about Verdun had agai
slackened, according to today's Pari
statement, the only infantry attac
-eported being an unsuccessful on
>y the Germans on the French posi
;ions on Pepper Hill, north of th
fortress. The artillery activity ha
jeen intermittent, reaching consid
irable violence, however, in the vi
unity of Malancourt, on the wes
>ank of the Meuse.
There is renewed activity in th
Balkans, north of Saloniki, a Frenc
:olumn having occupicd villages nea
;he Greek border which Teutonic an
Bulgarian forces had entered, ac
lording to news agency advices fror
Saloniki. The neutral frontier zon
las now been eliminated, it appear!
ind the forces of the entente and th
:entral powers are face to face alon
;his part of the front.
A war conference of probable mc
nentous importance is about to ope
n Paris, where military and politic*
onroeenfnrivps nf the allies are erath
iring. The joint policies to be pui
sued by the entente in the next peri
)d of the war will be decided upo
)y the conference which will be pr<
sided over by Premier Briand, o
France.
DEFENSE MEASURES
TAKING FRONT RANI
Washington', Mach 17.?Nations
lefense legislation overshadowe
ivery other legislative issue today i
joth houses of congress. The fac
standing out most sharply from
vhole day of debate and discussion
vas that only one voice had bee
-aisod against military preparednes
is a national policy, that of Meye
London of New York, the only Socia]
st member.
The house completed more tha
lalf of its set schedule of ten hour!
general debate on the army increas
sill. More than two score member
jxpressed their views. The great mj
iority favored the committee bil
vhich is the most sweeping militar
neasure ever considered in the cour
;ry in peace times. Many amenc
nents to be offered were announcec
lowever, and the prospect of passin
;he bill by tomorrow night virtuall
vanished. It may be late next wee
jafore the final, vote is taken.
In the senate Chairman unamoei
ain announced that he would see
;o have the military committee's pei
Fected army bill taken up Monday
The water power bill must be dis
placed to permit this. President Wi
son's appeal for haste on preparec
less measures, it was thought U
light, would lead the power bill ac
/ocates to yield their place.
The failure of any organized oppc
sition to the purposes of the arm
rill to show itself on the house floo
,ed Representative Hay, chairman c
the house committee, to abandon th
night session provided for under th
special rule which gives the bill rigl1
:>f w&.y. The accumulation of amenc
ments to be offered also influence
lis decision. They can not be take
up until the ten hour general debat
is ended. After that, nve minux
speech rule will apply. A night se:
sion may be held in an effort to g(
through tomorrow.
General debate will conclude earl
tomorrow dnd the struggle wit
amendments will be begun. Seven
members of the committee, all c
whom signed the report on the bil
will propose changes in specific se<
tions. They are not bound by an
committee agreement.
As member after member adde
his approval to the plan for increa:
ing the army during the day, interej
' 11 11?x- 11 ?Tf woo til
in tne aeoatc uu^^cu.
one-sided to attract a crowd. A
times there were not more than
score of seats filled on the floor.
Party lines were utterly forgotte
in the discussion. Representative Ha
faced the house for an hour, read
to answer questions from any qua;
ter. Representative Kahn, rankin
minority member of the committer
frequently aided in presenting th
committee's views. The two divide
the debate time between them, sine
there was no one to lead an oppos
tion.
BROTHER OF THE
ALLENS KILLE
Roanoke, Va., March 18.?Jac
Allen, brother of Sidna and Floy
Allen famous leaders of the gar
that shot up Carroll county coui
room was assassinated last night i
the home of Mrs. Birt Martin seve
miles from Mount Airy, North Car
lina, Will McGraw was with hi:
when the fatal shot was fired ar
disappeared soon after.
1915 COTTON CROP
i 11,059,430 BALES
_ REPORT SHOWS CROP WAS
MANY BALES LESS THAN
IN 1914.
d Washington, March 20.?The 1915
i_ cotton crop of the Unit.ed States ag- 1
>_ gregated 11,059,430 running bales, 1
5 or 11,183,182 equivalent 500 pound '<
bales, exclusive of linters and count- 1
i- ing round bales as half bates, the i
>s Census Bureau today announced in
d its final ginning report of the season.
,s The department of agriculture on i
n]Dec. 10 last, basing il? calculations '
f on reports of its agents throughout j<
i- the cotton belt, estimated the crop 1
at 11,161,000 equivalent 500 pound
n bales. The Census Bureau's final fig- 1
s ures of the crop compare with 15,- 1
k 905,840 running bales, or 16,134,930 !
e, equivalent 500 pound bales produced s
i- in 1914; 13,982,811 running bales, j
e'or 14,156,486 equivalent 500 pound,)
,s bales in 1913, and 13,488,539 run-)1
|- ning bales, or 13,703,421 equivalent <
i- 500 pound bales in 1912. The 1914 5
it. crop was the record for production. 1
j Included in the figures are 39,623 <
g bales, which ginners estimated would 1
h | be turned out after the March can- J
r vass.
j I Round bales included numbered <
1111,716, compared with 57,618 in i
' 11914, 99,962 in 1913 and 81,528 in i
e 1912. |1
s | Sea island bales included number- i
'' ed 91,920, compared with 81,604 in
Z 1914, 77,563 in 1913 and 73,777 in
K 1912.
The average gross weight of bales
for the crop was 505.6 pounds, comI
pared with 507.2 in 1914, 506.2 in
II 1913 and 508 in 1912.
J" I Ginneries operated for the crop
numbered 23,146, compared with 24,l"
547 in 1914, 24,749 in 1913 and 25,P
279 in 1912.
Linter cotton, not included in the
1 total ginning figures, amounted to
895,274 running bales, or 880,780
equivalent 500 pound bales, compared
with 832,401 running bales, or
? 856,900 equivalent 500 pound bales
,in 1914; 631,153 running bales, or
1638,881 equivalent 500 pound bales
il in 1913 and 602,324 running bales,
d or 609,594 equivalent 500 pound
n bales in 1912. I
t| Production of states in equivalent
a 500 pound bales, exclusive of linters,
s with comparisons, follows: I
S'Alabama 1915 1,020,208
ir 1914 1,751,375
[. 1913 1,495,485
1912 1,342,275
n
3' Arkansas 1915 815,846
e 1914 1,016,170 i
8 1913 1,072,846
1912 792,048
v Florida 1915 47,816
[. 1914 81,255
[. 1913 58,695
1. 1912 52,760
g I
1 Georgia _1915 1,907,310
k 1914 2,718,037
1913 2,316,601
1912 1,776,546
Louisiana __ 1$15 ' 340,606
, 1914 449,458
, 191o 443,821 !
[I 1912 376,096
!_ Mississippi __ __ - 1915 953,620
1914 1,245,535 1
1913 1,310,743 ;
1912 1,046,418.1
,r Missouri 1915 47,930 ]
5 1914 81,752.,
I 1913 67,105']
g 1912 ' 55,691 j;
\i North Carolina 1915 698,852,]
a 1914 930,631!
? 1913 792,5451
" 1912 865,6531
^ Oklahoma 1915 639,209
:t 1914 1,262,176 <
1913 840,387
y 1912 1,021,250
d South Carolina 1915 1,133,581
S 1914 1,533,810
1 1913 1,377,814
1912 1,182,128 ;
"v !
Tennessee __ 1915 302,898 ,
,H 1914 383,517
u i ni o OTfl An 11
3- i7xo o i 11 |
it 1912 276,546
Lt Texas 1915 3,223,803 !
a 1914 4,592,112
1913 3,944,970
n 1912 4,880,210
y Virginia 1915 15,809
r- 1914 25,222
g 1913 23,490
e, 1912 24,398
le
?d All other states 1915 35,694
;e 1914 63,880
i. 1913 32,513'
1912 11,402!
The Census Bureau announces that i'
the statistics of this report for 1915 j
are subject to sight corrections in
q the full report to be published later.
k HAPPY ASSURANCE.
rd
ig
rt Edith (still blushing)?Am I the
it first girl you ever kissed?
in Jack?No, darling, but you are the
o- last.
m i Edith?Am I really? Oh, Jack, it
id makes me so happy to think that.?
Exchange. '
DETROIT WOMAN
ESCAPES BANDITS
DETROIT WOMAN HID IN MINE
WITH HER BABY FROM
MEXICAN BANDITS.
ElPaso, March 19.? Mrs. Wallace
Rogers of Detroit, arrived here
today with her 15-months old infant,
and told how she had hidden with her
baby for two days in the shaft of an
abandoned mine near Cananea from
Mexican bandits.
.Mi$. Rogers' husband is interested
in'mining property near Cananea but
was away from home when tne little
colony fied on the approach of the
oanaits.
"The whole country around where
[ was living," said Mrs. Rogers was
filled with abandoned mines, the
3hafts of some of which had been
sunk 2,000 feet or more. Most of the
American men were away when we
aeard of the approach of the bandits
We fled to one of the abandoned minis
carrying whatever food we could
match up. One of the men took my
jaby and we crawled down an abandjned
shaft by ladder until we reached
:he 1,000 foot level. Here we renamed
.for 24 hours*
"Finally, as we heard no shooting
>ne of the men ventured to the surface.
He reported everything quiet
ind we returned to our homes. We
lad hardly reached there however,
when we again heard that the bandits
were coming. This time we went
iown to the 1,500 foot level where we
remained another day. We were
n a little slope about 10 feet square.
(Ve had no lights of any kind, and
[ had only a couple of cans of coniensed
milk to feed my baby. We
ust sat there on the floor in the blackness
and prayed. At last we could
stand it no longer. I think we w6uld
lave all gone mad if we had stayed
:here . We crawled up into the sunshine.
There was no sign of the baniits
and we made our way safely to
3ananea where we got a train."
Mrs. Rogers declared that the
Mexican bandits not only had no respect
for the American flag but that
t actually incited them to outrages,
;he only flag that offered any proaction
was the British flag, she said.
"I am bitterly .ashamed to admit
t," she said, " but whenever trouble
started we began to hunt for a
Union Jack.' It was by no means
i bullet proof shield but it was the
>nly flag that I ever saw that the Mexicans
paid any deference to. There
was a young Englishman who commit?d
suicide where I was. The Mexicans
thought he was an American
ind they hurriedly dug a shallow hole
and were going to put him away
without ceremony when the officer in
command overheard someone say:|
I wish we knew where his mother is
so we could notify her. She is somewhere
in England but I do not know
where.' The officer stopped the burial
and asked if the suicide was an
Englishman. When he learned that
he was, he ordered the body preserved
and tried for four days to get
in touch with an English consul."
Another refugee who reached here
today had traveled 200 miles on a
motorcycle in search of safety.
IF VAUGHN IS CRAZY
HE MAY MISS DEATH
Spartanburg, March 19.?Special:
Thurston U. Vaughn, who is in the
State Penitentiary under death sentence
fo* heinous crimes which he
confessed to have committed while
he was superintendent of the South
Carolina Odd Fellows Orphanage
here, is to be incarcerated in the
State Hospital for the Insane. Solicitor
P. A. Bonham stated to-day that
he will apply next week for an order
from the Circuit Court to transfer
Vaughn. A test of Vaughn's sanity
will be made while he is in the State
Hospital.
If the tests show Vaughn to be insane
he will escape the death penalty.
Vaughn was convicted on October 26,
1912, and was sentenced to be electrocuted.
His attorneys have appealed
his case to the State Supreme
Court and to the United States Supreme
Court, which tribunals sustained
the judgment of the Circuit
Court. A decree of insanity is the
only thing that can now save Vaughn
from the chair.
Solicitor Bonham decided to take
the step to have Vaughn placed in
the Hospital ,after correspondence
with Governor Manning ana Dr. J.
Heyward Gibbs, of Columbia.
M'LAURIN MAKES
TRIP TO NEW YORK
Columbia, March 19.?Special: Af
Kir Mrirfl WlfK fioVfif
icr UUIldUlUlUVll wjr T??*v if....
nor Manning, who is in Florida, Senator
McLaurin went to New York on
Friday night to confer with prominent
insurance men, in response to a
wire from them to Senator McLaurin,
which seems to hold out some promise
of a satisfactory adjustment of
the insurance situation in this State.
Advices received from New York
on Sunday are to the effect that Senator
McLuarin was in a conference
on Saturday night, which was also
attended by Insurance Commissioner
McMaster, and that there is not the
slightest friction between Commissioners
McLaurin and McMaster, but
on the contrary they are working in
harmony. Commissioner McLaurin
will advise further with Governor
Manning upon the return of the Governor
to the city.
U. S. AND MEXICO I
TO CRUSH VILLA
PROTOCOL BETWEEN COUN- C
TRIES SUGGESTED BY MEXI
CAN AMBASSADOR.
Washington, March 20.?The Carranza
government today proposed to i*
the United States the drafting of a 81
protocol, under which American and 11
Mexican troops may co-operate in ei
hunting Villa. The terms of such a S(
formal convention would be designed
to meet all questions which arise in a:
the future, setting forth the rights of ?
American troops now in Mexico and b;
the nature of co-operation expected tl
of the Carranza forces. The fact was ti
suggested to the state department to- u
day by Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexi- fi'
can ambassador. Negotiations of details
are expected to be in progress
several days, but the two ' govern- B
ment were said to agree on the prin- bi
ciples involved. *
While the protocol is expected to
take care of such details as use of r<
Mexican railroads by Americans,
General Funston's recent request to P
allow supplies to go forward now
from El Paso is to be handled separately
and at once.
CERTAIN NATIONS WOULD "
HELP MEXICO IN WAR J]
Washington, March 15.?On re- gc
quest of the state department orders ej
have been sent to collectors of cus- l
toms at seaports of the United States p
and along the Mexican border to hold B
up all shipments of arms, ammunition a<
or explosives consigned to Mexico ex- 0i
cept such as it is clearly established zc
are designed for the de facto government.
i
rPl_ . aw J AM ? ><? f nn!/1 V* A
ine urucr was s<uu wmguii w uc ,
the outcome of information reaching J*
the department that a lasge consign- ^
ment of explosives intended for the n'
Villa forces was about to be sent ,
south. The instruction will shut off bl
shipments to mining companies or
other persons not officially represent- ~
ing the Carranza government. How 0
long they will remain in force was c]
not known tonight.
Officials tonight refused to discuss ^
the subject but there was reason to .
believe some credence had been
placed in recent reports that friends .
of certain European nations had been
willing to put munitions of war at "
the disposal of Villa.
. o
LEVER PRESENTS . b
COTTON MEASURE ^
i v
Washington, March 14?Representative
Lever today introduced his o
cotton standards bill, which provides a
for th e establishment of uniform tl
standards of classification for cot- p
ton and provides for the application, a
enforcement and use of such stand- T
ards in transactions in interstate and
foreign commerce and provides for n
protection against the misuse of the r<
standards. E
Standards of grades for cotton
have already been Established and p
promulgated. This bill undertakes to
4-Viaoa ofon/1or/?o nnH spf.q lift
UV1VV Ut^ov UM?4*v*vi* uu ? ? T
the machinery for proper grades and
classifying of cotton through licensed
graders that goes into interstate d
and foreign commerce. h
"This bill," said Mr. Lever, "is j
one of several which go to make up c;
what I am pleased to term the ajrricultural
end of the administration ?]
preparedness programme. The other d
bills included in this programme are
the reenactment of the cotton fu- p
tures act to overcome the technical b
decision of a New York federal judge n
declaring the act unconstitution- y
al, the federal warehouse bill, which s,
will furnish a uniform warehouse ^
receipt issued from federally super- d
vised and bonded warehouse, the
grain bill, providing for a federal
system of supervision of grain grad- e
ing, and the land mortagage credit y
bill, which undertakes to set up a 5
ing cheaper credit for long terms on n
the amortization plan of repayment j-j
for farmers. This constitutes the jj
most ambitious programme of legis- v
lation in behalf of agriculture ever ^
proposed in any legislative body, a
but complete preparedness can not C('
exist unless it takes into considerat- ^
ion agriculture and economic preparedness
as well as military and a
naval preparedness. The fact is that C(
the latter kind of preparedness can ^
not be greater than the former, for r)
military and naval preparedness are
agriculture and economic prepared- p
ness. d
THREE HUNDRED _ GIRLS ARE J
TRAPPED IN THt iJUKmnu
BUILDING. ^
Orangeburg, March 20.?The town ci
was aroused by terrible screams at is
2 o'clock this morning when three
hundred negro girls were trapped in t<
the two story brick dormitory of the e:
state college. It was a mass of flames c<
when discovered. The volunteer fire- n:
men were on the way before the r<
alarm box rang. d
The frightened inmates, were al- e:
most overcome by the smoke and nr
jumped to the ground abandoning h
their clothes. Nine of them were badly
injured having their limbs fractured
or being otherwise injured. One
inmate landed on the steps and had ,
i 1 1. 1
ner duck uiuivcii.
Several deaths it is feared took h
place. The loss is approximately $50,- N
000. ft
The five story wooden boys build- H
ing was saved despite a stiff breeze, tl
RUSSIANS REPULSED
IN FIERCE ATTACK
)VER 9,000 RUSSIANS SLAIN IN ' ,|
ATTACK?CANNON BUSY
IN WEST.
witn the slackening of tne lightig
around Verdun the Russians hive ; j
tarted another big offensive move-' "V#
lent against the Germans on' the
astern front. A raid by German ' M
japlanes on the east coast of Eng- < fc
ind and by French airmen on Mete
nd other German towns, the sinking %
f a French torpedo boat destroyer
y a submarine in the Adriatic and
le reported torpedoing of an Au$ ian
hospital ship by an Entente. .;3|
nder-water boat are recorded in ofcial
and unofficial communications. - Vi
Berlin chronicles an attack of |
reat violence by Russians around -v'jfl
riswiaty Lake and Lake Naroez,
at says the Russians were repulsed
ith great losses, 9,270 Russian dead
iving been counted in the Lake Na- V
>ez region.
Saturday the Germans in the Vatix- :
amloup sector, northeast of Verdun i
egan another spirited attack against
le French, but-the French, bringing Vleir
curtain of fire into play, drover. v\
le Teutons back. The attack .-was "rj
Dt pushed again during Sunday and
ily intermittent bombardments took >
lace.
Berlin reports the recapture - of
>me ground from the British north- -3
ist of Vermelles, in the region of
_i j _ J _ * ?' 5?
aDasse, ana me anving 01 uie
rench from a position northeast of
adonvillers, in the Vosges. London
Imits the capture by the Germans
E three mine craters at the Hohen- *
>llern redoubt.
French Cannon Busy.
The French guns have been busy |
ombarding German trenches in
hampagne and German depots
ortheast of St MihieL
Five French air craft dropped
ombs on Metz, ammunition depots
ear Chateau Salins and the aero- M
rome at Dieuze, while twenty-three
ther machines attacked the aviation
imjp at Habsheim and the. freight - j'/.?
nation at Mulhaussen. In the attack
hich followed the Germans and the
reneh each lpst three or four matunes.
A German airship attacked ';
le Entente allied fleet south of Sa>niki,
but with what result Berlin
oes not say. ... ,
Three officers and forty-four men
f the crew of the French torpedo
oat destroyer Renaudin were lost 1
hen a Teutonic submarine sent the
essel to the bottom in the Adriatic,
hi a raid by four German seaplanes
ver Dover, Ramsgate and Westgate
t. least nine persons were killed and
lirty-one injured. One of the sealanes
was brought down thirty miles
t sea by pursuing British aviators,
he German observer was killed.
The German admiralty officially de- ]
ies that a German submarine was
esponsible for the sinking of the ,
utch passenger steamer, Tubantia.
RITAIN TO LAY
BAN ON LUXURIES
.
London, March 17.?A coming or- , 'l
er in council which will totally jproibit
importation into the United
[ingdom of a large number of artiles
which come under the general
eading of luxuries, will be issued by
ie British government at an early
ate.
Among the things which will be,
laced under the ban will be automoiles
for private use, musical instrulents,
cutlery of all kinds, hardware,
arns, chinaware, fancy goods and
Dans. The order will apply equally
> all countries, including the British
ominions and colonies.
This forecast of the coming order
1 council was given to the Associate
d Press today in an interview tiy
Palter Runciman, president of the
oard of trade. Mr. Runciman adkitted
that articles in addition 'to
lose named would be placed on the
st of prohibited imports, but in adance
of the issuance of the order
e declined to say what they are. He
greed that the decree would have
onsiderable effect on exports from
le United States but pointed out
lat it applied to all countries alike,
nd declared it was absolutely neessary
to limit the shipment of
ulky luxuries in order to provide
som on ships for necessities.
"But, please remember," said Mr.
:unciman, "that.the issue of this orer
is forced on the country?not as
matter of policy, but entirely beause
of a shortage in tonnage. We
rant exports from the United States;
re want your wheat, cotton and meat
nd we need other things which we
annot get if the space aboard vessels
i taken up with luxuries.
"Everything possible is being done
) relieve tne shortage in snips, rjvry
ship flying the British flag is now
ontrolled by the government. Imlense
numbers of them have been
equisitioned; others are subject to
irection by way of licenses. Whethr
it will be necessary to requisition
lore vessels, I can not say, but I
ope this will not be done."
TO MOVE FAMILY HERE. ,
Engineer Brown of the Southern, i
as rented the old Gary House on
[agazine Street and will move his
imilv to Abbeville in a few weeks.
[e is pleased with his run and with
le town.