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AMERICA IS LEADING !
WORLD IN BUG |
. WAR TONNAGEi
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Twelve Superdre-draughts and
Six Great Battle Cruisers are
Now Under Construction
Washington, March 18.?The United
States, American naval experts say,
is building more warship tonnage than
any other nation.
Twelve super-dreadnaughts and six
great battle cruisers, aggregating
55,400 tons, are under construction in
private and navy yards. They will carry
a total of 512 sixteen inch rifles
and twenty-four fourteen inch rifles
and all will have the new electric j
drive engines.
With the completion of this fleet,
probably in 1923, the United States
will have a battle force of 19 superdreadnaughts,
and six battle cruisers
in the first line and eight dreadnaughts
and a number of smaller battleships
in the second line.
American naval men say that among
the world's fighting craft the six battip
cruisers and six of the new battle
ships?th? South Dakota, .Montana,
North Carolina, Massachusetts, Indiana
and Iowa?will be in a class by
themselves. The cruisers will have a
speed of about 33 knots?37 land miles
?and each will carry eight sixteen
inch guns. They will be S74 feet long j
over all, ninety feet wide, will displace
33,500 tons, and have 180,000
horsepower.
6S4 Feet Long1
The six super-dreadnaughts will be
even more powerful, each mounting in
its main battery 12 sixteen inch rifles.
They will be 084 feet long, 105 feet
broad and displace 43,000 tons. Their
speed will be 23 knots and horsepower 1
GO,000.
These ships and the battle cruisers
are just now being gotten under way,
r\f ?Vio ntlior civ hattlovhins
UUl lUUOt VI U?v VWUV* W??k W?.vv.vw...rw
are well on the road to completion.
The .Maryland, to be launched at Newport
News Saturday, and the Colorado.
Washington and West Virginia
will carry eight sixteen inch rifles
each, will be 624 feet long. 93 feet
broad, and displace 32,600 tons. Their
speed will be 31 knots and horsepow- (
er 29,000.
The Tennessee to be commissioned
in May and the California will carry
twelve fourteen inch rifles, and will
be 624 feet long, 97 feet broad, and
displace 32,000 tons. Their speed also
will be 21 knots and their horsepower
28,500 tons. s
Detectives Charged [
With Abducting \
Street Railwav*Mann
Nashville. Tenn., March 18 ?The |
Davidson county jury today returned j
indictments against City Detectives |
Walter Reese, George Redman, Gas
Kiger and Earl Kiger, and Patrolman
H. M. Bills, charging them with tho!
abduction on November 19 last of A.
B. Lawson, a visiting official of the
Street Railway Employes' Association.
Three sets of indictments were returned.
One charged the officers with
oppression, and another charged them
with malicious threats A third charged
the officers and "other persons to
the grand jury unknown' with con- 2
tpiracy. <
Lawson, who alleged that he was
taken from the streets of Nashville i
and carried to Springlield. Tennessee, J
in an automobile and put aboard a
train with a warning not to return to
Nashville, went before the grand jury
sometime ago. but no report from the
* inquisitorial body followed. It developed
later that Attorney General fi. B.
Kirkpatrick, had declined to draw an;
indictment. Lawson subsequently
went belore a mag'sirate ami swore
out warrants against the live officers
indicted today, and pending action of
the grand jury they have been at liberty
on bonds signed by citizens qualifying
to the extent of two million dollars.
CENSUS STATISTICS
Washington, Mai- 18.- -Population
statistics for 1920, announced
today by the census bureau included:
Port Jervis, N. Y., 10,171, an increase
of 607, or 6.3 per cent over!
1910.
Beacon. N. Y., 10.996, increase]
376, or 3.5 per cent oves the 1910 j
census combined populations of Fish-]
kill T.arulirip and Mattpwan which . I
wore incorporated as the town of
Beacon in 1912.
COTTON MARKET.
Spot Cotton 40.50
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March . 40.23
May 38.00;
July 35.30
October 32.34 j
December 31.441
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This Canadian
"Got" 378 Huns
Ottawa, March 18.?Corporal
Francis Peffahmasabow, one vf
more than 4,000 Canadians
who volunteered with the Canacredited
with the "scalps" of
378 Germans in a report submitted
to the House of Commons
by Arthur Meighen, minister
of the interior.
Cotrporal Pegrahmag'abow, who
hails from Perry Sound, was one i
of a large number of bidian
crack shots who were detailed as
snipers. He received the military
medal with two bars for his
exploits.
Mr. Meighen's report cites numerous
instances of gallantry on
the part of the Indian contingent
which numbered more than
35 per cent of the total male
poo^ation of military age. One
Indian. John Campbell, traveled j
3.000 miles by canoe, train and 1
steamer to reach Vancouver so
that he could enlist. 1
Clemson Freshman <
Urges Classmates ;
To Return 21st i
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Greenville, S. March 1?,? '
Harold R. Turner, of Greenville, ?
president of the freshman class at
Clemson College, today issued a
statement to fellow cadets in i
which he advises all freshmen and .
sophomores to prepare to return
on Sunday, March 21, pending the *
action of the parents' meeting in lj
Columbia Friday and the junior- I
senior meeting at Clemson Satur- !
da?'. He counsels that the cadets
go hack cheerfully, unless a different
course Is decided upon by c
the parents and upper classmen. It
TOWN OF BILTMORE IS L
SOLD BY MRS. VANDERBILT ,
I
Asheville, N. C., March 18.? j(
Practically the entire town of
Biltmore has been sold bv Mrs.
George W. Vanderbilt to Dr. J. [(
A. Sinclair, of Asheville, tieorge (%
Stephens, of Charlotte, N. C., and
the Southern Railway Companv. |
Constantinople Is
Quiet Under the
Allied Occupation i(
i4
Constantinople, March 17.?The'a
:econd day of the inter-allied occu-|.
>ation of Constantinople, carried outj1
>n "^uesday by large forces from the h
mposing war fleet in the Bosphorus, la
>assed entire calm, the Turkish po-1.
ice cooperating in keeping order. I*
The ferry and telephone service have r
jeen resumed. Only small detach- g
nents of allied soldiers are visible in \
the streets and about the public,8
>uildings. Jc
The French and the Italians had L
>nly small forces here and they are]
ar less active than the British for- 5
:es. which are evcellently organized J (
ind took over the city with the pre-:j,
:ision of clock-work.
Among the prisoners taken were!
Sssad Pasha,, nationalist leader, and |t
vlohammed Pasha, who was minister L
)f war just before the great war opened
and has been the chief organi-M
:er of the propaganda for an Ameri-j\
:an mandate. j^.
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Bainbridge Colby U
Delivers "Knockout" j1
Says Hitchcock!8
Washington, Mair. 18.?Bain- |s
bridge Colby made an extensive t
statement to the Senate foreign j
relations committee today reguru- *
ing the information on which the It
committee Is delaying action on L
his confirmation as secretary of j
state. N
Those present maintained the ^
silence which has surrounded all
previous hearings on tlie subject, ^
but It was said the nominee would \
not be asked to appear again. The 'c
committee will meet again tomor- !4
row and some members expect I
that it may take filial action then. I]
3Ir. Colby declined to talk about j?
*! " Mi.iHnrc iliwnuccnil lint Sonn . I
IIIC 11 lilt ivi ry ui.ivuf vhv ^v.... f
lor Hitchcock, Democrat, Neb- jt
rasku, said he considered .Mr.
Colby's statement "a complete !
knockout for the opposition."
LAST AUWMKVrS IN THE L
NKWiii-KKY ( ASK TODAY !r
Grand Rapids, Mich., .March IS.?
I^st arguments in the Newberry eiec-1
ions conspiracy trial were ffelivered (
io the jury today by Frank ('. Dailey, 'a
'.ssislant attorney general. Speaking
tfore another crowded court room. 1
10 took up the debate with renewed i
ngor. 'j
.Mr. Dailey again accented frequent-'
Iv th::? there was nothing essentially 2
mysterious about the conspiracy, as r
"lliirjMil in uiL* imiicuuuiii. m; ..
lisrarded tlie legal term aiul called :
alleged offense "an arrangement
:o spend more money than the law
could lie spent in the 1!? 1 s Sena-'
. . c....ipaign.''
TWO GOSSI
rp Ten
Governor Cooper S
Trial at Request <
welI===Judge S
burg To
County Clerk J. L. Perrin received
notice Friday from Governor Cooper
that he had ordered a special term of
:ourt to be held here April 5 to try
Kenneth and John Gossett on the
:harge of criminally assaulting two
young white girls of this place last
Sunday. The action of the governor
>vas taken at the request of Solicitor
K. S. Blackwell. Judge Thomas B.
3ease, Spartanburg, will be the presiding
judge at the trial.
Sheriff Burts said Friday mornng
that he had not fully made his
jlans for providing pi-otection at the
;riai dux tnat ne wouia iaKe proper
neasures to obviate any possibility
)f mob violence.
News from Honea Path, the home
)f the two Gossetts, is to the cffect
;hat the Ford touring car, in which
hey drove to Abbeville Sunday was
t stolen car, brought to Honea Path
'rom Columbia and bought by John
jossett.
It is also learned that Kenneth
5ossett was employed here last week
vith his father as a brick mason, re- 1
uming Saturday to Honea Path.
Columbia, March 17.?John Gosett
and Kenneth Gossett, you.g
vhite men arrested yesterday in
Jreenville and Honea Path, respecively,
on the charge of criminally
.ssaulting two young v/hite women
n Abbeville last Sunday, were
>rought to Columbia late lasc night
.nd lodged in the state penitentiary
or safe keeping. The young men adait
having been in Abbeville last
!unday and taking the two young
;irls out riding. The boys are first
ousins. Kenneth Gossett is the
rounger of the two, being about 21
rears of age, but is married. John
Jossett bears a good reputation in
lis community.
The Gossett boys were placed in
he same cells occupied the previous
wo day by James B. Wallace and
-.ee bourne, young men from Greenwood,
who were arrested in connecion
with this case last Sunday night,
>ut relased yesterday after the young
vomen had declared positively that
Vallace and Bourne were not their
issailants.
Kenneth Gossett, whose assault is
aid to have been successful, claims
hat he did not get out of the autonobile.
John says he walked back up
he road a short distance to Long
}ane bridge with the other girl,
vhere the car was first stopped.
Vhen the latter two came back the
rirl who remained behind in the car
vith Kenneth the other girl says,
viinnintr rlnwn t.hp road crvine\
'He has ruined me." Kenneth denied
ast night that he had made further
idvances than laying his hands on
he young woman.
Honea Path, March 17.?John i
iossett and Kenneth Gossett, arrestel
this morning charged with crimilal
assault, live in Honca Path, and
lave made their home here for some
ime. They are first cousins. John
jossett, who was taken into custody
it Greenville, is 22 years of age and
mmarried. Kenneth Gossett, arrestd
here at 4 :*i0 o'clock this morning,
s a married man and is about ID oi
>n Tl,?. fnvmnx n
.1J y\:uir> ui u^c. i nc iwimvi <?
nechanic and the latter a brick :
nason.
After the arrest, Kenneth Gosv,a?
taken to Anderson, and it ir
'nod that John Gossett wa? ,
TTSTO
iD APRIL 5
iets Date for Early J
of Solicitor Black- <
ease of SpartanPreside.
i
brought ther?; from Greenville. The
young women were brought to Anderson
from Abbeville and according
to advices received from them, the
men were identifed by the girls.
Anderson, March 17.?John Gos-j
sett, arrested in Greenville this morning
and Kenneth Gossett, arrested in i
Honea Path at an early hour, were j
brought here today, where the young
women from Abbeville identified
them as their assailants. The Gossetts ;
were held here for several hours and j
then were taken away by officers to
parts unknown here.
The Gossetts are from Honea
Path, John Gossett is about 22 years
>f age and Kenneth is about two
j
Tears younger.
Greenville, March 17.?Governor,
hooper, here to deliver an address |
onight, said that he would meet I
jolicitor Blackwell in Laurens tomor-i
ow and would call a special term of;
ourt of so requested by the solici-,
tor.
(From Index-Journal)
The Index-Journal was Informed
over the telephone this afternoon
by Solicitor Homer S. Blackwell
from Laurens that upon his
reqnest, Governor Robert A.
Cooper has ordered a special
term of court to be held at AbbebeyiHe
the first week in April for j
the trial of John and Kenneth
Gossett, the young white men held
in the penitentiary at Columbia '
on the charge of assaulting two
voiMiir white women nenr Abbe.
ville last Sunday afternoon. The
first day of April falls on Thurs- ^
day and It is presumed that the ; n
trial will begin on that day. I G
Solicitor Blackwell retnrned to !K
Laurens last night from Abbeville j
where he went as soon as he Iv
heard of the attack on the young
girls and where he did every- A:
thing possible to assist In appre- "
bending the guilty parties as soon t(
as It was established that a seri- a
ous error had been made when ^
the first two young men were tak- f3
en in custody. fc
Solicitor Blackwell stated that J1
he did not know who would preside
at the special term, but that
he had suggested that the Gover- S
nor recommend the appointment
of Judge Thomas S. Sease, of
Spartanburg, who will be disengaged
at the time. Chief Justice
Gary will name the presiding ir
iiwhfn of d\ ns?A M
J"?Ov "I v uv?i t
It, is not known liere whether 1
or not the Gossett brothers have
retained counsel. I'1
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CHICAGO EXPRESS EMBARGO
IS PARTIALLY LIFTED
ni
T
Chicago. March IS.?Partial lifting
of the embargo on express shipments
imposed more than a week ago ,as the
result of a strike of Chicago express jS
workers was announced today. Re-j
strictions 011 outgoing shipments ex- j *
cept ordinary parcels, to Southwestern | '
points and on all through shipments! .
from Boston. Philadelphia and Haiti- j s.
more via New York were removed. ! f'
Shipments of perishable goods, fruits J !>J
and vegetables from Florida to Chica- ]51
go over the Chicago Northwestern sys-1
tem were also included.
Officials of the American Railway |s!
Express Company said 25 per cent of j
the strikers had returned to work. j0'1
The St. Louis Cardinals were thej^
first big leaguers to get action in!
regular ball ganu-.-i. Tlia Rickeys
tarted in playing Texas league teams j
right off the reel. ai
Among the eatables consumed in one i
recent voyage of a giant Atlantic linel* ri
were T-'.OOO.OOO pounds of meat. 1.500 li?
pounds of tea. !i?7.i!oo pounds of flour. A
;ind forty tons of potatoes. "
Prom all acounts the Athleticsisr
indulging in strenuous stunts aijiN
I.Charlos. which probably mev.ns 11\that
tlx* M.-cluiun will not bo tTioj .
proposition they wore last sou-lis'
-on. ! ii<
Deported Radicals
Suffer Privations
Moscow, March 12.?Many radicals
who were deported from the
United States on the steamship Bu'ord
have been suffering privations
since they arrived in Russia. They
'ailed to locate their relatives and
aave not secured employment. Efforts
are now being made by Alex
inder Berkman and Emma Goldman,
eaders of the deportees, to form an
nganization which will give employnent
to members of the party who
ire in distress and care for them
sending permament arrangements.
Headquarters of this organization ]
vill be established at Petrograd with
danned to give all deportees from
i branch in Moscow, and it is ;
he United States advantage of the i
acilities it offers. 1
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HOW A LITTLE GIRL <
FOUGHT BURGLARS
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New York, March 18.?
This is the story of a little
girl's brave fight against the
two meanest burglars in New
York:
Margaret Hagney, 12
years old, was asleep in her
home in West Twenty-Fifth j
street last night when she ;
was awakened by a noise in 1
an adjoining room. Her par* J
ents being absent, she called
"who's there?", and, receiv- i
ing no answer, turned on a
light to discover two men
rattling her bank, containing <
75 pennies. The men sprang i
for the doorway, with the ;
girl giving chase, screaming ^
at the top of her voice. <
She caught the man with 1
the bank, meantime, fighting 1
off his companion, who was
endeavoring to stifle her <
screams and finally was 1
knocked unconscious with a |
blow on her forehead with I.
her own bank. I ]
The men escaped, takinsr '1
the bank with them and jj
neighbors a few moments !
later broke into the house t
and found Margaret insensi- (
ble on the floor.
She was revived by a hos- l
pital surgeon and between t
sobs was able to give the po- r
lice a good description of 1
her assailants.
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Virginia G. O. P. Are
Pledged to Lowden I
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Roanoke. Va., March 18.?Virginia i
elegates at large to the Republican t
ational convention will vote for t
overnor Lowden. of Illinois, as the i
'.epublican nominee for President,
nd Henry W. Aderson, of Richmond,
a., for vice president. i
The instructions for Governor c
<owden were adopted at the State s
epublican convention last night af;r
one of the stormiest sessions of f
political convention ever witness- t
d in Virginia. Representative C. c
ascom Slemp, of the Ninth dis- f
)rces led the fight for the Ix>wden t
'ict, led the fight for the Lowden s
)rces.
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TOCK MARKET HAD A E
VERY BUSY 3IORMXG v
E
n
New York, March IS.?Heavy trad- j
ig in speculative issues in the stock t
iarket here resulted in one of the c
usiest morning sessions in recent a
eeks, shares with stock dividend i f
ossibilities scoring gains of 2 to IS {q
oints. The heavv lmvine' anrt fixtpn- i n
ve short covering was caused finan- f
ial experts agreed, hv the recom- s
lendations of the Secretary of the
reasurv urging modification ov re- *
= al of the excess profits tax. Sales *
I the first hour exceeded 500,000
lares.
The leaders in the advance included
[otor Railway equipment. Leather:
extile and Shipping shares.
These were supplemented by food!
?ares. Tobaccos and numerous un-!
assified storks, tho movement em- {
acing a wider variety of issues ihm I
any time since tho early weeks of!
ic year. A verv large part of the I
irly trading originated with com mis-|
on houses and indicated thr-.t a con-!
derable volume of the buying power j
ime from interior points
F,D CEOSS SAVES 30.000
PEOPLE FROM STARVING'
Dvinck. Mar?-h 1.?Thirty tlions-1
id persons have been saved from'
arvation here by the timely ar-j
vai of an American Red Cross re-j
*f tin it from Warsaw. When t he |
meicr'iis arrived with the I'nlish i
my they found l!x pntplc dying by I
'.res from liusurer. Food Imd brer
ihausted for two \vo"ks Kforo iht?
des had ro;H'h<-d tln> oily and tin! pi
in 11:111 r of the population was demol- t,
!?>ncr ;ill wood<*n houses to proour" iif
. wood wis011 K-Iicf reached thorn. ir
NAVY NOT READY
WHEN 1H CAME
DECLARES SIMS
The Admiral is About to Reach
the End of His Lengthy Statement
of Criticism
Washington, March 18.?Concluding
his long arraignment of the Navy Department's
conduct of the war, Rear
Admiral Sims laid before the Senate
investigating committee today thirteen
specific counts in his indictment charging
mistakes and costly delays.
He reiterated his declaration that
his criticisms were aimed at no individual
but that "responsibility for any
failures'' rested upon "the Navy Department
as an organization.'*
The admiral's summary of his charges
follows:
"That, in sp'te of the fact that war
had been going on for nearly three
years, and our entry into it had been
imminent at least from February 2,
1917. the vessels of the navy were
not ready for war service when the
United States er.tered.
"That the first few months after
America entered the war were extremely
critical ones for the whole
allied cause, due to the success of
snemy submarines.
"That this critical situation was
made clear to the Navy Department
i few days after America entered the
isar ana repeatedly thereafter by cables
and letters, supported by indepenlent
advices to tte government from
!he American ambassador in London
aid by Mr. Hoover.
"That the Navy Department supplied
me with no plans or policy covering
our partici] ation in the war
hree months after our entry therein.
No Prompt Assistance
"That, having information as to the
critical situation of the allies, the
S'avy Department did not promptly
issist them, and thereby prolonged
;he war by delaying the sending of
inti-submarine vessels, none reaching
Europe for nearly a month after war
>vas declared, and two and a half
nonths elapsing befor? thirty vessels
irrived.
"That the Navy Department failed
;o appreciate the military value of
irae.
"That the Department's representaion
with the allied admiralties was
lot supported, during the most critical
months of the war, either by adeluate
personnel or by adequate forces
hat could have been supplied.
"That the Navy Department violat!tl
fundamental military prinicplos
he situation was changing from day
o day.
"That the Navy Department, in not
:Iearly defining the responsibility
md de'egating authority to its repesentafive
in Europe, failed to folow
sound principles, common alike
he direction of details although
hree thousand miles distant from
he scene of active operations, where
;nowledge of the whole situation.
Dictated 3,000 Miles Away
"That the Navy Department violated
n dispersing forces away from the
xitical area in order to meet diverions
of the enemy.
"That the Navy Department, in the
irst months of the war, attempted
o the business and military profes>peration
without having sufficient
undamental military principles in atempting
to formulate war plans of
ions.
"That the Navy Department, by
ontrolling the operations and movenents
of certain forces within the
i-ar area, violated the fundamental
nilitary principles of unity of comnand.
"That the Navy Department failed
o keep its representation abroad
ompletely informed as to its plans
ffecting dispatch and disposition of
orces in the war zone, and freinently
reached decisions in such
natters through information gained
10m sources other than its repre
entative in the war zone." j
DIad in Rags, Grand
Duchess Olga Is
Found in Box Car
Washington, March 1"?.?( 'rand
Duchess Oltra, sister of the late
Czar Nicholas of Kussin lias l?e??n
found by American Red Cross
workers, livinc in a box car near
\onorossiek. south Russia, it was
iiinoiiiK'OiI today at tlio headquarters
of the American Ked Cross
here.
Tin* urand duchess, arcordins
to the announcement. is one of
three survivnir members of the
house of Romanoff. >?!< uas fonnd
'Moiliitir iiinomr fellow ivfu trees
fr??m ilie territory recently c:??w
liiered ?>y the IIoK'mm Mii. irliiiisr
such assManre ;i>? "I'e ronM. ::1tliontrli
herself j-I'h! i;i rairs and
irratei'ii! fur ;mv food :i;i!
^lie could tind."
Tennessee ( . o. I', For Wood.
.Vnshville. Ter.r.. >hr\ is.?The He
i< MivcPtioti of the lil'tH
I' :!;"-- o iii--ric: ;od:iy Murfroo'*>:n
nutt 1 for Leonard Wood for