Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 04, 1917, Image 1
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Established in 1891.
bhEsr^1
p PUSS WAR TAX BILL
WITHOUT ROLL GALL
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CONFERENCE REPORT WAS AC
CEPTED IN HOUSE WITH NO
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SOME FEATURES CRITICISED
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No Change in Form is Made.?Mail
Rates and Zone System Are Discussed.?Publishers
Don't - Expect
Any Changes in Plan.
Washington.?The conference report
on the war tax bill was adopted by
the House without a roll call.
So confident are leaders that the
report will be adopted in its present
form that Democratic Leader Kitchin
advised democrats that they w?*re t?l
liberty to go to their homes at will.
He expects the session to end within
a week or 10 days.
Virtually no opposition to the report
appeared in the House during the
four hours it wa- under discussion.
Mr. Kitchin explained all of its previsions
at length, enumerating particularly
the points on which the
house won in conference, and Representative
Fordney, of Michigan, the
ranking Republican member of the
conference, added his endorsement.
Mail Rates Criticised.
Representative Cooper, of Wisconsin,
roundly criticised the increase in
second-class mall rates; Representative
Green, of Iowa, insisted that the
bill should have beet) at least $300.
000,000 higher; a dozen others spoke
and the report was adopted.
Opinions still differ us to the
amount that the hill will raise. Mr.
Kitchln estimated 'it at $2,575,000,000.
while treasury experts believe it will
be $2,535,000,000 during the coming
year and poaalbly $2,588,000,000 a
year when in full operation.
Official estimates as prepared by
treasury experts differ materially from
unofficial estimates previously published
only In a few instances. In
stead of $000,000,000, the income tax
total is placed at $851,000,000; excess
profits at one billion instead of $1.110.000.0on;
tobacco at $30,000,000 in
stead of $24.000..000. nnd first clnss
mail at $70,000,000 instead of $50,000-000.
Publishers' representatives here
have virtually abandoned hope of see
lng the new second-class zone rate
changed though Senator McKellar is
expected to oppose it qii the floor.
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SHRAPNEL RAINS IN LONDON
FROM MANY AIRPLANES
Many Bombs Are Dropped In Strongest
Attack Yet Made
London.?The strongest air attack
yet attempted on London and the
coast to-wns by the Germans, was carried
out by four groups of hostile airplanes.
Some of the machines got
through to London and bombed tho
southwestern district. No casualties
or damages has been reported.
A terrific barrage Was sent up from
the defeiiHp if mis and the roar of tint.
tJe lasted intermittently for two and
a half hours.
The Germans bombed coast towns
as they passed over and proceeded
toward London. Two of the group
succeeded in getting a number of rau,
chines through the sky burrage. Numerous
bombs were dropped on the
southwestern district which is thickly
populated with the homes of the upper
and middle classes. The tire Trom
the defending gut.s was longer and
louder than evor before. A rain of
ahrnpnol fell in all sections of the
town and the streets wore virtually
deserted save for a few police.
Tho weather was perfect for air
operations as there was a bright full
moon, with no clouds or wind. The
, people of London were expecting a
raid and wero awaiting for signals.
Soon after 7 o'clock motors of the
volunteer <-orps "sped /through the,
streets blowing their sirens and displaying
an illuminated notice "Take
cover " The telephone exchanges notified
their subscribers and other measures
were put into execution to inform
the populace of the pending air
raid.
MANY MEMBERS OF I. W. W.
HAVE BEEN ARRRESTED
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Washington?Tho great harvest of
indictments returned at Chicago it was
uuhoritattvaly stated, is hut a frar
tion of what the government will
reap, as the result of its nation-wide ?
ral don Industrial /Workers of the
World offices September 5. Only those
regarded by the government as the
chlof figures In the alleged conspiracy
to thwart the government in its war
. < plans havo been indicted. Tons of documents
have been sized In the raid
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SIR CECIL SPRlNG-ftlCE j
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambas
sador to the United States, it Is reported
will be replaced before long by
another diplomat, not yet nameg.
2ND LOAN IS THREE BILLION
DENOMINATION OF NEW BONDS
WILL BE $50 AND MULTIPLES
OF $50.
Maturity In 25 Years.?Subscriptions
Payable Two Per Cent Upon Application;
Installments Monthly of 18.
40 and 40 Per Cent.
Washington. ? Secretary McAdoo
announced the details of the second
liberty loan, which will be offered to
the public October 1.' 'The chief features
are:
Amount?$3,000,000,000 or more, the
excess not to exceed nne hnlf nf *hr>
amount of over-subscription.
Terms of bonds Maturity, 25 years;
redemable at.the option of the secretary
of the treasury in 10 years.
Denominations of bonds?$50 and
multiples of $50.
Interest rate?Four per cent, pnyablo
semi-annually on November 15
and May 15.
Terms of payment?Two per cent
upon application 18 per cent November
15, 40 per cent December 14 ami
-10 per cent January 13. 1018.
The privilege of converting bonds
of this issue into bonds of any succeeding
Issue bearing a higher interest
rate than four per cent during
the period of thp war is extended, and
through an arrangement tinder which
bonds will he printed with only four
coupons instead of 50 (to ho exchanged
at. fh" end wf two years for the
bonds containing the full number of
coupons deliveries will he prompt. In
this manner the issue of interim certificates
will he avoided.
TO REQUISITION ALL BIG
AMERICAN MERCHANT VESSELS.
Shipping Board to Take Over on
October 15 All Ships Available For
Ocean Service.?Rates Fixed.
Washington ? Kvory American morrhnnt
vessel of more, than 2.500 tons
dead weisrht capacity available for
ocean service will he requisitioned by
the Kbvnrnm?*nt October 15. the shippine;
board announced in a statement
riving the charter rates at which the
vessels will be taken over American
ships available for ocean traffe total
slightly more than two million tons,
hut some already have been taken
over for the army and navy.
Tn most Instances, exrept where required
for actual imvcrnmpnt service
the ships it was said, will he turned
hadk to their owners for operation on
smvernment account subject* .at id 1
times to any disposition the shlppln;'
hoard may dlreet.
Tho rates?Wnnniinoed will rut sharp
lv the present charter rate rhhrred hv
American voxels for carrying government
supplies It is the, intention It
is understood to apply thorn lator to
npv foreign shtpa rhartor'od In the
United States, Tho chartering wl'l bo
In tbo hands of tho shipping board's
chartering commission.
COMMITTFF WILL INVFSTIOATE
USE OF OFRMAN MONFY
Washington.?Inquiry by th" TTou.so
committee Into whether Cowman
monov ha - boon nsod to Influence
Pnni'n'is probably was propound fn a
resolution sponsored by tho ruins cpm
mittoo and supported by tho homn
cratic loader?
Demands for an exhaustive fnoulrv
overwhelmed house leaders from both
sides while the rules oommttteo In
executive session was oonsiderioe
whether to retort favorably one of
the several resolutions introduce'
since Secretary Lansing made public
Count von BernstorfT'u mesaajre to
Berlin asklrifr authority to spend $">0.06?
Influencing Congress as It had
%cen done beter^.
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START DRIVE FOR
NEW LIBERTY LOAN
FIVE BILLION D0LLAR8 AND TEN
MILLION 8UB3CRIBER8 18
GOAL 8ET.
MINIMUM $3,000,000,000
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Gigantic Machine la Set In Motion*?
Banks, Newspapers, Commercial Organizations
and Patriotic 8oclatlpa
Will Work For Success of Big Loan.
Wasineton.?The second liberty loan
campaign opened Monday with ifhlch
to carry on the war.
To obtain $3,000,000,000 in subscriptions,
the minimum set by treasury
officials for the issue, a gigantic machine
of many parts stands were set
in motion with the opening of the
compaign. Fifty per cent greater than
the first liberty loan, the present offering
is the largest the American
people ever have been called upon to
absorb, and to make certain that It
will bo more than fully subscribed officials
for months pust have been perfecting
tho elaborate sales and publicity
mechanism.
Five billion dollars and ten million
subscribers?that is the goal to which
officials hope to drive the campaign
successfully during the next four
weeks. The services of virtually every
industry of the nation have been
enlisted to bring about this result.
Secretary McAdoo opened the cam
puign lormauy wiin a speech in Cleve
land, Ohio, the first of many ho will
deliver in, a tiuuacontiiwunlal touwhich
will take him Into virtually every
section of the country and keep
him on the road until October 26, the
day before the subscription books
close.
More than 26,000 banks will co-operate
in floating the huge issue, These,
working under the guidance of the
12 federal reserve banks, regional
headquarters for the Iban, will be the
treasury's first lieutenants.
The entire press of tho country?
i dally newspapers, weekly and mbnthj
ly magazines, trade papers, foreign
language publications and farm papers
which contributed so largely to
the success of the first issue, will work
ifor the success of the second.
Chambers of commerce, hoards of
trade, manufacturers*' associations and
kindred organizations have pledged
, their active and unstinted efforts in
I the campaign.
i IV'if pin! io pnplntlho >? * i? ? ?
'I* X'Wr UrtV
boon olisted, as well aa rhurch and
school organizations. labor organlzaliona.
fraternal societies and school
children.
The stage and the screen will.dn
their part. Trending theatrical and
moving picture stars have hoon filmed
for a special number which ^frill he
displayed In virtually every moving
picture, theater In the country, white
from behind tho footlights of vaudeville
and other theaters speakers wiP
.utilize daily the time h'otwnen the acta
i to en'mpaltrn for the- , loan.
COAL RLTAILLt.S' PROFITS
J LIMITED BY ORDER ISSUED
I Immediate Reduction to -Consumer Is
Expeoted.
Wns'niiiglop.-^ Government control
ovel the. ,odul industry was made complete
by an ordor of Fuel Administrator
l.xrheld limiting the profits oi
retail; jwal. and coke dealers throng'
nil. Hie country to a basis which i;
i -expected to brlnfc about an immedtatn
'redtirliou in prices to the constno*):.
The order directs that the retailers
shall fix their prices so as to ^im:l
(heir gross margins over cost to the
'Aversr? of such gross margins during
the, year 1015, plus a maximum of ;30
per r'ent of the. 1915 margin, provided
that in no case shall tin- aceragQ mar
1 gin of t,he month of July this?ycar be
i exv?^SJ- ' i i
TvOcat comniitten* appointed by tb?federal
fuel administrators in each
win see to Itvfhnt tho (killer;;
I comply with the orjler and fh?v deaf
ors thmneolvos will he rAtted npnn to
ro nrij. Kwirn coat shoots showing thi
fact upon whic h Uiey havo baiod
thotr price*.
1t>.dor Onrflold aolecfed IPIrl'ns o
I normal voar hoHnisff tho ront shot'
! arc which resulted in continued. riao i
in prims clid not hcrin until llMrt Th'>
additional ItO.por root is allowed to
oovor InortMiipd mat of doinc; hw^ii^vis.
Prices almndy fiX'd hy tho i?hv?>-.
moil for coal nt iho, mouth of t\?
, mine, am imar 1.Jioso?.rh3reod in 1 *>Jr..
| and with tho jobbers' ch?ri?e now tine
' (tod to 2r? rents a ton, nn/i tho co'sf of
: t ran sport nt'on not materially tnrrfldh
od tho ronsnmor tn ovrrv rnwiiinjli'
I should bo ample to Rot coal of anjr description
nt approximately. tho. price
the paid-in 19J5.
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SDAY; OCtfOBER 4, 1917;
W. A. EKENGREN
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W. A. Ekengren, minister from Sweden
to the United States, may become
involved in fhe expose of violations of
neutrality by Swedish .officials, for the
American government is making an Investigation
t odetermine whether Sweden
. has assisted German intrigue
against the United States as she did
against Argentina.
DniTiPU iiiur nnnn nunnrno
Dniiran (ihvc uuuu duuuldd
FIELD MAR8HAL KAIG'S MEN ARE
AGAIN STRIKING IN FLANDERS
IN BIG DRIVE.
Veritable ' Inferno of Artillery Fire Is
Opened in Early Morning and at
Evening Important Enemy Positions
Had Been Riddled.
Field Marshal liaig's.men again are
striking in Flanders, and the force of
their blow, like that of those that
have preceded it, is meeting with
good results on a front of nearly six
m i 1 es.
Notwithstanding the necessity of
carrying the battle to Crown Prince
Itupprecht across uninviting ground?
virtually a morass owing to recent
rains and against the inevitable concrete
and steel redoubts and woods
and shell craters teeming with rapidfire
guns -the English, Scotch and
Australian troops have snatched valuation
VIIII tn I'D nnlnln Cn?
I mans. but not without terrible opposition.
Location of New Drive.
flail's new thrust was delivered
i rom the base of front line positions
aptured and consolidated last week,
before which the Hermans held numerous
van I ace (mints of strategic
value, barring the way to further Inroads
by the British or for harassing
fhe-British line by machine gun and
< rifle bullets. ?
As on previous occasion, Tlaig
loosed a veritable inferno of artillery
fire' against the Germans before
launching hie nUngk in the early
hours of Wednesday morning, and
when night fell mituy Important posh
lions had been 'ridded of the enemy,
but with the firm, ns" at numerous
otheT points savagely contesting the
right of way.
i Probably the most significant gain
of tho British, wbh fv the Hermans as
i sert was to a d" >?h of two thirds of
I a' mite at "certain points, was near
U? VI mill il l'"W iiiincirpii
yards of Jhe wes'ern outskirts of
which village thev p? vetratcd placing
them about nix miles from th"
i rallWrt? runnine from. 0?tend ihnufcn
| Haulers and I!qv.I?rJx io l.ille. Th?
j rutting of this ii> y?hi h s'-oms to
i.hn the objective * -of Marsha'
iiaU?, whuld sor'onsiy n^ert the transhurt
of the Germans from their navat
bases al Ostnnd and ZeebriiKKe to the
Kj?uth.
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SPRIOUR DISORDERS ARE
OCCURRING IN ARGENTINE
Buenos Aires. Serious disorders
occurred in' various'parts of the c ap
ifa! as tho result of an anti-German
manifestation ami strike agitations
As an outcome of the firing upon
Alroet cars by strikers or sympatlilz
ers. xn insneotor was kiltert nnrt ??v
rrnl pnranns wvrc vvoiij.^'il, In ay?n
pathy with the i?*(I (levmnn demon
(stration of business hnnses hi the city
1 closed their doors
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I. W. W. INDICTED
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CHARGED WITH NATION-WIDE
1 CONSPIRACY TO HAMPER
GOVERNMENT.
W. 6. HAYWOOD OF FIRST TAKEN
None But Members of I. W. W. Are ,
Included in the Blanket Indictment.
?Thirty-five of the Men Were Ar
rested During First Hour.
Chicago.?Formal return of a blanket
indictment "charging a nation-wide
conspiracy to hamper the government
during the war, was made in the United
States district court here against
166 leaders of the Industrial Workers
of the World. Arrests speedily followed
the return.
Almost before the court proceedings
had reached the state of the discharge
of the jury, deputy marshals were on
their way to the local I. W. W. headquarter*
in automobiles, donated and
driven by women, and quickly returned
to the IVderal building bringing
prisoners with them.
In the first hour 35 men were thus
haled into the. marshal's office and
later were questioned by Uivestlg*tors
for the department of justice.
Among the first to be taken into
custody was William B. Haywood,
secretary of the national organization
of the I. W. W. who was questioned
September 5 when the headquarters
of the T W. W. in various cities were
raided by the government.
,.An explanatory statement issued by
the government attorneys who have
uirwyieu me investigation or the seditious'conspiracy,
the crime of which
the men named in the indictments
were accused, said:
"The prosecutions are under sections
6. 19 and .17 of the criminal
code nnd under the espionage act.
Only leaders in conspiracies of those
personally culpable in connection with
the perpetration of crimes against tlie
1'nited States are included as defendants."
To- permit the sure arrest of the
indicted men. no hint of their names
wns permitted to escape during the
court proceedings.
None hut memhers of the I. W W.
was named in the indictment, the government
attorneys taking pains to
specify that no others^ were touched.
GULF COAST SECTIONS
EMERGING FROM STORM
New Orleans.?The gulf coast section
of east Louisiana. Mississippi,
Alabama and western Florida were
emerging from the battering of the
tropical hurricane which swept in
from the Gulf of Mexico near IMlot
Town, La. The course of the storm
shifted after striking Pilot Town from
northwest to northeast and sweeping
across a narrow portion of southern
Louisiana. missed New Orleans but
struck Oulfport. Hiloxi and the Mississippi
roast section, swept through
Mobile, where the wipd reached a velocity
of 96 miles an hour, and extended
east beyond Pensacola. where according
to latest reports received here,
the wihd was blowing 100 miles an
hour.
HEADON COLLISION KILLS
27, AND INJURES MANY
Kellyville. Okla Twenty-seven
persons are known to have been killed
and more than a score injured in
a head on collision l>e'w?en a westbound.
St l,onls and San Francisco
passenger train and an emnty train,
which had been tt'vv' for transporting
troops, one mile southwest of Kellyville.
At 9 o'clock the bodies of seven
white men. three Indians and 17 tietrroes
had heen taken from the wrecknee
of the passages nvirhc three of
whrtrh were telescoped.
The. passenger train Is said to have
boon ordered to wait at a siding hero
for the ?jmpty troon train to pass, hut
for som" reason pulled out of 'he station
and met the eastbound train
head-on at a bridge over l'ole Cat
creek.
U. S. COMMISSIONER NICHOLS
ENDS LIFE AT RALEIGH
Raleleh. NT. t' I nitod Slates'Commissioner
John Ni< hols years of
iKc, 'nt 'om lime a member of ConKress,
shot himself through the hack
of the head In his nffieo at the postoffice
bull 'uu; lier< and died a few
minutes after he had hc(cu rushed to
a lo<*?1 hospital, lie i?rt a note In his
Loffice. whi-h read: "Old. poor atid
I blind; wha?'a the iijr of living?" He
Iwas sa^d to have boon the oldest Mason
In North Carolina
$1.25 Per Year.
GROWERS FIX THEIR jit
PR1GE FOR COHON |
THIRTY-FIVE CENTS A POUND IS
NAMED AS THE MINIMUM.
HUNDRED FARMERS IN MEET
Resolution Unanimously Adopted Setting
Out Position and Pledging
Loyalty to Government.
Columbia.- Thirty-five cents the ,
pounds as the minimum price for cot
ton and $100 a ton for cotton need wan
the conclusion of farmers In Columbia
when more than 100 cotton growers
from all sections of the state met
to discuss the question of cotton values
and to initiate a holding movement.
Kxtrente shortage in the world supply
of cotton, greatly increased cost
of production and the unusually high
scale of prices obtaining for fabrics
and cottonseed products were advanced
in .justification of price fixing.
It was emphasized that the farmers
desire only a fair price for their cotton
and that the figures are proportionate
with other "raw material"
and that the cotton growers are entitled
to a living
To acquaint the cotton growers
throughout the state as to the Bitu- t
ation obtaining in the cotton markets,
an "educational campaign" is to be
conducted, with meetings in evory
township. 11. T. Morrison was instructed
to appoint a chairman in each
county who will direct the campaign.
The object of the meetings will be te
inform. the people as to the reason
:or demanding :J5 cents a pound for
their cotton and to explain to them
how they can secure the money with
which to keep 'distress cotton' off the
market."
The meeting was held In the office
of \V. G. Smith, state warehouse commissioner.
Mr. Smith explained at
the outset that the warehouse space
available in the state was adequate to
store the crop He also emphasized
that the hanks had the money on deposit
to make loans on cotton warehouse
receipts. He explained that
farmers could borrow SO per cent of
the price obtaining when cotton was
stored. The interest rate, ho said,
was fi per rent
Another important fact, emphasized
by Mr. Smith, was that the cotton
warehouse system o/ South Carolina
nas neen iiiik<*(i wun me oureau or
markets of the national department of
agriculture and that a public grader
Is now connected with tho Columbia
offices. This grader gtves his services
freely to all farmers who send their
samples to Columbia, or makes
trips to places where 100 or more
hales are to be graded.
J. Whitner Reid. secretary of the
State Farmers' union, acted as seerc
tary of the meeting and read a letter
to tho cotton convention called for
October 2 in New Orleans. President
Morrison and three former presidents.
R. Harris. A. .1. Perritt and 10. W.
Dnbbs were named delegates. The
next meeting of South Carolina grow
ers has been called for October 10
and F. II. Hyatt lias asked that the
meeting he held at the Colonia Hotel.
Many brief talks were made during
the meeting. Some of these were by
Mr. Morslson. E. W. Dnbbs. J. G. I.
White iff Chester. M O. Dantzlor of
Orangeburg. C. L Toole of Aiken. W
O. Tatiun nrf Orangeburg and F dl
Hyatt of Columbia. The resolution,
demanding 35 cents a pound for cotIon
was Introduced by Mr. Toole.
Starts Poultry Farm.
Bamberg.?A new Industry to he
started here soon will hp a poultry
fnrm opnrntPd on an extensive scalp
to supply CKKs to wholesale denlers In
Charleston, \ucusta and other nearby
markets. Nothing of this kind has
ever been undertaken In this Immedl
ate section before, but J. C. Hyrd, who
has recently moved here, has careful
Iv investigated the situation and be
lievinp that It will prove a profitable
business will shortly beerin the enterprise.
Mr. Byrd is an old 15amber*
boy and was raised here.
Diq Up Soldiers Bodies.
Chattanooga. Trim. The bodies of
three Confederate aoldlers worn un
covered by negro laborers whilo dig
gln'r a water main lino to a reservoir
In Snodgrass Hill at Chlcamauga. The
buttons of tho uniforms born a mints
ture pn'motto tree and the letters "S.
C Indicating that the man Inst the'r
lives in tho historic, charge on Sno.l
grass Hill and were from South Caro
Hiii. The bodies were relntorred a*
the South Carolina monume.nt at
Chlokamnuga. which is only a .short
dlntance from where they were found.
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