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COTTON
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nOMINENT 8INNER PREDICTS
MDCBSIALLER CROP
HAS TOURED THE SOUTH
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Bays 1910 Crop Will be Considerably
Below GoTerament Figure*—Esti-
, mates Cotton Stored at 9,701,000
' Bales—Hi inks Government Should
SULLIVAN tIVES UP JOB
AS DOMINICAN MINISTER
Take Some Action.
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The 1915 cotton crop will be the
shortest In the last decade—consid
erably under the government esti
mate made last June—according to
Velgh Cockrum,’vit Memphis, presi
dent and general manager of the Na
tional Cotton dinners’ association,
who arrived in Atlanta Thursday.
Mr. Cockrum spoke after he had
completed a tour of virtually ev'ery
cotton state in the South where there
have been held in the last ten days
state meetings of the cotton glnners.
He said he based his prediction on
the low estimate for this year’s crop
on the confidential report received by
the national association from the sev
enteen thousand glnners in the South
ern States, and gave these significant
reasons why the country may look for
one of the shortest crops in the his
tory of the South’s chief product:
First—The uucertalnty of the
iateruadoual situation arising from
the embargo placed oa cotton by
the British government and the
Americas government's subsequent
demands for a removal of the em
bargo or a modMca ton of the Brit
ish order in council.
Heeond—the dawn of a new era
In farming in the South out of the
growth of the gospel of diversifl-
< «t Ion which be said has taken a
Arm grip -on the planters.
Third—A redaction in the yield
per acre^ owing to the climatic
conditions which have prevailed
over Hie cotton belt since the gov-
■t's June estimate was sent
After a survey of the general cot
ton Crop conditions of practically
every cotton-growing state, Mr
Cookrum said the following compos
ite report would give an idea of the
crop as It ia la ita state of production
to-day:
The Texas acreage will be greatly
cut by the floods and the droutb
which preceded the heavy rains; la
Alabama tha condition is fair; Ar
kansas, the yield la good, but tha
acreage cut; Oklahoma, the acreage
win be off considerably; the Missis
sippi Delta section, fair; Louisiana,
normal; Tenasases, light crop, and
Booth Carolina, fair.
The condition of the crop In Oeor
gin, Mr 6 ockrurn said, he could not
apeak of, having failed to receive re
ports treat the state’s glnnsrs. Hs
said, however, should cool weather
continue long the crop would be seri
ously menaced.
He declared the IBIS crop, taking
nil conditions into consideration as
they are to-day, will sell for about
nine cant*. He assigned the reason
for the low price to the surplus on
hand from last year's crop and the
uncertainty of business conditions In
the next twelve months.
1%ere are 9,751.000 hales of cot
ton la warehouse* in various parts of
the Nouth, Mr. Cock rum said, being
held because of the Impossibility of
the exportation of the product abroad
to neutral ports, on account of the
British embargo order.
"This surplus of last year’s crop,"
he explained, “will, of course, make
our crop for this year, in the aggre
gate, considerably higher than we es
timated some months ago. It la a
serious situation the country Is fac
ing, and especially the South, when
we are forced to hold this product
here until another nation sees fit to
permit ua to send It to the foreign
markets.
“The United States government ap
pears in a dilemma as to what to do
at this moment with Great Britain on
this embargo question. In my opin
ion, It is either go to war and run the
risk of being able to hold our own or
sit still and take the medicine as it la
now being offered us. It is my per
sonal • pinion that the United States
should demand its right of freedom
of tli* seas for Its International ship
ping.’'/
Mr. Cockrum represents 17,461
glnners in the South, ^rho operate
twenty-seven thousand gins, about
four thousand of which are controll
ed by linseed oil companies, the re
mand*? being run along independent
lines.
MACKENSEN STRANGELY QUIET
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Field Marshal ■ tays Silent—Reports
! are in Conflict.
Cooiradictory reports regarding
the %Xt6nt of tie Austro-Hungarian
reverse at Krasnlk, in Southern Po
land continue, some even claiming
that the Teutons are contemplating
a general retreat The mystery of
the situation Is the persistent silence
mainftiittied by Field M&ishal von
Mackenben, who*_apparenUy, Is mak
ing no nfffiirt to rasuma the German
advance on Warsaw,
Petrograd b lieves this inaction is
due to -%h*tear of Field Marshal von
Mack an sen that his left flank would
be ttpooed while the Austrians were
the defensive, but some fear Is
expressed by London observers that
the brilliant German military com
wader in planning an unexpected
Senate Committee Sustains Charges
and Wilson Accepts '
Resignation.
James M. Sullivan, American min
ister to the Dominican republic, has
tendered his resignation to Preeident
Wilson and It has bem accepted, ac
cording to a Washington dispatch
Friday. Mr. Sullivan is j-esignatlon is
the consequence M an investigation,
conducted for the state department
by Senator Phefeii*, of California, into
the minister’s fitness fdr his office.
The findings were unfavorable to Mr.
Sullivan. ....... J ,
Senator Phelan’s report has been
at the state department and before
President Wilson several weeks. Soon
.after It was received it became kneefn
he had been asked to resign.'
Mr. Sullivan’s brief term as mlnia->
ter in the island republic was at
tended by chkrges and counter
charges as to his conduct. Walker
W. Vick, collector of customs for the
United States at the Island, resigned,
because, it wm stated, he had to
work under unsatisfactory conditions
brought about by k:nlpter Sullivan.
Senator Phelan took' testimony in
the Dominican republic and in the
United States at- which witnesses
charged that Secretary Bryan In.ap
pointing Sullivan, had heed consulted
by financiers associated with Samuel
M. Jarvis of New Yo”k, who control
the Banco National at Santo Domin
go City, which was seeking deposits
of customs., dues collected by the
United States.
• Other wgbeSses gave testimony to
show that the minister was Interested
In securing contracts there for other
Americans. Former Gov. Fort, of
New Jersey; and other witnesses tes
tified that Sullivan was “big-hearted,
good-natured'and honest."
' The report, which Secretary Lan
sing announced Friday, would not be
made public until next week, Is un
derstood to sustain many of the
charges against Sullivan.
COAL MINERS* OF WALES
READY TO RESUME WORK
R*yre*eat»Uves Submit Proposals to
Delegates Who Are Expected -
to Vote Favorably.
Government representatives, mine
owners and miners reached an agree
ment et Cardiff, Wales. Tuesday,
which, it la believed, will end the
greet South Wales coal strike, which
since last Thursday hea menaced the
navy's fuel supply. The agreement
is subject to ratification by the min
era. The terms arrived a* grant a
substantial Increase end Involve con
cessions which strike leaders consider
as tantamount to an admission of
nearly all the miners' claims.
The chief cause for the miners' un
rest was what they considered the
excessive profits mins owner were
making In the sale of their coni at
war prices—profits In which they
were not sharing. They also deeply
resented enforced arbitration, as au
thorised by the application of the
Munitions Act to coal miners. Though
It la now a law, thle measure waa not
actually Invoked against the miners,
and no mention Is made of Us future
acope In the proposed settlement.
The hopeful turn of affairs has
been received with a sigh of relief all
over Great Britain, for the humilia
tion of the public that a strike should
have taken place at such a time was
keen. This humiliation waa reflected
In the press, and there was growing
talk of the government taking over
the mines. The agreemtnt provides
that neither side shall be penalized
for the dispute.
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PRESIDENT TAKES UP OUR PRE
PARATIONS FOR WAR
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AT FIRES ON WARSHIPS,
Several Fires on Board Different Ves
sels Causes Marked.
Uneasiness.
Although Secretary of the Navy
Daniels has announced that he had
no reason to believe that the large
number of fires aboard American war
vessels recently ^vere caused by spies
or incendiaries, there Is a general
feeling of uneasiness among naval
officers who are unwilling to believe
that the blazes were of accidental
origin.
This uneasiness was increased
greatly when reports were received
Informally that fires were discovered
on the dreadnought New York and
the destroyer Warrington at the
Brooklyn navy yard. A fire in the
forward bunker of the collier Vulcan
at Portsmouth Wednesday destroy
ed one thousand tons of coal. Secre
tary Daniels will order an investi
gation of the causes tha‘. led to these
fires.
While there is a general disposi
tion to discount such contentions,
many naval officers appear to be of
the opinion that the great number of
naturalized foreigners serving in the
American navy may be a cause of
serious trouble, before the European
war is ended.
Officers fear that some of the sail
ors of German birth may become ob
sessed with a belief that this country
should prohibit the exportation of
munitions to such an extent that bey
may become unbalanced and attempt
to deatroy the veeaels to which they
are attached.
Secretaries of War and Navy are Call-
ed Upon to Report on the Subject
of NatioiuG Defence — Wilson
Wishes NAv}'to'Stand Equal With
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Any Other Afloat. .)
* President Wilson has called for re-;
ports on the subject of national de
fence, These will be made, to him
personally by the headrf of the war
and navy departments. The fact that
this action had been taken became
known in Washington Saturday when
formal announcement was made, at
the White House that President Wil
son on his return to •Yashihgton will
confer with Secretaries Garrison and
Daniels on a program to national de
fence. y
The pesldent has written to the
heads of the war and havy depart
ments for reports on the subject,
pointing out the necessity for work
ing out plkns for increasing the ef 1 -,
flclency of the military arms of the
government. The White House state
ment follows:
“The president has been consider
ing every phase of the matter of na
tional defence and Intends Immedi
ately on his return to Washington to
confer with the Secretary of War
and the Secretary of the Navy, his
purpose being to. procure Information
on which be can formulate a sane,
reasonable and practical program of
national defence.” — ^
For the time being the president
feels that it is desirable to drop all
discussion of the controversy with
Germany, now that th* object of last
week’s visit to Washington has been
accomplished, and he Is turning to
questions of permanent national pol
icy.
Practical advice concerning na
tional defence from every available
professional source is being sought.
It is known, in fact, that the beet
minds of the military branches of the
government have b en at work on
these matters for some time.
Men of the army and navy who
have been most directly in touch
with conditions of defence that have
been evolved out of modern experi
ence. have been called upon for their
views. The president not only wishes
advice from those who have knowl
edge of actual conditions of warfare
existing In Europe, to-day. but he is
seeking light from those who are
able to understand and comprehend
all possible phases of altered condi
tions on both land and set.
He particularly wishes the navy to
stand upon equality with the most
efficient and. serviceable fighting sea
force maintained by any power.
As to the army. It Is known here
that the president is preparing to In
corporate In his next message to con
gress a definite program relating to
the development and equipment of
this branch of the service. It will)
provide a plan for the proper military
training of cltlxens in every way con
sistent with American traditions and
natonal policy, and which the presi
dent .believes will commend Itself to
all patriotic and political mind.
Secretary Garrison has been at
work steadily with members of the
army general staff for several weeks
planning a general military policy.
The navy also has been occupied in
secret with emergency preparations.
The delicacy of International af
fairs brought these facts to light and
oglclals admitted that for the next
few weeks the question of national
defence will be a foremost one. The
president hopes to lay foundations
for a permanent national^ policy par
ticularly for the army.
Details of a resrve system being
planned are withheld, and it is said
the aim of the general staff is to
create a reserve army of at least five
hundred thousand men and possibly
more. Increases are planned in the
regular army posts at Hawaii, the
Phillipplnes and the Panama canal
zones, with a material Increase of
the forces in continental United
States.
Army officers hold that ample
equipment of field guns, rifles, ma
chine guns and heavy field ordnance
must be prepared, In kdVance * 'It
takes time to make these and also to
manufacture big gua ammunition.
Field gun ammunition and small
arms cartridges can be made quickly.
It is said private plants to make
these Lave increased many fold un
der the stimulus of European c&n J
tracts. A year ago the government
owned Ifty per cent, of the total
American capacity for this work. It
now is entlmated that private plants
could make in a month as much as
government shops could turn out in
four months.
Among army and navy officers
familiar with the latest developments
the belief prevails tha 4 . a military
budget practically twice that of last
year will be presented to congress.
The army, it is believed, will seek at
lease two hundred millldn dollars
and the navy perhaps as high as two
hundred and fifty million dollars.
All of official Washington Is puz
zled and pleased over the statement
made in behalf of President Wilson
that he 'would take up at once the
question of the military preparedness
of the United. States. There were
opinions that the apparent failure of
the president's plan in Mexico, at
least, up ta .date, demanded that the
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steadily on the perfection of the aub-
marlne and the aeroplane. Attention
has been concentrated on putting the
navy on an equality with the moet
efficient. Although the navy general
board baa not completed Its plans, it
is understood authoritatively that at
least thirty submarines and possibly
fifty will be asked of congress when
the reports are submitted. Work on
Chips bow building Is to be rushed.
The general board's recommenda
tions are also expected to Include a
number of battle cruisers, a minimum
of four dreadnoughts and a propor
tionate number of acout cruisers and
auxiliary craft, auch as fuel ships and
submarine tenders.
The department Is engaged with
experiments with aeroplanes and sub
marines and also with attempts to
find a practical means of defense for
battleships against torpedoes. The
experts are said to be spending one
hundreds thousand dollars In an ef
fort to solve this problem.
It Is thought several additional
small navy yards to serve as subma
rine bases would be suggested. Such
a program would carry with It of
necessity an Increase in navy, per
sonnel and probably the enlargement
of the naval academy at Annapolis.
High officials of the navy say that [
a tentative program has been agreed .
upon as to battleships, battle cruisers .
and submarines.
The new program asks for two ad-!
dltional hospital ships, two new fuel,
ships and such a number of subma- j
rines as will bring that arm of the
navy up to about one hundred sub-!
marines, most of which are to be fit- j
ted with three-inch guns and the
larger sea-going type, of the Schley,
class, with several guns of a larger
calibre.
A decided change on the issue of
battle cruisers has developed. One
of the experts said that the develop
ment of aircraft as scouts, offensive
and defensive, has diminished the
necessity for the high speed battle
cruisers. It Is expected that the pro
gram to be submitted to the president
will be for at least six new battle
ships of the modern type.
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Strike oa at Remington Plane
A strike baa been called at th*
Remington anna plant, but th* re
ports ta to the nnmber of partici
pants are at variance.
Petrograd reports Wednesday the
of sixty Turkish ■ailing
tonr by a Ramis
Why She Wants It.
In speaking of the territory which
Italy is seeking to get friin Austria
many papers have made the mistake
of saying “Since 1866 Austria has
held coveted territory that once be
longed to Italy.” SYich a statement
implies that before 1866 Austria did
n6t possess that territory.
That is where the mistake comes
in for the territory in question has
been held by Austria for centuries.
Trieste, the great seaport and the
largest city In that district, has been
held by Austria for over, five hun
dred years with the exception of the
brief time Napoleon carved up the
countries to suit himself. After his
downfall the territory wefat back to
Austria. As b matter of fact Austria
did not acquire a single foot of ter
ritory in 1866, but on the contrary
she had to relinquish Venetia to
Italy.
The rmson Italy wants what Is
now known as the “Irredenta” is that
In spite of the many centuries Aus
tria bag brid * firm grip upon It the
people have remained Italian in
speech, customs, tradition and^ sym
pathy. It is a remarklble instance
navy be pft In'first class condition 0 f t i,# tenacity of racial distinctions.
and also opinion* that the activity
was dbe to some Indefinite European
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Most officials took the view that
th* campaign for a nivy commensur
ate with the greatnem of the republic
gnlast all oppo
sition and the means would he found
■o to pwt sa army Da tbp field ea
la th* narr, wad la
and Incidentally recalls Emmet's fa
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HAS NOT BEEN PROVED
State Department Reluctant to Act
Partisan Testimony
at Hand.
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No progress has been made in the
investigation of the case of the Brit
ish liner Orduna, at which the Ger
man submarine Is alleged to have
fired a torpedo without warning. No
evidence has been received to estab
lish- beyond doubt that the torpedo
was fired, and until this is available
it was said In official quarters at
Washington th* ewe. probably would
not be pressed. J.V
None of the American passengers
on the Orduna were awake ~at th*
partmeht. It is understood. Is reluc
tant to a£j on what might be con
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the statements of the officers and
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