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GOVERNOR SPRY TO DEFEND STATE SAYS HE INTENDS TO CLEAR THE STATE OF THE LAWLESS ELEMENT. FOUGHT GUARDS FOR LIFE Hillstrom Said He Never Did Any thing Wrong and Died With a Clear Conscience. Salt Lake City, Utah.-Governor Spry of Utah announced his intentions to "clear the state of the lawless ele ient that now infests the state and see to it that iniammatory street speatking is stopped.", 'IThe governor's statemnent came as the aftermath to the execution of Joselli Hillstrom. a member of the 1. W. W. and a native of Sweden, for the murder of J .G. Morrison and Mlorrison's son on January 1. 1914. Hillstrom was executed by a firing squad at 7:42 a. In. \Vihe'n the officers went to get Ilill strom they found he had tied the door of his cel 1 with strips torn from his hlankets. lie fought the guards fiercely with the handle of a broom he Iad snat('lied from anl attendant in the c orridlor. but. when he saw the sheriIT he hecame cain, saying, "You an't blame a man for lighting for his lile." Accompanied by the officers he wa lked to the death chair. After he w.a." seated they asked him if he had anything t-' say. lie sai(l: (en111enen. I die with a clear con s(ic:tce. I never did anything wrong in my life. I die fighting, not like a coward. Well, I'm going, good-bye." \\hen the officer started to give the c(mniii tid to fire Hlillstrom yelled ''fire." 'lhe squad fired and the bul lets pierced his heart. le was dead in one minute and 1) seconds. None of Ilillstrom's I. W. W. friends wit niessedt the execution. In his statement Governor Spry Said: "FEvery lawbreaker, every man who defies law and order. every man who Is opposed to law and order-call theitselves what they will-will be (iriveln out of the state. I am going to See( that the work is started at one. If the city officers and others wlol ,' duty it is do not do so, I will do it my"sIf. I am going to see that ill thaiuliatory st ret speaking is stop pIr and at once, let them call it 'fre'e s-h e ' or any other name they wish." The goVr('nor1!' said the militia woul b " used if necessary to clear the state of th1 men who have been "wr iiting thro'atn: inag letters and mak irg iruciiliaorv : eec hes."' PROTEST TO BELLIGERENTS. Americr n Note on Contraband ls Nearing Completion. Washi ngtonit. -- America's protest aga a t the placing of nearly all a frt-ils of comma ierce onl thle contrta hanad l is of' European bell igerents w.'ill go to Germany and1( Aus;tria as wvell as to Great Britain and hor Allies. In the last note to Great Britail regardiing interferences wilth neutral tradle. Secret ary Lansing gave notiet of ani initetion to make contrabiano lie subject of a later comnmunicatloi andl preparation of this dlocument al readly is in progress. It lbecomi knowvn that wh'len it is forwarded t< London, virtually identical notes wil bc despatched to the Teutonic Allie: antd to Franice and Italy. London Curtails Liquor Trade. Londlon.- -The threatened ordler cut tailing the sale or intoxients in Great er London has been issued. Afte .November 29, the trade willl be con flnedl to five arid onie-hlalf hours oi week dlays andi flye hours on Sunday: Found Portrait of Washington. Baltimore.- --. G. Cooper, a Ne' York artist. dilscoveredl in a Blaltimor second-hand shop a portrait of Georg Washington painted by ltembrand Peale. a famous portrait painter of th early part of the last c-entury. Villa Claims a Success. Nogales, Ariz.--Tlie battle for poi session of I lermosillo, capital or Sot Oral, hias beeni In progress for two day acc(ordinig to adclvices rece'ivedi at Not ales, Sonora, opposite here, by Vili offlicials. It was abo4 reCportedl thia Goterial Ohregon, the (Carranza leade wats t'epuilsetd in an enigagemnent niea * ,anicn. ('ariosi ilandahi, ne-tinig Vill, gove'rnor of Sonor~a, dieclaredl that dl: patch(es re'ei ved by him indliente that General Obregon had been (cOin letely rotted in the fIghtinug north c C'ananea. Increase in Coat Tar Dyes. Washington. -- - Tmp~otantt increase hii the produc(t Ion of coal tat' dyes Il the U'nited States sitnce the begininin of the l'~uropeani war' are reportedl i anl official statement by the burteaut o fore in andl domestic 'ommeri (ce. Net Ily all tho Ameican coke ovens nti nre~ eqtulpped to prodlite coal tatr base from whic~h the dyes are tmanuftettu (ed. Mleanwhyile, the demand for th stame hises for the mianuifactutre o -explosives has kept prices so high tha 6 the dyetrtuff' indtist ry has been hamj: ILSON WORKING ON HIS MESSAGE )EVOTING ENTIRE TIME THIS WEEK TO PREPARATION OF DOCUMENT. PLANS TO READ IT HIMSELF Chairman Fitzgerald Wants Outline of Methods For Raising Revenue Included. Washingtonl.- 'Tresi ent WVil.on will devote his entire time this week to completing his third alinutal message 'to ('ongre' ss. which he plans to read persotially at a .itint tuieeting of ti' B( nate' and lou"' til I)c't'eiher 7. 11i' has gi n it si llt'tlelts (hit 1101l(' hlt very iiit't',.antt 'Ig:1 gt'titnents he Iale for hint. 'Tit' l'res ntlt t is working hard to have the I'l oKage in the hands of th' pulti, ptranter befor'e Th anksgiving Day. ili' has deid oil the (hi('f feate a't'itft'r earetul coisilitatiolt with atlvist'rs. and is now writing it out eln his typewrit'r. No attt'in;:t is ltwin g )ui' to Ital with all tle (qutest il t pl'ssiig for solion :c'i. itir the l'retsidet.l p(lns to roadl special toissalge's to (ongri 'ess as ointasoias a rIlte. Chairman l"itzgerald of the hol:sn: ilplro riations mI m1'hi ittee. c onifd rr-ti with t Ihe l'sid t. ' . Ftitz~g.-rah ia urged himt to include in t t' mit i:i as t i n otttitiof nt'iti et ton idit'r t! h ' for r aisil' rev-' hnis to' ile t h' alt lpropriationls f O the 1,mi i rai, 1ati1on1al d ft'ns pl a n i so. if Mr it. F ittrat dir t l att 'n t oI ' ali amet::imnta all thet sundtre t ivil hill of !' ( \\rit 1 h a t lit' sa' that iin <ats't e ton- it' aIipropatng s ex t'(edl li( th estilinatl'l r' eenues tin lily yva . the it .'re 'i t may: "Adi thae thit' iongtlre s it mw 11 se it i jdligiet the estimatedo appropria-" ims oult ith least injury to tt' imblic" serv'\itce ho rt e ed so as iii brin that apoiptriation ts within th'r est.i'ated revteniues. or, if such r.Pt dn sution' e ntiot in his judgim nit .ra tiaeuht withtout undue injury to tiel pubali uirv that he may rtaoin 1)1(nd( to rongl s i. S uch1(1 loanls or n: ,w taxes a. t1?a\' hII iwees(sarty to ''It'er Progam de Ofic icilDinrsad" cepti lt ion Annuned ht'i w tas taken th \r. Fitz giriht thathe 'tit tartshiont sh ol at least indll-ien t 'ii .ee ally howl ht' tho get tht nettiet t elrt' i:t ht ht' raised,( and it Was colns;ideredl i..rh alie that this would be toittne. thr advisers of tihe P'resaident. hmovwl. have told him)11 that stince( r'"venuel m1easures inulst or'igi'aite inl the hou w-; he olight not to a ttar to try thi that power. Mr. hitegt'ralti. S. !i tao 'nke der wate. at l ai tllilit r f othe-r |b-ine: y .i b-aders of on r s art' kno n tto bro opposed to it eond- isue tI pay tfr 'it" srit andlIutm tnivyw i leiom t11 . i r GAYth WoNER sAl HiTEHUti. Ti eat Pr'0~orm ( ho OiciltDinnes Oand lie - ialeselgtitotaiilptsig at \'it; ii,, t,. whicht wlit' bae dintnedrh. ite f ter a. latpserofatdtio iyearelas enbai dhanr e (from(t that o prviaorus, yearl hd mhost tof (sa the (Inwa.Thei~ sitesd' by tinersadres lepsofthe wil liost bein unotil Jaualr 7 tr thec Nerman Glt, sadlth, nwi emisteo t)the Whito loo wil tke oher plce Ctalo thmem.lokd f ree Gi'hce harin i (changei lhe prt gramlthise yoers il hteiith o anelin ~of the diptat i recepi tione a ithe forU(. thene u rally el o Thi deat-h uretwasef heddo httitue of the 'tim quosioilitofuivhing dipsloaths'i rep reati-a lithy oppocigntions witnl the wAllieo theop ae thnerigt ne J.oo J.JserandotheFrnhmasa d orenof thred dioatic cops illc hpea the tof1)1st of teic fornet pattn by reresntatives lof thexA ienendl Voutvo Bearstorff ithe teman ambasadrs tol ba~e entite to the erio Of onoitvtohe wdin overommerctae Blokadet of Greece. rCntMet oes."e acc~lorineto nw:~ govlermn in regagrd. oceti <lnetion tochin clselythesecuf t ~-' JB .i- - 3,000,000 ARE DESTITUTE APPEAL TO AMERICA ISSUED BY COMMISSION FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM. Women and Children Must Be Clothed This Winter-Nine Million Whole ly or Partly Destitute. New York.--Over :1,000,000 persons in Belgium and Northern Prance, mostly women and young children, must be clothed and shod by Christ mas. If the garments and shoes for those destitute people are not forth coming at once, their sufferings dur ing the winter will become desperate. Such is the note of an urgent ap peal issued to the people of the United States by the commission for relief in Belgium. The New York committee have received from Mr. Herbert Hoover, chairman of the commission, the following statement: "It appears to me that it is neces sary for us to go frankly to the American people and ask them to clothe the destitute In the occupied areas of Belgium and northern France (luring the coming winter'. "There are 9,000,000 people in these areas and of these over one-third are now either wholly or partially desti tute and are today receiving their food either wholly or partially with out payment. "As you know we have set up economic measures based on the ability of a portion of the population to pay for its food which, with the contributions of other countries, en ables us for the present to find the bare minmum of food supplies for the whole 9,000,000 people, but we have no reserves with which to pro vide clothing for the destitute. "Even if these 9,000,000 people had money they could not import clothes, or the raw materials with which to manufacture them, through the blockade into an area under military occupation. "It is a certainty that the undue exposur-e of underclad men, women and children to the bitter winter will greatly increase mortalfly. The cloth ing for these peole can be provided 'Only if we receive gift sup~plies for the purpose. We must depend upon the American people." KING PETER SEEKS DEATH. Tells Serbians When He Is Dead They Can Flee or Surrender. Saloniki, via London.-After heavy fighting with the reinforced Bulga rians troops In southern Serbia tho French were compelled to retire at two points in the vicinity of Gradisce, 12 mIles north of the Greek border. Old Serbia Is lost and new Serbia Is In a precailous condition, in the opinion of M. JacowvschiefY, secretary of the Russian Legation in Greece, who arrivedl here from Mitrovitza, western Serbia, by way of Albania. The secretary asserted Ithe Fer bins at Babuna Pass could not hold out much longer, and that the only hope was thant the Serbiani force c'on cent rated at Mltrovltza would p~rov'e to be strong enough to take the offen sive and advance through Tetovo to wardls Monastir. "The morale of the Serbains is sp~lendidl," lhe cont inuedl. "'I alf train ed r-ecruits marchi to battle singing like veterans. Their adgedl King Peter is fighting In the trenches, clad In the uniform of a private, ie seeks death. saying: 'When I am killed you can flee or surrender.' No More Merchandise for Greece. Paris.--A I lavas d~ipatc'h from Mar seilles says the goverhmment has ordler ed the port authorities to accep~t no0 further shipments of merchandise (de stinied for Greece. Some Tasks For Congress. WVashington.- evision of the Fed eral neut rality laws so the dlepartnment of justice 'ani (deal with offences diffi cult If not implosible to reach under01 existing statutes is one of the tasks Congress will be asked to undertake at the coming session, This was among subjects discussed at the cabi net meeting and Attorney Gener-al Gregory afterwards said his deplart ment would ask for a change In the Sherman anti-trust act so there would be no question about its application to onsniranosna NAVY PLANNING FOR TWO MONSTER SHIPS IN FIRST YEAR'S PART OF THE FIVE-YEAR BUILDING PRO GRAM. TO BE LARGEST IN WORLD 36,000-Ton Craft of the California Class.-Cannot Begin Until Next Summer For Lack of Steel. Washington.--Tentative plans are being considered ,Secrotary Daniels said, for two 36,000-ton battleships to be included in the first year's part of the five-year building program Con gress will be asked to approve. There are no warships so large afloat any where in the world. The biggest over designed for the American Navy are the 32,000-ton craft of the California class, bids for two of which were re ceived. Part of the increased displacement in the newest ships will be due to changed hull construction to provide additional torpedo defense bulkheads. While the ship's general charactris tics have not been disclosed, they probably will have increased arma ment and speed. The navy has de veloped a I6-inch ritie, and the new ships may carry 10 or more of these if developllents of the European war indicate the wisdom of mounting themi, The largest guns now afloat are the 15-inch wCpons of European navies, which the American 14-inch rifle is said to equal for all practical purposes. lMaxinutu speed of American bat tleship now built or authorized is 21 knots, although European first line ships go considerably above that. It is considered probable that a speed of perhaps 25 knots will be sought. Secretary Daniels has received no report on the examination of private bids received for battleships 43 and 44, all of which appeared to be above the limit fixed by Congress. It is un derstood, however, a careful analysis of the exceptions to advertised speci fications bears out the indication that private builders will not attempt to construct the hulls and machinery of the ships within the $7,S00,000 limit. Neither ship can be laid down be fore the next sulmmer, it is said, for lack of structural steel, the war hav ing swept the American steel market clean. Secretary l)nels showed con siderable concern over this fact. He intimated that unless some arrange ments could be made with steel plants to insure preference for government orders Congress might be asked to act. An embargo on exportation of steel until the government's wants are supplied has been suggested. PLENTY OF COTTON. Germany Has All the Cotton She Needs For Milliary Purposes. Berlin, by wireless to Sayville.-Ger manty not only hais all the cotton she nieeds for military piurposes for sever al years, but newv fields of supiply are now open1 to her, says the Overseas News Agency. Prevention of cotton shipments to Switzerland on the con tention that the material would fid its way to Germany and he used for making e'xplosives will hurt the neu tral nation, but will not injure Ger many, it declares. in commenting on Swiss reports that the Entente Pow ers have stoppledl cotton shipments for Swiss mills. "Competent German authorities state that the German army is satis factorily provided with cotton for soy oral years," tils agency says. "In addiltion lhuge quantities can be ob tainied from Turkey by way of the D~anube, and even if ali shipments were stopipedi Germnany is provided with thle material for an indefinite time."' Liberty Bell In Texas. D~allas, Tex-The Liberty Bell has left D~allas for Lake Charles, La., on the last lap) of its tour through Texas, four hour-s and 50 minutes behind schedule. Large crowds viewed the bell in Texas. lilegal Traffic in Munitions. Londlon.--A case having to do0 with alleged illegal traf'fic in war material andl involving the name of the Dukile of Manchester, wvas heard in the Bow Street ('ourt. Victor Sly was the dle fendant in the case, char'god with dealing in war materials without a license. The prosecutor said that Sly's office had been searched and hat a secret code with the Duke of Manchester, now in Paris, was found. Thie code covered various war mater ials andl many cablegrams had passed between Sly and persons in New York. Evidence Against Austrian Consul. Washlington.--Furthjer investigation of tile activities of Austrian Consul General von Nuber and his associates will lbe made by the Department of Justice as a result of the confere~nco in New York betwveen A. Bruce Die laski, (Chief of the Blureau of Investi gations, and Dr. Joseph (Goricar, for meor Austrian Consul. A diepartmlent statement announcing this also said that information had been Obtained which probably would load to further indictments for napasr fr..... - o yriht. 1 SITUATION IS IIOP[[[SS THE MAIN SERBIAN ARMY IS ALMOST ENTIRELY SUR ROUNDED BY ENEMY. Only Two Lines of Retreat For Ser bians; One Into Albania and the Other Across Greek Border. Loidonl.---13Othi the military and dip lonatic situation of the Allies in the Balkans are disquieting, if not criti cal, a fact which doubtless, led to the llriitsli Prime Minister, AMr. Asquith. David Lloyd-George and A. J. Balfour to Paris for a conference with the French Cabinet and General Joffre, F'rench colmander-in-chief. The main Serbian army, under General Putnick, operating in the north, is encompassed on every side but one, and being cut off from the south by the Bulgarian advance be yond Tetovo, must depend upon the rough roads through Montenegro and Albania for any supplies from the sea. In the south the Serbian position is almost as bad. The success of the Btulgarians flanking attack on I3ab uina Pass and their advance from Veles have prevented the hoped-for junction of the Serbian-French forces. This leaves the Serbians only two lines of retreat, one into Albania, where they may be harassed by un friendly tribes, and the other across the Greek border, where they are in (1anger of being disarmed and in ternel. It is to prevent the latter eventuality that the Entente Allies are putting forth every effort. The lritish Government has taken further action by the issuance of an order that no Greek vessel, except those loaded or unloading may proceed to their destinations, while Denys C'ochin member of (lie French Cabi niet, who was given an enthusiastic reception at Athens by the municipal authorities and the people, is expect 0(d to express very firmly the French view of what is considIeredl Greece's unsatisfactory reply to the Entente Powers' reqjuest for tile safe conduct of both Serbian and( Allied forces shiouldl they lbe complelled to retire into Greece. Lord Kitchener, the British War Secretary, who, it had b)een stated, was to back M. Cochin, is now re ported in Gallipoli, although, accord. ing to rumor, King Constantine ex pressed a wish to see him. BID ON BIG SHIPS. Estimates on New Sniips Higher Than~ Limit Set by Congress. W ~ashington.-Becaitse of the appa. rent failure of pr1ivate bidders to keef their piroposals withlin the $7,800,00f limit of cost set biy congress for thiE Ihulls and machinery of battleshiips .Nos. 43 and 44. bids for which wert openedl at the navy dlepartmient, con struction of both vessels may be un v dertaken at Government navy yardls a Three government pilants submittef a estimates within the appropriatioi' tlimit, but only one of them, the Newu e York navy yardl, 1s equipped to bulhk vessels nowv. The lowest private 1)id was that 01 the Fore River Shipbuilding Coin e . pany, Quincy, Mass., wvhich submittedi I- fouir alternate pr.oposalIS. 1'tachl was s ' made1 undi(er stipulated modi(l leatio .of thie depairtmnent's specifneat iomi a which appiarent ly would bring (lie to t cost. far above the $7,800,000 maxi r fiilm). r. TIhe bids of the ot her two private a bidd~ers, the Newvport News Shipbuild .inig & D~rydock ('o., atnd the Newt York I Shipbuilding Company, also propol)sed .modi featiouis and a (areful study wIll f be necessary before the exact cost of (lie ships enn lbe (determi ned Indicates Directtlon of Fog Signal. s New York.-P'rof. A. Gl. Webster of 1 Clark University, Worcester, Mass., g told (lie atinal Academy of Sciences a of anl instrument lie hlad perfected f for findinig (lie directioni of a fog sig. -.ial and1( whIch, lie expects. wvill rob sen v travel of one of its greatest terrors, a For years Professor WVebster- has ox. -perimentedl with every kinid of sound ai wave. The instrumient for tindling the f direction of fog sIgnals, is formed by t mieans oif a tuinmg fork arranged so Sas to humi in a resonator by (lie pas ae of ani electric current. LAKE CITY LEADS ALL LEAF MARKETS LARGEST TOBACCO MARKET IN STATE SELLS 4,908,426 POUNDS MULLINS RANKING SECOND Darlington Is Third and Kingston Is Fourth in Official Report for the Season Columbia-Lako City has again taken the lead this year ainong the tobacco markets of the state, with Mullins second, Darlington third and Kingstree fourth. Lake City led last year with 6,283, 500 pounds, Mullins being second with 3,708,984 pounds. The year before, Mullins led with 4,678,686 pounds and Lake City Was second with 4,343,321 pounds. This season Lake City shows 4,977,246 pounds, against 4,347,697 for Mul lins. The above facts appear from the ainnual seasonal report on tobacco sales in the state, issued recently by Commisioner Watson for the de partmhent of agriculture. The total crop for the year, marketed to the close of the season, was 37,995,284 pounds of tobacco of all grades for which the producers received $2,765, 372.10 or an average price of 7.02 cents per pound. There were 24 ac tive markets this year. In 1914 there were 41,101,651 pounds marketed, for 53,979,303.82 an average price of 9.68 cents per, polund. The number of pounds, and the average prices for each crop since the records have been kept under the tobacco law have been as follows: Year Pounds Average sold. Price. 1909...........27, 43,694 8.35 1910...........18, 02,875 8.53 1911...........11,101,06i1 12.18 1912........... 24,337,912 10.90 1913 ........... 33,299,561 13.77 1914........... 41,101,651 9.G8 1915........... 37,995,284 7.02 "It is interesting to note," sai4 Commissioner Watson, "that the United States Department of Agri culture has published officially that last year's South Carolina tobacco crop was 3t,500,000, when the actual sales accounted for were 41, 401,651 pounds and that this year the fed eral final estimate of the er .s 31,900,000 pounds, when the actual number of pounds marketed for pro ducers at. first hand has been 37,995, 284. If the estimates of the federal government on the corn, wheat and oats crop and other crops for which no absolute checks are kept are as far off the mark as these figures on tobacco, South Carolina has certain. ly been raising 'some' (rops." Dr. Currell Speaks to Daughters Aiken---Dr. William Spencer Cur :ell, presidlent of the University of South C'aroltna, delivered a magnifi cent address before the convountioni of the South Carolina division, U. 1). C., at the Thestone theatre on "A Night without Fear and Without Rie proach."' D~r. C'urell was the speaker for the historical evening of the convention, which camne at the close of a busy (lay for the delegates, and in spite of the downpour of raini the adldress was heard by a large number. Memorial exercises were hold ini memory of deceased members of the United Daughiters of the Confederacy in South C'arolina and in memory of Mrs. Stonewall Jackson. Jury Makes Unusual Verdict WVaterboro--A Colleton county grandh jury, aftei' only 20 minutes (de liberation, found a white mant guilty of the mnurd(er df a negro, something that has niot occ'uredl here sine be fore the war. Quille Osteen, a young wvhiite man of the upper part of the county was conivictedl with reccom mendation to mercy for tihe killing of E~rnest Copeland, a negro. Many comf ments have beeni madle on the ver dict and a few parallel cases are re called in South Carolina. Boll Weevil In Chester Chester-J. W. Wilson of Hiazel ivoodl towvnshiip told of the ap~pear aniee mi his setioni of the b)oll wee vil. Mr. WVilson is one of the country's well known int ers and is familiar wvithi the ap~pearanlce or the boll wee vil by having seen some of the in sects flhat were brought hero a few years ago from Texas, and is of the opinion that the insects that bored into his cotton bolls and~ acted in tile way the weevil is said1 to (10 are with out a dIoubt boll wveevils. Hie thinks they caine ini shipp dI seedl. Artillery Company For Greenville. A comlpany of coast artillery will be organizAed at Gireenville within tile next week, according to- a letter giveni out at the adjutant general's office. Tile movement for a company in thle Mountain City has received the en dlorsement of the war department. An officer of the United States coast ar tillery will be sent to Greenville to Jnuster in the new unit. Sever~al months ago WV. W. Moore, ini a letter to the war deopartmenit, proposeod that fiye companies of coast artillery be or ganized in South nann~a.