The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 07, 1914, Image 6

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TWO EXECUTIVES IN MEXICO. CARRANZA at 1*1 Kill. \ and Ul'tikkkez at agi as cal iLMis declared leaders. Revolutionist General Orders Minis? ters and Archive* from Mexico to HI* Headquarter*?Other Elcvted by Ooofcrenco ?MiWMH tlwo^c Ret ween (arniuu end Villa. El Paso. Texas. Nov. 4.?Mexico, with two executives, had two capitals teday. Neither was Mexico City. Geo. Carransa, who for several days has been at Puebhv between Mexico City and Vera Crus. today ordered his v>..a*t ministers with the archives ef the government to proceed there. The other capital is at Aguascuilentes, scene of the recent conference of rev ? stationary chiefs. Gen. Eulaltao Gu tterres, elected by the conference a-* provisional president, officiated there. Various chieftains tooks sides today between Carransa and Villa. The Csrransa general consulate here to slght announced that several of the most Important leaders had Joined the Carransa side, among them Gen. Alvaro Obregon. Qen. Lucio Blanco and Oen. Antonio Vll'.areal. Vlllareal and Blanco left Aguasca llentes today for Mexico City. Gen. Pablo Geniales previously had ac? knowledged his loyalty to Carransa. According to troops commanded by these leaders, Carransa is stronger than Villa. Villa, however, had a much better organised army and su? perior equipment. The west court \ country, except Sonora. dominated by Maytorena, has Joined Carransa, his agents declare. WILL EIGHT TO DEATH. Carransa Denftea ttrcaentlng Ills Resig? nation. 8an Antonio. Texas. Nov. 4.?Gen. Carransa today issued a statement de? claring that the presentation of his resignation as "first chief of the con? stitutionalists to the convention at Aguascallentes. wss unauthorised, ac? cording to a dispatch received at the Mexican consulate here. "The val ant generals have made effective resignation that was not ferwarded by me and In their ap? pointment ?f a provisional president, they have fallen Into a trap prepared by men who were largely responsible for the overthrow of the Madero gov? ernment." che statement sav FOUR STATES VOVE DRY. Artec a*. Washington, Orgeon ami Colorado Against saloons. Chicago. Nov. 4?Four of the six States that voted Tuesday on prohi? bition, according to latest returns to? night decided to forbid the sale of al? coholic beverages and two voted to retain saloons. Ohio and California kept their sa? loons whl?e Washington. Colorado. ? Oregon and Arlsona closed theirs. Ohio retained saloons by a good majority and adopted a home rule amendment that was recognised as a saloon measure. Missouri defeated the county unit e* stem for local option, which pre? cluded rural votes on saloons In local option election. At national headquarters of the W. C. T. U. In Chicago today it was said encouraging news came from all the States concerned, the defeats In three States being offset, the reports said, by Indications of a progress over previous conditions. The California proponed amendment would have prohibited the manufac? ture of wines, an Important Industry In the State. The severeness of the proposed law is Riven by Anti-Saloon league leaders as a possible reason for Its defeat. California women probably aided In passing a law to close all resorts with women Inmates. Early returns indicated that segregated vice quar? ters In California would be voted out.. fn Illinois the proportion of fe? male to male voters In the Denm <i*?c Republican and Progressive I anles was about the sime. Wo? men political leaders mostly wen Identified with the Progressive pgftj Figures In many precincts showed, however, that the percentage of wo? llen to larger in the Denn -n ew i? n i .en to men was larger it. the Demo? cratic than In the Progressive ranks oi'AMVK caiti're prisoners. Report Al*n state-. Tliat 26 German Gun* Have Been Silenced. Tokio. Japan. Nov. 4.?A dispat. h received hern from Tslnan. In Shin Tung province. China, says the laps nrsje forces before Tslng Tao t Ii?' for? tified position of the German letrltorj t| Kiaoehow. have destroyed twen's Sis Germar .;-ins and <..pinnd I ft prisoners. The Ja pa neat artillery is now at tacking the German IfOgShSl .nd win entanglements before mein Ther are no more elections f.,| |w< years which is one thing for whtel we may glv? thanks. ANDERSON WARM ON TM.Illis. Thirty-two Defendants tu I'm* Tiled for Illegal Sale of Liquor ami Coll? ected. aioWmhou, Nov, i.?Thirty-two n qiior eases called lor trial and 91 roll?I \lctioits is the record made SO far in the crmade billll Waged by Mayor tlodfre> against the Illegal traffic In v idskey. One defendant paid $700, total fonvleted In several eases. An? other defendant in several cases dis? appeared (lining the progress of trials of his <vises and his bondsmen today paid Into the city treasury $lt0, The mayor secured detectives from an International agency and nearly 50 liquor cases were worked up. Other warrants are being prepared and the trial of liquor cases in the city court will continue for several days. In the raids made by the police force about 30 barrels of beer and many cases of whiskey were seized. Business men in large numbers have been present in the court room during the trials to show their in? terest and assurance of support in the efforts being made to rid the city of blind tiger . The ministers have been especially Interested and have been spectators In the court room. Many pleas of guilty have been made and cases tried have resulted in comictlons. The record is II straight up to now. COTTON WAREHOUSE BURNS, About 650 Bales arc Destroyed by Fire At Barn well?Insurance Is $21,000. Barnwell, Nov. 3.?Fire was discov? ered in the emergency warehouse of the Farmers' Union Warehouse com? pany about 8 o'clock and ah..est be? fore the alarm could be given had spread like a Hash of gunpowder over : the contents and In a few moments It was a roaring mass of flames. About .650 bales of cotton were stored in the , emergency warehouse which is lo? cated on the Aldrich property on East jMaln street and some 60 or II more ,were scattered about the grounds. A number of burning bales were ' pulled from the warehouse by means iof a hook and a piece of rope and the ' fire extinguished. This method is still I being followed, and it b hoped 10 sal? vage several score Ixles in this man rer. The origin of the lire is unknown but is thought to have started from spontaneous cumbustion. The man \ ager has been very careful not to store any cotton In the warehouse un? til it had la'n on the ground a day or two. The structure was merely a shed covered with tin so the loss of the building will not amount to much. Insurance to the amount of $21,000 was carried on the cotton. WAR AND CANADA. Cost to The Dominion of the Conflict In Europe. tFrom the Wall Street Journal.) In the enthusiasts, with which Cana? da has come to the aid of the mother country in this time of war stress, probably few of her putriotlc citizens have stopped to count the cost to their land. With that lavishness common to a new country of boundless, if un? tested, resources, where frugality is a crime. Cmada is paying the men vol? unteering for the military service the sum of $1 a day. She has already proposed to raise, furnish and equip 55,000 men. The pay alone of these men means I55.0CO a day, not allow? ing for the higher pay for the olhcers. For a month of 30 days that runs up to $1,650,000. A year's service?and there are many opinions that several years of war ure ahead of the allies? would count the cost of that small army up to $20,000,000. Thf probability is that a protracted war will see efforts to place a quar? ter of a million Canadian troops on the tiring line. In that event the pay? roll of his army will be staggering. Then Canada's troops are armed with the Boss rille, a Canadian weapon. Placing upon that country the re? sponsibility of supplying every car? tridge tired by her men. Tilgt will mean a great expense in manufacture and transportation. In addition the Dominion has al read\ furnished $1,661, ff I worth Of Hour to Oreat Britain, and has voted $50,000 for the relief of the Belgian sufferers. Tin* provinces, too. are making their little contribution lo the cause In coal, horses, feed and f.I supplies. Her citizens an* donating t?? Bed Cross and other fumis. Coun? ties, cities ami towns are contribut? ing Individual amounts in equipping troope, providing for tin- families oi men going to tin- front, and furnish Ing comforts le tin- troops that Ihe war department cannot undertake lo supply, Above all Is the loss of hei young manhood, whose toll from almost every hamlet. Cor u scrap oi paper, assuredly CaiUldS Is nuhl) el ling OUl to do bei palt. Recent Improvements tia\ ?? been made on N. Mam it reel. The holes in I he street were hiled with rluj nml rurbtngs pi n ed to Hi* sidewalks cost of I 1 I an army. rora|Mrt*on* Tirol Illustrate Ucr a*aay*s Hills lor Feeding Her Held Army. Hclentiflc A merles n. The question of Rulwlstenrc is a vital one i" tin army, ami many bat? tles have been lost f:om the failure of food supplies, The commissary de partment of armies In all civilise I countries is in the hands of men who arc In reality <ii? tctic specialists on a large scale. The present war is the supreme test for the tpt arter master's department. ' nations," as the daily food supply of the soldier Is known, vary in each country according to racial tastes or climatic conditions, Thus the meat ration of Franco is quite different from that of Germany. For the pur-' pose of comparison WS have taken the daily held ration of the German army, which is as follows: Seven hundred and fifty grama of fresh bread, or r>(Hi grams of bis? cuit. Three hundred and reventy-live grains of raw meat (fresh or salted), Of 200 grams of smoked beef, pork, I mutton, bacon or meat sausage. One hundred and twenty-live grams of rice (groats), or LT>0 grams of pulse or Hour, or 1,600 grams of potatoes. Twenty-live grams of salt. Twenty-live grams of coffee (roast? ed), or 30 grams of coffee (green), or 3 grams of tos and 17 grams of sugar. Ws have shown this supply for a week compared with the huge mass of Cologne Cathedral. The result is very surprising, for we have a loaf of bread weighing 80,130,000 pounds ami 393 feet high, which hulks well along? side the lofty edifice. Meat is repre? sented hy a side of bacon, but in practice this might be varied by sausage1, smoked beef, fresh, salt meat or mutton. The bacon is ISO feet long and would weigh 16,030,000 pounds. Potatoes are the heaviest item, weighing 120,3:10,000 pounds. The hag would he two feet less in length, while the sugar bag would measure 38 feet high and would weigh 1,365,000 pounds. Such amounts of food seem almost incredible. Of course, the figures, given are for the standard ration, which is probably a very different thing from that ac? tually being consumed along the great battle formation, for there is great flexibility as to the food to be used. It is possible that pemmican (a condensed meat product) has en? tered into the ration very largely, but wo will not get much accurate information until the close of the war. The Kaiser has always expressed a lively interest in the soldiers' food, and he has not Infrequently ridden up |to the held bakeries and sampled the i product of their ovens. Some idea of the enormous expense I of the war will bo gained when it is stated that the daily cost of provis? ions for the combined armies would be $12,500,000, Without the expense of transportation, which would bo 14,100,000 more each day. Those fig? ures are based on a comparison of prices of some years ago, so that 15 per cent, could ho added to the cost of the food, making the cost $18,750, ?00, or $81,950,000 "delivered" at the place of consumption. This is truly an enormous daily bill of the war butcher, war baker and war grocer. NEW ROUTE Solid Through Trains Between Flor ence, S. C, und Roanoke, Va. Via the Atlantic Coast Line, Flor? ence and Wadeshoro, Winston-Salem i Southbound Railway, Wadeshoro and Winston-Salem, Norfolk & We-Jtcrn Railway, Winston-Salem and Hoa noke. DAILY SCHEDULES: Northbound Southbound Leaves Arrives 9.50 a. m. Florence.7.30 p. m. 10.20 a. m. Darlington.. ..7.01 p. m. 10.05 Hartsville.7.15 p. m. 11.00 a. m. Society Hill.. ..G.22 p. m 11.30 a. m. Cheraw.5.53 p. m. 12.35 p m ar Wadeshoro; lv. 5.00 p in 4.00 p m ar Wlnston-S; lv 1.25 p m 8.4 5 p m ar Hoanok; lv 9.00 a m Close connections are made at Flor? ence, in both directions, with trains carrying Pullman cars to and from the north, south, east and west. For rates of fare, find detailed schedules to any desired destination by this new and attractis route, ap? ply to O. V. PLAYER, \ Ticket Agent of tho Atlantic Coast LIAS "The Standard Railroad of tho South." Many farmers will plow under ihelr cotton need this win tor Instead ol selling, Ihej say the seed lire worth more us fertiliser lhan the oil mills an- isiying. In the Ranks of Unrcasonablrs. "Wasn't 'lore something about a promise to love, honor, and ob< >' me? in thsl marriage ceremony?" asked Air. Meekton. m> kimmIdohs, Leoni das' Von are like some of those pol Ith inns who never <i"it talking about a part) platform.' Wauhiufctou blur. I?KAM I I A UM MOM .V M Ah I K. In Oklahoma MMI lliislicls i?i Tlu? Acre uiv Orown. I (Oklahoma City correspondence to New Vork World.) I Although planting of peanuts hau been delayed to some extent by the heavy rains, tin* reports that are re? ceived from many sections of tin*; state, a'he re peanuts are bvaiig grown, are highly encouraging, and it is ex? pected that the total yield this year , will he greater than that of last year by half. The soil throughout the State is in ! such excellent condition that there will he a meat amount of late plant? ing, which will make splendid yields; and in sections of the Stale where cot-j ton and other crops have been serious? ly damaged by the heavy rains and i where replanting of those crops is' likely to prove a losing venture, it has been suggested that peanuts be plant? ed, as they will thrive in weather con? ditions that would prove detrimental to other crops. To encourage the late planting of peanuts the price of seed peanuts on ! the local market has been reduced j from $2.50 for a bushel of 80 pounds ! to $1.80. There are plenty of good seed peanuts, available on the local market, and peanuts can be planted I any time, with the assurance of a good yield. For the last 10 years the average has been 35 to 40 bushels an acre ? and in some sections there has been la yield of 100 bushels an acre. Not Only is peanuts one of the safest crops that can he planted in the State, but it carries a great advantage of being j one of the surest feed crops, as over I a ton of peanut hay can be realised Ifrom an acre of peanuts, and this hay j has the same value as alfalfa for j feed, according to enthusiasts of the j crop. The food value of Oklahoma-grown ; peanuts is much greater than those ; grown in other parts of the country owing to the soil being adapted for the culture of peanuts, and the excel? lent climatic conditions. There can be found in Oklahoma City a market for every bushel of pea? nuts raised in the State, and last sum? mer manufacturers of peanut pro ; ducts were compelled to go outside of J the State to obtain a supply of pea? nuts sufficient to keep factories in op? eration. The price paid last year for good quality peanuts averaged $1 a bush? el, and it is reasonably safe to ex? pect a price from U0 cents to $1.10 a bushel this ^fall, with a market for the. entire yield in Oklahoma City. Long Wny to Tipperary. The French, the Belgians, the sheiks from India, the English, the Cana? dians, the Scots, all of them except the Germans on the great battlefield along the French frontier have adopt? ed the one battle song: i "It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go; It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know! Good-bye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square, It's a long way to Tipperary, Jlut my heart's right there!'* An Irish company employed it. It had the right swing. The English* speaking soldiers took to it. The French soon hummed "Le chemiu a Teeperaire" and the others quickly made like attempts. Soon it became the sole battle song. "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is a London music hall song. The au? thor-composer of the brie Is Jack .Judge, and there is probably no man In the world more surprised than he ?unless it is his publisher, Bert Fold man?at the popularity it has so sud? denly achieved. "It's a good song of its kind?a good marching tune," Feldman says, "quite simple, and it doesn't require much breath to sing it, for there are no par? ticularly high or low notes in it. But there are other songs, with all these qualities; the fact is, wo can never say with any certainty whether a song will catch on or not. "The Tipperary soul: only just man? aged to be published at all. One day 0 comparatively unknown composer, .lack Judge, brought it to me. He played it over, and I liked its lilt, so 1 undertook to publish it. I Jut, before coining to me, Judge had tried his song on prnctiaell) every other pub? lisher iu London, und they all turned it down. j "New we're all singing it it's so I catchy, simple, and llghthearted and I'm printing 10,000 copies n day, which doesn't lin ei ihc demand. Guess well deafen the kaiser with it before we've done." -Augusta Chronicle, Mil 1.2,1 Richmond, Va. ami Return. Via. the Atlantic Coast lane, the Standard llailroad of the South Southern Medical Convention. Tickets on sale November T. 8, limited lo roach original starting point prior t" midnight ol >'o\ ember 22nd, 11? 1 l. T. C. White. General Passenger Agent \V. J, Cralg, Passenger Trullic Man agei, Wilmington, N. i'. SKY BATTLE si:i:\ UV HUGS ARMIES. French Officer Tolls How 100,000 Men Stop Fighting Until ticrmaus Full 5,000 Feet. (Paris correspondence In Washington Post.) The writer of these notes, u highly placed olllcer in the French army, has been following the march of the allied army corps in various capacities, which have allowed him to witness and sometimes take part in the vast drama, being played before the world In th< beautiful plains of ih" Marne and throughout the fertile valleys extend? ing northward through Picardy and Into Flanders. The officer tells of arriving In the battle line with dispatches and joining In the conversation with ins friends. "Suddenly," he continues, "over our heads the 'whir' of a motor coming from tiie north. About 1,000 feet above our heads, flying slowly?what inrve: -comes a Taube. A bomb drops 60 yards from my ear in a newly plowed held, ii doesn't explode. The men all laugh, then shout. From the east a French monoplane at full speed bears straight for the Gel nan. The German sees him; up lie goes 5,000 feet. Up follows the Frenchman, climbing faster. "The French machine, a Farman, rises over the German. We hear its quick-firer quite plainly, but the German circles away, and for quarter of an hour 100,000 pairs of eyes fol? low the chase 5,000 feet in the air. "With glasses one can see the Ger? mans standin;;- out of their trenches, and not a single Frenchman thinks of firing a shot at the exposed enemy. "Again the German allows himself to be approached, and the quick-firers crack again. The Frenchman lurches, slips on one wing, falls a few hundred leet. straightens up and climbs again. The French troops around me go wild, embrace each other?dance and oh nit. Then a long slh nee. The whirr of motors can not b ? heard, but sound of tin- shots < >mes to us plain? ly, "The Frenchman Is above the Ger? man and tiring nearly perpendicularly. IA c aptain orders us to get under cover, the bullets from our man above being just as dangerous for us as for the German. No one pays any attention. "The quick-tiiers rattle still fash r, and suddenly the German seems lo shudder, stands still, and begins to drop, circling in spirals, tail in the air. lie strikes BOO yards away, in a I marshy land. j "In spite of shouted orders, a thousand men rush to the spot. I am I in water up to my ankles. The ma? chine is a wreck. The motor is half burled in the mud. The wings are smashed. A few yards away is the Idiot, dead, his head so buried into his shoulders that only his eyes ! wide open, a re \ isihle. "Under the motor, which lias caught lire, the body of the ?observer' lies, caught by the legs. The heat is so in? tense we cannot approach. The man's hands, white ami soft, they seemed to me?he is evidently a young officer? shake in the air convulsively, then grip the ground around him in an ef? fort to release his legs. His eyes turn toward u hut we are helpless. The S hands move again once or twice and ! t la- suffering ends. ' "Ten minutes after an automobile I rolls up to the edge of the marsh. ! The general and statt' commanding the army corps have followed the duel and icome to si e the loser. Then come two young soldiers, privates. The gener? al embraces both. They are the vic? tors who had landed after their rival i had dropped. "You have just earned the Legion of Honor," says the general to the avi? ators, Von II get it; count on me.' SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Premier Carriers of the South?Pag* senger Train Schedules, Effect??? January 4, 1011. Trains leave Sumter for: No. 140 Columbia, Charleston and intermediate stations 0.20 A. If. No. 142 Columbia, Charleston and intermediate stations 3.25 P. M. Trains arrive Sumter From; No. Ill Charleston, Columbia and Intermediate stations 10.46 A. M. No. 143 Charleston, Columbia ami intermediate rtatlon 5.45 P. M. All train? a dally except Sunday. N. B.?Sehet le figures are publish ed as lnforma< in onl yand are not guaranteed. For informal n as to passenger fares, etc., call n 11 A. ROSE, Agent. W. E. MeGee, A. O P. A., Columbia. S. C. W. H. Caffcy, I). P. A., Charleston. 8. C. Tbc Iti \. .1. I >. Chapman, linaneial tigenl of (Srccm llle I 'emale < 'ollegc at Greenville, was In the cit> toda> in Ihe interests nf Greenville Female College. He v a i among I hose lo leave i his a ft el i.n for Paxville to attend lh> ii eeting ol the Sautce Association ul Uupt ist Chun 3. binding TitotBij-.s uixnox. feared Gorman <.mi- MiKtif lie t ed in Printing shop. London, Xov !.? London hau Imk*ii greatly excited by the re|m>rt thai a German-owned music printing plant in Willesden, a prominent manufac? turing suburb of London, has an im? mense building, whose heavy concrete foundations, Hours and roof are well adapted to the use of siege .^-ins. Twent) of the German employees of ihe tirm have been taken into ius* tody and military experts are studying the building carefully. Meantime the excited public is fully convinced that the plant was designed to act as a German base for attai k upon Lon? don proper. The building unques? tionably occupies a strategic position. It stands high, with a < lear range to Crystal Palace. WUiesden Junction, where two main lines entering Lon? don centre, is Lut a short distance from the pi: lit. However, the English archletcts Who designed the building and super? vised it:.1 construction eight years ago say it is similar to many other print? ing plants and has no heavier founda? tions and floors than are required where heavj machinery are to he in? stalled. The building is about two hundred feet square on the outside and is con? structed about a court sixty feet square. It is but one story and the foundations are of concrete about six feet thick. Tlie English manager of the concern says this unusually thick foundation was laid, as the firm ex? pected to fold additional stories to the plant when business expanded. A concrete roof covers most of the build in.-". Discovery by the allies that Ger? many has prepared concrete bases for its howitzers surreptitiously in many ; places in Belgium ami Prance has made all Englishmen suspicious of possible German i"reparations in Eng? land. I In discussing the Willesdon factory the Sunday Times says: "In a situa? tion which commands an almost unin? terrupted view of that meat tract of London which liee between Willeeden and tho Crystal Palace is discovered a building whose roof, floor and founda? tions are constructed of exceptionally Dock concrete, and might apparently be employed as the emplacement of a heavy gun, in fact, one of those 17 inch howitzers for which such careful [arrangements were found to have been made around Antwerp and Na Imur. We are very tar from suggest? ing that the premises at Willesden were deliberately arranged. Consider? ing the German workmen, ii is at least possible that in the event of an at? tack upon London the attention of tho Germans' commanders would have been called to that convenient con i c rete door, even it they had not know n I of it before their arrival. ' It is highly probable that there do j exist such places around London and in tho neighborhood of our great for? tress positions which have been eare I fully prepared for siege guns, and tho chief vaiue, to our mind, of the I Willesden discovery is that it may bo ? expected to stimulate authorities to ! search for them. 'The suspicion that many wire less equipments are operating in London was justified by the discovery of such a plant in the home of a German pro Ifessor. As wireless apparatus can bo operated lor so short a distance as i from London to the European coast j without an outside tower tho discov? ery of illicit wireless stations is very {difficult. The Times advocates that the war office issue a statement stipu? lating that persons found sheltering SUCh apparatus will be treated as spies land handed over to military power." The Christinas Thought. j Ideas on Christina-; giving are rapidly changing among the sensible. Those who think as they give are looking for a year-round service as the Important thing. In a week of shopping, with all its 'strain, you will mu bin! a better gift than a year's subscription to The I I Youth's Companion. It offers its ser? vice, its clean entertainment, its tine Sllggestiveness week after week; and ?the end of the year Whl< h finds main a gilt in tho attic, dust-covered ami forgotten, brings The Companion again, with ail tin- charm of last > Christ mast ide. I Xo American monthl) at any price offers tin- sann amount of reading, [and none can offer better quality, l.i^s than four touts a week provides this beat of Christmas .uifts -$2.SS a \ear. If you sulwcrlbe now, all the re? maining issues oi the year will be sent ? free, and The Companion Home Cal? endar. A eo| \ of the calendar is Ills** sent to thow who make a gift suli scriptioit. Semi for sample copies, iml tho foreeast for 1915, The Youth's Companion, t I I Berkeley street, \u st??n, Ms s. \> w subscriptions received at the; office. The people of Ktimtcr are buying North Carolina and Toiiiiokmh* eggs because the ||?*|||?> SUpph ipMW no! nil ten per cent o| ih?. liMUiaiid.