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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
GARDNER ATTACKS DANIELS STATEMENT
Says Navy Is Not Prepared to Meet Big Nation
 in War

Washington. April s0.-A letter ad- dressed to former President Taft was made public here today by Representa- tive A. P Gardner of Massachusetts. It was written by Representative Gardner in reply to Secretary Daniels recent communication to President Garfield of Williams college. dealing with the preparedness of the navy.
 The question of our readiness for var with an efficient enemy is worth discussing at some length. The Secre- tary's mere assertion that our ships We're in position to make a brave showing against the Mexican navy and the southwest wind at Vera Cruz will rot stand for one moment against the positive views as to our unreadiness Tor war expressed by Commander Tar nell and Admiral Fiske, chief of op- erations of the fleet.
 Some of the particular assertions which I have heretofore made and which the Secretary entirely leaves un- answered are these.
 Relative strength of our navy: ir- vite your attention to the fact that on July l. 1914, before the European war broke out, our navy had fallen to fourth place, according to our own of f.cial figures. At that time the war sIlD IODHd&e OI 1tTfndny, Dullt dUt- building, had grown to over 100000 tons. while ours was less than 800, ,000 tons. Meanwhile, the warship tonnage of Great Britain, built and building was half a million tons larger than that of Germany and the United States combined. Even, France was a little ahead of us. Even admitting that war ship tonnage is not an exact method of neasurement, our standing cannot Ce muchimproved by any other method
 T assert that on July l, 1914, Great Britain had 46 dreadnaughts and dread Taught Cruisers, built and building, while Germany's vessels of the same. descrip- ton numbered 2S and ours numbered only 12. Most of our battleships unfortunate ly are od-fashioned predreadnaughts.
 Are We strong enough? It is the opin- ion of those best able to judge that our navy is totally inadequate for our de- fense. As you know very well, the gen. eral board of the navy is today and al- ways has been composed of the very best naval officers In the service. Ever since 1903 the general board has declared that we must have 4S batteships less than 20 years old in order to make us safe against the navy of Germany or any other nation except Great Britain. The general board does not pretend that 4S battleships would he sufficient to protect us against Eng lands mighty navy. In addition, the general board tells us that we must have 192 destroyers as well as other ships in certain proportions. Instead of 4S battle ships and 192 destroyers under 20 years old, we have at present, built and build- ing. only 37 battleships and 6S destroyers. It is true that this year we have author ized the construction of two more battle ships and six more destroyers. It is also true that in 1919, when these new ba ships will be ready, the battleship Iowa will have long passed the 20-year mark, and the battleships Kearsarge, Kentucky and Alabama will be 19 years old.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01

can't make our omelette without breaking eggs. But if we get our omeette who worries about the eggs? If after all we spoil the omelette then we have made a dead loss of the eggs"
 We are fighting to crush German mili- tarism, continued Professor Foxwell, ''and the doctrine on which it quite logic ally rests. If we succeed there will be an immense reduction in military expendi- ture. If we only knock 25 per cent off our present scale it would go long way to set off the increased rise of interest.
 Rise of Interest
 ''This rise of interest had made rapid progress long before the war broke out. It was due partly to the great boom in trade which came with the rise in prices in 1898; partly, so far as we are here con cerned, to the persistent attacks directed against property, and the crushing taxa ton on capital of all kinds, which already
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
SENATOR FLETCHER
 AGAIN MADE HEAD OF
 COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
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this bureau is as scientific and as non partisan and as competent to give ad- vice to Congress as any separate com- mission which either the President or Congress could appoint or the people elect"
 MT. Perkins told you that for years business in this country had been and now Is the football of politics and poli- ticians, but he neglected to say that the government has been the football of dishonest business MT. Sweet as- serted.
 Cited Investigations
 The speaker dwelt at length upon the difficulties in the way of the success of such a court as MT. Perkins sug- gested. citing the recent investigations into the pottery industry in the United States and Europe, and pointed out that wide difference between the best and the worst conditions and shifting cost of materials would act as obstacles.
 "I am not arguing against such in- vestigations," Mir. Sweet said. They are enlightening. but for tariff making pur- poses the problem is not the simple ono 1t appears. Let the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce go on with it's investigations and make them public If . tariff commission can be found which will be more expert and more reliable.
 
 us not deceive ourselves in the belief that the money bags of our country or the revenue raising power should be taken from Congress"
 MT. Perkins calls the Clayton law g muddle law" continued the speaker. He speaks of the Sherman law as an- other failure. an asset of our politicians and says tho result has been that the people have been heeced out of untold millions. He does not even defend his friend. Roosevelt for falling during near " eight long years of service while this neecfng' was going on. to get this leg isiative monstrostity remodelled or re- pealed.
 "Mr. Perkins looks at these matters from the standpoint of big business, but now about small dealers who have seen pig custnsss hsh eat up little 6nes?' AM tu Shah, envoy extraordinary to the United States from China, another speeker tonight dsclared the United .stes tne proper country in which to
 There ha. been opposition to tho in- troduction of foreten capital into China follow foreign loans." ha aeid ..Ths United States Is a country abeolufelv fr.s from ulterior motives in this reesrd 1,hs introduction of American capital. fhere- fore. ts welcomed by the government ana people of China. In China trade is cer- tain to follow the loan''
 China OffeRu Mafkef
 Chtna. he said. offers .. lar9o n1arkSt for, American rice. raw cotton and c6tfon eee1s' eod the Americaa cieafottA whils
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
HOW WILL WAR
 AFFECT BUSINESS?
tCeatinsea assn Pas. o.s,

The higher moral tone. evoked by the war also will be an immense gain.
 Further. hold that existing resources: owing to dislocations in the machinery of demand and supply, are, rarely fully util- ized. After the peacs for time there will be almost unlimited demand and the factors of production will be working 1t full power for some years at least.
 There has been unbounded destruciton of fixed capital. For this the world will pay in certain shortage in necessary industrial capital and in the rise of tho rate of interest This vsill add to the cost of production and diminish the share of the worlds output available as inc come for the human factors in produc- ton. This again is . serious injury. We
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
CORDOVA MAKING ELABORATE PLANS
 FOR LOCK OPENING
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for s2.50, from which the advantage of water rates is apparent. Even this amount will leave small profit in the hands of the committee, which will be used to defray the expenses of the band and decorations.
 Some of the committee are in consulta- ton with Senator Bankhead today and further announcements are expected from time to time., as replies are awaited to letters written to other senators and con- gressmen to join the party, and it may be other boats may be heard from on their way up the river from Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01

the eastern country as the controlling fac tor in the present arbitration"
 The opinion holds that the railway ex- hibits in showing apparently large aggre- gate earnings of enginemen was mislead- ing in that detail showed that in virtually every individual case large earnings were the result of long hours on heavy tonnage trains.
 The opinion states that the railroads were amply able to pay every advance asked, and declares that control has be- come so concentrated that virtually all western railroads now are controlled by the Rockefeller and Morgan groups of affiliated banks.
 "A great opportunity to bring about in dustrial peace and the hearty co-opera- tion of employers and employees has been lost by the failure of the board to equit- ably and justly Settle the questions in- volved," says the opinion.
 Further discussing the alleged failure of the board to weigh equitably the long hours as against seemingly high pay, the opinion says:
 Surely no act by government tribunal could more keenly bring home the wage earners of this great country the consid- eration they might expect if boards under government supervision and control are to adjust their wages and working condi- tions on such basis. The whole theory is so repugnant to us that we feel it our duty to advise every organization of labor to secure the revocation of law that has the smallest tincture of that principle em- bodied therein
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
NO GERMAN SHIPS
 OFF BELGIAN COAST

London. April 30.--(s:s0 p. m.) British official statement given out this evening said:
 "The smelling of Dunkirk is now reported by aerial recon naissance to have been land gun, and reports that German warships were off that port were due to misapprehension."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
Award Is Signed

Washington, April 3o.-Federal Judge Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the board of mediation and conciliation, which named the two neutral arbitrators in the western railroad wage controversy, re- ceived a telegram tonight announcing that the award of the board had been signed
 President Wilson was notified of the outcome immediately.
 Judge Knapp said he believed the award would be final ard that the protest filed by representatives of the employees against Charles Nagel, fo ormer Secretary of Com- merce and Labor, as one of the neutral arbitrators, would have no effect on the acceptance of the award.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01

as 1t Is due to the war loans, will be off, set by the saving on the reductions Of military establishments depends absolutes ly, in my opinion, on whether this war Is fought to finish"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01

were four times strongly counter attack ed on the 18th, but retained all their positions. Five hundred Turks who in the course of one of these counter attacks were cut off by the fire of the fleet were made prisoners,
 The operation of the landing army in the face of modern weapons under sea as well as on the land and in spite of wire entanglements. and of land mines and deep pits with spikes at their bot toms thus has been accomplished.
 The casualties in the army necessarily have been heavy. The casualties in the fleet were not numerous. They appear to have been confined to torpedo-boat de- stroyers and to boats crews engaged in landing operations, in which merchant captains and officers and crews of trans ports also have taken part.
 During the operations Turkish war ships from Niagara, in the straits, several times have attempted to intervene, but always have made off directly the Queen Elizabeth was at hand.
 At noon on the 27th. however, a trans port of about 5000 tons was reported off Maidos and before she could escape the Queen Elizabeth opened fire. The third shot hit and destroyed her. She sank rapidly, but whether she contained troops or not could not be seen.
 "On the 18th and 18th the allied forces rested and improved and consolidated their positions and continued the disem- barkation of stores and artillery. All enemy counter attacks which were in- cessant on the 18th, but weaker on the 29th, were repulsed.
 ''The fleet. as we'll as the supporting army. has begun to engage the batteries. The Triumph bombarded Maidos, which was in flames last night. the 2sth.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01

and chickens. In other words. We are actually practicing diversification with out including in the several crops, cot ton. We believe that we will be pleased with the result. We will certainly have enough to eat when the winter comes again.
 John W. Lapsley. attorney of Selma, and one of the youngest and most popular members of the legislature was a Br- mingham visitor yesterday. In the leg islature MT. Lapsley is a conservative progressive, and in the main stands with Governor Henderson in his policies. MT, Lapsley reports Selma and Dallas county fairly prosperous. Cecil A. Beasley of Fayette. former state senator and now private secretary to Senator Bankhead, after spending yes terday in Birmingham, returned in the afternoon to his home
 T have a longing" he said, "to run down to Montgomery and see the legisla-
 ture in session, and if an opportunity pre-
 sents itself, I will gratify that longing in | July. While we are serving, we grow
 mighty tired of Montgomery. But after
 we have served and remained out of har-
 ness for some time, we want to go again | Into tho atmosphere of excitement and perpetual restlessness. So I am going
 back for day or so, if I can find an op-
 portunty.'
 H. M. Judge, attorney of Columbiana
 and Shelby eounty's representative in the legislature. was in Birmingham yesterday | on business. MT. Judge1s considered one of the humorists of the house, and he | acquired fame in organizing the Clodhop-
 per convention a convention into the de- Alterations of which all members of the
 legislature other than lawyers were in- vited.
 l Shelby is holding its own exceedingly | well, according to a statement of it's rep
 resentatiye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
TOO LATE ID CLASSIFY

LOST Diamond rine betwesn n Ave. ano sth ave. on 18th at AewArd raooe Nah 01 ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
Turkish RepOrt

Constantinople. April so.-(via Lon don, 11:03 p. m.)-fhe following Turk ist official statement regarding op- erations in the Dardanelles was given cut here tonight:
 On April 2S. the fire of our batteries damaged the French armored cruiser Jeanne D'Arc. which left for Tenedos in flames An English destroyer was sunk by our shellfire on April 2s, at the entrance to the narrows
 sixteen armored cruisers attacked our advance batteries at the narrows on April 27. but up to evening tho thousands of shells fired upon our bat teries and infantry positions resulted only in the wounding of a number ol soldiers. Tho transports off Seddul Eahr were struck repeatedly by our shells and one was beached We sank some boats and sailing vessels.
 "The British battleships Majestic and Triumph, which had been damaged, had to withdraw from the fighting line.
 For the last two days the enemy fleet has undertaken no operations against the narrows."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
PROMINENT ALABAMIANS IN BIRMINGHAM YESTERDAY
Thirteen bass in 1s minutes.

Thirteen bass in 13 minutes.
 Capt. W. P. Lay of Gadsden. one of the best known Alabamians. pioneer in de- velopment of latent waterpower, while q visitor to Birmingham yesterday, told the story of a great catch at Lock 12 in the Coosa river.
 Fish are plentiful.' he said, .'and sportsmen are having great fun. I have just extended an invitation to Senators Bankhead and Underwood. and in the near future, we hope to make this trip.
 Conditions generally are improving. As far as can judge, we have very little of which to make complaint
 W. E. James of Cullman, we'll known young attorney who was Thursday named member of the staff of Governor Hen derson. spent yesterday in Birmingham. Colonel James is brother of Milton P. James. appointed sometime ago as in- spector for Enforcement of the anti narcotic law recently made effective by act of Congress.
 Colonel James. during the campaigns of last spring, managed the fights in Gull man county of MT. Underwood and Mir. Henderson, and scored brilliantly in both Yesterday, he declared that he was pleased in that Governor Henderson had honored him.
 Walter D. Seed, former lieutenant-gov- ernor, has abandoned the traditions of his fathers insofar as those traditions taught and urged the growing of cotton. On my plantation" he said yesterday while visiting Birmingham. T have not planted seed of cotton. All of my ten ants are growing corn, and peas and sugar cane, and raising pigs, and cattle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
China 0lfese Mafkef

for, American rice. raw cotton and ootfon Goo1s. end the American ciGsfotte. While
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-09-03
VARIOUS AND ALE ABOUT.

See Your Girl and Mine" at the
opera house on Tuesday. World film.
1t is only on Friday nights that the
prices for the moving pictures are 10
and 10 cents.
The Baptist parsonage, since it has
been repaired, looks like a new build
ing.
Mr. T. NJ. Sanders is fixing to open
a store at the place lately occupied by
E. NJ. Lane & Co.
1t was very smart of two and half
years old girl to tell her father that
he couldn't go with her because he
didn't have On a clean shirt.
If you have seen red bull yearling
of about $50 pounds snorting around
through the country, it belongs to Mr.
w. H. Suber. Tell him about it.
A good many Ford owners that you
see laughing have been tickled by Ford
checks and not by Ford jokes.-Ander-
son Mail.
Probate Judge schumpert on Wed
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-09-03
LOANS on COTTON
At FOUR PER CENT
South Carolina Merchant Tells Balti-
more Newspaper OF Plan For
Financing Crop.

William A. MoseIey, a merchant Of
Prosperity, s. c., who is in Baltimore
purchasing goods, has very interest
ing plan by which the government
mar be able to aid the cotton grower
CT the South, says the Baltimore Star.
Mr.. Moseleys idea is for the money
to be sent direct to the growers at 4
per cent through the national banks.
To do this Mr. Moseley advocates the
placing by the government of sum
OF money double the capital stock Of
| the banks to be lent to the planters
at per cent
'tMr. Moseley, with his family, has
! been stopping at S23 Hamilton terrace.
He is in the general merchandise busi-
/ ness at Prosperity and his firm was
established in 1866 He stated this
morning that he is one of the oldest
customers of several of Baltimore's
largest jobbing houses. He leaves this
afternoon for Norfolk on the way to
his home
"Mr. Moseley, in discussing the sit
uation, says:
1.-The government practically owns
all the national banks, bttween 5000
and $1,000 If Mr.. McAdoo will deposit
III the national banks an amount equal
to double their capital stock, without
interest, requiring them to loan that
money at not exceeding 4 per cent to
the Southern cotton planters, it will
relieve the situation at once National
banks failing to comply will jeopardize
their charters.
Last year I wrote a letter to Con-
gresham Lever of South Carolina set
ting forth similar views.
Gas an illustration, in Prosperity,
my town, we have one national and
one State bank, capital stock Of each
being $4,000. The deposit in the ma
tional bank under my plan would be
| $4,000.
In this section there are many
small farmers, as we'll as some we'll
to-do farmers. 1t is the small farmer
that this plan will help most.
1The plan of letting the regional
banks handle the money is too long
winded and by the time the money
gets out to its various channels it will
be too late The national banks will
be able to deal direct with the situation
and in the various communities the
officials know the people better.
"'Now is the time to bring about
the relief of the cotton growers. To
wait longer will be a hardship and
will cause heavy loss
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-09-03
WAREHOUSE AT POMARLA.
The Merchants and Business Interests
Are Erecting Building-Will Make
1t Part State System.

The people and business interests
have gone together and are erecting
a cotton warehouse to take care Of at
least one thousand bales Of cotton
and when completed will make State
warehouse under the State warehouse
commissioner. The building will be
ready for use in short while. The
Bank OF Pomaria will arrange to let
the farmers have money on cotton
stored in warehouses. That is the only
way to handle the situation, Cooper
zion and all interests working together
will bring this old country down South
to the high water mark of prosperity.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-09-03
Death of Mrs. D. P. Ward.

Mrs. Louisa Wells Ward, wife Of IMr
D. P Ward, died at her home at Whit
mire on Tuesday noon, after 11nger-
ing illness of pelIagra, she having been
in bad health during the past two
years. She was buried on Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock in West End
cemetery, service by the Rev. Mr.. Cor
der of Whitmire. She was SO years
old.
Mrs. Ward leaves the following sons
and daughters: Mr.. R. H. Ward OF
Water Valley, Mr. J. T. Ward of New
berry, Mrs. ]. T. Morris of Newberry
Mrs. W. F. Compton of 'Whitmire, Mr.
D. P. Ward, Jr., of Whitmire and Mrs
Frederick Ezell of Whitmire, besides
her husband, As grandchildren and
three great grandchildren. She is also
survived by one brother, Mr.. Wilson
J. Wells of Saluda.
Mrs. Ward was the daughter Of the
late Thos. and Lucinda Wells OF
Buncombe county, North Carolina, the
former cousin Of Mr.. Os Wells OF
Newberry.
Mr.. D. P. Ward and family came to
Newberry from Georgia in 1884 and
lived here until 1897, when the family
moved away, leaving, however, Mr., j.
T. Ward, who has made this city his
home ever since.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-09-03
New Store,

The old store formerly occupied by
E. M. Lane & Co. as a grovery store
is being thoroughly overhauled and
painted and will be occupied by Mr.. T
NJ. Sanders. Mr.. Sanders will open an
up-to-date dry goods, notions and shoe
store in this building on the 10Th OF
this month. Sanders has been in the
mercantile business at Newberry and
at Oakland cotton mill for number
of years and has been very successful
1t goes githout saying that Mr.. Sanders
will operate a first class store and that
he will make the prices right.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-09-03
Deah of Little Girl.

Little Belle E. Foy, aged 9 years,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Foy,
was carried to the Columbia hospital
on Tuesday to undergo an operation,
but was too weak and died before the
operation could be performed. Her
death was on Wednesday and her body
was brought to Newberry on Wednes-
day night, the burial taking place al
New Chapel on Thursday morning at
II o'clock, service by the Rev. ". R.
Bouknight. The cause of the child's
death was acute appendicitis with peri
tonitis.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-09-03
Reedy River Association.

The annual meeting Of the Reedy
River association will be held at the
First Baptist church at Newberry on
Tuesday and Wednesday, September
7th and 8th> The association is COM
posed Of all the Baptist churches in
NewDerry county and several churches
in Laurens county A full delegation
from each church is expected. A call
meeting of the members of the First
Baptist church was held last Sunday
al which time delegates and alternates
were appointed and an entertainment
committee was also appointed to ar
range for the entertainment of the
visiting delegates. The meeting will
probably be the best and largest that
has been held for a number of years,
as several matters of unusual interest
and Importance will be brought before
it The following were appointed dele
gates, alternates and committeeman
from the First Baptist church: Dele
gates, w. H. Hunt, S. S. Cunningham,
G. L. Robinson, w. A. Hill, James Nc
Intosh. Alternates, R. Y. LeaVell, B.
c. Matthews, IT. N. Parks, Hagood Cla-
ry, M. L. Spearman. Entertainment
committee, 1. H. Hunt, Jno. NJ. Kinard,
W. G Peterson, Richard C. Floyd, W. o.
Wilson, Jordan Pool, Walter B. Wal
lace, J. A. Burton, B. L. Bishop.