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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-20
PRESIDENT p WILSON is
TO FIX COTTON PRICE
Government VIII Use 1000. 600 o
the Crop Estimated at 11,OOO,-
O6O Bales.

Washington, Sept. 19--President
Wilson Will fix the price Of raw cot
ton by presidential proclamation in
the next few days. according to the
/" formation of Representative Lee
Robinson, who is himself big cot
ton farmer and in close touch with
developments here. ~
While there is strong opposition to
the proposed plan of stabilizing cot
ton prices by governmental action, il
appears inevitable when the whole
situation is considered.
The crop for 1918 is estimated al
100000 bales. The war needs OF
the allies, including the United
States, will reach 100000. leaving
only 100000 bales for civilian use.
Whenever the government be
comes the dominant buyer OF any
commodity, this in itself regulates
the price which civilian buyers must
pay for the same article, and that is
the situation with respect to cotton
The goyernment's program OF price
stabilization'' only contemplates that
the President will name a price for
the cotton which the government pur-
chases for itself and it's allies.
. 1t. is regarded as certain that the
government will treat the cotton
growers with the same liberality
which has been manifested towards
other producers such as the wheat
farmers. but no ore can forecast
what the prices will be.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-20
StarncS Fined $4,000.

Solomon Starnes who was tried in
the federal court at Rock Hill last
week on the charge of uttering dis
loyal remarks was fined $4,000. He
pleaded guilty. The case against
Lee Helms, charged with harboring
and assisting a deserter. was Con
tinued to the next term of court at
Greenville. Other Lancaster cases
disposed of were as follow: Charles
and Lewis Horton. Will Anderson and
Robert Frazier and Crawford Barnes.
all charged with falling to register
last June, escaped penalties on the
agreement to enlist in the service i'm
mediately; Frank Mungo, colored.
disloyal remarks. plead gull
ty and was fined $1,000.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-20
MOVE NOT PROMPTED BY
:, RECENT EVEN.S AT FRONT

Amsterdam, Sept. 19.-Baron
Burian. the Austro-Hungarian for
eign minister. in announcing to the
German deputies that lie Austrian
and Hungarian delegations would
assemble in the first fortnight or Oc-
tober, is quoted in a dispatch from
Vi"rna as saving that his note to the
belligerents had been considered for
weeks and was in nowise influenced
by recent events on the battlefront.
The foreign minister said he had
taken the'step alone, "of course not
without previously acquainting our
allies of II and being certain of their
approval in principle" because on
thsHu NE yhand the proposal had TO
agoid Che appearance of peace offer
by the central powers and on the
other because the proposal was to be
Addressed to all the belligeren.s.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-20
Operating for First Time OF
Large Scale on st. Mihiel
Salient.
PLAYING IMPORTANT PART
Advance of the Tanks Bring
Out Examples or Daring on
the Part of Many Yankee
Crews.

With the American Army on the
Lorraine Front. Sept. 10 Squad
rons of American-manned tanks, op-
Grating for the first time on a large
scale, in the attack on the st. Mihiel
salient, played an important and dra-
matte part in the defeat of the Ger
mans.
Divided into brigades-light, in
termediate and heavy-the tanks
swung out on to the field of battle
Immediately after the barrage. Be
fore the day ended they had entered
the villages of Nonsard, Pannes, La
marche and Binney, considerably
ahead of the infantry.
Early in the action difficulty was
experienced in getting TO the front
sufficient gasoline. although great
fleet of gasoline tanks had been pre-
pared to carry supplies. The gas
tanks were attacked by the enemy or
were mired and it was here that
American ingenuity came to the res
cue.
Barrels Of gasoline were trundled
and rolled over the roadless fields by
daring volunteers to meet the most
pressing needs. Bobsleds, curiously
enough. were found more efficient
than wagons iii carrying supplies
since they could be dragged over the
, mud without being mired and on
| them hundreds of gallons of gasoline
were conveyed to the fighting tanks
The advance Of the tanks brought
out many examples of daring on the
part Of their crews. One major
whose machine was equipped with a
37-millimeter gun instead of a ma
chine gun, violated his orders and
went far ahead until he was within
range of Nonsard.
With one we'll placed shot he
Knocked two Germans out of a church
steeple from which they were firing
a machine gun.
a lieutenant, shot through the
palm of the left hand by an explosive
bullet, was sent to a hospital hut es-
capped and walked six miles back to
the field. He appeared at his tank
with the statement that he could
carry on with his right hand.
Several others were wounded hut
remained on duty. No one was killed
however. even though a German six
inch shell ploughed clear through a
small tank, destroying it but iniur-
ing only one OF the crew Anothnr
tank captured battery of "77s" but
was so far ahead OF the infantry II
could not turn the guns over to
them.
The story is told of another tank
which went into town with a Sc.
geant. armed with rifle. perched on
the turret. This machine captured
two batteries OF "77s,' five machine
.guns and many men.
Tanks were occasionally as much
as two miles ahead OF the infantry
throwing CONSERVATION into the Ger
mans. Part of the success which at
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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-20
Central Committee Holds Meet
ing for Discussion of Plans
for Fourth Drive.
is TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Mass Meeting of Citizens to BE
Held Here on Saturday, Sep
tember 2S, Da. of Campaign
Opening.

A meeting of the Liberty loan
county central committee was held
in the court house Tuesday after
noon, presided over by Geo. w. Will
liams, chairman, to formulate splans
for the fourth Liberty loan drive.
which begins Saturday. September
rs and continues through three
weeks until Octobe IS. The amount
of the loan has not been announced,
and therefore, Lancaster countv's al
!otment is not known. 1t will, how
ever, be considerably in excess of the
.allotments of any one of the previous
loans.
The campaign will be conducted
much along the same lines as the
preceding ones and district chairmen
will be appointed for each school
district in the county. There will b.
also lady chairman for ach IarrialI
district, these already =. wing
appointed by Mrs. Perry, charm
of the woman's division of the Gel,
trail committee. and these district
chairmen will have ommittees to
work with them in the actual solicit
tatiOn.
The city of Lancaster will be or
Sanized by {. d. Jones, local chair
man. and Mrs. Leroy Springs. city
chairman Of the womans division.
The personnel of their committees to
be made up by them.
There will be a mass meeting of
citizens OF the county in Lancaster
on Saturday, September. %, the day
OF the opening of the campaign. and
this will be followed by similar
meetings, though smaller, of course
in the different school districts. At
this meeting there will be prominent
speakers. both local ana from out of
town, and an effort is being mad
get SON. ratir soldiers. who have
seen service III the trenches to 49,
liver addresses at several of these
meetings
\ meeting Of the district chairmen
VIII be he'd with the central commit :,
tee at date which will be probat'
decided upon today and a luncheon
VIII be served them by the town
neop'e There are many other de-
tails of the campaign which were
discussed at the committee meeting,
by Colonel Springs, Mrs. Springs. C,'l
ID. Jones. r. w. Graeoer. ]. II. With
erspoon. Mrs. Perry, Mrs. ]. ]. Black
mon and others. of Lancaster. ana
Rev Samuel Long, Chalmers Will
hams and James =. Caskey. of Heath
Springs. The publicity committee.
consisting of all the newspaper men
or the county are working out n
scheme which will give the campaign
the widest possible publicity in all
parts of the county the advertise
ments which will be used having
been prepared by the treasury de-
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-20
The Two Generals Originated i'm
Adjoining Counties in
Missouri.
BOTH WEST POINT CADETS
Both Were Instructors of Mill
tary Tactics and Both Studied
Law and Received Degrees; !;
Near Same Age.

Washington. Sept. 19.-The ca
reers Of Generals Pershing and Crow
der have followed a remarkable par
allel from the time of their births.
They originated in adjoining coun-
ties in Missouri-Lynn and Grundy-
and are within year of the same
age.
Both were appointed cadets at
West Point, Crowder going first.
Both were commissioned second
lieutenants in the cavalry, and saw
their first service together in the Ger
onimo Indian campaign.
Lieutenant Crowder was detailed
as instructor of military tactics at
the University of Missouri. Lieuten-
ant Pershing received similar as
signment at the University Of Ne
braska
Both studied law and graduated
with law degrees.
In the campaign against the Sioux
in the early nineties they were to-
gether again;
Both served in Cuba and the Phil
ippines, and both went as u S. mill
tary representatives to Japan during
the Russo-Japanese war
Crowder was appointed major in
1895. when he was made Judge ad-
vocate. OF the regular army, while
Pershing jumped from Captain to
brigadier general.
Both now hold the maximum rank
possible by law to the offices they
hold-Pershing a full general and
Crowder major general the high
est rank that can be held by an Off
Ger attached to staff corps duty.
"Enoch the name signifies ded-
ication.
Enoch II. Crowder, major gener-
al, U. S. A.. provost marshal general
and judge advocate general Of the
American army, and the genius Of the
draft, has dedicated himself to MAX
ing this country the greatest mill
tary power on the face of the earth.
ne IL the man whose mana before
next summer will have reached into
four million American homes and
taken from them their best young
men for the army.
To the close study which he has
made Of conscription since 1888 is
due the entire credit for the success
OF the first. the second and now the
third draft of Americas manhood.
Where He Got Idea.
When General Crowder was a iun-
ior Lieutenant at an obscure army
post in Texas in 1888 he CHANGED up-
on copy of Old civil war draft regu-
lations.
He read them over, first out of GU
riosity. Then he began to think how
those rules could have been made
more just and equitable.
Gradually he evolved his ideas of
how draft should be run and with
the idea came the conviction that
some day in this country there
would be the need Of a great army
('Onfinnad nm Doua E1,rN
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-20
Fall OPENING.

The fall opening this week of the
Lancaster Department stores nt-
tracted large crowds to the hand
some new stores corner Main and
Arch streets during the two days IL
lasted, Wednesday and yesterday
The window dressing for the fall
opening, typical of the season. were
quite noteworthy and the work of an,
artist In that line.
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Continued on Page 3D.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-20
George +. BIackmon Injured.

The name of George F. Blackmon.
OF Heath Springs. was included In
the list of the severely wounded pub
lishSd yesterday. He is the son OF
Samuel Blackmon. who lives four
miles from Heath Springs on the
,stoneboro road. g. =.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-20
MRS. SPRINGS URGES
BOND SUBSCRIPTIONS
South Carolina Must Continue To Il,
Leader, She Tells Her.
Co-Workers.

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going forth to the civilian population
OF America. Our fighting army is
daily winning the admiration of our
allied forces, and more than full
filling our own fondest hopes When
the new call then comes to the great
reserve army at home there can in all
justice and honor be but one re-
sponse-a tremendous oversubscrip-
tlon to the fourth Liberty loan.
South Carolina has been a leader in
all the history-making epochs of
America, and she will assuredly not
fail in this. the most crucial period
of all time. But to make this record
sure, the complete cooperation and
unceasing Efforts of every man and
woman in the state Is the sine qua
non. During the next three weeks
we are to be put to the acid test
Unless we are ready and eager TO give
ourselves to the task of selling and
buying Liberty bonds we are as truly
slackers as that small minority of
men who have recently been round
ed up for evading the draft We are
called TO service-as literally and as
seriously as the men of fighting age
The State Federation purchased
bonds of the third issue This time
there are no funds in our treasury.
therefore ii behooves our individual
clubs. in so far as they are able. to
purchase Liberty bonds for their re-
srective clubs. The purchase of a
500 bond will feed or clothe a SOL
der for eight months. the average
working period of our clubs. What
stimulating thought upon the oc-
casion of each meeting Of your club
this year to know that you have
bought fourth Liberty bond which
is furnishing food or uniform for one
fighting man. And in addition, the
interest you are drawing is more
than keeping your federation dues
paid. You really can not afford to
miss this opportunity. 1t is good
business, ard it is your golden op-
portunity for backing up the boys.
Many of our club women are al
ready enlisted for the coming drive
If you are one who as yet has not
signed up, won't yOu Immediately
call your county chairman of the
woman's committee OF the Liberty
loan and offer your services? We
must all buy and sell bonds from
september 2Sth until October 18th.
MAY your president take this on
portunity to ask the county chair
men OF the Federation War Activit'e 'es
TO call the club presidents in your
county requesting them 10 urge Their
clubs TO do their utmost in this great
natrioti" work. And then do not fail
to report sales and purchases of bonds
TO Nour district vice president. re-
m"mh"rlng NO, TO duplicate. For
example, II Z woman is member of
the MondaJ club also the Tuesday
club, she must make her choice OF
whether she will report through the
Monday or the Tuesday Otherwise
our records will "dOuble up"
Remember the drive begins Sep
tember 2Sth. next Saturday. We
must all work early and late. We
have sent the boys over-more than
million and a half of them-and
a n fD
Evening star., 1918-01-24
WILL PRESS THE MEASURE
Chairman Webb Hopes for Early
Action on Bill for Two Additional
D. C. Associate Justices.

TWO additional associate justices of
the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia will probably be authorized
soon by the House. The bill, which
provides for the appointment by the
President of such additional justices
with the same powers and at the same
salary as those now occupying the Su-
preme Court bench of the District. was
favorably reported January 8 by the
House judiciary committee.
Chairman Edwin y. Webb of North
Carolina said today that he expects to
press this measure for the House as
soon as possible. The judiciary COM
mittee expects to have the call on next
calendar Wednesday, but as this bill
for two additional justices was put on
the calendar after December 12. when a
special rule was adopted providing
that all cases put on after that date
must wait until all those previously on
had been considered, it is probable that
Representative Webb will have to seek
a special rule for the considerat ton of
this bill.
In the favorable report on this bill
the committee on the judiciary point
ed out that the same measure nassed
the House and Senate in the Sixty
fourth Congress- but in the Senate it
was amended by adding a provision
creating judge in a state This
forced the matter into a conference and
no agreement was reached before the
end of the Congress
The committee pointed out that when
the report was made to the House in
the SiXty-fourth Congress the addition
al justices We're needed and that they
are more needed now to handle the
work than they were at that time
Evening star., 1918-01-24
.U-bOAT SINKS GERMAN
SHIP SEIZED BY AMERICA
Survivors Of 0wasco, Torpedoed in
December, Land in United States.
Two of Crew Lost.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, January "a
The American steamship Owasco,
formerly the German steamer Alleman-
MIA and seized here when the United
States entered the war, was sunk by a
submarine the early part of December
while i'm Mediterranean waters near
the Spanish coast. according to sur
vivors of the ship who arrived here to-
day on a Spanish liner. 1t was said that
two members of the crew lost their
lives.
The Owasco is the American ship re-
Gently reported as having been one of
three vessels sunk while passing a
lighthouse, with the submarine lying
off shore and picking the vessels off as
they passed through the beam of light
The two other ships sunk were Nor
wesian and a British ship.
The Owasco was a steamship of 1880
tons gross register, built at Belfast in
1893. and formerly owned by the Ham
burg-American line. She left here No
yember 19 with a cargo for an Italian
port under command of Capt. A. c. Dav-
ison and carried a crew of about sew
enty men, in addition to a detail of
navy gunners.
The loss of the Owasco makes three
former German ships that have been
victims of German torpedoes. The 9TH
ers We're the Actaeon. formerly the Ad-
amsturn, sunk November 27, and the
Armenia The latter ship was beached
and it is understood, Will soon be ready
again for service.
Evening star., 1918-01-24
NAVY DEPARTMENT
PUTS BAN ON CANDY
Impurities Found in Confec-
tions Supplied Canteens
of Ships.

Discovery of Impurities in candy
supplied to canteens of Navy ships to-
day caused the issue of an order sus-
pending the sale of candy to the men
and also the purchase of additional
supplies pending investigation.
Navy Department officials were care
full not to say what the impurities"
were, but the announcement of the or
der Immediately caused 4 recurrence
of the report that powdered glass had
been discovered. There was no con-
firmation for this. however, and no
cases of sickness from eating the candy
have been reported.
1t was merely stated that "impuri-
ties" had been discovered in candy sold
to the officers and men. and that while
chemical investigation was determin-
ing what the foreign substances were
no more of the stuff would be sold and
no more would be sought for the sup
ply.
So far as is known this is the first
official action of its kind on a great
crop of reports of food poisoning by
enemy plotters, which have ranged
from breakfast foods to canned goods
and now finally to candy.
Evening star., 1918-01-24
Answers, Before the Senate, Charges Of MIR.
Wilson That He Had Distorted
the Facts.
ACCUSES SECRETARY BAKER OF
NOT KNOWING CAMP CONDITIONS
Declares His Integrity Challenged and Asserts Rights Of Americans
Know State Of War Prepazaton-Bme for Subordnates
Who Gave Mr. Baker Facts

Replying Presidents charge that he had distorted the truth
declaring establishment OF the country had fallen
down. Senator Chamberlain chairman OF the military affairs
nttee told the Senate today:
"The President didn't know the truth and did
Using testimony of Secretary Baker himself Senator Cham
beran the Secretary OF War OF knowing
the camps and environments OF the Army
"The PRESIDENT Senator Chamberlain NATURALLY obtained
Secretary War and the Secretary OF War
them to him he them ubordnaes without
to deceive subordnate the information they lied
Evening star., 1918-01-24
John L. Weaver Gives Order
After Conference With De-
nomination Heads.
ASSURED CONGREGATIONS
WILL COMPLY GLADLY
All Services Throughout Each Week
Suspended-Edifces Keeping Open
Centrally Chosen.

John l.. Weaver, fuel administrator
for the District of Columbia, today IS
sued an order that two out of three
churches in Washington shall be closed
for the next three weeks. The order was
issued after conferences with repre-
sentatives of the several denominations
and assurances given that the churches
would cheerfully comply with the re-
striction. Whether closing will be re-
ouired beyond the three weeks stlpulat-
cd depends on the measure of relief
which in the meantime comes to the
coal situation.
Details for making the order effective
will be worked out by committees OF
churchmen and reported to MIR. wilson
for approval. Rev George A Miller,
president of the federation of pastors
of Christian churches. will supervise or
eanization of all Protestant denom:na-
tions except the Episcopal. which Will
be looked after by Canon j. w. Austin
of All Saints Church. Chevy Chase
Daniel ]. Callahan and Charles j. Co
lumbus will make the arrangements
for Catholic churches. in cooperation
with the clergy of that faith. Colored
churches will be organized by Rev j.
Milton Walron and DIR. d. Ec Wlseman,
with such assistants as they may call
upon.
The churches closed are to have only
such heat as may be necessary to prevent
freezing of pipes or damage to pipe organs
or other musical instruments. 1t was not
deemed necessary to fix any rigid rule as
TO the amount of heat necessary under this
provision, as no doubt is entertained that
the churches will give full and loyal ad
herence to the plan
Evening star., 1918-01-24
HOW CHINESE TOOK CITY
Killed Commander in His Office Then
Fighting in Hardin Ensued

PACIFIC PORT. January o4.-Pas-
sengers aboard transpacific liner
WHICH has arrived here from the orient
brought details of the capture by
Chinese troops of the Manchurian city
of Harbin. T. j. Davis of Chicago. one
of the passengers. said the Chinese
took the city in a unique but effective
manner.
THE Chinese commander" Mr.. Davis
said. walked into the office of the
bolshevik commander and promptly
killed him."
Much fighting followed, Mr.. Davis
said. At the close of hostilities, he
asserted. the well drilled Chinese troops
had driven the bolshevik soldiers from
the city.
Evening star., 1918-01-24

Sunday Senator Chamberlain contin-
ued, but in a letter sent to the White
house the following day he replied
that he had been quoted substantially
correctly, in the World, hut asked the
President to read the entire speech as
printed in the Times instead of only a
part Of it. Z
Senator ChamberlGin's letter added
that he was discussing only the policy
or lack of policy" of the military es-
tahlishn.ent After stating his expert
ence in the military affairs committee
and testimony in the committees in
vestigation. the senator's letter con-
linued:
the deficiencies in the military estab-
Gshment. deficiencies which are clearly
recognized and proven in d sys-
tenn that ought to be remodeled for the
proper prosecution of the war
and have these disjointed and unco-
ordinated defects Weeded out
Evening star., 1918-01-24
CONFERENCE IS CALLED.
Mr.. Brownlow Asks Residents to
Discuss Social Hygiene Problem.

Commissioner Brownlow has called a
conference of District residents to dis
cuss the social hygiene problem in the
,canital and it's relation to the war. The
Meeting will be at the board room of
the District building at pm. Janu-
ary 81
Secretary Baker and Surgeon General
Gorgas, U. S. A. will be the principal
speakers Invitations may be obtained
by persons wishing to attend at the Of
fee Of Commissioner Browt4bws -