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AT WAYNESBORO MICE OF ffi
A BALE IS IDE TO FARMERS AND
THE COTTON HELD INDEFINITELY
“Buy-a-Bale” Movement Responsible For Improvement in
Conditions and Advance in Price—Women Hold Mass
Meeting and Pledge Themselves to Buy Only Cotton-Made
Goods—Thousands of Bales Pledged to Widespread Hold
ing Movement—Upwards of Five Hundred Bales of Dis
tress Cotton to be Taken Off the Market—Acreage of the
Richest Cotton Producing Lands in Georgia to be Cut
In 1915.
Waynssboro, Waynes
boro ''Buy-a-Bale" club will retire
upwards of r>oo bales of distress
cotton from the market.
From 60 to 65 per cent of the
80,000 hales raised In Burke coun
ty will be held for 10 centa or
more
Waynesboro city council has
granted the farmers the u»e of the
streets on which to "atore” their
cotton, If neoeamiry.
The women of Waynesboro have
In mass meeting assembled pledg
ed themselves for the neat twelve
months to huy only cotton-made
goods, as far as Is practicable.
Huslneae la going on the same
as usual In Waynesboro, and
"Huty-a-Bale" movement Is re
sponsible for tho Improvement In
conditions.
Bankers and merchants In
dorse the “Buy-a-Bale” campaign,
ami cotton buyers declare that tho
hanks and business houses are
co-opcrutlng to help ths farmer
help himself.
ADVANCES OF |26 A RALK
ARK MADE ON COTTON AT
WAYNESBORO AND ARRANGE
MENTS MADE TO HOLD THE
SAME FOR THEM INDEFINITE
LY.
In 1915 the cotton acreage In
Burke will be cut stashed.
WALTER E. DUNCAN, I
Staff Correspondent,
Tha Augusta Herald.
Waynesboro, Ga.— Her* In tha heart
of one of Georgia'* moat productive
cotton belt*. the hualneaa center of
Burke county, which with the poealble
exception of Laurens, raise* more cot
ton than any other county In the
atate, neither the farmera, the mer
chant* nor the hanker a have become
despondent nor even excited over the
wur-depreaaed condition of affair*.
Though here In Wayneaboro every
thing turn* on cotton, cotton price*
determine proaperlty, men live In
term* of cotton and the very atmos
phere la charged with cotton talk,
there la an absolute lack of depression
among the people, even If It doe* ex
-I*l In business condition* because of
a war-depressed cotton mnrket. The
average hu*lne*s man or the average
fanner you meet here will tell you
that thing* are gloomy and perhaps
shake his head to lend emphasis, but
talk to him a hit and you will find
that beneath the surface everybody
la hopeful, that everybody more or
lea* I* taking a cheerful view, and
that already they can see the rift In
the clouds.
Condition* have very materially
Improved here within the past
week Cotton buyers declare em
phatically their sincere belief that
the "Buy-a-Bale” movement Is
responsible. Merchants und hank
ers endorse It—believe In It—en
oourage It
Women Shew Patrlotiem.
Not only have the cttlxens of Way
■eehoro begun a “Huy-a-bale" cam
paign, but they are Joining heartily In
the movement. Bankers merchants,
professional megogterks. book-keepers,
•re buying dlagSik Cotton and retir
ing It from the market. Backing up
the Burke farmers, who are determln
mtned to hold for 10 cents or more,
there Is not only the "Buy a-Rale"
movement, but the women of Way
nesboro have joined hands In a pat
riotic and a splendid endeavor which
gives not only their moral *uport to
the cotton farmer who Is holding, hut
which will also, If their example Is
followed by the women of other cities
and sections, create an Increased de
mand for cotton
Lest Friday afternoon at the
residence of Mrs Ines Wilkins
Joue*. president of the Women's
Clrcls League, a maes meeting of
the women of W’aynesboro was
held. Action was taken through
ths adoption of resolutions by
which the women pledged them
eelves so far as practicable to
wear only cotton-made good*, to
clothe their children In cotton
made goods to purchase only
cotton-made goods for their homes
for the next twelve months or
until cotton In the open market
la bringing 10 cents or mora.
Burke ha* been for long the banner
•otton growing county of Georgia Istst
year 1-aurena county claimed the
largest production. But the average
production here Is approximately 60,-
000 bales This year, I am told, that
much cotton will be raised In Burke.
The crops are aplendtd. Farmers, cot
ton men and others who keep their
-weather-aye on cotton aa nearly ev
erybody In Waynaeboro does estimate
conservatively that from *0 to 76 per
cent of this year's big crops will be
held off the market.
Advances of (25 a Bale.
Many farmers who all along
have been disposed to hold but
who could not see their way clear
to do to. now find It possible I
have said that conditions havs Im
proved during the past week. Here
Is concrete proof of the Improve
ment.
A week ago today the farmer
could get no money on hie cotton.
To raise cash he was forced to
dump his cotton on the market
and sell for what he could get for
It—eeven cents. Today he can get
an advance of 626 a bale and hold
Indefinitely, and today (he market
has a stronger undertone, there
Is an Increasing demand, and
price Is up 6-1 of a cent over a
week ago. At that there Is much
lees cotton being sold in Waynes
boro today than a week ago.
Farmers Held Maes Meeting.
Last week a rousing mass meeting
was held at the court house. Farmers,
business men and citizens generally
attended. For an hour or more prac
tically every business house In Way
nesboro was closed. Mayor Frank M.
Cates, a big cotton planter he runs
between 90 and TOO plows- presided.
At that meeting, at which a splendid
spirit of co-operation was manifested,
pledges to huy and hold were given
for 1,760 hales, That was only a star
ter, however. The next day Mr. R. C.
Neely, president of tho Citizens Bank,
and Captain W. M. Fulcher, president
of the People’s Havings Bank, can
vassed the city with a list, and added
296 bales. Since that time the holding
movement has spread throughout the
county- the meeting here was com
posed almost entirely of men living In
the Immediate vicinity of W'aynesboro
or In the city proper.
At Sardis today a cotton buyer from
Savannah put In a full day’s work
and succeeded In buying only two
hales, though there were a thousand
In sight—ginned and ready for mar
ket when a reasonable price Is of
fered.
At Green's Cut It was Impossible to
buy cotton at the markot price.
Most of the cotton that has been
marketed here was sold earlier In the
season, shortly after the beginning of
the European war when overnight the
market went to pieces and tho farm
ers wore less hopeful - before there
was an organlged holding movement
and before men and women throughout
the south everywhere began putting
their savings Into distress cotton to
retire It from the market.
Perhaps 3,500 hales In all have been
sold here —-mostly green cotton. But
while at first blush this apepars a
Inrge amount rompnred with sales In
other places, It must l>e remembered
that not only Is Burke’s crop one of
tho biggest In Georgia but that the
season opened several weeks earlier
this year.
“It looks like a whole lot of cotton
to be sold at the present price,” said
Mr. J. H. Whitehead, merchant, cotton
buyer and vice president of the Citi
zen’s Hank, "hut there wore many like
myself who had obligations to meet
nnd who sold cotton In order to lie
able to meet them, I had made these
obligations which were not predicated
upon the price of cotton, and I sold
enough cotton at what I could get for
It to get the money to pay my debts.
But." be added, "I liave no more cotton
to sell at less than 10 cents From
today on, I am out of the market, ex
cept to buy.
What "Buy-a-Bale" Has Dons.
"The ‘Rtiy-a-Bale’ movement
has already put cotton up $3 a
hale." declared Mr. Wbltrhead.
“That alone Is responsible for ths
advance. And It Is going to keep
on pushing up the price"
Mr. Whitehead added that the mon
ey for twenty "Ruy-a Bale’’bales had
been placed In his hands today. In
Waynesboro It Is believed hy those
behind the movement that through It
600 hales will he In the next few day#
retired from the market.
To ask Jobbsrs to Hslp.
Not only are the merchants them
selves buying and retiring distress
cotton from the market, but a move
ment was launched todny along the
line of that adopted by the retail mer
chante of Batesburg. 8. C, to enlist
the Jobbers and wholesalers, not only
In the south but throughout the coua-
ID*. Ih the "Buy-a-Bale” movement.
1 .alters will be sent out by the mer
chants of Waynesboro to the Jobbers
and wholesalers from whom they buy
goods, asking that through them the
Jobbers huy a bale at 10 cents a pound
In Waynesboro and hold It here.
Difference Made In One Week.
Mr Rowland, of the firm of Blount
A Rowland, merchants and ootton
buyera, told ms today that he Is of
fered more now for cotton than at
any time since the season opened. The
market la 5-8 of a cent up and there
Is a good demand.
"We have made arrangements
with a firm In Augusta whereby
we oan advance 825 on every bale
that la brought to ua and hold a
man’s cotton Indefinitely." sab!
Mr Rowland, "lost week nobody
would advance a cent If the fann
er wanted to hold. He had to sell
at whatever he could get. to get
any money at all Then todav the
price la up and, 1 don’t think there
Is any doubt, will keep on advan
cing.
“Tha Buy-a-Rale movement, and
Increased exports are responsible
and If the people of the south will
keep on buying up distress cotton
and holding It off the market
while the farmers are holding we
will be gelling 10 cents for cotton
before very long
Export Shipments.
Rlonnt A Rowland today received
an order for 100 bales to make up an
export shipment of 500 bales, which Is
going to lJverpool—-to be shipped
through Canada Last week this firm
shipped 100 hales direct to Barcelona.
Blount A Howland have sold some of
their own cotton to meet obligations,
but have no more to market at pre
vailing prices
Mr. Neely a Leader.
Mr. R. C. Neely, president of the
dtlsene Bank, at the head of tha mer
cantile firm of the R. C. Neety Com
pany, and operating the largest ware
house In this section, has extensive
farming Interests In Burke county. Mr.
Neely Is not only a strong advocate
of the farmer holding hts cotton off
the market, but Is holding and will
hold a large amount of cotton
"We operate about 260 plows" said
Mr. Neely, “so far we have sold only
eight bales and those eight bales were
w et. At present we have out about
2.000 bales, which We are going to hold
uet as long as Is possible. We are
building two more warehouses here
and one at Midvllle and have two large
storerooms at Midvllle In which we
will store cotton Instead of renting
them. Then we have made arrange
ments to store about 6,000 bales in
Augusta”
But the Acreage.
Mr. Neely Is devoting his spare time
to tho advocacy of a wholesale cut In
cotton acreage next year.
"If on top of what we must car
ry over, the south should raise ev
en hijf a crop next year we will
have low-priced cotton for ten
years,” he declared "It will take
that long for the cotton farmer to
recover from a self-administered
blow. We must cut and slash and
we might as well begin to realize
It now.
"I am advising the farmers to
plant vetch and oats Just as soon
as they gather their cotton and
next year to plant Just as little
cotton as they have to —to grow
corn, to raise hogs, to become self
sustaining. When the white farm
er learns to do that, the negro will
do likewise. The negro Is simply
an Imitator. He Is going to do
what the white man does.
Taka Cotton AND Corn.
"Next year,” continued Mr.
Neely, "Instead of telling my ten
ants that I will take so many
bales of cotton, for instance, two
hales, I Intend telling them that I
will take one hale of cotton and
so many bushels of corn. If oth
ers will do this, the old fallacy of
cotton being a money crop will
lose Its charm. We’ve got to get
away from It and become self
sustaining—to learn how to farm
some other way than along the
line of least resistance.”
Dike the other banks of Waynes
boro—the First National, the Bank of
Waynesboro and the People's Havings
Bank—the Citizens Bank will accept
cotton receipts In lieu of cash, renew
paper as It matures and hold the
farmers' cotton for them
"If," said Mr. Neely, “we must sell
some cotton, I would rather sacrifice
some of my own than than to see our
customers throw theirs on the market
and accept what they can get for It
Must Learn to Farm.
"When we learn how to farm." he
added, "the farmer will lie able to
make his own price for his cotton as
he makes a price on a horse or a mule,
a bushel of potatoes or a load of wa
termelons. He will not depend upon
cotton, but will first raise enough
com to feed his stock, hog meat
enough to feed his family and his
hands, and with lens which must bn
bought with cotton money, cotton will
come Into Us own as an actual money
crop—money that need not be taken
In one day to be paid out the next for
something to eat. While we may not
like the feel of the surgeon’s knife now
being applied, I am of the opinion that
what we are suffering Is bringing j
nearer the day of the southern farm- |
er’s emancipation from depending up
on cotton. He has only to make the
most of this year’s lesson."
Hat No Cotton to Sell.
Captain W. M. Fulcher, president of
the People’s Havings Bank and clerk
of court, himself a big farmer, has no
cotton to sell at the present market
price. The "Buy-a-Bale” movement
and the action of the women of Way
nesboro to stick to cotton-made goods
has his hearty endorsement, as has
also the widespread holding movement
and the determination of the farmers
of Burke to cut the cotton acreage
next year.
"While this Is first, last, and always
a cotton growing country,” said Cap
tain Fulcher, “cotton can be made a
surplus money crop. We cannot farm
without raising cotton, but we cannot
farm Intelligently If we depend en
tirely upon cotton as we have done In
the past. We must become self-sus
taining. snd the situation thrust upon
us by the European war Is undoubted
ly going to help us In that direction.
Next year the people of this section
are going to give first thought to
raising something to eat, and then
begin to think about growing cot
ton."
Makes His Own Prloo.
Captain Fulcher told me about
a Burke county farmer, Mr. R. J.
Uodliee, to whom he points as an
example. Mr. Godbee Is In posi
tion to hold his cotton Indefinite
ly because he not only raises
enough to feed himself and his
family, but making ootton a sur
plus money crop, has always
plenty of corn to sell and plenty
ofhogs to supply his neighbors.
With Mr. Oodbee there Is but one
price—com 81 a bushel and hogs
10 cents a pound, gross—no mat
ter what season of the year and
no matter what price others may
he charging You may take It or
leave It alone, It Is always the
same with him. Getting his own
price, nnd getting It for these
commodities. Mr. Godbee likewise
sets his own price for his cotton
and holds until he can get It.
As an Indication of the magnificent
crops raised throughout this section
this year Captain Fulcher told me of
a share-cropper who Uvea on his place
who hue already ginned nine hales
from a one-horse farm and who will
get out 18 more bales It Is nothing
unusual for a farmer to raise 20 to 25
hales to the plow In this fertile, fav
ored section.
May “Store" On Streets.
With the determination of the farm
ers to hold and with upwards of 2.000
bales from the Immediate auroundlng
country pledged to be held, which
wtll grow to many times that amount
as the sentiment Is spreading,—and,
as Captain Fulcher points out, a rise
In the market will encourage ths
farmers to hold nnd they will hold
as long as the market continues tu
advance—lt Is realized that the prob
lem of warehouse facilities will be
come acute. With a 50.000 hale crop,
more than half of which will be held.
Burke farmers have been granted by
] city council the use of the strets of
Waynesboro. Unless cotton advances
very materially within the next two
weeks, the first of October will see
ever)’ available foot of space In the
warehouses filled and thouaands of
hales lined up along the business
streets of the city.
Some Who Will Hold,
Mr. C. W, Skinner, merchant and
president of the Bank of Waynesboro,
I has pledged himself to hold 100 hales
for 10 cents
Dent Brothers, merchants, who
have been selling soire cotton begin
holding today and will sell no more
j for the present. *
Mr. W. L McKlmurray wilt make
500 bales, and he tells mo hs will
hold
As I have stated. Mr. J H. White
head Is out of the market hereafter,
and so are Blount A Rowland
Mr. K M Cates, with the crop from
between 90 and 100 plows, except some
green cotton already oold. has Joined
i heartily In the holding movement.
Mr. E. 11 Blount, who runs between
i 15 and 40 plows, will hold for 10 centa
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
VIENNA ONLY GETS BULLETINS
OF LESS LOAN 2D WOODS EACH
Even These Are Purposely Made Ambiguous. Public Most
Uneasy. Aged Emporer Works Hard. Wife of United
States Ambassador Organizes Red Cross.
Vienna, via. Paris.—A report from
Budapest asys fighting which begun
several days ago has not yet come to
an end. Servian troops which crossed
the frontier at several places are
arousing much uneasiness among the
local population but this entire Ber
vian movement is without importance,
the Budapest report says. Kuch com
munications, worded in a studiously
ambiguous manner, appearing In the
newspapers, are making tho public in
creasingly uneasy.
Scrutinizes All.
Amidst these anxieties, the aged
emperor of the dual monarchy, Francis
Joseph, is reported In excellent health.
He Is working harder and longer hours
every day than formerly. He scruti
nizes keenly all the reports from the
various seats of war, and It Is related
that no news Is permitted to be made
public without his sanction.
The newspapers of Vienna are sup
plied with bulletins of less than a score
of words each, from which they draw
the most fantastic descriptions of what
Is transpiring.
Meanwhile, railroad trains are brlng
lngtng thousands of wounded Into Vi
SECOND REPORT OF BELGIANS
ON ATROCITIES ¥ GERMANS
Official Press Bureau Makes Public Commission’s Findings.
Supporting Evidence Given of Horrors at Burning of
Louvain.
London, 1:30 p. m.—The official
press bureau has made public the sec
ond report of the Belgian commission
appointed to inquire into alleged Ger
man atrocities at Louvain and around
Mallnes. It reviews incidents there
tofore generally reported but adds
documents and other supporting evi
dence.
The commission finds that at Lou
vain the Germans requisitioned food
and lodging; took possession of the
cash In all the Louvain banks; burst
open houses; pillaged, and committed
other axcesses.
Two Instances.
The report relates In detail two al
leged Instances In which women were
outraged by German soldiers and as
serts that there have been instances
where women and children have been
stabbed with bayonets and their legs
PICKED UP 300 MINES WITH PRISONER
PLACED AT BOW OF SEARCH
ING VESSEL.
London.—When one of the British mine-hunting boats captured a
mine-laying trawler, manned by Germans In the North sea, so one war
story goes, the British captain lined up his captives and picked out the
weakest looking of the loL
Ordering hint to step forward, he said:
"Tell me where you laid those mines.”
‘Til die first,” said the sailor.
"Very well," replied the captain. “You have helped lay these mines.
You know where they nre. We arc going to hunt for them and your po
sition Is going to be right In the bow of this ship so that If we hit one
of them you surely will die first”
He ordered the prisoner placed In the bow and then steamed over the
waters known to be mined. The end of tho story Is that this vessel pick
ed up nearly 800 mines while the prisoner was kept In his position of
danger.
Mr. Blount has sold 6*09 worth of
hogs recently, and every year has
plenty of hogs to sell besides raising
r big corn crop. Ten years ago Mr.
Blount started out with little or noth
ing. Today he Is worth 640,000 or
650,000. made In farming, but he has
not put his whole dependence In cot
ton.
All Eyes On Burke.
These are only a few who are In on
the holding movement. There Is a list
of Burke farmers as long as a man’s
arm already pledged.
What Burke county with its 50,000
hale crop does carries weight—hold
ing now will cause farmers elsewhere
to hold, cutting acreage next year will
set the pace for farmers elsewhere.
In Waynesboro the "Buy-a-Bale"
movement Is gaining ground,—spread
ing both In popularity and In volume
as It Is everywhere throughout the
south.
Multiplied by Fifteen.
As an Indication of what Is being
done. Mr. F. H. Blount, book
keeper for Mr. J. H. Whitehead,
pledged himself to buy one bale,
lie has bought 15 bales. Mr. C.
A. Evans agreed to buy one hale.
He Increased his purchase to 10
bales.
Among those who signed the agree
ment to buy each one or more bales
are Mr. W. O. Gresham, cashier of the
j Bank of Waynesboro, Mr. A. J. Her
' rtngton, assistant cashier and book
keeper at the same bank, Mr. r>. C.
Chttklns. merchant, Mr. E. H. McEl
murray Mr. L. D. Blount. Mr. M. C.
Cohen, Mr B. C. Hurst. Mr. J. t>.
Cates. Jr.. I>r. W. D. Beckwith. Mr.
Gabriel Toombs, cashier of the Cltl
itn* Bank. Prof. M. C. Allen, super
indent of the public schools Mr. F, 11.
Blount. Mr. R. L. Miller. Mr. W. A.
i Wallace. Mr. J. J. Bargeron, Mr. C.
A. Rawlins Mr. W. C Lewis.
Money in Oats.
Cotton la not. however, all that ha*
i been grown thle year, though the
j farmer who has raised his own aup
! piles and has made cotton a surplus
j crop ts the exception rather than the
I rule. Good corn crops have been
j raised dand those farmera who raised
| oats enough to sell are in clover. Mr.
1 Neely has bought 1.00 bushels this
week.
Mr John Boyd, g bog and hom
iny farmer who raised In addition
to cotton, a* big oat crop, has sold
to other parties upwards of 1.000
bushels of rust proof oats, getting
from 75 cents to 61 50 a bushel. As
most of these are seed oat a It le
Indicated that the fanners of this
section will make their land pro
duce for them this winter.
Women Adept Resolutions.
At the meeting of the women o(
Waynesboro, held last Friday, the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted!
enna. On two days last week, there
arrived respectively In the capital 243
and 3,200 wounded soldiers. The total
number of wounded In Vienna today
aggregates over 20,000.
There probably are many more thou
sands already in Budapest and thou
sands more are at Cracow, Prague,
Cratz and even as far as Innsbruck.
The resources of the Red Cross are
being taxed to the uttermost and all
class of society are rendering aid.
Mrs. Penfield.
Mrs. Frederick C. Penfield, wife of
the American ambassador, has organ
ized a corps of Red Cross workers In
the embassy.
Thousands of Galician Poles, chiefly
Jews, are in Vienna without means
of support and are forced to beg for
food andtshelter. Free meals on a
generous scale are dispensed dally.
Public apprehension that all has not
been going well with Austria is evi
denced by a military decree calling
upon youths born in 1894 to Join the
army for home defense. Under ordi
nary circumstances these young men
would not have been summoned to tho
colors until next spring.
cut off. One case Is cited where a
workman, covered with keroslne, was
thrown into a burning house.
Of the burning of Louvain the re
port says:
"Everything tends to prove that
German regiments through mistake,
fired at one another.
Begin Bombarding.
At once the Germans began bom
bading the town, pretending that civ
ilians had fired on their troops, a sug
gestion denied by all witnesses.”
To spread the fire In Louvain ths
report charges, the Germans entered
houses and threw hand grenades.
The commission contends that from
several places In Belgium the male
population has been sent to Germany
and forced to work at harvesting as
If they were slaves.
"Whereas, the European war has
demoralixed the cotton market and
trade conditions throughout the en
tire south and realizing that to meet
the situation requires stout hearts and
willing hands, and being mindful of
the sixties, and in order to lend our
efforts as far as we can to create a
demand for cotton goods, thereby re
lieving the strain brought about by
unparalleled conditions, and believing
that our people have been lead astray
by the lure of "imported goods,” white
our home product can and will meet
all needs; we, the women of the city
of \\ aynesboro. in meting assombled,
do hereby pledge ourselves as fol
lows
"First, that for ourselves that we
shall wear only cotton goods, and that
our purchases for wearing apparel
shall consist only of cotton goods In
so far as practicable;
"Second, that for our children-their
clothing shall consist of cotton goods
Is so far as practicable;
’•Third, that four our homes we shall
purchase only cotton goods In so far
as practicable;
"Fourth, It being understood that
this agreement shall In no wav affect
the use and enjoyment of clothing or
household articles already bought or
contracted for.
"Fifth, It being further understood
that this agreement shall be binding
for the period of one year or until
cotton can be sold in the open iharket
for 10 cents or better.
"In adopting the above agreement
we realize that we not only Increase
the demand for cotton, thereby raising
the price, but also decrease living ex
pense, and that, with the Increased
consumption of cotton, more mills will
be operated in the south, thereby pro
viding labor for hundreds of our peo
ple.'*
Notice We have the finest woolens
for suits, overcoats and trousers; our
fit and workmanship is of the best;
price low. F. G. Medina, the tailor
of today.
For a Weak Stomach.
There are people right In this vl
vlnlty who find it necessary to be very
careful about what they eat its they
have weak stomachs. Many of them
would b# very much benefited by the
same treatment that cured Mrs. Ern
est Pharo, of Beaver Dam. Ohio, who
writes “I had a weak stomach and
for year* certain food disagreed with
me. I would feel uncomfortable for
hours after eating I lost weight and
became debilitated. Then I began tak
ing Chamberlain's Tablets and the
promptness with which they benefited
me surprised both niyaelf and my fam
ily. They strengthened my digestion
and In it short time I was sound and
well. For sals by ait Dealers.
WAR BULLETINS
W'RELESS REMOVED.
London.—A dispatch received here from Constantinople says that cer
tain British naval Instructors In Turkey, accused of having committed"
depredations, have been prevented from doing further harm. It is
declared In this message that the wireless apparatus has been removed
from the British embassy in Constantinople.
ENEMY HEMMED IN.
London, 4:22 p. m.—A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company
from Petrograd says that after the capture of Opole and Tourobine,
Russian forces have hemmed the enemy Into an angle formed by the
Junction of the river Vistula and the river Han.
SHOT DEAD.
Capetown, Union of South Africa, (via London, 12:52 p. m.) —Gen.
Jacobus Hendrick de La Rey, the well-known Boer general, has been ac
cidentally shot dead near Johannesburg.
GERMANS IN RUSSIAN POLAND.
London, 8:39 a. m.—A Rome dispatch to The Exchange Telegraph Co.,
gives an official announcement made In Berlin, that Gtrmany has estab
lished a military government over Suwalki, in Russian Poland.
JAP AIRPLANE’S BOMBB.
Tokio.—lt Is officially announced that a Japanese aeroplane dropped
bombs on the barracks of the Germans at Tsing-Tao and that the ma
chine returned safely to its headquarters. The destroyer flotilla operat
ing from Laossan Bay, near Tsing-Tao, drove In the enemy’s patrols.
SERVIANSIN BOSNIA.
Paris, 3:44 a. m.—A dispatch to The Havas Agency from Nish, Servia,
confirms the reports that the Servians have occupied Vishegrad, In Bos
nia, 40 miles southeast of Sarayevo.
ACCIDENT TO WOUNDED.
Paris, 11:10 a. m.—A report reached Paris this morning of an acci
dent near Meaux, 20 miles east of Paris, to a railroad train carrying
wounded.
Ambassador Herrick received a telephone message asking that auto
mobiles be sent out.
PLAYED FUNERAL MARCH.
London, 5:05 a. m.—The Times correspondent In Coulommiers, France
STTT*™? 1 when the mayor and prosecutor of that town refused to pay
520,000 demanded by the Germans as a war levy, they wero taken out- \
side the town to be shot, the Germans playing Chopin’s funeral march V
as a last threat. The English saved their lives, however, as a retreat
was ordered before the threatened execution could be carried out.
COURTMARTIAL; ATROCITIES.
Paris, 11:15 a. m.—A Havas dispatch from Petrograd says Lieutenant
Prieksker, the former German commander at Kalisz, Russian Poland,
who recently was taken prisoner, has been brought before a courtmartiai
to answer for alleged atrocities when the German troops entered that
town.
RUMANIAN ATTITUDE.
Paris, 3:42 a. m.—A dispatch from Rome to the Havas Agency says
several Rumanian deputies have left Bucharest for Rome to inform the
public on the state of mind of Rumania’s subjects regarding the Euro
pean war.
According to the newspaper Adeverul, published in Bucharest. Aus
trians from Transylvania have arrived at Sinaia, charged with a mission
to develop opinion favorable to Austria. Rumanian politicians, however,
begged them not to insist.
STORM MOVING
NORTHWARD
Is Centered East of Florida
Coast. Shifting Gales Along
South Atlantic Coast.
Washington.— A tropical storm, now
centered off the east Florida coast is
expected to spread rapidly northward,
making shipping hazardous along the
entire South Atlantic seaboard, ac
cording to a warning Issued by the
weather bureau today.
"The storm will undoubtedly In
crease In Intensity as it moves north
ward,” says the statement, “find be
attended by shifting gales along the
Atlantic coast northward to the Vir
ginia Capes during the next 24 hours.
Warning of these dangerous condi
tions has been sent to shipping along
the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and
storm warnings are displayed at At
lantic ports from Key West to Nor
folk.”
AUGUST TDABE
AT LOW PDINT
Imports Lowest Since Nov.
1911 With Exports Lowest
Since August 1909.
Washington.—August imports touched
the lowest point reached In any month
slnre November. 1911, and August ex
ports the lowest point in any month
since August, 1909.
Imports of merchandise during Au
gust, 1914, according to preliminary fig
ures just completed by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, totalled
1129.399,496, compared with *137.651,603
In August 1913 and *154.756.770 in Au
gust 1912; while In the eight months
ended with August imports were valued
at *1.269,992.869 against *1.156 300,228 In
1913 and *1.188,075,234 In 1912.
August exports e mounted to *110,337,-
643. compared with *187.909,020 In Au
gust 1913. and *167.844.871 In August
1912; while In the eight months ended
with August they were *1,311 319,707
against *1,515.182,157 In 1913 and i1.416,-
346.429 In 1912.•
Gold imports In August were valued
at *3,034,824 against *5.803.753 In August
1913 and gold exports exports *18.125 617
against *1.194,657 In August 1913. For
eight months ended with August 1914
gold Imports aggregated *37,169 981
against *41,572.860 In 1913, and go d ex
ports *135,769,576 against *73.583,242 In
191*.
COTTON A GOOD ASSET.
Washington.—A reasonable Invest
ment In cotton would be recognized
as a valuable asset by the treasury
department In the case of surety com
panies whleh qualify on bonds to the
federal government. Secretary Mc
| Adoo has so Informed former Gov
ernor Warfield of Maryland, president
of a Baltimore surety company.
BRUSSELS IS MOST ORDERLY CITY; NO
PAPERS; NO MAIL; NO PHONES
London, 4j55 p. m—Carlisle Clark,
director of the technical school of
Brussels and formerly a resident of
Lynn. Mass. arrived In London to
day from Ostend. He left Brussels
Saturday, and made his wav to Os
tend by wagon. He related todav that
as he was coming through Alost,
where severe fighting took place dur
ing * recent Belgian sortie, he wit
nessed the blowing up of a bridge by
a detachment of French troops, and
was present when a German bicycle
scout was shot and killed by u group
of Belgian soldiers.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. IS
WITHDRAWAL OF
D. S. TDDDPS AT
VERA CRUZ ,
*-
Arrangements Made in Accor
dance With President’s Order
of Evacuation. Fleet to Fol
low Soon.
Washington.—Details of the with
drawal of the American military
forces who have held Vera Cruz since
last May, were arranged today in ac
cordance with President Wilson’s or?
der of evacuation. Transports at
Newport News and Galveston were
ordered to proceed to the Mexican
port as soon as possible to take the
forces aboard. The battleship fleet
now In Mexican waters is also to be
withdrawn soon, but no formal order
has yet been issued.
The total forces at Vera Cruz under
General Funston Include 7,200 sol
diers and marines The latter will
go back to warships and stations from
Vhich they were taken while the for
mer will return to Texas City. Their
departure Is expected to begin within
a fortnight.
The order of evactuatlon was decid
ed on at a cabinet meeting after re
ceipt of an urgent appeal from Gen
eral Carranza asserting that the pres
ence of American troops constituted
a constant menace to friendly rela
tions. The president and his advisers
believe further presence of American
forces is not necessary because of the
removal of the circumstances which
led to occupation.
Border Patrol.
Washington.—Secretary Garrison
said today no orders had been issued
for withdrawal of the border patrol.
The troops now are engaged in man
euvers and It was intimated that when
those exercises are completed the or
ganizations may return to their homo
stations.
NOTHING "INDISCREET." i
Washington—State department offi
cials, who read today a much dis
cussed published Interview with Wm.
G. sharply, newly appointed ambas
sador to France, were at a loss to
discover In It anything “indiscreet," ns
had been reported. Statements had
been published that the French gov
ernment was displeased with it.
TAKES COMMAND THURSDAY.
Washington.—Secretary Daniels an
nounced today that Rear Admiral
Fletcher would take over command of
the Atlantic fleet on Thursday at
New York, Instead of 1 n Hampton
Roads, as previously planned.
BY JAP SCOUTS.
Tokio—The railway station at Klao
show. five miles from the bay of that
name, and opposite Tslng Tau, tho
German fortified port was occupied
on September 13th hy Japanese scouto
according to an official announce'-
ment today.
Mr. Clark says Brussels is versi
orderly, though the cases close \
night, no plaoes of amusement
open and business is at a
There is no delivery of mall or tele
rrams. nor are newspapers publish
ed Telephone service has been dis
continued. The Belgians are careful
to do nothing to provoke the German
soldiers, who are well behaved.
The food supply is plentiful. "All
German authorities have acquisition"*!
the royal coaches of state for military
purposes.