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TWO 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.