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COMBINATION TO HKOTTON PRICES FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINT FROM SOUTH. BUYERS DIVIDE TERRITORY North and South Carolina and Georgia Have Complained and Will So Invest! gated. Waahiagtoos—Special agenta of the Federal Trade Consmiaalon have be gun an Invest!ration of charges that cotton buyera In North and Bou*h Carolina and Georgia have combined to keep down prices to producers. The complalnta aliased that large pur cbaaera of cotton In the states named bave combined to divide territory In such a way ao to allow the practically to fix the price to the grower. Com mieeloner W. J. Harrla. who received the complalnta, recommended a thor ough Investigation which was ordered by the commission. ■Members of the commission said that if the alienations of the com plalnta were aubstantlated, the com bination would constitute a restraint of trade, and the commission would be authorized to proceed under the anti trust law. That would mean in stitution of the first suit of the kind brought through the commission since Ita creation. Agents of both the economic and legal divisions of the commission will oooduct the investigation. The trade conui Lint ion indued tlie following ■tateroent; "The FodWftl Trade Commission has ordered an immediate investiga tion to determine whether there is a combination upon the part of cotton buyers of South Carolina, North Caro oiina, and Georgia W» hold down the prlce> oif cotton. Thta Investigation bas been undertaken at the instance of Commissioner W. J. Harris to whose attention complaints have come that such -a combination doea eilet result ting in his submission of the matter to the commission. "Thia Information la to the effect that tor years past in the three stages In question and more particularly in thw two Care Unas there have been varying prices for cotton, often this difference amounting to one-half cent a pound In two points not more than 20 miles distant from each other. "This difference In price, It 1* al leged in complaint* which have reached the commission. seems to he the sole result of tfhe working* of thl* combination. For inatance, tt la cited, many citiea and towna have practically no Mve market* due to the fact tliat divisions of territory for baying purpoaea are made, one terri tory belonging to one buyer, another territory to another. "These aUeged practice* are said to be confixed to certain places, indi cated in the complaint, to a greater extent, possibly, than to other point* within the atate specified." LARGEST SUFFRAGE PARADE. Thirty ThouMnd Ladle* in Lin* on Fifth Avenue, New York. ' New York.—Fifth avenue for four houra was given over to the largest woman'* suffrage parade ever wit* nesaed anywhere. It was the women's appeal to place New York at the elec tion on November 2 among the etatea which have given women the right to vote. Participated in by women from every state in the union and from more than 20 foreign countries, by women from every phase of business professional, educational, artistic and official Hfe, the parade extended from Washington Square to Central Park, and although it began shortly after 3 o'clock, It was long after dark when the last marchers had finished. Suffrage leaders estimated that 30,- 000 women were In line. In addition, there were 6,000 men representing, the leaders said, only about half of the men who had signed pledge* that they would participate. New Export Trad* Plan. Washington—Plans for handling export trade of the United States through a trust company, co-operating with the Federal government, in order to avoid interference with cargoes, were announced by Secretary Red field of the department of commerce, after a conference with Aasistant Sec retary Peters of the treasury depart ment, Assistant Secretary "Vrooman of the department of agriculture and a number of exporter* trustees of the company. Foreign Trad* Convention. New York.—James.A. ParreU, presi dent of the United States Steel Cor poration, and chairman of the Nation al Ptoreifft Trade Council, issued a call to business 'men to attend the third national foreign trade conven tion tft'NeW Orleans, January 27-29. He •aid that "commercial preparedness" and formulate pt&» by which Ameri can b**ine*s men wIU he *Me to meet the keen competition that la mre to (allow the w*r . ~Mk " FAIRBANKS WARNS AGAINST INVASION FORMER VICE PRESIDENT SAYS COMMERCIAL INVASION MOST FEARED. ESTABLISH AMPLE CREDIT Evan MOP* Unprepared For Commar oial Invaalon Than a Military In vaeloa Ho Saye. Louisville. Ky.—Warning tot the United Stales should prepare for "a commercial invasion" aa wail aa for • military Invasion *u voiced by Charles Warren Faiibenka, former Vice Prealdent, In an a4droee deliver ed at a political mooting here. "The present proaeprity of certain Industries baaed on war ordera la In herently temporary," ho aalri. "With in the period of the neit admlniatra- Uon, our own national life and the mark eta of the world will be profound ly affected by the great conflict rag in# aboard. We muat moot Chat with a constructive pro-American program which conalata of: "Flret, tte restoration of the pro tective tariff; second, adequate, pre paredness for national defense; third, the restoration of the American flag to the oceana; fourth, organisation to market our waree In the world mar kets. „ "W# must not only hare our own •hips, we must eeUhll*h ample bank in* facilities at strategic points in both Hemisphere ato effect oerdlts mare and more through our own agencies and to extend We iuu*t send young men to the different countries to learn the language of the people, to learn their wants, whim* and pre judices. If we are to win new trade, we must do busliwes as others desire rather than to try and force upon thein our methods." After the war, Mr. Pai-rtoanks said, only one rich neutral market in the world wM present Kself, America. "To our shores will roH a tide of commercial invasion whioh will be paralysing under a free trade or a tralff for revenue only," hi aaid. "We are now even more unprepared to reeitt commercial titan military in vasion. The weapon of cheapness, wielded by our Impoverished com mercial rivals, will be IrreattstiMe." TO SERBIAN FRONT. American Military Attach* at Berlin Will Go to Belgrade. Berlin.—Lieut. Col. Joseph E. Kuhn, military attache of the American em basay here, ha* gone to the Serbian front in company with the military attache* of the oth*r neutral oountrlea etationed in Berlin. The ofllcera will make their headquartera in Belgrade, from which city trip* to the varlou* front* will he made. Lieut. Coi. Kuhn has juat returned from a two month*' atay at the Weat ern grand headquartera where he wa* presented to Emperor William last Sunday. The Emperor chatted with the American officer for 10 minute* and evinced particular interest when he learned that Lieut Coi. Kuhn be longed to the engineer division of th* American Army. Austrian Killed Englishman. Denver, CoL —Race hatred stirred up by the European war and resulting in murder led to the arreat hero of Oeorjte Flaragrndy, an Austrian, on oharge of killing George Gray, an Englishman, Both men were employ ed in a railroad machine whop. The police aay that Maragrady, upon learning thwt his brother had been killed by the Allies in Europe became so enraged that he pushed Qray Into a powerful drill preae where the Englishman was crushed to death. Dlax Jolne Zapata. El Paso, Tel.—A message aatd to hare been received in Juarez la quot ed aa stating Chat Felix Dlai' ha* joined the Zapata forces and la now at the head of iO.OOO men with whom he la menacing Mexico City. Receipt of the menage waa reported from two different *ourtea. Two Mexican Bandit* KHl*d. Brownsville, Tex**.—A detaohm of Che Sixth Cavalry flred on and kill ed two supposed Mexican bandits who were crossing the Rio Grande «ut the Sen Pedro Ranch, 13 miles up the river from Bro rnsvills. Both were armed. The bodies were not recov ered. Lieut. T. ft. Van Natta of Troop L, Sixth Cavalt f, wus in command of the detachment. Two Mexicans are held by the sheriff's department here under susplcfan of being Implicated In the train wreck. Approve* D*f*na* Plan. Washington. formal announce meat of army plane in the national defense program to be laid before congress awaits word from President Wilson that he hae concluded his con ference with oongreweionat leaders on the subject. White the president has approved the plan which calls for building up an army of more than 3L» 800,006 in six years he has uot yet %ad an opportunity to discus* It with 4 a those member* of the house and senate whose view* he wishes to Ob tain. THE ENTERPRISE, WILUAMBTOM, WORTH CAROLINA. ANOTHER MYSTERY ] ENDORSE DEFENSE BILL lETTERS COME FROM EMPLOY ERS WHO ARE WILUNO TO ASSIST PLAN. Although Mon Would Be Required to Actually Serve One or Two Mentha In Each Year. Washington.—Endorsements of the administration'* plan to or oat* a great oonUnental anny (or defense are be ginning to reaeh Washington from large employing firms and ootporu lions. _ It waa learned thai SBPnvlng letters had been received from several such concerns, and at lesst one had expressed willingness to grant It* men leave on full pay for service In the proposed organisation. Enlistments In the continental anny aa contemplated In Seoretury Uarrieon's program would be for six yoaiß. but the men actually would be required to aerve but two month* a year for the flrwt three years during which time they would undergo In tensive military training In field campa. Officials realize that Che suc cess of the scheme depends to a con siderable extent upon 00-opemtlon with the government by the employ era of the country's young men. One of the companies heard from wrote thait H gladly with pay to any of u\s men dgslring to enlist, not only fit*, reasons of pa* triotiwni hut because 1C was regarded a sa good business proposition to permit the men .to take advantage of ar opportunity to spend two months In vigorous oamp life with military training. EMBARGO ON MUNITIONS. No Shipment of Arma to Mexicans Except Carranxa, Says Wilson. Washington.—President Wilson is sued slmultaneouely a proclamation establishing an embargo on the ship* menta of arma and ammunition to Mexico and an order excepting from the prohibition the recognised da facto government of which General Carranaa hi Chief Executive. The proclamation makes It clear that the United State a intend h that no forces opposed to the recognised government in Mexico, particulaity those of General Villa, sdmll obtain war munitions from this country. In enforcing the embargo, the treasury will have the co-operation of the departments of state, war and justice. Ordera will be telegraphed to cuatoms officials along the border and on both coasta of the United Statea. Consular officers, agents of the department of juetlce and United Statea district attorneys on the bor der have been advised, and instruc tions to co-operate probably will go to Major General Fun*ton aa soon as the state department Informs Secretary Garrison Just what the army 1a to do. With the announcement that the Villa agency here would be cloaed, It became known that the consulates established by the VIHa faction la New York and other cities would probably be discontinued. » Lend Mexico $10400,000. New Orleans. —New Orleans bank ers announced that as a reeult of the recognition of the Carranaa govern ment they cloaed contracts to lend $10,000,000 itt gold to the Mexican ad ministration. It waa aleo announced that arrangements had been made to handle the entire Mexican sisal crop through-New Orleans; that the sisal operators of Yucatan and Campeche were to erect a million-dollar manufac turing plant here for the purpoee of handling the raw product. ■ \ Exploelon In French Factory, Paris. —Fifty-two persons are re ported to have been Jrfßed In an ex ploelon In a munition* factory in the Fue de Tolblac, while ope hundred or more were injured. Many of the vl» time were women workers in the fac ' hht which wan wrecked. President Join care and Minister oflhe Intaffepj Illvy irtrioh were Informed of the dijb aster vlalted the icehe-and 'gave dAftc tions to Ilia rescuing forces. The ~k ° wg* grenade causing the eX& oMon. ROBBERS FORFEIT LIVES TEN BANDITS ARE KILLED BY CITIZENS WHO HUNT FOR MORE. Paaeengsr Train Is Derailed by Sev enty-Five Mexicans Who Shot and Robbed Passengsre. Brownsville, Tex.—Tan Mexicans paid their Uvea for alleged complicity in the wrecking of a St Louis, Brownsville A Mexico passenger train on the outskirts of Brownsville, the kilUgg of three Americans and the wounding of four others. Peace offi cers said they had clue* to other Mexloans connected with the roboers. No aeoret waa made that mora would be killed if civilians posses each them. Several hundred oiTlllans. county peace officers and United Btates troops continued in pursuit of other members of the band. After wrecking the train th* out laws, aald to number about 75 m*n, fired on the passengers and nobbed them of their money and valuablea. Tba passengers killed were: Corporal Mcße*, Third Unlt*d States Cavalry; shot. Engineer H. H. Kendall, pinned beneath engine. The injured were: Harry J. Wallls, Brownsville, shot In arm; R. Wood hall, fireman, scalded and braised Claude J. Brishear, Troop A, Sixth Cavalry, shot In th* Jaw; C. H. Lay, Troop D. Third Cavalry, shot In naek and lag. Only meager reports of the killing of the Mexicans were available. One of the men was a passenger aboard th* train and he Is said to have re vealed the hiding place of Dr. E. 8. McCain. When the physiotan refus ed to leave the compartment In which he had taken refuge the bandits open ed fire through the door, mortally wounding him. Sheriff Vann denied that the Mexican was killed, but It da veloped later that he was shot to death after tba aheriff left the scene of the wreck. Four other Mexicans were hanged to trees WOMEN LOOBK IN NKW JERSEY. Suffrage Amendment Defeated By Mora Than 80,000 Majority. Jersey City, N. J.—lndications baa ed on unofficial returns shortly before midnight were that woman auffrage would be defeated in New Jeraey by from 60,000 to 60,000, A majority of 23.671 waa recorded on unofficial re turns from 804 of the etate'a 1,891 dla tricts, the vote being 56,676 for and 80,347 egalnat the amendment. The defeat of woman suffrage In New Jeraey waa conceded by Mrs. B. F. Felckert, president of the New Jeraey State Woman Suffrage Asso ciation Her waa borne out by unofficial early returns from every •action of the state which indloated that the majority against auffrage waa decisive. President Wilson V» own precinct, the seventh election district of Princeton borough, voted against suffrage by a majority of mora 8 to 1, the figures being: ~Fer $4. against 160. •even Plead Oullty "Moonshlnlnp" Fort Smith. Artu—Seven man on trail charged with conspiracy to de fraud the government la the manufac ture of "moonshine" whiskey pleaded gnUty in the United Statea District Court here. The case against Fred Bowles of Fort Smith, the eighth de fendant, waa dismissed. The cases against the defendants went to trial and their action was a surprise. Wllaon Votes For p*Vashingtoa.—President' Wllaon re tamed to WaaMagtoh from Princeton after caatlng the firat ballot ever giv en a chief executive of the United Staitea lb favbr of woman suffrage. The president's brief visit to his legal [ytopideace waa marked hp a more en thuaiastlc welcome from tke Prince ton atudehte than ever before had ■been given him la any of hla numer one trips there since he entered the i PLEAD FOR LIFE OF i MISS EDITH GAVELL WHITLOCK TELLS OF TRIAL AND FINAL INTERCESSION FOR WOMEN. AIDED SOLDIERS TO ESCAPE Wat Net Accuaed ef ItHotn Charge ttMimnt Ignore Request Frem Whitlock For C*WIMI. London.—The Ml report of tbe elr cumiUneM of He condemnation and elocution of Mlm Bdlth CaveH, U English woman and bead o a train- In* school 1* Brussels for helping En* lleh, French and Belgian soldiers to escape from Belgium, made by Brand Whitlock, tbe American Minister at Brussels, to Walter H. Page, tbe Am erican AnAundor at London, wma Is ■ued by the Britlab government. How the secretary of the American Legation, Hugh 8. Gibson, sought Km German governor, von Der Lancken. late at night before the execution and, with tbe Spanish Mlnbrter. pleaded with the governor and tbe German of ficers for the English woman's life la graphically related la a memorandum from Mr. Gibson. This document re fers to tbe German authorities' ap parent lack of good faith in failing to keep their promiaee to Inform tbe American Minister fully of the trial and aentence. Minister Whklock telegraphed to Ambassador Page on the twelfth: "Miss CaveM sentenced yesterday and executed at 3 o'clock this morn ing, despite our best effort* coo tin ned until the last moment." Mr. Whitlock's final appeal was in the form of a note sent by a messen ger late on the night of the elev enth to Governor von Der Lancken, the translation of which reads as follows: "My dear Baron: 1 am too sick to present my request myself, bat I appeal to -your generosity of heart to support It and save from desth this unhappy woman. Have pity on bar. / "Yours truly. "BRAND WHITLOCK." Mr. Whklock also stated that Miss Cavell had nursed Oerman soldiers. Mr. DalevaJ, Counselor of the Am erican Legation, reported to Mlnieter Whttlook: "This morning Mr. Oahan, aa Hug- Hah clergyman, told me that he had seen Miss Cavell In her cell yeater day night at 10 o'clock and that he had given her Holy Communion and had found her admirably strong and calm. "I aaked Mr. Oahan whether ah* had made any remarks about any thing concerning the legal aide of bar case, and whether the confeasion which aha made before trial and in coert was tn Me opinion perfectly free and sincere, Mr. Oahan told me she waa perfectly well and knew what she had done; that, according to the law, of course she waa gulty and admitted her guilt, hut that she waa happy to die for her country." THREE AMERICAN* KILLED. Five Mexicans and One Jspaneee Alee Kllled on Border. Brownsville, Texae.—Three Ameri can eoMlera, Ave Mexicans and one Japanese were killed la a fight be tween United Statea aoldtora and Mex ican bandits at Ojo de Agua. The Japanese had apparently been shot la the fight, but there la nothing to In dicate that he belonged to the raiders. Eight Americas aoldlare were wound ed. The Rio Grande waa ueed by separ ate band a of Mexican band Ha to stop purault of American soldiers, most of the bandits crossing into Mexico la both inetancsa. The first crosatng waa In fee retreat from ttie OJo de Agna ftgbt, six miles up the river, and the second about 80 miles up the river. Capt Wank R. McCoy, of the Third Cavalry, commanding the Mis sion Patrol District, reported his be Met that tbare were not more than 80 Mexicans in the party which at tacked OJo de Ague ————————— Moonehlnere Are Sentenced. Fort Smith. Ark.—John L. Caaper of Kansas City, alleged heed of the moonshine conspiracy, fcho pleaded entity in the United Statea District Court, waa eentaaced to nine yean and three days "(a the Leavenworth penitentiary and ordered to pay a fine of SBB,OOO. Others were sentenced as foOews: 8. L. Williams, Winston- Salem. N. C„ termer government rev enue agent; Charles Brswbakar. Kan sas City. and George Hartman, Kan sas City, one year and one day ih the panltmiMary, fined SI,OOO each. New Expert Records. - _i Washington.—New high records la the American export trade, made dar ing September, are ghdwa In figures made public by the Bureau of FXpstgp and Domestic Commerce. Exports for September. MaMd $107,766,708. an liwrmsn of $14L714,417 aver Septem ber. 1114. They made a favorable trade balance of sttM4s.tlß for the month as against a trade balance of $18,341,- 722 for September. 1814. The #av»r- NATION HI PEACE AMID WW WAR PRERtOENT WILSON It GRATIFUL FOR AMERICA'S MANY •UMRINOR. NAMES DAY TO GIVE THANKS Pr*eir>:nt Calls on Amtrlc* to Expreee Appreciation of Ita MinlforW ■l»—tugs Ou ring Year. Washington.—President Wilson, la & proclamation daslsnstlng Thursday, November 25, aa Thank*siring Day. w % called attention to (be toot that the United StatM has been at peace while moot of Europe has been at war. "We hare been able to aaaert our rights and the rights of mankind with out breach of friendship with the prea* nations with whom we have bad to deei," said the prsaMant. The text follows: "K has lons been the honored cae lum of oar people to turn In the fruit ful autumn of the year In prslse and tbankaslvtes to Almighty Ood tor bin many bleseinc and mercies to ns aa a nation. The year that is now draw* ins to a cloee since we laat observed our day of national thanksgiving ha* been, while a year of discipline be cause of the mighty forces of war and of flhanses which hare disturbed the world, also a year of special blesalng for us. "Another year of peace has been vouOhsafsd ua; another year In which not only to take thought of our duty to oursslves and to mankind bat aJeo to adjust our*el rea to the many re eponalMlttlea throat upon ua by a war which baa Inrolred almost the whoie of Europe. We have been able to a*- aert our rtgfata and the rights of man kind without breach of frtendahlp with the mat natione %ith whom we hare had to deal; and while we hare aa aerted theae rlghta we have been able alao to perform duties and exercise privilege* of suocor and helpfulnees which ahould serve to demonstrate our deatre to make the offlcea of frlendahlp the meana of truly dlsin tarssted and unselfish service. » "Our ability to serve aU who couid avail themaelvea of our aerricea in the mldat at crisis baa been lncreaaed, by a gracious Providence, by mora and mors abundant crops; our ample financial resources have smfbled ua to study the marketa of the world aad facilitate necessary movements of oommrece which the war mlfht other* wise have rendered impossible; aad oar psopls have come mora aad mora la a sober realisation of the part they have bean called upon to (day la a time when all the worM Is shaken by unparalleled distress and disasters. "The extraordinary circumstances of auoh a thne have dons mooh to Quick- «b our national ooaaetousaess, ud deepen and confirm our confidence la the principle of poo mud freedom by which we have always sought to 1M guided. Out oI darkness aad perplex ities hare oome firmer counsels of policy and olearer perceptions of the essential welfare of the nation. Wa hare prospered while other peoples ware at war, tut our prosperity has been vouchsafed us, wa believe, only that wa might the better perform tba functions whloh war rendered tt kn poeeftle for them to perform. "Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States at Americn, do hereby designate Thurs day. the twenty-fifth of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer, and Invite the people through out the land to oease from their wont ed occupations and in their several homes and places of worship render thanks to Almighty God. 'I "In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the City of Washington, this twentieth day of October in the year of Our Lord oae thousand Mad hundred and fifteen and o( the Inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred aad fortieth. "By the President: Robert leasing Secretary of State. "WOODROW WILSON." Hundreds Pell Kaeh isosad. Berlin (Wireless to Tecksrtoc).— The Tangos Zettang says that during oae period of the great battle ait Loos the British fell at the rata of 1M mea a sooond. "The British attacked la donee lows of eight eectiooa," say* J the Overseas News Agency In a to same of The Tages Zeitung*s dtspatflh "Their attack presented-a speotaaN Uka that of a Napoleonic battle b» lore the days of machine guns m eanooa with long ranee The British aril Mary ««&> up as tar as possible without being Os rifle range. Turks Protest Chsrgss. ■*s Washington.—The Turkish embaa- . ay Issued an official report from tba general Ottoman headquarters charg ing that mgny atrocities have bean committed agalnat the Modems on . «be Caucasus frontier by Russian trace assisted by Ifee Orook and Armenian wxpulntiod. Bcutdg Of Rue WaasT Greeks and Armenian. aio •» * oused Of ■rff'Hitg many and
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