? IUI I 11. M, j.j. DERSON, & C THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 191S. , ' ' I . ...... N?MBER ^ BILLION LOAN TO ALLIES BANKERS BELIEVE LOAN WILL BE MADE DESPITE OPPOSITION TO BE PAYABLE IN U. S. MONEY Bonds Will Be in Three Series ?nd Will Bear Interest afc Not Less Than Five Per Cent. Now York, Sept. 15.-America's bil lion dollar loan to Great Britain and France is well on the way to actual accomplishment tonight. Bankers familiar with the pledges secured by members ot the Anglo French commission thought the an nouncement that the success of the loan was assured to be decidedly pre mature, but Lhere was every indica tion, they said that the commission's work had met witli success equalling their expectations. This view reflected the opinion of those championing the loan. lt didn't coincide, however, with the sentiments of those opposing the loan, nor of the so-called pro-German fi nanciers her. .The loan will probably br divided into two, possibly 'our SP rles, the bonds to boar not, less ??nin live ppr cent and will be payable In dollars. It became known today many banks had pledged themselves to take part in the loan. The amount ls unknown hut ia believed to. totat many mil lions New( York, Sept. 15.-T?ae pro-Ger mhn campaign against the floating of a billion dollar Anglo-French loan ap peared to"~ttssnllWT$^ plot threatening even the lives of the six m commissioners here to - negotiate it. Members of the commission Have doubled their body guards. Tnc-y are requested b; the New York polic e not to announce their plans for any day and in no instance to appear on the streets without detective guards. The commissioners visit the financia? dis trict singly and guarded 'carefully. More than 50 threatening letters nave been received by them. .New York, Sept. .15.-The Anglo French financial commission heard to '' day that German agents were alarmed at the momentum gained.in the past few days by the movement to lend England and France a billion dollars to bo spent for supplies here, and in stituted a country-wide campaign against floating the loan. Some of these agents, the commission heard, are known as men who furthered the spread of German propaganda dur ing the presence of Dr. Do rn berg. Who bas furnished the finances to maintain these agents has aroused tito interest of the commissioners. According to Information reaching the commissioners, thc German attack on the loan was launched front the cover of American cltlsena of German patronage or sympathies, although these citizens ara or? the priis^ mer era.' Tais campaign, according to. reports coming from sources believed to be, re liable. Included a proposition to make heavy withdrawals from all banks participating in tho proposed loan. Another - method wa? a proposal to ttoat a loan of half a billion dollars for Germany. This, lt ls pointed 'out would be done only to make K diffi cult if not impossible f tr .the allies' Milton dollar loan to be floated." Ger many, because of her. sea condition, could not hope to get supplies from this country in amounto to make auch a loan necessary'' A lese ^drastic measure was to per suede every bank, officiai, with Ger nun blood In Stifl veins to. refjpa^W participate. This part of tho propa ganda is reported to have been sys tematized to a remarkable degree. New Ydrk banka have been flooded with protests against participating in the loan. These protests ore BO atm tlar aa to lead to the hellet that they are inpaired by a common source. Tiio movement 1? roported to have atarieM in tho east, bat is moat active In the. middle west. Tho extent of German opposition in apparent,, when it is announced that the commission would no: meet at tho chamber of commerce headquarters, here. It had intended* meeting there, but rported that it feared too much opposition from the German members. Maar Prostration*. New York. ' Sept. 15.-Score* ot heat proatra/lona were reported hero today. At roar o'clock tihe thermome ter registered eighty-eight with six ty-two degrees of hnmtdity. PonsHJsHS fa H?fN. Washington. Sept. ir?.-Ail open ports la Haiti sra. now under United States control Rear Admiral Capertou reported. "...>.. . .-; _ U. S. ATTITUDE ON LOAN EXPLAINED Secretary Lansing Say? no Viola tions of Domestic or Interna tional Law Are Involved, Washington, Sept. i5.-Secretary Lansing today made lt plain that np violations of domestic or Internation al law are involved in Ute proposed flotation by thu allies regarding loan? had. expressed opposition to loans by popular subscription and which would take large sums in gold from tho United SUtes. PROHIBITION WON BY ABOUT 20,000 Latest Figures Give Prohibition Vote at 35,232; Anti-Pro hibition 14,907. Columbia, Sept. 15.-Prohibition won in the South Carolina flection yesterday by about twenty thousand voiles, according to thc latest return?-.. Tho figures tonight give for prohi bition 35.2.12; against prohibition 14, 907. ..*. SEND BULGARIA ANOTHER NOTE Is Supplement to Note on Serbia's Attitude on Bulgaria Mace donian Claims. Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 15.-The Quadruple Entente ministers present ed to Ute Bulgarian government today a supplementary note relative to Ser bia's attitude toward Bulgaria's Mace donian claims. The contents of the note were kept strictly secret. GERMAN PRESS NOT RESPONSIBLE ........ Did Not Promulgate Pamphlets Advising Destruction of Amer ican Munitions Factories. Berlin, Sept. 15.-An Overseas news agency say?: "A. German newspaper which arrived re?e.nUy In the United Stales contained .pamphlets advising the destruction ~?f American muni tions factories. Such prc tice is desig uted, officially, OB stupid and dan gerous. Bvtdeutly thia is the work of misguided and hot-headed priv?*o citizens, who have attempted to con duct an.agitation in ibis manner. No newspaper office was responsible." EX?R?BR ?EM WEEVIL Government Orders all Avilable Men to Southeast Georgia and Florida to Aid in Keeping Peat Out of Sea Island Territory. ^ Washington. Sept. 15,-Every avail able cotton demonstration worko. has been ordered by the agricultural , de partment lath southeastern eGorgia and Florida to aVd in halting the ad vance of fie Mexican, boll weevil, which hao brought the pest to tho edge of the valuable sea island cotton territory ' Tho wind uti cm*, mg the fta'. cstou ?storm a. few weeks ago ls blamed for the surprising advance.- Coming Just at the beginning ol the migration period tho storm carried the weevil from Alanamn seventy-five milea into Georgia In a few days. Ordinarily the average is thirty-five to fifty mi!es yearlr For years efforts have. been. made, to save sea Island cotton from the wee* vii. Low landa are recognized aa an ideal locaUou, for, the weevils to hiber nate. Senator and. Aj?/ .Tillman Beturn. Edgefleld. Sept. 15.-After a two months' absence, during which timo they, visited their daughter t* Portland. Ore., and the Panama ex position, also taking a trip, into Alaska, Se.iater ami Mr*. Tillman aro gain at ?homo. Their trip covered; about 15,000 miles and that withoi" and depuetton ot health; on the con trary, the- senator soys he gained tn both and never felt better in his life. Skewers 3fay Heuere Heat. Washington, Sept. *".-The Weath er bureau extended fr*r another thirty six hours, the time U predicted that tho hot ware wduld remain o-er tho south and east. ' Showers erny come in the South Atlantic region.today or (tomorrow. , UMTS! U. S. CONSULS FROM MEXICO .;_ j ABE ADVISED TO LEAVE IF CONDITIONS THERE BE COME INTOLERABLE BORDER TROUBLE CAUSES ACTION Villa's Agency Expresses Surprise and Resentment-Asks In tention of U. S. Washington, Sent. 5.-American coun su ls in northern, Mexico have been advised by the state department not only to notify Americans to leavo the danger zone bul to leavo Mexico themselves if conditions becamo intol erable. It described the instructions issued several days ago, as merely precautionary because . of disturbed conditions'. Obegron's rapid advance into north ern Mexico and frequent reports of lawlessness on the border led to the measurel officials said. As aoon os Americans have with drawn there will be no need of tho consuls remaining, but its denied they i .iave been ordered to leave. Latest telegrams to the department tonight, indicated a general exodus of American, from Villa controlled terri tory. Villa's Washington agency [ heard of tue department's action with i unconcealed.surprise and resentment. I Villa's agent sent a communication ex pressing surprise and inquiring the United. States' intentions. San Benito, Texas, Sept. 15. Heavy cavalry and infantry patrons I watched this town and the-surround ing country aa the result'of reports .planning a general attack during rae night. No attack occurred. It ia reported also that Mexicans planned a d?monstration at some point neat here, to draw the soldiers away, and then attack San Bonito. The soldier^ will remain several days. San Benito cilUens organized sev eral days ago into a public safety com mittee. Mern bel's of this committee iwere put on guard In the town and outskirts and a purse of several hun dred dollars was collected to pur chase ammunition. Plans were made to use the outlying schoolhouses tor i protection, from which to fight if ne cessary. Ten automobile lpads of sol diers alept on their arms all last night. Shortly after midnight several horsemen were seen nt a short dis tance from the town, but did not come close enough to reveal their identity. [ATLANTA COTTON REACHES 10 CENTS Atlanta, Sept. 15.-Cotton yester I day reached the high twater mark in Atlanta for tho present crop v/aen it ;waa quoted at ten cents._ Spot cotton gladed, good middling ? was Quoted at 10 cents. Buying was brisk and cotton men here' are of the ?opini?n '.hat there will be still fur thm advahee. They base ttl? prr iictlon on the Bhort crop, continued unfavorable, woathr, and .the expected buying for export to the allied coun tries. ILO , REVIEW MR, RAIDS -;-. '* Are Gratified With Appointment of Sir Percy Scott to Take ' Charge of Defense. London, Sept. 15.-London news paper editorially and in letters to edi tors are giving much space to recent air mids. Two. general lines Of com ment -adopted, one ot gratitude at the appointment of Sir Percy Soot U? take ?marge of the def coso? of London from aerial attack and other sarcas tic criticism. that similar steps were r.ot taken bet?re. "Getting rather hard to keep up wHh air raids, ' Fall Mall Gazette saya: rLately they seem to hare taken place every night. We are Inclined to fce Meve that onlv a little,extra luck en abled the invader to slip through a week ago. |> The Globe arranging, a mass meet? ting to 'demand reprisals so that for {wrenr r*kl over. Loudon, a Gem?an town may be bombarded from oVove. Lewers Pacing Bern rd. . Syracuse, Sent. 15.-Directum l. chapton pacing' stallion, today lower ed the worlds decor*; of-1.58 hy pac ing a mile without a wind shield in i.r-G 3-4, Foreign Bankers Come to Borrow a Billion From American.!. IK Left to right t ?. Beading, ResR IV Homberg, Ernest These British or I Iva ve -esme to forgan, liaron Blackett, Octave Bet. French bankers United States a? borrow a billion dollars. They were received by J. P. Morgan, of tho big banking house which acte as agent for the- British government in tho United States. Baron Reading, who heads the Britlt? cominis:-icm. was Sir Rufus isaacs. He was given tho. title ot'Baron when he wa8 made lord (iriel justice of Great Britain. Mr. Blackett was hero-last year with Sir George PalBh in connection wk h I British loans aim finances. Slr Edward H. Holden. Slr H. Babbington Smith. House of BOH GUBIA GARS Company Ask? Far Policeman on Each Car-Told to Wait Till Trouble Begins. Colombia, Sept: 15.-Tho local traction company ls an endeavor to' "break" the strike of motormen and conductors that has bold absolutely Inoperative the street car system nf Columbia since .'sst Friday, 'Ms af ternoon comment od tho T?crnt on of some of thrJr < nrs -*^.'a -striRo hrrxik ers." An n?P??a ot .;.',Tipany states tha'. an ^rfort will be mude to operate V.:i entire system before thc end of the week. * Larje advertisements have been In? .red In the papers asking for moUnw.in end conductors. Today General Manager Wallace called on Major Griffith to place a policeman on cadi of the cars for protection. Mayor Griffith Inferentially told the official to wait until trouble started to ask for protection. At present every thing ls quiet and the -strikers have given no Intimation; that they will endeavor to resent the presence of "striko breakers" on the cars. Lutherans to Meet. Greenwood, Sept! 15.--The Pied mont conference of the Lutheran church In this section ot tho state will he held at Ernrnanua! Lutheran' church Saturday" and Sund ny. A number of ministers and laymen will bo In attendance. The program will be published in tomorrow's Journal Helgiaa Keller 8blp Ashore. London, Sept. 15.-A. steamship flying the signais of tho American committee for tho relief of Belgium haa gone ashore. flVmr VnemberS of ber crew*are aliasing," Thia ia tho steamship reported sunk yesterday. MAKES TOTAL CREDIT SIX BILLION THREE HUNDRED AND TEN MILLIONS DAILY EXPENSES \yiLL INCREASE Kitchener Announces Reinforce ment of French'? Force* By Eleven Divisions. London, Sept. 15. -Premier As quith iu the Youse on commons and Earl Kitchener in thc liouso of Lords Save an exhaustive survey ot the fi nancial and military situations. As quith >iRked a billion and n quarter dollars credit which filially passed and which brings the total to six billion three hundred and ton, million dol lars. Ho explained tile financing of th: war and warned his hearers that al tnongh the dally expenditure^ Ls pow over seventeen and a hal? ' million dollar il 1? Ilk ly to increase because of advances to dominions and allies and. provisions foT munitions. Nearly three million are enlisted in the army en? . navy and eight hundred thous and making munitions, ile said both figures mast he increased anevastf pealed to women to aid. Discussion of conscription followed. Kitchener told tue lords t.tai Ger man gas, ?lre and asphyxiating shell attacks now fail because of the lack of elements of surprise. He lifted sie veil of secrecy in announcing that eleven divisions of the no wormy had refuforced Field Muihhall Fftmchto forcea lo Franco and moro aro to fol low quickly. . He spoke optimistically of the rit ual lon ton the various front and ex pressed the opinion that; fie "Oer ihaaa Kana shot their belt'' in their o/!^ns|vc against- JRusaJa without acuievlng their object 'of destroying the Russian* army. s Votes ter Credit FORWARD EV?DENG IN ?wc DENT; U. S. Submits Evidence to Show Vessel Was Torpedoed Without Warning. Washington, Sept. 15.- Ambassador Gorards has been instructed to pre (?sent to the German foreign office a summary of the evidence the United States ?I an gathered In tho Arabic case and which it regards as conclu sive evidence that the vessel was tor pedoed without warning. Secretary lansing, In making the announcement *nade it clear that no representation- or expression of opinion were made tn the communica tion. Tho next move awaits Berlin's exaa(nation of evidence and consid ?ration of von Bemstorff's sugges tion ff. MUNITION MAKERS DECLARE STRIKE U. S. Cartridge Co. Employes De mand increase of Wages and Shorter Hours. LowMl. leas*.. Sept. 15.-About forty-five hundred employ?s out of flvo thousand at the United States Cartridge company's plant here herc struck today. They asked fif teen per cent ".'age increase., an eisht hour work.day abolishment of night work and Sunday, work for men. The women demand ? eight hours and TEUTON DRIVE TOWARD DISK SLCWSJOWN VON HINDENBERG STUB BORNLY OPPOSED BY COUNTER ATTACKS SLAVS ATTEMPT TO RETAKE DUBUO Artillery Bombardments and j Aerial Attacks Continue--Brit ish Attack Belgians Coast London, Sept. ic.-Von Hiuden berg's drlv toward the Dvlnak-VBna railway 4s not progressing aa feat aB tho others, and except midway be tween these towna where the cavalry baa cut tba nUiroad be ls still belog stubbornly opposed by Russian coun ter attacks. However be bas reached a point west, of Bridgehead across from Uvlnsk and ls preparing to attack. The German advance has slowed down along the rest of the lina. In Galicia tho Russians ar still attack ing. According to unofficial reporta the Teutonic armies are falling hack across tho Dniester. Just north of the Gallcian border the. Russians are trying lo . .ure the fortress of Dubno which tba Aus trians took bast week. It is believed this offensive will have effect on tba rest ot the line as tbe Teutonic forces risk being out flanked unless they send reinforce ments. Despite this the Auteraian have sent heavy reinforcements against Italy and at some points have have assumed the offensive. . Heavy g HUB continua their bom bardment in the west. In Vosges auQther battle tor Hartmans Weller kopf ls In progress-- According to Holland dispatches Brtttsh warships have again attacked the Belgian coast. AH* raids by allied airmen on towns occupier* by Germans and by Zeppe lins on England are dally occurru eea. A Reuter dtsp&trj from. Massluls, Holland, says fcoavy firing, heard In a westerly direction tonight became so violent that Window? there and at Hook of Holland, were rattled. London. Sept. 16.-Although von Hindenburg's cavalry is astride of the Petrograd railway, and the Germans have made captures of prisoners and guns in Courland, tho Russians Ara again countering these efforts, ?-ot only by checking the attempt of the Austrians to resume the offensive In Galicia, but by Inflicting another re verse on tlie Auatro-Gertnau forces In the same, vicinity. Swientiaiany, where the Germen cavalry cut the railroad, ls half way between Vii na and Dvinsk, and about 400 miles from Petrograd. The.Russians assert that thia Germen raid has formed a dangerous salient in their lise of which the Germans are likely to take advantage. It ls clear, whatever stra tegic move may be involved In the ad vance, that recent events Indicate, the near approach ot an Important en gagement In the Vilna region aa pre dicted a fortnight ago by General Pc llacoff, Che minister of war. The German armies operating on both sides of the Niemen havo not yet formed a Junction, and the Russian rear guard ls still withdrawing. Russian military writer? are warn ing the people not to expect too great developments from the Gallcian offn slve. Copenhagen reports thai Che motor schooner Norte, owned in Christiana, bas been blown up by a German sub marino. Th? crew waa saved. It ls announced in London that Premier Asquith would ask the com mon-; to vote a credit ot ?1,260,000,000. Premier Asquith said tbs. new cred it would carry the war into the third week of November, and there baa been some huge expenditures rW it 1s not In the public Interest to disclose. Ha give statistics to show that aa tba war progresses the cost to England ls In creasing every day. He reported that recruiting hsd been good, but regret ted to say that, lt la falling off in 'be past few weeks. Ho, said that all that was needed Ia the munition? department waa labor, skilled and. tin ukliled. In 715 establishments 800,000 persons are employed. London-From July 18 to September 1 Cbc war has cost ?aglend about $17.600.000 dally according; to a statement by Premier Asquith In the 'XMnmcns when he requested a voto of credit of 11,260,000,000. He atoo said three million men- had enlisted since the beginning of the war. Many Saw Veal. New. York, Sent. ir?.--^e^co?Ueg? to the official statement made to the stats boxing commission today by the oro* motors ot Glb?K>ns-M$^rlaod bent, 24.845 persons paid adni?*?on to rli nees th* contest Saturday night. The state receives $4.351?. 17.