IBAINST LIBERTY LOAN. 9 UN ATE MIXED RF.SOLl TlOX FOR TAX KXKMPTION FOR LIBEItTY MONDS tum Making Dcapcrato I ff >? t ta> Adjourn Tonight?MI Contested flpgsssn Going to l uv Conference Cesjemittee. Cplumhla. Feb. 9.?The senate re? taood this morning to adopt a reso? lution ashing the State tax conw is ?100 to exempt Liberty bonds held by State hanks from taxation Tfce senate and house are rush ng baitnfKS today Mi it desperat?? eff >rt \Q adjourn tonight. the free conference committee Is ?t work on the appropriation bill. Tt>e senate today paused the Coura d of Defsnse hill, after amendmi i I pi opened by the finance commit < had soon adeped. The bill was amended by the senate so as to moke ?b0 appropriation $50,000, the amount aaJted by the Council. The house had cut the appropriation to $26.000. Tre bill will probably go to free confer enee. MENINGITIS AT CITADEL. Inatttniou and Artillery Men St Ctjajrleaton Placed t'mtrr Qiuu* Cnarleeton. Feb. I.?Because of a euepeetsd ease of meningitis, the couat artillerymen st Port Moultrle hava been Quarantined while army sur? geons Ipvestlgste whether any of the aetgJera are carriers of the disease The Signal Corps Company In the Market Street barracks In town, are already quarantined. The corps of cadets and faculty of the Citadel Mili? tary College of South Carolina, have been under quarantine for two days, a Wet from Florence having men r gfjlsa. frurgeons Insist that the co.n Otgnlty is in no dunger of an epi? demic and that the entire situation Is well In hand The meningitis quaran 310 at the naval training; camp at the vy yard has been only partially 11't !>H ILDEHTON Kil l I I> ? S!)MBce Physician Shot by Son mal N. ***** Floren. a? Feb. 9.~Wllliani Ilder tOS). physician, waa killed and J, W'll ?aar Hicks, an attorney, seriously wsunded In a shooting affray which uicirurred st noon today in the hall of SSO Florence county court house. Both am well known citlsena of this city, deddings Uderton. a son of the dead Physician, participated In the shoot ? las), firing three shots at his fathe*. That happened Juat after the judge < f probate had pushed the half craze I ittisvaway from the prostrate form of tfiAeUtorney, whom he had shot dowi.. l?PfTton und Hicks emptied the'r re >^ffkra at each other. Hn-ks was tk down and Uderton was In th? Of attempting to club him in th? with the butt end of his pistol Mr. Brunson. who had rushed h> the hall from hia office, pusbe I away. Just then young DdorlOtl ?jjlered the hall from the front. Ilrtnu tO,>he came The encape of Mi. Ptnneon from harm m deemed mlrac utjiua fldsrton was shot five times and erlber one of two or three bullet < wbeid have proved fatal. One entered th> heart lin ks was shot in the head and In the abdomen, but the cavitj ase not paare ad ami he sriu recover Wang Uderton was unharmed. The shooting grew out or bad blood between the attorney, who waa rep ?ewtlng Mrs. Uderton In a suit for ali mheSy. and the desd msn Dr. and Mrs t aar? en aepursted three years :i*;o Tp4a%y wss set for the first hearing in (Mg case before the master. II. A. Prbason, acting ss referee. Mr Dfhnaon powtponed the rase on a? .o.a. of the fact that Uderton ap? peared to be drinking. Hicks and afton came together in the hall of court house later and the shoot mg began tlderton came to Florence from Botehester county. At one time he area prominent In county politics, served several terms as sena tier Florence county. Ho was it SS years old. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that Uderton oaaio to his death from gunshot WO?nd* m the hands of J. \V links snal Ueddings Uderton. tut (.IH'KR AT H>.lsl\<.IX>IP Ited Guard* Hotelier Masses or Fin? nish People mid |H*?4|n?y < lly. London, Feb. 9.?Acrordding to ill tfscnange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen, a special correspo ub-nt of the Berhnuke Tldendo, who auc eeded In em-aping from Helslngfov. *ent his paper a wireless report say nig that the Bed Guards had ma le , lilghlful slu lighter of great misses of Flu Steh people m theatres and n huge number of public hutldlnga. tic lsmg fsroe was practical^ destro- . a i?. t mm ma. WVl'WV i:N'1.mii:s or MWOC? 1K.\< \ WOIIK1NO roit GKtV MANY. ( hargotl With (Vmspirmy With I. W. \V. to Obstruct Enforcement <>r Uiw nix I to Destroy lYupeitf? iMItltttltlt Gal.. Fob. 8.?An in dictment charging 55 persons with conspiring with William I). Hay wood, secretary ot the Industrial Workers of the World and others, to hinder the execution of laws of the United States in the prosecution of the war with Germany, was returned today by the federal Jury. Forty-six of the persons Indicted are held in custody here. Nine others re? side in or about San Francisco. Separate indictments charge Wil? liam Hood and O. F. Voetter, named in the conspiracy indictment, with il? legal transportation of dynamite. These men were arrested in connec? tion with the attempted dynamiting of Governor Stephens' home recently. General Chargen In today's indict? ments include alleged obstruction of the selective draft, causing strikes and encouraging sabotage. Hail was fixed at from $2,500 to $5,000. Frank H. Little, lynched at H?tt. Mont., last year, was named, among others, as persons with whom men indicted here had entered into con? spiracy. Letters mailed to some of tho de? fendants from Industrial Workers of tho World being in jail at Chi? cago were reproduced in the indict? ments. They urged men on the out? side to greater effort In their work as the best means of helping other fellows in Jail. A poem belittling American soldiers, alleged to have been written by Miss Theodore Pol lak of San Francisco, also was re? produced. The conspiracy indictment charges that the defendants entered into u general conspiracy with the other 300,000 members of the Industrial Workers of the World to overthrow the government and carry on a "wide? spread campaign of sabotage." Assistant District Attorney Johnson Sail that evidence "had revealed acts of sabotage In many sections of the United States." He said the campaign was aimed at the destruction of rail? ways and crops. GROUP of pixitthkh planned MUCH HARM. I. W. W. Workers on Pacific Coast Expected to luterfore With Prose? cution of War. WashinRton, Feb. 8.?Industrial Workers of the World on the Pacilic roast have planned wholesale destruc? tion of industries and shipping and othei interference* with prosecution of the war, it was said today tit the department of justice. The indict? ments of 55 at Sacramento by a fed? eral grand jury Is the result of re? cent investigations by government agents who discovered that leaders were plotting systematic sabotage. Tho investigation was a direct re? sult of the recent attempt to blow up tho governor's residence at Saora rm nto. Agents discovered I group Of plotters whoso activities extended throughout the Pacific coast territory. In addition to blowing up factories, plotters in that section of the coun? try had planned to foment strikes among workmen engaged in war in? dustries, destruction of fruit trees and crops. TO DEAL WITH I. W. W. Montana legislature Called on |b Act. Helen*, Mont., Feh. H.?The Mon? tana leglelatUrai which is to meet in special session February 14, will deal with the Industrial Workers of the World situation In this State. Qay, er aar Stewart. In his sail for the ex? tra session reeommended the passage of a sedition and sabotage act. The governor in recent utterances has dealt in a spirit of apprehension w?th the possibility of trouble from Indus Irl*] Workers of the world sourest tins spring, ATTA? Iis \T VEHDUN. down pi incc's Army Defeated Baven Times in Two Weeks. With the French Arm lee In Prance, Psb, I.? - The armies of the German crown prince beofre Verdun since February id have suffered costly de? feats in seven vain i aids on the French positions on both sides of the Means, Not i single permanent a t hem. TWO WOl'.NDEI) in ACTION. Gem Prishhig Iteitorts Two Accident? al Deaths mid Two Wounded. Washington, Fei?. Hundred Twen ty-fourtb Infantry, Florida, accordjn/i to a in. isage t i om ?!o mp Wheeler, Macon, ?;;i it is planned to take irt^i to Ma con DRAFT LH AMENDMENTS. IXAXIMOl's REPORT ON ADMIN? istration's NEW bill. Meli Will DO Required to Register as Soon us They Reach Twenty-One, Yon is? Allot mont of Statt' Qsjotflfl Changed. j Washington, Feb. S.?A favorable report on the war department's bill amending the selective draft law so as to require the registration of men as they reach twenty-one, basing the State's quotas on the number of men in class one, instead of on State popu? lations, was unanimously ordered to? day by the senate military commit? tee. Tho proposal to exempt men as they reach thirty-one, if they had not been drafted, ejl :* not Included in the bill. ductal \yc;:;k of huns, After Sinking Tuscanln V-Ront At? tempted to Slaughter Survivors. London, Fob. 7.?That a German submarine endeavored to attack the destroyers while the latter were en? gaged in rescue work is the statement made by an American officer at an? other Irish port where a large num? ber of men wore landed. The officer said to a correspondent of The As? sociated Press: "Tho thing that impressed me most in the whole experience was the promptitude and precision with which the British naval men handled their craft under the trying condition of rescue work. This work had only just begun when there came the most exciting moments of the night. "A u-boat from the curtain of blackness behind which she was skulking, thought to finish the work by an attack on the destroyer. Three torpedoes were discharged in a few minutes at three destroyers and it was only due to the watchfulness of the lookouts and the splendid seamanship of the British naval men that they failed to reach their targets. "This onslaught, however, reveal? ed the approximate location of the enemy, and a pair of destroyers at once attacked with guns and bombs so effectively that even if the u-boat was not sunk It was afraid to show Itself again." News From Dark Corner. Dark Corner, Feb. 7.?I will write a ?i lino for the Watchman and Southron this pleasant afternoon as so many of 11 tho readers keep after me to write oftener. Mr. It. It. Thames whose wife died on December 19th died himself on January 18th. just one month lack? ing one day. Mr. Thomas II. Osteen of the Syca? mores died last Friday night, the first instant, aged i\2 years. He left a wife and one daughter, Mrs. B. T. Kolb, and a host of friends to mourn his death. The interment was at Bethel church, and the funeral was by Rev. William Haynaworth. The pallbear? ers were R, C. Geddings, Wash Broadway, Mack Owen, John Owen, Furuian Kolb and Lunar Kolb. A large crowd Attended the funeral. Mr. J. r. Johnson, his son, W. J. Ardis and several others have been quite sick with grip. Mr. L. F. Avln ll wearing a large ?mile of late; it is only a little girl the stork left at his house. Very little farm work has been done hereabouts. n;?ts it seems are all dead from the severe weather and Wheat is badly injured. Farms are almost at a. standstill on account or the boys being called off to the war. II is sure a serious time and the end is not yet, ami will not be for a long time. But let us all pray for Cod to raise up peace makers and not depend to much on soldiers, shot and shell*, tor God says all power in heaven and earth is mine, so let us take it all to him in prayer. He has nmld call on me in the day of trouble and I wdl deliver thee. Mr. ami Mrs. L. N. Owen and two [sons John and Muck, or Orangeburg, attended the funeral of Mr. Thoma* [ Osteen lauf Sunday; also Mrs. John ' ?wen. We are having some pretty weather it last. i have just been Informed by Dr. U, W. Dick, postmaster of Sumter. that Lout,- 2 out of Sumter will be continued down into the Durk Corner commencing on Saturday, tin- 16th instant. Hope who are interested will have their boxes up by the night ol the I?th. Mr. ami Mis r. Terrell Kolb spent vesterdsy in Sumter and Mr. F. P Thompson Is in sumter today. A nood deal of cord wood is be? ing shipped from Broadway Siding ot Inte. i la rd Times. stranded Steamer Floated. Atlantic Port. Feb. 9.?The Ameri? can steamer which ran aground off the New BJngland coast Sunday was floated i*t high tide today. SENSATIONAL IlEPOUT PROM PETROGRAD B\' WAV OP STOCKHOLM. State Department Advised of 1 tumor Thai Allied Ministers Have Boon Driven Out of Russia by Bolshevik] ?No News from Ambassador I ran Cta This Week. Washington. Peb. 8.?An tnoon ? tinned report that all allied missions' at Petrograd had been driven out by the Bolsheviki government and are now on their way to Swedish iKirder j was received today by the Stale de? partment through .Minister Morris, at Stockholm. The State department has not heard from Ambassador Francis at Petro? grad since February 2nd. DESTROYED AFTER SINKING TCSCANIA? American Officer's Statement Indi? cates Destroyers Destroyed the C Boot. Londonderry, Ireland, Feb. 7.?The submarine which torpedoed the Tus? can ia was attacked by a destroyer. An American officer gave an intima? tion that the submarine wan de? stroyed. This officer was one of the last to leave the Tuscania. lie gave the As? sociated Press a vivid account of tlm disaster. The second torpedo tired by the sub-marine missed its mark, he said. Thereupon a destroyer which was near behind the liner dashed off to? ward the submarine, using a bomb dropping device. The claim is made that the submarine was "done in" by the bombs thus exploded. The American oUicer said: "Everything went well with us dur? ing the voyage. Many of our men had never been to sea before and I must say they stood it like soldiers. We were one of a powerful convoy. I must not tell you our position in the convoy or how the various ships were ofrmed, but you may take it that all the other boats have got throng a as far as I know. As for ourselves, vvell, the Huns succeeded in getting only a fraction of our line fellers in addi? tion to our boat; but if they have, they have put he iron into our souls and we will he ready to repay them when the chance offers. "Monday was a mild night. Had the disaster occurred during a gale l do not like to think of what would have happened. But Tuesday evening was calm. "The first intimation we had of pos? sible danger was an order for all men to go on deck with life belts. It was about 4.30 o'clock, at the same time we sharply altered our course. At I O'clock, just as the darkness was set? tling well in, wo got the blow. No? body sa w the periscope, nor could one have seen well. Some soldiers de? scribed having heard a hissing sound immediately before the torpedo struck us in the engine room." MEDICAL OFFICER IX JAIL. Former Captain in Reserve Force Charged With Accepting Brllic? Designs Commission. Augusta. Feb. 7.?Capt. Edgar S. Bull is, medical officers' reserve corps. U. S. A., Camp Hancock, is in jail here on failure to give bond of $5, 000 to answer to the charge that he accepted a bribe of $2,880 to use his influence to obtain the discharge from the army of Private W. J. B. Burgen of Carnegie. Pa. The army authorities today turned him over to the department of justice, taking him to the border of Camp Hancock ami surrendering him t-> a United States deputy marshal. The charge is that the bribe was offered ami accepted Monday. After his ar? rest his resignation of his commission was demanded and submitted. The alleged bribe transaction is said by 1 nited States officers to have been consumated Monday through a sup? posed representative of Private Bur? gen's father. Bullis was attached to the Second Motor Mechanics Regiment. Private Burgen is enlisted In tins regiment. AMBASSADOR FRANCIS SAFE. Cablegram Received Today From Pe? trograd. Washington. Feb. B.?All fear that Ambassador Francis has been ex? pelled from Petrograd by the Bol ?hevlkl was dispelled today when a cablegram from the ambassador, dat? ed February 5th was received. He made no reference to any conflict with the Petrograd authorities. AIRPLANE MECHANIC KILLED. serious Accident Reported at Fori Worth. Port Worth, Feb. '.?.? Walter Swan, a mechanic, waa billed ami Lieut, .f. F, Lorsch seriously injured, when an airplane fell ;? hundred feet yester lay ;?t Hlck*S Held, near here. Kf!pi BLIC W LEADER CXUM CONFERENCE FO 0ON8IDKR WILSON MKASl RF. War Inquiry is ReeSMned?ResjffjSJftgdfc* tive Glass Rotates Clmmbeilain's Charge That Wftf Department Rruko Down. Washington, Fei . 7.?A move to? ward concentrated Republican oppo? sition of the new administrative bill proposing to give President Wilson blanket authority to reorganize and coordinate government agencies, a speech in the house by representative Glass, of Virginia, denouncing critics of the government and temporary sus | pension of senate debate were today's developments In the controversy over war machinery organization. A conference Saturday morning of senators?the first held since the United States entered the war?was called late today by Republican Lead? er Gallinger, to cc sider the new bill President Wilson sent to the senate yesterday. Bitter opposition to the measure Is expected openly by Re? publicans and priv tely by several Democratic leaders. There were 25 signatures on the e 11 for the Repub? lican conference. The Republicans also expect to con r sider joint action o the administra? tion measure to create a war finance corporation which s being urged by Secretary McAdoo had upon other ad? ministration legislation. With the Overmen bill injecting a new and unexpected element into.the j controversy several senators planning addresses on the m itary committee's war cabinet and ninitions director bill postponed them and the senate held but a brief se jsion without re? newal of the debate In the house, Rep resentative Glass praised the adminh" ration's war rec? ord and denied Sena or Chamberlain's declaration that the war Jepartment had broken down, lie detailed army achievements and declared ten times more troops had been sent to France than had been expected. Representative Ma.-on. Republican, of Illinois, who followed Representa? tive Glass, told the Louse he admired Secretary Baker as 5!. man who could admit mistakes had been made in his department and add ?d: "For God's sake let's quit fjghtin;? each other and light the Kaiser." While waiting for Secretary Ba? ker's information regarding tonnt ge available for transportation of troopY to Europe the senate military com? mittee today resumed its war inquiry, examining Major Gei>. Wheeler, act? ing chief or ordnance, and his aides behind closed doors regarding explo? sives production. Tomorrow the committee will consul )r general army l legislation. When Secretary Baker will reap? pear before the coy inittee haa not been decided. His next tesimony in connection with the prospect of shipping to France. Senator Chamberlain said, would be in secret session. SFNATK ON SCI PLY RILL. Kills Australian Bai t?Gibbes Not Yet Conlir* NBA, Columbia, Feb. 8.- At the night session of the senate objection was raised to consideratior of the supply bill on the grounds that the bill had not been on the desk of the mem? bers twenty-four hour? The point of order was sustained. The Australian ballot system bill was tabled by a vote of 23 to 18. Debate on Senator S lerard's inher? itance tax bill was a 1 ourned till to? morrow morning at 1 i o'clock. Senators Christenscn, Alan John stone and E. C. Bpps were appointed as a committee on free eonference on the appropriation bill. The county supply hill wad later taken up during the eve sing and given its second reading without objection. The senate killed the bill to take the election of the directors of the penitentiary out of the general assem? bly and glVS it to the governor. The senate remained in executive session for an hour. When the sen? ate reconvened Mr. Sherard moved to reconsider the county supply bill be? cause there may he some doubt about the legality of the supply act. Ho wished io be fair and Senator Lee, who had objected to tin consideration of the bill, was out of (he hall. Tho senate refused to reconsider its ac? tion, voting the sup dy bill to third reading. The senate did not consider or vote m the confirmation of Chief Came Warden Qlbbes. The natter is still >pen. Without conti: m: :ion. the ap? pointment fads. In the event that tho lenate should not contirn the appoint nent of Chief dame Warden (Robes, ie can be renppolnted by Covernor banning as a recess appointment. The Christmas sale of Red Cross ;oals in Sumte,- netted the sum of :::if the Civic League,