The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 13, 1918, Image 7
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<i
\ entags eras gained ??> t hem.
TWO WOl'.NDEI) in ACTION.
Gem Prishhig Iteitorts Two Accident?
al Deaths mid Two Wounded.
Washington, Fei?. <?.?The wound?
ing or two more Amprleans in notion
w.is reported ay don. Penning today.
n<?tti were infantrymen, and they
Sjeee OUl) slightly wounded. Two
deaths, resulting; from airplane aeei
loat, sre aam reported.
COURSE OF LEGISLATION BLOCK"
FD by D1k\giu:i:mi:xt be?
tween ROUSES.
Fight is Over Appropriations for Idtw"
enforcement and Tax Commission
?Tina* of Adjournment is Still lTn
eertnftn.
Columbia? Fob, 8.?Indications to?
day arc that there will he a bitter
tight between tho house of represen?
tatives and the senate over the appro?
priation bill, The senate last night
inserted an appropriation of $50,000
for law enforcement, restored the ap?
propriation for the tax commissi?!
find inserted other items that tho
house had opposed.
It is understood that there will be
a determined effort in the housle to
have some of these amendments
killed. Whether the effort will suc?
ceed or not cannot he forecasted. Tin'
sentiment in the lower house is pret?
ty well divided. There was some talk
today that there might be a compro?
mise on the law enforcement fund ot
$-?5,000.
There seems to be a disposition or
the part of some members of botli
branches to block the Saturday nighl
adjournment plan. The overwhelm
ing sentiment, however, is in favor ol
adjournment tomorrow night if th<
two houses can get together on the
appropriation measure.
In the senate this morning the res
olution by Senator Sherard of Ander?
son usking the tax commission to re?
scind its order increasing general as?
sessments and calling upon it for in
T
formation as to what it proposed V
do was passed. The commission ha*
prepared a statement which will b(
read later today.
GERMAN SPY CAPTURED,
Was Passenger on Butch Ship an<
Hi-ought Instructions to (?ermai
Agents in United States.
An Atlantic Port, Feb. 8.?A Ger
man spy was reported tonight to hav<
been found among 40 first and secoiu
cabin passengers of the Dutch, linei
Nleuw Amsterdam, who earlier ir
the day were detained by ledera
agents for examination.
After 12 sheets of paper covered
with letters and figures of a cod.e ha<
been found upon him, the man is sun
to have broken down and to( hav
confessed that he was In the pay oi
the German government and ha
come here in order to furnish spie;
'operating in tills country with the neu
code. He is also said to have stater
that he had received a large sum oi
money for undertaking the mission
The man was said to be a natural?
ized American citizen of Dutcb oi
German origin.
Since the arrival of the Nieuw Am
eterdam here on Tuesday elaborate
precautions have been taken to pre
vent German spies on board fron
smuggling papers ashore.
Only government officers were al?
lowed to meet the ship and when tin
vessel docked it was guarded by 10(
sailors and marines and rope barrier.4
were stretched between the passen
gers leaving the ship and the per?
sona waiting to meet them.
RVOry person on board was thor?
oughly searched before he was per?
mitted to pass the barriers and com?
municate with those on shore and af?
ter all had been searched :17 men and
i three women, it was stated, were de?
tained for Questioning, it was atnont
these tbe spy was found.
The purpose of the spy in coniinc
to this country was to reestablish
Communication between the German
spies here and Germany which ha?!
been impaired by the ability of tin
American intelligence officers to read
existing codes it was reported.
PEACE WITH UKRAINE.
Berlin Dispatch Announces Treaty
With South ltussiu.
Copenhagen, Feb. ?.?A peace
agreemeni was signed early this
morning between representatives o:
the central powers and the l Uranian
rada, a semiofficial Perlln telegram
announces.
Pence with Ukraine.
Berlin, Feb. 9.?-Peace between the
Central Powers and tbe Ukraine re?
public was signed at two O'clock this
morning, according to the official
statement today,
FLORIDA DESERTER ARRESTED.
Runnwu} Soldier ( rook licked Uu
in t fab.
Salt l*tl<c City, Feb. ? --Marold J.
Keyes has been arrested at the In?
stance of the department of Justice
and is held on charges ol Impersonat?
ing an officer, and obtaining funds by
worthless Checks lie is a deserter
from Company I. < m<> 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
:::i<?.n, which will ho a toed for anti
Uherculosis work under the direction
>f the Civic League,