The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 14, 1917, Image 1
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.a, VOL. 12, NO. 75, SKMM
NEW ARMY 10 BE IN >
GAMPS OCTOBER FIRST
ORnRRRn niTT AT TUDRPiU
w A ^ m. JL M. HlVlVLi | 1TJ
TEN-DAY INTERVALS. |
All Members of Draft Army to C
Undergo Physical Examination
Upon Arrival. '
Washington. Aug. 13.?The entire'
687.000 men composing the first in- Ti
cremer.t of the army draft forces will Ji
be under training early in October, j el
Under orders issued today the first th
thirty per cent of the quota of each i tc
district will begin entraining for: at
cantonments September 5, the next j cr
thirty per cent September 15. and U
another thirty per cent September re
30. The remaining ten per cent will cc
be mobilized as soon after that date pi
as possible.
The plan to assemble the new oi
forces in three increments distrib- gi
utes the task of furnishing supplies tl<
and equipment through September, hi
It will also prevent serious short- b<
ages In any camp, and will give the di
new officers from the training camps pi
time to familiarize themselves with ec
meir unties gradually before respon- m
sibillty for a great body of men falls m
on them. The order issued means pi
that about 12.000 men will reach ni
each of the sixteen cantonments soon at
after September 5. They will first gj
be examined physically by army doc- w
tors and finally accepted or rejected. P
This will take some time and the U
men will have to be furnished with tl
temporary quarters and rationed f<
while awaiting examination. If the E
full quota were assembled at one tt
time, great confusion would result, bi
Presumably the first increment w
will have been organized into skele.
ton companies, battalions or regi- fl|
ments before the second nrrlvps. b<
To Favor Harvesting. id
In farming communities, local bi
boards now will arrange the lists of cl
those to fill the first increment with w
local crop conditions in mind. Men di
pngaged in harvesting work and who ai
otherwise would go with the first is
third of the district quota will be pi
passed over to the second or third si
as mav he necessarv >
Reviewing the question of dls- fc
charge for dependent relatives, Gen- a
eral Crowder issued a supplemental b;
ruling today holding that persons ti
should not be discharged because of st
dependents resident abroad.
"The object of the law permitting
persons to be discharged provided
he has a person falling within
any of the classes of dependents, dependent
upon him was to prevent
euch dependents becoming a charge
upon the American people," the ruling
says. "A dependent residing
abroad could not become such a 8'
charge." h
That conscientious objectors to a!
war are not to be excused entirely A'
from serving the country was made t'
clear In another ruling by the pro- a(
vost marshal, holding that such persons
should be sent to the mobiliza- 01
tlon camps along with others draft- 01
ed. to be assigned later to non-com- 8'
batant branches of the service. It w
is presumed they will serve in equip- hi
ment corps, the medical corps or hi
, other units not employed in actual >c<
combat. | hi
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MUST SUPPORT
CLAIM BY OATH, <t
Those Wishing Exemption Be- fi
cause of Occupation Must
p.. :_i_ P..11 i a: j u.
rufinsii run AiiiuuviiM.
[. A letter received this morning: by I A
the local exemption board from J. I
H E. McDonald, chairman of the I)ls-|
JL trlct Board for the Western District [
P of South Carolina, points out sev-'ti
P eral matters of Interest and impost-1 m
ance to those claiming exemption pi
K from military service. Mr. McDon- ei
B aid says that claims for exemption1 tl
8 on account of industrial occupation w
I should be sustained. In each in-it}
ft stAhce, by affidavits ard points out 2
K that his board cannot act on a m"re' j<
K cM^.i hied without proof to sustain ci
([ All cla|tns of this nature should be o
K| forwarded to the District Exemption a
S i Board, Oraenwood, 8. C.. and not to n:
8 ; the local board or any Individual. F
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riE LAI
VEEKLY. ]
1RGINIANS CHARGED [TEUTON
WITH BEING TRAITORS RUSSI
IEN MAY HAVE DEATH GERMAN
PENALTY IMPOSED. OVE
harged That Mountaineers * ren^h Ti
Tried to Recruit Army For pulsed t
Making War on U. S.
Hip Stone Gap, Va., Aug. 12.? Infantry
rial of William Verdon McCoy and , "onl an(i
>hn W. Phlpps, mountaineers, on 1101 been
larpo of high treason, will begia in twenty-four
ie United States district court here davia the
morrow morning. The defend- Russians a>
its are charged specifically with re- seslilting
an army to make war on the *n ^an(t
nlted States, fomenting rebellion, Gerinan tri
sisting the conscription law and 'n?> 'n PreP
inspiring to seize United States lry activll
operty. hardly pern
Phipps and McCoy were arrested important*i
1 May 27. 1917, by Virginia between Pi!
lardsmen and department of jus- out first mt
ce agents after, It 1s alleged, they straighten <
id recruited and organized an oath- '"8 the sal
,?n,l mnnnt.U .1.. U..? II fi (1S to the
j?i"u iiiuuiuaiu vic&ij ui nil re iiuii~| ?
red men for the purpose of over- man line fr
jwering the military guard station- coast as we
i in Wise county, seize their arms, toward Ler
urder wealthy landowners in the French
ountain section and divide the pulsed Ge
roperty seized among the clans- Aisne front
en. Governor Stuart was selected Monday th?
i one of the victims of the alleged ture the gi
ing. Indictments in six counts south of A
ere returned against McCoy and back all tl
hipps at the June term of the positions tl
nited States court at Roanoke and fensive anc
le hearing tomorrow will be be- small advai
ire Judge Henry C. McDowell. French frc
very precaution has been taken by continues v
le authorities to suppress any out- The He
reak of the friends of the accused having bee
hen ihe trial opens. rnkshani-Jw
While opposition to conscription to the Ser
cured in the plot alleged to have v?n Macke
pen fomented by McCpy. socialistic z-u- a ra'i'
Horns are said to have been the sechti. By
aslc principle involved, "the de- ions proba
aration of war" which officials say "ne north,
as issued hy the leaders of the clan an(i Rumai
pclarlng "that the country is ours Moldavia a
rid all therein." The" oath admin- roafi north
tered to the recruits, it is charged. ?f their twi
ledged among other things that the Pl'es and r
gner would "submit to the separa- German
on of his head from his body" he- the southef
>re violating the oath. McCoy is ^ay aPPare
member of a family made famous objective b
V the Hat field-McCoy feuds of some British aii
iventy years ago, while Phipps is Kuns comp
lid to be a typical mountaineer. that plan.
+ raiders wei
I.ICKNSE FORMS READY. ,8h a?rmen,
of one ma<
ports that
hree Sorts Approved by Secretary forced to ,
Hedfleld. 0 .
Knnnnv av
from Engh
Washington. Aug. 13.?Three Five Am
irms of applications for license for ers were k
tiipment of goods the government! steamer f
as put under export control, were mine last
pproved today by Secretary Red- South Afri
pld. After August 15, no applica- cans lost
ons will be recognized unless made American 1
ccording to the manner prescribed, sunk off t
One application covers the export submarine,
f goods to neutral countries; an- safely.
ther deals with the commodities for
tiipment to countries associated STILL, MO
1th the United States in the war,!
nd the third is for exports of iron
nd steel to the allies. Under a re- Oeneral W
ant ruling by President Wilson Iron Will Ye
nd steel may be shipped only to the tl
Ilies and then only when designed* Chariest
>r actual war uses. Wood will
The department of commerce will lanta and
iscontinue after August 15 the the officers
ractlce of merely stamping applica- ' mal comm
ons for license "approved" and will been arran
sue a regular form of license. ment, the
+ been left t
TO CONSIDER CLAIMS. eommandin
of the can
ddftfonitl Men Summoned for Fx- ''K8'11 rp',p
(nation at St. <*eorga. 1 " w"' 11
________ j larger trai
? i throughout
St. George. Aug. 13.?The exemp-;wou|d bp
on board of Dorchester county will i ?
' every one
leet tomorrow morning for the pur-L.
B v i the war to
ose of taking up the claims for ex-j
mptions which have been filed since DEIjA
he men Included in the first call
/ere examined. Dorchester coun- District Gi
I I
it's quota is 122 men and of the
44 In the first call a very large ma- ( Washing
>rlty of those who passed the physl- Infantry o
nl test filed claims for discharge.1 the Distrli
yith few exceptions, denpendency ieave camj
f relatives Is the cause given. An day for th<
ddltional 160 men have been sum- Greenville
toned to appear on Thursday and officially n
rlday of this week. not yet rea
SPW*r* If . '! 7 ""Tv^TI -
LANCASTER, S. 0., TUESDAY, AUG. 14, 1917
DRIVE AGAINST DID NOT GIVE ORDER EX
ANSWIOGRESSES TO DESPOIL BELGIUM I
S MAKING GAINS BERLIN DENIES EXISTENCE T(X
:R THE SLAVS. OF ANY SUCH TELEGRAM
roops Have Again Re- Says That Emperor Gave No Pre
he Enemy Along the Message to Gerard on the L
Aisne Front. Subject of Belgium.
. j
fighting on the western Berlin, Aug. 13, Via Amsterdam, j V
'specially in Flanders has ?The semi-official Norddeutsehe1 ?nip
marked during the last Allgemeine Zeitung denies the exis- shal
hours. In southern Mol- tence of the telegram alleged by | tliat
Teuton drive aguinst the James \V. Gerard, the former Ameri-jhiw
tid Rumanians progres- can ambassador to Berlin, to have I f?r
been sent by Kmperor William to 'he
ers the Anglo-French and President Wilson in August, 1914,| tbe
lops apparently are rest- when the German emperor is quoted i T
aration for further infan- as having asserted that Belgium's 'n t
ty. The Germans can neutrality "had to be violated by!rik><
ait the British to hold the Germany on strategical grounds."! The
lalient east of Ypres and The alleged telegram which has the
Ikem and Hollebeke with- reached Berlin by way of Switzer-1 erro
iking additional efforts to land has the emperor saying that
lut the front. By widen- King George sent him word through f?r
ient. Field Marshal Haig the emperor's brother, Prince Henry, w'tli
insecurity 01 xne tier- tnat Great Britain would remain I G
om Dlxmude north to the neutral if war broke out on the con- j ?itio
11 as the front southward tinent involving Germany and men
is. France and Austria and Russia. The|rem
troops again have re- Norddeutsehe Allgemeine Zeitung ,ani
rman efforts along the says: in tl
t. Sunday night and on "We are in a position to declare <len?
Teutons tried to recap- that no such telegram from the em- e8t
-ound lost to the French peror exists. It is true that Mr. in *
illes. The French threw Gerard was given an audience on ROVI
le attacks. East of the August 10, 1014, in order to give hls
le French took the of- him an opportunity of placing i'resi1
succeeded in making a dent Wilson's offer of mediation be- A
nee. Elsewhere on the fore the emperor. now
>nt the artillery fighting "The President's personal rues- Gon
iolent. sage to the emperor read as from the povl
issians and Rumanians official head of one of the powers srri1
n forced to give up the which signed The Hague convention amo
larasechti line and retire and I feel it to be my right and my
eth river. Field Marshal duty in accordance with Article III t*ier
nsen has captured Pant- of the convention to declare to you
way town west of Mara- in a spirit of truest friendship that1
taking this town the Teu- I would welcome any opportunity to: ooul
bly have cut the railway act in the interests of European i ma*
imperilling the Russians peace whether now or at any other' KU't:
nians fighting in western time that might be better fitted to!enip
iround Ocna as the rail- reifder you and all concerned ser- men
from Marasechti was one vices which would give me satisfac- t'on
o means of obtaining sup- tion and joy. 8at>l
enforcements. "This proposal was made at the; *sfa'
aeroplanes which raided time when the armies of both sides sar>
ist coast of England Sun- had already crossed the frontier and n,a'
ntly had London as their when it seemed out of the question | ,,8h
ut the prompt defense by to call a halt to events. The em- (livl
^planes and anti-aircraft peror could, therefore, only have his'<,URl
elled them to abandon thanks conveyed to President Wil-|to v
In the pursuit two of the I son for his t*fiw arwi ? ! nlac
MUU UIUJCU.V I C" | *
re brought down by Brit- mark that while the present moment ic
Berlin admits the loss was too early for mediation by tl^ a w
rhlne and Amsterdam re- neutral powers, the President's!
a German airplane was friendly proposal might lat?r be re-1 K
and in Duteh territory turned to. j pen
idently while returning "The emperor then conversed for w*l<
ind. some time further with Mr. Gerard | dral
ericans and fourteen oth- and explained to him the events that 0'
;illed when the British led up to the outbreak of war. The; mai
"itv of Athens struck a emperor particularly pointed out| on
Friday near Capetown, ambiguous disloyal attitude of Great pan
ca. Four of the Amerl- Britain. **op
were missionaries. The "Mr. Gerard>s statement in his
bark Christian has been memoirs appear to be a reproduc- rea<
he Azores by a German tion of this conversation. 'n a
The crew was landed "Possibly during tiie conversation, ?^a
the emperor wrote a memorandum "on
for the ambassador so that he might a8 1
RE CAMPS not announce anything to Washing- ,OT11
FOR ARMY OFFICERS ton that would be incorrect. In that
case it would be a matter of record dis<
tH?d Thinks That There destined to assist Mr. Gerard's mem- exai
t He Other Op|M?rtuni- ory but it would not be a communi-' ^
es for Civilians. cation frome the emperor to Presi-;*iea
on, Aug. 13.?General dent Wilson." duo
leave Thursday for At
Chattanooga to look over itasl
' training camps. No for- ?Dl'MjAPdllLLEV. ,hav
encement exercises have arm
ged by the war depart- A wedding of interest to Lancasclosing
formalities having tpr pftople tooR p,ace )n charlotte'
o the pleasure of each yesterday when MJss Ru(h i)uniap
ig officer. In speaking charlotte became the bride of ^ak
nps today. General Wood Rayniond 0 Mil!en of Hartsville. I
rated his firm beliei that Rroom made his home in Lan- '
ecessary to hold other and ca9fer nt 11 a few years ago and has "ar
nine camns for officers ?
. . .. a number of relatives In this city.1 om<
the war, and that there ? ..... , , ' i
Mr. and Mrs. Millen arrived in the
plenty of opportunity for .... . , . (.?h
, Y' city today and will spend several' caD
who wanted to get into dayg der|
do so.
Y l\ DKPAItTURK. * ""
COL WATSON ASKED TO ATTKMt rov
inrdsmen AVIII Not l.euve ??? #
Tomorrow. Columbia. Aug. 13.?David P.
ton. Aug. 13.?The Third Houston, Secretary of Agriculture,
f the National Guard of has called a meeting In Atlanta on W
rt of Columbia will not Friday for a discussion of wheat and Alb
> at Fort Myers Wednes- rye growing. Commissioner E. J. Dui
? National Guard camp at Watson, of the State Department of wai
as expected. It has been Agriculture, has been invited to be cat
lotlAed that the camp is present and participate in the con- the
dy for it. ference. ' law
t
New;
EMPTION LINES ARE All
I0WBEINGTIGHTENED. (
U MAIN Y TKY1IN1* TO WI
AVOID SERVICE.
ivost Marshal Says Draft Ca|
aw Is For Interest of Na- I
tion. Not Individual.
Washington, Aug. 13.?Renewed F
basis was laid by Provost Mar- abo
Gen. Crowder today on the fact nav
congress framed the army draft of 1
in the interest of the nation, not J one
the individual. For that reason taki
lines are being drawn tight in! 1
matter of exemptions. i ste?
he government has acted slowly of t
ringing home to the people the the
1 character of the Draft Act. a G
re has been much discussion of mill
exemption problem, based on an of 1
neous view of the law's purpose, the
ch assumed that married men.j Oil
instance, would be exempted! I
lout question. han
en. Crowder has taken the po- Fla
in in recent ruling that married j the
will be exempted only when the] Kui
oval of the drafted man from his j con
ily circle probably would result F
he family becoming a public bur-, usii
In that case it is to the inter-I to i
of the government to leave him war
lis civil occupation, so that the j chit
'rnraent will not have to care for' are
dependents. ical
industrial Knterprises. fort
n interpretation similarly rigid rari
has been placed upon exemp- roa
s for industrial reasons. The
prnnient has taken the lead in j
tinizing closely individual cases the
ne its employes before asking zen
: they he exempted. Wherever by
e is doubt, no exemption is ask- I pre
! and
^strict boards throughout the j,rjj
litry have been instructed to ^Ta>
;e the government's action their att?
le in dealing with claims for ex- 70G
ition of men in private employ- can
t. An employer seeking exemp-, /
for a man he considers indispen- aha
e, must prove to the board's sat- jnK
ction that his industry is neces- Osr
' to the public interest or to the xel
ntenance of the military estab- ass
ment, and that the particular in- at
dual is indispensible to the in- Ser
try. Reasons would be given as sha
rhy it would be impossible to re- ; paJ
le the registered man, with an- cap
?r, not of military age. or with too
oman. and
Wholesale Attempts. I
eports to the provost marshal nor
eral have indicated plainly that an(j
ilesale attempts to evade the the
ft through the dependency clause
the regulation is in progress in
ly places. The additional cau- jn
s sent to district boards in re- jy
1 to industrial exemption, it is fatl
ed. will forestall similar attempts fi,.j
>n that stage of proceedings is jRO
'hed. The government is also jirj
i strong position in regard to dis-|ma
rges granted by the local selec- 1
1 boards because of deDendents.
- ; un)
*n appeal has been recorded an- at|
atically in each case, and it will ! tak
possible to reopen it before the (
rict board and make sure no ,he
slon of duty has heen permitted. (Je,
'he office force at Gen. Crowder's r
dquarters has been materially re- jn
ed and virtually all the officers fr()
> have aided him in the huge (
c of carrying through the draft. .
e been detailed to the national j{()]
y- ek
101
IIAHNKS TO KltX'KKI). kill
. six
es Henderson's Place In War wei
Cabinet. the
.ondon. Aug. 13.?George Nicoll out
res. minister of pensions, says an j ]
da! announcement tonight, has ml
r. appointed a member of the war Ve:
inet in succession to Arthur Her- Fr<
son. The Press Association says ?1)a
appointment has the approval of i<io
the other Labor members of the
ernment.
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HKADS SEW HVKTEM,
ashir.p'on Arp. 13.?Dr. Charles Th
pn, profpssnr of William Hood bu
nwoody Institute' of Minneapolis eoi
s today appointed director of vo lo
ional education. He serves with n
board which administers the new s
r, ' vf
m.-j* 1 * .IK.IS >i
=
$2.00 A YEAR
han mm
mured by germans .
SHE TAKEN WHEN SUB
SANK CAMPANA.
!
Dtain of American Vessel and
rour Bluejackets Are Now
Prisoners of War.
'ive Americans are prisoners
aid a German submarine, the
y department believes. Four
these probably are the lirst prisrs
ot' the American lighting force
en by the Germans.
"he captain of the American
Liner Campana and four members
he armed guard were taken from
steamer when she was sunk hv
erman submarine August 6, 140
t?s west of lie de Re, off the coast '
Prance. Forty-seven survivors of
steamer, which was a Standard
tanker, have been landed safely.
Tnfavorable weather again ia
ripering large scale operations in
nders, but in southern Moldavia
desperate fighting between the
sso-Rumanians and the Teutons
tinues with increasing ferocity,
'ield Marshal von Mackensen is
lg strong forces in an endeavor
ireak through the entente line toil
the railroad junction of Tecui.
'The Russians and Rumanians
resisting valiantly the numerly
superior enemy, but have been
H'd to give up. at least tempolly,
their positions along the raild
line north of Fokshani.
Germans Capture
k Husso-Rumanian retirement to
village of Marascheti and Fnrti,
on the Sereth river, is reported
Petrograd. In counter attacks
ceding their retreat the Russians
I Rumanians took 1,200 German
soners. Berlin says that von
ckensen's troops withstood strong
toks and captured more than 6,i
prisoners as well as eighteen
non and sixty-one machine guns.
Vround Ocna, northwest of Fokni
and near the Transylvania
with the Teutons forcing a Rula.
As a counter move to the
iton offensive, the Russians have
umed the initiative in an attack
the confluence of the Buzeu and
eth rivers, southeast of Falkni
and in the region of Galatz.
t of the Teuton positions were
tured by the Russians, who also
k some prisoners, four cannon
I eight machine guns.
Elsewhere on the eastern front in
thern Rumania, in Bukowina
I on the Russo-Galaclan frontier
re has been no marked activity.
Weather Haul in Flanders.
The weather was wet and stormy
Flanders Saturday night and earSunday.
and there was little initry
activity, but the artillery
ng continues to be intense. In an
lated section north of Lens the
tish sained possession of a Gern
crater.
During Saturday night and Sun'
morning the French recaptured
the remaining trench elements
en by the Germans Wednesday,
jerman attack south of Ailles on
Aisne front was repulsed by
rieral Petain's men. Berlin rets
the repulse of French attacks
the region of ferny, on the same
nt.
3erman airplanes on Sunday raidthe
south coast of England,
mbs were dropped at points in
*ex and Kent, some distance from
ndon. Twenty-three persons were
led. including nine women and
children, and nearly three score
re injured. British aircraft drove
Germans off and pursued them
to sea.
Erankfort-on-the-Main, about 160
les within the German lines at
rdun, has been bombarded by
?nch aviators in reprisal for Gern
raids against Nancy and the ren
north of Paris.
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A HEAL HONEYMOON.
Berlin, (via London), Aug. 13.?
e municipal food bureau of Strassrg
announces that newly married
jples will be entitled to dtaw
uble the amount of food indicated
their food cards. This privilege
accorded them for a period of six
eks.
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