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- ^ " t , T I- = VOL. 12, NO. 70, I PKSIDENT HAS NAMED NEW GENERAL OFFICERS SOUTH CAROLINA BOYS TO GO TO FRANCE. Engineers Companies of This State Will Be First to See Active Service. f v Washington, Aug. 14.?Nominations of nearly 200 general officers in the national army, including officers of the regular army and the National Guard, were sent to the senate today by President Wilson. I From the thirty-seven new major generals to be created for the duration of the war and from the existin* major generals of the regular army will come the army, corps and division commanders of all the forces being raised, regulars, Na11 HTlfl 1 OuiirA nr nof Innn 1 w. uuv.vuai ? ?'/. ilarly the brigade commanders will be selected from the list of more than 100 new brigadiers. .Coincident with this announcement of high command came the statement from the war department that a composite National Guard division composed of troops from twenty-six States and the District of Columbia was in process of organization under command of Rrigadier Mann, at present chief of the militia bureau of the department, but who heads the list of national army major generals. These will be the first National Guard troops to be sent to Prance. No discussion is permitted by the censor, however, of the time of their ns AMKwef I An r? r /Ifinn ** + n tKa ^ front The States from which the National Guard troops are to be assembled are Louisiana, Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, New York, Ohio. Georgia, Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana. Minnesota. Maryland, South Carolina, California. Missouri. Vir' ginia, North Carolina. Kansas, Texas, Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Nebraska. Colorado. Oregon and the others from the District of Columbia. War Department's Announcement. Following is the war department's announcement, under the headinc "Composite National Guard Division." "The following organizations of the National Guard have been selected to compose the Forty-second division: "The following numerical designations have been assigned: "Division headquarters troop, to consist of the Second separate troop, Louisiana cavalry. "The division machine gun battalion. No. 149, to be composed of the third battalion, Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry. Infantry Brigades. "The infantry brigades to be numbered eighty-three and eightyfour. "The eighty-third Infantry Brigade, to comprise the 150th machine gun battalion, composed of Companies E. F and G. Second Wisconsin Infantry; the 165th infantry (Sixty-ninth New York Infantry!, and the 166th infantry (Fourth Ohio Infantry) National Guard. "The Eighty-fourth Infantry Brigade to comprise the 151st machine gun battalion (Companies B, C and F. Second Georgia Infantry); 167th infantry (Fourth Alabama Infantry) and the 168th infantry (Third Iowa Infantry). Art tilery Brigade. "The artillery brigade to be numbered sixty-seventh, comprises: "The 149th field artillery (First Illinois Field Artillery); the 150th field artillery (First Indiana Field Artillery); the 151st field artillery (First Minnesota Field Artillery), and the 117th trench mortar battery to be composed of the Third and I Fourth companies, Maryland Coast I Artillery Corps. I "The engineer regiment of th~ dl-i vision win be numbered 117th. Th'1' >f ' ^ first battalion will be formed from the flrat separate battalion, engin-j eers, South Carolina; and the nee-1 ond battalion will be formed of the flrat separate battalion, engineers. California. Signal Troops. "The divisional field battalion, signal troops, will be organized from (Continued from Tage 1* HE I SKMJ-WKKKLY. MILLIONS NEEDED EDI ALL WAR JXPENDITUI PLANS NOW UNDERV FOR RAISING MONEY ; Will Undertake to Finance Allies by Taxes and Issuii More Bonds. 'Washington, Aug. 14.?Con j sional leaders were informe Secretary McAdoo that it woul i necessary for them to authori2 | this and the winter session of gress an additional $9,000.00( for war expenditures to June 1918, including further louns t( allies. Five billions in bond ready have been authorized, ai $2,000,000,000 war tax bill is i ing now in the Senate. Within an hour after the s tary had conferred with Repr< tative Kitchin, chairman of house ways and means comml plans were under way to raising money. A meeting of the ways means committee was called for gust 2 5, and arrangements mad< the house, now taking three-da; cess, to resume its regular meel on August 27 and expedite flna legislation. Issuance of between $3,000.i 000 and $4,000,000,000 in bont meet new allied loans, authorize of an additional $500,000,00 taxes to be added to the bill b< the senate, probably will be pr< ed by the committee and agree by the house. No delay in e authorization is anticipated, bond issue will he agreed to w a day, Mr. Kitchin predicted, the $500,000,000 probably wtl added to the revenue bill in coi ence with the approval of the h< The plan is to have the remai of the $9,000,000.00o authorize the next session of congress, b< ?" uctouioer. wnetner ll | he raised by bonds or additional | ation or in what proportion of 1 I is undecided. Announcement authorization of a new bond issv meet an allied loan was desired ? as a surprise to most of the com sional lteaders. They thought conference the secretary sought Mr. Kitchin was for the purpo? discussing raising possibly an ditional $1,000,000,000 or $2.< 000,000 fo remergeney dom needs. They planned to auth it, go home, and raise the ren ing $4,000,000,000 or $5,000, 000 it was estimated the war w cost this fiscal year at the next sion. + PITS IT VP TO DAXIKIjH. New York. Aug. 15.?Col. R( M. Thompson, president of the ] League of the United States, was asked by Secretary Daniel t 1 sign as a result of a statemen sued by the league concerning i cent explosion in the Mare If navy yard, today sent a letter to Daniels saying he would retire | f hp |p? fMP if Mr n???ui? ? I ?^ ? *v? ? L/niucio wuuu sign as secretary of the navy. Col. Thompson wrote that, were necessary for Mr. Daniel remain as secretary of the navy would probably be better to some one other than myself as of the Navy League." The letter added: "In your interview you subi tially admit the important fao our statement, namely, that th< plosion was the result of a spiracy, but do not explain to public why you have failed to action." NORWEGIAN VKSSFLS Sl> Ten Persons Drowned When I land Went Down. London. Aug. 1 f>.?Accordln a dispatch to the Exchange ' graph form Copenhagen nnnoi ment is made by the Norwegian elgn office that the Norwf steamer Falkland has been sun the North sea. Ten persons killed. The steamer Capella also sunk. The crew was saved. The Falkland displaced 4.877 gross. Availiable shipping ret give a steamer Capella as being ions gross. 1 i 1,1 ' * ? " ANCAi LANCASTER, S. C.. R AMERICAN TROOPS ARE IMAI RES MARCHINGJN LONDON /AY REVIEWED BY THE KING CO> AND THE QUEEN. IN Our Streets Thronged With Enthu- Und ig siastic Spectators Who l'l Cheered Stars and Stripes. gres- London, Aug. 15.?American Co d by troops marched through London to- man d be day. They were reviewed by Am- land. :e at bassador Page and later by King State con- George at Buckingham Palace, the \ >,000 Great crowds lined the streets, which war 30, were decorated profusely with man > the American and Brisih tlags. EnthO- socia 8 a!- siasm was shown everywhere. The has a nd a Americans were cheered by civiil- been ?end- ians, by soldiers on their way to the Th front and by wounded men. The soon ecre- troops were escorted by guard ate a esen- bands. co. 1 the A meeting of the cabinet was in activi ittee, progress when the Americans ap- plosii 5 the proached Whitehall. It was ad- was c and journed to permit the premier and nairn heart omeers at salute, while the bandi,nat played and the cheering and waving j Germ of flags continued. As the first i t? P stan- Stars and Stripes passed with the) that t In ranks the King and his party raised uaed s ex- their hands in salute. The flag was con- ' dipped and the crowd roared ap- SIX i the! proval so vigorously that the King \e take ' was forced to smile. ' , Amei A slight rain fell during the re- I dare j view put not a spectator departed. , cent IK I As each flag passed the King sa- j ouarl luted and the enormity of the crowd j comn "nlk- became almost uncontrolable. j On Palace Orminris. the 1; g to After the review the Americans "S Tele- camped temporarily on the green | Lond inee- park at the rear of the palace. There "Lea for- they rested and had lunch, after low, >gian i which they resumed the march | press k in I through the city. than were j The allied soldiers in the crowds who ! in common with other spectators, l take was ' commented on the youthfulness. you t soldierly bearing and snappiness of and j tons the Americans. not i :ords The evening newspaper unites in but I 877 praise of the American soldiers. The expr? Standard direlaYi.OJi the front natfa.rtisft? Au- his colleagues to pay their compli-1 Th e for ments to the Americans. The cab- accor y re- inet went in a body to the war office. Asso< tings Witnessed by High Ofticers. been ncial As the Americans passed the Germ Horse Guards' parade to Whitehall twen 000.- they were greeted from the windows parei Is to of the war office by Premier Lloyd the s itlon tieorge, Foreign Secretary Balfour, rine 0 in Chancellor Bonar Law, War Secre- ditioi ?fore tary Derby, Winston Spencer lost >pos- Churchill, Minister of Munitions many d to G iorge N. Barnes, member of the rines ither war council; Admiral Jellicoe, and the I The other high officials as well as by with ithin French and Belgian officers. Th and | The evening newspapers say that comn 1 be for a parallel to the scenes witness- Th nfer- today in the neighborhood of large juse. Trafalgar Square it probably would type nder be necessary to recall the time of the Belgi (1 at South African war and the return whicl ?gin- home of the troops. a sm will Reviewed by King, tax- The King's party at Buckingham Th 10th, Palace included Field Marshal infori that French, commander of the home high ie to forces; Queen Mother Alexandra and Wilhi >ame Princess Mary. regul gres- Millions of Londoners, many of times lIir- ....... nai.nif, rtiiieriian nags, cneer- snort with ?d themselves hoarse until the very le of Americans departed. The streets, ually ad- from Horse Guards up Whitehall to eveni ftOO.- Trafalgar's Square, Picadilly, time, estlo Grosvenor Gardens, Buckingham follo\ orize Palace, Mall and Westminster bridge it ha: tain- were banked solidly with men and becav 000,- children hours before the march be- ing a ould Kan. mine ses- Whn the troops swung into White- it to hall a roar of cheers which was heard land, many blocks away, was started. Throngs of sjtectators continually A | shouted out greetings such as "We chore >bert are Klad to see you, America," and prisir Navv "G? Ret them, boys." in sa who Eyes to the Front. an(' 1 0 re- The Americans for the most part prote t is- kept their eyes to the front. Only Once a re- occasionally did a man h^ar or look aideri dand to the right or left, grinning broad- w***n 1 Mr. l.v, or wiggling a hand in such a way tage from that the officers could not see him. c?ast 1 re- In front of Buckingham palace the the * people completely filled the broad if it plaza. The King, accompanied by Th Is to the household staff and officers, knew , "it took his place at the gate. The tions have Americans then filed pass, eyes left, The iter New FRIDAY, AUG. 17, 1917. KE WAR SUBMARINE 'CANADIANS CAPTURE 1 OF THE nniTCHI AND MMDUTMG ?w. w..?..wwiiiiniiMMu i uuinun | i : fVERT MERCHANT BOAT ENGAGED GERMANS IN ] TO FIGHTING VESSEL. DESPERATE BATTLE. ersea Craft May Soon Be With Slight Casualties Domin- 1 ying Along Pacific Coast ion's Soldiers Smash German In Interest of Quarry. Line Along Two Mile Front. penhagen, Aug. 15.?The Ger-1 British Front in France and Bel-! commercial submarine Deutsch : gium, Aug. 15.? (By the Associated j which visited the United, Press.)?After the brilliant advance ( s before that country entered | this morning in which tho Canadians, van, has been converted into a i captured hill 70, and then swept on * submarine, according to Ger-; northwest of Lens, the attacl*.er3 ' fleet gossip reaching the As- were in close grips with the Ger- ! ted Press. The Deutschland i mans in the western part of Lens ? i great radius of action and has' 'ate today. f fitted with six torpedo tubes. ! The attack began at 4:25 o'clock.1 e submarine, it is said, inayj just as the first gray streaks of ^ leave for the Pacific to oper-1 dawn were appearing. All nigM he 1 gainst traffic from San Francis- British big guns had been pouring ? The U-boat was to have started a steady stream of high explosive { itles some time ago but an ex- shells into the German positions. , on on board while the vessel Kreat detonations overlapping one >n a trial trip made necesary re- another like the rapid crack of ma which took considerable time, chine pun fire and swelling into a! e German losses in submarines, mighty volume of thunder that ding to the information of the shook the earth and stunned the ;iated Press, who recently had I senses. Then, a short time before' at Wilhelmshaven and with the the hour of offensive had arrived the ; an fleet, has been twenty to batteries abruptly ceased, and a ty-two boats, this figure ap- strange, almost oppressive stillness, | itly covering th^ losses since fraught with the portending eatatart of the unrestricted subma- clysm which must follow, crept over warfare campaign. Four ad- the country which until then had ial boats are said to have been been an inferno of death. It had in the Mediterrean. Ger- been raining and gray clouds still ' now has almost 300 subma- hung low over the trenches where The newest boats being of crouched the Canadian infantrymen j big sea-going type and armed waiting eagerly for the arrival of the a six-Inch gun. moment which would summon them ' is armament appeared on boats I to attack. I lissioned in the middle of June. Terrible Spectacle, e 300 submarines include a Suddenly, ten minutes before the number of the alleged canal time set for the attack, every Brit-| boat for passage through the ish gun within range broke out with ! an canals to Zeebrugge, and' a hurricane of shelling and solid ' i are of inferior armament and | lines of crimson lightning belched aller radius of action. I from the German trenches as the ex-, The Germun Fleet. ! plosives broke about them. To this; 1 e German fleet, according to the. lurid picture was added the unfor-i 1 motion, justifies its name of getable spectacle of the burning oil.1 sea fleet by running out from, which the British threw on the 1 elmshaven with considerable enemy lines. Great clouds of pinkarity sometimes two or three i?,h colored smoke rolled across, a week. Fleet only makes country from the flaming liquid and ! * trips, however, and never goes the murky sky threw back myrid ( far to sea. The high seas us-1 colors from the conflagration be-; ( leaves Wilhelmshaven in the| low. ng and is back by early dinner \ The moment of attack arrived, and i 1 between 11 and noon on thei as the British guns dropped their 1 ving day. On a few occasions protecting barrage in front of the f ? remained out longer, but onlyi Canadian trenches, the clouds parted ' ise thick weather set in. mak-' and the yellow moon appeared. In ( t passage through the German) the light of this beacon the Cana-j ( fields dangerous and forcing dians leaped over the parapet and 1 remain In the shelter of llelgo-| began their methodical advance be-> until the weather cleared. hind their barrage fire. Anchored In Security. Without a Flaw, greater part of the time the an-! The British Barage was without a * d big ships and cruisers com- j flaw. Behind it the Canadians lg the battle fleet are anchored mounted Hill 70 and swept along 1 fe security behind mine fields the rest of the line. On the crest of ( lets and a triple line of pickets the hill, where so much blood had ( ctlng the entrance to the base. I been spilled before, heavy fighting ( in March the fleet had a con- might have been expected, for the' able period of enforced repose position was well manned w ith ma-1 J British mine layers, taking ad-j chine guns. The resistance here. ^ of thick weather, sowed the however, was not strong and it was i ^ al waters so full of mines that not until the dwellings in the out- ( 5erman vessels were unable to skirts of the suburbs were reached i harbor. Ibat vigorous fighting occurred. The ( e enlisted personnel of the fleet ground over which the infantry ad- ( nothing of American prepara- vanced was honey-combed with for active participation in war. Hritish holes and the barbed wire ( men were tnld hv thoir aSI/.o? ? - ... . ... ? ?uivcmi nerenses naa Deen levelled so that America's declaration of war on they pave little trouble. iany was only issued as a cover The first serious resistance from reparations against Japan and1 Germans was met at a point American troops would not be where the enemy was entrenched in Europe. strongly connected cellars and here sanguinary fighting occurred. The 1A It COMPANY'S DIVIDEND. place is a sample of other suburbs w York, Aug. 15.?The Cuban- a*>out Lens. ( ican Sugar Company today de- Lens before the war had a popula- ^ d an extra dividend of 10 per *'on 3 0,000 but it is now a mass ^ in addition to the regular ruins. ( :erly of 2 1-2 per cent on the 1'nderground Defenses. ( ion stock. Following their usual tactics the Germans had carried out systematic! arge head lines: destruction of the houses and had ons of the Pilgrims Pack in constructed strong underground deon." under which it says., fenses. The whole city is undermin- , n, lithe, straight-backed, sal- p(j with tunnels and dugouts which , thin-lipped, set-Jawed, they im- have been reinforced with concrete. 1 ( ed pvprvhnrtv ci drvura - - _ , , ii was in sucn difficult surround- . dreamers, men of few words |ngs as this (hat the Canadians are look you straight the eye battling today. your measure at a glance, give. The capture of Hill 70. is another heir opinion in a rough epigram, triumph for the British fighting or*et to business. Not Canadian, ganization. Wounded Canadians re Australian, not New Zealand, turning from the heart of the battle | n the snap of the eye and the | today were loud in their praise of m kssion of the mouth something i the perfection achieved in prenara- I >??! ? ?- - - 1 r I I $2.00 A YEAR 1ST STEPS TAKEN mo PUCADCD nnr?n i ui\ uiiLHrcn uhqhu BIG CORPORATION IS TO HANDLE ALL GRAIN. Huge Concern Formed to Take Care of Stabilizing Prices. Other Boards Named. Washington, Aug. 15.?The food administration prepared today to ake over the entire 1917 wheat rop if necessary to stabilize prices hroughout the year. It formed a ^50,000,000 corporation with all the stock held by the federal government, to buy and sell wheat at the principal terminals. The move was. .he first of a series to be taken to> educe the price of bread. Millers ilready have agreed to put themselves under voluntary regulations ind are working out with the food administration a differential of lour by the wholesalers and the making of bread will be taken up> text. The hope of the administration s to establish a scale of prices from he farm to the grocery store, eliminating undue profit and ending speculation. The maintenance of a standard price for wheat, officials jelieve, is the most necessary step. In announcing formation of the wheat crop corporation the food administration also has made known he personnel of the committee vhich will fix a price to be paid for his year's wheat yield, and the tames of 13 men who will act as purchasing agents for the corporaion at terminals. Hoover at Head. The wheat corporation will be put jnder the administration grain di ,-ision. us cnairman will be Herjert Hoover and its president Julian iarnes, a Duluth exporter. To Buy for Allies. The wheat corporation will handle ill allied grain purchases and will lo the buying for the American govirnnient. If found advisable it also vill serve as broker for the milling: nterests, purchasing wheat for thelour mills to keep the market steady. The allies will be required' o purchase flour instead of wheat" >n the theory that manufacturing ost will be reduced and American* ndustry encouraged. All of the grain men who are takero nto the food administration's fraitt> livision will disassociate' themselves from business interests and! vill give their entire time to thcr government without remuneration^ Authority to license grain elevators and milling concerns was given formally to the food administration today in a proclamation by Presiient Wilson. Mr. Hoover hopes that operation of the licensing system will make unnecessary any extensive government purchases for fhe allies. He believes a stable export price and proper supervision of exchange dealings will do more thananything else to keep prices on & Hinstant level. Representatives of the millers alio met here today and named a comnittee to serve with the food administration in drawing up and en? 'orcing the regulations governinglour markets. No plans have been made for grain purchases by neutral countries although it is likely all will be required to buy through the food administration. This will give ?tht government a close check on purchases and will aid the exports*: council, to which applications for grain exports must be submitted. Just now no food of any character is> leaving the United States for the European neutral countries but shipments will be permitted as soon as the countries concerned have supplied full data as to their needs forded by the artillery. The extreme depth reached in thefirst stage was 1,500 yards and this was achieved in ninety-throe minutes. A considerable number of Germa&r prisoners are beginning to arrive at thn Hritlih mm* I gfr At