The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 01, 1918, Image 1
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VOL. 13, NO. 21, S
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TAKEN OVi
SECRETARY M'ADO
IS APPOINTED I
DIRECTOR GENEB
President Will Recommend
islation Guaranteeing Pi
* War Earnings.
EFFECTIVE LAST FRIE
???
Direct Management of
Roads Will Remain in
Hands of Railroad Offi
and War Boards.
Washington. Dec. 31.?The
roads of the United States passf
to government possession at
Friday as Secretary McAdoo, c
nated by President Wilson as c
tor general of railroads, was
gating to the railroads' war 1
the task of operating them fo
present.
The war hoard, comprising fi
the country's foremost rallroai
eeutives who have been in sup
command of railroads for the
nine months, were called into
ference at 11 o'clock to discuss
for welding ell transportation
into a single government-ope
system. They left the ternsur
partment two hours later undf
etructions to continue their
tions and to submit immcdiati
plan of operation to the dir
general.
First Formal Order.
Mr. McAdoo has issued his
formal order designed to spec
freight movement, J.elegraphin
railroad presidents and direetoi
structlons to move the freigl
c most convenient and direct r<
At the same time he ordered the
continue operation of their lin
conformity with the Presit
proclamation putting them \
1 government control.
There was no indications wh
Mr. McAdoo intended eventual
displace the war board with a
ganizatioy of his own or to con
its organization for the duratii
the war.
Pooling of Tnifllr.
The order that freight 11101
the most expeditious routes
the way for a pooling of traiTi
possible heretofore by reasi
statutes designed to proven
practice by carriers operated 1
'private direction. It eliminates
the shipper the right to rout
freight as he wishes and leav
the railroad traffic manager th?
of sending it most directly
I where there Is least congestion
order follows:
MeAdnn's Order.
"Having assumed the dutie
1 posed upon m" by, and in pursi
of the President dated yncemhr
1917, you will, until dthflrwis
dered cAntinue the operation of
_ i 1.. r,...,nii? ...OK .... i.l
I llilll 111 I l/II I Wl III I I J n mi naiu
olamatlon. You nre request
make ?very possible effort t
crease efficiency and, to niaki
freight go by the most convc
and expeditious routes. I
' dently count on your hearty <
' ?ration. It is only through v
efTort, unselfish service and effi
work' that this war can be woi
America's future be secured."
Can't He Hone Over Nigfi
Although Mr. McAdoo doc
believe a complete unification i
rail systems can be brought
* over night, even with legal rt
tlons lifted, he fully expects
ures taken under government
trol w!lf .move some of th
J stacles* that now prevent the
movement of freight. Mombe
W the war board .were request
' study the situation and repo
any measures to relievo congi
they think might wisely be pui
force.
f No Plans for a Staff.
/ Thus far the director gen?r*
made no plans for a staff, altl
Continued on Pift 7.)
* r '
fHE LANCA
EM -WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C.,
DS AND STEAMSHIP LINES WERE
KR FOR FONTRfllRY MVFBNMrM
? - - w? vs vi v r uxuurii^iTi
? ?
iv ? GERMAN U-BOAT CREW
\j BUD BIGGS SAYS? WAITED FOR THE LINE
^ "Hairfax FarriBon was right. Mr. Crew Made Prisoner After Tin
Editor," said Hud Hlggs as he came
>11 into our diamond-stud- Craft Wns
L/tLi ded sanctum and reach- American Steamer Passed.
L ing for the telephone
tipped over our cutLeg
glass ink-well into the Atlantic Port, Dec. 31. G<
I* paste-pot. "I took a *-*. Beckham, of Rhode Islai
e- little trip up in the! who ,ef* hero the ,atter Part of (
mount'n wilderness of |tober to v,sit the American forces
y T1 North Carolina against | Krance and to convey to thorn a p.
I'll Harfax's advice to the' sonal m<>B?afi? of greeting fr<
)AY contrary and I found i President Wilson, has arrived h<
that there was more, orl a Biitlsh liner,
truth tlian poetry in what he said ' ?n the 3amo vessel was Willis
il about f< Iks a-stayin* at home during Thompson, head of the Anieric
the holidays lest they fail to get! Ited Cross mission to Russia, who
the' where they're a-goin', but nobody! ret?rnin* to the United States
' listened?everybody went some- make a rePort of the conditions
Cials where, at least it looked that way. I that countr>* with reference to t
! All the trains were crowded and ! work of his organization. Thorn
! flw.ro wo-o ..11 - . I W l-omnnf of T 1) V* -
~ "o,c ?? ?uu? 01 people ?' ? * """so? ?
I aboard. Some of them were sober.! c?mpany, a?d Sir Frederick Edwa
r;iil_ I didn't see any lieker. either a-goln' Sm'th. attorney general for Gri
Hi in- or a-coinin'. Mr. Editor, but 1 ci-uld Evltnin, were also among the pi
noon tell 't lia?I been there, all rigM I sengers.
lesig- went out of Lancaster on the South- ' That the crew of a German si
lirec- ern's shoofly which sometimes leaves marine made prisoner after thi
dele- the depot at 10:1J in the a. ni., and vt*ssel had been destroyed, kn<
joard we hadn't gone far until wo found when a large steamship carryi
r the a freight train that had got lost in American army officers had left t
the shuttle and stalled on a hill ?we United States and that the suhir
ve of *'acked ul? about three miles to rlne ,aV in wait to sink her. was t
[1 ex- Riverside and burnt a lot of Dr. statement by several enlisted men
reme Garfleld's <*oal in the bnckln'. and the American navy who were pi
last ,et the I'looniin' thing go by. I was sengers on the steamship. Acooi
oon_ mad, Mr. Editor, I was some mad: lnK to the German prisoners w
plans 1 was on m>" wa>' to where I was were taken to Englnnd. they kn
lines K0in' an<l 1 was in a hurry?1 was "a,l about the departure of t
rated so ma{l- 1 might have committed steamship," but the submarine h
y (je. murder if I had been fami'iar failed to sink her because of t
r in- enough with the judge to get by vigilance of her convoy.
func- with il. Mut I saw right then and
ely n there that llairfax knew what he EMPEROR WILLIAM HAS
ector was a-,aH<i"' about. Who would CLOSE CALL AT FROP
ever a bought though, Mr. Editor,
that tl e lieker down here is bad
fiiS. enough to make a feller lose :> Fmperor's Train ll.-ul Keen (mi
d up f1?'imlit tiain? I hit the top o The Only an Hour When Stut'en Win
if nil 1 Blue Fidge Just as the mercurv \va<
rs In. flirting With the bottom and it fe|t H?mhe?l Hy the Kritish.
it bv oul next dry. It's some wilderness
nites. j "P there Mr. Alitor, and they tell GenovIlt Der. 31. The Germ
,m to me 11, 1 hen the Tar Heel legisla- emper()r> returning with his st
pc in tnre i ts iliscussin' the buildin' o' v?..,i..? ?... 1
lout's *lutt I'v and turnin' railroad up '' " l* " "
",c main. member ttald in ,, [ 1,1 " f r"P"Sa'
speech 'lln aothin' but a mnttpfp
other ?Md..rav?a, genllen'ten. where you ^ ??'or,Una to ?
ty bear only the hoot of the owl an,I . y
n or- the hiss of the anahe, and one train train let", ,1, 't ' "ll" """ "
? . iiain ion tne station which \*
tinuo <,nrh wry a w.-ok will- take earn or , , , V 1 "
?? of all the buslnest, for the next httn- Mh , r""' '"""
tired yearn.' An' If, alt that and ' ""Mra<;k? ?'?? torn >
n,ore. Mr. K,liter, but he ought to .. * 11 "loa,l"n north,
re bv Hee 't now 'he trains run like trol- t, '. r<" s a
onenn ley ?' " nun, hern but they lark on '<'??' Mannheim. and
inl- "n etrlne a, each I when they '""1; "r""d at Itane, the follow!
a? ?t atari up the big hill. 'Twits a big "'y' homh" <
, the time I had. Mr. K,liter, but I got , ' the mtapenai
under h?eh. all right, and I'm here by a N"''k'"- tdver. b,
right .mart majority." "tincture, being badly damaged.
o h" __ ammunition factory in the north*
!?s to ~rind H,ld wont ol,t fo *** ?f ho ruburb was b,own up Fpw
, "taHk ?'?'?lrt trad.. on? or his several n^k-, W?rP k,l,P<l her0- ^owevor as th.> ,?
and ,ioH- for pnekasa of smoking to-'ployftK havlns a holiday.
rpj1(, bacco I <on8'derHblf. number of persons w<
j killed or Injured within the tov
SMITH ANI) POM BRINE iiMne^0 1 '
H ,m'i DISPUTE SENIORITY -
nance I
>r 26*| LOSSES I5Y SUBMARINE
e or- j South ? arot'nian nnA Ohio,,, It-,, I, SHOW MATERIAL! Y I F'
your j * j * i*rji
(aim to It., ICankinu >lmii. 1
pro,Mrs
of < ?*niiilttee. Kleven KritiM, >1, relianto
o Ins
tJlP I.WOO Tons and One Cndor, l/o*
Washington. Dee. Ill Dtapule1
confl- ovor seniority membership of th>
!*o-op- senate interstate commerce com-' London. Dec. 31.?The losses
inlted niltt? e between Senator Smith, of 1'ritlsh shipping show a material <
ictive g0ut}| Carolina, and Senator I'ome- crease for the past week. Accordi
1 ?nd rene. of Ohio, is expected to precipi- lo ,he 11
merchantmen of l,60(f tons or o
* tate a sharp fight when the commit- . .
'* ' wore sunk during this period
* not tee meets to name a chairman in IRiue or submarine. as well as <
of all piaC(. t)f o,,. late Senator Nowlands. merchantman tinder that tonnn
about filed Ljs home here last and one fighting vessel,
istrlc- . _ ?
meas ror the week ending Deeeml
'"con- The present congressional .lire - 10- 17 Hr|tlsh merchantmen wv
e ob- tory it developed, records Senator HUnh( H of thein of more than
rapttl Smith as the can' '.a^ mem her of tlic MM' ,on!4- 'n 'he previous week t
rs of committee who, to piece '' aH0H were 21. 14 of them ni<
e(j io deut succeeds to the chairmanship. 'han 1,600 tons,
rt on Kxam'nation of directories for pre *
nation vtous years, shown that Senator ^ " AI>Mllt.\L WKMYSH IS
t into Pome rene was appoln.ec' to the coin Al'POINTKD MUST SLA M>l
nr.lttee In 1912, his name first ap- London. Dec. 31.?Vice Admi
pearing in the directory Issued In Sir Sosslyn Wemyss has been i
il hea April for that year, while the South pointed first sea lord in succession
tough Carolina senator's nahae did not ap- Admiral Sir John H. Jelllcoe,
I rear until the directory Issued one cording to an official aanouncem
year later. just fcrtaed.
lSTER N
TUKSDAY, JAN. 1, 1918.
NEWSPAPER STORY THEW001
T TURNED PERSHING PROGRA
" IN ARMY SERVICE A FL
:P.|
I Sister Tells Story of Deciding Howies Says
Dir 1 'Career When He Was a Enough Tim
Mere Hoy. Constr
DETERMINED YOUNGSTER A DELAY II
Of Quiet Temperament Hut Se- The 4."?8 A wan
in rious, He Assumed Share of For More 1,
Familv Responsibilities and resented in
>m
?re Was a Leader. Producers.
ini Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 31.?It was Washington,
,in a newspaper story that diverted John ping board's w
IH J. Pershing from his purpose to be- was flatly called
come a school teacher and started Bowles. former
him upon the military career which and now assist
led to his appointment as general in manager of the
a" the United States Army and com- Fleet Corporate
j mander of the American expedition fore the senate c
ary force in France. The story is Mr. Bowles sai
told by General Pershing's sisters, struction ventur
Mrs. Butler and Miss May Pershing, and never shot
j who are residents of Lincoln, and tempted.
\ir ???<> have given to the Associated Thp program
Press Intimate views of Pershing's ()n t|mp fae (oh]
ng chnracter in his youthful da>s. cause the count
It was while Pershing and his sis- enough ship tirn
Ja_ ter, now Mrs. Butler, were attend- cd contracts call
hc. ing the Missouri State Normal than Is represer
0f School at Kirksville, Mo., that his output of the
aH_ attention was one day called to a ducers for a y<
rd- newspaper announcement that exam- were placed in
ho Inations were to be held for appoint- an,i specify pin
pw pient to the West Point Military ,p(K) p
he Academy. Young Pershing asked WQOden
a(, bis sister's advice as to uhether he 1^, Howlps .
he Should try for the appointment, andl e enttrelv b
she advised him to do so. Then j product|f)n M?
followed a short season or intensive t de,|vored
study in preparation. | fas( WftR npc
^ In a few days he was called be- mj||a have been
1 fore the examining board, and. nl- Mr HmN,RS
! tholiirh ininrnni'Plv nrnnopml t'"""'"
' ,, i ?i??ility for oh:ir
>nc ed the highest mark anions the coil
. flout ion ami chai
testants, and soon afterward was
' .? , , , . the woodon ship
notified of ins appointment. i p to
... ? , ' ' . , make the vessel
this time his action had heen a so- ...
... Mnetv per or
( ret between his sister and himself. .
... . .... into the rnnstri
' and it remained so until he was
mi I . . ...... .. sels. he declare
! rondv to start for West Point. On , , ,
af! i , . , ... , . steel ship vaniseis
way to the military academy he
|n stopped off at the home of his pa- Maxim
rents and. for the first time, told The niaximun
1111 them they were to have a soldier in ships that poss
J8" | the family. even if all availn
. l lie Managed Farm Owned 1?\ ''' 1 '' ''l*
;;'i Father. ' j Wl,d- Wol;,d ,0,5>
a ? /. . > . ? although the c
lis 1 As a hoy. General Pershing, his .
| . . . tracts outstandi
,1, sisters say, was of a quiet, serious .. , ,
* i I tion of 451?. N
I temperament, assuming, as the old- . . .....
tracts will he le
iS est of six children, mnnv of the re- . .
i . , , , builder convince
n(, sponsihilities of the family. He was .... .
" > , , , ... that he has avai
nir! wont. during his early years, which . ,
control, a propi
,.|j were spent in Laclede, Mo., his birthon
, place, to manage one of. the several ' want it ui
.. ~.i ?... to mvself." sai(
jl |i uj?t i aim iij 11 ilill IMM , JOUII
Anil"- 1'ershing. a merchant and farmer 1 ha'1 no,t,i?P
vrn ; of Laclede. ,ho"? ^tracts.
ins I "John " Mrs. Hutler said. "?il- Admiral How
m-lthoueh of a quiet disposition, liked " sP0,,*i'''lit\ to
A 'a pood time and enjoyed fun as H,Kn of VV<MU,?'?
im-jmuch as any one. Yet when he " '?aused litt
hi. started anvthinp, he wanted to pet
ho'the re nil. and he generally attained AMERICAN
that object before lie pave it u|>." SI XK !N
While at the normal school at
Kirksvillc he was always in the center
of student activities and never A.in tc n I in s
SS v-as eoi tent to he merely one of th< Yesx-I Km
crowd, but wanted to lie head of _
the movement. His personal map
netlsm and generally likable charac ?
l ter quickly won him friends and sup- \Y ish ton
porters, and soon he became one of ,.
, , . . . lives were lost
the student leaders.
After having been graduated from Sl1 Hnnni ine 11
f()i West I'oint and having served with sunk by suhmar
r|,?. General Miles in a campaign in New- t?-rs during a to
n,; Mexico against the Indian chief
i^i. (ieroniino. Pershing was stationed , ,
.... picked up five t
a military instructor at the I niver
*' 1 _ I lln Seer??tnrv
l,v sltv or Nebraska. His friends there
, ,, , . the dlsa ter in
rMiicmtirr hnn as a fun loving young , , ,
. . . , , which gave no
.r,. tpuu. v ho enjoyed music arid danclads.
in;;, parties and other social activlties
ar.d who appreciated a good 1 . A. K.
' j?>jto branding officer
j "Old Jack Most." the veteran iMn""1' "'P dve
l(e J trainer at the university, remembers Julia Mon
ir Pershing intimately. "lie was the :i' ?''t H. <?. V
finest man that I over worked with." Cther survive
said Rest. "It's true he was mighty 8'hnrl
strict with his work, but the results < harles
111j he got wero so good that everybody * Tenn.
he worked with loved him for it.! Henry R. lire
ra' When he was here w e had a regi-, father, H. P. R
ment the university could he proud ( The list of t
to of. I Just worshiped that man, and by the navy de
ac" everybody around the university felt to be from far
0nt 0? . i the exception o
(Continued on Page t.) I Ohio and Penn
? v^^<' V
EWS
)EN SHIP BOY
M CALLED HEL1
IT FAILURE i
There Is Not Denies
her Available to Wife
uet Them.
V COMPLETION HE A
Jed Contracts ('all Develop
umber Than Rep- Was
Entire Output of That
k nn(
I "
I)ee. 31.?The ship-' R1chm
ooden ship program m>'at?-M'io
I a failure by F. A. j w"e ?f
naval constructor, M,ddlese
ant to the general suited
board's Emergency n) ,n<l of
>n. Summoned be- !l 11161
onunerrp committee, P'scticln,
d the wooden con-' ^ arolina
6 was a mistake, j tbe murd
Jld have been at-i The yi
! at a loci
cannot he completed I sition. <
I the committee. be-jibe bona
ry cannot furnish after wh
hers, the 4T.8 award- ir,P s,>e 1
ing for more lumber j 'ablet,
'ted in the entire 'be tabW
Southern pine pro-jbox. she
par. Most of them!?ame to
the Hast and South, life's de
e timbers. Wilson,
ig a Scale. tempted
program." said Ad ing P?'8C
'was launched on a| When
cyond the country's t?w, r the
Is in the South have teen-yeai
lumber one-half asjwus ,,a1'
essary. and Western ;",(1 ,h''
he took i
almost as slow. prehenJf?
took entire respon- aml ho v
igos ill timber speei- tht> t.Uy
nges in the desiun of ^
s. He said it was to
.. quarters
s more sea worthy.
, , , pale and
nt of th?- labor put
. cigarette
net ion of wooii ves....
ously de
d. eoiild be used in
eould ea
t hat he
iiiio I'iiiiit. ,h;it h). |
i number of wood* -i potassiui
ibly could be built. ,us?.d d
ible ship timber were jUsj out
corporation. Howies fuj sjKin
1 next year only 370. known t
orporation has con- white, o
ng f??r th?' construe- (lis vvi|e
0 more wooden con ship T
I. he said, unless the |?,nmht
>s the corporation pi
lahle. under his own , jap,. <,t
r supply of timber. pppaged
nderstood. in justice had giv*
1 th*' admiral, "that the youi
to do with placing |Hll.,.s
les assumed entire jn , q,
r changes in the de- hf. attl.?
vessels, hut declared v>as font
le delay. which h
SrHMAUINK more." I
HOME WATEUS 1
my mini
Ser ? nt
Were I Hist When Kiehmoi
loom of
oineil Ity \ not her .
vhieh .
hi*' t'lnss. surreptit
11(11111, ill
tached t
Dor. 31.?Nineteen ,.ravo
wh< n tho Aineriran WOrrts, *
was rammed and name i>
ine F-3 in home wa-j t>?x dl;?
g Monday afternoon, dlesex, ,
ten on
s undamaged and
tents wi
nirvivois of her vie- 0j j,r j
Daniels announced
The f
a brief statement ,
, . young cl
further details.
that he
and liis
Montgomery, coin- f
of the F-1. was To l)f
saved. His mother wro(P;
tgomery Pratt, lives - ><?u to f
bright, N. Y. protect
is include: ro rr)m
Issauter. machinist : ( (J wi,,
(\ Schmlssauter, Hill os, , nk,
tial evid
iwn. gunner's mate; Miss .1
rown, Macon, da. j
hose lost announced XTp t<
partment shows men no dlre<
western states, with ^ji cor
t two who are from ____
eylvanla. 1
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- i
i *1
$2.00 A YEAR
DENTIST IS
DFOR MURDER
OF YOUNG WIFE
All Knowledge of How
Procured Poison That
Caused Death.
TTEMPTED SUICIDE
iments Show That He
Engaged to Another and
His Wedding Had Been
Profound Secret.
ond, Va., Dec. 31.?The
us poisoning of the young
Dr. Lemuel J. Johnson, of
x, here two weeks ago has
In the bringing to Richthe
young husband, who
re boy, and who has been
g dentistry at the North
Villlli'O On J" nlin>?nJ ...1*4.
* ?n ?*V IS> V-IUU 6^U V> nil I
let- of his wife,
oung woman was employed
il hospital in a clerical po)n
December 15, she was at
1 of a friend for dinner and
ich she excused herself sayvished
to take a quinine
Forty minutes after taking
*t, one of the several in a
was dead. Dr. Johnson
Richmond to investigate his
>ath and while in a hotel in
N. on his return he atto
take his own life hy tak>n.
brought to this city to uncharge
of killing his ninefold
bride the young doctor
' and worn. Much worry
effects of the aconite which
[it Wilson, where he was ap>d.
have broken his health,
las placed in the hospital at f
Jail.
prisoner sat in police headafter
his arrival he wore a
S ....... . .1 I ?
iwon. II I I lip,
after cigarette, ho nervnied
with all the powt r he
II to liis fullering command
knew how his wife died, or
had ever had any cyanide of *m
in in his possession The ac- "
netor, whti is a mere hoy,
of school, presented a pitit
as # he told how he had ^
he freindship of Miss Ollie
if Middlesex, and added that
here knew of that friend- I
'he conversaflon, of course,
out the fact that the Midirl
did not know of the marihe
man to whom she had
herself, lie stated that he
en the engagement ring to
lg woman two years ago.
to (iir-l to Whom He Was ,
F.ngiged. ?
? room of the doctor where
npted to take his life there t
id a letter to Miss \Vhi.te. in i
professed his love for her.
II not he with you any
ie sahl, "hut 1 vant you to
at you are the last one on
I " This let t er a nd others
\\ i'y brought hack to
i 1 He also took t roni the
the doctor the name plate, .
r is sad the accused dentist
liousl> took from his wife's
nl also a card which was ato
flowers he had sent to her
I'pon this card were the I
'My Wife-' This, with the '
late, had been placed in a
ctid t ohls mother at Mid- ^
and strict orders were writth
containers that the con- l
^re expressly for tiio mother
lohnson. and no ohe else. I
ondition and acts of the
rofTor arc such as indicated
a as overcome by his troubles
mind unbalanced. Other
niir.d in his room denote this.
Lewis, of Middlesex, he
"When this is over I want
ake eh ir^e of my affairs and
my name. I have committed
e." This letter, it is bellevconfltltute
one of the strong- I
< in the cha^i of circumstanlence
against the doctor. i
or?lan Says Wife Told Her J
Husband Proscribed.
j this time there has been iflj
rt evidence uncovered which iBH
meet the poison from which
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