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The VOL. 23. NO. 32. SEMI-WEEKLY. TRANSPOl OFF IRI FIRST DISASTER TO *[ -<m AMERICAN ARMED ngisFORCES REPORTED Hfl| More Than 100 Men Probably Y A..4 o 1 rrn rr uum uui ul 1 roups Aboard Liner Tuscania. TORPEDOED IN WAR ZONE Men From Almost Every Section of the Country Included uQBQ in List of Survivors and Lost M:,. *? But Mostly From Michigan t and Wisconsin. ^cc^tW Ks^tvtLK )Hn>*?yaii A story of disaster at sea, af- A mlutar fecting the hearts and hopes of Keneral to' *Irr Americans, although they have Bome congeBtioi been schooled to expect it ever troit to the Atia since the first contingent of of the machines their fighting men left an At- truck on a difflt lantic port to become brothers- ===== in-arms to the entente warriors M'LAURIN \ who are entrenched against the 'EM German hordes, fortunately has dwindled in the telling. One Before He Wow hundred and one lives were lost . ? to Senate In the torpedoing of the British troop ship Tuscania off the Irish appoint coast at dusk Tuesday evening, according to the latest report. Bennettsviile, She carried 2,397 souls, in- an open letter eluding 2,179 United States Kelly, Asa Hal army foresters, engineers, sup- mors, members ply train men, military police Una legislature and aero units, and the first former support meager details Wednesday mease, former night indicated that the death i.aurin says, rep list due to the steamer's sinking them dated jar might be approximately 1,000. that they hav A later estimate that night, names from a p however, gave 207 as the num- become a eandi ber of men missing. Thursday "I infer fron morning the figure was reduced what you want to 210 and this in turn was low- spoken, honest ered to 101, confirmed by the advocate the i American embassy in London, form party,' t The rescued, therefore, number brain and the t 2,296. Among the American | prostitute him** survivors are 76 American offi- the brother-in-i Cers. the United Stat The Tuscania, a liner of 14,- f?iiy inform yo 348 gross tons, was one of a ln first.' strongly guarded convoy and) "You withdn proceeding eastward off the a petition requ north coast of Ireland, when! a candidate r< disaster overtook her. The j Senator McL.au _ i i - -- - 1 snore line was visible from the letter. "You a starboard side through the dusk and thought w< of oncoming night, and it was Ing our call wa: from this direction that the apoken and tri lurking German submarine dis- cate the prineii charged a torpedo that found party of thia sta its mark in the boiler room of j advance.' Thia the steamer. A second torpedo would get. gent was seen to pass harmlessly sent to become astern. ! from your lett Apparently retribution at what you do n< once befell the enomv under. | senator Mod water boat. According to the reaaona for r< testimony of an American of- j either Hieaae o\ cer, who was one of the last, the aenate. men to leave the Tuscania, a| Thft wr,ter t British destroyer dashed to-!f.,noe 1885 he ward the evident location of the Kone back on , attacjcer and dropped depth Dombs that resulted, in the ex-1 reform to sure pressive phrase of the subma- anfl WOI rine hunters, in the enemy be- it , ',q,6 inCd?ne ? , you from ftolm The explosion of the torpedo P|arps ..an(j j r had immediately caused a tre- rtltch wlth you mendouo list and made the ,hr>rp not othor launching of lifeboats and rafts port.? extremely hazaradous in the heavy sea and the darkness. , B_/faROn Almost all the loss of life and po!_ , ",a" the sustaining of iniuries oc- p ftr$ rft p curred because of this condi- an' H tion as there was no o?*<c poritln'? B,ea among the Americans or the, er n*??P1!'0^, ? crew, and the stricken liner re- n" a * av mained afloat for fully an hour. 11 * w?? .n Many patrol boats assisted the 'R ? e e an destroyers in the work of res- ? . ? cue and the sirvivors were land- ? e *ar ed at various Irish and 8ay*? (C t c ^8 ) J thftn to hAY6 fti : Lang LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDA RT SUNK SH COASr RUCKS ON THEIR WAY TO SEABOARD. freight service has been established by the quartern y ammunition by army truck and relieve the railwa i. The first truck train of 30 machines started fror ntic seaboard, the trucks also to be shipped to France carry supplies for all. The photograph shows the le ult bit of road. VOITIT) SF!F. IK C nFFfMcr rmtMn IN " " FIRST FUND IS CUT IN H il?l Help Elect Blensc Words "Deliberate Die" 1 Writes Those "DIs- Ilepeal of Income Tax Heael ed" in HUn. Third Heading, S. C-, Feb. 7.?In Columbia, S. C? Feb. 7. to W. W. Scott, H. bouse Tuesday by an overwhe 1 and H. Clint Sum- ?iaJ?r,1y out ,he defense ooun. propriation from $50,000 as p of the South Caro- , , cd in the Crum measure to $1 > and supporters or J nft recommended by the way ers of ex-Governor means committee. The vote \\ Senator John L. Mc- to 28. lying to a letter from The house also accepte* mary 31, announcing amendment, offered by Mr. I t; nuiiuniwii meir m v.neroKee, leaving tne p etltion asking him to personnel of the council intac date for governor: provided that the 28 counties a your letter that without representation shall h is not a 'hold, out- member in the council, to 1 and truthful man to pointed by the governor on tli >rineiples of the re- ommendation of the county d tut somebody with tion. This amendment was a tift of 'gab* who will ed by a vote of 57 to 41. elf to help you elect Throughout the afternoon aw of one of you to evening the bill was under d es senate, and cheer- at times the repartee partaki u that I will see you an acrimonious character. during the debate, Mr. Hei aw your names from charged that if Mr. Crum mad esting me to become tain allegations as to the patr jr governor," says of the men opposing the bil rln in beginning his was a deliberate lie." The lii ay 'what we wanted cleavage were on the personi 9 would get in mak- the council and the method < a a bold, honest, out- pointment and as to the amou tthful man to advo- garded as necessary to carry c. ales of the reform work. it?, which we hope to During the last half hour < is exactly what you night session the house pass lemon, should I con- third reading the bill from th i a candidate, but ate repealing the state incom tor it seems exactly laws. The house also passed i at want." third reading the Toole me ,aurin reiterates his limiting the street car fares be Jfusing to support cities and army cantonments t Senator Tillman for cents each way. The measun so amended as to apply only to tas been a reformer Jftck"on- Not ? dissenting vot say*, and has never paal a*a,nst the the principles of the reformers. Tie helped * ess in 1890. he am- MIA MR FOR SOLDI KIW W| it in the ditch with SHOT TO STOP AN RS [ am trying to keep K In again." he de- Spartanburg, 8. C., Feb. 7.night even go In the vate8 Kar, K Laird and Char as I did then, were McCarthy. Company L, 108i issues of grave Im- fantry> have been tried by a martial at Camp Wadsworth o 'or refusing to sup- charge of killing Private is the "nltchfork" Dickey and wounding Lewi hyslcal condition. h?- Scoville. A verdict of acquitti reason for not sup- been announced by the court-m Is the lntter's unfal- and (Jen. John F. O'Ryan, n to President Wll- manding the Twenty-seventh es Please in the sen- ion, has issued a statement in sore dangerous than he praises the two soldiers ch would give comfort with the offense. The evl Making a reference showed that Privates Laird an toys in khaki." he - uouu; noio Mi ll lift ID JIIIO OT whe?i they shot the two men t< ler eave one of them vent their eacape from the reg ly office on earth." tai guard houee. ^STE Y, FEBRUARY 8, 1918. luinu'T f ? 1 I null 1 V/rtLL HEATLESS 1 r ? fl Plan Cannot at Th Abandoned Garl ' Announce 1 MILD WEATHER C 1H There Mav Come IFour Day Shutd< inp Lincoln's an ton's Birthday H Washington, Feb. 'i oast facing; the most shortage of the winte grip of the coldest wea I eration, the govern 1 | Tuesday thnt the hea program cannot at t | abandoned, as had bei The conclusion to v.- closing was reached a1 M. between Fuel Admin K| field and Director Ge attended by a dozen ministrators. There i la announcement, but a 1 aster ment Probably will be vs of There had been ev n De- up to Monday nU?ht TW(, day holidays were ovc ading brought to Washingto fuel administrators th most of the east thei ==!!! but one day's supply o I, with the weather sltui . . . _ oepted as convincing 1 J present Is no time to 1 order. Even Mr. Mc rleard to this time is under opposed the closing j tonight to have agre the weather permits ai in railroad transportai should he continued The Illizzard Cuts I?r lming The blizzard has cu 'il ap- tion nmj movement t rovid tent that officials pc !5,000 that oven had s and c|osinpB been abando as fifi would be forced to cl considerable extent 1 an nf fUei supplies, tobson ports to the fuel adm resent night showed that it t, but pianfS already are cl i now numbers, ave a jt was emphasized aP- administration is det e rec- wbat coal is unloaded elega- f(| shall go to hous ccept- state fuel administrat given almost unlimite and divert coal from othei ebate, keep the people w ng of homes, Once For the first time si mphill to run short, fuel adn e cer- ficials admit that th Inliam nlni minu T?r>nr,..? ?'? 1, "It during the day tellin lies of the way from Mississi lei of lantie with hut few h( if ap- fuel on hand and pro? nt re- obtaining anything 111 >n the ties needed. The railroads were )f the 'n ,ho shape tl ed to in fl'tring the wlnte e sen- Peratures made it le tax somo Instances for tra lo the an(1 general freight r asure, 9a,f' to be almost f?f twf'i'ii normal. * o five There are some in e was better weather doe Camp improve the situatior e was 'ake "P for considerat ment to the closing: c ing two four-day sh covering the period birthday anniversary C\PF Washington's birthd i birthday, February I Tuesday, bringing a I ?Prl- day over Sunday, Mon les P. d?y. If Saturday, us th in- as a half holiday, wen court- nlete holiday, this n the four-day closing. Floyd Washington's birth' Is P. 22, on Friday, offeri il has nortunlty to makp Sa lartial plete ho'iday and thui com- four-day closing peric divis- Railroad adminlst which said freight moveme arged cut in half, and pa dence suffered equally. Ooi d Mc- bulk of the freight duty gling roads were at a pre- through cold winds ;Imen- snow, but delirerle were far below norm "~W" " in mi R NE\ OFF MILITARY ACT1VIT MONDAY APPARENTLY GRO lis Time Be Some Big Battles Forec; ield Has Are Expected to Break S< d. on the Fronts. INLY HOPE AMERICANS STOP ATT Orders for Heavy Casualties Believe* Dwns Cover Have Been Inflicted on d Washing- Teutons But Reports Are lolidavs. flicting as to French Lin 7.?With the From the North sea to the acute coal frontier the military activity :r and in the to be growing in intensity, a ther of a gen- may be fair to assume that i uent decided not distant future some of th tless Monday battles that have been forecas his time be break. The American. Rritisl ?n nopeo. rrencn armies nave neen t continue the hacks at the German line, eith t a conference fairly strong patrol attacks i istrator Gar- bombardments, while in tur neral McAdoo Teutons have been giving con state fuel ad- able attention on various secti vas no official their enemies, t Joint state- From the American viewpoii Riven out. other successful maneuver b ery indication Americans on their sector is < that the Mon- greatest interest. As on lasl sr, but reports urday, the Americans again n by the state nipped in the bud an impendin at throughout prise attack on their trenche re is on hand taught the Germans a salutar f coal, coupled sen with their artillery. In th< ition, were ac- man trenches the Teutons proof that the awaiting the word to go over tl lift the closing f0r an attack, when the Ame Adoo, who up opened a heavy Are on the pos stood to have Heavy casualties are*belies )lan. was said have been inflicted on the Te ied that until and considerable damage was n improvement by the 75s on the German tr? tion, the order due to the accuracy of aim < in force. American gunners, oduetlon. The Germans have not yet n coai prociuc- able to reoeeupy the trenchc 0 such an ex- dugouts battered by the Am tinted out to- (ire Saturday evening.and have the Monday forced to build another lit ned. industry trenches at that particular poi ose down to a Next in importance to the because of a tions on the American region In fact, re- been attacks by the Germans a linist rat ion to- the French in the Aisne regio 1 many states north of Verdun, near Hat osing in large The French war office assert! the attacks north of the Aistu that the fuel repulsed, but the German war ermined that says that south of Heaucourt. 1 and distribut- storming troops pushed far in seholders first. French front, inflicting heav; ors have been unities and returned to theii d authority to lines with prisoner*. consumers to The British have carried ou arm in their cessful raids against the T< southwest of Armentieres and nee coal began vicinity of the Ypres-Staden ra linistration of- where many of the enemy wer e situation is eft anrt ?, wvm*? a v a (Mill ru . Br report came Intensive air fighting has be g of cities all ing on between the French ai ppl to the At- Germans in France and betwei )urs' supply of Italian and British airmen ar ipects poor for Germans in the Italian theater ke the quanti- clay thirteen enemy planes downed by the French far insi declared to be Gorman lines, while an equal ley have ?>een j her were shot down by Britis r. Low tern- Italian airmen, impossible in ' In Germany, according to t inmen to work J test advices, the strike situatk movement was about died out. although disci ) per cent of is said still to exist. This f has extended even to the G idications that troops in Flanders who are as s not come to to have incited Belgian workn i officials will strike. ion an amend- Seeming evidence that the mler proserin- negotiations at Brest-I-itovsk ut-downs nnn r ndnd f??r 1V10 -?? 4 * * | munirii l, ?r Itlil of Lincoln's are proceeding without the a and the other j ance of some of the chief del ay. Lincoln's of the Teutonic allies, is tht 12, falls on that conferences took place ir hree-dav holt- 'in Monday between the G day and Tues- emperor and Crown Prince ar ually observed Bulgarian premier. Count Ca 9 made a com- j the Austro-Hungarian foreign would give a ister, and the Turkish grand That knotty questions were day, February solved is also indicated by th * another op- that after the conferences, th turday a com- peror presided over a crown 9 give another , ell. id. | Turko-Tartar forces in soi ration reports Russia now are in operation a nts had heen , the Rolshevlki. They already ssenger traffic captured the town of Yalta, al formed the Crimea and now are fighting which strug- red guards, soldiers and sail ble to move an endeavor to press onwar and drifting take Sebastopol, Russia's hi s everywhere trees and naval base on the al demands. sea. * ?S SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR Y BANKS ARE ASKED WS TO FURNISH HONEY isted Three Billion Dollars to Be >on Raised on Certificates of inaemeaness. ACK IN ADVANCE OF THE LOAN d to Third Liberty Loan Campaign the Will He Launched Probably Con- in April When Wide Distribue. tion Will He Made. Swiss Washington, Feb. 7.?Three bilseems lion dollars will be raised in adnd it vance of the third Liberty loan, n the which probably will be launched in e big April by sale of certificates of int will debtedneBS under a plan looking to l and purchase of notes by every bank, aking The first issue will be of $500,ler by 000,000 or more every two weeks or by until the $3,000,000,000 is reached n the by the middle of March, elder- Every bank and trust company is Ors to asked to Set aside 1 ner r>eri? r?f i?n jesources for investment in the cernt an- tificates. y the The first of the $500,000,000 cer>f the tiflcate issues was announced tot Sat- night. They will bear the same have ra<e of interest and will be dated g sur- Febraury 18. The subscription of s and this and other issues will be receivy ieS_ ed eventually in payment of Liberty e Ger- loan receipts. The secretary's plan were rails virtually for the loan by banks, fie top big and Uttle, of the $3,000,000,000 ricans aggregate of certificates issued beitions. fore the real Liberty loan campaign /ed to starts. By this means, that sum utons. would be gathered in the Liberty done loan and the difference between that >nches 8Um and the total of the Liberty if the loan would have to come largely from private subscribers. About been half of the first loan was raised in >s and advance by certificate sa*les and erican about two-thirds of the second loan. > been Many Already Sold. 10 of Already 14 00.000.000 worth of nt. certificates of indebtedness have opera- l!P<,n sold in anticipation of the third have '0:m ar)d about $1,14 5,000,000 cergainst fflcate8 are outstanding to be ren and ?0>vp(l in payment of income and eximont. ct>ss Profits taxes by next Juno, s that Secretary McAdoo's appeal to were l>anks to set aside in installments 10 office I'or ??nt of their resources was urSadcn, Kent. to the "We are approaching a critical Y cas- on the battle fronts of Rurope," r own he telegraphed each bank. "If tho banks, which are the first line of t sue- financial defense, fail to support the eutons government fully in its necessary in the operations they shall imperil Amerilway, i(a's army and America's safety." e kill The secretary also pleaded for economy of credits by banks and en go- promotion of campaigns of economy id the among the hank patrons. ?n the "There is a steady growth in the ^ ul the movement for economy," his mes. Sun- saKp said. "Banks should be able were ,)V participating in the camnalen f?r de tlio economy which means economy of nuni- credit as well a* economy of expenh and ditures to teach the customers to save ami accumulate the means to he la- ' uv government certificates and m has bottds. ?y this method a distribuontent t,on of treasury certificates should eelint heeome possible which will relieve erman ,he subscribing banks of at least sertetl Papt of their purchases and rurnish ten to means of making payments for the next issue of Liberty bonds peace without undue strain." are Waits Favorable Time, t they Financial reasons for the plan ttend- were explained as follows: egates "1 desire to postpone the next Libe fact Prty loan until conditions will in1 Her-1 snrr a wide distribution of the bonds erman I throughout the Conntrv I rnimoDi id the li??rd of directors or trustees of sernin, ea?h bank and trust company to remin serve each week out of its loanable vizier. funds for the use of the government to be ?' the United States about 1 per e fact PGnt ?' the gross resources of their e em- institution not to exceed in the agcoun Kragate 10 per cent and to invest that amount in treasury certificates uthern ?' indebtedness." gainst The h,,Ke funds thus gathered to ' have Kovernment account will not pile in in tho the treasury hut will ramotn J " ? ? ? ?" 5"'/ ; with *n banks designated as government or* in depositories subject to draft by the d and treasury. In this way the $3,000.g for- 000.000 can be accumulated ready Black f?r UB? ** needed for big expenditures. 1