The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 08, 1918, Image 1
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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.
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