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I T , 4 VOL. 23. NO. 42. SEMI-> NEXT DRAFT BEGINS ON 29th OF MARCH Will Call for 800,000 Men to Be Mobilized Gradually During Present Year 95,000 IN FIVE DAYS Only 15,000 of These, However Will Come from New Draft, ' Balance from First Draft No Yet in Service. 4 Washington, March 14.? Might hundred thousand men are to be called to the colors gradually during the present year under the second army draft, which begins March 29. An announcement by Provist Marshal General Crowder, of the number to be called was followed closely by an order for the mobilization of 95,000 men during the ilve-day period beginning March 29, some 15. 000 of them to be assembled under the second draft. |Hhghty thousand will be men of the first draft of 687.000 not yet summoned into service. Details of how the second draft is to be applied will be made public later, after congress has acted upon nrODOSed Ip2lsl?tinn nrn?i.lln? . . IUI the registration of youths attaining the age of 21 years and for basing state district quotas on the number of registrants in class one. In his first official statement on the subject, however, General Crowder assures the country that no sweeping withdrawal of large numbers of men at home is contemplated* and that care will be taken to avoid interference with harvesting. The 95,000 men now called, it is understood, are needed at once to fill up divisions and other units scheduled for early departure or to take the place of men transferred from other divisions to make up such deficiencies. Newly organized regular divisions are particularly short of men and heavy drafts on national army divisions to make these good have been necesnnrv torlnimlu fertng with the training work of the rational ariny division drawn upon. The call for new men make it probable that no further transfers will be necessary. The 800,000 men to be summoned this year represent the number necessary to till up the existing divisions, to create all the army corps and field army troops to fill out the war machine for which the framework exists, and to provide a quarter of a million' replacement troops When they have been mobilized, which will not be completed before the first of next year, there will be more than forty full infantry divisions of 27,700 men each, and all the additional units necessary. No additional divisions of the national army or national guard will be created this year, although the program for the ie.ru lar army, now composed of eight infantry and one rsiv.llrv iKvlainn m-??. be enlarged. The first purpose of the war department is to complete the first field army In France. Probably this will be composed of five army corps of six infantry divisions each. It has been estimated that with that force and its necessary auxiliaries at his disposal. General Pershing would be able to hold a 100-mile front, relieving the strain upon the French man power during 1918, to that extent. What that would mean to France may be judged from published statements of French officials that on January 1, 1918, the Belgian army held about 16 miles of the western front, the British forces about 106 miles and * W ~ -I- -V a APA ? - IUC r rcucil Hiiuui ao'J ITlilCS. ANOTHRH HOSPITAL SHIP ATT.M'KKD BV GFKMAV4 London, March 14.?Th?? hosnltal hip Guilford Caatle was attacked unsuccessfully by a submarine In the Bristol channel on March 10, It was announced officially today. This is the second submarine at tn"k on British hospital ships re eently. A fortnight ago the Glenart Oastle was sunk in the Bristol channel, about 150 lives being lost. The sinking, an official announcement said, was a violation of the German pledge aa to the Immunity of hospital ships in that area. HE hi VEEKLY. THIRTY-FOUR PERSONS 1J KILLED IN PARIS RAID * Secretary Baker an<! (General llliwt in Conference at Time Take Refuge in Wine Cellar. H Paris, March 14.?Thirty-four persons were killed and 70 othars were injured in Paris and its suburbs as a result of Monday night's air raid. F result of Monday night's German air raid. In addition to the bomb victims, ^ 66 persons were suffocated through crowding a panic into a metropolitan railway entrance to take refuge from the raiders. These were for the most part women and children. Of the bomb victims 29 were kill ed and 58 injured in Paris and live Milled and 29 Injured in the su burbs. tli The raiding Gotha brought down gi in flames fell on a spot three miles fiom Chateau Thierry. A German C? captain who was on board and was m taken prisoner, with the crew, be- CJj longs to the third squadron of the w German seventh army. I8 The fog which had covered the ( city Monday morning settled down p again in the early evening. It was thick enough to cause the general belief that there was little chance that the Germans would attempt an air raid. This belief, however, was shattered at 9:10 o'clock, when the warning was sounded of the approach of hostile aircraft. The raid ended shortlv after mlrtnirhl PaVlRh. March 14?Major Georee L. Peterson, assistant quartermaster '' ?t Camp Jackson, charged with em- al bezzl'ng Jfi.Thrt nf state funds \vhl'< " paymaster of the North Carolina na tlonal guard. was arrested at a hote 1)1 in this city upon his arrival from Co lumhia, S. C. Later he furn'shet pi a new bond of $10,000 for appear hj ance at his trial scheduled for Pr'- ct day of this week. He forfe'tad a *>' similar bond last week. at Attorneys for the defendant an *v nouneed that Major Peterson w'll as face trial on the date set and his at- pi torneys have arrived here to continue preparations for hlsdefense, Major Peterson was ind-cted by a i0 ,trend Jury in superior court upon a charge of embezzlement upon ev- Cf dence submitted by state officials after he had been called upon to ex- p, plain a shortage in his accounts and n, had failed to do so. He has reim- ni hiirsed the state with the amount of vj he alleged shortage uoon condition npi ine money no rerurrtcd to him if he establishes his innocence in "ourt. He was due here la?t week, hut r?- ? norted that he was unable.to pro- **1 ~ure leave of absence from the armv r"*o pet here then. At a conseou"nee. C. he was entered as ''railed and fall- i "d." and his $10,006 bond derlared M 'orfeited. or rather bondsmen were m " 't?*d to show cause wf y there shouh' s? -ot be forfeiture. "n ' , The official report of the raid says: Ir "According to the first news, nearly 60 enemy airplanes succeeded in si crossing our lines. Thanks to the P curtain fire which our artillery main- ^ tained throughout the raid with great intensity, a certain number of the machines failed to reach their u objectives. Nevertheless, numerous n bombs were dropped on Paris and its <1 suburbs. Several buildings were de- ai niolished and took fire." ti ItAKKIt AND It I ASS (it) TO C( (KhliAlt Dl'ltlXG THE HA ID K Paris, March 14.?Secretary Ba ,j ker was in conference with General (] Bliss, the American chief of staff, in 0 a hotel suite when the air alarm was ... sounded, Monday night. Secretary Baker was not perturbed by the noise of the firemen's sirens or the barrage of the anti-aircraft guns, but ^ the hotel management, fearing f?t ^ the safety of the secretary and his (| partv. persuaded them to descend to a place of shelter in the wine cellar. ( Mr. Ftaker and General Bliss continued their conference in the cellar. where later they were joined by n Major General Black. Mr. Baker went to Versailles Tues- n day morning for another conference 11 with General Bliss. o PETERSON ARRESTED; n MADETO GIVE NEW RONI t, h A rives in ltale'gli and l'urnishe '' a i $10,000 Bail for Ills Appeara nee Friday. b WCA LANCASTER, S. C., FR IVE COMMANDERS UNFIT FOR SERVICE oard Conducting Examinatioi Will Replace Five Out of. Seven General Officers. ULIAIWING NEW POLIO 'verseas Duties Too Strenuout for Barry, Morton, Greble Sage, Plummer, Blatchforc and Mann. Washington, March 14.?Sever meral officers of the amy, five of rem now commanding national tard and national army divisious in lis country, have been found physiilly unfit for overseas duty by a edical examining board, and, in the ise of the divisional commanders, ill be assigned to other duty. This in line with the announced policy f the war department to send to ranee only general officers who are repared to stand the physical ordeal hich a command on the buttle line itails. The officers with the recommenda011 of the examining hoard were anounced by Major General March sting chief of staff, as follows: Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, regutr army, to be relieved from contland of the 86th (national army) ivision, Camp Grant, 111., and as gned to command the central deartment, Chicago, relieving Maj. en. W. II. Carter. U. S. army, rered. Maj. Gen. Charles G. Morton, reglar army, to be relieved from comtand of the 28tli (natioal guard) ivision, Camp McClellan, Ala., and ssigaed to other duty. Maj. Gen. Edwin St. J. Greble, naonal army, to be relieved from nmmand of the 36th (national uard) division, Camp Bowie. Tex., ischarged from his commission in ie national army and assigned to ther dntv with ^ . IhUIIU Ml 111,) ank of brigadier general. Maj. (Jen. William II. Sage, naonal army, to be relieved from com land of the 8 8th (national guard) ii'jsion, Camp Shelby, Miss., disliarged from his command in the naonal army and assigned to other uty with his regular army rank of rigadier general. Maj. Gen. Kdward H. PI unnner utional army, to be relieved from ommand of the 88th (national arly) division. Camp Dodge. Iowa iseharged from his commission in le national army and assigned to ther duty with h;s regular army ink of brigadier general. Maj. (Jen. William A. Mann, naonal army, to be discharged from is commission in the national army nd to remain on his present duty s commanding the eastern departlent with his regular army rank of rigadier general. Maj. (Jen. Richard M. Blatehford. utional army, to he discharged from is commission in the national army rul to remain on his present duty immanriing the department of Panma, with his regular army rank of rigadler general. General oiflcers who are to re lace the divisional commanders, live not yet been selected, so far as >uld be learned, and they may not ? until the medical board has exmined many other officers who ould be in line for service in France i divisional commanders if th?y iss the required physical test. Major General Mann commandet ie "Rainbow division" when it went i France, but later was relieved o* tat command and returned to this nintry. Shortly afterwards he wa? ven command of tha eastern de irtmcnt, relieving MhJ. Gen. Frank n Bell, w ho was assigned to com and the 77th (national army) diKlon at Camp Upton. N. Y. * .American Woman KnUl Victim. Rookville Center. L. I.. March 14 -Anions the victim* of the latest r raid in Paris was Mis* Winona Martin, of thiiw village, a Y. M A. canteen worker, according to report received here today. Mls? artin was 28 years old and was for erly librarian of the Carnegie I! ary here. Bhe left for France a w weeks ago. :IDAY, MARCH 15, 1918. GERMANS CAPTURE h TOWN OF ODESSA Greatest Russian Port on Blacl ' Sea and Center of Great Agricultural Section. i ACCESS TO MUCH WHEAT This Can Bp Tr;?n?nnrt?wi ? - . %v? \y T VI* land or by Sea to Points from . ii Which It Can He Shipped to ii Austria and Germany. w ti a While the entente allies are "nib- 1, bling" at the German lines from the ? North sea to Switzerland, but are v malting little or no serious attempts o to break through or to bring about a li culminating struggle, the Teutonic s powers have taken another step in > the exploitation of the east. e The advance guards of the Ger- h mans have entered Odessa, the great- >' est Russian port on the Black sea r and the center of a great agricultur- P al section, the products of which are a desired to feed the hungry popula- o 1 i OllQ of tHo "1 rr>% * ? w? v>iv vvuii cii t-iiijiirt'8. i ne 1 German advance through Moldavia ^ and Bessabaria has been virtually v unopposed. B With Odessa safely in their hands. I he Teutons will have access to great 1 stores of wheat which can be trans- ' ported overland or by sea to points ' where it can be readily shipped into ' Austria and Germany. s But the capture of Odessa will mean something more?an advance over the route to Persia and Afghanistan and possibly India, which is a to be followed now that the British a have severed the famous Berlin-to- c Bagdad route to the east. f The congress of Russian societies, which was to have convened at Moscow on Tuesday, postponed its meet- ! ing until Thursday. This gathering may be historic, as it will be asked i?? iamy ?i r jeci me peace forced upon the Bolshevik! peace delegates ' by the Germans at Brest Ltovsk. 1 When the congress meets, it is prob- 1 able that the message of President Wilson to the Russian people will be 1 read. It is expected to make a pro- ' found impression upon the assembly. 1 t The American sector in Lorraine, r v hich is now definitely located east of Luneville, is the most active on f 'he French front. Great artillery j ombats are being carried out bv the Americans, who have demonstrated ( uy raining operations that their ar- ' tillery fire has forced the Germans virtually to abandon their front lines. Two hundred gas projectors installed for the purpose of supporting attacks on the Americans have been destroyed by shells. The gallant conduct of the American soldiers in the field is reflected by their brothers in arms, the American sailors of the destroyer squadron < 11 British waters. The courageous t action of eight American sailors who s plunged overboard from the destroyer Parker, to rescue survivors of th* 1 hospital ship Glenart Castle, luu ! been the subject of complimentary i remarks in the British house of com- f mons. S German airships reappeared over r the northeast roast of England \\'od- i nesday niuht, according to an official : statement. o The German Zeppelin raid on c England Tuesday night was not sue- s eosaful. It reached no object of t military importance and only one 1 airship succeeded in dropping bombs I on a town. Four bombs fell at Hull, s but the rest of the aerial raiders t wandered aimlessly about the country and their bombs fell in open 1 fioMu The Germans who raided Paris on Monday night did not escape tin- I scathed. An official report from d Paris states that four of the enemy's t machines were brought down and 15 c airmen were either killed or made ? prisoners. o There has been only the usual raiding activities along the British ' and French fronts and on the battle Mne in Italy. In Macedonia, how- v >ver. there have been numerous n. dpirlted encounters and in this thea- 1 '?r the G'?'-m-,ns claim to have made > tdvances in the past few days. a The German official report on ai* fighting states that on Tuesday IP o ?ntente airmen were brought down s along the Franco-Belgian front. New SUBS THREE ACQUITTE IN GENERAL o )eVANEY SPEAKS TO * HEATH SPRINGS FOLK P I Enthusiastic Meeting Held in liap 1 tist Church at That IMace. Momlay Night. j Hcatli Springs. March 14. Cront iterest was manifested in a meetrig held here Monday night, which 'as one of a series being held over *tie county in the interest of growing nd saving food. The meeting was j eld in the Baptist church, which ?as crowded, it having been prelously announced that the speaker f the evening would be Sergt. Wiliam DeVaney, an English soldier tationed at Camp Greene, Charlotte, J. C. Sergeant UeVaney volunteerd in the British army at the out- j( reak of the war and served two t, TO BUY CERTAIN DRUGsl J i iVilliuni liaitks, Explosives Inspector 1 Culls Attention of Drug Stores of State. Clerk of Court Paul Moore ha? re eivetl the following letter from A'illiam Manks. inspector of explolives for South Carolina: "I wish to thank you very mmh 01 the promptness with which you .ave complied with my reqtiest for nformation as to licenses issued. 1 ind that very few drug stores in the State have taken out licenses. I? is nandatorv for every drug store and hotograph gallery to have a license f they have in stock or wish to buv. >r dispose <>f certain ingredients and ommodities. It will not he neces arv lor purcnasers to have licenses ( o obtain any of these ingredients in j ess than one ounce in ouant tv. q >rug stores must ke?p record of v tock on hand and sales of more r han one ounce." j / UX'K HIM, r. s. COVItT I c HAS IOO (KIMINAI, < A<KS a Rock Hill. S. March 14 ?| 4 'nited States court convened Tuc.?- v lay morning for the regular march g erm. About a hundred criminal f ases are pending, though some w'l! t e continued until mother court All 5 f Tuesday was taken up with Cheser county white slave case, goirg to urv about 6 o'clock. j( The grand ju'y completed it51 t rork, returning about 40 bill". The la.lcity of the cases to come un ar.n cannect'on with whiskey sel'lug nd the presence of Immoral women r t the training camps. t There are a number of civil cases y m the calendar and It Is expo't?d ome will be heard when the orim . nal docket is cleared. ima Killing " i"? irenrnes and j] elated here some of his thrilling ex- ,j terienees while there. He gave the c udience vivid descriptions of some t f the battles in which he had par- -j icipated, telling of some of the (J tardships and conditions under ^ hich they had to fight at the he- Q inning of the war and dwelling es- c leclally on the brutal, inhuman and v reacherous character of the enemy, le also described the food situation n many sections of the allied conn- ? ries. showing the absolute necessity f our making and sending food to upply them as well as our own sol- c liers. I It. W. Graeber, county agricultur- n 1 agent, and Miss Craig of the home t nd garden departments, were pres- a nt and made short talks. Mr. Grae- h >er urged and warned the people, c specially the farmers, that unless he South produced its own food this a ear, which it is quite capable of do- r ng. it will in all probability have to ^ ;<i uu UK i y. c Miss Craig in an earnest and pariotie manner, urged the women and toys and Kills to give special at ten- r ion to gardening and poultry rais- ? ng. not only enough for immediate r teeds, but to raise vegetables for r vinter use. t This meeting probably has done 1 note to bring out the spirit of pa- r riotism in the people of this section i tnd to enlist their hearty co-opera- a ion in the work of food production < ind conservation than any that has i teen held here. t + , MUST HAVE LICENSES CRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR D OF MURDER ESSIONS COURT 1EGR0 CONVICTED CARRYING WRAPON ? ... . 1 u II Ultft Vil lut on Charge of Murder Was Found Not Guilty Hy the Jury. >NE CASE CARRIED OVER . T. Hunter, for Killing Alex Carnes, and Hertha Munn, for Killing John Robertson, Hoth Go Free on Jury's Verdict. Th?i Court of General Sessions adourned vesterdav aftprnnnn r,*- ?? ? iTin. having practically cleared up tie docket in four days. Three murer trials were heard and one was ontinued to the next term of court, he latter that of Robert Ingram, 'he three cases tried resulted in acuittals, except that of the negro, lilbert ltutledge, who was acquitted f murder but convicted on the harge of carrying a concealed reaon. The Court of Common Pleas for he trial of civil cases will convene ext Monday morning. Tuesday Afternoon. Nim Gilbert was triad for the lareny of some 200 pounds of cotton rom the warehouse of Leroy Court ey, of the eastern part of the couny. Not guilty. Another case gainst the same defendant charged lim with the larceny of 60 pounds of neat from a Mr. Hayes, of the same eetion of the county. The State, fter hearing the verdict in the other ase. submitted to a verdict of not ;uilty. This constituted the work >f the afternoon's session. 1'iiderstaiiding Not Lnv. An interesting "banter" took place Tuesday afternoon in the trial of <im Gilbert, a little bullet-headed >egro, tor grand larceny. Nim was epresented by Claud N. Sapp and hrough the tedious machinery of seecting the jury, it was made the note tedious by constant ehallengng by the defendant. The judge isked how many challenges he was ntitled to and Mr. Sapp replied that t was his understanding of the lawhat he had ten. The solicitor "urilerstood" it was live. "I don't care a-hat is your understanding, or nine," said the judge. "I'm going 0 look up the law." He looked it ip and found that Mr. Sapp was ight. and the challenging went on. Wednesday .Moini~g. The State vs. Frank Clyburn, assault and battery and presenting a veapon. Plead guilty by agreement let ween council. Sentenced to pay 1 fine of $50 or be confined at hard abor on the public works for three nonths. The ease of Gilbert Itutledge, a legro charged with murder and earning a eon-ealed weapon, having tilled Lewis Hlnckmon, also colored, n Aifu-t Inst year, took up praci'-a'ly the whole of the day Wednesday He was arraigned soon after ourt convened at 9:30, and when he ook his place in the dock, was alnost surrounded by lawyers, Wiliams & Williams *r Stewart and 'laud N. Sapp being his counsel, ohn T. Greene assisted the solicitor. i no morning session of the court ias taken up in the taking of testiuony and argument by Mr. Green, iddresses to tho jury by othor eounol in the afternoon and tho Judge's harge occupied another two hours nd the case wont to the Jury at :4ft o'clock. The Jury returned a erdiet late Wednesday night of not uilty as to murder but guilty as to arrying a concealed weapon, and he court's sentence was a tine of 5ft or 30 days at hard labor. Itcport of Grand Jury. The grand jury's report was as folows: ro tho Honorable George E. Prince, presiding judge, Lancaster, South Carolina: We, the grand Jury, having ooutdeted our work for the term, beg to lubmit herewith the following retort: We have passed on bills of indict(Continued on Pag* S.)