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Abbeville Press and Banner ? : | Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Jan. 18, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. RAILROAD1 TOBEM To Make Repairs to Lo-| comotives and Freight | Cars i STEPS TAKEN BY McADOo! I W astern Roads Begin Surrey of j How Many Men They Can Spare. I Washington, Jan. 16.?To meet tke shortage of machinists and other skilled railroad workers in the East, the railroad adminstration today took steps looking to moving a number of these men from Western railroads for a few weeks until the over! burdened Eastern lines can make de-J layed repairs to locomotives and j freight cars which now cannot be; . . operated. A. H. Smith, assistant to Directorj General McAdoo, in charge of trans-j portation in the East, was asked to] report on the number of mechanics' meeded by Eastern roads, while sev-| eral executives of Western roads started a survey to ascertain how , many men they could spare. Within a few days the results <5f these inquiries will be presented to Mr.. McAdoo. Meanwhile, it was tnHnv some Eastern roads al ready have asked the less burdened Western and Southern lines to fur-; aish them with machinists and car repairers. It was made plain that efforts will he made to transfer only those men willing to make the change, and that o attempt will be made to coerce workmen. More Labor Needed. The need of additonal labor at all railroad centers in the East was emphasized in reports of congested transportation conditions to Director General McAdoo by Interstate Com-Bierce Commissioned McChord. Locomotives badly needed to move freight were tied up for need of repairs. Railroads plan to take advantage f the shut down of industries the next five days by order of Fuel Administrator Garfield to hire men and place them on railroad work during this time. Railroad officials are expected to use their discretion during ths next week in handling shipments assigned to industries which shut down under the Fuel Administration's order in order to hasten delivery of coal and ther commodities to more needed industries . Rising temperatures in most of the country and clearing weather led the railroad adminsitration officials tonight to hope that the traffic paralysis in the Middle West and ex-i treme sluggishness in the East would be relieved materially within a few days. Conferences Held. The director general today con-' ferred with vice presidents of the four railroad brotherhoods, who urged that the provision of the railroad bill authorizing the President to include railway employes in the! government disability compensation system be made mandatory. A commitee of the national industrial traf-, fic league, headed by its president, G. M. Freer, of Cincinnati, offered Mr. McAdoo the league's services in dealing with any traffic questions. 1 In a corfernce of State railroad' and public utilities commissioners the director general today emphasized that government control does not contemplate the annulment of any existing State laws nor to abridge the functions of State authorities over roads. The question of whether the gov-, ernment plans to operate the many short independent railroads not con-j netted directly with the national sys, tem, was before the House inter- ' WORKERS 1 OVED EASTj, state commerce committee today j again, and Interstate Commerce j Commissioner Alexander explained; that the adminstration could not determine for some time precisely which of the short lines would be needed. P . Peace Conference Again In Session ALTHOUGH DISCUSSION HAS: BEEN RESUMED AT BREST- j? LITOVSK, THE PEACE BY |0 j i: * . c -? /? ' p Agreement jecnon ui ucuuaii * cu- . ii pie and Some Papers Continue to I ^ Express Dissatisfaction. n I i? Although the peace pourparleursi between the Bolsheviki and the Teu-| tonic allies have been resumed at. Brest-Litovsk, the peace by agree- j p ment section of the German popun lace and some of the newspapers . ! j-j continue their expressions of dis-; satisfaction with the ambitions of ' the Pan-Germans, and the terms that have been advanced by the German delegates at Brest-Litovsk as, S1 the basis for a peace. Amsterdam dispatches announces I that an understanding has been reached between the political and military parties iu Germany on the ? basis of the Rusian program of non- ^ annexations or indemnities in the fi East and leaving to Field Marshal s' von Hindenburg, in case of a Ger- Sl man victory, the liberty of dealing a with possible annexations in the ^ West, but the evidence tends to ^ show that the factions are still at odds. s It is anounced that Chancellor von Hertling is to be permitted to ^ deliver his delayed address on Ger- Sl many's war aims to the main com- c mittee of the reichstag next Friday. a Adding to the political strife in r /-< j a i.\._ P ijrermany anu Austriii cuiiies tuts an- nouncement of the resignation of the Hungarian cabinet, due to the q conduct of the war. Failure to obtain adequate support for the military program is given as the reason for the resignation of the ministry. ^ The situation between Russia and h Rouminia apparently is growing ^ acute. On demand of the American j, ambassador and the head of the j( other diplomatic missions, the Bolsheviki authorities have released the Roumanian minister and the attach-, ^ es of the Roumanian legation who a were arrested Sunday. The council1 of national commissioners of Rus- jj sia now has sent an ultimatum to Roumania calling for the immediate q release of members of the Bolshe- g viki arrested recntly in Roumania. b i ESTIMATED EXPENSES IJ The following is estimates for expenses for the fiscal year beginning ^ Jan. 1, 1918, for the county. It ^ will be of interest to many of our'^ readers: , Roads and bridges $21,000.00 Salaries 6,103.34 ? Magistrates i 2,080.00 ; County boards 292.00j Jail expenses 925.00'^ Jurors and witnesses 1,800.001 County Home, Poorhouse and i Poor 3,000.00 ~ iti Post mortems 820.00 Public buildings 1,550.00 ^ Printing, postage and stationery 950.00;^ Miscellaneous contingent 1,375.00 Interest on County indebtednes 1 1,092.00 ^ Past indebtedness 41 187 34 S1 Less estimated revenue other than taxes 4,750.00 Amount to be raised by taxation, $36,437.34. VS.VVS.VVVV'VVS.VVV.V V COTTON MARKET v r V Cotton 31 Vz V ? V Seed $1-06 1-2 V v MD LEAVES j IMPORTANT POST Chairman of War Industries Board Resigns I RAILWAY IN NEED OF HIM 'resident of B. & O. Thinks He I Should Attend Other Duties. i No Successor Now. Washington, Jan. 16.?With the; nnouncement today of the resigna-, ion of Daniel Willard of chairman j * f the war industries board, it was!( ntimated that there would be no ap- * ointment of a new chairman pend- j1 ig action in congress on proposals ic or the creation of war supply de- s artment or administration that take c ver the work of the industries * oard, as well as that of bureaus of!1 he war and navy departments. I * The task of perfecting th<; pro-J osed legislation was under taken j oday by the senate military com-i littee which temporarily suspended :s investigation of war preparations; or the purpose. Daily meetings of, he committee will be held until a: ill for one-man control of muni-! ions and supplies is ready for pre-' entation to the senate. Comes as Surprise. Mr. Willard's request to be re-;^ eved was sent to the president in; e letter dated January 11, in which * e said government operation of the: 1 ailroads had raised so many unfore-l een and intricate difficulties that it ^ eemed clear that he should devote 11 his time to the affairs of the Bal? 't imore & unio, ot wnicn ne is presi. ; n ent. While there had not been the * lightest advance indication of Mr. s ^llard's intention to resign during ^ is recent testimony before the enate committee he strongly ad\oated one-man control of munitions ? nd expressed the opinion that Sec-! 1 etary Baker's new reorganization c lan was faulty. t HARGF.D WITH INFANTICIDE. _ h The jury of inquest ino.uiring into he cause of the death of the male ifant found in a hole of water on he plantation of James H. Greene, s i Long Cane Township, which ad- r turned its meeting on 13th, until esterdav met again at the Odd Fel- a >ws Hall, in the neighborhood of ? c tie place where the body was found! nd heard more testimony. i ,, : v The principal witness was John j [night, who testified that since the + ist sitting of the jury his cousin,' c ilaudia Knight, who lives with his -] randfather, himself and other mem- r ers of the family, had confessed ( 5 him that she was the mother of j tie infant. Her story as related by ^ ohn Knight is that she gave birth ( 3 the child in the pasture near the r ole of water where it was found;1 hat she left the house to give birth i 3 the child because she was afraid i or her grandfather to know of her ondition; that she had concealed L er condition for several months by ^ rearing a tight corset. That the ( leather was cold at the time of the! j irth of the child and she became; j nconscious and when she came to! erself the child was dead. That it ^ tien occurred to her to hide the ody in the water which she did.; 'hat no one except her was present! c rhen the child was born, and that'f lie concealed from her family her ^ ondition, stating to jthem that she j ras suffering from other causes, (-] rhich they accepted. She further (j tated, according to the testimony f young Knight that a farmer re-i" iding on an adjoining plantation t :as the father of the infant. S The jury then took the case and 1 endered a verdict charging Claudia [night with infanticide, and she J ras arrested and commtted to jail r esterday afternoon. She will stand 1 . MAX! DESCRIBES j SHIP PROTECTION Tells Senate His Plan; Will Minimize Effect j of Explosions SAYS PLAN IS NOT COSTLY i declare* Concrete Ships Offer Bet-1 ter Advantage in Combatting in U-Boats Than Steel. i Washington, Jan. 16.?Hudson, tfaxim, the inventor, today outlined. ;o the Senate ship investigating [ iommittee. plans for ship construc-1 ion which he claimed would mini-j nize the effect on merchant vessels; >f explosions of torpedoes by initantly disintegrating through a :ooling process the gases formed by. he explosion. He said he had soughtn vain to interest the emergency: leet corporation in his proposal andj hat he came to the committee .in i he hope that the government would :onduct experiments to determine ts worth. His plan, the inventor: aid, was to line the inside of the! nillo n-f woooole -oHtVi rvlinrlers con-1 aining water with a steel screen be-! lind them. When the torpedo ex-1 >loded the water tanks, he said,' vould be hurled against the screen,! itemizing the water which would lisperse the heat and absorb the gas-; is. A cargo such as apples, pota-j oes and similar products contain-!' ng a large percentage of water j vould serve just as effective as the anks, he said. Plan Not Costly. Mr. Maxim declared the ship pro-'i ection executive committee had. nade an irrelevant and untrue" retort on his plan, asserting that it vill be expensive and ineffective on hips of less than 10,000 tons. He: lenied that the plan would be costly. Concrete ships, the inventor said, iffer a greater advantage in contain-; ng the submarine menace than steel t op f V? r*TT wuuucu ompo, ao wiwj :r resistance and absorb heat beter. A concrete hull, he said, would, ocalize an explosion. , ^ ! ["HIRTY-EIGHT GERMAN OFFICERS ARE KILLED IN MUTINY NAVAL BASE. ! London, Jan. 17.?Mutiny among! ubmarine crews at Kiel, German laval ba.se, on January 7th, is re>orted in an Exchange Telegraph lispatch from Geneva. Thirty-eight -fficers are said to have been killed.' The Geneva dispatch quotes ad'ices received there from Basel giv-j ng details of the mutiny. It is saidj o have begun with the submarine! rews arid then spread to cruisers.! rhe dispatch adds: "Although the nutiny was local it shows that the J Jerman naval men are dissatisfied, ispeciallj** in submarine service, as he number of boats returning to j Jerman ports are decreasing every | nonth." AMERICAN SHIP SUNK. . | Londnc, Jan. 17.?The American j ailing vessel Monitor has been sunk iy a submarine near Fuertenventura 2ary Islands, a dispatch from Las talmas to the Wireless Press says, t reports the crew was saved. :ZAR AND FAMILY ESCAPED.! London, Jan. 17.?Former Eraper-I r Nicholas and family have escaped rom prison near Tobolsk, it is re-{; lorted in Petrograd, according to a leuter dispacth from the capital.!, ^he report lacks confirmation the:( lispatch adds. j | j rial at the February term of court. !he is an ignorant country girl of 7 years. The inquest was conducted by ' Magistrate A. R. Ellis, acting Coroler, assisted by Magistrate Vermilion. , i I GOVERNMEI CLOSES 1 HEREIN FAIL NOT ON PAH j County Fuel Adminstrator, D. afternoon wire from State Fuel A lowing Telegram which speaks for WESTERN UNIOl D. H. Kill, Chairman, Abbeville, i Anderson, S. C., Jan. 17, 191! emergency order United States Fi this morning's daily papers. Not phone or otherwise all industries, by order, warning of severe penal that order be implicitly obeyed an by telegram and vindications. Ox province this office to construe its GOSS rinvprnmpnt Orders 11 Plants to Shut Down * For Five-Day Period r t GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY AH States East of Mississippi Are ^ Included in Far Reaching Or- ^ der to Save Fuel. c c r Washington, Jan. 16.?America's d manufacturing enterprises with but s few exceptions in all States east of the Mississippi river were ordered t by the government tonight to sus- c pend operations for five days, be-1 f] ginning Friday morning, as a dras-' p tic measure for relieving the fuel n famine . The order also included, t: the whole of the States of Louisiana i< and Minnesota. At the same time, as an addition-1 al means of relief, it was directed ? o that industry and business genrally, including all normal activities that require heated buildings, observe as a holiday every Monday for the n next ten weeks. This will close on Mondays, not only factories, but saloons, stores, except for the sale of drugs and food, places of amusement and nearly all office buildings.i While the order does not mention s ship yards, it is known that they ^ will be permitted to continue operations as usual, although munitions j plants will be closed. . The government's move came en-1 tirely without warning in order is-! g sued by Fuel Administrator Garfield, J e with the approval of President Wil-! son, prescribing stringent restric-. tions governing the distribution and use of coal. It was decided upon J' hurriedly by the President and gov-! ' ernment heads as a desperate rem- ^ edy for the fuel crisis ancK the trans- ~ portation tangle in the Eastern States. Even munitions plants are*' not excepted from the closing down e order. iv I c Officials tonight would not discuss/" the far-reaching effects the action 0 would have on the industrial fabric.! P Preferential List. j n The order prescribes a prefreen-!r tial list of consumers in whose inter-> est it was drawn. These users will | e get coal in the following order: ! 0 "Railroads. ! j, "Household consumers.. n "Hospitals, charitable institutions j 0 and army and navy cantonments. "Public utilities, telephone and -V. LCigiapn piauus. i "Strictly government enterprises,! excepting factories and plants work-jg ing on government contracts. i "Public buildings and necessary, government, State and municipal requiremnts. g] "Factories producing perishable ^ foods and foods for immediate consumption." Carefully Considered. e Announcement of the provisions of o the order was made by Fuel Admin- ,i istrator Garfield after a White o House conference, which was attend- c ed also by Secretaries Baker and ci I v .. - IT ORDER \ FACTORIES' * OF LAW'S PENALTIES. H. Hill, received on yesterday Ldministrator Gossett, the folitsself: y < TELEGRAM. 3. C. . '3 B.?Read carefully importnat uel Admnistration published in ify as quickly as possible by places and individuals effected ties for violation. Imperative id you will report to this office . v der speaks for itself and not i meaning. 5ETT, Fuel Administrator. :.:>A Daniels. Earlier in the day Dr. Jarfield had sought the clews of j' M ither officials, and it was said tolight the .unanimous opinion that he measure contemplated was nec- > | issary under the circumstances. To Avoid Confusion. !J| As first drawn, and as approval at he White House, the order called or the closing of factories begin- . ; ling tomorrow morning. This was - ? hanged upon consideration of the onfusion which would result when nillions of workers went to their luties unawares of the government's teps. Inclusion of war industries among hose to which fuel will be denied * 1 aused some surprise, but fuel oficials explained tonight that war ilants have been producing so much ?.ore material than the transportaion system can handle that no seraus effects will be felt. Ship Building Expected. < An exception is made in the case f shipbuilding plants because of the Teat utrtru lur vcsscis iiivvc sup- ^ lies already for shipment overseas. Fuel administration officials will lake an effort to increase producion at the coal mines during the < eriod that other business is susended. It was estimated tonight that the i nforcement of the order would 4 ave a total of 3,000,000 tons of iluminous coal, which probably is bout half the present shortage. The . g idications were that at the end of 1 en weeks of Monday holidays a *1 ermanent policy of restricted con- J umption would have been determin- j d on. i Louisiana and Minnesota. Louisiana and Minnesota, which ie partly on both sides of the Missssissippi, specifically incuded as a .'hole in the list of States to which he order applies. The order is expected to go far owards clearing choked and congestd railroad tracks and terminals. It fas regarded tonight as likely that lecretary McAdoo, director general f railroads, might declare a rail em- { argo against the shipment of the roducts of plants closed down if I ecessary further to relieve the oads. The critical coal situation is blamd on the unusually severe weather f thp Inst wp#?k. whirh has made it mpossible in many instances to love coal at all and which has cut ff the fuel supplies of whole cities. Must Be Restricted. Fuel Administrator Garfield isued this statement: "All industry must be fully retricted in its use of coal in order . ' ] hat the available supply for the re lainder of the winter may be pro erly distributed and may be made ufficient for absolute essential needs uring the remainder of the winter. D 'To meet the necessities the fuel H dministration has ordered as an H mergency measure that on the day f January 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 reference and priority in the use H f coal shall be given only to those fl onsumers whose consumption of B oal is absolutely necssary. H ?