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>OTOKIOli> LEAIi i'nuntS ONLY iiOSSll' VV. W. Price Tells rrooers He Belie*e? One oi ilis tliiidren Furnisliea Mrs. ViseeiitJ imorwau ?n. ?Va$&ington, Feb. S.?The notorious "'leak'' of President Wilson's Decern ber peace move proved itself this ai ternoon into a case of common or dinary gossip so lar as -Mrs. Kuu. Tliomasson-v isconti, the so-caliua woman ui uit> siti ,> iu concerned. Mrs. Yiscont: started the whole investigation by telling i'homa^ W. Lawson, the Uoston hnaiivijr, tha. W. W. Price, a White House corres pendent, made $5,0(J0 out of having advance information oil the peace noit, and that Secretary to the Presiden. Joseph Tumulty made ''much more. Price cleared the matter up in rapiu strides tnis aiternoou ?uvu nc iwn. the stand and told the committee thai. he believed Mrs. Vlsconti's charges were based on a chain of remarks, dropped by one of his children. Mrs. Visconti early in the day hau submitted to the committee in writ ing the name of the person who tolQ h.er what sue told Lawson. The namt was withheld and it is improoaoic that the owner thereof even will be informally questioned. It is undei stood to be a membe: of Price's lam ily. Bit by bit Price, sometimes in tears, told a room crowded with curious* Washington citizens, most of whom were women, all the inconsequential little details of his private tinanceo, the Christmas presents he had made, and explained the entries in his bank books. There was but one large item, a deposit of $1,062, made during the first week of January, which he sam came from the sale of bonds bought in 1912. He submitted letters to prove 1 this purchase and sale. ] Ke said he presumed one of his 1 children had seen the entry, and by a chance remark gave Mrs. Visconti thu nucleus of her story to Lawson. He c had no idea,, he said, how Tumulty's f name was brought into the matter. ^ The Tinncp lpafc investigation was * carried on in an executive session to- c day when Mrs. Ruth Visconti, callea 8 as a star witness, refused to tell her.1 story in public. She had written to 2 Thomas W? Lawson that W. W. Price,! a newspaper correspondent, was a; 1 "go-between" for Joseph P. Tumulty, i secretary to President Wilson, in stock ; market speculation. ! ( Mrs. Visconti, after the executive, session, wrote fne name of her lu-j formant on a piece of paper which; was shown secretly to the members' of the committee only. < After supplying this name. Attorney ^ Whipple suddenly excused Mrs. Vis- t conti from the stand. ' c Mrs. Visconti, when called at the g outset of the hearing, identified the letter she wrote Lawson telling him she had information of value to the committee. She also admitted telling Lawson that W. W. Price was a "go between"' for Secretary Tumulty at. the White House in stock speculation. This information, she said, came from a second person. "I told Mr. Lawson the source of my information and who told me, said Mrs. Visconti. "Who was your source?" asked Whipple. "I wish to claim my constitutional rights and ask that I give this in ex- j ecutive session. This will do irrepar- a able injury to my informant," saia f .Mrs. Visconti. j j Representative Bennett said he "dis- ^ sented'* from forcing Mrs. 'Visconti to t disclose the name of lier informant m s public. j. "Was your informant any one In v public life?" asked Whipple. ~ , f "No." i "Or the member of the family of any ^ public official?'' v "No." ! c The committee after more di3cus- j. sion then decided on the executive t session. j ; a STAR FORT MAY BE JI TAKEN OVER BY GOVERNMENT I a C'ongressman-elect Dominlck Is Anx ious to Cooperate With Daughter* of the American Revolution. Greenwood Journal. Congressman-elect FreS H. Domi nick is anxious to cooperate ".vith the Daughters of the American Revolu tion in making improvements at Star Fort. It has been suggested to him that he make an effort to have the government take over this property and he desires to get as much infor mation as possible. >1J . UU111IU1C1V, ill 1 syi; K.KJ c? ? ~ quest of The Daily Journal. has writ ten as follows: i "As to improvement of Star Fori., near Ninety Six, by having the Unit ed States government take over this property. I will say that some montns aso, Mr. C. C. Featherstone mention ed tins matter to me at Laurens ana stated that the Daughters of the American Revolution were very much Interested in this matter and that he hoped I would take the matter up; for them when I went to 'Washing ton. I told him that I would only be too -lad to be of any service I could in the matter and suggested tnat tne ' Daughters give me full information in regard to it. together with their plans and suggestions and I would fully investigate the matter and do the best T could for them in the mat ter. 1 "I feel a somewhat personal inter- < est in the matter, on account of the ' fact that I understand from the hia-j torical records that some of the mem- j "bers of the Dominick family were en-11 graced in the revolutionary battle?1 i and skirmishes in and around Nrine tv Six. and if I be of any service In kthe matter, it will be cheerfully and ! gladly rendered.-' j 1 MCHOLLS SCORES CHICAGO EDITOR Congressman Causes Stir *?n the i'lum Washington, Feb. 8.?Declaring ;hat he hoped the editor of a Chicago newspaper v.ould stay in that citv a here he belongs, "because I frankl> ;ell you that ii' i meet him 1 will hoia lim personally responsible lor irticle," Congressman S. J. Nichollb f South Carolina today brought t v. tn white heat while replying :o ail attack made on the house mil* tary affairs committee, of which he it i member. * ue ..''uJle arose over tilt. questio!. is to whether the Kay national utr ,'ense act passed at the last session 3f congress provided that not mors :han 50 per cent: of the general staJJ should be in Washington. To the general public there is not nuch in the article but as viewed b> \ir. Xicholls and otUer members of the military committee, who felt that they Iiad been unnecessarily criticized, u ipparently means a great deal. Continuing, Mr. Nicholls said: "I want to know the name of the ?ontemptible scoundrel who wrote hat article. This article had not )cen called to my attention until it vas read from the desk this morning, md I must confess that I was very nuch surprised that any paper 111 :he United States would take oecasiou :o speak of members of one of the uost prominent committees of this louse in any such terms. J know thai t is no time for us to he fliso ng politics and I also know that the Republican members voted for the v. wlnVh ivns rmt in the Jill. "It has always been ray experience irid it has always been the custom in, ny part o? the country that the man vho manages a paper is responsible .'or what goes in that paper. The statement of the South Caro ina congressman was the sensation >f the day in the house. Mr. Xicholls aid afterwards that he meant every vord he had uttered on the floor and hat should he ever meet the writer, if the article he would deal with him is the thing is done at home?which, neans that some one is likely to get l Hrkini? before it is over. i HUMAN HALTED BY AN OFFICER iOTcmment Buildings in Washington Have Been Closed to All Vis itors. Washington. Feb. 8.?If there is any ' ioubt that Washington, the national apital, is rapidly preparing for even-1 ualities whatever they may be, it is >nly necessary to make an attempt tu ;et into the White House grounds or he State, uVar and Navy building. ; A day or two ago Senator Tillman. >f South Carolina, chairman of the Senate committee on naval affaiw, md a man who is known personally >y almost every person in and around lie government buildings here, made . visit to the navy department where le had an engagement with Secretary Daniels. Before he reached the front loor he was stopped by a blue coat ed officer who demanded his passport, le had none, the South Carolina ;eflator said, and didn't see that he teeded any inasmuch as he has been ii the senate for many years and hab ilwavs gone when and where hb >leased in this land and others. This, icwever, did not satisfy the officer on luty and he demanded that the sena or either produce his card of admis sion or stay out?further leave tht tuilding. After explaining who he i'as and what he wanted, the officei inally sent for a clerk in Secretarv Daniel's office who knew the senator, lien the South Carolina legislator vas duly escorted to the secretary's ffice. Upon leaving, the same thing lad to be done. He was taken to he door by an officer and informed hat he would De amy presented wiui t card which would let him into the milding hereafter without trouble., lad it not heen that the Senator was ble to communicate with Mr. Dani el's office he would not have been able o get in the building. j Senator Simmons, of North Caro-j ina, had a similar experience in try-; ng to keep an engagement at the .Vliite House, where he was to dis :uss with the president the question j if raising money to finance the couu ry in case of war. He was stopped at' he gate and it was something like an, :our before he could gain admission, j Newspaper men who cover the big; lews stories in Washington at th? I ^resent time have been directed to i prepare themselves with such credentials as will admit them to any if the buildings at any time, inasmuch ( is orders are expected to be issued, earring from the capitol and other! buildings here all persons who have; io business in them. When this is! tone it will be impossible to secure entrance without the necessary card ' \s it is now for newspaper men to ' zet into the State. War and XaTy Ruilding. a pass must be secured from j he Secretary of State, chilv signei' *nd then authenticated by the stand ng; committed'of correspondents hav ing control of the press galleries at the capitol. , Died fu Snlnda, fndian Creek Cor. Saluda Standard. Mrs. Jane Long, of Pine Pleasant, one of Saluda's oldest inhabitants, died at her home on Friday the 2nd, of a stroke of paralysis from which she never regained consciousness. YTve T nn cr n o<J tnnfh in her community and was always entertain in s: in her conversation and rehearsa'8 of ante helium days. She leaves a host of relatives and friends, also several sons and daughters to mourn the loss of a mother. A FRIEND'S ADVICE Woman Saved From a Sen mi* f?iirarical Onprafinn Lor*7viI!e, Ky.?"For four years I suffered from female troubles, head aches, and nervousness. I could not sleep, had no appetite and it hurt me to walk. If I tried to do any work, I would have to lie down before it was finished. The doc tors said I would have to be opera ted on and I simply broke down. A friend advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound, and the result is I feel like a new wom an. I am well and strong, do all my own house work ana have an eight pound baby girl. I know Lydia JS. rinkham a Vegetable Com pound saved me from an operation which every woman dreads. ? Mrs. \ Nellie Fishback, 1521 Christy Ave., i Louisville, Ky. Everyone naturally dreads the sur- j geon's knife. Sometimes nothing elsf will do, but many times Lydia E. Pink- j ham's Vegetable Compound has s? *ed the patient and made an operation un-1 necessary. If you have any symptom about which I you wouia iiKe to know, write to tne Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn. Mass., for helpful advice given free. WANT liLEASE TO E>FORCE THE LAV. Suggested That He Be Made Prohibl tioii Commissioner, to Overcome Lawless Conditions. Charleston American. In connection with the "prohibi tion'' measures before the general as sembly, a suggestion came this morn ing from a gentleman from the upper part of the State which will attract general interest. It is to tne euect that if the present legislature passes and ratified a piu hioition act, that a commissioner to look alter its enforcement be appoint ed, in accordance with the suggestion of the superintendent of the An;i Saloon league, and that the commis sioner be allowed $50,000 for the en forcement of the law, to be expended 1 *- J!?"Tho mnat lncir>Mi Ill 1113 UlbUi't?liUU. ? ug Uiuov awqav/%** man I can think of for the position of commissioner,'' re said, "is former Governor Cole L. Blease. There are a great many people who are very bit- j ter against the former governor,'' ht| said, "but I would like to cite his rec- I ord as mayor of Newberry and latei j as governor of the State for foul j years in the interest of law enforce- j ment, and the results which were achieved in contrast with present law less conditions. When Blease says he will do a thing he does it; when lit says he won't do a thing, he doesn I j do it; and that is the kind of mar. | we want as commissioner of prom i bition. 1 believe the majority of the j people of tlie State know this to be' a fact, and know that, if Mr. Bleasej should be placed in this position, such liquor laws ?s nay be passed will be enforced. I uave not consulted Mr. Blease. and do not know whether he would accept such a position, but if the legislature wants prohibitiou ?really wants it?then lets take Mr. Breedin's suggestion as to a prohibi tion commissioner, and put Mr. Blease in the position ?a man who will en-i tVio lau; if wm cive him the ma-1 chinerv to enforce it with." he con cluded. WILL STEVENS LOSES. Conviction of Mnrder is Affirmed b? Supreme Conrt. The supreme court in an opinion by Associate Justice Frazier has offirmea the verdict of guilty of murder in the j case of the State against Will Staven=>. j who was convicted in Greenw?ooal county. The lower court will set *a! new dnte for the execution Shortage of Empty Freight Cars j 1 September, r9r to 000 October, 1916 60,000 November, 1916 t08,000 | December, 1916 (estima ted) i>o/oo January, 1917, not announced But large shippers say condition? were never so b id as thev are now. Under ordinary conditions there '< usually considerable delay in get ting: shipments during the frrtiliz< season, but this year when we g into the season handicapped witl in unparalleled car shortage, th situation may grow7 to be very se rious. So we earnestly urge yo' to order out your fertilizer at one . Ycu will find that the sacks do no rkt otixTtViincr lil-p n<< fandlv as the lid a year or so apo. Hotter order early; delays ar< dangerous. Anderson Phosphate ? Oil Company ANDERSON, S. C. W. F. FARMER, Secretary. i t i "BONE DRY* BILL IS MADE EXTRA DRY House *Passe? Back"9 to Upper Branch ?Speaker Deems Bill Toy Drastic. The State. The house "passed the buck'* to the senate yesterday, when.it sent ovei the Richey bill in all its bone dryness,. t)i 10 iy. i ue uiii seesiiv-uu ui scim ment and wandered hither and tliith er about the house with its destina tion mere than once uncertain. it created a spirited debate on sec ond reading, but went through she* as a whistle, b- to 21. The majority then was such that there seemed ? likelihood of overriding a pussiblt veto. It lay calmly until third read ing, when the house sprung a sur prise, reversing itself, and recommit ting the bill. This was thought to be till lllUt'IJIlllU UUIcly UUl tllC v^uuiiiiHico cn police regulations got busy, 3nu meeting while the house v,as in seb sion, returned it in its original form, thus eliminating the amendments ap plied last Friday, which made the bin water proof, air tight and bone dry. including a provision which made u lawful to have even one drop in po? session. except for medicinal, sacra mental or scientific purposes. Thert. was a filibuster Wednesday night. Yesterday morning: the house refused to recommit the bill to the judiciary 1 committee, and refused to allow thb ; bill to remain in its original form, j thus indorsing the bill as it passed its j second reading. In this form it was j i<mt to the upper "house, j Vote on 1'assage. The vote possliig the "bone dry'* I mnnffiira tflirt CQn'jtn W O G Q O 1"'a1 1 AW. iiiCAO Ui t LU IHV oV/UubV ? Uij mkj i.v/*iv/ ii o leas (i,asking the bill)?Represen i tatives Anderson, Atkinson, Boinesi, 1,00th, Boozer, Boyd, Boykin, Brad lord, Byrd, Clinkscales, Coney, Daniei, xv. E. Dennis, Dobson, Duckworth, j. J. Eaddy, S. 0. Eaddy, Edens, Elli.--, i< iniey, Ford, Fuller, Fulrner, Graham, Gresham, A. Hall, Jr., E. H. Hah, Hamer, Harrison, Hines, W. W. John son, King, Lane, Macfarlan, Mauldm, D. E. McCutchen, McLaurin, Melletu, Middleton, Mitchell, Keuffer, Nichols, Nunn, Owens, Pegues, Pursley, Ra-sv linson, Rector, Richards, Richey, Riley, Roberts, Rogers, Scott, Shuu. S. E. Smith, Stafford, Strom, Suni mers, Toole, Wasson, 'Williams Win gard, Wright?64. Nays?Representatives Hoyt, Bai ley, Berry, Carter, Clyburne, Cothrau, Crews, Crum, G. B. Davis, E. J. Dennis, Dominick, Duncan, H. H. Evans, N. G. Evans, Fripp, Fromberg, Gaston, Hammond, Hemphill, Horton, Hughs* Keenan, H. Kelly, J. 0. Kelly, j Lanford, Lesesne, Long, Lumpkin, i Martin, .Mason. W. L. McCutchen, j McC&nts, McMillan, Moise, Moort, Norton, Passailaigue, Pickens, Red mon. Riddle, Rivers, Sanders, Sea brook. Searson. Sensenev, H. L. Smith, Jr., Walker, Whaley, Young?49. Speaker Hoyt*s Position. Speaker Hoyt announced the fo* lowing reasons for his vote yesterday. "Upon the final passage of the | Rickey Dill (ti-oyj I voiea agamsi uc bill for tha following reasons: "While favoring a more effective prohibition law. I regard the Ricftej gill as amended loo drastic. Tile amendment proposed by Mr. Daniei ! and agreed to on second reading, striking out all of section 4 after thc word "otherwise*' on line 3, puts the bill in such form that it prohibits the keeping of whiskey in any quantity in the home of the citizen. This is unreasonably drastic "Upon the repor; of the police reg ulations committee, on third reading, the house today had an opportunit} to strike out the Daniel amendment rpfprr^d to. and the house refused to do so. I voted to strike out the Dan iel amendment and had said amenu ment been stricken out. 1 would havt voted for the passage of the bill. 'With the Daniel amendment I can not vor.^ for the bill. There are on the calen dar other prohibition bills which are more have the opportunity to amenu and the passage of the Richey bill is therefore net necessary in order to secure legislation on this subject ai this session." REPORTER GOT WRONG STEER Story Written I'ndonbtedly Was a (i:>od One, bnt the Facts Didn't Bear it out i Some years ago Carl Crow, autho; j of "Japan and America," was tlie cub j reporter on a Texas newspaper, one i of his duties being to cover the po j lice station. One day, just before i press time he made his usuai trip to ' see the desk sergeant. i "Have a great story for you." saia . "Wo a. narroi j lit; sciecaui, ^ ? x? j out on Front street awhile ago on a. ; charge of using abusive language j The neighbors complained so mucL I we had to go out a:iu lock the old bird up.'' After getting a few more details Crow rushed back to the office ana wrote a funny story about the arresi of the bird. He was congratulating himself on landing a story on the first page, an hour or so after fhe paper i got on the streets, when the telephone ! bell rang and he had to listen to a tor ! rent of abuse from an irate lady at ! the other end of the line. It devel j oped that she was Mrs. Parrot, ana I she had been arrested for using abu ; sive language, but she bitterly re j sented being written up as a bird ! \fter she had exhausted her vooabu j lary and was preparing for a new st.nrt. she asked: "What, is your name?" "Crow." said the reporter. "What did you say?" "I said my name was crow." ! -^n't von?" said the freshly insulted i Parrot as she huns up the re I ceiver. SOON WOULD CRIPPLE COMMERCE OF WOULD I I Germany's Ituthlessness, if Carried on With Success that Has Marked Firsi Few Days, Would Destroy Great Tart of World's Tonnage in Snort Time. Jttilion a Month Sow. i Washington, tab. S?Germany's ruthless submarine warfare continued with the success of the past three days would destroy within a shori time a great part of the world s mer chant tonnage. Officials here esti mated today on records for the three days since expiration of the time al lowed in the German proclamation for ships at sea on February 1 to get into port that vessels were being sunk at the rate of nearly a million tons a month, the amount German i naval authorities set as necessary to starve the British isles. (At that rate it would take jusi four years to destroy the tonnage ct the entire world, 48,000,000 tons, ir all the world's ships ventured into the war zone. Llody's report puts the tonnage sunk February 5, t> and 7 at a'Doui 85,000 tons. The world turned out in 1916 lesa ?"U O AAA AAA ^ C A - : illaii ii,uuu,uuu luniiagt: ui nierciiaui vessels. During the year the Germans ! sank a trifle more than that, making | the net loss in world's shipping about 1 1-2 per cent. Ship manufactures ii* all the allieb and neutral countries are rushing | work on merchant ships. Vessels nave j been standardized and it is almost j impossible to have made anywhere a. j ship of special construction. The ! British government is having built great steel cargo ships all alike and of the simplest construction. Tne yards are busy night and day on theii construction and as thev are off the ways keels will be laid for more. There are no figures to show the amount of tonnage constantly on tne seas carrying goods to and from the British isles. United States customs report shows that about 1,d00,0Uu tons clear from American porta every month but as some vessels clear twice the figures are misleading. About the same amount of tonnage arrives monthly from European ports. Of the 48,000,000 tons of merchant ships in the world Great Britain owns about 20,000,000 tons. The United States is second with a little more than 6.000.000 tons, of which 2,000, 000 tons is in lake and river trade. In American ports there are 95 German merchant vessels of 600,000 tonnage which put in for haven at the out break of the war. RUB-MY-TTSM?Antiseptic. Relieves RhenrmtT^m. Sprains, yuuralcria etc ""OUTERS trBOASTt"5 w O W Ll? S U.S-A The Luzianne Guarantee: If, after using the contents of a can, you are not satisfied in every respect, your gro cer will refund your money. it adju mus I Use The An phate & Oil It is better plar longer in the cr< any other guano, ing better than little as good. It is sold at th the others. See We can supply goods. W. F. FARMf "YASEITE OF THE WILDS" Oi'ERA HUl'SE Tlil'RSDAT In the wild, inaccesible parts or the Canadian woods, where man is still lighting with nature for a home, law and order have their single ex pression and manifestation in thfe Royal Canadian Northwest Mounted Police. The members of this brave ^~ f/ >,o + o r\f !iorrvici*? iUI CC iiitvc jjci tui rncu icaw ui that would win Victoria Crosses oa any battle-field. Around the tradi tions of these courageous souls, Wil lard ?>!aok, the noted playwright and actor, has written "Nanette of the Wilds," the Famous Players' produc tion in which the fascinating Pauline Frederick wins another of her great personal screen triumphs. In this Paramount picture Mr. Mack plays the important role of O'Brien of the Roy al Mounted, against whom Nanette wages relentless war in the effort to protect her father, who is a liquor smuggler. Tnto the struggle be tween the wild girl of the woods and the representative of the law ther? gradually creeps the note of romance, until Nanette is torn between the old loyalty to her father and the love for trie man wnom sne had Deen taugnc to regard as her natural enemy. Through a series of stirring situations and climaxes the story develops to ft satisfying and appealing finale. URGED TO ORDER SHIPMENTS OF ERTLL1ZER EARLT 'Atlanta, Ga., February 3.?Farmers are being urged to order out their tertilizer shipments immediately iu order that they may not suffer from a car shortage, should one develop in the late spring. Shippers ar? pointing out that farmers wno delay their orders may find themselves un able to get supplies in t me to follow the "plant early" plan which has beea advocated as one of the most effec tive methods of fighting the boll wee vil. In view of the unusual demands for box cars, now being made by shippers in other lines of business, the supply of cars available for the movement of nAf O O 10 itf i-Cl UUiCi AliClJf "Ul c?o 1U1SV, season as in former years and it is therefore important that shipments of fertilizer be spread over a longer pe riod. Should the great majority of fann ers wait until the fertilizer Is actu ally needed to place their orders, it is feared that this in itself might cre ate a car shortage which would cans? many of them to be disappointed. Dealers stress the point that early ordering is equally important for the farmer who buys only one ton and for tte planter *no Duys Dy me ^ar load. .m-m-m! 5 got tne smeii ana ine smais men. 2 you say, "Set 'em up again." it's always fair weather when folks get together over a cup of ning, staving-good Luzianne. You buy a pig in a poke when you Luzianne Coffee. No, Ma'am. It ly states that if it doesn't meet idea of a better coffee, you're led to your money back and get Buy a can of Luzianne and re >1 yuui lUCdd U1 Wiiai gwu WV44VV f be. Ask for profit-sharing catalog. fNEcoffee >mpany, New Orleans derson Phos Company's Year it food and lasts )p making than There is noth this and mighty ie same price as our agents, you with potash K, Secretary I