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?KREAT KFFOKTS BKIMJ MADE TO FILL KAXKS ^President Wilson Increases Marine <'*>rj>s to t7 0('> Men, and Naval Ko eruitiiur Is Ordered Prosecuted Witii Renewed Vic-or. I'nited States Se riously (e-??sj<lerir^ Abrogating Treaty ok* With (?.V r R Hart well, l Washington. March 2S.?The drive ?-or man-power to back up President "Wilson in his struggle with Germany under wav in deadly earnest to-; '3ay. " * ; Under the direction of the presi-' dent, extraordinary efforts to fill tiie " cranks of the army, navy and marine corps were started in every direction.! Determined to be ready to act, im-: Toediately and aggressively, as soon -a#; congress makes the nation's atti iv*de clear, thfe administration tonight taken every step to increase the rtrengfh of the war-making branches of the service. Tonight approximately 39.000 me-ft of the National Guard were under orders to enter the federal service for 7Jie protection 01 vital points witnm the nation. War department orders loday added some 2f> units to the mill 15a called out for "borne guard" duty Te^terctey. President Wilson, by an executive order, increased tbe authorized enlist strength of the -marine corps to 17,000 men, and the navy department once began a campaign to enlist nAAnA int TVid ^Arnc nnW vuv a*uuv.u iuvi vuiVMv, x vva o $as 14Ji$l men and 5% officers. .Naval recruiting was ordered pro secuted with renewed vigor, following lb** action of the president in increas ing the authorized enlisted strength to 87,000 men. Secretary of the Navy Daniels declared that the indications "were that the naval enlistments would <;ome flooding in at once. Tonight department commanders throughout the country began the task of assigning the army of militia called to the federal service to duty yarding important transportation ana utility lines, arseuajs, uiumuuua plants, and other strategic points. The War Department in announcing Scday's militia call, appended the fol lowing statement: "It is requested (that no details of locality be carried in the press in re gard to further d'^tribution of these troops, unless given out by the de partment." I It is expected that today's call for militia will be followed by the calling out of further militia details for simi lar service, in rrder that every lo cality in the country may be sure of adequate protection. Tonight two troops of the Second Tegular cavalry, the first separate bat talion of the District of Columbia Na tional Uiar4, and two companies or marines were on guard duty about the national capitol. i Plans War Session. With military preparations moving - mxier pressure, the administration to day began making plans for the war session of congress that will convene ttiext Monday. The president will lay before the legislators a record of the 'German aggressions since the last session of congress adjourned. Hi=? ? ~ nv.,1/, finrio t r\ tha ronrpcpnta iCWliilucuuaiivuo iv inv i vf "lives of the people will not be com pleted in detail, however, until just \hefore he addresses congress. Every event of the next week will he watch ed with close scrutiny and the final decision as to the exact form of ac tion which congress will be asked to 'lake will not be reached until the record is complete. Congressional leaders today con ferred with Secretary of State Lan sing as to the possible legislative rvf *Tio tl?"OSraTIl. VJiairuiau x- iuuu VL liiV >iouse foreign affairs committee, and *>ther members of the committee, ;alk ed over with the secretary the need ?-or legislation to deal with espion age and to establish a censorship. The representatives also discussed Ihe probable form of the war resolu tion to be proposed, in order that the legislative way may be made clear ior immediate action, when the con gress is organized and ready for busi ness. May Abrogate Treaty. TIip T'nitpd States is seriously con pidering abrogating the treaty of 1S2S with Russia, with its safeguards for citizens of the two countries in the vent of war between them, in the -strongest international communication The world has seen since the begin ning of the TCuropean war. the State Department today flatly rejected the efforts of Germany to secure altera tions and a reaffirmation of the treaty, declaring Germany's disregard of international and the comity of na tions and her repeated violations of vhe treaty itself had made further en gagements with Germany of no avail. The violations of American rights at sea, and the treatment of American ritizens in Germany, were ciiea uv the department as the moving rea-; ?ons for refusing to negotiate a new! protocol. The note to Germany, transmitted' through the Swiss minister. Dr. Paul j Hitter* declared tbat the changes in the old treaty sought by Germany j. 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"In view," said the note, "of the ^ioor vmlaHnnn hv the German au thorities of the pi" in terms of the treaties in question, solemnly con cluded on the mutual understanding that the obligations thereunder wouIq: be faithfully kept, in view further of! the disregard of the canons of inter- ' national courtesy and the comity of nations in the treatment of American citizens in Germany, the government of the United States cannot perceive any advantage which would flow from further engagements, even though they were merely declaratory of in ternational law, entered into with the imperial German government in re gard to the meaning of any of the articles of these treaties or sup p}/-?ert'ary to them. "In these circumstances, therefore, the government of the United States declines to enter into the special protocol,proposed by the imperial German government. "I feel constrained, in view of the circumstances, to add that this gov ernment is seriously considering whether or not the treaty of 1828, and the revised articles of 1825 and 17S9, have not in effect been abrogated by the German government's flagrant violations of their provisions, for it would be manisfestly unjust and - -L ' - on lnequitauie 10 requuc une pai ?" agreement to observe its stipulations end to permit the other part to disre gard them. It would appear that the mutuality of the undertaking has been destroyed by the conduct of tne Ger man authorities/' j The exact procedure necessary to abrogate the treaty was in doubt to-, night. Some diplomatic authorities believed that the state department and the president on their own volition would not have the power to declare the agreement void. It was believed that the senate, which rati fied the treaty, would have to act to make its abrogation effective. , ARMED STEAMER RUNS BLOCKADE Xavy Department Announces Only1 Safety of First Armed Vessel of Tinted States Registry. Washington. March 26.?The Amer-' ican liner St. Louis, first armed Amer ican ship to cross the Atlantic, has arrived safely at her destination, Sec-1 retary Daniels announced today. Information as to the arrival of the steamer came to the navy department from the offices ofx the American line In New York. The company wished to | make known the fact to relieve the anxiety of those having relatives or friends on the vessel. Secretary Dan-: iels approved such action. Xo details of the trip were given in the company's report. i AMERICANS ON BOARD. _____ Fourteen Among Passengers and 131 j Among the Crew. New York, March 26.?The St.! Louis, owned by the American Line,! left an .American port on March 17 j with 31 passengers of whom 14 werej American citizens. Among her crew, of 394 persons were 131 Americans, j ANNOUNCED IN LONDON. i Safe Arrival of Louis at English! Port Heralded. London. March 26.?The arrival of the American steamship St. Louis at an English port was announced today. RUB OUT PAIN* I with good oil liniment. That's the surest way to stop them, j I The best rubbing liniment is ! Vj j as a ii g 17 GboJ /or ilments of j; Horses, Mules, Catiie, ?ic. |j (/ocr/ for 'jou: oiOn A dies, |j Pains, Rheumatism, Spralr Cuts, Burns, Etc. ^ 25c. 50c. $?. At all Dealers HiM)!: Mil KG ON E.UT FKO>T STRIKES INITIAL BLOWS FYlrufirrad Oiiitialiy Reports Kepulse ii i,ui > Aiiacxs Two (. ennuii Companies in White Overalls 31-ike ihaiiee? Teutons Accumulate Vast, Stores of Ammunition and i <>n? aiViU-; <<n Front Facing Rii?a. London, Marcii 26.?Hindenburg StrucK. on tne eastern houl iuu<\\ i go .tirally interpreted as in itial blows in a drive against the ui Russia. Contrary to expectations, these first attacks did not come on the Riga front but on the sector between bwinsk and Pinsk, with the impor tant stragetic railway intersection as the evident objective. Petrograu officially reports the re pulse of both attacks. The first was launched in the region of Postavy, some 56 miles south of Dwinsk. it is rostavy that the northern end of the eastern German line extends lamest into Russian territory. The second attack, evidently a mere "feeler," was made at Baranovitchi, whence a railway runs directly to Minsk. From that city, the rail ex ' ]) ^i n a straight line northeastward to Moscow, 420 miles away. The ad vance was made by two German com panies in white overalls, which shows j that winter weather still prevails in thp Meanwhile, evidences accumulate that the Teutons are collecting vast stores of ammunition and material and concentrating great forces or re serves on the front facing Riga. Some military critics believe Hindenburg's plan is to strike simultaneously against Petrograd and Moscow. Pet rograd lies more than 300 miles north of the big Baltic port. ! The battle for the "Hindenburg line" in the west is in fulJ swing. The initiative still is w/di the French. The Germans are yielding with increasing reluctance, but still yielding. Teuton counter attacks are growing in num-: ber and in violence, but this far, ae-!, cording to the Paris war office, they j have availed nothing. On the con-1 trary, it is asserted in today's Paris communique these counter thrusts., have cost the Germans heavy sacri fices of blood. ', Battering forward against the cen- i ter of the LaFere-Soissons sector of ; the H'indenburg line, the French today , pushed beyond Folembray, south of 3 thp forest of Coucy. half \^ay between. 1 LaFere and Soissons. They are thus , within reach of the forests and; j heights around St. Goblin. These in1 ] tneir nanas win mean me auaauuu ment of the Germans of LaFere and therewith of the whole front called "Findenburg line." It will mean _the abandonment of the valuable French coal district around Lens and the establishment of a new German front running north and south from Laon. east of Sois sons, to the west of Lille. The next 48 hours are expected to reveal whether the Teutons propose +o stand on the St. Quentin-LaFere Laon-Soissons line, or are willing to retire further to the ea&tward. The ? time has come, military critics agree, j when?if they propose to hold their i present line?they cannot allow the t French to advance any farther. t Wherever the Teutons endeavored j today to halt the French, sweep by furious counter attacks they were t thrown back with heavy losses, Paris asserts. I Five German aeroplanes were shot' down by the French. ( Up to this evening nothing official "had v*t pome throueh from Berlin. Nor had reports of today's British op' erations reached here. >E>V PEACE OFFER FROtf CHANCELLOR| Amst^d^m. March 2." ?via Lon-1 don).?The Socialist newspaper. Vor waerts of Berlin, foreshadows a prob able declaration by Dr. von Beth-. msmn-Koll woe. the imnerial chancel- i lor, on Thursday next, similar to tliat'1 of his peace proposal of December,: t last. | < "Let us tell Russia." says Vor-1, "^Vaerts. "that she can have peace. If j Russia continues to remain our ene-; my she will do so for all time. We ( shall not be fighting against czarism, t but against an alliance of democratic 1 peoples which wishes to break Ger.-ji many, the last bastion standing for j reaction." ^ I ( SOUTHERN TIRES j? Contain more cubic area of con- c tents of material (not of air space) ' { than other tires, size for size they L weigh more and -will give an unusual j amount of service. You oversize j your tires to get extra weight and, ( material, you get that in regular size3 j* when vou buy SOTTTHERXS sold by 1 MOWER'S GARAGE, J Lower Main St.1 ? 3-30-31. ? NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT : I will make a final settlement of the : J estate of Nannie A. Kicnaras in tne Probate Court for Newberry County,;c S. C., on the 3rd day of April, 1917, j at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and will t immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as Executor of said ?state, j All persons holding claims agains:.s the said estate will please present. s the same to the probate judge duly at- Jc tested and all persons indebted to the! * estate will make payment of the same, i c J. B. RICHARDS. ia 3-9-4L Executor, s t NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice is hereby given, that pursu ant to "An Act To Provide for an jc Election on the Issue of Forty Thous-! 1 and Dollars in Coupon Bonds by | T Cromer Township, in Newberry Coun-; ty, for the Purpose or constructing. and Maintaining the Public Roads la! Said Township, and to Provide a! t Sinking Fund for the Payment of the; Same, and a Commission to Expend, the Proceeds of Same," passed by the ; General Assembly at its session of I < 1917, and approved February 2x5, 1917, an election will be held 011 Monday,r me nulla day of April, in Cru-1 nier Township of Xewherry Count}. State of South Carolina. 011 the ques-1 tion of issue of forty thousand dol lars, thirty year, six per cent., cou pon bonds by said Township, for lii'-v purpose of constructing and main-; taining the public roads within said Township as provided in said Act. Those in favor of the said bond issue shall vote a ballot having plainly written or minted thereon the woras.1 "For the issue of bonds": those op- j posed to the said bond issue shall vote a ballot having plainiv written j or printed thereon the words, "Again&i i the issue of bonds." Said election: shall be held and conducted as now1 provided by law for general and spec- i ial elections. The following persons are appoint-; ed Managers of said election: Whitmire: H. M. Miller, W. Aughtry, W. A. Andrews. ; Rnfh "EMott P "VT PnlV ('hnrHnn T ! Cromer, W. E. Elmore. The said managers will open the polls at 7 o'clock A. M., and close, them at 4 o'clock P. M., at which time: they shall count the ballots and forth-; witb transmit the returns, together! with the ballots, ballot boxes and elec-j tion papers to the County Supervisor1 of Newberry County, at Newberry,! S. C. J. C. SAMPLE, County Supervisor. ; 3-lG-3t. NOTICE OF ELECTION IN KBOAD IlIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 24. Whereas, one-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age af twenty-one years, in Broad River) School District No. 24, of the County j of Newberry, State of South Caro- i lina, have filed a petition with the County Board of Education of New-' berry County, State of South Caro-j lina, petitioning and requesting that an election be held in said school dis-j trict on the question of levying a | special tax of two (2) mills to be col-j lected on all the taxable property. within the said school district. . Now, therefore, we the undersign- j ed. composing the County Board of! Education for Newberry County, State I af South Carolina, do hereby ordcj-j the Board of Trustees of the Broad; River School District, No. 24, to hold j in election on the said question of! lovvlntr a nnfioial tax of two C2) mlll^ ! to be collected on the property locat-i 2d in said School District, which i 3aid election shall be held at the| Broad River schoolhouse, in said I School District, No. 24, on Thursday,; Jie 12th day of April, 1917, at which j >aid election the polls shall be open ed at 7 A. M. and closed at 4 P. M. The members of the Board of Trus ses of said school district shall act; is managers of said election. Onl> j such electors as reside in said School. District and return real or personal i property for taxation, and who ex- j libit their tax receipts and registra-' ions certificates as required in gen-j iral elections, shall be allowod to i rote. Electors favoring the levy of mch tax shall cast a ballot contain ng the word "yes" written or print ed thereon, and each elector opposed .0 such levy shall cast a ballot con aining the word "No'" written or )rinted thereon. Given under our hands and seals his the 26th day of March, 1917. OHAS. P. BIARRE, (L. S.) 0. B. CANNON, (L. S.) JAS. P. KINAP.D, (L. S.) bounty Board of Education for New berry County. SO WE OF ELECTION IN REEDEIi FI1LE SCHOOL DISTRICT >0. 42 Whereas, one-third of the resident Sectors and a like proportion of the esident freeholders of the age of :wenty-one years, in Reederville >chool district, No. 42, of the county )f Newberry, State of South Carolina, lave filed a petition with f"he coun y board of education foT Newberry; ;ounty, South Carolina, petitioning I md requesting that an election be j ield in said school district on the; juestion of levying a special j ;ax of two (2) mills to be col ected on all the tixable property vithin the said scf ;ol district. Now, therefore. >ve the undersign ed, composing the county board of education for '.s'ewberry county, State )E soutn Carolina, uu ueieu* wuw he board of trustees of the Reeder rille School District No. 42, to lold an election on the said question >f levying a special tax of ;wo (2) mills to be collected on :tie property located in the said ichool district, which said election jhall be held at the Reederville' ;ohool house in said school district, j S'o. 42, on Thursday, the 12th day of *iQiT nt w'Moh cai/^ plpft.inn the! IwJJi 11, < I a. C TT K-rvv.V4 ? jolls shall be opened at 7 a. m. and rlosed at 4 p. m. The members of the board of trus ees of said school district shall act is managers of said election. Only j ;uch electors as reside in said j ichool district and return real j >r personal property for taxa-i ion, and who exhibit their tax re- j .'eipts ana registration ceruu-ctuca,; ls required in general elections, j >hall be allowed to vote. Elec ors favoring the levy of such tax | hall cast a ballot containing the j vord "Yes" written or printed there in, and each elector opposed to euch evy shall cast a ballot containing the 1 fovH "\7n" TTflttpn r>r nrfntf?d there- i I ? V* U 4.1 V IT A v* ? ID. Given under our hands and seals his the 26th day of March, 1917. OHAS. P. BARRE, 0. B. CANNON, JAS. P. KINARD, 3ountj Board of Education for New-; berry CMnty. DEMOCRATS EXPECT TO OiiGAMZE HOlSfc Support of Prohibitionist Likoly to (?ivc Thoni Control at the vStart Washington. March 26.?Organiza u;>n 01 11! c new no use by uie i.iemo c:. ts was declared to be assured to night by Representative Randall ot !luornia (Prohibitionist), one of the live socalled independents upon whom ihe political complexion of the house had seemed to hinge. i in?aw ? Mr. Randall returned to lA'asuing ton tonight from Los Angeles. On reading a statement issued during the day by Republican Leader Mann, of fering to retire from the race for the speakership in favor of Speaker Clark if n bi-nartisan or nnn-nartisan or ^anizarion was agreed upon, he said Mr. Mann was too late. He said lie was in a pos^ion to say that enough of the independents would vote with the Democrats to give the lattee-a ma jority and assure the administration control by its party of hoth houses of congress. -"ii. There have been indications for several days that the Democratic leaders had received satisfactory in formation concerning: the indeoen dents. Speaker Clark and other spokesmen of the party have predict ed the outcome apparently with com plete confidence. Democrats and Republicans go into the organization fight with 214 mem bers each, whiie 218 votes are requir ed to elect the speaker. So four of the five independents must join the Democrats to reelect Speaker Clark unless ther^ is deflection from the Re publican ranks. Meets With Opposition. Mr. Mann announced his willing ness to withdraw from the speaker ship race in favor of Speaker Clark privided Democrats and Republicans could agree to bi-partisan or non partisan organization of the new house, he drew protests against such a programme both from Democrats and from members of his own party. A similar plan had been discussed in formally before Mr. Mann left Wash ington but it had been generally be lieved that It had been eliminated from serious consideration. "I understand the Republicans have sufficient votes to elect me if they de sire to," Mr. Mann said, "but I do not think this is a time for a partisan struggle. We should go forward unit ed. Of course if the Republicans in sist that we should make the fight with me as their candidate, I will go along with them." Representative Lenroot of Wiscon sin, acknowledged leader of the Pro gressive Republicans in the house, who has bee* mentioned as a can didate for speaker against Mr. Mann, promptly declared that he was un qualifiedly oposed to the suggestion. Democrats including Speaker Clark, Floor Leader Kitchin and Represen-, latives Flood and Glass of Virginia, I Harrison of Mississippi and Garner of Texas, said emphatically that they would not agree to the Mann plan unless it became necessary to pre vent a long deadlock in the house. At the same time they declared their belief that they would organize the house from speaker down and some of them interpreted Mr. Mann's atti Lude as acknowledgement of the Re publicans inability to organize the house. TVflling to Run. Representative Mann said he was willine to make the race despite his Excursion Fares \ way System Fron Atlanta, ( nccoum lBiernauuiiai ets on sale June 15, 16 and 17 1 Macon, C Account The Chautauqua Conference for Education and I 17th to April 4th, inclusive wit iotn, 1917. New Orleans Account Southern Baptist May 11 to 16 inclusive with fi 1917. Limit may be extended ticket and paying fee of $1.00. Washington, Account National Society, Revolution; tickets on sale Api AtyHI ?r?tVi mt7 Washington, Account 27th Animal Rem eraiis and 22nd Annual Reunio: sale June 2nd to 7th inclusive v 21 st, 1917; extension until July payment of fee of 50c. Proportianately rei points. Call on local agei tion or address S. H. McL S. C. personal belief that it would the country's disadvantage. affairs .should have no place i ircoining house, he said, and wi the cou.'itry is to have peace or wa - fli'it oil nortioa ntiito at once to expedite imj-ortan: ?uUio business. I'emooratic plans, it appears are to force the organization fight to a par - tisan victory is possible. Some of the ' irrv spokesmen tonight predicted that the entire organization will be completed within a few hours after congress convenes next Monday. A tentative arrangement contem p'are? vie renaming ior the purpose of making committee nominations the ten members of the ways and means c l.niiuee of tne last congress who +V10 r>r\m in or /*nn PTPSR Tllfi custom 'heretofore has been for the ways and means committee to make the formal nominations for both sides although the Republican floor leader in reality has named the Republi cans. Most of the Democrats now here are hopeful their plana will be acceptable to the dissatisfied anti prohibitionists and the Northern | 'Democrats who have threatened a fight against Southern committee chairmen. Practically all the new committee assignments are expected tn irr\ tr\ fViQOQ alompnta L\J QV tV tUV>UV Plans Sot Forfeited. Republican organization plans have not yet been perfected and probably will not be before Saturday. The Re publican conference, originally set for Saturday night, was set forward to day to Saturday afternoon and notices urging attendance were sent -out to all Republican represen'atives elect. Confidence is expressed among both Democrats and Republicans that the houst will work harmoniously after the brush orver organization. The almost universal oDinion among : leaders today was that the president ; would not ask congress to consider any question which might result in partisan fights. The opinion is gen | eral that the session will not *ast j more than two months, i A confertnce on measures to be in j troduced by the foreign affairs com [ mittee during the coming session was ! held today between Secretary Lansing 1 and Chairman Flood, Representative Harrison of Mississippi, and Repre sentative Radsda.le of South Carolina o fthe coT .mittee. SEEKS BBCEUITS IX THE PIEMIOST Sooth Carolina Guard Will Begin * ramnalsm Immediately to In crease Man Power. The State. Campaigns\to secure recruits for the National Guard of South CaroHna are to begin immediately. Lieut Col. P. K. McCully of the First regiment *Ms week begins a campaign in the interest of recruiting. He plans to visit the home stations of all compan ies and confer with the commanding oflcers. i! 1 * "We need about 1,000 men to bring the First regiment up to war strength." said Col. McCully in the course of a visit to Columbia yester day. Blythe Ready to Serve. "If my country needs me I will ac -I it,^. oeoi OTlflH " fVll 1 me ^C1 uvr aooi&uvu, F. M. Blythe, former colonel of the First regiment, who was among the visitor* in Columbia yesterday. He recently resigned as colonel of the First regiment after seven months of border duty. ^ia Southern Rail i Newberry, S. C. aa. $b.l o ociation of Rotary Clubs; tick svith final limit June 25. 1917 >a. $6.95 of the South and Southern industry; tickets on sale March :h final limit returning April \j La. $20.90 Convention; tickets oa sale nal limit returning May 31, until June 15 by depositing D. C. $15.55 1 Daughters of the American il ioth to 15th with final limit n r tinfic: jur? y jl vi vu [lion United Confederate Vet n Sons of Veterans; tickets on rith final limit returning June 6th by depositing ticket and duced fares from other nis ror runner inrorma ,EAN, D. P. A., Columbia, 11 i1 i i1 I'll