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SALLTOBACC SALES NOW START AT 10:30_'CLOCK A. M., S2AR1P VOL. XXXVII MANNING, S. . WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1917 O3 DENMAN AND GOEIHALS ARE NOW OUT OF SHIPPING BOARD Edward N. Hurley Will Become Chairman of Board. W. L. CAPPS TO BE MANAGER Bainbridge Colby to Succeed White on Board. Washington, July 24.-President Wilson today asked Chairman Den man, of the shipping board, to resign and accepted the resignation of Maj. - Gen. Goethals as general manager of the emergency fleet corporation. Edward N. Hurley, a Chicago busi ness man and former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, will be come chairman of the shipping board. Washington L. Capps, chief construc tor of the navy, will succeed Gen, Goethals as general manager of the emergency fleet corporation. Bain bridge Colby, of New York, will be come a member of the shipping board in place of Captain John B. White, whose resignation the president ac cepted today. Official announcement of the accept ance of the resignation of Goethals and White was made with publication of a letter from President Wilson te Chairman Denman asking for his res ignation, and giving the President's opinion that the only way. to end the row which has delayed the shipbiuld ing- program was for both Goethals and Denman to be removed from the situation. In asking for Mr. Denman's resig nation, President Wilson suggested that he would be glad to have Mr. Denman take "the same disinterrest ed and selfforgetting course that Gen Goethals has taken." "When you have done as he has done," the President wrote Mr. Den man, "I am sure that you hay couni with the utmost confidence upon the untimate verdict of the people of the country with regard to your mag riamious and unselfish view of public duty and upon winning in the respect the same admiration and confidence that I have learned to feel for you.' Action Causes Surprise. President Wilson's action came as a surprise. Officials generally had thought he would make another effori to patch up differences and divide specially between Chairman Denmar and Gen. Goethals powers conferred on him by the shipping act. Denman Resigns. Chairman Denman received the President's request for his resigna tion at noon and tendered it imme diately. "I want to help the Pre:dent in every way possible" he said, "and never have questioned the wisdom of the decisions." Letter to Denman. The President's letter to Mr. Den. man follows: "I hope and believe that I am in terpreting your best judgment as well as my own when I say that our dluty concerning the debate and misunder standlings that have arisen in connec tion with the shipbiuldmsg progarni ought to b~e settled without regard tc our personal preferences or our per sonal feelings altogether, and wvith the single purpose of doing what wvill bc best to serve the p)ublic interest. "No dlecision wve can now arrive at could eliminiate the elements of con troversy that have crept into almost every question connected wvith the pro. graan; and I am convinced that the only wvise course is to begin afresh 'not upon the program, for that is ail ready in large part in process of ex ecution, but up)on the further exeu tiore of it. "I have found both you and Gen, Gloethals ready to serve the public at a personal sacrifice. Realizing that the only m'onner in which the way can be completely cleared for harmonious and effective action is to carry our shipbuilding plans forward from this point through new agencies. Gen. Goethals has put his resignation in m'y hands; and I have accepted it in the same spirit in which it was tendered not as deciding between two meri Manning's PRESAGES BRITISH MOVE Heaviest Artillery Battle of War on In Flanders. Berlin, July 24.-(Via London.) An artillery battle of an intensity never paralelled previously is raging day and night in Flanders, the war office announces. The German announcement indi cates that in all likelihood the ex pected British offensive is at hand. Several times recently Berlin has re ported heavy artillery fighting in Flanders and the intensity of today's bombardment probably denotes the last stage of preparations before the blow is struck. It has been predicted that the next attack of the British would surpass any effort previously made by them. The opening of the offensive may be hastened to assist the hard pressed Russians. 0 - NORFOLK CARS GUARDED Traction Company Refuses to Recog nize the Union. Norfolk, Va., July 24.-With prac tically all acrs guarded by members of the home guard and many manned by strike-breakers, Norfolk's street car service tonight was nearer normal than any time since the strike began early today. The traction company refuses to recognize the union. whom I respect and admire, but in order to make invidous decisions un necessary and let the work be devol oped without further discussion of what is past. "I am taking the liberty of writing to tell you this in the confidence that you will be glad to take the same dis interested and selfforgetting course that Gen. Goethals has taken. When you have done as he has done, I am sure that y'"- my count with the ut most confida.L pon the ultimate ver dict of the peo- le of the country with regard to your mapnamimous and un selfish view of public duty and upon winning in the retrospect the same admiration and confidence that I have learned to feel for you. "With much regard and very great appreciation of the large services you have rendered, cordially and sincerely yours, (Signed) Woodrow Wilson," Letter to Goethals. President Wilson's letter to Gen. Goethals follows: "Your letter of July 20 does you great honor. (This was the general's letter of resignation). It is conceiv ed in a fine spirit of public duty such as I have learned to expect of you. This is, as you say, a case where the service of the public is the only thing to be considered. Personal feelings and personal preferences must be re solutely set aside, and we must do ,te thing that is most serviceable. "It is with that thought in mind that I feel constrained to say that I think that you have interpreted your duty rightly. "No impart ia(ltermmation of the qjuestions at issue can now set the shipbuilding promptly and e*ffetively on its way to compjletion and suc cess. It is best that we ake the s;elf forgetting course you soggest and be gin again with a fresh sheet of palper' ---begin not the. shipbuilding, but the further admin istrationi of the pi o gram. The shipbuilding is, happily, in large part begun andl can ,a$sleac be pushed to completion if the air be cleared of the dlebater. that have un fortunately darkened it. ''With deep app~lreciat ion therefore of your generous attitude and with genuine admiration of what you have been able in a short time to accom plish, I accept your resignation and feel that in doing so I am acting upon your best judgment as wvell as may owvn. I hope that you will feel the same undoubting confidence that I feel that the people of the country, for wvhom you have rendered great service, wvill judge you justly andl gen erously in this as in other things, and that all personal misunderstandings andl misjudgments that nave been cre ated will pass in a short time entirely away." robacco Mar IILMAN TO HELP ON NIIROC[N BILL litrogen Amendment to Food Bill Important. GOES TO CdNFERENCE Dbjection Anticipated in the House, But South Carolina Members May Win Out. Washington, July 2.-One of the most interesting political moves seen here in years was put through when the senate yesterday passed the Till man amendment to the food bill in corporating the original E. D. Smith resolution providing that $10,000,000 be appropriated to obtain nitrogen and sell it to farmers at cost. It will be remembered that the house appropriations committee some time ago refused to sanction the Smith resolution after Secretary Houston had opposed it. Congressman Byrnes of South Carolina is a mem ber of this committee and for its di verse action he was severely criticis ed. smarting under this criticism he saw his chance recently to make good. He thereupon wrote Senator Smith, while the latter was at home, regard ing the matter and at the same time had Senator Tillman agree to offer the resolution as an amendment to the food bill. This was done and it was yesterday passed. The bill is now in conference. Byrnes and Lever Alert. Here is where the interesting part comes in. Senator Smith had the bill passed by the senate, and, as stated, the house appropriations. committee would not stand for it. Senator Till man got it through a san amendment. It will be protected in conference by Congressman Lever, one of the house conferees, and it vill bl brought on the floor. If it passes there all of the South Carolina men named will have credit for it. If it is killed by some member, probably congressman Fitz gerald 'of New York, Mr. Byrnes will have the credit of having got it squarely before the house for a vote by initiating the Tillni.n amendment. and if that body kills it, it will be the fault of no one from South Caro lina. In a nutshell, the South Caro ininns have placed themselves where no one could in any way charge its defeat to them if it fails to get by the house yet. On the other hand, all four mentioned will share its credit if it goes through. In debating the matter on the sen ate floor Senator Tillman said: "Owing to the condition in which the senate now finds itself, I desire to say a few words in regard to the amendment which I have offered, and which I shall later ask to have read. "The amendment to which I have reference has already passed the sen ate as a joint resolution by a vote of 62 to 8. It ought to be adopted as an amendment to this bill by unanimous vote, for these reasons: Fertilizers are necessary in a large part of the South to make corn or cotton either. Soils once fertile have been worn out and wvashed away by bad farming, andl the holl wvecvil, starting in Te'xas, has trave'led e'astwardl until it has reached Middle Georgia and is already getting read yto cross the Savannah Rtiver from Georgiai into South Carolina. Fertilizers Necessary. "Southern farmers in the other States have to have fertilizers to make any kind of a paying crop, and the most importalnt ingredlient in our fertilizers is ammonia or nitrogen. They are the same thing under di f ferent ihe:nical c~onditions.. Cotton seed meal, dIried blood and tankage and nitrate of soda supply these two v itally necessary ingredients. Tfhe price of all four are nowv nearly pro hibitive, and nitrate of sodia can not be had in suflicient quantity at any price. This amendment merely au thorizes the presidlent to buy or pro cure, in whatever way he thinks best, ships and sendl to Chile for the nitrate. These ships could carry coal as far ais Panama and deposit it there, un loadl, pass through the canal and~ in a short time reach Chile, load with nitrate, andl come on back, thus hav ing a load both ways, reducing the cost to a minimum. ket is Payin CONGRESSMAN MANN BLOCKS FOOD BILL Partisan Fight Likely Over Proposal for Commission on War Expenditures. G. O. P. CALLS IN ABSENTEES Democrats Prepared to Use Special Rule and Force Bill to Conference. Washington, July 24.-The admin istration's program of food legislation encountered another delay today when Repul ican Leader Mann blocked plans, to hurry the food control bill to conference. The proposal to create a joint commission of Congress on expenditures of the war, written into the bill in the Senate and objected to by President Wilson as signifying a lack of confidence in him, was the fea cure which started the trouble. The Republican leader rallied many mem bers of his party about him and to night the situation had taken on the aspect of a partisan fight virtually for the first time since the war ses sion met. Threaten Special Rule. Administration leaders, despairing of sending the bill to conference un der unanimous consent agreement, are prepared to bring in a special rule tomorrow under which they expect to force a conference and in addition to instruct the conferees to disagree to all Senate amendments. Taking the administration managers by surprise, Mr. Mann served notice when the bill came up today that he would not give the unanimous consent for the bill to go to conference unless a separate vote was permitted on the war com mittee proposal. A hasty canvess of those present convinced the adminis tration men that they could not be certain of a majority against the pro posal for the amendment and adjourn ment was taken. Unanimous consent again will be asked tomorrow before the special rule is invoked, but the Republican leaders have summoned the entire membership here for a vote and a partisan livision seems certain. KILLED ON HONEYMOON New York Train Crashes Into Automobile. Port Clinton, Ohio, July 24.---A New York Central mail train crashed into an automobile which was stalled at a grade crossing here late today and six persons, including a newly married couple on their honeymoon, were killed and one injured. The dead: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Joseph, of Cicero, Ill.; Mrs. Frank Joseph, 52, of Luckey, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Notacker, 55, of Shelby, Ohio; Herman Iohls 24, and Mrs. Fred Sherman, 48 of Pemberville, Ohio. Miss Esther Joseph, 22, was badly injured, but will recover. -0 --- GII(L MARlSHAL ARIESTS MAN CALLED SI.ACKER Huntington, W. Va., July ')4 Miss Gladys Cornwecll, dlainty andl prectty, wvho besides being secretary to United States Marshal W'illiom Osborne', is the only woman dleputy marshal in West Virginia, has begun a cnmpaign against slackers. Miss Cornwell .says she has a priofound contemp)t for slac kers. She asked permission to go) out to the country club and arrest an ema llOye, wvho, it was alleged, had failed to register. She toldl her prisoner to submit quietly and he did. anybody's piower; it does not make any assault upon the constitution or1 change it. It merely authorizes the president to use $10,000,000 to obtain the soda and sell it to farmers for 'cash in adlvance at c<,st.' "The amendlment is so simple, so clear in its provisions, that it ought not to excite any debate, andl every senator in this chanmber ought to vote for it. If I were to talk two hours, I could not say more, andl I have long since learned in making speeches when I can pot say anything worth while or new 'to stop." g the Highe DRAFT LISTS MAILED OUT Upon Receiving Them Boards Will Summon Men. Washington, July 24.-With the master lists of Friday's conscription drawing in the mail for distribution to the local boards, the task of as' sembling the national army of a half million had passed out of the hands of the Federal Government tonight and into those of the civilian authorities who will notify the nen drawn and pass on exemptions. As soon as the lists are received, each board will summon for physical examination double the number of men in the district quota. If more are needed the authorities will keep on calling until the quota is filled. The final list shows only a few errors in the official report of the drawing already transmitted through out the country by the press. Includ ing all the adjustments found neces sary in corecting the official list to make up for numbers that were read upside down, or were misread, and also errors in transcription in the rush of the drawing and the haste to get the figures to the wires, there are less than two score variations between the list compiled by the Associated Press and the master sheet. The surprise of the official record is the fact that the missing number in dicated by the drawing of a blank capsule as number 10,004, was located as serial number 5,794. It was placed last in the master sheet and becomes iability number 10,500. No. 2,78( Irawn as number 10,498 was found to be duplicated and was stricken out. ANTI-VICE LAW FOR COLUMBIA Spirited Passages During Discussion Before City Council. Columbia, July 24.-The resolution to "close up and prevent the establish. ment or maintaining within the city of Columbia of any house of ill fam< prostitution or assignation, andl tc prevent and surpress all prostitutior within the limits of said city, intro luced by this before city council June 25, by Councilman DuPre- and which passed second reading Tuesday, July 10, was adopted as an ordinance at the regular meeting of city council this morning. Much debate, some of which was quite heated, was indulged in by Ash ley C. Tobias, Jr., a Columbia attor ney, who opposed the pasage of the ordinance, and F. H. McMaster, State insurance commissioner; Alan John stone, Jr., representing the Civic Lea. gue, and others, who advocated the immediate pasage of the ordinance Mr. McMastcr made quite an attacl; on Major Gen. Leonard Wood, con rnander of the Southeastern Depart ment. The attack was actuated by a letter from Gen. Wood, in reply t< cnF v.'ritten by Mayor Griffith, ask ing Geg. Wood's views upon the re tention or elimination of the vice dis trict. Gen. Wood wrote that he thought "the safest way and the one which is most practicable, is to segr" gate these women, stop the sale of liquor and gambling in the (listrict, flood it with light and prohibit the entrance into it of men in unifonrm, also keel) it undler the most rig id medical supervision." TANK ERS AltE TAI( EN OVER BY N AY Washington. .July 2.1. -10 als.ure transportation for the navy's supp Ily of fuel oil, Secretary D anijels todhiy requiLIisditied se'veni conn nenciaul t auk - ers. T1hey wvill repJort as soon) as pos sible to v'arious Atlantic and P aciflic ports and be put in readiness for navy~ service. - -o HIARHO(RS IlLL AGAIN IN SENATIE Washington, July 24.--The rivers and harbors bill was again the after noon wvork of the senate. Kenyon, of Iowa, attacked the $27,000,000 "pork" measure in an endleavor to show the "padding" he asserted had been put into it by the Democratic. Little prog 'ress was made in the actual passage. st Prices-=Br MANY BILLIONS WILL BE NEED[D FOR IHE SECOND DRAFTING McAdoo Announces $5,000,000,000 Ad. ditional Will be Needed for Second Draft. NEWS -FALLS LIKE BOMB War Revenue Plans Upset and Con gress Asked to Hold Up the Bill. Washington, July 24.-Plans work-. el out in Congress for raising war revenue were overturned today by an nouncement of forthcoming additional estimates for war expenditures ag-. gregating more than $5,000,000,000 principally in addition to assembling a second army of 500,000 men under the selective draft. Secretary McAdoo at a special meeting of the Senate finance com mittee revealed that the War Depart-. ment is alone preparing estimates te cover additional expenditures of near ly $5,000,000,000 and asked the com mittee to hold the $1,670,000,000 war tax bill, until the detailed estimates of all departments are submitted. New Estimates. The new. estimates, including $500," 000,000 additional for the Shipping Board and $100,000,000 for the Navy Department are to be submitted to the committee late this week, then there will begin another revision of the war revenue measure probably resulting in an increase of the bill's gross tax levy by from $350,000,00Q to $1,500,000,000. Besides the additional sums needed for the American war program, See retary McAdoo told the Senate com mittee that the $3,000,000,000, au thorized for loan to the Allies prob ably would last only until October and that about $2,000,000,000 for their further assistance would be needed. Provision for this, however, is not planned in connection with pending, revenue legislation. It probably will be considered at the next session. No Recommendations. The Secretary made no recommen dations as to what part of the total should be raised by taxes and what. part by bond issues or other credits. It was reported, however, that the Treasury Department would favor raising $1,000,000,000 more than had been planned in taxes, making the bill $2,670,000.000. As to the tax sources to be tappet: to meet the new estimates, the com mittee for the present is at sea. M : McAdoo's announcement came entixr ly without waraning. The first disposi tion was to turn to new taxes on wsar excess pirofits and incomes. 'i here are many great sources or revenue open for a great and rich people like ours," said Chairman Sim mons, but he would not predict what the c(oimmitt ,e would do. A meeting f will be held immediately after the new; estimates are submitted. Call For Estimates. At today'~s meeting a resolution was adopmjtedl calling for submIssion of new estimates by all dlepartments, so that the wVhole wvar expendliture p)rogram? mayI be co'nsidleredl inr connection with bhe pend ing war tax legislat ion. The $5,000,000,000( army increase, Secret ary McAdoo in for-me:d the comn. mnittee, is largely to prov'ide for the secondI~ dra ft army of 500,000(H men, toa he cal ledl yh ile the fi rst fl00i,0001 are under t raining. The $5,000,000,006; wouldl pronvide for expendit ores anlt il Jiuly I , 1918. D urinmg today's debart e on the rivers and harbors bill, Sena tor Smroot pr'esented statistics to show~ that appiropriat ions of the war ses sion al readly alggre4atte W.1,226,000,000, so thamt the ne w estimna tes wvoulId raise the total of the year for the war wiell above $14,000,000,000. AltiRESTl MAI)E IN TETfAN US PLASTER CAS It Erie, Pa., Jutly 24.-A government pirobe has startedl here followving the arrest of "Mike" Tromb~o, an Austrian. lie ha~s been selling courtplarster. Misa Louise McDonaldl used some of the plaster and is suff'ering from lockjaw.. lng it Here.