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L. X X I VLXXXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1918 FUTURE OF W01 BASED ON RI Mr. Wilson Outlines the Which the Allies Wil To Be No Separate NOTHING LESS MUST ENTER IN Upon Acceptance or Rejection by the Central Powers of the Spirit of Democratic Rule, Restoration of Seized Territory and Restitution Depends the Diuration of the War Washington,)) Jan. 8.-President Wilson announicecd today to all the world the things 'for which America fights, and the conditions upon which she will discuss peace. Appearing suddenly, and with scarcely an hour's notice before the two houses of congress, he read a message outlining the principles for which the United States entered the war, and the guarantees which must be had before she lays down her arms. Fourteen numbered paragraphs in the body' of his epochal address, set forth his terms. Upon their accept ance or rejection by the central pow ers, hangs the question as to how long the war will last. America, President Wilson gave warning, will fight to the very end that the aims he out lines are won. Went Further Than Lloyd-George Endorsing the Lloyd-George speech of last week before the labor unions of Great Britain, President Wilson went much further than the British premier to meet the demands of the Liberals in all countries. In twenty two minutes of the most dramatic .speaking heard since he appeared be fore congress to declare war, the prsident seized again the guiding reins of allied diplomacy in the war. Placing America squarely beside Rus sia, President Wilson gave notice to all nations that the future peace of the world must rest upon foundations never before marked out in diplo macy. Not only, he declared, must there be justice and fair dealing in the world with the rights of all na tions, large and small, respected, but that the pitiless light of publicty shall play constantly upon all agreements and understandings in the intercourse of governments. The utterances Af the president lbst nothing of their tremendous import or dramatic effect by the unprepared nuess of congress to hear him. Hurried Gathering or Members Summoned in all directions and from all parts of the city, routed out of committee meetings and from con ferences, the members of the two branches piled into the great chamber of the house almost breathless and at sea as to what was coming. Word that the presifent was to speak spreadl from mouth to mouth with sufficient rapidity to bring a fair sized and con stantly increasing crowd to the gal leries. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, had heard that something was on and was the lone occupant of the diplohmatic gallery. Members of the Serbian mission, sud.. denly interrupted in their prepara tions to address the house themselves, lingered excitedly to hear the speech. When through a portal at the rear, and to one side. of the speaker's ros trum, a doorkeeper shouted stentori ously: "The President of the United States," a hush of Intense expectancy descended suddenly upon the assem blage.. Quickly the slim, well-groomed form of the president slipped through the ranks of the staid senators and rep resentatives acting as a committee of escorts and in three steps he was up on the rostrum.. A Dramatic Moment As he ktarted speaking there was a nervous coughing that subsided sud denly under a sibilant admonition of silence. The audience seated there be fore the praldent on the floor and . in the galleries, knew only that he was about to discuss the international .situation. .In what respect none of his hearers knew. There' was one exception, to be sure: A small, quiet-looking man, sat Ind.he gallerygtkeserved for membes sof the president'.' family. It was oal. INT IIL LD MUST BE SHT AND JUSTICE Plans to Congress Upon I Lay Down Their Arms. Peace. E. Al. House, recently Americ com missioner at the interallied var c<>n ferences at Paris and London, with whose advice the president acted. In the row in front of him sat Mrs. Wil son. Now and again as the applause broke forth from floor and galleries, the quiet little man, with face slightly flushed, with excitement, would lean forward and speak a word to Mrs. Wilson. Applause Tumultous And the applause was generous and at times tempestous. As the full effect of what the president was say ing bore in rpon the senators and congressmen before him, the applause grew in volume. The climax was reached whom the prE idriet declared that Germany must right the wrong the did to France fifty years ago "in the matter of Alsace-l.e-atne." Sen tors and representat;.-s old an-! young, Republican a rd Democratic, rose as with commor. impuse t their feet, and as the gallerics fki lowed suit roar after roar of ap proval crasher. up to I.e dona % the Capitol. Ne% Flashed to World Capital; Es than a 1. -n:! ,e I -!es aVw-y, >>: a cable office in New York city, as the president spoke, operators flashed forth to every corner of the world the momentous speech, all ciblds having been cleared for the exclusive purpose of getting the president's message abroad in the shortest possible time. Within several minutes after Mr. Wilson mounted the rostrum in the house of representatives at Washing ton, translators in the American le gation at the Hague and other neu tral capitals of Europe were tran scribing the message in shape for Newspapers certain to get into Ger many. No pains or expense had been 'spared to make certain that the peo ple in the enemy countries would read the appeal. "No statesman," the president was saying at Washington, "who has the 'east conception of his responsibility ought for a moment to permit himself to continue this tragical and appalling outpouring of blood and treasure, un less he is sure beyond a peradventure of doubt that the objects of the vital sacrifice are part and parcel of the very life of society, and the people for whom he speaks think them right and imperative as he does." Spoke Also for Allies The presidient spoke not only for America, but for the allies. With Col. House adivising him, it is assumed that he spoke by sonme kind of agree ment, reached at the interallied wvar (conferences, that there should not longer be a hesitancy about announc Ing war aims. At all events members of the allied diplomatic corps were to night enthusiastic over the speech. "Nothing has ever been said that solidifies so completely the aims of the nations at war with Germany," was the way one weighed its effect. P'acifists Give Approval Pacifists in congress joined in the verdict of approval for the first time since they split a year ago over the proposal of arming American mer chantmon--before the United States entered the war. Senator Stone, of Missouri, walked arm-In-arm with the president leav ing the chamber. Only Senator La Follette was con spicuous by his absence. OLD SUGAR FOR 12 CENTS; UP FOR PROFITEERING New York, Jan. 6.-Sugar profit eering has been charged against one of the city's largest wholesale houses, and federal agents were busy today gathering additional evidence upon which to base action. Ala:) Fox, who is in charge of the burea:) of licenses of the federal board in New York, dle clared today that the grocery house, Which he declined to name, had been aalling nuar at 12 cn'ts a pouns. SON 0111 ENFORCED RATIONING IS PROPOSED Wheatless and Meatless Days Will Be Made Compulsory if Bill Passes Congress Washington, Jan. 7.-Legislation looking to the cqmpulsory conserva tion of food-possibly a system of en forced rationing-is being prepared. Under the proposed legislation whcatless (lays, meatless days, 'as well as other regulations for food conservation will be made absolutely compulsory. This can be stated on the highest authority. Voluntary conservation has failed to produce the quantities of food desired for movement overseas, although the campaign for food sav ing is being supported loyally by hundreds of thousands of persons throughout the country. Enemy aliens, it has been learned by the food administration, have re fused deliberately to obey the recon mendation to conserve food. They hav exerted themselves publicly an privately to balk the success of the movement. Great quantities of wheat, meat, sugar and fats are required for the 'armies abroad. The country is short of these basic foods. Proper conser vation or regulation of the table for their elimination whenever possible, vation or regulation of the table for would aid in a great measure, the food administration pointed out wren dt started the campaign. While the great majority of families have fallen in with the idea warmly and given :upport, thousands of others have failed absolutely, going to the point of stocking ly wherever possible. Wheatless and meatless (lays are being observed by voluntary act. Sav ing of sugars and fats has been urged. Substitution has not been adopted as widely as the government has wished With the proper substitution, it is be lieved that a fairly satisfactory quan tity of these necessary foods could be supplied to the armies; but now that neither conservation nor substtuuon has produced the required results, government officials can see no other way to obtain .the food except by con. pulsory conservation if not absolute rationing. Compulsory conservation as is now contemplated will, bring the necessary quantities of food and possibly derer indefinitely the adoption of compui sory rationing of all foods. The need for more drastic meas ures was emphasized, officials point ed out, in the state of Lord Rhondda, the food administrator of Great Br-t ain, who said it was demanTed in hfs country; by the announcement tha France had been compelled to reduce her bread ration, and by the dis patches from Italy that the supply of food to the people has been cut down so the soldiers may be better fed. "D)RY" U. S. RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN SENATE DuRant's Measure Would Have Legis lature Ratify the Federal Amendment Columbia, Jan. 8.-Special: Senator Charlton DuRant, of Clarendon, au thor of the quart-a-month liquor law, this afternoon introduced in the Sen ate a joint resolution providling for a ratification of the national prohibi tion amendlment, recently passed by Congress. Representative Victor F. Rector, of Darlington, this morning introdlucedl such a resolution in the House. Senator DuRant's resolution was referred to the judiciary commn.. tee. A steering committee, comp~osedl of three Senators, was proposed, in a resolution introduced by Senator J. J. 'Evans, of Marlboro. The resolution cited the need for handling all bills with the utmost dlispatch andl the elimination of all trivial pieces of leg islation. Senator G. K. Laney, of Chesterfield, vigorously attacked the resolution on the ground that it would set a dangerous precedlent, and that the wisdom and patriotism of the senators would be rolled on to pre vent the frittering away of the Sen ate's valuable time. "This Senate doesn't need a set of guardians" sali Senator Laney. This resolution was carried over for consideration tomorrow. The Senate then adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow raorning. LINES I PLANS BEING PREPARED FOR I1H[ MOBItIlATION OF All KINDS LABOR Tremendous Expansion of Employ ment Service in Progress in Preparation for Recruiting DENSMORE TO BE DIRECTOR To Organize Workers for Agriculture, Government Shipbuilding and War Contracts Washington, Jan. 7.--Mobilization of 3,000,000 workers for agriculture, shipbuilding and war contracts was directed today to the Unite dStates employment service by the Depart ment of Labor. Tremendous expansion of the serv ice is in progress in preparation for recruiting men necessary to carry on the economic work in support of the military forces in the war. Solu tion o' the labor shortage problem by this means is confidently proposed by the lepartment and the cooperating labor organiz:ators in answer to sug ge3tions that eotscription of labor is necessary. 100,000 Mechanics An early result is cxnected to be the placing of 400,000 mechanics in ship building plants to aid in hurrying to completion the merchant marine pro gram. .John B. Densmore, of Montana, so lictor for the Department of Labor, will be the national director of the em ployment service by appointment of Secretary Wilson. ie will have as his assistant Robert Watson, of Massa chusetts, and Charles T. Clayton, of Maryland. Samuel Gompers, of New York ,son of the labor leader, will succeed Mr. Watson as the depart ment's chief clerk. Organization Plans Organization plans for the new ser vice were described in an official statement, which said: "The United States employment service has been divorced from the Bureau of Immigration, under whose control it has been since its establish ment, made a separate arm of the de partment and one of the largest and most important war prosecuting or ganizations of the national gov -n meat. "Through the utilization of existing and projected federal, state and mu nicipal employment offices and the la bor supplying facilities of the various state councils of defense, the federal employment service will cover the en tire continent with a network of in terrelated labor exchanges. These will 'recruit' and transfer wvorke rs from one section to another andl eliminate the present chaotic situation of a surplus of wvorlkers in one region and a shortage in another. Reserve Forces "Supplementing this labor dlistribu tion work the expandled federal ser vice will create a vast reservoir of la bor to meet the increasing dlemandls of the various war industries by means of its two auxiliary bodies, the United States Public Service and the United States Boys' Working Reserve. The creation of this)jabor surplus already is under way. "The public service reserve is ex lpeetedl by the Department of Labor and the heads of organized labor to solve the labor shortage problems and to prove a conscription of labor to be unnecessary. The executive conmmit tees of many of the largest interna tiona.l unions are cooperating with the reserve's heads in the enrollment of their members and their voluntary accepth.nce of war jobs. . SatIsfactory to All "The making of the United States Employment Service the instrument for the handling of the national labor question meets with the approval of both employers and employes. Since tho entrance of the United States In to the war the American FederatIon of Labor, representing the workers, and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, speaking for employ ers and business generally, both have sought the action announced today." SENATOR E. I). SMITH HEADS COMMITTEE South Carolinian Heads Big Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce l'OIMERENE'S FIGHT FAILS Washington, Jan. 7.-Senator Elli son D. Smith, of South Carolina, was chosen today by the Senate Democrat ic steering committee to be chairman of the interstate commerce committee, succeeding the late Senator Newlands, and will have charge of the adminis tration railroad legislation in the Sen ate. Although formal announcement of Senator Smith's selection was de ferred, it was understood that he had virtually unanimous support of the steering committee, which adhered to the long standing rule of seniority of committee rank. Friends of Senator Pomerene, Qif Ohio were understood to have claimed the chairmanship for him because he had longer service on the committee, although he was not its ranking ma jority member, Senator Smith will re tire as chairman of the Senate immi gration committee and the steering committee plans to meet tomorrow to arrange for his formal selection on the interstate commerce committee and other committee changes hanging upon the transfer. Senator James, of Kentucky, was chosen by the steering committee to fill the Democratic vacancy resulting from Newland's death. RED CROSS CAMP'AIGiN The Chriatmas campaign for the Red Cross among colored people was successfully conducted. Several hun dred colored people joined the society. Popular meetings were held in the court house, Liberty Hill, A. M. E. church and the A. M. E. church at Remini. Two very fine addresses were deliv ered at the court house meeting by Rev. P. P. Watson of Columbia, and Rev. E. H. McGill of Orangeburg. Mc Gill's speech was one of the best de livered here at colored gatherings. It is thought that McGill will be the speaker again next Sunday when the first rally will be given in Liberty Hill. Principal I. M. A. Myers spoke for the Red Cross at Liberty Hill last Sunday. Frank King and W. E. De Iaine also went and a number of mebers were enrolled. Messrs. E. C. Horton, F. P. Bur gess and S. O. O'Bryan addressed the colored people at Remini and the response to the Red Cross there was worthy of note. COT''ON EXPORT RIIING Waoshingto~n, Jan. 8.-The war trade boat' a '1s amtendled the ruling in re gars' t' the exportation cf raw cotton, as follows: "On .Januairy 8 and thereafter, until further action is taken by the board. no indlividual licenses shall be requir ed for the exportation of raw cotton to the United Kingdom, France, Italy or .Japan, 01r their colonies, possessions of protectorates, with the exception of Egyptian andl se'a island cotton, the exportation of witich to any coun try of the worldl will on and after that date, January 8, require an indli vidlual license. It is necessary, there fore, that shippers' dleclarations cov ering shipments of raw cotten dlestined to either Great Britain, France, Italy or Jap~an state clearly thereon the ex act type of raw cotton to b shipped. MANY A. C. L. MEN ARE IDLE WVaycross, Ga., .Jan. 8.-According to statement made by offficials of the Atlantic Coast Line tonight, follow tng a conference of labor leaders and officials of the railroad over the al leged failure of 1,500 men to resume work after the noonday lunch today, no agreement has been reached. Labor leaders say that the men refusd to work with a non-union workman who is saidl to hay come here from Mont gomery. They deny that it is a walk out or a strike, however. The matter has been reported to Washington, it is stated. The shops are the largest on tie Coast Line system. R00MM BIG OFF[NSIVE MOVEMENT INOW IN PREPARATION ON WESTERN FRONT Artillery Duels in France, Flanders and Italy Forecast Big Engage ments Very Soon HUNS REPULSED IN RAIDS Bolsheviki Reported to be Preparing to Resist Huns-Status of Peace Dealings Dark Although infantry operations in the major war theaters are of a minor character, signs arc not wanting that big battles are in the process of mak ing in Flanders, France and Italy. At various points in these three war zones intensive artillery duels are going on (lay and night. They are par ticularly severe in the region of Ypres and the Cambrai sector, where the British 'are facing the Germans; along the Aisne on the Verdun sector a'nd1 along the Moselle river, where the forces of. the German Crown Prince and Grand Duke Albrecht, of Wurttemburg, are opposing the French, and in the Italian highlands from the region of Lake Garda east ward to the Piave river, where the Austro German troops are aligned against the Italians, French and Brit ish. Germans Repulsed Southwest of Ypres, Flanders, the Germans have made an attempt to en ter British positions, but met with repulse and heavy losses under the fire of the British infantry and ma chine guns. Likewise an attempted raid against the French position on the historic dill 304, in the Verdun sector, was stopped with sanguinary losses to the Germans. These two ma noeuvers constitute the only activity by infantry forces at any points ex cept that small British patrols at sev eral places forced crossings of the Piave river against the Teutonic al lies. Peace Negotiations The situation arising in the dis agreement between the Teutonic allies and the Bolsheviki leaders in Russia still remains clouded owing to lack of definite information concerning the trend the negotiations are taking or whcthc r they have entirely ceased. An unofficial dispatch from Petrograd (luotes M. Radek, one of the Bolshev iki delegates who has been treating with the Au:= .rians and Germans in Petrograd, as declaring that the Bol sheviki is definitely strengthening the fighting front, but that the Russians will accept no help from the Entente Allies if they are forced to fight again, as the Russians are fighting for an idealI andl not for conquest. The Bolsheviki, like the German working classes, added M. Radek, stand for a democratic peace and that if the Ger man government attacks the Russian < "it will display itself to its own peo ple in its true light." Meanidit ime' thle rm'dian social dem oeratic padrty has conme out strongly against the Gernin plan of amnexa tion as set forth at the Brest-Litovsk conference, and in a resolution has declared that a lasting peace is possi ble only if the denmocratie principle of self-determinmat ion is honestly ecarrie I out.. Tlhe resolution added that the party is resolved abs~ol utely to combat the misuse of thle right of self-deter mination for the p)urpose of dIisguising annexations. A nother A merican steamsh ip, the Harry Luckenbach, has bee'n sunk by an enemy submarine somewhere in the wvar zone. Eight members of the crew of the steamer are rportdl missing. Earl Reading has been appointed British high commissioner in the United States. In addition to being an able jurist he is one of Great Brit ain's best knowvn financiers. ------ FAVORlA BIE REPORT MADE Washington, .Jan. 8.--A favorable report was submitted by the House woman suffrage committee today on the Raker federal suffrage amend ment resolution. It is identical with one already reported without reom mendation by the judliciary committee. The Hlouse votes on suffrage on Thursdny.