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P- ' % v r * V-. flfldJfJHZ, ;-v. ; W' ^iSpV 1 SOIIE CHANGES IN VikJIUUI IVI III IIULbU ' NEW LIST OP REGULATIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OP THE e PRESS. ' ENFORCEMENT OP TO PRESS RtpMtod Violation* Which Wore Excused on the 800re of Misunder* standing Cauee New Rtjles and Request for Their Observance. ' , ' Washington.?A new list of press regulations making material changes in the voluntary censorships rules'un*. * der which American newspapers have been operating was promulgated by the committee on nnhllr (Nfnmatlftn UThe new regulations .contain tile first general request that there be no published mention of the arrival of American troops at European ports, replacing In that respect- an express authorisation in the old rules for use (of any cable dispatches basset by the European censors. , The old regulations are made more severe by specific stlpdlations In place of the more general language emv jyed in the rules In fore until pow. Information wn<cn (tie government considers might reveal military movements or policies Is described in great ' * detail. . ? In the statement announcing the new regulations, George Creel, ^hairman of the committee, says that "repealed and serious violations of the voluntary censorship have been attempted to be excused en the score of "misunderstanding," and that a "re statement" la made with the id<". that hereafter there shall be no room for doubt as to the committee's desires. The (natances In which, the most serious charges' of violation have been made, however,- have not resulted frtom misunderstanding of the com, mitee's rules, but from following them implicitly. These instances have involved publication of dispatches passed by the European censors, announcing the arrival of American unitary units In Europe. PROMPT, CFFICIENT WORK BY EXEMPTION BOARD Prooedure tjas Been Stripped of AU "Red Tape." Washington.?Prompt and efficient work by district oxemptlop boards is expectea oy government officials as - a result of stripping all red tape from the procedure of the tribunals. President Wilson's Executive order outlining the principles to govern exemptions. coupled with instructions to ' the boards from Provost Marshal General Crowder are regarded here as setting in motion the lust phase of the selection process with a minimum og confusion and delay. The object of the instructions is to impress the boards with the view that their primary purpose is to select the personnel for th6 national army -in the shortest possible time. To that end they have been infduntd lum no *?kri precedents will bind ; them, and that there need be no adherence to rules of evidence or other technicalities of court procedure. * Atjorney General Gregory set in motion further machinery to increase j the sise of the registration reservoir from which 687,000 man or thp first I call are to be drqwn. -Thousands of J men failed to register for one cause , or another. Through tbe district at-.l ' torneys, the department .of justice is rounding up these men and when i found they will be assigned numbers i which will insure their bdlng called j up for examination at an early date- I The first reports of the local boards on physical examination are beginning to appear. As yet they are not complete enough to make anv logical deduction as to the probable average of rejection for reaaon. The draft statistics of the civil war which ahowed between twenty-five arW. thltty per cent Ejected on this ground, still are the best guide on the question. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF , DRAFT TO BI TESTED ' Athens- Ga.?Opponents ot .the selective draft, attending a mass meeting at Bold'a Springs,, jeered loyal cttlaeas who eought to \ warn them meetlo* wu one of a eerie* of denfeonatratlone la Georgia' against the Saw. The fufcaence of a United States u ? i iv> * 1 * I A * ' ^ r ' '* ' ' ? ' t. L TRAVIS ii. ! ^ifl I^PthtBm jpx |^BB1^h.^|^B^^B |^B Be g m m B 9 H r|| Ri H -^g gg ^shS^H E. L. Travis, now chairman of the corporation commission of North Carolina, has boon selsctsd by Praaldant Wilson as a member of the interstate | commission, to be named as soor. as congress passes the bill enlarging that body from nine to eleven. { , k a ARE AWAITING FULL REPORTS NEW E8TIMATE BY WAR DEPARTMENT EXCEED8 FIVE BILLION DOLLAR8. ?i As Soon as the Departmental Reports Arei In the Committee Will Begin Work on Budget?Provide for Big Loams. Washington.?The new war budget to carry the government through to next July and to cover additional credits to the allies promises now to far exceed the eight billon dollars, and may amount to ten pillion. War department estimates sent to 'Qongress calls for new approprla lions'of 15,278,636,000 (or that bfanoh of the military* establishment alone. Estimates totalling another. $1,000,000,000 or more are expected when the other departments report their needs, and in addition, Secretary^McAdo has indicated that before the year is out Congress will be asked (or a $2,000,000 appropriation to ipcrease the funds "available for loans abroad. As soon as the departmental reports aro in, the appropriation c6rainittees of Congress will go to work on an immediate budget wb'ch probably will total in the neighborhood of $7,000,000,000. , Congressional leaders do not expect to have to provide immediately for the additional credits to thb allies, as treasury officials have indicated that no appropriation for that purpose will be requested until the next session. The grope estimates submitted by the war department totalled $5,917 878,37 but that covered all existing ^and expected deficiencies In the de, p&rtment funds, including upward of $640,000,000 already appropriated for the aviation program. This latter Item wfll not be inc'uded tn the budget, but Congress will htfve to provide revenues to meet It since It was not on the ledger when the war tax bill was framed. Congress sentiment seemed In favor of Increasing the $1,670.670,000 war tax bill only to abodt $2,090,000,000, with authorization both for a*new bond Issue, possibly at O , higher Interest rate and lit serial form and for Issuance for treasury certificates of Indebtedness. Secretary Mc-' Adoo Is paid to favor a much, larger levy of taxes increasing the bill's to. tal by 31.000.000,000 or at least to $1,336,000,000. ? RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ARE ' 8H0T BY COMRADES The Russian government's pq}icy of "bleed end Iron" la to be carted ant alone Unee which bodes 1U for the dltidus troops along the eastern front and those persons within the country who pre trying to nullify the good work that has''followed In^he wake of the A-p| rpi " '1 Ulil j .7 TORT TOLL, S. 0., THUBi MORE U.i SOLDIERS LANDED IN FRANCE ANOTHER AMERICAN CONTINGENT OF FIGHTING MEM . ARRWt SAFELY. ' *>' , ' ,V ABE IMMEDIATELY ENTRAINED , A Quickly Depart from Port for New Quarter*?All Other Information la With! .Id from the Public for the Present. ' % * A European Poft?Another American contingent has safely arrived and dsembarked. The government withholds information or. comment on the foregoing dispatch. i The American troops arrived by the same-steamer in whicn Kermlt Roosevelt", his wife, and child traveled. When tenders went alongside the vessel Friday the men were in high spirits and frequently shouted: "Are we downhearted?" was answered with a roaring "No." given with great enthusiasm. Representatives of the general staff watched the dllembarkation. There waa no civic demonstration. Only a few spectator* knew of the landing! .These chereed and the troops cheered back. The men e n trained q ulckjy and left for their new quarters. A sift nal company remained at the port for some hours and these were the only representatives of the contingent the public saw. s FUNCTIONS OF MILITIA " BUREAU WILL END With Drafting * of Entire National Guard Into the Federal 8ervlce Auggust 5th. Washington.?With the drafting of , the entire national guard Into 1 tlft'!' ' army of the ynited States August 5. the functions of the militia bureau of the war department are expetced to come t6 an end. There will remain to force* of national guard for thp bureau to supervise and the officers of the regular army attached to the division will probably be assigned to other ty. unner me pian or tlie national flefense act, .which call* upon the states ot maintain recruit battalions for each guard regiment in active service, the bureau would continue as it is. It Is regarded as probable, however. tf?at?a I general reserve system will be substituted for die regimental depot plan to fill gaps^ln the ranks. In that event, new men. whether volunteers, those calledhunder the selective draft wounded men vjho have recovered sufficiently to return to the front, would be gathered In general recruit depots In America which would supply a general depot In Prance. Preliminary training of the recruits would be given in the 'home depots, to be Supplemented by Intensive training in trench warfare at the depa* In Prance. The convalescent soldiers returning to the fronj, .would form a valuable training force to break lp the new men at the depots. AMERICAN BARK 18 ' SUNK BY SUBMARINE j ' | London.?After being attacked by | gunfire by a German Submarine, the i American bark Caftnela of 1,397 tons i was sunk by bombs In the entrance of the iSnglish channel on July 28, says an official statement Issued by the British admiralty. The crew was picked up and .landed at Plymouth. There was ifo casualties. CHICAGO FINANCIER FOR 8HIPPING BOARD # % Cbleago.?Charles G. Dawes, of Chicago. was mentioned here as a possible successor to Theodore Brent on the shipping board. ^IV. Brent. A ' strong supporter of Chairman Den man j of the board, resigned when rM. Denman was foreed out by President W11son. . .... ^ iwwriu MILIIANT OFFICER8 > I HEAR SECRETARY LANSING* MadinOn Barracks, N. Y.?In a i speech here befocd 1,700 members of i the officers' reserve corps. Secretary of 8tate Robert ijanslnff emphasising 1 the peril of German imperialism to the < United States and the world, declared .< hi* belief that the German people would not cast off the yoke of autocracy" until the physical inlght of tge \ united democracies of the world hafe , destroyed forever the evil ambitions x>f ?j the mtlitwy rulrt of Germany." BDAY, AUGUST 2, 1917. i i ?? HISS HARGARET DONNELLY j Sis. Miss Margaret Donnelly ,one of tfie girl paying and receiving tellers employed by the Commercial Trust Company of Philadelphia. She Is giving as much satisfaction as did the male teller who was called to the cloors... IMMEDIATE BEARIN6 HERE collapse of rus8ian war machine means prolongation of The war. * 0 German Victorias in East Will Release Soldiers for Western Front.?Man/ Russians Women Enter Ranks But Retreat Keeps Up. Washington.-^Io attempt is made here to minimise the seriousness of the situation in the war theaters in Europe. The United States is in the war and will go through with it; but any hope of a short struggle has gone glimmering with the apparent almost complete collapse of the Russian war machine. The development was not unexpected by many army officers. When the offensive of July 1 was started by the Russian forces the most frequent comment heard here was that it was the probably dying kick of the old Russian machine. For the United State^Pthe Russian collapse may have an immediate* and direct bearing. It will, it the German general presses its advantage, release additional German forces to bolster up the western front where American troops are to be engaged. The German lipe in the wesf has not been seriouBly impaired at any point, officers believe. They do not claim to know the situation along the battlefronta. but they are able to see that the British and French have wrested from tha Germans any key position of 6uch importance that it can he used next year to hurl the enemy back. Russian Women Fight. Even the actual entry of women spldleris into battle on the eastern front has been insufficient to.imbue the ranks of the recalcitrant Russians with patriotism. They are still deserting in large numbers in Galicia,. leay* ing of virtuallywfree road open for fresh advances by the Germans and Austro-Hungarjans. From the Baltic to the Black Seaonly at one Doiht, along the line in the southern Farpathi&ns, have the Russians risen to the occasion and shown some of their old fighting spirit. Here fighting shoulder .to shoulder with their Rumanian allies, they have attacked and captured several villages from the Germans and broken the heavily fortified Teuton line on a wide front. In Galicla, the precipitate retreat of the Russians continues almost everywhere from the Carpathian foothills to the region around Tarnopol, the government apparently not. yet having had time to put in force .Its strong repressive nteasures which M. Kerensky .the head of the government, t . ? ' - - um prooiniea 10 appiy in order to stay th ?retreat. . i ? .> f\ f ' i ' . ' * * * NATIONAL GUARD UN ITS A / CALLED to service . ; r ;; / 11 : . Washington.?The entire national MM of the country with the excC|k1gx#o7 the* troops from California v-.'il, south west state are In the federal service under President Wilson's, call, TOe remalnisg upits vWll^be brought in August ik on which day the whole force of probably 300.00Q men will be drafted into the army of th? United Stated and will lose its' status 'as^ militia From ibst day on the state troops can be used tor nay duty the president may direct and;will be- rtbjedtxft no limitations that do not appjy to th# regular army. |i & ...,. ... ... . .j^| - * + W OL'Ml ^ \y ? K " v Tim . 1 ' <?1 r?7 * ? ' - * -X ALL CLAIMS MUSI GO 10 THE LOCAL BOARD * ? ' x 3TATEMENT 18 I8SUED FROM PROVOST MARSHAL GtN- # ERAL'S OFFICE. ' . > ' k DELUGE- OF INQUIRIES ________ ' People Are Interested Conoernlng Next 8teps in Drgft Process and Pitas for Exemption Draws State* mviih Washington.?A deluge of. personal Inquiries concerning future steps in the army draft and of pleas from industrial concerns for exemption of their expert workers, drew from the provost marshal's office a statement that questions must be addressed w local boards and that claftxiB for Indus-' trial exemption must go later to the district bonrds. No general class of workmen 'will be exempted. Provost Marshal Qeneral Crowder told the coal production committee. which sought information whether miners would be left# at their work. Appeals to the provost marshal's office from employers on behalf of their workers*can accomplish nothing, it was explained, as regulations promuigatd by' President Wilson govern all exemptions. "The question of whether a man is more useful to his country in a peaceful pursuit than in military service is a matter to be taken up with the district board." said ap announcement, "and for that board to determine in Ilia llirhl nf ?> /. ?1- ? vaiw *^uv | v/i me i n vuuifiiaiu:?s ?sur* rounding each individual case. "Procedure in case of claim for discharge on ground of industry or' agriculture is explicitly outlined in the regulations. Only the upper or district board has jurisdiction over an industrial or agricultural claim for, discharge. Before a man has a standing before the district board he must first be certified to it by the local or lower board as physically qualified for service, and'must have had any discharge claim made before the lower board decided adversely to him. "He has five days after he is certled to the upper board in wMch to file claims for discharge and five days more in which -to file proof. All claims for exemption or discharge except claims for discharge on industrial or agricultural grounds, are decided originally by the local or lower board." ** * , RU8SIAN FORCES ARE STIFFENING RESISTANCE Around Tarnopol Russians Put Up a Hard Fight. The Russian retirement in eastern Galicia continue. There has been a noticeable slackening in \the AustroGerman advances north of the Dniester where the Russians now are offering more spirited resistance, but jouth of the river to the Carpathians the Teutonic forces are moving forward almost unimpeded. Around Tarnopol, the Austro-Germans have met with stubborn resistance from the Russians, but Prince I nnnAM'a ?- ? ?? ? - 1 uou|n>iu o nuiuioin wore ttDie 10 enlarge recent gains on the eastern bank of the Sereth. Btween Trembowla, and Skoromocze, south of Tarnopol, he Russians were eforced to yield the (j-osisngs of the ASereth and Gniza iiv?rs on a front of about eight miles tccording to Berlin. * Southeast of Tarnopol, Petrograd reports, the \ustro-German attacks were repulsed. The Russians have retired to new positions southeast of Trembowla. but whether they also surrendered the crossings of the Sereth there, Petrograd does not say. Between Czortkor and the Dniester, Russian cavalry has repelled Teutonic assaults and driven the attackers northeastward toward MonasterzksK*. South of the Dniester into the'footare retiring eastward. Kolomea. about fty mflee northwest of Czernowitz, capital of Bukoinai has been occupied by* Bavarian and Ahstro-Hungarian TV- A I- ? - uuui>o. mv iuwu in itn lmponaqi railway junction and lies north of the Pruth. An .unofficial report from Austrian sources says the Russians are evasuating Czernowltz. ? , ' TEN BILLIONS PROBABLE ' C08T OF YEAR OF WAR "Washington.?Estimating the sost of the war for the coming year at $10,^35,fj07,QOO, exclusive of loans to the *allles, the administration Informed Congress that now revenues total- j ling 17,000,000.000 must be raised from taxation or Issuance of securities. If advancement of credit to the allies is continued; At ' the-'pVesent rate, the year's total ot war expenditures win peas $15,000,000,000- and the amount ef revenue required will increase . ' & * **? EiO . :|J $1.25 Per Year. ? ' N t ' a V < ; t> >)>j2 NEW FEATURES TI FOR STATE FAIR AGRICULTURAL, EXHIBITS WJLL HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW MEANING. TO BE HISTORICAL EVENT* ' Patriotic Appeals Will be Made ts South Carolinians in Many Ways By Speakers. ?? Columbia.?Despite the war conditions plans ard under way to make the forthcoming state fair the greatest in ' its history. The premfhm list for the t ; fair has been issued nnd it shows that ' many thbusands of dollars will be dis; tributed in prizes for the best effort. '] The fair this year will be held October | 22 to 26. The fuir will lay special emphasis i the agricultural and live stock exhibils In keeping with the movement i for more food to care for America and J the armies in Europe. Patriotic appeals to South Carolin ians win ne made in many ways. ; Speakers will be present to present the war issues. The fair will be edu| rational in nature. # It is expected that this year will be"1 ? | the most memorable in the history of fc. i the society. By the middle of October there will be more than 10,000 South ' Carolinians members of the new Na- ' I tlonal Army, stationed in Columbia. | Ixiw round trip rates have ben secur- * i ed for the fair and this will afford ex' reliant opportunity for friends and r| relatives to visit the soldiers in Cob ' umbia. Two Girls Are Drowned. Florence.?Misses Rita and Jessie H^yneBWorth, two young girls from - Sumter, daughters of ? Mrs. R. F. ] Haynesworth, were drowned in Mul- , drowii mill pond. Miss Evelyn Barnes came near losing her life, but waa rescued by Matt McCown. Both bodieft have been recovered. The Misses Haynes^dilh were cous> ins of L. T. Barnes and Were here on a visit. Miss Rita Hayn^pworth was 15a years old and Miss Jessie lAvnes| worth, 13, with Miss Evelyn Barnes ? and Matt McCown, the young ladies wont out to the home of Morton Mulrf.An, r. I~~ - ? * - * | uiun, aisu n l uuoiu, IU npeilll I IIP QBJ. They went down to the mill race shortly after they arrived at the house, to go in bathing, and had been i In bathing for an hour or more when they inadvertently strayed into water , over their depth. Miss Barnes was 1 seen rushing to their rescue and all three of the girls were swept off their feet into the swiftly rushing water of the mill race. Messrs. McCown and Muldrow were sitting the bank opposite the spot where the? girls were bathing And across the stream from them, and as sooti as they saw that the girls were in trouble they ran to I their rescue, but did not reach the scene in time to save their lives. , * Cotton Growers Organize. #Snmter.?The cotton growers of Sumter. L.ee and Clarendon counties i have been called together in a meeting at Glenn's tobacco warehouse to or ganize a cotton growers' selling association and to provide the wherewithal to furnish suitable cotton ! graders' quarters and a clerk for the j grader under requirement of the Unlti ed States bureau of marketing, in orj der to have the expert cotton grader ai uuuucn Iir^iiilllll^ rtf'.p* tembor 1. Congressman A. F. Lever and Secretary E. I. Reardon of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce were requested hy a largely attended meeting of cotton ! growe'rs, merchants and hankers to seI cure the government grader und they m , have succeeded, but thpre are stringn* attached to the grader. -The bureau of marketing requires . thatthe cotton growers shall first do some businesslike and co-operative or, ganizing In order that the classifying I of cotton by the government grader ; will really do some good and jlo that I the cotton growers will be ablwto sell on grades. Unless the farmers or- , i ganize the government will not cooperate To 8tart Glove Factory. ? Gaffney.?At a meeting of the stock- , holders held in Gaffney a $5,000 glove factory was organized for the purpose of manufacturing canvas gloves. Nearly all of the capital stock has been * - 1 ? * ouunu i Ufj?, UiUBi Ul U uy IQCai pfK) pie. There are only, aDout four of these factories In the South, but tr other parts of the country there are 4 number of them and they are all paying propositions One of the stockholders has had large experience in enterprises of thi. kind and will be manager of the enterprise. / / . , s - . ; - 4 i . * - 'GsH