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riii 11 Established in 1891. YEARS WAR FUND TO BE $2I?000,000 TREASURY DEPARTMENT A8K3 THAT TWO BILLION BE ADDED TO TOTAL. SEEKING LIBERAL MARGIN Present Indications Are That $19,000.000,000 Will Meet Expenses of Conflict During First Year.?Extra Amount is WantnH For Fmarnanrlae Washington.?Two billion dollars may be added to the total of bonds to be authorised at the present session of Congress, making a total approximately ^21.000,000,000 available to the government during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918. Democratic Leader Kitchin said that estimates submitted to him by tiie treasury department made it ?ppoar that the additional authorization probably would be necessary. Secretary McAdoo will be asked to explain the situation when he appears before the ways and means committee to discuss the forthcoming administration $11,538,945,460 bond and certificate bill. Present indications, according to Mr. Kitchin, are that $19,000,000,000 will meet the expenses of the fiscal year, but It is thought best to have a $2,000,000,000 margin for emergen cios. He said "this estimate covers about $7,000,000,000 (or loans to the allies, $3,000,000,000 of which already has been provided; $1,300,000,000 (or (current expenses, exclusive of war, leaving about $10,000,000,000 for war expenses. Included in the war estimate is $176,000,000 (or the new insurance bill and $1,000,000,000 (or the ? .shipping board. Methods of Raising Money. The $21,000,000,000 would be raised as follows: Bonds (or allies' loans $7,000,000,000; pending revenue bill $3,000,000,000; war ceritiflcates $4,000,000,000; bonds (or domestic purposes already authorized $2,000,000,000; proposed now bonds $2,000,000,0000; war savings certificates $2,000,000,000 and regular revenue $1,300,000,000. Approximately $11,000,000,000 of the foregoing amounts are included In iuo uuuu ttuu cunincaie Dili wnicn the ways and means committee today began to consider. The bill would authorize $7,000,000,000 for allied loans, $3,000,000,000 to be used In refunding 3 1-2 per cent bonds already authorized; $2,000,000,000 in war certificates and $2,000,000,000 in war savings certificates. It also contains a re-authorisation provision for $2.000,000,000 in war certificates and would provide for taking over other previously authorized bonds. SENDING MAIL TO SOLDIERS IN NATIONAL ARMY CAMP8. How Letters Should Be Addressed to Qive Boys Best Service. Washington^?Before long several thousand young men will be in the various cantonment camps of the National army, and their relatives and other friends will wish to write to thorn. In order to expedite the delivery of their mail and give the boys tho best service possible, the post office officials Instruct their correspondents, if they know in advance the compnny and regiment to which the soldier is assigned, to address mall according to this samnle: PRIVATE JOHN JONES, A Company, First Infantry, Camp Dodgo, Iowa. If the company and regiment aro not known, the mail should bo addressed thus: x PRIVATE JOHN JONES, of 'Minnesota, Camp Dodge, Iowa. When all troops -are organized the < mail for each man will be distributed direct to his company and regiment. Until then it will be delivered through hia state section. A8K WITHDRAWAL OF ALL NEGRO TROOPS IN TEXAS. Washington. ? A petition asking withdrawal ot all negro troops from Texas, signed by all the members of the Texas delegation in Congress, was presented at the whtie honse hy Sonator Sheppard and laid before Pretl-, dert Wilson. White house officials did not Indicate what action might be expected from the President. An official report to Secretary Baker said that the situation at Houston was normal. ,:V^ L, . < % ' " BE Fi CORPORAL J. N. HALL Corpora! James Normal Hall of Colfax, la., hnember of the Lafayette flying squadron, who is now in Soissons hospital after a single-handed battle with eight German warplanea. 41 ST DIVISION TO GAMP GREENE I ARE TO REPLACE NEW ENGLAND TROOP8?OFFICERS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SOON. j Between 30,000 and 40,000 Soldiers to Train at Charlotte?Men Coming From Washington, Oregon, Wyoming and Montana. i Washington.?The Forty-flrst national guard division, comprising troops from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, has been ordered to train at Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C., and Camp Fremont at Palo Alto has been abandoned beciuse the California state health , authorities , have decided that a latarine sewerage system such as the war department proposed would be injurious to the health of the community. Secretary Baker, announcing the change, said that the war department could not see its way clear to spend half a million dollars for such a sewerage system as the state health authorities thought necessary In a tem porary camp. Decision to transfer ' the division to Pnm n oomn/t much speculation as to the possibility that the troops would be sent to ! France at an early date. No confirmation of the report could be obtained in any official quarter, however. "It would mean a month's delay to build a water carried sewer system and the camp at Charlotte is now practically ready. The transfer of the division to Charlotte, Secretarly Baker explained, would make it possible to get the division under training wlthi out delay and bring it 2,500 miles j closer to its point of embarkation. Reports that the Forty-first division might soon follow the TWenty-slxth and Forty-second divisions to France apparently founded on the fact that the far west is not strongly represented in the Forty-seoond or "Rainbow" d'vislon and the Twonty-sixth is composed entirely of New England troops. The Twenty-sixth and the Forty-seoond are in process of concentration and both probably will be ready to go as soon as shipping is available. SITUATION IN RUSSIA GROWS ALARMING Washington.?Russia's critical inter] nal situation, aggravated by the new ' German drive against Riga threatenI ^ 11 IT th(l fOTlitol la n.n *?V. v. ? - -1- ' I ...0 id naivuru u/ UUltlHlH here with grave concern. It becnme known that official advices are closely in accord with press dispatches describing grave political conditions. The outcome of the forthcoming extraordinary national council to be J a? a ? ~ - * umu in musoow is awaueo nere with | interest scarcely less keen than In Russia Itself. The immediate fate of Russia, it is felt, depends upon it. Out of the great gathering, in which the conservative elements of all aorta are expected to unite in an effort to compel the provisional government to throw off the socialistic control of the soldiers' and workmen's council, one of two results is expected: "The formation of a strong centralized government capable of rapidly reorganising the army and resuming the offensive against the central powers or open civil strife." / ' jf I.; i * * 'i Lf 4 ~ - i L ORT : POET MILL, S. 0., THTJRSD SOME NEW RULINGS ON DRAFT MEASORE SHOULD NOT FORCE WIFE Tq WORK TO 8UPPORT SELF AND CHILDREN. WILSON MODIFIES RULES Clears Up Contested Points.?Orders For Mobilization of First Increment Changed and Experienced Men Will Be Taken First. Washington.?At the direct suggestion of President Wilson, Provost Marshal General Crowder telephoned to all governors a supplemental explanation of regulations governing the status of merried men under the draft law. No change in regulation is made, and the purpose of the statement Is to clear up misunderstandings. Tn a lot lor /* C?T>?1? I -?* U ivbvut tu oouoiai/ oua^rr quoted by General Crowder, President Wilson states his opinion that the regulation directing local boards "to establish the fact of dependents in addition to the fact of marriage ought not to be abrogated." This leaves the regulations as they are and the supplementary statement Is designed merely to make the application of the rules uniform. While the statement regarding married men was In preparation orders were issued changing entirely the mobilization arrangements previously made. Congestion of rail traffic and the necessity of making better provision for receiving the men at the cantonments dictated the changes. Under the new orders, five per cent of the white men, preferably those with military experience, from each local area, will be started forward to the camps September 5 instead of thirty per cent. They will go in five daily detachments of equal size and form skeleton company organization and set up a going concern into which the remander of the total quota can be absorbed without confusion as they reach the contonments. The next forty per cent of the quota will go forward September 19. when the second thirty per cent oriBinally was scheduled to go; a second forty per cent will go forward October 3 instead of the third thirty per cent and the remaining fifteen per cent will he called up as soon thereafter as practicable. Local hoards are directed to disregard order of liability numbers to some extent in selecting the first Ave per ceni as men of experience such as cooks and former soldiers are desired at that time. Warning is givon against getting Into this levy by reason of his experience, any man who might get otherwise have been included in the first increment of the district at all. GREAT VICTORY CROWNS ITALY'8 NEW OFFEN8IVE With Austrian Line Broken Italians Puraue Enemy. The battle along the Isonzo has developed further brilliant successes for the Italians, who It is now plain are making one of their greatest efTorts of the war thrs far. General Cadorna's men. who at the boginnlng of the offensive effected a new crossing of the river north of Gorizla, at a point where the Austrians helleved such a feat was impossible, ; have won another spectacular victory ' J by scaling Monte Sano, 2,245 feet high : and placing their flag there. ! Farther Rowth, on the Oarso, fight- j ! ing continues violently and incessant- i | ly. Austrian efforte to win back lost I 1 positions were defeated. New gains have been made by the ; French in the Verdun front, rounding j out the victory won in the offensive I begun on Monday. The French advanced laat night north of Hill 304, 1 Paris announces, and raptured three fortllled forts near Bethlncourt, the \ official German statement however, Bays French attacks between Malan- I court and Bethlncourt, aa welt aa near ! Hill 304, east of the- Meuse, were re- ! pulsed. COULDN'T LOCATE LAND PEARY 8AY8 HE FOUND. Sydney, N. S.?Donald B. MacMillan's Arctic expedition arrived here after four years spent In the polar regions. MacMillan, who was one of Rear Admiral Peary's lieutenants on his successful dash for the North pole, confirmed dispatches that there was no Crockerland such as has been . reported by Peary. Peary's mistake was due to a mirage so real that the MacMillan party had "been deceived by K for four days. If-'; ' , \ . i 3? . i r Mux AY, AUGUST 30, 1917. FRA^K E. COMPTOfJ Frank E. Compton of Chicago and Glencoe is engaged to marry Mrs. Annie Howe Cochran, a niece of President -Wilson. Mr. Compton is a widower and Mrs. Cothran was divorced some time ago. MISSION IS WARMLY GREETED AT WASHINGTON?MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM FACED 18 DISPOSITION OF SHIPS. Mission Here to Greet American As Brother Nation Fighting For a Common Cause?How Best Two Nations Can Co-operate. Washington. ? Japan's mission to the United States with a message ot congratulation and appreciation to President Wilson from the emperor and people of Japan, was welcomed to Washington with warmth and enthu siuam by the public with the highest marti of courtesy by the government. Passing through streets thronged with people, past long lines of school children dressed in white with the red sun of Japan on the fronts of their gowns, the distinguished vTsitors were escorted by cavalrv to the residence of Perry Belmont, where they will bo the guests of the government during their stay. They will make the formal calls which must precede the official conferences being arranged for them, and they they will dine with the President. Viscount Ishll, tho special embassador, spoke to the newspaper correspondents of his gratification at the welcome given the mission here, at Honolulu, San Francisco and at all stages of its Journey. He said: We Are All Delighted. "To say I am pleased to be in Washington would be too conventional. I am delighted?we are all delighted?with the cordial reception. "In speaking to the gentlemen of a newspaper press which wields such enormous power In this great country, I am woll aware that puroly conventional utterances is worse than nothing. But at the same time, what can I say? Obviously it will be improper to anticipate the message I carry from the emperor of Japan to your great President. "My last visit to America was Just ten years ago. Since then many things have changed and now that Japan and America are brothers in arms lighting for a great common cause I have every hope and confidence In success, victory and for per manently continued international unity." The mission. It Is authoritatively explained. has not come here on a commercialy or political errand, but to greet the United States as a brother nation fighting for a common end to decide after a consultation how best the two nations can co-operato both In an economic and military sense, In carrying on the war. Among the most imoprtant problems is that of the disposition of Japanese shipping, with the view to malting it of the greatest assistance in the conduct of the war. ITALIAN DRIVE CONTINUES ON OTHER BATTLE FRONTS. The great offensive of the Italians from the region of Tolmino to the head of the Adriatic aea is going on despite the stubborn resistance of the Austrlans and the difficulty of the terrain. Tim U.S. IKES MOTHER LOIN TO THE SLAVS AMERICA REAFFIRMS FAITH IN FUTURE OF NEW RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY. LANSING IS NOW OPTIMISTIC Secretary of State Makes Public Note Renewing Wilson's Sympathy and Confidence.?Money for Supplies and Equipment. Washington.?The United States reaffirmed its faitli in the new Russian democracy and gave concrete evidence of its confidence by loaning another hundred million dollars to the provisional government. Announcement of the loan came f r ATM tho IrflDCIirv o/\nn n ft tary Lansing at the state department had denied formally that reports from Russia were of an unfavorable nature and declared thai on the contrary confidential dispatches to the government were the basis for his belief that the administration at Petrograd was strengthening its position. "I regard the government of Russia as stronger today than it has been for a month." Mr. Lansing said. "I mean in general, both from political and military points of view. This opinion Is based upon reports more or less confidential that we have been getting." So far as the military situation is concerned the secretary said he felt little aoucern over the advance upon Riga by the Germans recalling that the place had been evacuated five times during the war. Major General Scott, chief of staff, who was a member of the Root commission, agreed that the capture of Riga would not be an important strategical loss. A German advance upon Petrograd from Riga would-be followed bv remnvnl of tLe seat of government to (Moscow, seat of the conservatives upon whom the allies are counting to maintain a ilrni republican government and the city looked upon by million of Russians as the natural capital of their country. In addition to his statement Secretary Lansing made public a note he had just sent to Ambassador Bnkmoteff replying to a message of assurance from Fpreign Minister Tereschtenko. NEGRO TROOPS WHO KILLED MANY CITIZENS DISARMED. Houston. Texas.?Negro soldiers ol the Twenty-fourth infantry, who shot up the streets of Houston, were be ing entrained to be removed to Columbus, M. Capt. L. S. Snow, commanding Iho battalion, said that the action of the ncgroea was "practically mutiny." A scene probably unique in the annals of the United States .army was enacted at Camp Logan during the afternoon when the bIx hundred soldiers of the battalion of negro infantry were disarmed. Flanked by a full bataalion of the Nineteenth infantry under Col. Millard F. Waltz and three companies ol the coast artillery from Fort Crockett, the negro soldiers were marched four abreast to the parade grounds where their arms were stacked. Army trucks then loaded the rifles and ammunition and conveyed them to the camp storehouse, where they were placed under heavy guard. FIFTY-THREE CASES OF PARALYSIS REPORTED Richmond, Va.?Fifty-three cases of Infantile paralysis have been reported tO the state health dRnnrtmenf dnHnf August, according to figures secured from Dr. Knnoid G. Williams, state health commissioner. During July there were forty-eight cases, making a total of 101 cases of the disease since the outbreak of the epidemic in the valley of Virginia. While the disease has not been entirely confined to the valley and northwestern part of the state, it is believed by the health authorities that the Infection is radiating from Rockingham, which has taken the lead in number of cases. EARLY REGULATION OF MEAT INDUSTRY FORECA8T Washington?Early regulation of the meat Industry waa predicted following the departure of Herbert Hoover, the food administrator, for Oh' -ago to confer with meat packers and with federal trade commission representatives who are investigating packing methods. Government supervision of meat packing and distributing concerns, with the institution of a licensing system, may be the next move oI the food administration. ; *- " - ' *>: ^IrwM = mtm ?1 OK 11 XT JTOI X Otu . m WEEVIL ZONE | COTTON SHIPMENT j 8EVERE ACTION IS TAKEN BY COMMISSION TO KEEP PEST FROM STATE. CANNOT TRANSPORT HULLS i ; Seed is Also Put on List for Entiro Year and Other Articles Through a Limited Period. Columbia?General activity in movement of cotton seed and hulls has caused the South Carolina State Crop Pest 1 Commission to submit regulations 1 governing the trur.sportutlon of mate rials from boll weevil' territory and 1 from the safety and .quarantine zones j Into the State of South Carolina. Particular attention is directed by the ! commission to the fact that the shipment into South Carolina from weevil territory of cotton seed and seed cotton is strictly prohibited throughout i the year. The shipment of hulls is prohibited from Auguat 1 to December ' 31. This does not include delinted hulls which when properly treated may 1 be shipped under special permit. Aside from the restriction regarding cotton seed, seed cotton and cotton seed hulls the following four restrictions are made for articles originating in bool weevil territory. Where no time limit Is specified the articels ; are prohibited: 1. Seed cotton sacks, cotton seed sacks and cotton pickers' sacks any of which have been used within eight montns ror any or the purposes indicated are prohibited. 2. Spanish moss and corn in shucks are prohibited between August 1 and Juno 30. 3. Living weevil or weevil stages of weevil work in posession of any per! sons outside of the Infested territory. except a qualified entoinoiiglst are < prohibited. 4. Household goods containing any , of the foregoing are prohibited during the period of quarantine applyiug to each. In order to remove all doubt upon a number of points it is particularly stated that there is no restriction upon any of the following list of six items i at any season: Haled cotton, flat or compress?Hl; cotton Heed meal, caks and oil; linters and loose cotton lint; corn shelled or in the ear, with shuck removed; oats or any. other > seed except cotton seed, hay, empty ; ' freight cars. Cotton seed for planting, originating outside of boll weevil Infested territory, coming from other states, provinces or foreign countries, and consigned to points within this state, or i 1 cotton seed for planting originating ! in this state and transported or sold within South Carolina, shall have attached to every consignment a permit i issued only after an affidavit has been . 1 made by shipper and filed with the State Crop Pest Commission stating that in case of staple cotton, less than i 5 per cent, and in case of short staple ' cotton less than 1 per cent of the bolls in the field of cotton from which the seed were taken shall show evidence of the nresence of anthraconsn Am. davit blanks are furnished upon request. Permit taps are secured from the South Carolina State Crop Pest. Commission, C-lemson College, at cost. A. H. Conradi, state entomologist. Hays that in operating the quarantine i service three lines are maintained: The first is the actual weevil lino which at present is from Savannah to Augusta and formed by the Savannah River. The second line !h the safety line which is 20 miles wide in advance of the weevil lino. The belt bounded by these line sis known n.-t the safety 7xmc and is to compensate for the errors that occur in determining the actual weevil line. Thirty miles wide in advance of the safety zone is the quarantine zone. Prohibited or restricted articles may he shipped from this zone into free territory un- > I der evidence that such shipments are I Bafe. The object of this zone is to protect free territory against sudden advances of the weevil during late ! sammer and fall winds. New History Issued. Spartanburg.?"The Government of j Eiiigiiiiiu. i>aiioiiai, i/ocai, imperial," In the title of a new 400 page volume by Dr. David Duncan Wallace, professor of history and economics at Wofford Colloge, which has Just been Issued from the pross. The now book is meant -to rive a clear conception of the government of England to the reader who may not be wall acquainted with the facts. It is well written, clear and authentic and gives fV?o V* letorw r\t Om ? ?* ? A * ? 9 I UIRiVl/ v? t?IV I lliUCIIl as It 1U today.