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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.
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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
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ARE TO REPLACE NEW ENGLAND
TROOP8?OFFICERS EXPECTED
TO ARRIVE SOON.
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| COTTON SHIPMENT j
8EVERE ACTION IS TAKEN BY
COMMISSION TO KEEP PEST
FROM STATE.
CANNOT TRANSPORT HULLS
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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.