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10 TOWN LOOTED
”_J!tNS BUSINESS BLOCKS
A v. TAKES 600DS AWAY
•Wfer . — .
CRAZED WITH BOOZE
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/ Loots Saloons First aad Whls-
key Flows Jjlke Water—Drunk-
-ai siq moj) ioqs ano pajg pai ojoys
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A rioter, who had not been iden
tified, fell dead In the street and the
others fled, They withdrew to the
otfier. side'of Wilson avrnue and
after a conference tossed a brick
through one 9/ the filatib, glass Win
dows. No ehot caiiie'Tf'&& above and
encouraged, they stormed the place.
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At a dozen or more places in
Wilson avenue barrels of whiskey
with the heads gone, stood in the
roadway, and surrounding them
were many men and w’omen, gulp
ing down the raw liquor or passing
it to friends in the crowd who
could not get close enough to help
themselves.
Crazed Mad Men Eire Stores and
Loot Stocks—Troops Sent by Gov*
wr and Order is Restored.
Preparations are being made for
reopening thw plants of tho Youngs
town Sheet and Tube Company, at
East Youngstown and Struthers,
Ohio, the two days of tranquility
after the rioting Friday night, which
cost two lives and a million dollar
property damage, having led offi
cials to believe thit the^ situation
was well under control.
State troops continued on duty
Sunday In the strike district It was
estimated that twenty-five jjfthousand
sightseers from nearby points in
Ohio and Pennsylvania thronged the
run lined streets of East Youngs
town. Special trains brought many
persons. * J;
The round-up of persons alleged
to have participated in the lobting of
stores Friday uight continues. Near
ly two hundred and fifty foreigners
were arrested while wagon loads of
articles of every description found in
their hbajes wetys * 1 carried to the
YoungstowtK police station. These
articles, the yiolice allege, were
stolen from storbs attack^ by the
ipob.
ill available room ItKthe county
in Youngstown has buen filled
vprisoners and plans anEKbeing
Ide to place others in a large
'the Court House under guard.
A crowd of men and women gath
ered at the east Youngstown end of
the bridge at tho company's plant
Friday morning and jeered the work
men as they crossed. Suddenly a
shot was fired and guards, taking
this as a signal, fired over the heads
of the crowd.^ The nob replied, and
another vollejf came. A number of
persons, including two women, fell to
the street' and the mob broke and
ran up the hillside.
A block away they re-formed and
almost immediately set Are to the
building occupied by the tube com
pany's employment burbau. A little
later they fired a small warehouse,
and then tprned their attention to
private property.
A saloon stood on the corner and
a rush was made for the door. In a
minute a shouting crowd filled the
little room and helped themselres to
what they saw. When the looting
was complete the match was applied.
A clothing store nearby was next
entered and the slock passed out to
the constantly growing crowd in the
street by those Inside. Clerks fled
for their lives and when the looting
was finished, the place was fired.
A number of clothlog stocks fell a
prey to the rioters, and almost imme
diately men began exchanging their
old clothes for the loht they had seiz
ed. This change of apparel was
made in the street, lighted almost to
noonday brightness by the flames
from half a hundred buildings.
By this time so much property had
been destroyed and the mob had be
come so enflamed that the better cit
izens had fled. Many families came
to Youngstown and others took the
street cars to communities farther
away, as the conviction was growing
that If the disorder spread to
Youngstown nothing could save the
city.
A dozen or more citizens, led by
Oscar Diser, city solicitor of East
Youngstown, gathered at the police
station and pleaded with the police
and other city Officials to attack' the
rioters. It was almost midnight be
fore a force of forty armed men had
been gathered In Wilson avenue.
Then with Diser to lead them they
moved do'wn th® street.
Only a block away the rioters were
looting the last building on the
block, and the citizens fired over
their heads. The rioters ran, but
finding no one had been killed, they
turned and sent shot after shot to
ward the posse. No, one was hurt,
and the posse fired again. A dozen
or more rioters went down' and the
mob ran down the street. Scores of
men, their pockets bulging with loot,
mbled over each other in a mad
to get away
The^josse followed closely and
wherever possible chased the rioters
into side streets men being detach
ed from among-the cHlxens to roundl anj '&n pTfF'TOW the : ftetTr-’i : torce
By this time the nioh was In a
frenzy. Liquor was passed around
as freely as water, and those who
had no cups dip|ted It up in the
hollows of their liands, for within
half an hour other saloons had
been looted and the fire was
spreading rapidly.
• The main street parallels the rail
road tracks at the foot of the hill
and streets led out of I*, up the hill
to the residence district. For fully
an hour or more the mob was con
tent with the small shops and sa
loons on the s’de sUeets but then It
turned Its attention to more preten
tious stores.
The mob had lost all semblance of
leadership and splitting up into hands
the looters went madly about the
work of destruction. Saloon after
/ saloon was broken into, looted and
fired, flames spreading to the other
'■ business blocks on the street. Fanned
a strong wind the fire tore its
Hvay up the hill and many residences.
^Vome occupied by the rioters, were
burned.
Mayor Cunningham and his ten
policemen realized the sit ,ation was
beyond them and gathered at the
police station. Sheriff Urostead had
been blinded temporarily by nt-fed
pepper thrown in his eyes by a riot
er. Later the mayor and sheriff con
ferred qnd a call was sent for state
troops. %
Meantime' the rioting had been in
progress for several hours, and It
was seen that the business section
could not be saved. Fvfhy minute
the crowd seeiped to grow until there
were hundreds of* drink-crazed men
and women roaming the streets. The
fire department had been called out
. at the first alarm but the hose was
quickly cut ter pieces and helpless
they called on ^.he, Youngstown fire
s department.
Chief Joseftlh.Wallace had men and
equipment ready to send from the
cityi but found it was useless to risk
-lives nnd property as long as the,
mob had the town. Scenes of the
wildest “disorder were everywhere
enacted, and the fires mounted high
er and higher until toward ten,
o’clock YVilsdn avenue, the entire
length of the village was in flames,
No attempt was being made to ex-
tlngtiisfi the flames or save the thou
sands of dollars In property being
carried a\vpy or destroyed.
Early Tn the evening the mob had
attacked the post office. It was a
“small building and the dozen or more
men wbo entered it made short work
of it. The strong box was robbed
and the torch put te the building.
One of the handsomest, buildings
In the village was the banking house
of *G V. Hamory. The mob pald no^
attention to It until after ten-o'clock.
I/Then |t was recalled that a saloon
V had stood in that section and there
was a rush to the place. The saloon
waa looted and fired and the flames
~ soon spread to the bank, deotroytpg
n.
A. dry goods store near Seventh
street and Wilson avenue shared a
building with a saloon. The party
which selected H for their prey made
the mistake of attacking the dry
^ the doori a man appeared at a wta-
them up. In haTf an hour Wilson
avenue had been atlHf>8t cleared of
the mob, but small bands were scat
tered about the hillside; as fast as
possible these men were driven by
main force to the police statioh'qnd
automobiles took them to Youngs^
town.
Clearing the streets gave the
Youngstown fire department an op
portunity to get into East Youngs
town. There was still some work
for them to do anu water waa thrown
on the ruins the rest of the night, but
the wreck was most complete. By
daybreak the walls of many of the
brick buildings burned began to fall
and the principal slfheta were roped
off and sightseers excluded. <
What became of the mob when'll
fled before the bullets of the posse
has not yet been determined, al
though it is known that hundreds of
men streamed along country roads
leading out of East Youngstown,
while many others made their way
into Youngstown.
At four o'clock It was reported
that the mob was re-forming on the
hills back of the village determined
to attack again and the posse, which
had been helping the fire department,
was reassembled, and guards were
set until the soldiers could arrive.
The troops came at day break..
ALLIES QUIT GALLIPOLI
WITHOUT LOSS OF A MAN
liomlon Announces Total Evacuation
of Ijanri Held at Tip End
of Peninsula.
The remaining positions on Galli
poli peninsula held by the Allies have
been abandoned with th£ wounding
of only one man among the British
and French, according to a British
official statement Issues Sunday
night.
This news has been expected for
several days, for the retirement of
the troops from Anzac and Suvlp Bay
three weeks ago left no strategic ad
vantage,, to the retention of the top
of the peninsula. Nevertheless, the
news will be received with ,a pang of
regret by the peopfe of the British
Isles, as wheH as the colonies.
Renewed activity cf various kinds
noted by the Turkish official com
munications in the past few days has
presumably been in tho nature of
preparations for the gnal act of thp
Dardahelles-tragedy. Sunday night’s
Turkish official statement covering
the period from Thursday to* Satur
day, records increasing effectiveness
of the reinforced Turkish batteries,
which have been drawing in and con
centrating oh thd Allies’ remaining
position. X -
EXPORTS FROM BERLIN
Big Falling Off" Shown by the Fig
ures for Year .1015. ,
Exports from the consular district
of Berlin to the United States in the
foulth qmarter of 1915 amounted to
$628,587,'compared with $3,600,235
in the corresponding periocTbf 1914.
Exports to the Philippines were $443
compared with $19,882. Total ex
ports to the United States in 1915
were $4,377,943, as against $16,-
250,291 In 1914; to the^ Philippines
$29,266 compared with $203,556.
German sent gSTlds to the value-of
$648 to Hawaii in 1915, and $1,333
in-1914. Impbrts amounted to $3,-
433 last yegr, as against $72,241 in
1914. . :
Galician Battle Continues.
The. battle cen.Uhues_between the
Russians and Austro-Germans in Ga
licia and BuVowina. The Rqsslans
claim further gains and the Tutiri&ns
claim to h* holding the’r ground.
Anthony Am< I’^ment Reported.
The Snsnn B. Anthony amendment
ter woman soffrage .has
i favorably reported to the U. 8.
MM LAST WEEK
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RUSSIANS HIT THE RI6HT PLACE
l AT TBE RlfiBT LINE
PRESSURE ON TUTONS
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Now York Times Reviewer Says Cen
tral Empire Must Meet Offensive
—Balkan Affair and Egyptian At
tack are Thereby Halted by the
Russian Offensive.
The week just past has been mark
ed by the progressive development of
a new Russian offensive extending
along the, Styr and Strypa Rivers
from the Pripet marshes to 'Bessa
rabia. The crux of the attack seems
to be at present about Cznerowitz,
the capital of Bukowina crownland.
That the Russians would begin an
offensive movement as the winter de
veloped was fullji anticipated,
that this movement has been launch
ed against the Teuton right is en
tirely logical from political as well
as military considerations.
In the earlier days of the war,
when Russia was extremely active in
that vicinity, Bukowina itself was
apparently an object of but little at
tention. No serious attempt to in
vade It was ever made, although
fighting along the Pruth River was,
just about a year ago, almost con
tinuous. Due, however, to the pres
ent political situation, this section
has taken on very great ini|K>rtance.
Cznerowitz Is but a few miles from
the Rumanian border, with Rumania
Is still wavering between neutrality
and a declaration of allegiance to
one or the other of the belligerent
camps.
In the present military situation
Rumania holds the kefc’ to the entire
strategical position, whether the
Allies wish to strike through Bul
garia or against the Teutons. More
over, Rumania is in point of popula
tion the largest of the Balkan States
When the Grand Duke was in com
mand not only the army, but the
government as well, was in the con
trol of a group oT bureaucrats from
the Gergpanic Baltic provinces. His
corpmand was therefore theoretical,
the practical command residing in
the bureaucracy. Now, however, the
command rents practically in the
Allien war Ixtard, composed of " the
military leaders of the various pow
ers, which meets periodically and
lays down the plan of campaign.
- There is,- therefore, a unity of ef
forts which was completely lacking
when, the Russians began their re
treat from the Dunajec. In addition
-to this is the qfiestion of shell supply
which for a long time was the cru
cial question of the Russian field
army.
greater than that of any twq of the
other Balkan States combined, Were
Rumania to enter the war on-the
side of the Entente, all that the
Kaiser has gained as a result of
forcing open the Orient railroad
would $e immediately placed in jeo-
Fardy. -
The political effect of Russia's
nckr' move is therefore apparent. Any
Russian victory In this section will
produce a great moial effect in Buch
arest. and shoqld the vlclcry assume
considerable proportions would weigh
heavily in causing t.he alignment of
Rumania on the side of the Entente.
In addition to the political phase
of this new movement there dre mltt-
tary results to be achieved which are
of considerable importancer Reports
have been current from Mnc begin
ning of Teuton success in Serbia of
an Invasion of Egypt through an at
tack on Suez.
During the last ten days It was
ary
ed.
centrations had been effected, pre
paratory to the transportation of
forces to the point of attack. These
reviews have not placed veiy great
credence In any serious move In this
direction by any force of which the
Teutons were a large part.
There are, however, a large num
ber of . Asiatic Turks who would be
available for this o|»eraUon, lacking
only the necessary artillery and am
munition. This. It is within the
hounds of possibility, Germany could
have supplied.
Again there Is the movement
against the allied position in Salon-
iki, preparations for which are said
to be now complete. As will be
shown lafer. there are several rea
sons why. it may with reason be
doubted whether an invasion of
Greek territory for this purpose has
ever 4>een the intention of. the Ger
man general staff. Such an invasion
could not be made by the Teutonic
alligs, whether Bulgars or Turks, but
would have to be by Teuton forces
alone. 1
The Russian offensive between the
Pripet marshes and Bessarabia has,'
howeydr completely upset any plans
the Germans may have formulated
for these two enterprises. Thq Rus
sians have begun a very serious
movement, with . a large number of
troops and guns—a movement far
different and far more intensive than
the s|x>radlc effort of the French and
Brifisli in the west.
In spite of German efforts to keep
the centre of activity away from the
Rumanian frontier and in the Riga
sector, the Russians, having proved
to themselves that their forces on the
Drina were able to hold the Germans
back without weakening any oilier
section of the front, have launched
an attack on an enormous scale at
the very point the Germans did not
want tf) See it come. For political,
if for no other reasons, .Germany can
not let this movement succ^edT but
must use every available resource hi
men and guns to defeat it.
There will he no strength, no sup
plies for either Mesopotamia or
Saloniki. These are at lehst second
ary fields and entirely subsidiary- No
operations in either, no matter the
degree of success attained, can bring
final success to German arms as long
as the armies jif i France, England,
and Russia have their present capa
bilities. When, therefore, an attack
in force comes nrtt ln a subsidiary
territory but at a crucial point one
of the two really vital theatres, Ger
many must act to repel It, and a£t
with all her force.
To consider the direct operations
themselves, the sector of most severe
fighting is in the vicinity of Czner-
witz. The Russian line at the be
ginning of this latest development
extended along the eqst' bank of the
Strypa River, down to the Dniester
and along the north- bank of the
Dniester to a point 7 just east of Zal-
eszczykl. Then it curved toward' tjtie
south and east Into Bessarabia. -
The .Austrian troops occupied a
line ip Pruth River, which branches
Perth after leaving Cnerowit*
through Zalesxeaykl to Taraopol.
Along this northern branch the Aus
trians had const meted strong field
works, thrown well oat in front ns n
Thin was done largely; he-
cause from s military point of view,
the chief value of Cznerowitz lay In
the possession of a good lateral line
of communications In the rear of the
Austrian line. This branefi of the
railroad has, .therefore, been the
scene, of the greatest struggle.
sooth, however, the
have so far been meagre in detail,
due to the feet that no far the attach
has not yet developed IU
strength. This section will
close watching.
repay*
Reports have , not been suffi
ciently clear as to locations to
Judge just what measure of sup-
cess, If any, the Russians have met
with, but it seems that this rail
road has been crossed and defi
nitely cut. Should this prove to be
the case, the Austrians seem
dogpied to » considerable retreat.
Except for a few miserable high
ways, there is no line of communi-
eatlons until the one from Kolomea
through Stanlslau to Lemberg is
reached. There are, of course, sev
eral rivers which afford excellent de
fensive positions, but no railroad
until the Kojpmea-Lemberg line is
peached. - ' . ; ^ ‘
What the chances of Russian suc
cess are can not be foretold. It is
certain, however, that the Russians
to-day are an entirely different fight
ing force than they were when the
Grand Duke Nicholas was in com
mand. In the first place their sup
plies are much more nearly adequate
than in the fail) their organization Is
better, there is;much better co-ordi
nation between Its parts and a real
unity of purpose among the various
commanders.
Going back to the situation arouPiT
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CALLS OUT
Now that the Japanese-Uhinese dis
putes are at rest, it Is known that
Japan's factories are working night
and day,, turning out ammunition. It
is known also (hat the trahs-Sibe-
rian railway has been to a large ex
tent double-tracked so that an unln-
lu
terrupted flow of ammunition has
been pouring into the Russian bases
of supply for months and will con
tinue to pour.
Condition*, therefore, are entirely
different than they were early In
AugUHt when Warsaw fell. From
these considerations it would seem
then, that, wtt|i the superior numbers
that Russia can be counted on to con
centrate at any point of her own
selection, chances should favor her
army In spite of Its previous disas
ters.
There may. howrever. be another
object hark of the Russian attacks
in Bukowina than an advance toward
Kolomea—and that is to Jlght their
way southward Into Bukowina and
Transylvania generally oarallel to
the Rumanian border and clear these
two provinces completely. Nor Is
this with Russian numbers an Im
possibility. Such movement would
have two results. Rumania, as has
been stated, holds the most advan
tageous position strategically of any
of the Balkan States.
At the same time there is present
an element of weakness. She Is in
closed on the north and south be
tween Austria and Bulgaria, with a
neck of only 150 miles across be
tween these two countries. In the
centre of this neck lies Bucharrest.
Even if Rumania desired to enter the
war on the side of the Entente, and
if she wished to realize her national
ambitions for Bukowina and Transyl.
vania, she would not dare to take the
step with a large hostile force mobil
ized on either frontier.
Saloniki details of which were out-
dined in last week's'review, it Is i*-
ported that.preparation for an attack
on Ufe-Allle'S' position Is now under
way. - The'fact that this move has
not been made before brings with it
interesting speculation as to whether,
after all, it will mat°rialize.
Once Serbia was cleared by the
Teuton allies beyond Nish, t^he only
object in pressing an offense further
was to destroy not only the (Serbian
army but the Anglo-French expedi
tionary forces. Through the simple
process of outflanking them by su
perior numbers, the Bulgars cleared
Macedonia, not by capturing all the
.allied troops, or even large numbers
of them but by dfivlng tnem across
the Greek border. ; Thus tho terri
tory was taken afcd occupied.
But, as has been repeatedly stated
in these reviews the capture of ter
ritory does not of itself decide any
thing. Only when the opposing force
has been destroyed as a fighting en
tity is victory complete. The task
of the Teuton allies was, therefore,
less than half finished by the com
plete occupation of Macedonia. The
Anglo-French army was not only in
tact, but was retreating toward a
very strong defensive position, be
hind which was not an overland line
of communications, but a large
waterway.
Several considerations caused the
Teuton allies to hesitate to cross the
Greek border. In the first place, not
the Teutons but the Bulgarians were
In Macedonia, the Teutons being en
gaged in Albania and Montenegro.
The'Greek population has very
strong leanings toward the Entente,
as shown by the strength of the Veni-
zeios faction, and only the most high
handed methods of King Constantine
have prevented Greece from joining
them.
The Bulgarians are a traditional
enemy, and had they made an Inva
sion of Greece they would have caus
ed a revolution of the Greek army
against the government, or would
have had to fight not only an allied
army of over a hundred thousand
men, but. a. Greek _ army.,of . three
times that number in addition.
Vor the Teutons deliberately to
provoke sucli a force Into active hos
tility would be madness. It would
Invite the loss of everything that suc
cess in Serbia had won. ^The attack
on the allied position at Saloniki
must be made, if at all, by Teutons.
This brings In the pressing question
of Teuton numbers
Modern defense is tremendously
powerful, and Saloniki Is surrounded
by positions of great natural
strength. The Allies must have by
this time nearly 200,000 men guard
ing the port, with an excellent sup
ply line—the sea—in thoir rear, even
though there Is no line of retreat
To force such a line will if the pro-
|s>rtloii of troop# on the French front
he taken as a guide, require cloee to
500,000 men—and where cka Ger
many and Austria find troops la this
number for such an operation?
They simply do not exist. The
French front can not be thinned out
—it has almost reached the breaking
point now. In the Riga sector and
from the Pripet marshes to the
Pruth the Russians are pushing mat
ters to an extent that permits of no
diversion of troops for other fields.
The Italians are occupying the en
tire attention of almost a million
Austrians. To find the requisite
troops to use against Saloniki with
fair hope of success is more than can
be cx|»ected even of the Teuton or
ganization.
It mar. therefore, be considered as
extremely doubtful whether a move
against Saloniki will be made.
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COMPULSORY SERVICE BEFORE
BOUSE OF COMMONS
IREUND IS EXEMPTEO
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Asquith Introduces Bill Providing
That All Males Between Agee of
18 and 41, Bachelor or Widowers
Without Children, Must Join Mili
tary Ranks—Crowd in Gallery.
Under the terms of the comf
It could easily mean a repetition of
the tragedy of-Serbia—a drive south
by Austria and a drive nortli bxJBul-
garla, both against Bucharest, would
be almost sure to follow. If, how
ever, Russia can by extending her
line southward through Bukowina
neutralize the Teutonic forces In
Eastern Galicia, Rumania vould be
free to declare war and be.<in imme-
-j diately an invasion of Bulgaria. Such
o iii«Ae would at once jeopardize all
Germany lias won through the con
quest of Serbia and threaten, by mov
ing against Sofia, to cut off again
the Turk from the Central Empires.
Another advantage to be gained by
the extension of th^ Russian* line
would,be a similar dxtehsion which
the Teutons would be forced t?l make
or be outflanked. It is almost uni
versally conceded that the Teutons
can not with safety extern! their lines
lieyond those at present occupied.
Rather it is a question now of how
to shorten them.
An analysis of Teuion losses
which have been published only In
part, makes it a simple matter of
arithmetic to show that they have al
ready reached or very shortly will
reach the point where every loss is a
permanent loss; that is, a loss that
can not be Veplaced for lack of men.
There are certainly no men available
without weakening another part by
withdrawals. The Russian attack,
however, has not yet developed to
file point where Its primary object is
apparent. • “* .
In addition to the fighting in the
Czernowitz region, considerable ac
tivity has been manifested along'the
Styr River, between the marshes and
in Volhynla. The Russian (retreat
carried them at some points beyond
the marshes into the open country
beyond. At the entrances tfr the
marshes the army was, of course,
divided by the marshes themselves.
They are now commencing to emerge
from the marshes and are fighting
their way westward along the Sarny-
Kovel railroad toward the latter
point.
The Styr River Iq this section is
considerei a peculiarly strong defen
sive screen—a screen necessary to
the maintenance of the German Hnes
r lti their presew* position, and one
which every effort will be made to
hold. The marsh belt which borders
the banks from Kolkl north adds to
tile protection afforded by the river
lUMlf
It hen been grossed by the Rus
sians north of Csertorysk over e
frost pbowt fire miles In length. As
, emwpal*
■ory military service bill, intro
duced in the British house of
commons Wednesday, all males be
tween the ages of eighteen aad
forty-one who are bachelors or
bachelors or widowers without
children dependent upon them, are
liable for military service. Ireland
is excluded from the terms of the
measure.
WANTS MORE ASSURANCE
Friends Urge Wilson to Secure
Pledge From Germanic* Allies.
Encouraged by the conciliatory at
titude shown by Germany and Aus
tria in recent diplomatic exchanges
with the United 8ta*es, officials are
considering requesting a definite and
coirifcfrehensive .statement pledging
not only Germany but all of her
allies to respect In the conduct of
their sea warfare the guarantees as
to the safety of American life for
which this government has con
tended.
President Wilson Is being urged
by some of his clqse advisers to ask
the Germanic allies for definite as
surances that no unarmed ships with
Americans aboard shall be destroyed
by any of them until the passengers
have reached a place of .safety. The
president is said to look with favor
upon such a proposal, but has reach
ed no decision. In any case he prob
ably will take no steps until details
of pending negotiations have been
cleared up. •
BRITAIN SEIZES SHIPS
Mr. Asquith opened his address
with an analysis of the figures In the
Derby report. He emphasized the
fact that during the Derby campaign
nearly three million men had offered
their services. Even deducting thosa
rejected on the grotmd of phyaical
disability, the total was still in ex
cess of twenty-five hundred thousand.*
“These are wonderful, encouraging
figures,’’ the premier continued.
“They ought to convince both our
allies and our enemies that the peo
ple of this country have their hearts ,
in the war.” ;
Mr. Asquith said he was unable,
after making the largest possible
hypothetical deduction to consider
the number of i.nrecrulted single men
as anything but « substantial and
even considerable amount.
He added that SI* John Simon,
whose resignation as home secretary
was announced, though^ the figures
might be reduced \p an Inestimable'
quantity. If be had shared this view.
Mr. Asquith said, the present con
tingency would not have ariaen. bat
b« could sot think ttwt.
The primary obligation was to keep
faith at all costs with the married
men. Mr. Asquith said exemptions
from service could be claimed under
the terms of the bill on the same
grounds as In the case o.* men attest
ed under the Derby pian. The grounds
of exemption Include conscientious
objection to performing military ser
vice.
Other grounds for exemption from
service, the premier said, included
health, physical Infirmity, the neces
sity to support dependent persons
and tha fact of being engnged on
work of national Importanca.
The bill providing for compulsory
military service was introduced In
the house of commons Wednesday by
Premier Asquith. The largest aasam-
blage of members sines tha war ba-
gan faced the premier. Many mam-
bers had obtained leave to return to
the fight so that they might ha able
to vote on the compulsion bills.
The Earl of Derby, who condnctad
the recruiting campaign, waa In thn
peers gallery. Mr. Asquith said no
esse had been made out for general
compulsion and that the bill ha was
Introducing could be supported by
those opposed to conscription.
The bill, Mr. Asquith continued,
was limited specifically to redemption
of the promise he had made publicly
to married men. This pledge had
been given at a time when over
whelming evidence had been submit
ted to him that married men who
were willing and anxious to aerva
were holding back in large numbers.
They needed to be reassured that
having regard for their circumstances
and the business they ware carrying
on, they could count upon their term,
of service being postponed until the
younger and single men had been
called up. If assurances had not
been given at that time there would
have been danger that the whole re
cruiting campaign would break down.
2 "Where, then, should we be now?”
he asked. '
The premier added that if he were
to be confronted with the same situa
tion at the present time he would
take precisely the same course. He
said he had received no protest
against his pledge.
Although he had been a strong
supporter of the system of voluntary
service, Mr. Asquith declared he was
convinced of the necessity of the
compulsion bill which he believed
would mefet with general approval
when its provisions were understood.
FEUD CARRIED A YEAR
Estill Man is Shot to Death by His
Brother-In-Law.
Takes Control in Order to Insure
' Supply nf Grain and Food.
The British government is taking
stringent measures to see that the
prevailing shortage in ships shall not
Interfere with the shipment of food
and other necessaries to ports in the
United Kingdom. Vessels .are .being
requisitioned right aqd left for the
shipment of wheat frhm the Ameri
cas, and in shipping circles it is re
ported that the admiralty' intends to
call In the British ships now trading
between foreign ports.
T'he latter measure is expected par
ticularly to af'ect British ships trad
ing between South America and the
United States. Shippers in Ixmdon
predict that such action would -have
a disastrous effect on this trade.
As the result of an old feud, Hor
ace Long was shot and killed at
Lena Friday afternoon about two
o’clock by his brother-in-law. Calvin
Shuman, About a yefar ago Long
Shuman
and' Shuman met in Hampton and
Shuman was badly beaten by Long.
Since that time bad feeling has ex
isted.
Friday Long was sitting on the
stejss of his brother’s store where he
is employed when Shuman, it is al
leged, rode up in his buggy, hitched
his horse, walked over to where
Long was sitting and opened fire,
shooting him four times. Death was
instantaneous, one bullet going
through the heart. Shuman walked
back to his buggy and drove to
Hampton and surrendered. Both are
married and about thirty yaan of
age.
*«’•
Caa Withstand Tomedoea.
Naval experts believe that all fu
ture American, battleships will be
able to survive the explosion of a
■ingle torpedo againM their halls re
gardless of where they are struck.
Coleman Is CoInmbU P. M.
Representative Lever Wednesday
recommended the appointment of
former Sheriff Wm. H. Coleman of
Richland county, to be postmaster at
Columbia- The nomination will go
to the Seaate ia a few day*.
It
an would have power with
« he most first of "all ha'
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