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* * ' .tm*. CASE NOT SETP » “v.- riATIONS ON LOSITANU ARE BEING CONTINUED CAMPAIGN WARRIORS FOR ? DEMOCRATIC FIGHT NAMED WILL NOT PUBLISH NOTE HOW RACE WILL END ^ « MANNING GAINS STRENGTH AS CAMPAIGN CLOSES McCormick Announces Committee of Twenty Democrats and Asso ciates Seven Progressives. Vance McCormick, chairman of the Democratic national committ.ee, un- ■‘"‘'Irounced Thursday night the person- • 1, ■ | nel of the Democratic campaign com- | mittee and the associate campaign Request of Subordinate to Germany committee of Progressives^ 1 which Estimate of Comparative Strength of , _ * I will direct the fight for President Must Not be Construed as an Ac- Wilson’s re-election. The Democratic campaign cortimittee has a member- NO FEATIMS IN CANVAS ceptance of Germany's Offer—Of- > ship l ' ot twenty and the associate cam- ficiuls Declare too Mucli Import Paign committee of Progressives is composed of seypn. They are re- tance Has Been Attached to Mat- spectively, a^foilows: Democratic campaign committee, Vance McCormick, chairman;* Homer S. Cummings, vice chairman, Con- neticut; Wilber M. Harsh, treasurer, ter. Different Candidates—Manning to / ..o. ! be Opposed by Cooper or iVlcase in , Second Primary—Both Losing : Strength With Voters, The article below has been pub- State department officials have ex plained that the recent request to the | Harter Grass secretary Vir- German embassy for permission to . . a ’ „ 1 r », aSS ’ .if e d .' I i' . F i ginia; Henry Morgenthau, chairman publish one ot Count von Bernstortf s "2 ... .• ,, , . . „ .n . t i finance committee. New \ork; Judge notes on the settlement of the Lusi-, ,, „ n,,,?., tama case was an inadvertence. j c ’ V v allace Washington; Fred B. . At first it was denied that auy. Lynch Minnesota; Thomas J. Walsh, F>' agreed that the second race tor such request had been made, but an 1 Montana* Albert Sahm Indiana I the Koverno:ship lies between Rich- lished in several papers and has been credited to W. J. Cormack and Joe / Sparks: Close observers of the political campaign being - wag^d in South .Caroiina are now almost unanimous- close to him, with Manning in third place. In Newberry county it is generally believed that Bfease and Manning will rtin close for first place, with I the odds on -the former candidate,’ because it is his home county.; Cooper La conceded a very small per centage of tl.ic votes. In Richland county the indications point to a slignt lead for Bl(^o««f»'er Manning, with Cooper running third. : In Lexington county Manning will probably^ |t*ad w ith Bleaso and ( Cooper running close for seebud place. It is expected that Biease will carry Saluda county, with Cooper and Manning running second and. third, respectively. In Edgefield county it is generally understood that Manning will receive a majority over all in trte fifst pri mary, with Blease and Cooper run ning in the order named. In Aiken ebunty it is conceded that Blease will load, closely followed by Manning for second idace and Cooper running third. It is freely predicted that Manning Will receive a majority in Barnwell county, with Blease ruqning second SUB SEENJN MAINE BREMEN OR THE DEUTSCHLAND SIGHTED BY CAPTAIN 450,000 RUMANIANS READY TO EMIT SHARP LOOKOUT IS KEPT American Const Guard Captain Sees Two Submarines Off Coas^ of Maine, Close to Canadian Shore— No Anterio.n or Allied Craft are in Yicinitj—Bremen and ConVoy? Captain Small of the Cross Island Coast Guard Station off Machtesport, Me., reported Monday that Ills sta tion had sighted a large submarine bound west. Its nationality could not be determined, but the Captain 00 ®f! | said he lias no doubt that it was an The indications points to a major-; ity ior Manning in Hampton county. Benson, Kansas; W. L. Saunders, I ' vith AI f- Coo -P er a PObr'UiHd in the. New Jersey; Francis Peabody, llli-’; primarj. ■ nois; Frank E. Doremus, Michigan; I If Ulease aI,d Co °P t,r cont,nu e u investigation of 'the' department's, sj meon ' M. Johnson, Ohio; Wm. F. | ard I: Manning and C,ole L. Biease! with Cooper and Blease breaking even for second place. In Jasper county Manning, Cooper and Blease wl 1 probably break even. It is believed that Colleton county will give a majority to .Manning, with Nob California* I) C Roper! chair-! ate * y Gov - ^ Iann > n K ,i! strength in-] Blease running second and Cooper State department bffieials declar-] man ’ organization bureau, and Hub- j creased in the future as it has done] third ed that too much importance had “ files disclosed that a letter prepared by a subordinate olfieial and prob ably signed either by Secretary Lan sing or acting Secretary [’oik and j j anies e. Smith, Missouri; M. A. | , . , . had been transmitted to the German i y; a b, California; D. C. Roper; cliair-i ttle twc ' weeks end proportion .embassy. 1 lose votes as they have done during ert W. Wooley, dire^toriof publicity, been attached to the request in Ger-j Associate. campaign committee ot man official quarters and that it was, progressives: Bainbridge Colby. New not, as interpreted, an Indication York; Matthew Hale, Massachusetts; that Germany’s proposals were to be Albert D. Nortoni, Missouri; Francis J. Heney, California; J. A. H. Hop kins, New Jersey: Ole Hansen, Wash ington, and IJenry M. Wallace, Mich- igon. “We have no intention,” said Mr. P -. - . - - . - McCormick, "to attempt to absorb *** •I**** * be jj, e progressive party. We recognize iUis of the entire in-giillations j n an e ff ec t(ve group of independ- ^b^ll was Informal an dthat iiono ent men an( j women who are fighting the corn's|Hiiuleiu’e was ot a f 0r the same proflTrtissive principles for which we stand. Our d€*sire is to secure their spontaneous and hearty We ihfnk Ibat.the r. t ! undersea crait. Tlie submarine was coming to the surface when it was sighted, and after rqhniug awash ‘fifteen minutes again submerged. It was tbought that tile vessel might lie tin* German submarine Bremen. ' So far as could be learned there are uo» i'nited States sub marines on the Maine coast. The lookout at ( ross Island confirmed I/ondon Correspondent Buy* Ruaata is to Cede Territory For Inter mediate Aid of Troops. , 1'he Providence, H- Journal printed a cablegram from Its London Correspondent Tuesday morning; from which the following is an ex tract; ,* “The following statement is the, essential part of a declaration made to me yesterday by an official of Lie British war office: “ ‘There is now collected In a 1 about the District of Saloniki a sp.eu- didly? equipp«*d army of six hundred and eighty thousand British, French and Serbian troops. Fully eighty per cent, of these trodps are season ed veterans. There have been many alleged explanations of the reason why this large and powerful fighting force lias not taken part in the com bined drive that has been in progress along'the various fronts continuously for the past month. “The reason is that Great Britain and France want to make no move that will bring them into a clash with Bulgarian troops at this time. It is vm f probable, indeed, tliat within the next few weeks Bulgaria ] will again shift her allegiance and declare her affiliation with Russia or withdraw from the Teutonic alliance. accepted as satisfactory. liotli Secretary latmdng and Mr. Polk declared the request was in no wise an indication that the ^ l nited States was about to accept -vMGermany’s long-pending represen- 'ioiih as satisfactory, that the is of tlie entire negotiations ill was informal an dthat none the rnric*|M>iidenee was of a ’nature r for publication at tills time. in tlie past, those “with their ears to. Every indicatioh points to a large' tb**.ground’’ unhesitatingly assert ] piurality^r Manning ffTfrihrleston ] C t 8maU * i | ator y, and added' i^t | "’This vitally Important fact. running second. — tliat the Sumter man will be re- county, with Blease elei ted in the first primary by a handsome majority. The county to county campaign, for Copper Is The estimated -vote comparatively small. Dorchester county will ■ probably now on the home stretch, unlike the give Manning a majority, with Blease he saw not me, but two undersea 1 coupled with the exact knowledge cratt on the surface at tlie samei notf held by the British govern men t time, both going westward at a dlsij that Rumania is heart and soul with tance of five miles off shore, at and Cooper running in the order named. Bamhqrg county will give Manning The case is regarded as still un- settled because of deve.optue.iU In ; c.nncVtnn submarine w arfat e ami ineViTnTinje ord ()Ttlie^ Democratic of the European belligerents on the subject of armed merchantmen which* arose last February at the ido- nient the Lusitania negotiations ap peared to be on the point of a satis factory conclusion. State department officials broke their silence on the subject snd as serted that what really happened waa this: A subordinate official who assem bles the diplomatic correspondence period Ic ally compiled and published as a -White Book, wrote the German embassy a letter which Mr. Polk ad mitted was signed either by himself or by Secretary 1 .analog, for permis sion to publish ono of the Lusitania notes submitted by the German am bassador on December 4. The em bassy replied giving its assent with the suggestion that the last note, dated February 16. be published at the same time. This suggestion was not answar- ed. On the other hand, the sugges tion that any of the correspondence be published was dropped at once on the decision of higher officials that the circumstances which Intervened to prevent a conclusion of the nego tiations had not been altered, and that the situation was in a condi tion that did not warrant the publi cation of any of the correspondence. The embassy was. not informed of the changed plan. Word was sent to Berlin that the note would be made public here. When information was received of the request to the embassy and its reply. German embassy officials were questioned, and they led Inqdirers to believe they considered- the pro ceeding an indication..of the impend ing acceptance of the latest German proposals. This was supplemented further by characterization as absolutely un warranted the recent intimations from Berlin that undersea warfare fas about to be renewed on its for- ler scale. There.was the added im pression that tlie United States had been convinced, by the abandonment of the submarine campaign since the sinking of the channel liner Sussex, of the sincerity of Germany's ac- ceptnce of the principles laid down. ■ i I'pon that showing they believed tlie state department was about to pub lish tlie Lusitania correspondence with an implication, at least, of its acceptability. - The dispatch referred to by Secre taries Lansing and Folk was ^ent out from Washingtbn and read as follows; The United States has asked for and received permission from Ger many to publish as a formal docu ment the last note in the Lusitania case, which was submitted by Count von Bernatorff nearly six montiis . ago, Tlie State Department’s inten tion to publish tlie communication is i believed to indicate its accep tance. Acting Secretary Polk declined to discuss the—plans—&f the—United States in regard to the Lusitania case, or to say ; when the document would be given jj»ut. The communication, dated Feb. 16, deals only with the principles involved. It jloes not mention the amount of indemnity Germany is to pay or how or wlien the amount will be agreed upon. It simply “recogniz es liability,” promises to make rep aration by the payment of indem nity, gives assurances for the future, and declares that* reprisals, such as ruthless submarine operations, must not be directed against other than * enemy subjects. .—Until now there has been absolute- f ly no discussion between Count von Bernatorff an* the .State Department or between ambassador Gerard and tlie Berlin Foreign Office In regard to the question of indemnity. The ’'German Government is represented as feeltnr ftrwtr hnvlng rtgnWkd Kw willingness to make reparation, the United States must make the next move toward obtaining It. The communication when submit ted by Const von Bnmmorff waa re garded aa being tentative, aatf the party under President Wilson abundantly ‘de serves that co-operation, and wo rely upon the party's tfetiorr In the future to continually justify their support.'' REACH NO AGREEMENT canvasses of previous years, has de veloped but few "thrills,” and these Incidents were Isolated. The cam-1 paign, withal, has been extremely a majority, with Blease and Cooper quiet, and uniformly there has been splitting even good feeling among the candidates. I The indications point to Manning The only incidents worthy of note recetving sixty per centum of the was the verbal tilt between Manning '’ ol ® Orangeburg county in Jh»* and Blease at Anderson, when the first primary, with Cooper and Biease latter was warned not to deal In per- * | lhe ■nuialiima ilm Uiaaing ttf. linv, .Vlan-J n iT T ^,„fISn7»i IftiOfcljl i.flailC. nlng Charleston;'the interruption | l ] 0 _ nii lu Orangeburg also apply about ten mLes an hour. The lookout said that he picked up the larger vessel in clear weather five miles to the southeast. As the' vessel fame to the surlace the look-] out said he heard several bliqRs from I the signal horn at the lighthouse on Seal Island, a British possession. The coast guards believed that tlie the .Allies and will come in at the moment when they give the w >rd, are the two outstanding develop ments of to-day which are < jusing more concerr. to ail the flghti g pow ers than the present mllitar. moves. “ ‘The elimination of tia^vnoff from the Rurslan ministry l.is taken away the last barrier to Kumania'a decision to join the All' it is Kailroada and Men Mtill Bold Out for Their I’ointa. After deliberating the greater part ot Thursday night, the United States board of mediators and conciliation waa- Friday no nearer a solution of th'* '’deadlock" In the dispute be tween the four railroad brotherhoods of the country and their employers. Efforts of the mediators to avert s strike were virtually at a halt, due to the fact. It waa reported, that the railroads refuse to grant any con cessions and the men persist in their stand for the unequivocal granting of their demanda for an eight-hour day and time and a half overtime. tention to treat aa warships armed merchant ahlpa of the Entente Allies. During the discussion of this dec laration. and the negotiations over the attacks upon the channel steam er Sussex snd other vessels carrying American citixens, the communica tion. which stands as Germany’s for mal reply to the last American Lusi tania note, has been lying in the State Department Having obtained further assuranc es regarding the conduct of subma rine warfare at the time of lhe ne gotiations over the Sussex disaster, tin* State ITepartment decided to await developments, principally with the idea of determining how Ger many's assurances would be observ ed. It has been indicated by officials of the departmqnt recently that, since it apparently was evident that Germany was living up to her prom ises, the Lusitania note, the wording of which occupied much of the time of Secretary Lansing and Count von Bernstorff over a period of many weeks, should be published. The Ber lin Foreign Office offered no objec tions. 'Hundreds of claims for lives and property lost on the Lusitania - are on file in the State Department. Heirs of victims have filed claim's ranging from five thousand to one million dollars each. A belief pre vails in official and diplomatic quar ters that the amount of the Indem nity eventually will be determined by a commission. The note ending the negotiations over the principles, signed by Count von. Bernstorff; opens by referring to the formal assurances given by Germany last September that sub marines would not sink unresisting liners without proper warning and regard for the safety of lives. It re.- fers to the long standing friendly re of BleAse’s speech at Orangeburg where he refused to continue his ad dress to the populace, and the flati- cuff at Manning between Dr. E. C. L. I Adams, candidate for lieutenaitt gov ernor. and J. M. DesChampa. candi- I date for governor. At the beginning of the campaign Solicitor Cooper developed consider able strength because tt was thought he would stand a better chance of de feating Blease than did Gov Man ning. Also, there ia a certain finan cial and capitalistic element In the state which la opposed to the present chief executive because It cannot bend him to its will; and this oppo sition, as tar as it haa been able to ascertain, haa gone to Mr. Cooper. Likewise, certain disgruntled and unsuccessful off Ice-seekers hare reg istered a decided opposition to Oov. Manning, who. fikim the first haa shown a disinclination to pat the political spoilsman on the back. Ail these intricate elements against VSov. Manning appeared, at first, to make hla fight a doubtful one, until it was seen that the great body of the com mon peyple, whose consciences are clear and p^ioae hearts are aound, were silently and unobatruaively working for him because of the legis lation passed In their behalf during his administration and bla enforce ment of the law, better securing from injury personal and property rights. Also, the passage of measures ben eficial to the textile worker has gain ed him considerable strength among the cotton mill operatives of the State, cutting down Blease’s strength there. The reflex of this strength haa caused the swing of the pendu- lunrback toward Manning in an ever increasing arc The supporters of Blease concede that their man will have to cope with Manning in the second prima-y. and Cooper support ers say that Manning and Cooper will lations between the United States and Germany, and asserts that the instructions to submarine command ers were so definite’ as to permit of no misunderstanding. It then says that the warfase around the British Isles was in reprisal for what is termed the "inhirmane” and “ille gal” blockade measures of Great Bri tain tq starve the Central Pow’ers in to submission. Germany, “recognizing liability,” promises to pay indemnity for the American lives lost, and expresses “profound regret” for their death. The note says that reprisals should not be directed at other than enemy subjects, and that the killing of American citizens was unintentional. In the last portion of the document Germany expresses readiness to co operate with the United States in any effort looking toward the frae- ’dom of tite»— — hf tte Oatrsi ot U» Diplomats friendly to the Central Powers regard newt dispatches from Germany intimating that a ruth lews t.’ r..»rtne warfare waa about to he ed aa without fouadatioa Con- ’ ftdeatial advtcae from Bortla art ua- I iormoud to have mads It rlaar that the ot them to-1 fight it out in the seconif primary. Both sides concede Manning as their strongest opponent. The aston ishing feature of Manning's gain is his continually increasing strength in the Biedmont, the logical territory of Robert A. Cooper and the section that Cole. L- Blease hitherto has got ten such Targe votes. Judging from reports from various counties of the State the indications are that the vote in the first primary will register around one hundred and thirty thousand ballots. A survey of the State so far can vassed by the campaign part divulges the following facts, based on close observation of critical political ob servers:. It is generally conceded that Man ning will get approximately thirty- five to forty per centum of the vote of Spartanburg county. Cooper prac tically the same and Blease a poor third. The indications point to a small plurality for Manning over Cooper tn Greenville county, wlh Blease a close third. It is believed that there is a toss- up between Manning and Blease for first place in Pickens county, while Cooper will run third. In Oconee county Manning will lead Blease, with Cooper third, ac cording to the most conservative of estimators. ’ In Anderson.county it-is generally believed that Blease will get a-ma jority of. approximately eight hun- dred/votes over Manning and Cooper, with' Manning second choice and Goofier third. In Greenwood county Manning will probably lead wltb Blease and Cooper running a close race for aec- ond piace, the bet^Jbetag placed on Cooper. In Abbeville county It is believed the statement you made at Detroit.” that Cooper will lead with Blease antf »»nuruR "fw ■bipb* antf tttfttf placet, respectively. McCormick the "baby county" of the State, win probably five Manning a majority ov«r all opponents with Rleaae and Cooper foliowlag ia tbs La areas ceaaty. the home of CMpav. will give Us favorite raa4t- to Calhoun county. The demonstration. and hearty welcome accorded Manning at his home town, Sumter, last Tuesday.) and the overwhelming sentiment ot the campaign crowd for him, force fully demonstrates that be wlH re ceive at least **eventy-five per centum of the vote of hit home county, while Blease and Cooper will break even. Clarendon county will probably give Blease. a plurality, with Manning and Cooper running In the order named. In Berkeley county Manning will probably get a majority in the first primary over ail. wltb Cooper and Blease splitting even. In Georgetown county Blesse and Manning will run 'close tor first place, with the odds in favor of the first-named candidate. It Is thought that Mr Cooper's strength is negli gible In this county. In the balance of the Pm Dm yet to be covered. Manning Is by far the favorite, and it Is estimated that he will receive s tremendous majority there over both Cooper snd Biease in speaking of bis chances for re-’ election with newspaper men. Gov. Manning stated that he is especially pleased with the continual Increase of his strength in every part of the State, and he it confident that he will be honored with a second term by the people or the State. He says that he is making law enforcement the paramount issue of the campaign, on every stump Is telling of his work in closing up the "blind tigers” in keeper of th • lighthouse was signal- understood on authority which I am nan i not able to quote, but wb.<A ia indla- LtgUt. start Writ unpwiteir'Ttnirx TOP- •puiaRTe."niat' TSe enUr'eterritorrer Bessarabia from i^bvn, at t ie Ru- inarine ‘bad been sighted. Imme diately after the whistle sounded the submarine submerged A few mo ments later a have set In and tt was impossible to see more than four miles off Cross Island. . Cross Island lies close to the Maine coast. If the vessel waa the Bremen she was either off her course, or. fo reasons best known to her master, had chosen to come In close to the enemy's country. To be off Cross ltl-.nd lhe submarine must! with Bulgaria If the latter have skirted Nova Scotia and round-1 r. ♦ ♦ ♦ ■' ed Sable Isumd; thence beading' cr|»|fsii MEM M ENTIE1H north along *he edge of the Bay of MEn rlXHIITUL Kundy Instead of taking the more direct route i croes the Gulf of Maine to Bar Harbor or Portland. The in dicated coarse would bring her with in the thrM mile litmt soon after she was sighted. ‘‘1 was stwrding on the hill look ing ont to sea through my glaas,” said Lowell W. Dunn, the lookout. "nnd It waa perfectly clear at the time, while the water waa smooth. The first of the two submarines ap peared from teneath the surface at about eight twenty-five o'clock and I should Judpe that her hull was ten or twelve feet out of water. Al- manlan border, east to tlx mouth of the Dniester, on the RlaeL Pea. and along fifty miles of the lllncli Sea coast line, back to the month of the Danube, on the Rumaniah t order, in to be ceded by Russia to iMmania. and that Rumania will at oar# place four hundred sad flftjr Mroiin—d IrtMtpa fully equipped at the urjrvtea of the Allies for operaUoaa Hthew against Bulgaria Or la roajhrtrOoa SAYS AMERICAN REPORTER Empire Haa Mllttoa Foar Mlllioa More for Indefinite War. The following dispatch was passed by the British censor when sent to the New York Times by its Beriih correspondent: While the exact figures ■wiMlahrd I ahi in a powitJon to Ia* though Mho waa more than «ve mllen JEte more ,£7 heretoiure off shore I rould plainly make out pninHiln the Immmsr human ra- what seemed to be a small toWer amidships of her. * **I watched her for a few minutes Charleston, the accomplishments on another look at the big one, she, too, the business side of the admtnistra- went below the surfaae.” tton, the Improvement tn the educa-l A canvass of naval stations and tional system of the State, with spe- builders appiared to establish that rial emphasis on the need of increas- no American submarines were off p o—4 Me ■erven with which Germany la enter ing the third yenr of the war. Mora .. . , , IB* , than one million new troops are con- and then, shifting my gla-es, I saw ltalt , y , n tralnlng , n th . barrack* another smaller submarine n mile throurtout Germany, ahead of hei Both were bound to -n,* youngsters of the 1917 clasa. the westward Jhe vessel In the lead j which, according to advance muster- soon submerged and when. thrM or j i„ g> | g expected to yield oIom to five four minutes after, I turned to take! hun dr e d thousand high standard troops, have not yet been called to ed efficiency Li the conimon»schools, the progress that has been made by the laboring people under his admin istration. and the reorganization and remodeling of the State Hospital for the Insane along modern lines, pro viding tender care and comfort for the unfortunate inmates. Gov. Manning dally is receiving letters endorsing his progressive ad ministration from every section of South Carolina and support has been pledged to Mm for his re-.election from many unsuspecting quarters and surprising sources. MOVE ON GORIZIA Italians Break Long Deadlock by a o Taking Key to Gorfkia. The Gorizia bridgehead, the key to an advance to Trieste and over which the Austrians and Italians have fought many notable battles, hafc at last fallen into the hands of the Italians, and the city o’f Gorizia is being shei'ed by them in an en- deavor to drive out its defenders. The taking of the bridgehead came with the capture of Monte Sabotino and Monte San Michels. In the fight ing the Italians took mofe than eight thousand prisoners and a large num ber of guns, machine guns and a quanatity of war materials. TAKE 15,000 PRISONERS Italians Make Great Gains in Recent * Offensive. The number of prisoners taken by the Italians since the fall of Gorizia now exceeds fifteeh thousand, accord ing to the correspondent of the Tri buna on the Isonzo front. Italian cavalry and cyclists are clearing the valleys of the retreating Austrians afid. according to the corespondent. Ians on both wings. Infantile Paralysis In Mate. ThrM cnees of Infantile parmhmia were reported to the State bonkl of health Tneaday. oae from Forty, one i e Intel • inly 1. this coast. Think She Is the Bremen. Washington navy officers said no American submarines were known to be anywhen near Cross Island. They thought the ooat sighted there might lie the German suhniei-Hible Deutrhlaud on her homeward voyage or her sister ship, the Bremen, bound in for tlie United States, Henry G. Hilken, senior member of the Eastern Forwarding Company, American agents of the German mer chant subma; nes, read the dispatch reporting th' sighting of two sub marines off the Maine coast today with interest, but refused to com ment on the posslblity of the craft being the Bremen or any other Ger man underwater boat. Officials of the company have said heretofore that the Bremen was coming to Bal timore or tome other convenient American port. British naval authorities at Hali fax were without information of the submarines reported as having been sighted off Macliir.sport, Me. It was said authoritatively that there had been no British submarines in these waters recently. Every point along the Maine coast watched sharply for the two subma rines, believed to be foreign vessels and possibly the long-expected Ger man merchantman Bremen and a consort, reported five miles off Cross Island, near Machtes, and close to the colors, and there is no poesibli- Ity of thetr being mustered in before 1917 as normally In peace times. Of the 1916 class, only sixty per cent, so far have been culled to the colors. These are now receiving the same careful, thorough training aa in peace times, forming an elite army equal in quality to the first line that took the field at the out break of the war. In addition, more than one million able bodied men between the ages ot nineteen and forty-five can still be thrown in the field. They have been mustered and found physfcally fit, but have not yet been called to the colors. The age limit for active ser vice is now raised from forty-five t* fifty, for which at present there is absolutely neither necessity nor probability. Over four million men between -eighteen and fifty would be available. These general figures are held in military circles to justify the war minister’s statement that Germany’s Requirements in men are fully cover ed for a war of indeterminate length. ' PASS CHILD LABOR BILL Senate Votes 32 to 12 Preventing Commerce in Child Labor Products. The Senate late Tuesday passed the bill to prevent interstate com merce, in products of child labor by a vote 6f fifty-two to twelve. The Canadian waters today by a coast 1 mea9Ure w hkh already* had passed guard lookout, but no further word reached here concerning them. The vigil along the.coast extended as far east as Halifax, N. 8., and St. John, N. B., both'of which port re ported information regardisg the presence of submarines in those wa- ters. The keener the House, was brought to a vote in the Senate upon the insistence of President Wilson, after the Demo cratic Senate caucus once had de cided to defer its consideration until next December. S nators who voted against the bill were Bankhead of Alabama. Bryan and Fletcher of Florida. ene- of the lichtholise at r leitucr ui riorum. Petit MapaVon coming ashore said A 1 ?”®?!.?*.. that whtfiB he had failed to get a glimpse of a submarine, he had bMn Instructed tq watch for one. He re fused, however, to say from whom his laateastlaas ware Msetesd Carolina^ Smith and Tillman of Sonth Carolina, Smith and Hardwick of Georgia, Williams of Mississippi I (Democrats), and Oliver and Pen- PnaMJlvaaia tRepnblkaas). During the closing bonrn of 4a- Senator Tillman One posstiiltty considered waa 1 that the coastguard crew might have _ .. smb the Deuarhland. driven ont of Southern cotton miff owners oppoa- her coarse, perhaper or else sticking lm « the bill, and aaljl that while ha eloM to shore for reeeone beet known beneved It anconetletioaal, he worn to her skipper tempted to support ft beeenei of i ot tha! 1' i 1 *•*.-2