The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 30, 1918, Image 2
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CAN WORK OR FIGHT
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KR STARTS WAR4)N MEN
IN USELESS JOBS
iATION NEEDS WORKERS
Men on K1l|(t!>lc iJftt* HowardI<««n of
CMnMNlflcatton, Must («o t<» Work
and Keep Their Job* With Nec-
r#*&ry War IndUHtrlek—ItulInK*
Withheld I ntii July 1.
Every man of draft age must work
or fight after July 1, upder a dras
tic amendment to the selective serv
ice regulations announced by Pro-
▼oat Marshal General Crowder.
Not only idlers, but all draft reg
istrants engaged in what are held to
•be lion-useful occupations, are to be
haled before local boards and given
the choice of a new Job or the army.
Gamblers, race track and bucket
ahop attendants and fortune tellers
head the list, but those who will be
reached by the new regulations also
include'whiters and bartenders, thea
ter ushers and attendants, passen
ger elevator operators and other at
tendant* of clubs, hotels, stores, etc.,
•4<Mna«tlc and clerks In stores.
Deferred classification granted on
ncCount of dependents will be disre-
Carded entirely In applying the rule.
A nan may be at the bottom of class
one or even in class four, but if he
falls within the regulations and re-
fnaes to take useful employment will
he given a new number In rlaea one
that will send him Into the military
aarvlre forthwith l^>ral boards are
aathorised to use discretion only
vhare they find that enforced rhange
mt employment would resell la dts-
tt%at# hardship upon his de-
Mhftta
It has beea kaoea for some time
At name for of ''work or fight"
A keen submitted to I*reside*t
, bat there bed -been bo tel-
I bet it wee so far rear blog
• Both military aathorttlee
tpartmobt of IsAor official*
tbei it will go s lone way tw»
sowing tbs labor problem for
sblpbei tders aad meeitieae
SPAVhers aad will ead for Ibe pree
wait at least, talk ef roa*rrt|rtioe of
tabor Th# aaaoaoomeat gWoo ao-
Uro aigatOeaai that tbe lies of aoa
saewfai oteapalloae will bo os loaded
frm m time to time as
otstonoat ml tbe
ral • offhe foitows
d t'eoad
•o the
rtve rogataikoao whsrh
Aoa aot sag aged la a aoefal
oa immediataif to aggty
tbo geaorei good Th#
with tbo eitoeaeilse mi Wad
"bTirCr mp
“TV* r«setatioa prostdee tbal at
r lolf I say rogtotraat who la
aad b? e Ural beard to bo e bah-
sal idler or aot eagocod la some
sdal orrapatioa shall bo oamasoa
before tbo bnard siroa • rbaaro
waplaHi sad ta th* ahsoaro of a
rlor? of plsool l*aa to hv la
late tb« military sorsira of
«he | altod Blstoo
**Aay lor si huerd o»U W setborls
wd lo toko srtM»a obotbor it kss or I
glmml jariod rttoa «>f tko rogkotrsal
ter aot le other oord* asy msa
leaf eg aroaad * t**aol ru**m la t*bl
eagu. may bo bold to saroor to a
CThArago board, otoa thoagh b* may '
Ikavo raglstorod la See tork aad!
tlvod Iboro moat of kit llto ,
'The regeUUoa* okkb apply to
Adler regia!real* will bo doomed to
Apply also to gamblers of all do-
•criptioas aad employee attendants
mf backet shops and ra«e tracks, for
tbbe tailors, clairvoyants, palmists
mad the like. who. for ihe purpose
of the regulations will be consider
ed as Idlers
"The new regulations will also af-
'Tert the following classes:
"(a) Persons engaged in the aerv-
of food and drink, or either. In
pabltv places. Including hotels and
mortal clubs.
“'(b) Paaaenger elevator sipera-
dors and attendants, doormen, foot-
uen and other attendants of clubs,
hotels, stores apartment houses, of
fice buildings and bath houses.
"(c) Persons, including ushers
mnd other attendants, engaged and
occupied In. and In connection with
Bames, sports, amusements, excep
ting actual performers in legitimate
-concerts, operas or theatrical per-
for/nances.
“■(d) Persons employed in domes
tic service.
"(e) Sales clerks and other clerks
^employed in stores and other mer-
«can tile establishments.
““Men who are engaged as above,
or who are idlers, will not be per-
. mitted to seek relief because of the
fart that they late or-
tier number or because they have
been placed in class 2, 3. or 4 on
. ttbe grounds of dependency. The fact
that he is not usefully employed will
outlreigh both of the above condi-
’ 'tlona.
“It la expected that the list of
mon-useful occupations will be ex-
< 'tended from time to time as neceaat*
'tr trill require, ao as to Include per-
moBi in other employments.
Temporary absence from regular
irmeot not to exceed one week,
ifh temporary abeeacee are
or frequent, ahall not be
na idleneee Regular va-
will not be considered an ab-
|B UU eoBgectlon
reculelioa throve a fertber
nuuousuiT
(harks Mew
(ark t pr
At baa been predicted the naval
appropriation bill toduy passed the
Senate in record time. * The aume
measure broke the record In. the
House for qulpk adoption, but the
Senate used less hours than the
Houet. All of the Items affecting
the Charleston Nary Yard and the
marine •tation at Port Royal were
adopted precisely as recommended
by the committee on navy affaire,
These will not figure In confer
ence except as to additions, made by
the Senate. , The- provision of the
dry dock passed both House and Sen
ate In Identical language, and is
therefore *8afe„ clinching the forty-
foot (channel provision which has
been adopted In the river and harbor
bill by both houses conditiorially up
on the authorization of the dock.*
Ht'nntor Tillman Htoppod Senator
Gjillinger of New H amp* hi re, In short
order when the New Englander un
dertook to make a Ming at the (liar-
le*ton dock Item along the familiar
line that It wan a remarkable pro
ceeding to provide for a great dock
and then dig a channel to reach It.
Senator Tillman reminded Senator
Galllnger of haring voted tome year
ago for an appropriation to "taka
that rock out of the mouth of the
river." leading to the dry dock at the
Portsmouth. S. H.. navy yard.
"I remember that," acknowledged
Senator Galllnger. "and I thank the
Senator for having helped me.'* Sen
ator Tillman than said that he did
not aak for support of the Charles
ton dock on the ground of thanks,
but strictly on Its merits, the provis
ion having been recommended by the
beat experts In the navy as tbe Helm
report would abow.
GREAT AIR
ALLIES BUSY DRIVIN6 RUN MA-
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*EMAN
on
MANY COMBATS DAILY
FORCE EARLY RAItUtE
Hwwl
Th# German com ml
to «tan toe Ibe decline |* (bn blftb
rate la «.c-ma*v bs« rwpoftnd n ran*
•mr a dai»«*n tor tbo fABkpBlMVp
mar ’lag* of Germans bofora tbetf
lor- :i»*k tear la
le • dleonfrB to tbe Unity
fror« % mar or da m
K *an« tel aw*lv*4P*‘v vonM W
granted *•? Ibe male a* rivdlAg IB UBi
plan, obtrk peotkdos
ibmm fainog to rwmptf
also mode foe tin
While Whiting for Kvaumptions of
. Teutonic Offensive Entente Avia-
K . - r V
'*• ton and German Flyers Engage
• In Many Thrilling Engagements
. in the Air—Allies Are Always on
the Offensive.
In the past years of the war a pe
riod of extraordinary activity by the
aerial squadrons of the contending
armies in France has been consider
ed as an indication that events were
rapidly shaping themselves < for an
offensive by one side or the other.
At the present moment the most not
able feature of tbe war situation is
the remarkable work of airmen in
various sectors where a German at
tack it looked for.
This activity has not been restrict
ed to the actual* battle area, but far
back of each front there hayn been
daring raids. bTe Rhine cities are
being frequently bombed, while Par*
is has again been In danger of n new
German attack from the nlr.
American aviators have borne n
prominent part In this fighting In
tbe hunevtlle and Toni sectors they
havo given n magnificent account of
themselves. *
The German pinna tor n mnnmptlon
of the offensive la Prance hove been
norinnnly hampered bp. tbe nadd—
blows of tbe Alllee hem nod there
ntoaf tbe'front Tbo Oormaao havd
been ferred berk ot a
and new linee which
eaailv ArimmArnA ha• •
•d by tbe Allied
Bflarai bp
tbe brtltiooi <
fan
by Allied oar
tbe It
eefknitety el
ike Iteitee •■mmsnie> i
e he eel weed Ibe ImfbA
rvmft ekerb (key eaek
l-ieg ike kail lea km
*etkeldefS<leA le Ike «tpf
The refeletleA fertker pres Idee (knl
• ket* »e*k a • kesfte mi
• mmb4 rwfepei Ike elAkl
•o4eff 11»«•ma«nnce« ekkrk e knofd
might 4eem nnanliekla tot SAfk BBh
piwymeoi ai rnwmm (be benri mop
take sock rtrenmetentee Mile csMMdd*
eraiWe as.making lla
RUpleiking ike new
Ike »ereasily lef It. GoAerol CVWW#
"It has been brought to my at
tention," said the> Attorney Gener-
al’s atatement, “that a numbei; of
men of conscription age have' left
and that even now occasionally oth
ers are leading the country to ev/de
military service. * /
‘‘Slackers ... . are presumably lab
oring under ther delusion that by se
curing a temporary residence in An
other country for the duration of the
war they may escape their military
obligations and upon the termina
tion of the war may return here to
enjoy the fruits of sacrifice in which
they had no part.
"When this struggle is completed
however, such men on seeking ad
mission to the United States will
find that it will be necessary for
them to stand trial on indiements
charging them with violation of the
selective service act. These trials
will be vigorously prosecuted and
the maximum penalty provided by
the act will be Urged upon convic
tion. *■ .
"The passage of time will nog
prevent the bringing of prosecutions.
Such non-regtatrants and delin
quent! either must return for m 111-
expatriates with all
United Staten dtlsenshlp denied
them Tbe government at no time
berenftnr will bn Inclined to grant
nay general amnesty to sorb men.
"It abonld also be clearly under-
by tbo goa oral pobftle tbat
• ' * '
AVIATOR VERY ACTIVE
permanent
la n
(try in
tn
»lry
i* S'* Hr >| n vtolat oa „f -h-
n.v* !k-f*i:
f»ml tbonabr”
CIKA INI JAPAN ACRES
Ibe rabslm
frmm Jos**
d m
•tone tbos
Bw ton an
Fighting in the Air Continues as
Both Afmieft Seek to '‘BUnd" the
Other—-Allied Aviators Bomb Ger
man Supplies — Chancellor Pre
pares Teutonic Population for Re
sumption of Big Attack.
Is the storm in the west about to
break loose—perhaps before the
morning’s dawn—or is Ludendorff
again waiting for the full moon?
If he is, another week of feverish
preparations and equally feverish ex
pectancy is ahead, for not until Sat
urday tfitl the Germans have that
favorite aid to the following-up
phase of an offenaive that counted
so much in their smash-through in
the last days of March.
General Foch, according to the
Exchange Telegraph's military com
mentator, said to a friend a few days
ago:
"Ask me nothing. I shall tell you
nothing. But know this. 1 have
confldeace.**
Tbe same writer odd* Germany's
preparations for a new blow are com
pleted.
Tbo praoont went her la extremely
favor.Me to a reopening of tbe of- j
faadvo ta tbe Oennaaa. It la almost I
os bot as inly and bant enables men
tn ester, i tbetr greatest efforts Nor
am there nay ladtratiooa of a
change tor lb# worse la tbe woolhor.
It fti ntoar aad too wtad ban voorad
In 0 veelevty 41ration eonbttag ton
to make nan of nmnbf
M goe without tbo toman
lad barb word toward ibntr
(brae week* bora paeeeg
mmm nltoasHe began
ft died dawn ,| No ftoot
ai Ra tottto amawtos na tba
tone. Tba natoato appaar
•bei tbe naespy bne ebwwl
i Ida paacgaatonttnA aad r^
ad toewsn aad toal be la
(•tag teenfber Mitobto to
btoto
ketog
etflag
- *
to tbe atond
la tow
• Mk 'to Cm*
to CW AM
Of
Gferm&n airpoen again have bomb
ed heavily British hospitals in the
area behind the lines and thi^ time
have killed and wounded some hun
dreds among the personnel of at
tendants and patients of many dif
ferent hospitals in the group.
Kecor.dfed In the casualty list are
the names of several sisters, who
with other women nurses, stood
bravely by their posts throughout a
terrific deluge of explosives.
Theita is in the neighborhood one
large American hospital and another
at which there are American work
ers, but neither of these appears to
have suffered^ Last summer a num
ber of American doctors and nurses
were killed and wounded when these
same hospitals were raided by the
Germans.
This latest horror was perpetrated
Sunday night, apparently by four
squadrons of enemy planes, which
appear lo have comprised more than
a score of machines. A great num
ber of bombs were dropped, about
30 per cent of them huge affairs
wbich dug vast craters in the hos
pital grounds and tbe rest high ex
plosives shrapnel which sent their
death-dealing bullets tearing in eve
ry direction through the crowded
hospital tents and bnildlnga.
lA three nested airplane wan
brought down by gunfire while fly
ing at n low nltllnde and the occu
pants were made prisoners Tbe en
emy captain and tbe pilot anatalned >
comparatively light shrapnel wound#*
white tbe nbaorror wma not bow
When qnawtlonod why be bad direct-
ed • men against hospitals, tbo
captain explained In n matter of fart
way tbal be did not an# tba bed
Crane signs Me sold bn woe sank-
lag military nb)*<ftvr« and bad an
dantra to amftaal boepitala
grab n abrug of bt* ah outdoes, tbo
German raptala added that if tbo
Brit tub rbwoto to batld (too beans
talk ana# raiturmye cbwy mast as-
•Art lo gut t bens kwtaked Tbo rag-
toto sBBbu nanototM tomttob Aubnf
• bora be kad (raraed (( to ranBad
bo bad town In dintomntie unrutra
totouw tba wm. : m IF.
tnuiin ik' i raid wo* dtetdud
toto Ibw pbmma ton fBol of Abtsb
bnana abort |y alloy ja w'rtosb aad
tamed nato 11 n rtnsk Not anti*
flag wttb ito* ibo Akutny eutaraud
and kaanaflv Wmskweded
fined oMb wowAdud ike
kutagawa wkwk **•
to
i * >, • •
».* •.
•be
let
le
ton
saw
•at w* #
I9B Ak
in tend
•urn ttoee and eigbi eaptluw
to
- five
‘Tba war baa ao far dl
tk# normal adjuuiment of ftndnstrtnl
manpower aa lo prevent (be UBWT
moea industrial output and nnlleBal fk .
orgaulsatioe aaruseery to suceueu.
There la a popular demand for
organisation of manpower, bat SO
direct draft could be Impound Si
present.
"Steps to prohibit idluaooa and
non-effective occupation will be wnly
corned by our people.
"We shall give the idlers and men
not effectively employed the choice
between military service and effec
tive employment. Every man In the
draft age. at least, must work or
fight.
"This is not alone a war of mili
tary maneuver. It is deadly contest
of industries and mechanics.
"It Is enough to ask what would
happen If every man in the nation
turned his hand to effective work.
How is this to be done?
“The answer is plain. The first
step toward the solution of the .diffi
culty is to prohibit engagement by
able-bodied men In the field or hurt
ful employment, idleness or Inef
fectual employment, and thus induce
and persuade the vast, wasted ex
cess Into useful fields.
“One of the unanswerable crltl-
it of
May 1C tba broad daylight
continued, tbe bombing mn
n Inrgu
which awupt all tbe
aircraft out of the skies over
NIT AT NORWAY
Orman
t*-Boats Sink
Boats in the Arctic
German submarines again have
started unrestricted w-arfare on Nor
wegian fishing boats in the Arctic
ocean north and east of the Norwe
gian coast. . /
Fishermen saved from sunken ves
sels and landed at Hammerfest re
port that the commander of a u-boat
stated that all vessels met by him
would be sunk, especially Norwegian
e
eisms of me draft has been that It
takes men from the farms and from
all useful employments and marches
them past crowds If idlers and loaf
ers away from the army. The rem
edy is simple—to couple tie indus
trial basis with other ^grounds for
exemption and to require that any
man pleading exompttion on any
grounds shall also show that he is
contributing effectively to the in-
dent Hal welfare of tli* ftatiwa.
"The regfititloa itself makes plain
the determination of v tba War De
partment Tbe great. org
of local and dIstHct boards which
baa already accomplished a
work, may bn ratted apaa I
tba totrtt af ton m■foment m
hr needed mcapemsr vg| aMB M
ftovtag Rato toa Mii to 1
ships because he said, the Norwe
glans were sending fish oil and seal|nf their nnn-enemy drsHnaticm.
oil to England. This, however, is
contrary to the truth as the export
o11« is forbidden and Germany
knows it.
The u-boats are said to shell ves
sels without warning and according
to the survivors, direct a fire against
life-boats.
MOB STORMS GEORGIA JAIL
Brae aw
Ike 11
tRy B !•••
ton
to tko i
As tke me««e«
N •Be iBaMem
ton mwttrae
tma nasagfB atotom* m
new wti
iket Hagto
lean Bamda
a nay Baa-
t from
larmtaatloa to the Datchl
t to dispatch three of IU‘
t veeeels to tbe Boat Indira
nvoy of Dotch war ab|ps baa
keen internet la naval and
diplomatic circles. It It believed tbat
this decision Is likely to bring about
n situation that would plunge Hol
land into the wnr. .
International law, officials pointed
out. fully warranted the despatch of
an armed convoy by a neutral state
through Its own territorial waters
and on the high seas to its own col
onies and this was done by nearly
arltime powers during the Na-
polenlc wars.
So far as the entente powers and
America is concerned, it is said that
the Dutch convoys would be treated
with all the consideration demand
ed by international law. While they
might be signalled and even halted
by American and entente war ships,
the word of the Dutch naval com
manders of the convoy would be ac
cepted without question as to the
nature of the ships and cargoes, and
But it is not probable that Ger
man submarine commanders would
act with any such consideration as
lYidlcated by their past treatment of
Dutch and other neutral vessels.
HOLDS THIRD PLACE
At
Jail They brake down to#
fi fear aad toa tear ta tow
i era sbouldnr
vlto too Franck and'b<
; wbiln la Flanders. Am
am trilling to
Hate randy tn
If earamary
mr to
to a mb ant
EM*
tam mmi^m
sane a
aaitoor to Onvton
smstknnrd nr
feato na bad*? toto tatobdad fewa
•m* • mm • *<* l
la tkan r • *r mwatonr tw entrnl-
ra to tkw air femtowswd nB wtbwr nr*
mtotF- Date tofea itoF ggnat ftottoi
to btotfttoinasn na nad •wnn**e ♦ akjw I
dwtos more tnaaBl la IBs RnsespKw I
wtriMBfe la aitostl Tbadna aad aBbto I
■rasiwn era frantirnily trying tw rto I
•at enw nnotker'* “eyna"" kedere tkw I
titentr fettle aa Ife gvwwnd vwnanan !
Wfele annwdrasm efteefed ta tperte-
White tfe fettle townee were lock
ed la tfeir ftwrve sffmagte far nertnl
eneramnry. tfeir brotkers to tfe lean
apertecnUr. ket more deeCrndlve
braarb. tbe bombing mnrbtnea. warn
performing tbeir deadly «nrk nfevn
and feblnd the battle linee. drop
ping Ions epoa tons of blgb explos
ive* upon tba enemy’s lie* s of com
munication. troop concentrations,
nmmultlon damps, railway stations,
military works of every description,
klllets and hutments, encampments
end bivouac*.
Their * real work did not begin
until darkness hid put n stop to
the serial duels. Out Into the pitch-
black night the gray carriers of de
struction. flying arsenals, propelled
their way. to places on which the foe
relies for the supply, reinforcement
and fortification of his lines. Blast
after blast shot up as bomb after
bomb hit its mark. “It was like a
Fourth of July celebration at home,"
is the way the International News
Service correspondent’ with, the
Americans in PicardV puts it..
And all the way the armies on the
ground continued “stalling." Ex
cept for a few raids, successful for
the French and British, there was
literally nothing doing as far as in
fantry operations are concerned. The
guns thundered away, but seemingly
more to keep up appearances than
for any particular purpose. It was
another night and another day of the
nrnvpi-hM oYifet before the storm..
mow* nwra
otvafewd n
feawrtnd k
•to ton mvftoto 1
boas antoa bot «
tn# tfe satertnwtoe mew nfe OMtoM
smtop know fens tonanstonws tetona
team to sdwtBglnB tram ttoif fete
Ob# sksSn# man bfesd triton nd-
WMWtsSertn# lo *ke stodsee*'’ wanks
and nmmfer was tw wsrtowstv bwrt
toot ton dkto sAwssto tobwasd BHB
BpmssbI mm— tofera owe# MMMto
tfe mownfed Unto wife# nwafer#
mnPB BBBnfed tnrbntong nnvwval
d toVWr*
WANTS
B In
fetrrtnry Uswlel* derkwed lw grant
n raaasoi to natow ttiaasal Onntfeli.
dlfwrtwr of sBaafen. «swvna# and
transanrtnilna tor tfe army, tbat part
to Ife inrbfta# engine mnnnfnrtnriM
tostofen to ton noBBtry now wmptof*
nd by tfe navy f »r tnrpnde feel de-
• truyera bn tnraed over tw tfe tolp-
ptne board so ttot (be commlaalwa-
lag to near army freight
Hob may be bast sard
Tn nevnd# tn tb# reqtnt. Mr, Dna-
l#ls said, would delay tbs destroyer
bnlldlng program, wblcb h** could
not "consider for a moment." because
of tbe ever increasing need for de
stroyers.
"Tbs safeguarding of ships carry
ing supplies and men to Franc# is
th# paramount duty of the navy."
the secretary declared. "Up to now
we have ben very successful in per
forming this duty. But the number
of merchant ships going across Is
increasing every day. This means a
constant increase in the destioyers
necessary to guard them. The navy
believes that destroyers are a matter
of first, second and even third Im
portance at this time."
WILL FEED TEN MILLIONS
America Remembers Those in Ger
man Occupied Territory.
President Wilson has approved ar
rangements which remove the men
ace of starvation which the 10,000,-
000 inhabitants in German occupied
Belgium and France have been fac
ing. Herbert C. Hoover announced
that the President had approved the
restoring of the fleet of steamers
employed by th# commission to the
original number and the placing at
the commission's disposal fuffioient
tonnage for the dispatch of 90,000
tons of foodstuffs in the next ninety
feyg. .*
Msrsfel
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