The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 30, 1918, Image 7
CAMPAIGN DATES
IERARY OF COUNTY SPEAK-
1NG HAS BEEN ARRANGED
OPENING DATE JUNE 18
PIOVIIES FOI CHARIESTON
.Senatorial Party to Open Campaign
at Winnsboro While Gubernatorial
Candidates Vnlimber at Barnwell
—Last Speaking to Conclude on
August 23.
’The itineraries of the State and
Senatorial campaigns have been com
pleted. The Senatorial campaign
will open at Winnsboro on Tuesday,
June 18, and will conclude at Spar
tanburg Friday, August 23. The in
itial nreetthg of the State canvass
- will he held at Barnwell Tuesday
June island will finish at Columbia
Friday, August 23. The Senatorial
candidates are to speak at Columbia
on July 4, and the State aspirants
at Greenwood on that date. Charles
ton will be visited on Wednesday,
July 24, by the Senatorial party and
cn Saturday, August 17, by the State
prrty. .
The itineraries are so arranged
that the Senatorial party will swing
through the Piedmont first and the
•tate party through the southern
section of the State on Its first
speech-saaktag tour. The Itineraries
Are ee arranged that the two par-
■ .11 he kept an much as two
w ^Bh» spart st all times, sad so that
A^Vlleaatrrial party will kave aa
^eMPa days laiormisnloe after inly
^^^hd the Stats caavaae s atas day s
after Jely t The rostiag ec
the twe parties was arranged ey a
eehcammitiae af the Stats (leaierrei*
Mraator Tillasan Kapoits Bill Bevel,
oping Carolina Port
As reported to the Senate by
Chairman Tillman, of the naval com-
mSMe. the naval appropriation bill
carries an Increase of more than
$202,000,000 over the amount of its
.total as it came from the House.
It is predicted that the measure will
be put through the Senate in record
time. y .
\ Of course, the provision tor a
great new dry dock at the Charleston
Navy Yard, with an initial appropria
tion of $1,500,000’ on an ultimate
limit of 84,000,000, is the star fea
ture of the bill with regard to South
Carolina.
However, Senator Tillman’s com
mittee added $250,000 for a central
power plant at the Charleston yard,
thus increasing the total of the Char
leston yard’s Items from $1,400,000
as the bill came from the House, to
$1,650,000, as It gtfes to the Senate
for final action.
- The other Charleston items in the
bill as it came from the House, as
it is reported by the Senate commit
tee. are $25,000 for dredging, $15,-
000 for railroad extensions, $200,000
for water front improvements, and
$10,000 for boat storage.
There is alto provision In both
House and Senate billa for a naval
hospital at Cnarleaton to coat $125,-
000. Wlto regard to the marine re
cruiting and training station at Fort
Royal the Senate committee adds
fSO.OOO to the amount which the
President Is authorised to pay ia ac
quiring and approving the remainder
of Parte Island, making this 'total
$20t. An additional fio.oe#
Is added by the Senate committee for
officers* quarters at thin station
There are lamp sum pro*!#ions of
eeerly lll.eoe in the naval MU
le he need at the dUer*tt»n of the
1 Secretary of tho Navy for I
.monte and emergency purrhoeee nl
the varione navy
BEATING THE SUBS
0-MATS ON THE DEFENSIVE
AROUND BRITISH ISLES
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12 SUBS SUNK IN APRIl
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KUIT TO REGISTER
British and American Navies Hang
> Up a New Record—Sinkings in
Y Mediterreanean Are Still Bad on
Account of a Lack of Adequate De
stroyers to Protect Ships.
Twelve German submarines were
sunk or captured in British waters
by the American and (British de
stroyers during the month of April,
which was a record. This means that
twelve U-boats were officially re
ported and recognized as sunk and
that evidence,. either a cap bearing
the name of the submarine a por
tion of the craft, or a live or dead.
German was produced when eaoh
case was recorded.
In addition to this number, at
least two other U-boats were de
stroyed during that period. One was
sunk on April, 8 In the North Sea
while making an attack on a convoy
to Holland. Thu porftucopn was
sighted at 11 a. m. and before she
could lot go u torpedo ut the nour-
e*t steamship six destroyers rushed
ovor uud dropped depth charges In
every dlrortloa Tho explosion was so
violent that tho vessels heeled ovor
nomrly forty-five dogroos. -
When the convoy cam# ap there
was a largo take of Mark " : »>ut>
hllag up from heWw and the de-
still hope watch to too if
to the antiere that
Throe Quartern of a Million Kligible
State Registration
* . Estimates by Major General Crow-
dbr. provost iqsrsbal general, indi
cate that probably three-quarters of
* r +
a million, men will be obtained for
the army by the registration on June
5 of all youths who have attained
the age of 21 since June 5 last.
Fully 1,000,000 youths, according
to General Crowder’s estimate will
be registered.- At ipast one-fourth
of them, he thinks, will be exempted
on various ground. A statement by
Secretary Baker, giving the estimate
and outlining plans for the draft
given out read:
“Probably three Quarters of a fail-
lion men will be added to the Amer
ican army. in the making, by the
registration on June 5 next, of boys
who have reached the age of 21
since June 5, 1917, or who will be 21
on or before June 5. 1918. This es
timate was made by Provost Marshal
General Crowder, who wilt direct the
registration.
General Crowder’s estimate was
based on the fact that almost 10,-
000,000 men registered last year.
This number included all between
21 and 31. Statistics collected by
General Crowder's office show that
u little more than ten per cent of
these men were 31 years old. Op
that basis. It Is estimated by draft
officials working under General
Crowder that this year's registration
will exceed l.tOO.ooo
“Of this number. General Crowder
estimates three-quarters or about
7&.M0. will be uvulluble for mlNtury
duty. This makes proper allow-
• n..« for physical defects,
ttoos because of 4 speed eats and otb
to military
SEEKS THE TRUTH
HUGHES STARTS INYESTIGA
TI0N INTO AIRCRAFT MIX-UP
OTHER . STOP
to
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GERMAN TROOPS MASSED
IN FIVE GREAT ARMES
French Report Great Concentration
Behind Unee—l,080,000 Soldiers
to Resume Amiens Drive. .
Reports from the headquarters of
the French army are that there has
been a redistribution, of German
troops aJong the entire front. It is
known that there are great masses
of troops within striking distance of
the front, and it is beleived that
when the enemy is ready to strike
there will be only brief artillery fire
as a prelude to the actual assault by
the infantry.
In preparation for the resumption
of their offensive, the Germans have
concentrated 140 of their best divis
ions between the North Sea and the
Oise. These compriee two thirds of
their entire army and. total in round
numbers 1,680,000 men, including
1,120,000 Infantrymen.
This mass which Includes all the
divisions the Germans were able to
reorganise and reform after their
great armies ss follows:
r The Fonrth army, comprising sev
en divisions, 84,#00 men between the
and frwm the
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Republican Candidate for Prmddent
Accepts Wilson's Invitation
Ferret Out Reasons for
in Building Great Fleet of Air
planes—To Go to Bottom 4nd
Give Facts to the Publiv.
There will be no controversy in
the Senate over the military com
mittee war inquiry plana to which
President Wilson objected, and the
Department of Justice investigation
of aircraft production directed by
Chas. E. Hughes will proceed with
out having its pith crossed by Con
gress..
■ituetlon • which had threetened an ,oinm * n 1 ’ r
open tight on the door of the Sen-1. m ™ r
ste end In which ■—IhtilmlMIi** 1 “ n '
leedere saw the poeethlilty of tw., p ^?fl. 0, JLf? l 2L- C - 0 . ln - ,p *" d " t by
simultaneous inquiries Into all - * wssst, the Seventeenth army,
phases of the government's aviation
program. First, a compromise was
reached under which tbs resolution
of 8ena«or ('kambetfaln atfthorl*-
Inr Investigation of various braackun . ^
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J; Abbeville Set urdsy. July S; An
derson Monday, July 18; Walhalla
Tuesday, July IS; Pickens Wednes
day. July 17; Greenville Thursday.
July It; Union Friday, July 18.;
Spartanburg Saturday, July. 2S;
Gaffney Tuesday, July U; York
Wednesday. July 24; Lancaster
Thursday, July 25; Chester Friday,
July 26; Winnsboro Saturday, July
27; Camden Tuesday, July 30; Ches
terfield Wednesday^ July 31; Ben-
nettsville Thursday, August 1; Darl
ington Friday, August 2; Bishopville
Saturday, August 3; Sumter Tuesday
August 6; Dillon Wednesday, Au
gust 7; Conway Thursday, August
8; Marlon Friday, August 9; Flor
ence Saturday, August 10; Manning
Tuesday, August 13; Kingstree Wed
nesday, August 14; Georgetown
Thursday, August 15: Mon eke Cor
ner Friday,-August 16; Charleston
Saturday, August 17; St. George
Tuesday, August 20; Orangeburg
Wednesday, August 21; St. Mat
thews, Thursday!, August 22; Co
lumbia Friday, August 23.
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lioher HI f.nr -p-.t for am len*!h
of tlssa witUoot say dlfflcektp. Mol*
Mt. aaS Mrs. Robert Nftrtoa. of,
Colombia. ar« in the Lcxlnxton oMrajrn
C ooaty Jail, wltb Ike cksrge of big- *bbway
a my restlag ngsiast them. The cou
ple was married la tke office of tbe
judge of probate on May S. All *s
*a*d to have gone well until n few
days ago. when Mrs. Minnie Nor
ton. wife No. 1 of the man had s
warrant Iraued for the newlyweds.
Norton la twenty-one years of age.
while the woman In the case Is only
nineteen. Her maiden name is Bes
sie Thompson and Newberry is her
former home. She is said to have
two husbands, also, the first husband
being now in the service of the gov
ernment as an American soldier. She
is a woman of personal charm, and
was before the recorder in Colum-
b.a some weeks ago on a charge of
\ayrancy.
At that time, however, she is said
to have been the owner and opera
tor of a small store in Columbia,
which gave her release. Likewise,
Norton has been in the toils before.
It will be remembered that he was
cornected with a celebrated highway
robbery some years ago.
In e»n»n ihc
I hr NtOCth Hra to
»ed Dm Mark. Thrre are Further evidence that another
;rom fifty 10 Mventy-five steamships great Austrian drive against Italy la
♦ ♦ ♦
LAUNCH MANY SHIPS
Made hi
Steady Progress Being
Building Merchant Marine
Ten steel ships of 58,850 aggre
gate tonnage were completed and 'de
livered to the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration during the pant week, and
fourteen others.’tome wood and soifte
steel, of 48.SS0 tons, were launch-
On Saturday four wooden ship*
left the wuyt. the third time during f
the mouth whoa four vearaia
of thm type were launched la a sir
gie day Tha total aambar af wood
a Map la data to
In each convoy and they will man
age to get across safely. The u-boats
try very hard to get the vessels In
the Dutch ronyoys. as they can see
them from Zeebrugge and are direct
ed by scout sir planes.
If the submarine cannot get there
in time the airplanes try to drop
bombs on the steamships even when
they have reached neutral waters
along the coast of Holland. So far
they have succeeded In sinking only
one small Dutch vessel.
Admiral JelMcoe was against send
ing the battleships to sea for the pur
pose of protecting convoys, as he
thought the risk of their being tor-
pedtfed was too great. He was over
ruled at the Admiralty after the cap
ture of a convoy in the North Sea
by the Germans, and that, it is un
derstood, was the cause of his res
ignation. 1
\ The sinking of vessels in the
Mediterranean is still considerable
on account of the lack of de
stroyers. The American and Brit
ish destroyers are all needed for .
convoy work and for, protecting
the shipping in the Irish Sea and
waters around the British Coast,
and the Mediterranean is left to
. the French and Italian destroyers
with a few Japanese destroyers.
According to official figures in Lon
don. the output of the shipyards In
England and America next month
will exceed the estimated lose of ton
nage by 14,040 and Increase monthly
hereafter
The American warships of all sizes
brigaded with the Brt’ *h
Navy Mere mm United
Impending came In an official din-
patch from Switzerland, saying In
formation from Vienna showed Aus
tria had planned to suppress all mil
itary operations in the east May 20
to concentrate forces for the Italian
front.
Austrian newspapers are quoted as
saying this step marks the institu
tion of civil administration again in
Bukowina and in Galicia, and that
similar measures are to be taken in
Hungary towards Transylvania. The
military importance of the decision is
emphasized because it enables the
withdrawal of a considerable mili
tary force fro m Galicia and Buxo-
wina while the Austrian general
staff will be able to turn all its at-
tfenuion to the operations against
Italy.
DROPS PRESIDENTS
Railway Executives Relieved by Or-
. der of Government I>irector
• ry ■
Every railroad president in the
United States was relieved from ac
tive duty as executive manager of
his roaad by Director General Mc-
Adoo, who will appoint a federal
director for each road, responsible
only to the railroad administration.
In many cases the president of the
railroad may be named federal di
rector.
. To safeguard the InteruuU of
stockholders and maintain the in
dividuality of uoch railroad, federal
will
tho l
lag effleere of tbo property, tbo dft*
MB
to tbe
quite evideot f
bev* already gotborod
(tore discerned wltb you uud Mr
that It would f»c
for us carefully to examlue all tbo
activities relatlog to aircraft
tioo. It to easy, of
euUy* to dlstlugulsb between an In
quiry within the province of the Up
partment of Justice and one which
la aimed merely at alleged wants, at
neglect, or mismanagement, or inef
ficiency. apart from any appropri
ate basis for a civil suit to recover
misappropriated mqneys, or a crim
inal prosecution.
As a practical matter, however.
It Is evident that In the endeavor to
determine whether there is a basis
for a civil suit by the government or
a criminal prosecution, it will be
necessary fqr us to make a thorough
inquiry into the entire history of
aircraft production since the begin
ning of the war and of all proceed
ings which have been taken by any
person or corporation concerned
therewith. We shall not be able to
ascertain whether there has been dis
honesty or malversation of any kind
unless we go thoroughly into all the
transactions.
“If we discover a basis for civil
suits by the government they will
be Instituted. If we find grounds
for a criminal prosecution it will be
ordered to go before the grand jury
to obtain indictments.
“If we find no sufficient basis for
such proceedings, our conclusion, to
be convincing to tbe country, could
not well be stated as a mere neg
ative conclusion In general terms,
but should be accompanied by • fair
candid and adequate statement of
(he facts which our investfgarvou bra
disclosed Wo should, of court#, lu
no wuy make any statement wklck
from a military polat off vtow should
mm* bo made
"Rut I am rary sure that tko coun
try would pm w snoloot with our
toQPtop, aod Mfttowtorty M wm Mm
tko houto fra
our ronclumon tu ad«*quat« report off.
tho facts wo have ascertained This
certainly should be dlspaMlonste and
Impartial and be coafined to facta.
When wo aro In a position to make
such a report of our Inquiry we shall
know the facte and tt will be mea
suring to the country and support
our Investigation.
“If it Is understood that we con
template this course of action,
should suppose that there would bo
a general disposition to permit our
investigation to proceed unembar
rassed by any other parallel course
of action. Clearly as we may rec
ognize the authority to conduct an
other official Inquiry at the same
time, we cannot doubt that any offi
cial inquiry into the same course of
conduct, although with another aim. I
would tend to make difficult, if not
impossible the successful prosecution
of our own. Either nothing of Im
portance would be elicited, or points
would be brought out which would
at once suggest to the guilty, if there
be such, where effort should be made
to block successful prosecution. Even
with the best intention in the world
it would be almost impossible to
know In advance what should bo
gone Into and what should be left .
untouched. We might be following
a pron^stng cine, only to find oar
effort unintentionally thwarted.
“We are instructed to have a
prompt and thorongh Investigation,
and my desire Is should have the
felleet opportunity to make sack an
Investigation, and In order tkat we
may kave tkts opporteelty. tt le de
sirable that It should b« generally
oadoratood that when we are through
we shell state the farts we have oe-
rortateod M tbe meaner I bate eng-
eeeted above te tke end that all may
be sotiefted in so alt mm raeefet off ear
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