Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IIL s Wilkes was spnsor for the new >rpedo. boat, "The Wlke ,' whioh was launched mt Phltwelrhe My 18. $he wn appol il by acreIry of the Navy Joviptr. fiannels to not IS SpOnier fr tL mw%' dv!Atroysr, nd to thrim!n qwame a V the liJO hi honor of her' dieting ffd e ndlfather, rwar Ad. ral Charles Wilkes, I. e. N. PNS ESS TURKS R F1J L ATTACKS 1SH ARMY IN *0 TAl IA. 9 mgpHER~yeT11,Mah Cftetr dvaLomlou.-- Wlth the oe or. Ruusiasn for 0kah.-ar rom!o Ulirunah re..-on 1%1Word Mo. b~.In Amqria, on thep Tl; , wiich eq I ted roelenly te occupa7.t of 'A Itii~ll '.na, the RTus;sianw are t ing hK fresh11 UrE) of the Aot pt err fulort m tho rwir of thln Turcish The h1(jio 1, now entrd in Petrograd of bringing not only Bag dad, the Holy City of the Caliphs, but .he entire country ling between the Tigris and the Euphrates under Rua sion dominion. The only serious obstacle between the czar's army and the Mosul is the aioient fortified city of Jesich-Ibn Onar, on an island in the Tigris, 130 miles southeast of Diarbekr. It Is biieved that this city, with its anti !uated defenses wilt not be able long delay the Russia'n advance. The ,grees of these forces already has broken the backbone of- the Turkish (-Nmmunications between Dlarbekr ,and Mosul. GEIRMANY WARNS NEPTRALS I SHIPS MUST 'OBEY ORDERS Must Regard International Law When . Stopped by Submarines. Washington.-germany, in a not. presented *to Secretary Lansing by 'ount von Bernstorff warns neutral yvernments that merchant ships fly hur neutral flags must obey the provi shions of international law in regard to "* t hi eir conduct when stopped by a Ger man submarine and that they incur danger should they turn their ships ethe direction of a submarine. The text of the communication, da~ted May 12, from tne, German em basssy and signed by Cotynt von Bern st orff follows: "A German submarine in January et, bualiled with flags from a die neo I Dutch steamer Dandoeng to op. Instead of immediately comply g wI that summons, permissible 'A e r I n .rnational law, the Dutch 'um Curned at higher speed on C- su hru rine, whose commander, on o minption, warranted by the dir. - oatanes, that he had to do with In gii sip in disguise, bent on takh him, then opened fire on :r. T'he -av amer Bandoeng then stop A'I:d sent over a boat for the 'rra'm io of the ship's papers. On eing tuW' d about his captain's pro aid in g, A e Dutoh officer in com i'nd~ of ti.e boat explained that he mntdito ic ome nearer the submarine aT shdorten the' visitation for "'Th, ':mpuorial Government finds in 1h hoi-h',: occasion to suggest to the Iteutnu ornment that the masters of tbi yimer'chant ships be given to ut,''-tanl dihat fIt the event of their h)ome !'Appild by German public yes injhl, the ji oyisions of international ltw zmd i.' observed -to the letter, anu 'ont their special attention be g od 9a5 dangers incurred by tinha their' shipb on a submariie. "TFhuH aloneI, can incidents of the for vg'ing <osription be avoided, the #eworstIwlbity ,foi' which would exclu etw'y h io - on the neutral shipmas * ~ WAR MrAdIRES ARE NOb~V LAW IN NEW YORK .Albaniy. N Y.--F'ive preparedness meunr . hocmme law by receiving the sigaatur.e oft Governor -WhitAnan. HeI signed 'demr alter a public hearingg -at -hich me~n and Nameon reiresenta. tivori or peacro. prganisationg .strongly, goterori later iS expect~ed to sign the pI'iopiaOf 01$500,000 .for the' bilization ru~ ~et, or when. ran *tner 4 so of at the HOUSE.~OMIE REJECTSPROGRAM AGREES TO BSILL WHICH CARRIES $240,000,000 FOR THIS YEAR ONLY. BREAKS FIVE-DAY DEADLOCK Largest Naval Appropriation Ever Pro. sented to Congress;-Adminlstra. tion 5-Yar Plan 'Rejeoted, Washington..-Administration foices in Congress lost the first a irmisls in the naval preparedness campaign when the House Committee broke a five-day deadlock and completed the naval appropriation bill,without ap proving the five-year building program advocated by President Wilson and Secretary Daniels. As finally agreed to the bill author izes the -construction in 1917 of five battle cruisers, as against twvo dread naughts and two battle cruisers rec ommended by Secretary Daniels, tour scout cruisers, an increase of one over the Department's program, 10 destroy ere as agAinst 16 recommended; 20 submaripes, three to be 80Q-ton boats, compered with five fleet and -26 coast defense submarines -recommended; one hospital ship, one oil fuel ship and one ammunition ship. The gunboat recommended was stricken out and the fuel and ammunition ships were added .from Secretary Daniels' program for the second year. The total amount carried by the bill is $240,000,000; the largest naval ap propriation ever presented to ongress. While the appropriation is, if 'any 'thing, an increase over the Depart ment's plans, failure of the five-year program and the fact that no dread naughts were provided fbr, make the bill unsatist- ctory to Administration officials. Secretary Daniels said he never lost hope of getting what he asked for until Congress adjourned. It was clear y indicated that the Serate, which has not yet taken up consideration of the naval bill even in committee was relied upon to re store the battleships. The Senate has never failed to increase the program for the Navy mapped out by the House, and Navy officials are confl dent that the final bill will provide for at least two battleships and four battle cruisers. FIRE IN NAVY YARD AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. Flames Spread RapIdly-Soon Beyond Control.-Stubborn Fight. Norfolk, Va.-The ship-fitters shop, known as building No. 24, and all of the equipment, onsisting .of valuable woodworking mtachinery, at the Nor folk Navy Yard, were destroyed by fire. 'The 'boiler-makers shop and the plumbers shop, adjoining buildings in the group, were slightly damaged. The fire originated in the ship-itt ters shop from some unknown cause shortly after 6 o'clock. The flames spread rapidly and were quickly be yond the control of the navy yard fire fighting force. The entire Portsmouth fire department was called to the scene. A stubborn two-hours' fight confined the fire to the buildings- men tioned and at 9 'o'clock all danger of a general sonfiagration had passed. eOLU ION OF REVENUE PROBLEM PLEASES KITCHEN.' Washington. - Secretary McAdoc submitted to Chairman Kitchin of the House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman Simmons of the Senate Finance Committee revised estimates of the Government's receipts and ex penditures for the remainder of the current fiscal year and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, tending to show that mudh less new revenue will have to be raised to meet the bill for pre paredness and other large contemplat. ed expeniitures than had been sup posed.. Only about $150,000,000 in addition al revenue will have to be provided during the coming year, Mr. McAdoo said. This is less by $75,000,000 than the most conservative members of Congress calculated at the outset. ItalIans Hold Back Austrians. The Italians in southern Tyrol now are tenaciously holding back the Austrian. from further inroads into their positions. fn the Ledro Valley, southwest of: Trent, and in the Laga rina Valley, to the south of the city, the Austrians, after heavy artillery preparation, threw vicious attacks against the Italian lines but all of them were repulsed with heavy casu. alties, according to Rome. Five at tacks were made on Zegnatorta, and all of them were stopped with san guinary losses. Test Navy Yard Shell Shops, Norfolk, Va-As a preparedness test and in order to demonstrate the facilities and capacity of the Navy Yard' shell shops, rush orders have been received for 10,000 six-inch and 10,000 five-inch naval shells. Castings are being transferred as rapidly as lessiblei to shops, where they are be Ang..ga~chhne1 fished and sept to fit. $Ulien's 1naArasin' for' leading. . : pacity fot'ees are beibg operated in order to establish a record time for the produtoIn of the finished shells. Oth9 eM rle ,ezpected to tofl!# 0.1 Major-General Metts is commander of the North Carollaa Division United Confederate Veterans. He was in charge of his division at the Bir mingham meeting.' MajornQen. Mette expects a great crowd at the state Reunion at Wilmington this summer. BUILDING fALLS; 9 KILLED NINE PERSONS ARE KILLED AND TWENTY ARE INJURED AT AKRON, 0. Militia Called Out to Restrain the 10,000 Persons Who Gather Around the Wreckage. Akron, O.-Nine persons were killed and a score injured when the old Bea con Journal building, occupied by the Crystal Restaurant, collapsed as a re sult of a blast of dynamite in an ad joining evacuation. Seven Identified bodies have been re covered -and two unidentified have been recovered and two persons, now missing, are thought to be in the ruins. Battery B, Ohio National Guard Field Artillery, was called out to aid the police in restraining a crowd o more than 10,000 persons who packed the streets where the accident occur red. A tremendous roar, echoing the screams of dying people, brought thousands to the scene, in the heart of Akron's business district. Instan. ly the entire city, rallying under the shock, plunged to-the *rork of rescue. A great pile of ruins, broken timbers. twisted steel and tor of brick and mortar buried the victims, who a moment before were dining in the restaurant. U, S. TROOPS ARE BENT TO GUARD BORDER BRIDGES. Along Southern Pacific Between El Paso and San Antonio. San Antonio Texas. - The safe guarding of the Southern Pacific Rail way from here to El Paso. was decid ed upon and troops are being sent to every bridge along the line. In the event of military operations on a big scale the use of the railroad would be imperative. For a great part of the d'stance the line parallels the Rio Grande and unless guarded the cut ting would be comparatively simple. it is declared. Major General Funston and his staff worked out many details of the plan of re-organization of the border pat rol. Reports from General Pershing sho~ed his troops have been drawn closer together and gave nio sign th~at early resumption of the chase of Fran cieco Villa was contemplated. Col onel Sibley in the Big Bend section is driving his little command* of cavalry eome 60 miles south of -Boqjuillas but at headquarters there is displayed little hope that he wvill capture the bandits who attacked Monquillas and Glenn Springs, or rescue Jesse Deem or, and Americani carried away by ithem. SENATE REJECTS RUBLEE AFTER BITTER EXCHANGE. Washington.-The nomination of George Rublee of New Hampshire as a member of the Federal Trade Conm. mission was rejected by the senate. Senator Gallinger, the Republican leader, had oilposed the nomination for 15 months on the ground that lhe was "personally obnoxious" to him and the power of the senatorial court esy tradition was so great that he won his point by a vote of 42 to 86 in spite of a vigorous and insistent fight. ENGINEER TANKERSLEY GETS ,FOUR MONTHS; APPEALS Salisbury, N. 0.-A. Tankerstey, en gineer of the Southern Railway's New York-New Orleans Limited, whiqh on November 24, 1915, in the .yard here crashed into bhe 'rear of a special train killing two and injuring 22 pes henigers, was sentenced - in Superior Cbw't' to serve -four- months in. The bon nty jail. Tankersley was found guilty of mansiaughter, the jury ree oimnding leniency. Tankereley is St libt~y, nn ball, pending an appeal. U.~ CV.METS NEXTr IN NATION'S CAPITAL GEN. GEO. P. HARRISON 18 ELECT ED - COMMAND~t-IN-CHIEF TO SUCCEED YOUNG. CONTEST OVER CONVENTION Reunion Closes at Birmingham.-Tat tered Flag of Morgan's Raiders Presented- to Gen. Young. Birmingham, Ala.-Washington wbn the honor of entertaining the United Confederate Veterans in 1917 by a close vote at the closing business ses sion here. General George P. Harrison of Ala bama was elected commander-in chief to succeed Gen. Bennett Young of Kentucky. The desire of the old Confederate soldiers to parade down Pennsylvania avenue and be reviewed by the Presi dent of the United States led them to choose Washington, D. C., for the 1917 reunion city, at the closing busi ness session of their reunion. Tulsa, Okla., and Memphis received the next highest votes in the order named. Gen. George P. Harrison, command er of the Alabama division of the United Confederate Veterans, was elected commander-in-chief of the veterans, succeeding Gen. Benentt Young of Louisville, who refused to permit his name to be presented as a candidate for re-election. Other offi cers named were: Commander department army of Virginia, Gen. John Thompson Brown, Virginia. Commander the department of army of Tennessee, Gen. John P. Hickman of Tennessee. The recommendations of the reso lutions committee, with the exception of one favoring a reducation in the sal ry of the Adjutant General from $1,800 to $1,500 annually, and another favoring the consolidation of the vet erans and sons of veterans organiza tions were referred to the command Pug general and the heads of the three departments. The effort to reduce the adjutant general's salary failed when it was learned that the constitution leaves that matter in the hands of the ex ecutive council and commander-in chief. According to the repor4 of the com mittee on the Jefferson Davis Home Association, presented by John S. Leathers of Kentucky, showed there were no debts against the organiza tion and they had a balance in the bank of more than $600. Ernest G. Baldwin of Roanoke, Va., was elected commander of the Sons of Veterans over Garland P. Peed of Norfolk. New officers for the Sons of Veter ans elected in addition to the com mander-in-chief were: Commander Department Army of Northern Virginia, Dr. J. Garrett King, Fredericksburg, Va. Commander Department Army of Tennessee, Thomas B. Hooker of Memphis, Tenn. Commander Army of Trans-Mis sippi, Merritt J. Glass, Tulsa, Okla. Executive couuncil, A. J. Wilson, Lit L19 Rock,, Ark.; Adolph D. Bloch, Mo bile, Ala.; Gdrland P. Peed, Norfolk, Va.; Seymour Stewart, St. Louis. Historian-in-chief, Dr. T. M. Owen Montgomery, Ala. SENATE AGREES TO ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL Upper House Passe. Conference Re port Without Roll Call. Washi ngton.-The senate after an all-day debate agreed to the conference report of the army reorganization bill without a roll call. The house is expected to approve the report with in a day or two and send the first of the big national defense measures to the president. The bill provides for a regular army of 211,000 officers and men at peace strength, and approximately 260,000 at war strength, and for a Federalized National Guard of 457,000 officers and men at maximum strength. Seniator Lodge criticised the house for not accepting the larger. Chair man Stone said he was so anxious to see the ntirate provision enactedl that he would be almost willing to agree to any size army necessary, but in sisted there was no need of an in creased army. Senator Brandegee, author of the amendment for a regu lar standing army of 250,000 men at peace strength, declared the English language was inadequate to express .his disgust at the conference action and said he hoped "the good Lord who guards the drunkard and thes fool will save the nation." THE DEMOCRATIC PLATPORM TO BE BASED ON RECORD Washington. - President Wilson, talking with congressional callers in dicated his graaification at the prog ress being msde on legislation sup; Iported by the' administration *nd ex. pressed hope -that congress would be at,ie to adjourn early in the summer. .It is the hope of the president to see most of the administration prop-ag# completed before the political convei. tiofns which meet in~ Chicago and St. Lanuia in June. . PYTHIANS TO GATHEUf *SO' rand Lodge Will Hold Annual Meet ing ihI State Capital City May 23 and 24. COlumbia.-The four lodges in the 4pital city are in flourishing con lition and are busy preparing for the 3ouvention of the grand lodge, which neets May 23 and 24 and promises to )e largely attended. The hotel where ;he sesslons are to be held and where nost of the delegates will stop while n the city, reports that a large num )er of reservations are made for the accasion. Altogether there will be several hundred members in attend. Wee. A matter of importance to be pass 3d upon by the grand lodge is the proposed establishment by the su preme lodge of a sanatorium for tu berculosis somewhere in the South west. A special committee was ap pointed- last year to report on the. luestion this year. Another matit* that probably will come up is the se lection of a permanent meeting place rot' the grand lodge. This question as been discussed for a number of rears, but no action has ever been taken. It is said the grand lodge is % business convention and has grown to be such a large body that it should iave a central meeting place, where the knights may gather every year. The report of the grand keeper of records and seal, C. D. Brown of Ab beville, will show the order to be in a healthy state. During the year 554 new members have been initiated, 525 suspended members have been rein stated and 384 admitted by card, a total of 1,463 additional members One hundred and eighteen members tlied during the year. New lodges were organizpd at Smoaks, Elliott and Hallselville with a total membership -f 64. Elks Met Next in Columbia. Spartanburgk-Selecting uolumbia as the place of meeting for the next fifth annual meeting of the South Carolina State Association of B. P. o. Elks was concluded. The 1917 con vention will be held in Columbia next spring with the largest lodge in South Carolina as host. An unprece dented volume of business was dis. posed of at this meeting. The body found so much to occupy it that a re -ess fas necessary for lunch, a prac tice heretofore unknown. Ralph J. Ramer, of Anderson, was elected president. Other officers elected: A. J. Turner, Spartanburg, fist vice-president; A. Harry Fisher, Charleston, second vice president; John B. Marshall, Grenville, third vice president; J. Arthur Smith, Co lumbia, secretary and treasurer; W. M. Floyd, Spartanburg, marshall; George R. Koester, Greenville, door keeper; C. C Robbins, Gaffney, inner guard; T. W. Passalaigue, Charles ton, George R. Koester, Greenville, Arthur J. Ham, Florence, trustees. Great Music Festival. Spartanburg.-The greates aud ience ever assembled in the Cbnverse College auditorium heard the child. ron's chorus of 600 voices at the con cert of the Spartanburg Music Festi val this afternoon, and Anna Case de lighted the throng of festival visitors. Miss Lula Page of North Carolina who has trained the children's chorus for the last two years, dir-ected the orchestra and chorus during the sing in! of the first ntimber, the Bridal Church from the "Rose Maiden," turning the baton over to Walter Damrosch for the other numbers. The children sang "The Lost Chord," by Sullivan; Waltz and The Star Spangled Banner. The great audience rose and joined in the sing Ing of the National anthem. Mrs. Merle Tolloteon Alcock was the solo 1st for the concert. The Converse Choral Society sustained its splendid standar dat the evening concert. Re-elect Wilburn Mayor of York. York.-In the municipal election held in York 3. C. Wilburn was re elected mayor for the two years and the following were chosen as alder men: J. E. Johnson, T. W. Speck, Arthur T. Hart, 3. S. Sandifer, W. S. Willis, J. G. Dickson. Plant Cotton Again. Gaffney.-Farmers in different por tions of Cherokee county are planting over their cotton, saying that the ex tended dry spoil has had the effect of [iostroying the seed germs and that they will not germinate. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. Governor Manning and his staff at tended the celebration at Charlotte last Saturday. Gov. Mhnning delivered the cam mencement address at Jonesville Union county, last week. The 126th annual council of the Elpiscopal diocese of South Carolina came to an end at Columbia after it had been decided to hold the next council in St. David's church in Cheraw, of which the Rev. A. S Thomas is rector. Methodists at Landrum will erect z' new brick church in the near future Two school districts in Lexington county have just voted a school tax Plans are being perfected for the' annual spring meeting of the hornue and farm demonstration clubs of Cierendon county to be held in Man ning on Saturday, May 27. It is the purpose to have an elaborate auto mobile parade at 11 o'clock, Including a number of cars appropriately decor ated to represent th.o vatious clubs of the county, the canning, bread, poul try, pig, corn and each of the eight home daxiontrattan s.tu. FIRM FOI WILON CONVENTION MEaTIN iP CO LUMBIA REIT9RAES $ABTr4 IN NATION'S dHIEP CONTINUE COUNTY bANVAS$ Manning, Tillman, Smith, Evans, Jen nings, Pollock, Clinokscales and Hyde Are Delegates. Columbia.-The State Democratil convention in Columbia adopted a pro gressive platform, indorsgd the admin istration of President Wilson, refused to abolish the county-to-county politi cal campaign, received petitions from the State Equal Suffrage league, do clined to allow John L. McLaurin to enter the primary as warehouse oom missioner to defend the system 'and discussed many problems of import-,, ance to the party. Eight delegates at large to the na tional Democratic convention at St. Louis with one-half vote each were elected by the State convention an follows: Gov. Richard 'I. Manning, United States Senators B. R. Tillman and E. D. Smith, John Gary Evans, L. D. Jennings, W. P. Polook, John G. Clinkscaler and T. T. Hyde. It was decided also not to elect alternates to the delegates at large but that the delegation as a whole select the alternates from the 14 dis. trict alternates. The state delega tions was instructed to vote as a unit on all questions. John H. Clifton moved that the convention elect eight delegates at large with one4Jalf vote each instead of four delegates at large. The mo. tion was carried. David R. Ceker nominated Gov. Richard I. Manning, which was fol lowed by applause. Others nominated were: B. R. Tillman, T. T. Hyde, Charles Carroll Simms, John 0. Clinkscales, E. D. Smith, T. C. Dun. can, John G. Richards, John Gary Evans, L. D. Jennings, W. P. Pollock. On motion of Mr. Blakeney the nominations were closed. The number of votes each nominee received -follows: Manning, 310; Tillman, 274; Smith, 277; Evans, 273; Clinkscales, 284; Hyde, 276; Pollock, 262; Jennings, 264; Simmes, 61; Richards, 62; Dun. can, 65. The first eight named were declared elected. The submission to the people of the question of woman suffrage by proper act or resolution was recommended. An inheritance tax was recommend. ed tQ meet the deficiency in founds in cident to the reduction of tha tariff. The currency law, enacted under the guilding hand of the Wilson ad. ministration, was heartily commend ed. Legislation to protect the shipper against the exorbitant rates on the high seas was commended to the ef forts of the national congress. Rural credits legislation now in process of passage wa's also indorsed. The South Carolina delegation will go to the national Democratic con. vention at St. Louis instructed to work for the re-election of Woodrow Wilson In the resolution, accepted by the state convention and written into the platform of the party, the policies both foreign and domestic of the president , were commended and the delegation from South Carolina was committed to work for the renomination of both President Wilson and Vice President Marshall. Officials in South Carolina wrho have labored for a stricter enforce ment of the law, as evidenced by courts and county officials, were com mended for their faithful efforts, and the sustention of jury yerdicts was urged. The arty was pledged to a continuance of a strict enforcement of the law. Acts of the-recent legislature in the textile plants, in the weekly pay roll act, the 60 hour per week regulation, child labor regulations, the creation of a board of conciliation and other labor legislation -were heartily ap proved. The convention went on record as approving plans of adequate prepar. edness, but expressed itself as dis approving the creation of an armed force that would imperil the superior ity of civil authority. A judicial tribunal or conciliation commission, to preserve peace upon the cessation of hostilities, was. urged upon the national convention. TPhe convention recommended to the legislature for its earnest considera. tion the question of equal suffrage for women and requested that the matter he submitted to the people by proper act or resolution for their decision. Lexington Rebuilds Rapidly. Lexington. - F'ifteen buildings of brick and fire-proof are going #p in Lexington, following the big fire which swept the town several weeks ago. This gives employment to about 150 hands, including those who are using their teams hauling matei'1al. The 16 buildings now being construct ed include the following: Edwin(I 'reher, clothier, two lI department oulldinge; , R, L..0gem eYV two;. *W BarrertwoeiQ.4a . D.erriok, one two-story str#0ture; Scott Hendp,~ 190; 4tbul B,.e0 r