The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, September 07, 1916, Image 2
GREAT BRITAIN
IS VAST ARSENAL
Besides Government Plants
There Are 4,000 Controlled
Munition Firms.
3,500,000 ARE AT WORK
High Tide of Output for War Purposes
Not Yet Reached-Is Now Armory
for Allies-Work of the
Scientists.
London.-The enormous stride made
by Great Britain toward solving the
problem of munitions wits made clear
In the courso of a speech recently de
dvered by F. Kellaway, parliamenturv
secretary to Doctor Addison (parla.
mentary secretary to the ministry of
munitions). Mr. Kellaway said the
most prominent fact of the war was
that the price of victory was unlimited
imunitions. .
"The British army in early days,"
he said, "was so out-munittoned that
the British soldier ought to have been
beaten before the fighting began. But
be proved that he was a better fighting
wan than the German. What he lacked
In munitions he made up in devil, in
initiative, and in endurance.
"I do not, think anything that Ger
many has ever done equals the work
thin country has accomplished in the
way of industrial organization during
the last twelve months. Great Britain,
which has throughout been the treas
ury of the allies, has now become their
armory. There are now scattered up
and down the country some 4,000 con
trolled firms producing munitions of
war.
"The vost majority of these previous
to the war never produced a gu, a
shell ori a cartridge ; yet in ten months
the ministry of munitions h'as obtained
front these ilrmins a1 'numb1er of shells
greater than the totil prodiIuction of all
the governinlint a1rsenais ai great
armanent s1ops in existence at the
Comlmenceilent of the war.. .
Increase of Arsenals.
"Speaklmig it the house of cotmonts
last year Mr. iUioyd-George startled the
countn y by saying that eleven new ar
senals had been provided. Today, not
eleven but ninety arsenaimls have been
built or adapted. Our weekly ouilptt
of .303 cartridge is greater by itllionis
than our annual output before tite war.
There is a certain machine gun being
producel )y the hundred every week
In a factory ordered, planned and nuilt
during the pltst t welve Imlonths. The
outpit of guns4 and(1 howlitzers has in
crease(l by several huitjd red per cent.
"We are not yet at the full flood of
our output of gunis anI shell. If tite
Germans cantnot he driven Itome other
wise, our army will have such a supply
of guns that the limbers will touch
each other in a contintuous line front
the Somme to the sea. France, Itis
sia and Italy have been supplied by
or through Great Britain with many
of the most important munitions of
War. Many thtousands of tons of steel
have been antd are being sent to
France.
"Our contribution towvard the equip
ment of thte Belgian anrmty has beent
continuous, and the Serblitn army has
been re-equipped atnd r'estored to a
nmgnficent fighting force very largely
by the workshops anad workers of thte
United Kingdom.
"The labor situation has been to a
considlerable extent saved b~y our wonm
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I Jack" Geratghty,'atfter severai
T'ea 4ut West, htas returned to New- E
pot or the summer season. Mrs. ~
GOer*ty is a niece of Mrs. Elsie d
Wred4 Vanderbilt. She was formerly
~is4 ,, uhia wfrench and gave society
Quitysa shockK veral years ago wvhen I
she epeed wf' "ack" Geraghty, then I
U * I~prt ur The Geraghtys p
- vE4 ~MindPolls, apd they have not g
ee~ ' ewport for-some tiane. The r<
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nnel eub at New9 ca
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MEIR TO AUdilNN
.... .... ..
ThOugh Von llindenburg Is in
Teutonic armies on the east front, A
Austrian throne, still rules over his
seen with one of hip generals plannin
m. There were 184,000 women el
gaged in war industries in 1914. T
lay there are 634,000. The total nur
)er of war workers in 1014 was 1,19E
100. It has now increased to 8,500.00
['here are 471 different munition pro
%sees upon which women are now o1
raged. The women of France are a,
ng wonders in munition making, bi
our women munition workers beat tl
vorld."
Work of the ScIentIsts.
Referring to glass Mr. Kellawi
aid:
"The problem facing the governme
s, first, to discover the formula <
:lasses, and having discovered it, I
stablish the industry. It is fortunal
hat In this crisis we have available
ew scientific men who have bee
vorking for years almost without re
ignitIon, 1111d we have also Institutt
uch as the Imperial college at Sout
Censington and the National Physici
ahoratory at Teddington. The go,
rnment went to these men and aske
hetm to discover the formula used b
he Germans in their production c
)pticll and ch eical glass.
"These British scientists, after at fe,
veeks experlimens, discovered an
)f the formulae, and it then becanm
)otiIble to begin manufacture on
RELATE STORIES
OF THE BIG PUS1
Nounded British Soldiers Tell a
Thrilling Moments in Charges
in Picardy.
IULLETS STOPPED BY 0001
Vlachine Gunner Is Killed In a Tree
Artillery Work Is Marvel of Ex.
actness--Find Few Rifles In
Captured Trenches.
L.od~on.-This city is now dal
aitig thrilled by thte stories of th
treat push on the Somme whIch th
VoundI~ed soldliers have~ br'oughit hac
vith thema. Sorely wounded as man
'f-thema are, andt af'ter a journey whic
ill the care mnade barely endutrabhl
he men still tIngle with the thrIll
he charge and their talk is all of th
dorlous rush with which they cal
-led every obstacle.
"We went over In grand style," sal
a sergeant recalling the assault o
diontauban, "and found the pla1ce 1
mn awful mess. Most of the house
md1( been knocked headi over heels
he only ones I saw standIng were
ouple of cafes. As we came on w
awv lots of Germans running out c
lhe back of the vIllage, but there wer
alenty of them monkeying agout th
ulns. We dilvidedl the company u
nto groups of sIx, but as we neare
he village we joinedi up again. M
lye pals andI myself saw some Ihun
n a ground floor room, so we droppi
Mills bomb through the window n
idln't wait for an answer./
"As we turned the corner we rsaw
herman lying round the end ~a wval
he'd got a machine gun and iad mnd1
little emplacement witI foricks. IH
trned the dlamined t . ig on me an
ot me 1n'th9 foot. It dIdn't stop n'
hough, and whte I was getting -net
o him I felt- tw kIcks over the hear
dlIdn't wait o see what happenel
ut simiply w .nt at'him and hnyonete
im. I cot an't go on nmuch furthe
o I snt <wn to see what was tt1
a mage.
ook Stopped Bullets.
"My 60$ was pretty bad, but who
look d aipy left hand, breast pock4
sai tw boles .in it. I opened ni
o t hrt, found thtat two btilets h~t
2n .tlgrougrt :my .pieta5ehaIng tul
>r, through mny pocket case andy ti
os ?ifdy 'iEto a. bool we
at oo'
ig r ndcb
tHRONEAT THE FRONT
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supreme communa( now of zuost ot the
rchduke Karl Francis Joseph, heir to the
part of the line, in Galicia. He Is berp
g a new move.
1- commercial scale. The result was that
3- within a year after the outbreak of
1- war the output of optical glass in this
- country was multiplied four and a halt
. times. It has now increased to fhur
c- teen times the output previous to the
3- war, and there is good ground for say
3- ing that by the end of the year it will
it have multiplied twentyfold.
Le "The ministry of munitions has built,
or Is building, housing accommodations
for 60,000 persons, and canteens and
,y mess rooms in munition works now
provide decent accommodation, where
it S00.000 workers take their meals every
)f (lily.
:o "For a long time our antiaircraft
:e gunners have been crying out for ar
a Improved height tinder for leppelins,
ii the existing height finders being slow,
clumsy and having a margin of error
5 of hundreds of feet. You will realize
h how that handlenpped our gunners in
L their at tempts to '-bring down Zep
r- pelIns.
d "Three men set to work on the prob
y lem, and in two or three months they
f produced a height finder which gove
rapidly and exactly the height of a
,v Zeppelin. It is an important discov
y ery, but the problem is only one of
e hundreds which aire continually crop
a ping up."
"The Germans seetined to be all age
from sixteen to fifty I should say.
Some of them came up crying out
that they had liad no food for five
days. One of our boys did wonders
with the bayonet-he was chasing
three Germans-lie caught them up
and bayoneted two, as: he swun'g
round, he hit the third man down with
the butt of his rifle.
"As we were going into Montauban
,we sawv i German machine gunner up
a tree. He'd got the neatest little
platform you ever sawv painted so that
it was almost invisible. WVe shot him,
butt he djdn't fall clear. The last we
saw of .him was that he was hanging
by his boots from the tree.
"The spirit of our boys was spien.
did-they simply loved the fun. One
of them got blown up by a shell. He
seemed pretty dazed, hut he picked
himself up and eanme a long. All hie
aid was, ,'Oh, there must be a war on1
y tifter all, I suppose.'
e Picked Off Two by Two.
e "WVe had carried the first two lines
kc and on getting into the tirdi we sawv
y' the Germans. coiming up fromt the two
Li exits of a deep dugout and pairing off
, dlown the trench. Outr platoon comn
f naunder got into the trench andc pieked
L' the enemny oft' as they came out. 114
-had the mouth of the dugout on either
side of hmim~, say fifteen yardls away.
le was as cool as a cucumber; he
simply turnedl from right to left and
a fired just as if he wits in ai shooting
a gallery. It was the best it of fancy
- shooting I've seen."
a A sergeant major of the Middlesex
e ahpeking of the work of English artil
f lery, said: "They wvere simply magi
e nificent and ns we advanced they lift
e ed1 trenclt by trench. The battalion
went ov.4r and on in fine style. It was
:juiht ?1ke a parade and the .rpueri felt
y c Ifident, as they knew that .large re
s 4erves were behind them."
vA corporal in the ,Northumlierlarg1
d F'uslliers gave a picture of bthe'.pre.
c'ison wvith wuhich the assault was can
aried out.
".Just on time hp said, "the first
lines went n'wgy, not' hiut'rying a bit,
Sjust takcing it~e-Thn anie th&
gaps, butt these were. poon filled. The'i{
rwent the third line aidfllowed p
with the fanppor~t.ts' Ever.Vthing was.
going Al.,:
"The - nrtillery . was- -liftind --frn
r trench to trench and we were follow,
' ing on step by step. It was just like a
field day. The carriers with homabs
as cheerful as anything, and~ then later
nl in the day I got moved bacik Into our
town front lines and orito the dress
y ing station."
One man who had been at Matus~
l'- s'aid that-in the Germa. n iohs thiey.
d found, plenty of men, btit as far a~
int hni unde boamjb .y~ar a
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WiSON NTIHDO
OF 'NOINATION
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Reelves Senator James and
Committee at Shadow Lawn.
ACCEPTS WITH GRATITUDE
President Sets Forth "Failures" of Re
publicans and Achievements of
Democrats.-Defeeds His For.
eign and Mexican Policies.
Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 2.-Presi
dent Wilson received today at Shadow I
Lawn, the summer White House, the
formal notification of Is renomination
by the Democratic party from the noti
fication committee headed by Senator I
Ollie James.
In response Mr. Wilson spoke in
ptirt as follows:
Senator James, Gentlemen of the
Notification Committee, Fellow Citi
zens: I cannot accept tt.9 leadership
and responsibility whileh the National
Democratic convention has again, iII
such generous fashion, asked me to
accept without first expressing my
profound gratitude to the party for
the trust it reposes in me after four
years of fiery trial in the midst of af
fairs of unprecedented difficulty, and
the keen sense of added responsibility
with which this honor fills (I had al
most said burdens) me as I think of
the great issues of national life and
Policy involved in the present and im
mediate future conduct of our govern
ment. I shall seek, as I have always
sought, to justify the extraordinary
confidence thus reposed in me by striv
Ing to purge my heart and purpose of
every personal and of every mislead
ing -party rhotive and devoting every
energy I have to the service of the na
tion as a whole, praying that I may
continue to have the counsel and sup
port of all forward-looking men at ev
ery turn of the ditlicult business.
For I d1o not doubt that the people
of the United States will wish the
Democratic party to' continue in con
trol of the government. They are not I
in the habit of rejecting those who I
have actually served them for those
who are making doubtful and conjec
tural promises of service. Least of
all are they likely to substitute those
who promised to render them particu
lar services and proved false tQ that
promise for those who have actually
rendered those very services.
Republicap "Failures" Cited.
The Iepublican party was put out
of power because of failure, practical
failure and moral failure; because it
had served special interests and not 'C
the country at large; because, under
the leadership of its preferred and es- v
tablished guides, of those who still
make its cholees, It had lost touch 0
with the thoughts and. the needs of the 1
nation and was living in a past age h1
and under a fixed illusion, the illusion 1
of greatness. It had framed tariff a
laws based upon ai fear of foreign f
i.radle, a fundamental doubt as to e
American skill, enterprise, and capa- e
city, and a very tendler regard for the tl
profitable privileges of those whlo had ti
gained control of .domestic markets s
and domestic .credlits ; and yet had en- v
actedl antitrust laws which hampered s
the very things they meant to foster, u
which were .stifl' and inelastic, andl in p
panrt unintelligible. It had permitted tu
the country throughout the long period ti
of its control to stagger from one vi
fInancial crisis to another' under the
operation of a national banking lawv
of its own framing which nmade strin- g
gencey and Panic certain and the con- c<
trol of the In rLger business operations p
of the country by the bankers of a
rew reserve centers inevitable; had g
madle as if it meant to reform the law~ t
)ut had faint-heartedly failed in the p
tttemplt, because. it could not bring it- n
self to do the one thing necessary to
mmake the reform genuine and effec- c;
tual, namely, break up the control of p
small groups of bankers. It had b~een a
oblivious, or indifferent, to the fact b~
titat the farmers, upon whoam the coun- ti
try depends for its food and in the b~
last analysis for Its prosperity, were b~
without standling in the matter ,of p
commnercial credit, without the protec- n
tion of standlards in their market d1
transactions, and without' systematic (1
knowledge of the markets themselves; a
that the laborers of the country, the j
great army of men ,who man the in- r
dustries it was professing'--to tather t
and promote, 'carried their labor a a I
mere commodity to market, were- sub
ject to, restraint by novel and . drastic e
process in the courts, were without as- e
aurutnce of compensation for industrial y
accidelits, without fede1ral assistance
i.g'accommodating labar dlspiltes,. and
without national aid or' advice'in' find.
ing the places aind -the industilg in
wJilc their lab'or wAf most - deedd.
tihe .country had no^ nptional systemc
0% rotid constructounft:n dle~eiopmnent,r
Little Intelligent .atteistion wfls paid
to thp army, and not''edough' to the
navy, ... The (other repdblis. of Amecriea
distrusted us, because they found that
we thougiht first of the profits of c
American investors and only as an af-v
terthought of impartial justice and
helpful friendship. Its policy wats pro- x
vincial in all things; its ptdrposes were t
out of harmony with the temper anda
purpose of the people and the timely
glevelopment of the nation's interests. I
So things stood when the Democrat- f
Ie party came into power. How, do r
they standt miw? Altin the domes- I
nove 'as,64 uovid
The fr has been KeVised, 'npt on
he iinoiple .forefgn
rude, but upon the .IOiple og in
ouraging it, upon- sonething like a
outing of equality -with our own in
espect of the terms 9f. competition,
aNd a tariff -board. has . been eated.
vhose function it will be to. keep the
'elations of American 'With foreign
iusiness and industry tider constant
>bservation, for the guidance of our
)uslness ine' a'nd of our. tongrsg.
kioerican energies .are now directed
owards the markets of the world.
The laws against trusts have been
!larifled by definition, with a view
o making it plain that they were not
lirected against big business but only.
igainst unfair business and the pre
ense of competition where there was
lone; and a trade commission has
een create(d with powers of guidance
md accommodation which have re
leved business men of unfounded
e.rs and set themi upon the road of
iopeful and confident enterprise.
By the federal reserve act the sup
ly of currency at the disposal of ac
lve Imsiness has been rendered elas
Ic, taking its volume, not from a fixed
)ody of investment securities, but
rom the liquid assets of daily trade.
Effective measures have been taken
or the re-creation of an American
n-rchant marine and the revival of
he American carrying trade. ,
The interstate commer.ce commis
ion has been reorganized to enable
,t to perform its great and important
lunctions more promptly and more ef
Sciently. We have created, extended
and improved the service of the par
!eis post.
For the farmers of the country we
,lave virtually created commercial
:redit, by means of the federal reserve
ict and the rural credits act. . They
:low have the standing of. other busi
less men in the money market. We
llave successfully regulated specula
ion in "futures" and established
standards in the marketing of grains.
By an intelligent warehouse act we
ave assisted to make the standard
rops available as never before both
or systematic marketing and us a
ecurity for loans from the banks.
For Labor and Children.
The workingmen of America hav'e
;een given a veritable emancipation,
)y the legal recognition of a man's
abor as part of his life, and not a
n'ure marketable conmodity ; by ex
mipting labor organizations from proc
%sees of the courts which treated their
nembers like fractional parts of mobs
mid not like accessible and responsi
>1e individuals; by releasing our sea
non from involuntary servitude; by
tinaking. adequate provision for coin
iensation for industrial accidents; by
>roviding suitable machinery for me
liation an( conciliation in industrial
lisputes; and by putting the federal
epartment of Labor at the dispogal of
he workingman when in search of
cOrk.
We have effected the emancipation
f the children of the country by re
asing then from hurtful labor. We
iive instituted a system of national
[d in the building of highroads such
i the country has been feeling after
)r a century. We have sought . to
:walize taxation by means .of an
:lultable income tax. WVe have taken
e steps that ought to have -been
iken at the outset to open up the re
>urces of Alaska. We have pro
Ided for national defense upon a
anle never before seriously proposed
pon the r'esponsibility of an entire
'litical party. We have driven the
'iff lobby from cover and obliged it
substitute solid argument for pri
[ite influence.
Foreign Policy Stated.
In foreign affairs we have been
nidedl by principles clearly con
elvedl and ebnsistently lived up to.
erhaps they have not been fully comi
rehended because they have hitherto
overned international affairs only in
leory, not in practice. They are sim
le, ob~vious, easily statedl, and funda
ental to American ideals.
We have been neutral not only 6e
luse it was the fixed and traditional
ohicy of the United States to stand
loof from the politics of Europe and
ecause we had no part either of ac
4n or of policy in the influences which
rought on the present wvar, but also
ecause it was manifestly our duty to
revent, if it were possible, the indefi
ite'extenslon of the fires of hate and
esolation kindled by that terrible con.
let and seek to serve mankind by re
crying our strength and our resofprees
or the anxious and diflicult days of
estoration and healing which must
ollow, when peace will have to build
ts house anew..
The rights of our own citizenis of
ourse became involved ; that was in
vitable. Where they did this-was our
ulding principle: that property rights
an be vindicated by claims for dam
ges When the war is over, and no mod
rn nation can decline to- arbitrate
uchi claims; but the fundamental
ights of humanity cannot -be. The loss
f life is irreparable. Neither can di
ect violations of a nation's sovereign.
y await vindication in suits for clam
ges.
As go Mexico.
While IEurope was at war our own
ontinent, one of our own neIghbors,
r'as shaken by revolution. In thatt
matter,. too, principle was plain, and it
ma imperative that we ahould live up
o It if we were to dleserve the'trust of
NY real partisan of the right as free
men see it. We have' professed to bc
leve, and we do believe, that the peo
le of sinal and weak states have t)me
ght -to expect tohe dea4,.withm exatt
Vr recent pursuit of baqdi wt*
Mexican territory was no violatioii 9
that. principle. We ventured to enter
Mexican territory only because theie
werd no military forces in Mexico that
cbuld protect our border from hostilt
attack and our own people from vi4..;
lence, and we have committed there-,
no single act of hostility or interfte6;
ence even with the sovereign'autborWp
of the republic of Mexico herself. -.
Many serious wrongs againist .tb
property, many irreparable wrongs
against the persons, of Americans hare
been cbmmitted within the territory ot
Aiexco herself during this confuseO +
revolution, wrong' which could not be
eff'ectually checked so long as th're
was no constituted power in Mei1W
which was in a position to check them.
We could' not act ,directly In that mat'
ter ourselves without denying Mexi
cans the, right to apy revolution at all
Whlch disturbed us and makflg the
emancipation of her own-people await 4
our own interest and convenience.
Problems of Near Future.
The future, the immediate future,.
will bring us squarely face to face witit
many great and exacting problems.
which' will search us through andI
through whether we be able and r'eady
to play the part in the world that we
mean to play.
There must be a just and settled
peace, and we here in America must.
contribute the full force of our en.
thusiasm and of our authority as a.
nation to the organization of that
peace upon world-wide foundations
that cannot easily be-shaken. No na
tion shotild be forced to take sides in,
any quarrel in which its own honor
and integrity and the fortunes of its.
own people are not involved; but no
nation can any longer remain neutral
as against any willful disturbance of
the peace of the world.
One of the contributions we must
make to the world's peace is this:'
We must see to it that the people in
our insular possessions are treated,
in their own lands as we would treat
them here, and make the rule of the
United States mean the same thing
everywhere-the same justice, the
same consideration for the essential
rights of men.
Iesides contributing our ungrudg
ing moral and practical support to the
cStablishmaent of peace throughout the
world we must actively and intellt
gently prepare ourselves to do our full
service in the trade and industry 4
which are to sustain and (Ovelop the
life of the nations in the days to come.
We have already been provident in
this great matter and supplied our
selves with the Iustrumentalities of
prompt adjustment. We have created,
in the federal trade commission, a
means of inquiry and of accommoda
tion in the. field of commerce which
ought both to co-ordinate the enter
prises of our traders and manufac
turers and to remove the barriers of
misunderstanding and of a too tech
nical iterpretation of the law. In
the new tariff commission we have
added another ?nstrumentality of ob
servation and adjustnit nt which prom-.
ises to be immediately serviceable.
We have already formulated and
agreed upon a policy of lawv which
will explicitly remove the ban now
supposed to rest upon co-operation.
amongst our exporteirs in seeking and
securing their proper placE. in the
markets of the world. The field will
be tree, the instrumentalities at hand..
At home also we must see to it that
the'men who plan and- develop and di
rect our business enterprises shall en
joy definite and settled conditions of
law, a policy accommodated to the
freest progress. WVe have set the just
and necessary limits. WVe have put
all kinds of unfair competition under
the ban and penalty of the law. We
have .barred monopoly, These fatal
and ugly things being excluded, we
must now quicken action and facili
tate enterprise by every just rpeans
within our choice. There wvill~ be -
peace in the business world, and, wIth
Peace; revived confidence and life.
We ought both to husband and to
dlevelop our natural resources, our
mines, our forests, our water power.
I wish we could have made more prog
ress tihan we have made in this vital
matter.
* We must hearten And quicken the
spirit and efficiency of labor through
out our whole industrial system by
everywhere and In all occupations 'do
ing justice to the laborer, not only by
paying a living wage, but also by
making all the conditions that sur
round labor what they ought to be.
WVe must- co-ordinate the railway
systems of the country for national
use, and must facilitate - andl promote -
their dlevelopment with a view to tlht
co-ordination a'nd to their -better -
adaptation- as a whole to the life and
trade and defense of the nation. The
life and Industry of the country can
be free-and unhampered only if 'these
arteries are open, efficient, and com.
plete.
Thus shall we stand re'Ady to meet
the future as circumstance and inter
national poliey effect 'their unfolding,
wvhether the changes como slowly or
come fast and wvithout preface.
Not for Her.
"1 have here," said the gentlempanly
agent. "a washing machine which is
so sim[ple that a ,chIld can ,opem'ate
It. With it you can- do0 our ow~n Wash
'ng andl thtus save the money which
'mu now' paly a .laundress. I am .sel1e
wz mhItt machine at the extremely low
prilce sf"
"Never mind the price," interaruptd
the commuter's Wife. "I wouldn'te
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