The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, April 19, 1917, Image 2
8700,000,000 WAR
LOAN PASSES HOUSE
NOT A VOTE WAS RECORDED
AGAINST THE BIG REVENUE
AUTHORIZATION.
DEBATE AS ON IGH PLANE
Former War Opponents Demanded
Record Roll Call. - Amendments
Confine Loans to Nations at War
With Germany.
Washington.---With a total absence
of iartisanship the lilouse, by a vote
of 3SIl to ). passed the Seven Billion
Dlollar bill to filnance the prosecution
of the war against (ermany. itchidin;
a loan of $3.000.000.00oo to the Allies.
R1epresentative Meyer l.ondon. Social
ist. of New York. who has conscien
tious scruples aga inst war and appro
priations for war. iswered "present"
when his name was called.
Owing to general pairs and absen
tees only ;S9 vot es were recorded for
the hill. but hoth I lemocratic Leader
Kitchin and% lINepu blicana ILeader Nann
announced that all of their meubers
would have voeted affirmatively if they
had been present. The formality of a
roll call would have beci dispensed
with if several fnttembers who voted
against the war resolution had not in
sisted upon having the opportunity of
recording themselves in favor of pro.
viding money to carry on hostilities
now that the nation is at war.
The hill authorizes $5.ooo.000.0o0
in bonds, of which $.0o.to.000 wi:
be loaned to Entente countries. and
the issnance of Treasury coriincates
for $2.'0000000ooi ultimately to be met
by increased taxation. Passage of the
measure never was in doubt dluring the
two da's it was undt'r Colln-;idOrat ion
in the House. and favor),ble aion he
an overwhelininr vo:e is assured in
the Senate. where it was taken up
Monday. 11 probably will be signedi
by the President this week.
t'hairman Sinimone of the Stcnate
w."th his kommittet- Mc'ndav. and si e
there .s no opposition Io "t
report it to the Senate at on .
ers expt, t to keep it the untinished
business until passed. There will be
no great opposition on the floor, al
though there may be some debate.
The bill was not materially amendcd
in the 1louse. except for the inclusion
of language specifically directing that
the loans to foreign Governments shall
be made during, and not after. the
war and that the securities h.ought by
this GOvvernment with proceeds of the
vast loan shall be the securities of na
tions fighting Germany.
Other amendments adopted woul.
prohibit the sale of the United States
bonds at less than par and permit the
purchase of foreign honds "at par."
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
TO ASSEMBLE IN FEW DAYS.
United States OffIcials Plan For Com-.
ing of CommIssIoners.
Washington.-With the assembly of
the most. momentous 'international
confe'ernce ever held in this country
only a few danys udist ant, officials of
several exceutivye dlepartmeqnt sof the
Government devoted t heiselves to
making final preparations for grui'ting
the distinguished men Great Britain
and France are sending he're to dis
cutss war problems. State tDepart ment
offliils directly responsille' for the
details of the arrangements, conferred
in an effort to have no mtarke of court
esy lacking.- - -
Those familiar with oficial et iquet
abroad say that the sentding .to this
country of men like liritish Foreign
Secretary Balfour. Frenchu Minist er ci
Jlustie and former Premier Rene
Viviani and General Jloffre: ts almos1
wvithout prece'dent. Not only dlot's the
trip here require mnuth more very
2 ~valuable timte than the various l'ero
pean wvar conferences. hnt it su ts
the htigh officials to t a1 dange rs ftron
mines andt submtarineti. ex\periencii ed it
crossing to the cont nenit. 1t is knowvt
that the present t p was taken only
withu the deepest for'boding quick
en ed by imet l es of lhe ltoss of 1.ors
Kit chener.
Committee of Welcome.
The prel imit inary reimmtitt ee of wel
come. tonsistiing of Third Assistan
Secret ary ILong, represen titng thle Sta tt
D~epartmitent: Rear Admtiral Frank P'
Fletcher and (Commtander Di. P. Sellers
representing t he Navy antd 'ol. Robert
Al E. L. Micehie. lieut. Col. Spencer Cos,
by and Capt. Johin G. Quclkomeyer, rep
reseting the Armi'-. is ready to leave
for the port of arrival at a moment's
notice. The comitttee will wvelcome
the commissioners. A formtal recep
tion~ will greet them htere, int which the
highest officials of thte Goveritment
will participate.
TAX SUGGESTIONS TO
RAISE WAR REVENUE.
Washington. - - Admtinistrationt stug.
gestions as to possible newv sourtes of
*taxation through wvhich to raise ap.
*prox~imtely onie-half of Ithe estimtated
cost of the first year of the war, or
$1,807,250.00t0. wvere submitted by See
retary M cAdoo to the Se'nat e Fliane
and the House WVays and Meanis Com
mittees. The other half of' the cost
as to be provided by $2,000,000,000 of
I the bonds authtorized by the war rev*
enue bilt passed by the House.
GOETHALS IS TO BE
BUILDER OF SHIPS
WILL SUPERVISE SHIP BUILDINC
PROGRAM OF AMERICAN
NAVY.
MORE SHIPS MEAN VICTORY
Lloyd-Gorge's Prophecy Discussed by
Cab;net-Congress Will Be Asked
To Substantially Increase Appropri.
ation.
Washington-.-Means of quickly put.
ting additiontal vessels into the trals.
Atlantie trade and thus fulfilling the
propiecy of I'reillier Lloyd-Coorge. of
Great liritain. that more ships imteant
victory for the Etiente Allies, was
lt, principal subject before tlie iliecet
in g of President Wilson's cahinet.
'lajo. General Goethal.s who hnit
the Panama Canal. will sItpet vise th
merchant ship building p:ograin. it
was announced. A bill wili he intro
dived in both houses of Congress sub
staitially inereasing tihe $50.100.000
appropriation now avaiahile for the
shipping board. and giving the board
additional authority that tite litilding
of wooden ships and the acquisition of
other vessels may be expedited.
Legislation also probably will he
proposed by the administration giving
the shipping board power to formally
take over the German merchantmen
in Americain ports now in the custody
of the treasury departient. While
it is conceded that tlte presideit
would hav et he right to take this step
it is understood that a specific act
of Congress will be preferred.
First among the German ships to
be put into active service will he two
of the fleet of 23 1y ing in Phillippine
harbors. The insular bureau of the
war department has secur--' permut
sien from the treasury depatinent to
hasten* repairs on tHi machinerv of
the Iwo vessels least damaged by the
crews and it is expectld that within
wo or fitre weeks the ships will be
nla hemp to be ished tk
the Vnited Sta:tes to prevent a failure
of ih supply of hinding twine for the
farmers for the crop of this season.
While the exact sum to be requested
of Congress for the uses of th(
shipping board in building up th
American merchant marine has no
been disclosed. it has been estimatei
that $2251.000.000 will be necessary.
COMPLETE DEVLOPMENT
OF FOOD PRODUCING POWER
One of the Means of Meeting the Vita
Problems of the War.
Washingt on. - Intensive develop
ment of the food producing power o
the United States on a scale never be
fore contemplatedl was discussed b:
President Wilson and Secretary H~ous
ton as the means of meeting one o
thervial problems of the war will
Secretary Houston returned from Si
Tlus. wvhere lie conferred with repres
entatives of the great grain raisin
states. Hie laid before the Presidien
plans under which the Federal Goa
ernmient. working in co-operation wit
state and local agencies, will put fort
its utmost endeavors to stimulate th
production and economical dist ribut io
of food.
Planis to include a request for 1l.2
islationl by Congress giving the Goi
er-nmenit power to regulmat e anrd ti
food pt-ices if necessar-y atnd to licens
large dlistributing agencies. Secretar
Iloust on will beg in con fererx .s w' :
congr-ess ion al lead ers to :igriee on t h
tei-mis of t he needed hIills.
To cor~ inue the governmrent's ae
tation for :i.oreased predutctio an
economy m the itse of foad t it:ys pro
itdent WV:b, prrhably wvili issne
procima:ento te Nation sean<1
inj ati::w a the situtaticn. A suts
Seetary v l1e-,'. was laidl hefor
r-epreseNnting the 'Tri-S:tat ltette
AMERICAN REAR ADMIRAL
SIMS NOW IN ENGLANI
Washington *Rear Admhinra Wia
S. Sims, President of rthe Naval Wa
College at Newvport. has arrived i
landon to act as an tnt ermtneli ary- h
I ween lIrtit ish admiralty otticers an
the navy depart ment in the workin
out of piroblenis involved in partil
tioni by- the Amer-ican navy in th
ranks of the Entenite Powers. 11
m isasioni w~as adnitited at the navy dh
partment after news of his safe voy
age had been receiv-ed.
LOADED SHELL FOUND IN
OFFICE OF THE GLOBI
New York-A loadied three-inc
shell weighing 15 poutnds. nmade In th
l'nited States, was fotnId in the pire-:
rogtm of The New Yetrk Globe afte
thle last edition had go::e to hprest
A\ccording to the police, the shell wua
leaning agaitnst one of t he Pressesi
such a poesitiotn that it w-ould hav
been explo4ed had the miachinery bee
started. The discovery was made b
an employe. Governmienit agente ar
trying to 1aa-n who pnieda it ther
MAP SHOWING THE FORE]
TION OF THE UNITZ]j
IIN
M 10I IIIIII OWLi
m ie@Sipe eene.
M to t pIs v t.
to Is8 per Olaft.
m 3 t e pe eat
(By foreign stock is meant
Ioreig' orn father or motlier.
The states in black have n(
-'rants ol' tlhe Sonis ;11111 (1b111._-1
I liuve of 1iative stock. T
tilltvsatlitd ltvil. ch];jj li geoldk
al( h ntelSae west oft'ill
Mississippi maded..
IS FIRM FOR 6ONSORIPTION
INSISTS ON RAISING LARGE ARMY
ON PRINCIPLE OF SELECTIVE
CONSCRIPTION.
President Confers With Speaker Clark
and Leader Kitchin.-Will Probably
Be Opportunity Fcr Half Million to
Volunteer.
Washington. Wl're ont Wilson. in
a conferencet. w:,h Speaker Champ
Clark and i.:-t i1.eader Kitchin at
the Capit. ! d on the terms of
the Adin:.:-n1,. plan for raising a
largo Army he principle of select
ive d raf:. A-t, same tme. it was
learned th, .: r a t iepartment vir
tui ly !a idetd on plans under
which oir; 'n'ty would be given for
pxim;)y pr.000 men to volun
teer for service for the term of the
war.
The net result of the new plans
would )e to make the total National
Guard and regular force to be organ
ized first independently of the select
ive draft plan. approximately 724.000
men, making room for the absorption
of half a million volunteers.
No attempt to enlist men to ac
complish this will be made until Con
gress has acted and authority is grant
ed to enlist such volunteers for the
duration of the war only.
The President talked for nearly an
I hour with Speaker Clark and Rep
resentative Kitchin and discussed the
Administration Army plan in detail
making clear that it had been drawn
upon only after the most thorough
consideration at the War Department,
.and after it htad been <tecided that it
was the only way to tmeet the dlemand
for a great and efficient flghtting force
Opposing Sentiment.
Bloth Speaker Clark and Represen
tative Kitchtin toldl thte President thai
mucht sentiment existed int Congress
tagatinst the plan. ptrintcipally on th~
ground that dIraft should not be re
sortedI to until an effort had beer
made to~ raise ain Army- through vol
unteers.
Careful reconlsiderat ion of the t ermns
of the exist ing National defense at
is responsible for the contemplate
-change of thte Admir.ist rat ion's poli y
int regard to the mtobilizatiorn of the
Nationa! Guard for wvar. Officials now~
thinik the law. grants the States t he
right to organtize additional guarj
units up to ithe full limit of 800 mcr
to a Congresional <.i5trict.
-LATIN AMERICA'S MORAL
SUPPORT ASSURED NATION
Argentina "Recogjnizes the Justice" oi
This Country's Stand.
-\Washington.- -W'i:thout form ally ar.
e :ening~ abarndonmient of their :.*u
Ir 'liy. tw"o more L atIin-Ami c an lHe
- ule.Argent inta antd (os a Rit a
-2 giv en assuranc es of their mora
r-; p-rt for the l'nited S tat es in the
wa againtst Germany.
Argenttina, chtoosing a middle c-ourse
bet-iween those of Btra zil and Chtile. het
) sister Nat ionts in the influential A. 13
C trio. has notified thte State Depart
in mnt that she 'recognizes the juist ice'
of this country's stand against Ger
i man aggression. The conmmutnicatior
- ontains no intimation that the Argen
i ti e auithlorit ies contemplate an actual
break wvith Blerlin.
-Little Costa Rica,. juist emerging
om the thtroes of a revolutin. seni
word to her diplomatic representative
-hero that shte endo~sed the course of
President Wilson' and was "ready tc
p'rove it if necessary."
GOVERNMENT ARMOR PLATE
PLANT TO BE IN W. VIRGINIA,
4t Washington.-The Governmernt's'ar
C mor- plate andI projectile factenies. foz
5 "hi h Congress appropriated $1 2.7Cc,
r '. w1il he built at CharleenC':. W. Va,
4 on recommend ed by a special
5 avy heard as offering an ide~al comn
a iration of millitary 5a f:y a nd easy
0 ness to ntanufacturing matecrials. In
annountcing the selection, Scretary
r Daniels said construction vwork would
a begin at once, and would be hurried
Ito completion.
GF STOCK IN THE POPULA.
STATE3 OF AMEXRICA.
I A
foreign1 bol1 nd children of a
r'e 1eolile who are either immi
he iinliujii.ants of' the lliteud
populate to its preselt density
i, 3ississippi wit hi AIlbamaf and
CUBA ENTERS WORLD WAR
FIRST OF LATIN AMERICAN COUN
TRIES TO JOIN WITH UNITED
STATES.
Vote Was Unanimous.-Wild Cheer
ing Follows Speeches of Leaders In
House.-Her Duty to Follow Us.
Havana.-Cuba, not yet out of her
'teens as a Republic, is at war with
Germany, the first of the Latin-Amer
ican countries to range herself along
side of the United States, her liberator
an ' protector.
President Menocal affixed his signa
ture to the joint resolution passed un
animously by both the Senate and
louse without a dissenting voice be
ing raised, thus putting into effect the
declaration that a state of war exists
between Cuba and the Imperial Ger
man Government.
The joint committees appointed by
the Senate and House agreed upon
the phraseology of the resolution to be
persented and the stage was set for
quick action before either branch of
Congress convened.
"Article 1-Resolved, that from to
day a state of war is formaIlly de
clared between the Republic of Cuba
and the Imperial Government of Ger
many. and the President of the Re
public is authorized and directed b:
this resolution to employ all th<
forces of the Nation and the resource
of our Government to make wa
against the Imperial German Gov
ernment with the object of maintain
ing our rights; guarding our terri
tory and providing for our security
prev-ent any acts which may be at
tempted against us, and defend the
navigation of the seas, the liberty o
commerce and the rights of neutralt
and international justice.
"Article 2.-The President of th(
Republic is hereby authoribed to us<
all the land and nava' forces in the
form he may- deem necessary-, usint
existing forces, reorganizing them ot
creating new ones, and to dispose o~
the economic forces of the Nation ir
any way- he may deem necessary.
"Article 3.-TFhe President will givE
account to Congress of the measures
adopted in fulfillment af this law
which will be in operation from the
'moment of its puiblientiott~ in the of
ficial gazette."
PRESIDENT SENoS REPLY
TO POINCARE'S MESSAGE
W'ashington.--In r' spon-.e to Presi
.etP tnare's coingrat ulat .r.s upon
'e tane of the U'nite.'1 -t :
'h a.President Wilsn 't this
n' this trying hour wh.-n the desti,
- (ivil ized manki r a re in he
- . it has been a sou:- - of grati
n -v and joy to mnc to r --ive your
i'iatVions upon :Ye step whid
ca:ry has be rn ( *nst rained tc
n' 'positi:on to the r'le'ntle'ss pol
a~!course of imperalistic Ger
It is very dlelightful to us that
Frarce,. who stoodl shoulder to shouldet
with us of the Western world in out
struggle for indepe-ndence, should nov
give us such a welcome into the list
of battle' as upholders of the freedon
arnd tights of humnanity-.
EXAMPLE BY WOMEN
OF OFFICIAL FAMILIES
Washi ngton.-Mrs. Wilson, wife o
the President, Mrs. Marshall, wife o
the Vice President. and the wives o:
members of the Cabinet have agreed
to reduce their sc-ale of living,
GRATIFYING REPORTS ON
GERMAN.AMERICAN CONDUCT,
Washirci - - Gratifying~ reports
havtie he .'> a2 prt cf
the (0 a Stat'e cf war be.
twn -C;i r.s While aou
1cc ~ . - have b'-en ordered
and cf.t ,- ted, Attorney' Ge
eral G: ~-v- that so far the sit
ENTENTE LEADERS
ARE IN WASHINGTON
ARE HERE TO CONFER. 0N AMERI
CA'S PART IN SEA WAR
FARE.
TO PfTHOL ATLANTIC COAST
Protecting Seaboard From Northern
Canada to Canal -Zone to Be First
Duty of American Warships.-With.
draw British and French Ships.
Washington.-With high British and
French Naval officers in conference
here with American Naval officials,
(efinite steps have been taken toward
participation of the American Navy in
the war against Germany.
Patrol of the entire Atlantic sea
board. reaching southward to the Pan
ama Canal zone and possibly north.
ward to include Canada, will be the
first dnty of American warships. With
that goes the necessity of guarding
against the probable extension of the
German submarine campaign to in
clude approaches to major American
ports.
British and French ships iow on
this patrol duty will be withdrawn as
soon as the American forces have
their lines established. The Ameri
can squadrons will operate from Brit
ish and French bases in the South At
lanttic wherever necessary.
This was learned in connection with
the announcement that Vice Armiral
M. E. Browning, of the British Navy,
and Rear Admiral R. A. Grasset, of
the French Navy, are in Washington
conferring with Secretary Daniels.
Admiral Benson, Chief of Naval Oper
ations. and other officers of the Amer
ican Navy. The conferences have to
do with the part the American fleet
will play in the war either imme
diately or later. when its strength in
light patrol craft and trained men hae
been increased.
Commanders of the British and
French forces off the American coasts.
it is known, have expected that Ger
many would extend her submarine
operations to these waters.
It has been expected that Germany
would formally announce a sumbarine
blockade of Boston. New York. the
mouth of the Delaware. the mouth of
the Chesapeake, Charleston and Sa
vannah. These are the arteries
through whic-h flow the main traffic in
foodstuffs and war supplies for Eu
rope.
ARMY AND GUARD IS NOW
OPEN FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Doore Are Opened For Enlistment For
Period of War.
Washington-All men who enlist in
the regular Army or the National
Guard in the present emergency were
assured in an announcement by Secre
tary Baker that they would be kept
in service only for the period of the
war. The action followed a confer
ence between the Secretary and Presi
dent Wilson.
In effect, this places on a war-time
volunteer basis all of the men enlisted
since the state of war was declared.
It makes available a total of 517.868
places in the enlisted grades of the
two serv-ic-es to men who wish to serve
for the war only-.
Mr. Baker laid stress on the fact
tnat this action wsas contemplated
when the Administrationi bill was
framed, and was in no way to be
construed as a compromise plan. The
Secretary- pointed out that the net
result of the application of the war
c-nlistme~rnt plan would be to leave the
Nationi without an army of any sort,
regular or National Guard, if the war
insted bey-ond the enlistment terms
of new men now in those services.
"I stand firmly and unalterably in
support of that bill." Secretary Baker
said. "without modification of its least
dlet ail."
There is given a tabulation by the
Department of the forces proposed to
be organized in the bill -so arranged
as to show the exact number of vol
unteers, to serve for the duration of
the war only, for which provision is
made in both the regular Army and
the National Guard.
Regular Army, exclusive of Philip
pine scouts:
IAt war strength. with all inere
iments added 293.000(.
(Prsn strength, 131.4S1.
Volunteers required. 161.519.
National Guard. including only units
now organized: At war strength.
329.954; present strength. 123.605.
Volunteers required. 206.3494.
Additional:
To replace 150.0(0 officers andl men
withdrawn~ from above force as train
ing personnel.
Total number of volunteers for war
service orly 517.S6S.
'ADDITIONAL GUARDSMEN
CALLED TO THE COLORS
Wa-hington.-Secretary. Baker or
dIa-Tcd into the Fedleral service the
foll~owing addit ional National Guard
forces: First Tenn. Infantry. Second
Maine Infantrv,' First S .C. Infantry,
F irst Separate Battalion Florida In
fantry. Second and Third Rlegirneijts
and Company' A of the Kentucky in
fantry, Eighteenth .Penn. Infantry,
Fourth New Jersey Infantry, Third
New York Infantry and Fifth Mary.
land Infantry
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