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ORE TRAINING CAMPS OROERED ELIGHT CAMPS TO TRAIN OFFICERS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN JULY. MATURE MEN ARE WANTIE Volunteers Between 31 and 44 Will Be Trained to officer Second incre ment of Half Million Men to e Ordered. Washingto.-A second series of of ficors' training camps will be held be, tweon August 27 and November 25 Ia eight locations, to develop officers for -the secotid increment of 600,000 wan to be called into service by the selec ive draft, Adjutant General McCain announced. In general, qualifleations for admission to these camps will be the same as for the first series. but a strong effort will be made 'to rbtain men above 31 years of age a-lid -the number admitted to training will be smaller than in the present camps. Applications must be sent to the commanding generals of 'the depart nhent in which the applicant lives, be- - tween June 15 and July 15th. Citi zens between the ages of 20 and nine months and 44 years are eligibie. The camp sites chosen and the areas from which applicants will be assigned are as follows: Fort Myer, Va.---Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Rhode t Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Del aware, Maryland, Virginia and the Dis trict of Columbia. Fort McPhersoi, Ga.--New York C-ty and continguous territory. Ala baia, Georgia and Plorida. Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.-The greater part of New York State, the northern part of Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. lort Ilonjamiln li arrison, lnd.--The southern part of ennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indialna and Kentucky. Fort. ,ogan, Ii. Rtoots, Ark. (or oth er place to he designated) --Wisconsin, Michigan, lississippi, Louisiala and Arkansas. Fort 12eol Spiigs, Tex.-Illinois, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Okla- I homa. Fort Itiley, Kan.-Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kaiansas. M'issouri and Colorado. The Presidio, San Francisco-J tah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho. Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Califor -a. SENATE PASSES BILL PROVIDING FOOD SURVEY Already Passed in House and Now Goes to Conference. Vashingtol.-h'll first of the a(d ministtration food bills. already pass ed by the Jlouse, passed Ihe Senate without a record vote. Numerous amendiments were attached to the measure. whi-h provides for a food survey and crop st imulation, and it was sen't to conference wvhere t he dif fereunces wvill be threshed out wvhie the two h'u ses are considering the sec end administration measure, providing for food c'ontrol and)1 pi-ie-tlxing. Tho bill, as finally accepted by the Senate, providies for a comprehensive survey or foodl rosources, and1( for .the stunmulatIion of agriculturae. a1ndl re stricts dr-astically the stor-ing of food Stuffs, fuel andi ether necessities and speculation ,in futures. Trhe restriictive pr1ovisions wer-e addedl by the Senate. Hloariding or stor-ago of food, fuel or other- necessaries of life ini order to limit the supply or affect the prices would be made a felony under thme sen ate hont-ding amendment, but farmer's whio hold their own prodlucts wvould be excepted(. GREY VETERANS HONOR MEMORY OF THEIR FALLEN Wash-in gton.-Con federate veterans, here for their annual reunion, went to Arlington andl paid tr-ibuto to 'the South's dead. Presidlent Wilson and Mm. Wilson attendled the services, but the president did( not . speak. H~e received an ovation from the old so] dldors, however, and many shook hades wvith him. The exerc'ises held in the shado---a of the monument erected to the Cko. federate dead by the wvomen of the Confederacy, were opened with the sound of the assembly cali by -the Marine Band and the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner"' by a special choir, the old soldiers and thme audlience helping to swell .thme refrain. Flowers were strewn on the graves and special services were held at the tomb of the unknown dead and the gr-ave of Gen. Joe WVheeler. Gen, Bennett II. Young, lpast com mandler-in-chief of the veterans, and Chirk of Florida were thme orator's. (J. 8. MISSION TO RUSSIA ARRIVES IN THAT COUNTRY, Washington.-Safe) arrival at a ils sian pert of the American Commission to Russia, headed by Elihu Rloot. Am. ,bassador extraordinary, was announc. ed in a dispatch to the Navy. Depart nent. The Commission left WVaslhing, on about May 5, charged with greet (gpg to the new democratic Govern ment of Iluasia, -and authorized te 'ledg0 unstigted aid from the United otO the prosecution 0f iis ~aSe ssWe anlhton enemy. REVISE PLANS FF TRAINING WAR ARMI SIXTEEN CANTONMENTS INSTEAE OF THIRTY-TWO WILL BE LOCATED. PLACE MANY UNDER CANVASS Shortage of Funds, Material, Labor and Transportation Facilities Caus. ed the Number of Cantonments to Be Reduced. Washington.-Important revisions in the plan for training the war Army have been made by the War Depart ment; which announced that the half million men to be called to the colors In September will be concentrated in sixteen cantonments instead of thirty two, and that many of the forces prob ably will be put into tents instead of wooden barracks. Lack of funds, material, labor and transportation facilities, Secretary Ba ker said, caused the decision to reduce the number of cantonments. The lar ;er number seemed practicable, but hat would have made a much greater demand on the overtaxed resources Lt the Department's command. Although the change will upset all he tentative plans for camp locationa nadle by department commanders, it s not expected to delay beyond Sep ember 1 the mobilization of the great Iraft Army. Four of the sixteen can onment sites provided for under the iew plan already have been selected, mI'd choice of the others Is expected oon. Secretary Baker indicated that uilding would proceed as rapidly as )ossible. 'rite four sites selecte~d are it American l-alce, Wash.; Atlanta, -a.; Ayre, Mass., and Wrightstown, :ew Jersey. A more pllentiful suppy or canvas han expected made it possible to put mle of the troops under tents. Most >f the tents used probably will be )IIced at Southern camps. In making the announcement, See 'etary Baker said also that forcen in xcess of those which could le cared ror in the sixteen cantoniments would be placed under canvas. This was takenl as referring to National Guard divisions, although the Militia Bureau has received no instructions in this regard. There is no indication of an inten tion to alter the plan for formation o sixteen divisions of the guard. Thi qluestions of tilling these up to wa strength probably will not be settle, until selection of men for militar servico in the draft Army beginm Tnder the law, either the Regulars 0 IGuard can he filled up with men frot the selected lists if that is desired. MANY LIVES LOST IN STORMS IN MIDDLE WES Towns In Kansas, Oklahoma and Mis souri Are Stricken. Kansas City, Mo. - Twenty-on known deaths, more than one humndret injured and nnestiated pr-oper-ty dlam ago resulted from a series of tor-na does that swvept several towns anm sect ions oif southl-eastern Kansas, nort c-entral Oklahoma and southern Mis sou ri. WXithi 400 houses rep~ortedl destro~y edl at C'oalgate, Okla.. a town of :3,00 inhabit ants, andl possibly 200 at Coi feyville. Kan., it was feared that thi death total at these two places woul he high. One message said that 1 b~odies had ben counted at Coalgat4 and that the business section of thb town was virtually destroyed. Three persons wvere killed, severai seriously injured and much propert: was damagedl by a tor-nado whicr strmuck Moor-e, five miles southeast c Olathie, Kan. Ulndonfirmed reports from B~uIfalt Mo. told of considerable damag there Another storm was reported t, have p~assed between Sprinfield an< Lobanon. All wires wvere dlown bet1 dlirect ions. Nine persons were injured two poi sons fatally, by the tornado wvhic: passed north of the town of Seminol4 Okla. Much livestock was killed ana crops in the path of the storm wer badly damaged. THREE AMERICAN SHIPS ARE SENT TO BOTTO? Liondlon. - The sinking of thre American ships was announced. Th vessels were the Dirigo, the France M. and the Barbara. ' All wer-e shelle without warning and then sent to thm bottom wi-th bombs, b~ut the only los of life reported was that of Third Mat John Ray, of the Dirigo, who wva drowned while attempting to enter small boat. The Dirigo wvas sunk Ma 31, the Farances M. May 18 and th Barbara May 24. MODIFICATION OF WAR TAX . LEVIES ARE CONTINUE Washington-Exemption of pop' lar price moving picture theaters from amusement taxes and the levying of ne0w federal license tax on automobil owners ranging from $7.50 to $25, wit reduct~ions for care used a year< more, were %greed upon -by the senai finance: committee jn continuing res sion of the 'nouse wor tax bill. Wit it. task virtually completed the cot (Copyright.) WISON SPEAKS AT ARIlNGTON DELIVERS MEMORIAL DAY AD DRESS AT ARLINGTON NA TIONAL CEMETERY. There Great Work For Liberty Accom plished While We Are in the Midst of a Work Unfinished, Says Presi dent. Washington. - America's response to the call of liberty in the struggle of the world will hold the attention of all mankind, President Wilson said in a Iemorial Day address at Arlington, National Cemetery. In observing the day, he said, the natural touch of sor row is tinged with reassurance be cause, knowing how the men of Ameri ca have responded to the call of lib erty ,there is perfect assurance that the new responses 'will come again in equal measure, with equal majesty." The President spoke in the natural amphitheater in the cenetery at a meeting arranged by the local G. A. R., and attended by a crowd of thou sands. Hie said hie did not pity the men in whose onor the ceremonies were held. "I envy them, rather." he went on, erty accomplished,ce suare in the thecae tresnss a"'wellcome agalin midst of a work unfinished, teating our strength where their strength has al ready been tested." The time for r action, he said, has come, "and in th I providence of God, America will comic Y onde more to have an opportunity tc i show to the world that she was bor r to serve mankind." ENTRY OF JAPAN INTO WAR WITH ALL RESOURCES, I Necessary to Insure Safety of Ame.n Ican State Say Chilean. New York.-Alejandro Alvarez, o ca mistit of aIorntenied, tLawn our stressngthwe thnerc otfreign hase latiody bee tesUted Taes tm Lo raco, heclared thas conhe andt if the Americani Stateof God, ndesitaatilJacor showl t the wordtat sih wals brr rsouresy." nin. ris eesrcyin ctoinsupreay o Ame cnStatesolnoe left Chiexausthe shet secetaryn generalling under.mth menacste of ntersdnationLwa I vdespeano the atuso foreg the Matonsof Dotie, Unid tatein a broa seach, delrta the safetyle of thn Aria Statedme ted Wetat Hapm Washi nton.-The ar wthabll re "sumed ruhe said "asl fialadyrmea1 ithexrvisiong cetaie s1,800,000,00 hui - Asiasure ContnentTe fiancercon mttee.ol o elftt xas e seftoe oint ofallinrogh under ho meae oft ate's domintion."ait Syatrng speaknonite stvtso, hh monro Doctrnesaiud that as br dren, the prinimae revene tonb brotin ay supportednow tetanste1 ly ae v made,00,0 the iVsr enei 8 Gs~lerem'afe forseMoay.P sno Ssed Altough butielMaryhial form H te deburgo and Emero $1il0,00am0 hoses s -thasthe AngtheFrenate ofenance on Atert decorkin talltogh en hl Y (lay wthrasury00 poers, rapl e ling the Frenchteed Breitisn hari dafanted the Gertmate renue brougt. Lois, by-- the1)11nado ttast$1 l 46,00,00 MieA Point, aggregatn sviagh lyabovte $hundred,00 inoabisne 0a ex orpersn adenjrdd0,d SAlogh ieltow wartha then exepi h'o heg ando hmorn Willia aoe r thatthwar Ango-Eehre oFedv Harpt: Sestarer frnwas ailed ftern sebri 1.A o montclrsthatr. thegertnsl Y more than 62,00 perioejred alo Du ago bt1 ainstsne teran l ine "1 ORDERS ISSUED FOR ARREST OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR AGITATION AGAINST REGIS TRATION ON JUNE 5. Attorney General Gregorly Directs U. S. Attorneys and Marshals to Use Utmost Efforts to Apprehend and Punish All Guilty Persons. Washington. - Attorney Generai Gregory has instructed United States marshals and alttorneys throughout the country to use their utmost efforts to arrest and prosecute all persons re sponsible for the agitation which has manifested itself in localities from New England to Texas against the registration June 5 of men subject to selective draft. This agitation has made itself felt somewhat in many sections, but thus far there apparently is little connec tion between the outbreaks. Officials hav eundertaken an exhaustive inves tigation to determine if the whole anti-draft sentiment is not rooted in extensive machinations of German propagandists in this country having a central headquarters. Color to this theory is lent in some degree by the marked similarity in the method of procedure in widely separated con, munities. Some officials believe the entire agitation is manufactured b3 German agents where baffled in theil original program calling for an arme< uprising of German reservists in thi country upon America's entry into th war, have turned their energies t this method of hindering the militar plans of the government. If such is the case, the conspirac will come to nothing, officials believw The Department of Justice, it wa authorititively announced, expects 10 per cent of eligible to register, an prompt prosecution under the crim nal provisions of the law will be t Istituted in the few cases where th law is not observed. "Every man subject to registratio is not only expected by the Depar ment of Justice to comply with th law," reads an official statement, "bi also lo constitute himself a committe of one in his community to see thi each~ of his acquaintances who shoul I register does so or is properly repor ed for prosecution under the crimini provision of the law. Attorney Gei -oral Gregory invites all young men< the country to co-operate in the el forcement of the law as a part< their patriotic duty. "The department is not depender I entirely uponl its agencies to discov4 disloyal activity. State and municipi I police are co-operating andl membet of national patriotic and commercia organizations which were enlisted a ter the declaration of a state of wi to guard against all acts inimical I the general welfare are engaged bringing to the attention of the Un -ted Slates attorneys and marshals a i instances of attempts to discourag 3 registratIon. RACE RIOTING STARTS - AGAIN IN E. ST. LOUI -Three Negroes and as Many White -Wounded In Exchange of Shots. S East St. Louis, Ill.-Three negrot -wore shot, one probably fatally, an -three white men were wounded vhe -the race riots' broke out afresh her, G1roups of white men continuedi for'm in the streets, but for the moi part the police and soldiers on patr< - dluty have succeeded in disbandit1 t them peaceably. One of the negroi a shot was on his way to work when 1 n was accoste/l by a white man wl >- demandled to know his destination. TI t negro refused to answer and the whit -man shot. A crowd gathered quickl a but the police dispersed it by usit1 their clubs freely. MAY PLACE BAN ON ) MAKING OF BEER IN U. d Washington.-If the administratic 4f exercises the prohibition powers .pr< I. posed in the food control bill pendin s. In Congress, It was authoritativel n stated,'the ban will fall upon bee d into the nrnduction of whieh got ,about 52,500,000 bushels of barle ,. every year, The American peopled a not eat barley, but their Allies ,- France will eat every bit they can'a # arid for each bushel of bartey expor ed that mnh1 whaat can bkept.n CENSORSHIP CLAUSE DEFEATED IN HOUSE MEMBERS DECLINE TO ACCEPT PROVISION IN MODIFIED FORM. SENATE ALREADY OPPOSED Espionage Bill Will Be Reported to Both. Houses Now With Censorship Measure Omitted.-House Vote 184 to 144. Washington.-The Administration's fight for a war censorship on news papers was lost in Congress, at least for the present, when the Hbuse re fused by a vote of 184 to 144 to accept even the modified censorship section written into the espionage bill in con ference. As the Senate already is on record as opposed to a censorship, the leaders in Congress do not expect any further Administration effort to enact one in the immediate future. The test in the House came on a motion to recommit the espionage bill with instructions that the censorship regulation be eliminated. Despite a determined effort by Democratic man agers to line up the party strength be hind President Wilson's demand for censorship, 37. Democratic Represen. tatives joined the Republicans voting for tie motion. Eleven Republicans, disregarding their party's caucus de cision, voted in the negative. Conferences for the HOuse will re port their instructions back to the Senate conferees and the bill, short of the censorship provisfon, probably will be reported to both Senate and House within a few days and finally accepted. It carries important modifi cations of the spy laws and authoriza tion for the President to lay embar goes in war time, but most of the con troversy regarding it has centered about the censorship proposal. No comment on the outcome in the House was forthcoming from the White House. The section which had been agreed on by the conferees was somewhat similar to one which the House had substituted during first consideration of the bill for the more sweeping provision drawn up and sub mitted by the Administration. The Senate, while the bill was under de bate, threw the censorship section out entirely by a vote of 48 to 34. r In thd House debate opponents of I censorship argued that a restriction s such as the conferees proposed would B violate the right of a free press. The o voluntary censorship under which thi y country's newspapers now are work ing was pointed to as demonstratini y the patriotism of editors and as prov 3. h1.g that no legal restrictions ar( .S needed. 0 d FOURTEEN MEET DEATH i. IN MISSOURI STORM, e Wayne County is Devastated By Tor, nado-Scores injured. nI St. Louis, MO.-F'ourteenl perons5t t-wre killed and scores injured inl a etornadlo that devasted Wayne County, i accordling to a telegram received froms e Piedmnont, Mo. Lt Rumors that more than a score of d pers5onts were killed in Bollinger coun -ty, Missouri, couldl not be confirmed lIt was knowvn that at least three per .sons met death near- Zalma and ad fvices from Cape Girardeau said thai .a family of seven wvas dr-owned wheti ftheir honme was blown into the Castoi River. tThe tornadlo. evidently began nea: ~r Salem, Mo. Some property damagt 11 wVas (lone, but thtere was 110 loss of lifi -a until tile storm reached Mineral Point 11 in Washington county, where four per f- s0o1s were killed anld twenty-six ini tr jured. .0 Relief has been sent, to strickei n poinits from St. Louis. 1- A woman was reported dead a 11 Dongala, and a boy was killed at Ad ~e vance. Diehlstadt also reported tw< deaths. A telegram from Cairo, Ill., state< that four- negroes were killed in S storm int tihe southtern part of Illinois Wires were dlownl and communicatioi s 'was cut off both from St. Louis ai Cairo. dPRICE OF UNDINE DE nLIVERS MESSAGE TO SENATE B. o Washington.-The Prince of Udini ahead of the Italian war mission, on thl ifloor of the Senate, delivered a mei gsage to the American people in th aname of King Victor Emmanuel, we 0 coming tile entrance of the Unite 0 States inito the was as the final more a justification of the cause for whlich th e~ Allies are fighting. The messag stresed the necessity of dbestroying t gprestige of a perverted German scinoc and philosophy. PACIFISTS IN MEETING . DENOUNCE ADMINISTRATION n New York.-A report of its "commnt o. tee on American liberties" whtici g pledged support to all 'conscientiomt y objectors" to the conscription law and r, a telegram from former United State: is Senator John D. Works, of California y in which he said 'ie dishonored our o selves by declaring. war without ade in quate or reasonable cause," were fea vt- tures of a pieeting of the so-called firs' t,. "American conference on demooaao3 and terms of peace ." TO GUARD MORALS OF THE SOLDIERS NOTHING WILL BE LEFT UNDONE TO HAVE STRICT ENFORCE. MENT OF LAW. FORECASTS MORAL CLEANUP Necessity Is Greater Than Ever Before For All Good Citizens to Co-Oper ate In Protecting Men. Charleston.-Following a confev. ence with state and municipal authori ties at the St. John Hotel, Gov. Rich. ard I. Manning, who was in Charleston for Citadel and Medical College com mencement, stated that every .pre caution would be made to safeguard the morals of the soldiers who are quartered in or near Charleston and that nothing would be left undone to have,the strictest enforcement of law. "The state and city authorities have assured me that the law will be eg forced in the city and increased actir ity will be taken beyond the city limits," said Gov. Manning. The chief executive clearly indicated especially/ .those laws are to be enforced which affect the morals of soldiers. "The necessity is greater than ever before for all good citizens, especially those charged with the enforcement of law, .to use all the vigor and activ ity in their power to co-operate with the federal authorities to protect young men- in the army and navy from surroundings of temptation and vice," added the governor. "The closest scrutiny and most rigid en forcement of law will be practiced. The authorities are in thorough ac tord with the members of the federal government and together, I believe, desirable results will be obtained." It is believed here that Gov. Man ning's utterances forecast a moral clean-up of Charleston and suburbs the like of which has not yet been seen in this section of the state. Mill Men Confer About Law. Greenville.-Eighty-four cotton mill superinetendents of South Carolina, North Carolina, georgia and Alabama held a conference here with Misses Grace Abbott and Rotschild of the United States department of com merce and labor concerning the opera, tion of the Keating-Owen law, the national child labor statute which goes into effect September 16 and pro 'hibits any one under 'the age of 16 from working in a cotton mill, more than eight hours a day, or between the hours of 7 p. m. and 6 a. in. The superintendents. who are a part of the Southern Textile Associa -tion, described 'the serious effect -which its operation will -nave on cot .ton mills in view of the draft which war will make on male operatives. Many declared that very -- rious ha.rd ships will he worked on ieir plants by their new conditions. .)nc super intendlent statedl tha-t 30 per cent of the machinery in his mill wvill be affected by the statute. Much stress was laid on the probable scarcity of labor by reason of the war. .Steam Shovel Strikes Dynamite. -Newberry.-While the men were a.t work at Koon's gravel .pit two mile. this side of Pomaria the steam shovel struck a stick of dynamite in the earth and caused a terrific explosion. ''hree men, all white, were hurt. V. P. Davis, craneman, had his skull frac tured and suffered other injuries; L. 0. Pollock and W. EO. Koon suffered -painful bruises but .their injuries ap pear to be entirely external and are -no tregarded as serious. . Costly Cigarette For MIII. Newberry.-A conflagration, said to have been started by a small boy with a match lighting a cigarette, caused a fire at one of the big warehouses of . the Newvberry cotton mill, which spread over 1.200 baies in two sections, damaging them. it is thought, $15,000 Ior more. The fire started in a bale Son the outside of the building and burned through the wall. The cite fire Sdepartment and the mill dlepartment did fine work in stopping the fire. The loss is covered by insurance. Severe Storms Near Williston. -.Willieton.-A severe wind and rain - storm which did great (damage to 'a crops passed near Winador, eight* 8 miles west of 'this Place. No lives - were lost, but the wind attained a 0 very high velocity and the rain ap i- proached a cloudburst. Coll. R. M. rI Mixson had a beautiful field of water-4 1 melons in an advancedi s'tate, but not B a vestige of them remained after the 0 etorm, while his cotton was stripped. B Much damage was (lone to wire com S munications in the path of the storm. 'rhe 'telephone people suffered lose. Creamery Ready For BusIness. . Orangeburg. - The Orangeburg t creamery opened for business Monday -morning. During the past week an ex pert from the United Statpa govern mont was here installing the new ma I chinery. The expert butter and ice I cream maker has arrived. The cream ery has the latest butter and ice croai machinery and is fully prepared for big busin'ess. Lawrence S. Wolfe, - county farm demohstration agent, an D. D. Elliott, special dairy ages have been hard at work secui ''''