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FOOD CONTROL BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE ONLY FIVE MEMBERS CAST VOTES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION MEASURE. PROHIBITION AMENDMENT Forbids Making Use of Foodstuffs In intoxicants.-Dry Victory Came Agter a Long Preliminary Struggle Carries $152,600,000 Appropriation. Washington. - The administration food control hill, giving the President broad authority to control the distri bution of food, feed and fuel for war purposes and appropriating $152.500. 000 for its enforcement and adminis tration, was passed by the House after far-reaching prohibition provisions had been written into it. The vote was 365 to five, liepresen tatives MeLemore, Slayden and Young, of Texas, democrats, and Meeker, Missouri. and Ward, New York, re publicans, voting in the negative. The prohibition provisions adopted would prohibit the use of foodstuffs for the nanufacture of alcoholic bev erages, and would give the President authority to take over for war pur poses all liquor now on hand. They were put into the measure during the evening in committee of the whole aind when the bill came up in the House proper the anti-prohibition fac tion did not demand another vote. Few important changes were made by the House outside the prohibition section. The control powers of the President were limited to articles spe cifically mentioned in the bill, instead of giving him blanket authority; vol. untary aids in control work were made subject to the penal provision; all persons In the fool administration except those serving without compesa tion were placed under civil service, and the President was required to make an annual report on the opera tion of the bill. After several hours of parliamen tary sparring, during which the pro hibitory proposals were thrown out repeatedly on points of order, the prohibition element got the upper hand and forced adoption of amend ments which would forbid the use of any foodstuffs during the war for making intoxicants, and would give the President authority to take over, in his discreation, all stocks of di-s tilled liquors. Action on the prohibition amend ments was taken in committee of the whole, and opponents of the propos als immediately began mustering their forces for a reconsideration when the bill comes up for final discusion iII the House. MORE THAN HALF MILLION MEN HAVE VOLUNTEEERED Between 700,000 and 800,000 Men Are Now Enrolled. Washington.-More than half a mil lion men have volutitteered in the American army and navy during the period of less than three months that has elapsed since war was declared to exist. The army, navy and national guard represented an aggregate strength o1 lit tle more than 300,000 men whoem the war resolu-tion was adopted. Today between 700,000 and 800,000 are en. rolled in -the various branches of the fighting serv'ices and the great major ity of them are armed, equipped and under training. They will be joined at the end of the summer .by nearly a million men selected for the new na tional army from the millions register. ed for war duty June 5. The regular army totalled a little more .than 100,000 mon three months ago; it is nearing the 250,000 marhi today and war officials, backed by the press of the country, are 'bending every effort to bring it up -to 300,000 during the present week. The National Guard, 150,000 strong when war came, numbers nearly 260, 000 today, according to the best esti mates available, Of that number nearly 75,000 actually are under arms, guarding against German plotters and doing the job in a thoroughly and sol dierly way, The marine corps, whose eloyan of "first to fighit,"~ has been heard by the government, which attached a season ed regiment of ea soldiers to Major General Pershing's expeditionary force to France, has been raised from 17,000 to nearly 30,000 men. The regular bluejacket force of the navy, the men behind the 'big guns and who already are trying thteir meta1 against the enemy off the Irish coast under Vive ' Admiral Sims, or upon armed freighters -has been raised from less than 60,000 to 120,000, The boys of the coun'try have thronged to the navy in great numbers, GIVE NPLACE ON GEN. PERSHING'S STAPP ParIs.-GleneraI Pershing announces tha t he had. appointed Major Graysor MP,.Murphy head of the Americar Red Cross mission to Europe, a mem * bet' of his staff. General Pershing's intqention 14 to exercise through MaJ M .~bY * atoh control of the directior ofttltAin~erlca :Red Cross' ctivitli 1* j nc .#Wg enable the Americam os LIEUT. COM. HAROLD E. COO Lieut. Com. Harold E. Cook Is the commanding inspector for the navy ai the Midvale Steel Works near Phila delphia. INCREASE IN VESSEL LOSES TWENTY-SEVEN BRITISH SHIPSc HAVE BEEN SENT DOWN DUR ING WEEK. Germans Gain Foothold In Frenck 6 First Trenches In Champagne Re gfon.-Huge Activities Along Man) Fronts. The weekly repo of losses to Brit Ish shipping sunk by submarines oi ines has again reached alarming pro portions. It shows an increase over the re ports of the past six weeks to ton nage destroyed. The latest fgures twenty-seven vessels of over 1,60( tons and five under 1.600 tons, place thie losses In the first category high er, except during the week endin April 21 and April 28, than durin any similar perIods since Germany ihtensified submarine campaign be gan. During the latter weeks fort and thirty-eight merhantment, r spectively, were sent to the bottom. On the fighting fronts eit Franc< the British forces of Field Marsha lig have recaptured Important posi tIons from the Germans ast of Ai ra while the Germans in the Cham pagne region have gained a footho in French first-line trenchies. The British gain was made east o Monchy-le-P were sert Monday th< Gjermans, under cover of a violen bombardment, drove back the Britis and occupind thae gnhea Betwee The Aietriver ganoin wade ea Mnwch hug'eiz wheti ere uayt captrmans unerctove of a ch edi thebrden. Thoe ack the deliere ther Aet frivero andouwotir ds Lf mile andI followed a violent bombare ment of the French line. PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS FOR ARMY VOLUNTEER: Washuington.--Prsident Wilson sued a proclamation designating ti week of June 20-30 as recruiting wet for the regular army, and called up' unmarried men, without dependent to enroll for war service in order thu the ranks of the regulars might be fl edl promptly. The proclamation f< lows: "Proclamation by the PresIdent: "I hereby dlesignate the period June 23 to June 30, next, as recru ing week for the regular army, al call upon unmarried men between t ages of eighteen and' forty years, w) have no dependents and who are n engaged in pursuits vitally necessa to the prosecution of the war, to pi sent themselves for enlistment durb the week herein designated to tl number of 70,000. (Signed). "aWOODROWv WILSON. PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF CHINA'S TROUBLES FORECAS Washington. - Peaceful settleme of China's internal troubles was for cast in an official dispatch to t Chuinese embassy from Peking. Tl message said the two southern pre inces of Yunnan and Kwantung hi notified the central government th they favor co-operation towards peaceful settlement and are ready do everything possible to clear up tl situation. THREE STEAMERS SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARIN Boston. - Sinking of the Briti: steamers Bay State-anid Elele and.tlA Dutch steamship Eemdikcj by Germs submarne were reported here: cable messages. The Bay State, Warren liner, was en route from BC ton to Liverpool with a cargo vahns at $2,000,000. She was armed. HI crew of fifty were all saved. TI Etbele wag bound from Boeton to Mal Chester with general rgo The tal K SUBSCRIPTIONS ARI OVER THREE BILUOF TREASURY DEPARTMENT MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT OF FINAL TABULATION. ALLOTMENTS TO BE MAUI Secretary McAdoo Announces Tha All Subscriptions of More Than $10, 000 Will Be Pared Down.-New York District Led. Wash ington.-Li berty loan subscrip tions totalled $3,035,226,850, an over subscription of nearly fifty-two 11ei cent. The final tabulation has been offl clally announced, showing that mori than 4.,000,000 persons bought bonds Ninety-nine per cent of subscriptions or those of 3,960,000 persons, were fa: sums varying from $50 to $10,001 while twenty-one subaribers applie, for allotments of $5,000,000 each oi more. The New York federal reserve dki trict led the list with subscritpoin: totalling $1,186,788,400, or more thai three times the amount subscribed ii the next district, Chicago, $357,195, 950. The other districts sent sub scriptions as follows: Boston. $332,447,600; Cleveland $286,148,700; Philadelphia, $232,309, 250; San Francisco, $175,623,900 Richmond, $109,737,100; Kansas City $91,758,850; St. Louis, $86,134,700 Minneapolis, $70,255,500; Atlanta $57 878,550, and Dalas, $48,948,350. Thes subscriptions include those sent direc to the treasury and apportioned amoni the various reserve districts. Allotments Made. Allotments will be made, Secretar: McAdoo announced, as follows: An subscriptions up to and includ ing $10.000, full amount. These sub scriptions totalled $1,296,684,850. More than $10,000 up to and in cluding $100,000, sixty per cent of th4 amount subscribed, but not less that $10,000 in any instance. These sub scriptions totalled $560,103,050. Allot ments to subscribers in this group wel aggregate $336,061,850. More than $10,000 up to and in cluding $100,000, sixty per cent of th, s amount subscribed, but not less thal $10,000 in any instanne. These sul: y scriptions totalled $560,103,050. Allol - ments to subscribers in this group wil aggregate $336,061,950. More than $100,000 up to and it I eluding $250,000, forty-flve per cel of the amount subscribed, but not les than' $60,000 in any instance. Sul scriptions in this group totalled $220 455,600, and, allotments will aggregat $99,205,000. f More than $250,000 up to and ii E cluding $2,000,000, thirty per cent, bi t no less than $112,500 in any instanc t The total of subscriptions in th a group was $601,514,900. Allotmen r. will aggregate $184,381,000. k More than $2,000,000, up to and i i, cluding $6,000,000 each, twenty-fil y per cent but not less than $600,000 d any one instance. Subscriptions a this group totalled $234,544,300. A1k 1. ments will total $58,661,260. More than $6,000,000 up t~o and 1 eluding $10,000,000 each, twenty-oi per cent. Subscriptions in this grot totalled $46,674,150; allotments w aggregate $9,801,600. Two subscriptions of $25,000,0 s- each were i'eceived. The allotmer1 ie to these subscribers wvill be at the ra ik of 20.22 per cent. and they will1 m ceive bonds of the value of $5,055,0 a, each. One subscriber to $25,250,0( at the' largest, will be given 20.17 p 11- cent, or $6,093,650. NO SERIOUS DELAY IN CANTONMENT CONSTRUCTIC of it- Baker Thinks All Will Be Real dSeptember 1st, ho Washington.-There will be no 1o rious delay in construction of the a: ot teen cantonments for the nation ry army, said Secr-etary Baker and 'e- of the establishments prob~ably w ig be ready about September 1, the tE 10 tative da-te considered for summoni: to the colors the first 625,000.men, " The process of selecting the me the secretary indicated, probably w be set in motion early In July. Regulations for the exemption a: nt selection processes have been prep, e- ed and wili 'ae made public next wet eC l~rosident Wilson is understood 1have approved the general scher 1(1 worked out by the wer department at secur e fair and unselfish applicati, a of the law through local officials. I to nor modifications are being ma to but plans wvill be completed in a ft days. AMERiCAN JACKIES . . . E, RECEiVING GOOD FAF ih Base of American Flotilla in Br a~ ish Waters,-Jackies of the America in patrol fiotilla are getting the best in care and fare, as one result of t1 a adequate equipment of the fiotilk g. mother ship dnd the e4Lciency of t] sj inen who man it, "It is really me sr velous .what you Americana can de le remaied a British. officer, The .sh .not only keeps the- fleet in trim, b te Ibakes the bread and performs innui e erable othet' es maa.te n, LIEUT. Co.. C. H. McKINSTRY Lieut. Col. Charles H. McKinstry, U. S. A., commander of the New York reg - iment of engineers which will be among the first American troops to go to France. He is a popular man, ex perienced, and well able to sustain tho reputation of the American officer as an engineer and fighter. RUSSIAN MISSION ARRIVES ESCORTED THROUGH STREETS OF WASHINGTON LINED WITH CHEERING CROWDS. Call at White House and Pay Re spects to President Wilson.-Count Bakhmetleff is at Head of The Party. .Washington. - Washington opened its arms to the Russian diplomatic mission, headed by Ambassador Boris Bakhmetieff, with warmth and enthu siasm. I Greeted by Secretary Lansing and other officials and escorted through streets lined with cheering people and honking automobiles, the mission was given a welcome expressive of this country's response to the mighty dem ocratic upheaval, in Russia. I Having rested during the afternoon from their five week's trip, the visitors dined quietly at the home placed at t their disposal. They paid their re s spects to Secretary Lansing and went . with him to the white house and were received by President Wilson and pro e sented a message from the new Rus sian government. Lieutenant General Roop conveyed Lt the greetings of the Russian army to Secretary of War Baker. [s Sweden's Mission Also Here. Washington. - Sweeden's special .- mission here, headed by H. De Lager crantz and Axel Robert Nordvallo, n1 made public extracts from a speech of Foreign Minister. Ltndman to par t- liament. reiterating the determination of Sweden- to guard both her indepen n- dence and neutality, and to suffer a such sacr-ifices as are . necessary to y escape particip~ation in the war. Il 'SPECULATORS GROWING 3RICH OFF OF PUBLIlC te TakIng $50,000,000 Monthly From Pub e- lic Says Hoover. 00 Washington.-While both branches '0, fo Congress continued desultory debate or on the government's food control bill Herbert C. Hoover, food administrator, spe'nt four hours at tihe capital empha sizing to a score of senators, gathered 'N informally to hea- him, the vital im *portance of the legislation to success ly in the war. IThat the rationing or other en forc e- ed rogulation of the American dinner x- tab~le is proposed was denied by Mr. al Hoover. Also, he said, requisitioning ill of factories or regulation of wages was ill not contemplated and excision of war n- profits in distribution of food largely 1g b~y voluntar-y co-operation of business interests involved, is the prime object n, of the bill. il Asserting that the allies' food sup ply will be forty per cent deficient sven with America's food surplus as sisting Mr. Hoover said the deficiency r- ustbemade up by sacrifice abroad k. and economy here. Saving of ,six to cents a day per capita in this country he said, would save two billion dollars, 0while a twenty per cent saving in to flour would give 100,000 bushels more mn to the allies. In this connection, he ii- told the senators that speculators in cLe flour alone have taken $50,000,000 a iw month from the American public dur ing the last five months. ANOTHER STANDARD EOIL STEAMER SUNK it. New York.--The oil tank steamship in John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil o)f Company, has been sunk by a subma 1e rine. The announcement was made .a at the offices of the company hiere. to Four members of the tanker's crew .r. were lost, The Archhold was Bent to ," the bottom st Saturday in European ip waters. She was en route to this Lit country from France. rhe ship was n. armed and a gunners' .crew from an a American warain wu.oa boa.d EARLY PASSAGE OF FOOD CONTROL BIL PROSPECT FOR PASSAGE BY JULY I APPEARS MUCH BRIGHTER NOW. FEW IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS Senate Lea ders Tentatively Agreeing to Compromises is Designed to Greatly Expedite Consideration. House is Making Progress. Wahington.-Prospect for . passage of the administration food control bill, by July 1, as earnestly desired by President Wilson, appeared brighte-l after the House had rejected import antamendments which promised to de lay final action, and Senate leaders had tentatively agreed to compromisnis designed to greatly expedite consider at ion. Rejection in the House on a point of order of proposals to include shoes, clothing, farm machinery and cotton seed under the regulation food provis. ions cleared the way to passage to such an extent that a final vote is expected soon. Prohibition proposals and Rep resentative Lenroot's amendment to strike out the licensing feature of the bill constitute the only apparent ob stacles to a final vote at that time. To pass the measure with as few addi tions to the original draft as possible in order to expedite conference con sideration is the plan of Representa tive Lever, in charge of the measure. Hle told the House that minor changes could be made at leisure while it now Is of the utmost importance that the big control. machinery be started. House republicans are rallying gener ally to support the bill. One of tho speeches in its behalf was delivered by Representative Gillette, of Massa chusetts. acting republican leader. While perkmanctory debate was pro ceeding in the Senate, substantial progress towards composing differen ces was made by the leaders at infor mal conferences. The changes tenta tively agreed to include: Elimination of the section author izing the food administrator to requi sition factories, mines and other plants when he finds it necessary. Elimination of provisions authoriz ing filxing of wages, including those of farm laborers; Elimination of specific authorizatio-i to regulate consumption by rationing or control of individual meals; Exemption of foodstuffs stored by producers from the anti-hoarding penalties; Provision for control of foodstuff purchased in this country to prevent competition in buying between the allies and the United States; and Further provisions to prevent hoard ing or speculation in foodstuffs. With these tentative agreements, senators belleved the chaotic condi tion in th~e Senate is clearing, with a prospect of an ultimate complete com promise except on a few basic points. PROVISIONAL MINISTER IS ORGANIZING RUSSIA For Purpose of Conducting War Says Count Bakhmetleff. Washilngton-The Russian mission, headed by Special Ambassadlor Bt A. Bakhmetieff was entertainedl by Presi dent Wilson at a state dinner at the White House with with members of the cabinet, congressional leaders and high officials of the army and navy present.' Ambassador Biakhmetieff accepted an invi-tation from Vice President Marshall to address the Senate, Secretary Baker, accompanied by Major General Bliss, assistant chief of staff, returned the official call paid upon him by Lieutenant General Rtoop, the military member ofthe mission, Russia's consecration to a war to the end with German autocracy was avowed by Special Ambassador Boris A. Blakhmetieff, head of the Russian m-ission here, in a statement to the American people, Only through vie. tory, lie said, can a stable worldi peace and the fruits of the Russian revolu tion be secured. "The Russian people thoroughly undierstand and are fully convinced,' said Mr. Bakhmetieff, "that it is abso lutely necessary to roout out the au. tocratic principles which underlie and are represented by Germari militarism which thratens the peace, the free dlom andl the happiness of the world," All classes in Russia, the ambassa dor said, are concentrated on the ser motus task of reconstruction made necessary by the sweeping away of the evils of the old regime, and always noticeable results are apparent, cspe cially in the army under the ener gotic leadrehip of Minister Kerensky. RAISE IN MAIL. RATE FAVORED BY SENATE, Washington.-Thje Senate fianance committee took what the members ex pect to be final action on publishers' taxes in the war revenaua bill, adopting by a vote of, eight to six an increase of one-quarter of a cent a pound on second-class postage rates and an ad ditional levey of five per cent upon publishers' net profits over $4,000. Revenues of $3,000,000 annually will, come from the increase in -postage rates onaenqar'tereensa, non... TO CALL OFFICERS FOR SECOND CAMPS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IS Op, FERED TO SECURE ARMY COMMISSIONS. MATURE MEN ARE WANTED Training Will Begin August 27th, South Carolina's Quota 250.--TI, Blanks Are Now Ready. Charleston.-Application blanks for the use of those who wish to entor thq second series of training camn for reserve officers have been a ceived at Gen. Wood's headquarto , and must be used by all who ap for admission to the course, W1le will open on August 27. These for1., must be used and must. be mailed in before July 15 to "The Examining Or ficer, Second Training Camp, Sout. eastern Department." The secon( ries of camps will be located at ele:t. places, two at each place, with '1. exception of Fort Benjamin Harr -t. Ind., which will have three oam ivp and the Preeldio, San Francisco which will have one, the total being 16 fi number, as before, but each hcomi. modating only 1,000 men, those of ma. ture age being given the 'prefere;.c One of the two camps at Fort zi * thorpe will supply the territory ot South Carolina, North Carolina, Te.mi. nessee. South Carolina's quota In -115( men, including those named fron; 41 National Guard, about 70 guard-romi being allowed to enter. Entrance qualifications remain 'mt. changed and members of line sectloia of the officers' reserve corps who through no fault of their own rr,ro unable to attend 'the first series -. il be allowed to attend the coming nrs In distinct contrast to the pr. camps, however, the greatest efoh - will be made to secure mature and for this reason preference wml1 be given to men over 31 years o, all other things being equal. Thei minimum age remains fixed a:. years and nine months, but withth few men allotted to this state, ih svJ be extremely difficult for men lndri 31 years to qualify unless they have pre-eminent qualifications or uniuuiial military experience. Men who ati plied for the first series and wero not accepted must reapply, whether or n they were certified -to attend, but IM not secure new -physicians certifl Other changes are that inste - sending three letters of recomn tion with his application the - cant must merely give the nan , . .three men who can certify t . ? character and standing and wi- .m not relatives of his; that he undergo a physical examinatio. be passed before applying and pay the cost of this himself, an the examining officers will go ri'ous places to examn!, or-v clhese cities to be esit nlounced later. Hardware Men Mi --'. Wilmington, N. C.-The 13th c otnua convention of the Hardware A4 C'c tion of the Carolinas 'in sessica . Wrightsville Beach since Ti". came to a close. Asheville was -~ ed as the pla.ce for the ne'xt c i tion and qificers for .the ensuing were electd as followee: Praide~ 3. O'Neill, Hendersonville; fi -st president, H. R. Blalock, Wa'des * second vice president, B. L. Who.- er Dillon; third vice president. J ~ Anderson, Columbiai secretary. treasurer, TP. W. Dixon, Charlo - Executive committee--M. J. O'Netm. TP W. Dixon, H. B. Blalock, B. L. V,'h,,1 er, 3. M. Anderson, Maj. B. R. lesac. of Fayetteville, L. K. Eskridy or Mullins. U. B. Blalook, A. R. (: alr and TP. W. Dixon were re-elected 'rc 'tors, their -tertms having expired. Lancaster Congratulated. Lancaster.--Chairman Willian the local Red Cross committee r(, i v ed a telegram from Red Cross ho:tl quarters in Washington as folfrv - "War council take hats off for 1 0. caster. First day total you lea? ti.' South--W. R. Lunk."' DIscontinue Enlistments. Columbia-The disontinuanc of the enlistment of men for 'the quarte.r master'senlisted reserve corps we ar dred by a .telegram received 'by Thir gEant F. Hall of the army recruimng station at Columbia from Gallageberc of Glen. Wood's staff. A similar tolle gram has been sent -to all army ro cruiting stations in the state. Th'1e names, -grades and classification o1 those enl-ieted since June 15, inclusd. e and complete records have beet: or dered sent to 'the Charleston offic. F arir PremIum LIst Issued. Marion.-The premium list for thin 1917 Marion county fair, which opens' on Nove~mnber 8 end continues for 'threes days, has just been issued and is !e ing generally distributed throughout the county. The premium liet is neatly and attractively printed aind lioivs tihe numerous premiums to be given for,-then winners in the vario'us departments. The field crops section, swine, Cattle, honsehdld, *oaltry atdA domestic at deparfsnts 'ogert the bulk of the prI Q i~ ndloatlent ep*~is]