The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, August 02, 1917, Image 2
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Are
Given.
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What ia Taking Place in the South.
land Will Be Found in
Brief Paragraphs.
Domestic.
Race rioting has again broken out
in Chester, Pa., despite a force of
nearly two hundred armed guards of
local and state police and volunteer
deputies. The white mobs were driv
en back with guns and rifles, after one
negro had been beaten into insensibil
ity.
Practically all of the National Guard
has been mustered into the federal
army. Those remaining are the Cali
fornia units, who will be taken into
the service not later than August 6.
The National Guard augments the fed
eral army by something like three hun
dred thousand men.
Reports throughout the country are
to the effect that fighting men of all
ages are flocking into war service.
Since the conscriptive numbers were
drawn there has been an unprece
dented wave of enlistments.
Dispatches from Canada show that
the new conscription bill passed the
house of commons by a majority of 54.
It now goes to the senate, where its
speedy enactment into law is assured.
Anent the changing of the officers'
reserve training camps from Fort Mc
Pherson, (ia., and Fort Logan Ii. Roots,
Ark., General Wood, commanding the
southeastern department, sent a let
ter of protest against removal to the
war department. lie argues that the
South is the only place to train the
officers.
European.
The British house of commons, by
a vote of 148 to 19, defeated a peace
resolution introduced by a Socialist
Labor member of that body. A whole
evening was rpent in discussing the
move, but the IEnglish mind is clear
ly shown in the vote.
Charging fearlessly over a shell-torn
llelil wihen their men comrades hail de
sertel, Ilussian women fighters in
their first. hattle took 102 prisoners
two of thern oficers. 'This act ion oc
curred on the l)vinsk front.
Two hundred and fifty guns were
massed over the two mile front on
which the German crown prince tried
for the seventh successive night to
wrest ground from the French lines on
the Chemin des Dames---the most con
centrated, violent assault of all the
seven (lays' fighting. The assault was
a failure.
The allied powers are urging the
United States to hasten the manu'ae
ture of aircraft, as the Teutonic air
forces are multiplying with each suc
r eeding day.
Russian women rushed to the colors
in an effort to stay the Russian stamn
pede, but the men failed to be shamed
and continued to retreat.
At one point only have the Russians
risen to the occasion and shown any
of their old fighting spirit-from the
Baltie to the Black sea. Here, shoul
der to shoulder with their Roumanian
allies, they have attacked- and captur
od several villages from the Germana.
The strong repressive measures adl
vocated by Russian Premier Kerensky
have not yet been made effective, but
there is no doubt that he is in earn
est, and will proceed to show the
malcontents and traitors that Russia
js in the war to gain lher eternal free.
dom.
The German emperor witnessed a
battle in wvhich his fighting men pro
ceeded to "show up" the Russians on
the Sereth front in the east. He
was immensely pleased and congratu
lated his men.
Sweeping steps have been taken by
President Wilson to p~ut an end to
delay in building the United States'
great merchant marine byr accepting
the resignations of General Goethals,
builder of the Panama canal, and Cap
tain White. Then ho asked Chairman
Dlenman to resign.
'The situation in both East Galicia
and to the north of the Prlpet marshes
is disconcerting to the Russian gov
ernment, andl M. Kerenaky has started
for the front in an attempt to stop
the panic among the Russian troops.
'Alexander F. Kerensky, the man of
the hour in Russia, the man who ear
1y in July started the brilliant of
fensive against the Germans and( the
Austro-H-ungarians in Galicia, which
gave the Russians such notable gains,
has been given carte blanche by an
almost unanimous vote of the council
of workmen's andl soldiers' delegates
and the peasants' congress, who at
.last realize that a man of ability of
the highest order can only save Rus
aia from the abyss into which she
is about to sink.
Besides the addition Sunms needed
for war purpose, Secretary MCAdIOO
told the senate committee that the
three billion dollars authorized for
loans to the allies would last only
until October of this year, and that
mot less than two billion dollars more
'would be needed.
SIn a fierce attack between Smorgon
and Krevo the Russians drove a wedge
into the Germa. line to u depth of
two miles at various places, and took
more than a thousand prisoners. How
ever, it is feared that, because of lack
of morale, the Ruina..e -i e
The Itgssian girls who so bravely
charged the Teutons on the Dvinsk
front "went over the top" yelling like
madmen, firing with deadly aim as
they looked death squarely in the face.
Up to the German line they rushed,
losing but two killed and a dozen
wounded. They o shamed the de
serting troops that they fell in be
hind them and stayed the onrushing
foe.
When the fighting girls of the Rus
sian army got to Pottava a hundred
thousand citizens and soldiers assem
bled with bands and flags and prob
ably the world has never witnessed
such a frenzied greeting as was ac
oorded these modern Joan d'Arcs.
Undoubtedly the "legion of death" is
having a salutary effect on the "dry
bones" of Russia.
Between Chevreaux and Hurtebise
the French have regained all positions
lost during the first few days of the
fighting.
The French hold all the plateaus
of Craonne and Californie and the
Casemates. At some points they have
even extended their lines beyond their
original positions before the German
crown prince.
Kerensky, premier of Russia, was
slightly but painfully wounded in the
arm near lirzezany, when the Russian
artillery, incensed at the retreating
infantry, opened fire on them. The
premier restored a measure of order.
The conference of the allied powers,
concluding a recent conference in Par
is, announce to the world that the al
lies are in the war to the end, what
ever that end may be. No amend
ments were made to the already well
known intentions of the allied powers.
Militarism must go.
President Wilson has named Edward
N. lurley of Chicago, Admiral Capps,
a Virginian, and fhain Colby of New
York on the shipping board in place
of those whose resignations he had
accepted and requested.
The president has asked for five
million dollars more for war pus
poser. The fist year's cost of the
war will exceed fourteen billion dol
lars, it is stated.
As to the tax sources for raising
more money for war purposes, the
senate committee is up in the air. The
first disposition, however, it is stated,
is to turn to new taxes on war excess
profits andI incomes.
Food control legislation has encoun
tered another delay. This time Re
publican Leader Mann blocked the
measure. preventing it from going to P
conference. HIe wants a joint coim
mi ittee of congress to control expen- I
iitures written into the hill. fa
During a debate in the senate over a
senator Penrose's resolution to lnves- st
ligate the committee of public infor- 0
nation, Senator Penrose declared the ti
idministration of both the war and S
navy departments are marked by inde- f'
rislon and inefficiency. 0
Senator James grew very sarcastic v
In the senate when the navy and war 'e
departments were criticised by Senator
Penrose for inefficiency. The senator t
said there was too much "copperhead
ism and sniping" in the senate.
Washington. 1
Harry Chapman Gilbert, son of a
white house police guard, is the first
man in the country to be accepted
for service in the new national army
under selective conscription.
The United States' bill for the first
year of the war wvill total seventeen
billion dollars, according to Senator
Snmoot, who has been investigating the
subject.
A $150,000,000 dollar deficit is re
ported in the executive diepartments
for thuis fiscal year. This is due to
tho war.
The selective conscription boards
are moving ahead without apparent
friction. Men are being summoned
in nmany parts of the country for ex
amination.
Many dielails are to be worked out
in the conscriptive service before any
men can be actually sent to the train
ing camps, but it is believed a consid
erable number will be in camp early
in August.
No attempt is being madle in official
Washington to minimize the serious
ness of the sItuation in the war the
aters of Europe.
All official Washington has taken
on a seriouis aspect, becautse any hope
of a short struggle in the world-wide
war has gone glimmering wvith the
Russian fall-dlown. But the tone is op
timistic--"the United Slates is in the
war, and will go through with it."
Washington army officers have been
expecting the present Russian climax
for some time, and were frank to say
that the recent RussIan advance was
only the "dying kick" of the o1ld ma
chine.
After all the scare heads in the big
dlailies in the newspapers throughout
the country about the Fr'anco-Britishi
advance in the west, it is frankly
stated in Washington that the German
line has at no poInt been seriously
impaired, and that there is lIttle, if
any, improvement over a year ago.
Some go so far as to say that the Ger
man key positions have actually im
proved.
An addition credit of sixty million
dollars has been extended to France.
The Russian collapse will doubtless
have an immediate effect on the Unit
ed States. Troops -vill probably be
hastened to the western front, and na
val action may be precipitated much
earlier than expected.
If the allies in the west could beat
back the German right flank, where
it reaches the sea on the Belgian
coeast, it is contended that the U-boat
menace could be stamped out, because
the bases for these instruments of
war could then be destroyed. -How
ever the big question as to this is,
"Could it be donor
-EHEEEASTWEE
, ,
lecretrt tc" do oStrtesr Con
NEWS REIE OFN
THE PAST.WEEK
gress by Asking $5,000,
000,000 More for War.
[RANSPORT PROBLEM IS BIG
-hipping Board Quarrel Ended by
Change of Personnel-Russia's Mil
Itary Collapse in Galicia Complete
-French Repulse Tremendous
German Attacks.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
The Uited States is iaving im
ress ul It the agnitude of t he
ar in which it has ernbared, and is
ginnig to realize that Ilmuist he
ight throulglh to a victoiots inh
rencdus ost R i ml ney, T menegy
By. DWtess lif. ThemonyARD
it ns bought shiarly I t l at
ii(on oIf (ongrss last Tzuesday, wthe
'cretar-y of the hreasury McAdoo in
rted heI lawaikers that $5,000,000,
0 mtore than had iceti estimated
11s need, and n11ee at onc. Muich
f this will he exptend~ed for ordntance,
intor Smtoot informed the senate
hat by the end of the fiscal year the
ar expeitut res by the United States
.rc likely to amount to $20,000,000,000.
ie figures staggered the members of
>oth houses, ande there atos a hasty
faling together of the senatt e finance
'Ommutittee to revise its report (on the
var-tax hill.
Transportation is now olte of the
1(dmlinistration's biggest prolems
rtrnsportation by both land and sea,
buit (sp~eially the latter. An immense
number of vessels must he irovd ed
to carry to Europe our troops ad the
'ast supplies they ad the allied ari
ies, must have, and efforts are being
made to gather together all the avail
able ships, even Janan being asked to
release many of her merchant men.
Meanwhile the plan of buIlding a mon
ster merchant marine of our own was
given added impetus last week. As
had heeni predicted, Presid(ent Wilson
wias c'omtpelled to take a hand in the
dlispuite between General (Goethals and
Chairman Denman of the shipping
board, and he sett(led the matter by ac
cepmting the resIgnations of both, and1(
of I n11t. JT. R. White as well. Hie then
named E. N. Hlurley of Chicago ats
chirman aitndB la-iidge Colby3 ats
membiiler of the boared, and IHear Ad
iuiral (Capps, long chief constructor of
theu navy, as head of the emergency
fleet coirporatlin in place of Goethals.
Of thes'e apinitmienlts, only that of
Colby wasi ad~ver'sely critielsed. Huar
iey is an ener-gette buisiness man andl
has been on thle federal trade board.
Though the eliminittion of Goethals is
r-egrt-(tted by the innutmerale admir
era of the great builder of the Pan
ama canal, it is felt that no 0one bet
ter thtan Admiral Citpps could be
pieked to mannge the construction of
the emer-gency fleet. It Is utnderstood
that ats imanty steel ships as5 possible
will be built, which wits (Goethal's plan.
Later int the week the president ac
cepted the resignation of Vice Chair
man Theodore Brent of the shipping
Steps in Making the Army.
The need'( for many vessels is em
lihtisized by thle semi-oflelatl antnounce
mentt that thte United States plans to
I(enld to Eurtope not only 500,000 men,
blut mor0e than a million as soon as
they (clil be trained1 and equipped and
as fiast its transports can be obtainedl
to carr-y them across. Two more steps
it the making of this greatt army were
takeni last week. The men dlraftedl for
the national army began to receive
their calls before the exemption
hoards, the city of WVashilngton head
ing the wvay, and the National Gunrd
of 10 states and the Distict of Co
lumbia wtas mobilized to be taken into
the federal service. After a few weeks
of intensive training in camps,- the
best of the guardsmen will be Bent
to Fcrance to prepare for the spring of
tensive.
The shortage of railway transporta
tion at home naa is tronulng th a.
an air raid on London being taken to th
Ia, reviewing some of his troops. 3-S
ich words and phrases. 4-King Vajirvi
try and Germany and Austria-Hungary.
ministration, though it doubtless will
be remedied with the willing assist
once of the American railway execu
tives. The demand for cars already is
tremendous, for the ioving of materi
ails and supplies for the army training
ramps and for a dozen other purposes,
and it will be increased immediately
us the men of the National Guard and,
of the national army begin moving to
their allotted pilces.
Russia's Collapse In Galicia.
The collapse of iitssin's olensive
in Gallcia, due to insubordination in
stigated by German agents, developed
Into a genernl retreat, and the retreat
Into a virtual rout. Abandoning vast
military stores and burning villages.
the mutinous Slavs flew everywhere
before the easy advance of the Teu
tons, except on the Roumanian front,
where for the time at lei:t, they stood
firm. Farther north, in iced all the
way to the Baltic, the Russians gave
ground.
Premier Kerensky, armed withi dicta
torial powers, declared he would apply t
a policy of 1)100(1 and iron to stop the 1
mutiny and treason, an1d General Korn
iloff ordered his loyal troops to shoot 1
liown any who deserted or refused to i
.bey orders, but this was inetfectuaI to t
etrieve the disaster. Stanislau, IHalicz
InI other ip111)irt ilt cities were evnC- s
hited, aind from the wooded Carpathi- i
ins to the region of Tarnopol the j
oun-try was full of long columns of a
leeing lussians on which the Teu- i
ton field guns played with merciless r
slaughter.
One story from Petrograd told1 how
loyal troops in Korniloff's army blew
to pieces 11n entire mutinous division
with its own guns.
On the (lemand of the military con
inanders at the front, the provisional
government has again put in force cap
ital punishment for treason, which was
abolished at the time of the revolu
tion.
Iiowev'er, this second great Russian
slump, serious though it be, is not fa
tn1. Kerensky and1 his colleagues are
dletermained to r'id their country of the
Glerman agents and their traitorous
Russian nidls. Lenine, the chief of the
latter, is already under arrest, andl it
is believed he will he either executedl
as an agent of tile German general
staff or at least isolated as insane.
Russians and1 their friends still believe
their new republic will emerge tri
umflphant from the chaotic condlitions
that niow ho0ld it almost helpless.
The "Gluard of Death," the battalion
of Rtussian w~omen raised by Vera
But('hkareff, was in action on Tuesday
for the first time, at Krevo. The worn
CIn fought w-ell, gaining the respect of
the malec soldiers,
No Military Success for Germany.
Germaniiy has scoredl no real miii
tary succ'(ess of moment for a long
time. The Gallinn affair is not a sue
('ess of arms, and though the kaiser'
dlecoratIed some of his commanders
there, they gained no glory bly the pur
suit of mutinousq and disorganizedl
roopis. Ither shouldl Wilhelm have
best ow'ed his dlecor'ations upon the
51)ies who stirred up the insub~ordina
tion.
In the Champagne region the crown
prince hurled his tr'oops against the
French lines w'ithi the utmost reck
lessniess nil week long, but the only re
suIt was tremnendlous losses for thle
Germans, for the poilus were indomita
ble and if now and1 then theIr line
w'as bent, they counter-attacked so fu
riously that the T1euton could not hold
his smiail gains more than an hour or
so. In sonie places, especially Onl the
Califonie platenau, the French ad
vanced their lines Considerably andl re
Iiulsed( all at tempts to drnive them from
(erminy's hlullahaloo over pence
terms and14 ititenal reforms has 51im
mlered dhownl to a discontented discus
sion (of Chancellor Miehanelis' inlten
tions and polle'ies, based on his speech!
to the reiebstag, which is universally1
admnittedl to hav-e beenI amibiguous and
even secretive. As has1 been said be
fore, the political upheaval there
dIoesn't bring appreciably nearer the
end of the war. Many of the opposi
tion leaders and niewspapers more
than hint that the U-boat campaign is
really a failure in that it is not stary
ing IEngland, amnd they realize that its<
continuance is reducing (aily the num
ber of friendls Germany will have afterr
peace is conludi~ed. Ilt the militars
lets of Prussia can't let go of that
weapon, and the masses of the Ger
" r~
'lr homues from a hospital. --'re
dliers in the Gettysburg training cump
idh of Sin, who has declared that a
man people, who have an astonishing
capacity for self-deception, evince no
desire to throw Ihese nil itarists out
and save their empire from ultimate
(isaster.
Siam Joins Kaiser's Foes.
One by one the smaller nations of
the world are lining up with the ene
mies of the kaiser and despotic mill
turismt. Far-away Siam is the latest
addition to the list. Geruan Vessels,
in Sianese ports were seized andl G er
man citizens were interned. The in
fhience of every country tIhat comes
in on the side of freedom awl Justice
will he felt, if not strongly now, at
least after the war is ended. The
Teutonic economists well know this,
and even now are holding a conference
nn post-war conditions, seemingly still
hopeful that their armies can bring
ibout the realization of that dream
)f a "Mittel Europa" that would be
elf-sustaining and self-contained and
hat would always threaten the peace
f the rest of the world. The frus
ration of thnt hope is the great ulti
nate alm of the ulli s.
Representatives of the entente allies
net In Paris on Ve(nesday for the
otrpose of determining the course of
heir future policy in the Balkans.
thlch I'remier Hi hot, who presided,
111(1 must he modifIed because Greece
tnow ranged with the allies. The
!nited States was not represented, the
dministration holding that this nation
s not yet directly interested in Balkan
Matters.
Food Control Bill Delayed.
President Wilson's strenuous objee
ion to the senate amendment to the
'nd control hill creating a congres
dional committee on expenditures for
he war, and the determination of the
louse to defeat the senate amend.
nents, caused a delay in the final pas
,age of the measure. The prohibition
ists were bound to have restored the
"hone-dry" lplan for which the house
roted.
The entente allies held a conference
in Paris and adopted unannimously' this
udeclarat ion:
"The allied powers, more closely
united thtan ever for the defense of the
people's rights, piarticularly in the Bal
kan peninsula, are resolvedl not to lay
down armis until they have attained
the end which in their eyes dlominates
nil others-to render impossible a re
turn of the criminal aggression such
as that whereof the central empires
bear the responslbility'."
In a ccordanace with thle recommenda
tion of General Pershing, the Americann
armiy is to be reorganizedl on the
Frtenc(h plan of conformnationi. This
will change a (company from 150 to
250 mna, a regiment from 1,800 to 8,
P0 men, and1( a dlivision from 28,500 to
approximately 17,000 men.
.Tlhe government Is planning a sys
tem of war insurance that will pre
lude the establishIng of Pension rolls
as a result of this war. It is proposed
that ever'y man In the army, navy and
marIne corps shall be0 entitledl to instur
ace ranging from $1,000 to $10,000,
Imaying a premniutm of $8 a thousand,
the insurance being assumed by the
government in lieu of pensions ; in ad
Cltidn, the familIes and other dlependl
ants will be0 provided for by allotments.
Recruiting was given a big boost
last week, partly by the announcement
that dlrafted mn would not be necept
ed as volunteers after they were called
before the exemption boardls, and part
ly by the concerted campaign of the
American andl British recruiting om-l
Pers. The British mission is obtaining
large numbers of enlistments in Cli-.
Pago, New York and other large cities.
Despite the t remendlous tutnancial
rirain on the country (111 to wvar ex
piendiltures and in the face of fervidl
protests from Senator's Bornah, K en
yen, King and1 a few others, the sen
ste passed the annual rivers and liar.
Nors bill, carrying an approprIation of
|p27,954,000. Onily eleveni memibers of
thie u~pp~er house dlaredi to vote against
this "pork" measure which, Iniquitous
it any time, is especially so w~hen the
mation is engaged in a war that will
lemand all its resources.
Ireland's great opportunity is at
tand. The convention to draft a home
'ule constitution is in session in Lon
ion, with Sir Horace Plunkett in the
hair, and if the delegates can reach
in amicable and atisfactory agree
nent, the government of Great BrItain
si pledged to put it through. The re
ult Is in the hands of the Irish themn
elves.
MORE U.S. SOLDIERS
LANDED IN FRANCE
ANOTHER AMERICAN CONTIN.
GENT OF FIGHTING MEN
ARRIVE SAFELY.
ARE IMMEDIATELY ENTRAINED
Quickly Depart from Port for New
Qurters-AI Other Iformation is
Withheld from the Public for the
Present.
A European Port-Another Ameri
can contingent has safely arrived and
dsem barked.
The government withholds informa
tion or comment on the foregoing dis
patch.
The American troops arrived by the
same steamer in whien Kermit Roose
velt, his wife, and child traveled. When
tenders went alongside the vessel Fri
day the men were in high spirits and
frequently shouted: "Are we downy
hearted?" was answered with a roar
ing "No," given with great enthusiasm.
Representatives of the general staff
watched the disembarkation. There
was no civic demonstration. Only a
few spectators knew of the landing.
These chereed and the troops cheered
hack. The men e n trained q uickly
and left for their new quarters. A sig
nal company remained at the port for
some hours and these were the only
representatives of the contingent the
public saw.
FUNCTIONS OF MILITIA
BUREAU WILL END'
WIth Drafting of Entire National
Guard Into the Federal Service Aug
gust 5th.
Washington.-With the drafting of
the entire national guard into the
army of the United States August 6,
the functions of the militia bureau of
the war department are expetced to
come to an end. There will remain
'io force of national guard for the bu
reau to supervise and the officers of
the regular army attached to the divi
sion will probably be assigned to other
ity.
Under the plan of the national de
fense act, which calls upon the states
ot maintain recruit battalions for each
guard regiment in active service, the
bureau would continue as it is. It is
regarded as probable, however, that a
general reserve system will be substi-.
tuted for the regimental depot plan to
il gaps in the ranks.
In that event, new men, whether
volunteers, those called tinder the se
lective draft or wounded men who.
have recovered sufficiently to return
to the front, would be gathered in gen
eral recruit depots in America which
would supply a general depot in
France. Preliminary training of the
recruits would be given in the home
depo-ts, to be supplemented by inten
sive training in trench warfare at the
depot in France. The convalescent
soldiers returning to the front would
form a valuable training force to
break in the new men at the depots.
AMERICAN BARK IS
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
London.-After being attacked by
gunfire by a German submarine, the
American bark Carmela of 1.397 tons
was sunk by bombs in the entrance of
the English channel on July 28, says
an official statement issuedI by the
British admiralty. The crew was
picked up and landed at Plymouth.
There was no casualties.
CHICAGO FINANCIER FOR
SHIPPING BOARD'
Chicago.-Charles 0. Dawes, of Chi
cage, was mentionedl here as a pos
sible successor to Theodore Brent on
the shipping board. Mr. Brent, a
strong supporter of Chairman Denman
of the board, resigned when rM. Den
man was forced out by President Wil
son.
YOUNG MILITARY OFFICERS
HEAR SECRETARY LANSING
'Miadison Barracks, N. Y.-In a
speech here before 1,700 members of
the officers' reserve corps, Secretary
of State Robert Lansing emphasizing
the peril of German imperialism to the
Ulnitedl States and the world, declared
his belief that the German people
would not cast off the yoke of autoc
racy" until the physical might of the
united dlemocracies of the world has.
destroyedl forever the evil ambitions of
the military rulrs of Germany."
TWO KILLED IN RACE
RIOT AT CHESTER, PA..
Ohester, Pa.-David Schwartz, a.
ieputy sheriff and an unidentified
negro were shot and killed here in a.
lnght in the heart of the negro section.
The shooting occurred after a day
af quiet following the disorders of the
lat two nights and was the result of'
the sending of a number of policemen.
and guards into the neIghborhood after
a crowd of negroes had opened fired
an two guards. The two guards re
treated alter emntying ti pistl.*