Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nation For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In the South. land Will De Found In Brief Paragraphs. Domestic. l"our spectators, one a white won an, were killed, andi a lIIflhI injiured, at the base of Kenneawt moutain, where Shermtan am! .loe Jolt itsot fought (hiring the t'lvil war, when a liercussion shell lir '. in target prac (Ice frot a bat 1er y oh' t he stu (denit of fleers' training ':tip battalion of at tillery, ric"horhettedl a mile out1 of its course, .struk an oak i re' and lxpilod ed at their feet. Kennsaw inountain is wilhin a tmule and a half of tilaricita, Ga., w! 're many of the I'itin sldiers killed .n the battl of Atl anta are buried. Over I wo lilre tre housandi men called in the select iv( draft wil! be gin trainitg int the various attot n.ents of the country on Septetib'r 1. in order to i'aciliatle the organiza tion o f the selecrtive draf!tforres, lo cal bo 1d1s are trdilel by the pirtvost anttrshal genrati to certify to district boartds tlaily thost e w1hto have been called and who have not been exemttpt ed or discharged. 'ntrainment for itobilizatlion of the selective (I raft f'ori''s will be not later than Septemtbetr 1, and lithe greatest ex pedition is urged by the provost mtar shal general. )einite a1ssurattces that the A motr ican public will be protect' I agal iI proftitering 1and(1 that thlie allied guv ernmtents will get 1itir war suplies at the same prices as the l'nitled States aro contlaine(d ini an anno101 uncemet'l of the adlinistratitn's war policy. Russia, newest of all demtocracies, grows stronger of heart antd pur pose daily, an( with aid from the tinited Stags, ('11n e depenlei upon to do her part in the great wrti', is tht' m111's sage of IFllhu IRoot to the president of the United Stiles. A conmmittee aippointed by the Ari zona l"4'ieertitn of I.abor to investi gate the deportation of ituore than eleven hundrtedt ten from the \\'i i'r 'i (Ariz..) copp~er miining, districtl and in hor condlitions at present, wtas refused adtmission to the dlistrlct. The pridttuction of over one hillior bishels of wheat and over eighty three million bushels of rye through the planting of -17,:37,ot0 acres It winter wheat 1and( of ,ll ,))1 a('res t rye this fall, is tht' imntetdiate war ag t'iculturai program for t'he Iat ion In nlounced by l)vitd i". I ousitn, stete tany of agriculture. Washington. A national holiday may be declared in celebration of the entrainment of thte draft levis f th trainting car t onmitentIs. I lowever tntr aitnmtenI ttmay take place ont l.abtr l)ay, which Is alreatdy a legal hotliday bty law. Chtairttan- Simmons, explainittg to thew stenate te Ilnantc('etcommtitteie's purp'joses in r'etaftIng I the wair tax hill1 delarl~ted the chantgos mtatde wiil grateat 3y Iiceatse' th ta x huiirdlens It to eot'm-no bty thle bIg ('iot'oaItitts whott hai e procti itedl ftromt hle wart. Unit s wvill be' necessar y in ortder tt meet the cond-itionits int l'.:'ope'. T1he stead tof thet United States stitandad of 28.000, wiill be adttpt ed. :\anty thert't Orgaizat ion chtanges will dou~tbtle'ss 'intado. Povost larisha] Geer'] erowtdet' and htis aissistanitts ate at worik oin the fInal set tif regulat ins to be pr'omuil gted ol t comptlt the organitizatlion tof thte se'lective draft war tarmny. 'lThev ,willI govern' actua mnItobi lizationi otf I the menl selected. Statemhents Issuted by te war tde ures plaice the totail force of National Guard taken into the federail service August 6 at 13,093 officers antd 419, 834 men. *War department offliias state that 180,766 war volunteers have been re cruited for thte regular service sife April 1. The president announces that a defi nite policy respecting war Purchases and prices w~ill Certainly be matde. WVar profits will be keptt to a muliniumi The biggest problem occuipying the studying of war prices is Protection for the general public. Already the war dlepartmnt has re ceived count less apptlicat Ions from men certain to be calletd in the first increment of thte tdraft forces fora signment to somue ptarticular branchan-f the service. An effort will Itemd to meet the wishtes of Ithe tdraftetdmade in this regard as far' as ptosile iitn they are muobillzedi. Presitdent WVilsont htas turned his t tention to thte subjeict otf wait'r -ceat James I~amitlton ewi senr fcro. - linois, the Democratic i"'slenatolo -by President Willsot tha thtwasto time to talk about veace. an ~, Where a caidltate at one of the iniftng camps is Called by hisa local - Q 4r Physical examination he ~ ~UOtedl to procure a certificate bee1mndn officers showing :A-'' been examined and then /5 ~ %t ith' the board instead of mak Pp~hj pparance in response .He wip be treated Analitea fo a* . Acting upon the charge that local exemption board No. 99, in the heart of the east side of New York City, the three menbers of that board were summarily renoved by Deputy Attor ney General Conkling, acting under oi ders of Adjutant General Stotesb'ury, who is in charge of the operation of lthe selective diraft mnachineri in the state of New Yurk. The members dliscllarge(d are Louis I. Cherry, Dr lonry M. Groehl and Dr. 14. J. Bern feld. The food bill, about whica we have heard so much, has passed through the last stage of legislative enactment, the senate having finally adopted it in the form previous approved by the house. President Wilson's signa ture now makes it law. Senator lardwick of Georgia was among those who voted against the food control bill. Immediately upon the passage by the senate of the food control bill, Presid(eit Wilson appointd i Mr. Ilo' ver chief food dispenser. 'Thirty days after the approval of the food control bill, it will be un lawful to use foodstuffs in the nanu f tur'' of di tiiled beverages or to iinIa l distilled spirits for beverage putirposesS. It is intended by the president that th.' allies purch:ising in this country .tall have the hene fit of the reduced I prices which the focderal trade con iniss ion will order. It is reported 1hat shoe manufactur ers say shoes will sell for $12 a pair this winter. Shoe manufact urers will be given ''the once over" by the fed eral trade comi iission, who say there is ahsolutely no reason for any ad \ance wVhatever. ltepr'sentat ive Jeannette [tankin Jold the house that the disaffection among the western miners was due to1 the "rustling cjard"' system whichi had been ins lit utled by John 1). Ityani of Now Yorkt, president of the Anal gaiated ('Lpl'r coIipany, whom she e'xcoriated 1.1 an de'nounced. She says Ih' simle ablolition of this nefarious practice will settle all the mining irtubb's in the w('st; that the men are not aliarllists, but are siniipiy ('on temdina for the'ir Amneric'an rig;hts. I'olfirination reach1es the slate do partient of the report that GUtrinan y has deinanded a loan in gold from Switzt'rlan(d in return for coal. Ger m:inv, it is pointed (lit, is sadly in need of gold to meet the obligat ions whihul she has in'urred, and it is hint ed that Slie iiay forsake the gol standard. ltitu Root, speaking in Chicago ant111t his ission t Itussia, said that 111r' is nII distutranee in Russia than there i' in the United States; that the reports magnify out of all propor ion the actual situation. European . '1 le Uriitish cotton mills will ro ii liCe spinning -() per cent. The new :'clhetmte to control tradei will cut the 01ut of spinning he'ause of the short -u!'tily of 'otton which is so difficult to -hip into E-ngland. A I'ails (iS)aich says 'ope Itenedict f; vors with all his heart the airns of the triple entente, and wants AlSaco Lorraine restored to France and the Italian provinces under the suzerainty ti' Atistria restorel to Italy. Tlo showv that his sympathies are waht I thle tri ple enitetet Polin liediet has remliovedl(tt( ari nal Gaslarri as sec I ('la yot' stale of (lie Katicani, and ap p tinted lFr''deirico Tlede'schi ni, whIo is Iknot wnI to bei fav"orable to the allies. Smiashiing lows have been dealt to I li' Germlians by the Biritish and thie ouhon the l.'landtt'is fr'onlt. Tn . lti'rianlt gin ls art' rieport ed east wartd in hi' dlir liton of tlit' railroad ('(fl St ."it'nt i. the Giermtians dtlivereid a Ilurprisi' at tack of coniderat''ble~ pro :imrtions11, but wei'e uinsuccessful in ga ilnig any whiei-e Ceet at severali iomit s in thle cete r of t' Vren eh line. 'The coin ferencee of thit lii'tish I -abor Patrty hteld at We'stmiinsteri v'otedt to Sendt dl'egatres to the Stockholm con it' 'onhfteence bty 1,040,000 to M0000. Tlhe confer'ence was In an up roar, which endedl only wvhen the i'e suit (if the( card vote was anntounced,. Iini a charactet' sketch of D~r. Rtichard( Ivon Kuelmntn, just ap~pointedl Ger mian secretary for foreign affairs', The Nieuwe Courant of The Hague says that Dr. von Kuehlmiann has always been a vigorous opponent of ruthless submar-ine warfare. He Is also a dis ciple of the policy of doing everything possible to avoid the further aliena tion of Great Britain, believing that after the war friendship between Great Britain and Germany will be necesaary to the latter. Official announcement has been mr'ade in BerlIn that flve ministers of state, Including Foreign Secretary Zimmnermann, and four secretarIes of state, including Finance MInIster Iaentze andI lnterir Minister von Loe bell, had resigned their posItIons Since Chitia has declared war on thie central powers, prominent Ger mans in Chinla are conferring wvith (lie Dutch minister to China with the object of maikinig arrangemnents to go to ,'vai. T1he Paris Joutrnal des Debats, in a Pr'omiinent reviewv of finance, calls at tenition to (lie fact that it is America's imperative duty to recognize the obhi. gations toward France which it can not escape, and that it must open credits to the allies as large as may be required, without which they can not continue the war. Lloyd,.George, in a speech to a 'vast audience at Queen's Hall, London, said that if England had not gone into the war with her whole strength the Monroe doctrine would have been treated as a on of .ape b.. G. K-. A : I--- ilcele JacobLo is, 'ell-known \ Mnr Iol caioutlage. 2--Belgi - Alertean soldiers in France lolaing tionial director of the Ited Cross, 1l NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEF ood Control Bill, Giving thi President Extraordinary Powers, Now Is Law. GETTING AFTER PROFITEERI 3overnment Predicts Record-Breakinc Corn Crop-German and Russian Ministries Re-Formed-Elihu Root Returns With Confi dence in the Russian Republic. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The senate last WVednesday adopted he colf er'nCe report on the food con. roi iilI, the mleasure was signed by Dpuaker Clark and I'resident Wilson, ld is now the law of the land, a law conferring on the lresident triuen dolls powCrs over the food and 'fuel supplles of the Country, and designed to Irotect the leople frou extortion Sixty-six senators voted for the bill and seven itguinst it. 'isoe who per sisted in It ir ob1struetionist tactics tc the ndi were I'ru nee, ( ronn, IIo1iU0 IIartl ick. La Folette, Penrose and i1eid. Sheratin and Gore both were rairedl against the bia. The law contaiis drastic prohibl Ion .)rovisions. Thirty days after the late of its approval it will be unlaw. 'ui to use foodstuffs in the mnanufac. 'ure of dilstilledl beverages or to im irt distilledl spirits for beverage pur *. aind the presidlent will be em. re(1 to~ commandeer for militar) I' l'ses distilled liquors now held ir i'iii andu to regulate 0or restrict th< ise of foods In the manufacture- o: mine anud beer. The senaute ailso ad~opted tihe COn. 4lrence repo~t on the food survey bill 14-signed-( to stimulate production ant 4) give the counitry information 01 'ood1 resotir(s, and thus the ad~minlis lration's1 tfooi control program wa'ts a Coai Prices and Profits. (Coal l'rices are cauising a great stir -pi)ECally in the Middle West, and Ii lilinls! the state council of defens< IMilied Governor Lowden to seize the 110in(s because the operators wouli nout sell at wh'lat was considered reats84rmbtlle profit. The governors an' defense c-oulleIs of 15 Middle WVes 81tates wVer-e asked to meet in Chicag< toi contfer Onl relief mneasures. l'reslident WIlson last week made ipersonllt visIt to tile federal trad commilssioni and tile department 0 justice to urge the hastening of al tin to curb hligh prices, and made I evidletnt that h~e intends to do ever~y thIng inl his power to stop the exaci ing of exorbitant profits. The Wal industries board followed UP this b; announcing that American producer selling war necessities to AmerIca' allies would be permitted to mnak only reasonable profits; provided th~ the allies must reciprocate in sellin to the United States and to one at other. Tihe president, moreover, ha staid that the prices to tihe public mul be maade the same. as to the goveri ment. Record-Breaking Corn Crop. Cheering news came out'of the. di partment of agriculture in the for: of the August crop report, which Ii dlicates a corn crop- of 3,191,000,0( bulsl~, the largest In the history 4 the country. The prospects Iiprov during July to the extent of 06,000,0( bushels, and general rains over tI corn belt since the reception of ti data on whIch the report Is based el hlance still further .the expectations the farmers. The oats yild also wl le a record breaker, but the repo on wheat Is a hit disappointIng. TI governmuent already has under way caimpaigna for tile raising next seast of a crop of more than a billIon bus els of wheat andi 88,000,000 bushels rye. The food control law auhthorIz lihe fixng of fair .prIces for wvheat ar i Rthelni by the goernmnent to' l lht zlingto u artist, w ho is lecturing at ti oldliers crossing one of the many canals i a train with their equipment. 4-F. Trn was seriously injured when his airplant fatruers of nitrate of soda from Chile to he used as fertilzer. Every state is asked to plant as large an acreage in wheat and rye as is possible with out upsetting proper farmn practice. 'the experts in Washington say that while fertilizer may be scarce, there will be no shortage of seed, farm ma chinery or transportation facilities. On Thursday Provost Marshal Gen enerai Crowder issued the regulations for calling the National army to the colors. The first 200,000 are to be called up to September 1 and sent to cantonment camps by September 5. The government wishes the first (lay of the mobilization appropriately cele brated throughout the country in or I der that the citizen soldiers may be fittingly honored. Some Antidraft Riots. Taking the country as a whole, the exemption boards are having mighty little trouble in carrying out their du ties in the drafting of the National army. Part of Oklahoma and some districts in the Southeast, however, are glaring exceptions to this rule. Serious riots have occurred and bands of draft resisters have armed them selves and taken to the woods. But they are being captured by the score and subjected to the proper punish ment. Much of the trouble is stirred up by the I. W. W., and by certain un-American publicists who argue con stantly that American soldiers should not be sent abroad to fight, but should be kept at home to await the invading Germans after they have whipped the entente allies. Among those arrested last week by the federal agents was Dr. Fritz Berg meter, president of the Volks-Zeitung of St. Paul. On orders from Washing ton lhe was put in jail on charges of making disloyal utterances, to be held - until President Wilson directs his re lease. He is an enemy alien. Canada also is to have a drafted army, the Canadian conscription bill having been passed by the dominion parliament. Under its provisions 100, 000 men between tihe ages of twenty and thirty-two years will be drafted, and it is the expectation of the au thoritics that they will he in training by autumn. German Ministry Changes. Chancellor Michaelis remolded the imlpe'rial and Prutssian ministries to his desire, or that of his masters, but thte many changes aroused no semlanifce of enthusiasm in the empire. On tihe conrry, they are commeniC~ted onl by the liberal and radical press with dis trust and1( dissatisfaction, and1( no0 one Iwho has -talked for publicationi has1 given them his approval. They offer I no hope for parlianmentarism or anly t otheri marked change in internal pol1 )icies, and so far as can b~e seen, the war policy of Germany is not likely to be altered. Doctor Kuehimann, wh'lo Shas succeeded Zimmermann as foreign secretary, Is supposed to bte opposed -to ruthless submnarine warfare, but t Doctor Helfferich is retained as tile -representative of the imperial chancel lor, and as he is ambitious and power r ful it is feared lhe will more than coun 7 terbalance K~uehlmnann. S Germany's latest peace suggestions B having met with the disdainful recep 0 tion they deserved, it is unlikely that *t any nmore such proposals will emanate g from the kaiser for, some time. Sev - enty-eight professors of Bonn univer 5 sity have signed a petition urging the t German government never to make an - other peace offer. Root Has Confidence in Russia. Premier Kerensky last week succeed -ed in completing his coalition cabinlet M) and obtained the pledges of all fae - ilons that they would support him. Hie 4 has promised mnany reforms, andl also >f has assured Russia flhat dilsciliine and d authlority must first be-restored. Thlat heit andl his colleagues will win out and eC that Russia will continue in the war eC until Germany is whipped is the confi - (dent assurance or Elihu Root who has )f just returned from his mission to II Petvograd. The (disorders there, he rt says, are not alarmingly serious and Ie ar not typtical, and the loss of morale a in the army 1he is sure is ofily tem in porary.. hI- Already the resistance of the Russian at troops to the advance of thle Germans es and Austrians in Galicia and Bukowina d is stiffening, andl though in gepteral the 10 retreat continued,. It ceased to be a aA ie officers' training camp at Fortress n their country in a ferry barge. 3 bee Davison, son of H. P. Davison, na fell into Long Island sound. rout and in some Instances the Teutons were thrown back. General Korniloif, who succeeded Brussiloff as generalis simo, says the first stage of the war is over and the second stage has opened, and intimates that the Russian armies will yet give an excellent account of themselves if British and French offi cers are sent to help drill the mil lions of men under arms. They will need this help, he says, if they must meet the massed Germans instead of the comparatively weak Austrians. On the Western Front. Activities in Flanders during the week indicated that the allies were following their usual course-attack, consolidation of positions won, and preparations for another attack. The heavy rains hampered operations con siderably, but the British made many trench raids and to. ard the end of the week their artillery fire increased to a tremendous volume. Meanwhile, the Canadian troops pushed up close to Lens and had that important coal center nearly surrounded. The German resistance in the coastal region is powerful, for the command ers of course realize how dangerous to them is the turning movement. Along the Chemin des Dames the crown prince continued his attacks, all of which were beaten off by the indomit able Frenchmen. In the Asian fields of combat there was little doing last week, but it was reported that General von Falkenhayn, now German commander in Turkey, is planning an attempt to recapture Bag lad. General Maude's Mesopotamian army, however, is now so strongly en trenched that it has little to fear, and the same may be said of the British forces in Sinai, which also have the support of the fleet. Eiuropean dispatches say that the high military authorities in France be lieve the war wvill last through the winter and spring, at least, and that the policy of the allies will be to ham mner away at the Teuton lines contin umally and wear the enemy down as much as possible until Amneriea gets on the field in full strength. Then the adlvantage of niiubers wili be with them to so great extent (lhat victory by force of arms will he in sight. American Troops to Russia? Senator Lewis of Illinois declared last week that (he next big contingent of American troops would lbe seat to Ruissia, which wouhi hie surprising in view of the fact that Russia nowv has uinder armis more men than she cnn handle effectively, The Sanmmies now in France are proving themselves quick pupils and have won the praise andl ad miration of the British and French ofi1 cers who are insfrting them in the methods of moder11 warfare. They are happy and eager to get into action but are wailing for American tobacco. In England is another big contingent of Americani troops-made up mostly from the operating and construction divisions of American railways. They wvill be readly to rebuild and operate the roads in France and to fight, too, if necessary, and in preparation for this are receiving -intensive training in a peaceful English valley. The navy department has made an other change of policy, dropping the construction of the small U-boat chmas ers and concentrating on the produc tion of destroyers, wvhich are to be' turned out in great numbers. They seem to be the most efficeient enemy of the submarine. Argentina, dissatisfied with the prog ress of negotiations growing out of the sinking of the Argentine steamer Monte Prloteglido by a German submarine, has sent a peremptory note to Berlin, do mandling a clear' and final reply within a reasonable timie. Liberia. whliich some time ago severed relations with the central powers, has now d'claired war against them, This, like the ac tion oif Siam, menns that the diplomlat ic representatives of the small nations have madle uip their 11ninds1 as to whieh group of belligerents will gain the ulti mate victory, What perhaps has an gered Argentina most is the recent (dis covery of an extensive German espion age system. China, too, has deccidedl to cast in her lot with the allies and the cabinet resolved to declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary; the assistance of the great oriental nation is tar fromn negallbihe. HOOTER PREPARED TOTAKEOVERWHEAT CONTROL WHOLE 1917 HARVEST IF FOUND NECESSARY TO REDUCE PRICES. ESTABLISH BUYING AGENCIES Must Conserve Supply.-Prices Will Be Fixed Eliminating Buying in Futures and License All Mills and Elevators. Washington.-The food admiristra tion announces its plan for controll ing wheat, flour and bread, revealing that the government is prepared to take over the whole 1917 wheat har vest if necessary to conserve the sup ply, obtain just prices for America's fighting forces and their allies and re duce costs to the general public in the United States. Establishing of buying agencies at all the principal terminals, licensing of elevators and mills, fixing of a price to be considered fair, regula tion of the middle men and ol'grain exchanges, with the elimination of trading in futures, are the chief fear tures of the plan. The minimum price of $2 for wheat fixed by Congress does not become effective until next year but the ad ministration proposes to exercise a 9' very thorough control over the year's crop through power conferred under th9 food and export control bills. The announcement follows: "The disturbance to the world's commerce and supplies has caused a greater disruption of the normal mar kets for wheat than any other cereal. "1-As a resolution of certain of the world's wheat producing coun tries, by either belligerent lines or short shipping, the normal determina tion of the price of wheat by the ebb and flow of commerce is totally de stroyed. "2-In order to control specula tion and to secure more equitable distribution of the available wheat and flour between their countries, the allied governments have placed the whole purchase of their supplies in the hands of. one buyer. Also the European neutrals are nov buying their wheat through single govern ment agents instead of in the nor mal course of commerce. Therefore, the export price of wheat and flour, and thus the real price, if not con trolled will be subject to almost a single will of the foreign purchaser. "3-In normal times American wheat moves largely to Europe in the fall months. This year, the short age of shipping necessitates its dis tribution over the entire year. There fore, there is danger of a glut in our warehouse system over a considera ble period. "4-There are large stocks of wheat which cannot be drawn upon by the allies during the war, but in the event of peace or defeat of the sub marines these would be available and might seriously demoralize the de mand for American wheat. "5-It must be clearly understood that the guaranteed mininmm price of $2 per bushel for wheat, set out in the food bill, does not apply to the 1917 harvest but only to the 1918 harvest and then under conditions which must be elaborated. There is, therefore, no determined price for the 1917 harvest. FIRST AMERICAN PRIS3ONERS ARE TAKEN BY GERMANS Submarine Sinks Ship and Takes Five Prisoners.. Five * Americans are prisoners aboard a German submarine, the navy department believes. Four of these probably are the first prisoners of th& American fighting force taken by the Germans. The captain of the American steam er Campana and four members of the armed guard were taken from the steamer when she was sunk by a Gen. man submarine August 6, 140 mIles west of Ile de Re, off the coast of France. Forty-seven survivors of the steamer, which was a Standard Oil tanker, have been landed safetly. Unfavor-able weather is again hamp poring large scale operations in Flan ders, but in southern Moldavia the desperate fighting between the Russo Rumanians andl the Teutons con tinues with increasint ferocity. Field Marshal von Mnackensen to using strong forces in an endeavor to break through 'the entente line toward the railroad junction of Tecuchiu. The Russians and Rumanians are resist ing valiantly the nunimically supe rior enemy, but have boen forced to give up, at least temporarily, their p)ositions5 along the railroad line north of Fokshant. GERMAN AIR RAID KILLS MORE WOMNEN AND CHILDREN London.-TWenty-three persons in cluding nine women and six children 'wore killed and fitfty persons were in jured at South End in Essex, forty miles east of London, by bombs drop ped by German raiders, says an of ficial statement. Considerable dam agae to property was caused at South End by the 'nearly forty bombs drop pod upon the town. Two men were in jured at Rochford.