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WILSON REMAINS CALM. NOT I \( I I I I? in (.IHM \\V's i \ \>i\ i noti:. He He* Kxpre^d no 0|t4nlon Hut ( <>utUl, iitl> I xjhs tod That III- Ii? - ply Will St rough Illiterate Dotor mlnMtloii to Hold (.crnutii) m sirlet Atx-oimtuMtfty. Washington. May SI.?President Wilson Intends to shape the course of the 1'nlted States In the Interna? tional crisis which has arisen so as to leave M dewbt, abroad of the coun? try's purpose not only to speak, but If necessary to act. for the cauae of humanity. Two things were vlrtuallv deter mlnsd on by the president today. First, that Germany's avoidance of the larger questions of humanity an* the spirit of International law by s tsehnlcsl argument on a hitherto undisputed point In the status of nations?the exercise of the right of visit and search by war craft when encountering merchantmen, WhWthct (carrying rontrahan i of not ?must hi met promptly with a note again set? ting forth briefly the facts as found by Investigation of onVlhll hart SS to the cargo and peaceful equipment of the Lusltanla and reiterating the earnest Intention of the 1'nlted States to hold the Herman go\ em nu-nt |0 ? "atrlct accountability'' for all viola? tions of American rights on the high Second, that, notwithstanding the critical situation with Hermans, there shall be Issued tomorrow the state? ment which has been In preparation for Several days to be communicated to the leaders of all factions In Mex loo. serving notice that unless they themselves bring to sn early end thf deplorable conditions which their warfare has wrouhgt. some other means will be found by the United ?tales In the Interest of humanity to save the millions of non-combatant Mexicans from the throes of starva? tion and further devastation of prop? erty. Count von Hernstorff. the Herman ambassador, has been granted an in? terview with the president for Wed? nesday noon, but unless be brings some proposal from his government answering the demands of the Cmted States differently from the note Jusd received from It von Jagow, the German foreign minister?a cireum etance which Is doubted in well In? formed quarters?the presidents course as framed by him In consulta tlon with his cabinet tomorrow wirl not be materially affected. Tomorrow the president will lay be? fore the cabinet t?oth the German and the Mexican questions. The effect of the warning to Mexico, the president hopes, will be the coalition within the next few weeks of the best elements la the southern republic to form a provisional government to Which the United States and other countries can accord early recognition The tense situation produced b\ the receipt of an unvn Idlng reply from Germany to the request of the 1'nlted States for reparation for tho 100 Americm lives lost In the sink? ing of the Lusltanla and guarantees against the destruction of America/t Uvea or property In the future over? shadowed the Mexican problem a wll ss all other go\ernmental activ? ities today. The president?upon whom rests the burden of deciding the govern? ment's foreign pnllc> In the absence of Congress?sought solitude during the early hours of the day. as he did In hst trying d.?\4 kmmedtateh af? ter the sinking of the Lusltanla. lb read s newspaper text of the note, the editorial comments, scores of mes? sages, and went rnotormg?his fi vorite diversion when desirous of un? disturbed application to problems of state. The official text of the communion* tlon. differing only In phraseology from th?? press translations, reached the White ll.ni.4f hist before noon us the president start.d fog Arlington |e attend the memorial exercises of the 0. A. It. and the deduction " of the Maine niernoi , \\ Just what the president will pro post* to his cabinet tomorrow was .1 matter of wide conjecture tonu:hf. There was a notlce.iide QOSUldsaOS, however, that Germany hiving f illed to yield In principle or fact to the American point of view the president would suggest a course following logi? cally th?? strong expressions In the note of Mas i Some of th.eo familiar with the po? sition of high officials said the note to be sent by the I'rdted States would prohaHy be verv brief and would be dispatched bv Thursday or before Ho end of the present week. The Her man government's request fat an agree? ment on the facts as to whether the 1. usltanla was armed or unarmed end whether the vessels ownoffi violated American law h\ taking passengers on ships carrying munitions of smf It was said, would bf snSWOfOd with the statement that an of II tin I Investi? gation showed the ship anfftod n guns, either mounted or WUnonnted and that it Is not a vlohition nl fed eral statutes to tuny small gfSM MMl ammunition on passsngor ships Reiterating lhal Ihe Ltsrttanla, therefore, was a peaceful merchant* in in entitled to the right ol visit end starch and |he transfer of hef DM" cougars and crow to places of safety previous to any attempt to destroy any contraband of war aboard her in accordance with print law, it is be Iteved tin- United states will insist upon a dlaaVOWal Of IUCh acts, and tl guarantee that German subrna ae warfare will ??.? conducted in the fu? ture along humane lines, assuring Ann ru ins of the safety of their lives and their snipe on the high seas. Proposals on the part of Ger? many to protract the arguments with affidavits alleged to bf la the posses sjon of the C.ei man embassy here to prove that the Lusitania carried guns will not be considered, in view of oitieial knowledge here that the ship is unarmed. Moreover the govern? ment is expected to point out that during the present discussion the American steamer Nebraskan has been torpedoed by a German, sub? marine. j Tho admission of the German ad . mlralty, announced today in a re? port from Ambassador Gerard, that the commander of the submarine which torpedoed the Gulilllght , did "not notice the American flag on the Gulfllght until after he had lired the torpedo," 1h another circumstance to which it was thought probable the United States would point as proof of da n ge ?-s |C which American vessels are subjected by the reckless methods of German submarine commanders. The conference between the presi? dent and fount von Hernstorff for Wednesday was the subject of much comment tonight. The ambassador himself would not say what his pur? pose was, but from well informed sources it was learned that he asked for the interview of his own initia? tive without instructions from his government and that he wished to Impress the president with his desire t<> do everything possible to avoid a rupture. The ambassador has had much difficulty in communicating with his foreign office as the ca des are in possession of the allies. Some of hi* friends state that his efforts to induce the German government to send a conciliatory answer to tits American note failed largely on that account There was a distinct disappoint? ment manifest at both the Austrian and German embassies here at the character of the Germna reply. Both ambassadors were understood to have endeavored to obtain a response that would satisfy the United States, There was some intimation that the Ameri? can note of May lo might have been Interpreted in Berlin as meaning a demand for the cessation of all sub? marine warfare against enemy ships instead of a suggestion for the mod? ification of submarine activity wo that noncombatants and neutrals would not be endangered. Another suggestion made by well informed alplomats was that the German gov? ernment had become convinced of a :i\ed purpose of the United Sttaes to remain at peace in any eventuality and that this impression was fid lowed from Um Washington govern* ment's passive attitude toward Mox u ... There was a report current in dip? lomatic circles tonight that the am? bassador wished to elicit from the president a definite MOS Of what hi Would like to have the German gov? ernment do, and that Count Hern? storff moreover might seek to learn what the pos.tlon of the United States would be with refer* nee to foodstuffl and shipments of conditional contra? band embargoed by the allies if <Ier n\an\ i< o,?iiesced In the views of the United States. It was predicted, too, that lie probably would sees to im? press upon the president the oppor? tunity now presented for the United States to "cure an adherence to in? ternational law by the allies Si well as Germany and thereby by gradual Stages point the way to general peat to, Tonnt VOg I'.ernstorff is known tO have tobi friends that through an agreement on the "freedom Of the seas'" one of the foundation stones for the restoration of peace In Kuropc Would be laid. Prom all ?piarters familiar with the German point Of \ lew here, Itu desire *?f Germany In continue the ne? gotiations was apparent) the hope be? ing that further exchanges would bring the two governments to a close understanding. In the event of another unfnvor aide answer from Germany, ihn sev? erance ol diplomatic relatloni by the United states is regarded by man) as the natural step. Ileyond thai officials ami dtlpomats have Indulged in llttje speculation so far. HI \ IV \i. IT ri\i WOOD, Raw, J, \v. tin) win Regln Mcctlna Sunday. June l'M\i. Pluswood, June I A series of re rival services will hegin lu re in the Baptist church nn Hunday, June irih. Rev. W, Guy, the pastor, baa not yet announced who Would help in (In i n lee, H#* R, K. .\!el,<ndon \\j|| hold nn< reeks' services ben in July, possibly 111th lo 1Mb. VALUE OF BAGGAGE MIST BEI HTATED. Amendment iq Interstate Commerce Law, In Efft t Wednesday, Makes Change Botll Carriers and Owners. Under an amendment of the inter state commerce law which become* ef? fective June 2, 1915, carriers are lia hie for the full actual loss or damage to Itaggnge or other property shipped over their lines due to carelessness or negligence, and shipper must ?peclfl Cally slate In writing the value of the baggage or Oth^r property, and j the carriers shall not in any case be I liable beyond the amount so specifi cally stated. This will mean that every pi< ce t?f baggage that is check? ed for an interstate journey will have to be declared by the owner for the value contained, and no baggage will be accepted until it is so declared. This is a new act and it is r.ot one that meets with thorough approv? al of cveryon. The trials of the baggage man are great and many, and this seems to he an added impo- j sition on him. The traveling public also do not seem to be pleaserd with the thought of having to declare the value of each piece of baggage check? ed, and being liable to arrest for* mis? demeanor which the OVOri or under? estimation of baggage value is ad? justed. Railroad men are now being sup? plied with the orders by which this new act will be operated. The orders are full and nre very accurate in their demands. Whenever a passenger declares his property to be In excess of $25, like? wise whenever a passenger declares his baggage to be In excess of $100, the agent will require him to sign declaration on the regular form of excess baggage check, which declara? tion is to be forwarded to the auditor of passenger accounts in the usual manner. In the case of baggage or other property being left behind by ship? per, any agent asking that same be forwarded must certify in his letter or telegram that he has obtained declaration of value and has collect? ed any charges due thereon for ex? cess value. It must be borne in mind consist ly that if for any reason the declara? tion of value cannot be obtained, the baggage or other property must not be forwarded. A journey within the limits of the state will not necessarily call for declaration of this baggage, but al\ Interstate journeys will demand that such baggage as is carried shall be declared before it is moved by the carrier. The rule works both ways. To mis? represent the value of one's baggage is a misdemeanor whether it is over (estimated or under estimated. NF.W PRESIDENT or PORTU? GAL . Tlieophlle Braga Faceted by National Assembly. Lisbon, May 80,?Thcophile Brag*, j who was Provisional President of Portugal following the revolution which resulted in the abdication of Kitig Emmanuel, was today elected President of the Republic by the Na? tional Assembly to succeed Manuel de Arrlaga, who resigned, Braga was elected by a vote of to 1. TALK ON EXTRA SESSION. Kern and Wilson Discuss Plans for the l all. Washington. June 1.?Senator Kern the Democratic floor leader, today dis? cussed an extra session (?f congress in October With President Wilson. The president said afterward that the pro? posal was under consideration but he bad come to no conclusion. Kxcrelric and Health. In "JSxerctsc and Health," an edu? cational leaflet from the United States Public Health Service, a note of warn? ing Is sounded. Tlie death rate after the age of forty is increasing in spite of m< re sanitary modes of living and greater protection against communi? cable disease. The expectation of lite alter forty is less than it was thirty yeam IgO. This is due largely to in crcuaed prevalence of the diseases of degem tlon. The muscles. arteries and ? her organs of those who as a result of sedentary occupation or In? dolence take too little exercise de? generate. Heart disease, kidney dis? ease and uther ills follow. Take exercise. Take daily exercise. Have a hobby that gets you out of doors. Walk to your business, to your dressmaker's, \\aii< for the sake of walking. Join ;r walking club and keep your Weekly score of miles. Keep chickens, make p. garden, wheel the baby or play golf or any Other game, hut take two hours exerc ise ev ? ery day. Hyinna: dim Work is good for those who like it and ran afford It, but avoid heavy athletics. DonM lr> to be a "strong man," the cham? pion athlete often dies young, Me a moderate, |iersl*tent, dally exponent of exercise. Von may no! burn the family carriage, as Benjamin Frank? lin suggested, but ill least, is he ud \ lsvd| walk, w ulk vv ulk. COTTON WAREHOUSE CAMPAIGN. State Warehouse Commissioner Me I-a m in Prepares Hill for Georgia and Alabama. Columbia, June ::.?The Georgia and Alabama legislatures meet In July, and by request state Warehouse Com? missioner John L, McLaurin has pre? pared State warehouse hills tor Intro? duction. Senator J. O. ,Adams, of Georgia, will lead the light, and Mr. McLaurin has agreed to go before the committee to whom the blfl is re? ferred. Accompanying these bills is one to regulate the grading of cot- | ton, which was drafted to introduce in the South Carolina legislature last w inter. Congressman William H. Murray, of Oklahoma, has also requested copies of these bills, and they will be pre? sented to the legislature of that State w hen it next assembfes. There can he no doubt that there is a systematic and determined effort on loot all over the South to conserve the waste from the farm to the mill. Mr. McLaurin said that "we have a law of weights and measures, w hich is applied to every product except cot? ton. .A man is severely punished who shortens the yardstick or lessens the bushel or pound. Why not cotton? The United States has established grades for cotton, but to be effective in law, there must be State legisla? tion formally adopting the standard and fixing a penalty for the violation thereof. We have legal weighers; why not legal graders." The bill to regulate the grading of cotton is as follows: An Act to Regulate the (.lading of * Cotton. Be it enacted by the General As? sembly of the State of South Caro? lina: Section 1. That from and alter the passage of this Act. baled cotton offer ed for sale in South Carolina shall be graded and classified according to the standard grades fixed by the United States agricultural department. Section 2. That any person grading baled cotton offered for sale shall ob? tain'a license from the State Ware? house Commissioner, who shall issue a commission to such person to grade cotton in the State of South Carolina, only' after an examination, which shall satisfy him of the competency of the applicant to properly classify and grade cotton according to the United States standard grades. Section 3. Any person grading baled' cotton offered for sale, without a license as herein setforth, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than one hun? dred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty du? i for each bale of cotton graded by him without a license as herein set forth. Section 4. Whenever satisfactory proof is made to the State Warehouse Commissioner that any person to whom a license has been granted un? der this Act does not grade cotton properly according to the United States standard grades, it shall be the duty of the State Warehouse Com? missioner to revoke the license of such person. Section 6. Any person who shall wilfully misgrudc a bale of cotton of? fered for sale in South Carolina shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, each bale constituting a separate and distinct offense, punishable by a line of not mure than $loo or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. A variation of twenty-five points from the United States standard grade shall constitute prima facie evidence of wilful intent on the part Of the person grading the cotton offered for sale. Section <!. A fee of five dollars for ea?h license issued by the state Warehouse Commissioner shall be col I looted for sattie. j Section 7. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. CONSTABLES HAVE POWER. Magistrate Luns Passes on Point Re? cently Raised, Charleston. June 1.?The question which arose last week wether State Constables under Sheriff Martin had a right to act In violations of the State's laws, other than the dispensary stat? utes, was settled yesterday. When tin case <>f J, C. Smith, charged with con? ducting a gambling house, was re? opened, Magistrate Iain/, ruled that the state constables had authority to act just as anv other ofllccr of the peace In the state's omploy, and that they could make arrests for any In? fractions of the law they see tit. Smith was held for the court of gen oral sessions and in default of bail in the sum <?f $1,000, was taken to jail from the magistrate's court. It Is charged thai while raiding a blind tig < r ob the premises of No. 1"?'.' King street, yesterday a week ago, n "skin" game was found in progress and thai cards were seen In connection with the raid. Two alleged players who were arrested were acquitted when in' il in the civil and criminal court. It is charged thai Smith mnduclcd a barber shop, In from of the establish? ment, i blind liger next, and u gam-, bliug room in the rear. CANADA'S FIGHTER'S. 53,000 in Europe?Only loo of Prin? cess Pot's Forces Are Left. Canada now lias ."?.">,000 men on the other side of the ocean. Thirty thou Band are in France and Flanders, and 23,000 at Shorncliffe, England, awalt Ing the order to proceed to Hie front A third division is fully mobilized and ready to he (halted to the front as re? inforcements, a fourth and fifth al- 1 ready in the early stages of formation. Altogether the Dominion has 107,000 men under arms. Losses at the front have been ex? tremely heavy. At the battle of Lunge marck alone 6,300 men fell, which was over one-third of the men in action, i and since then the casualties have i been severe, the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry being practi- , cally, put out of action in the recent lighting around Ypres. Not more than j one hundred men of the original bat? talion remain, many of the officers , have been killed and most of those to escape death have been wounded or captured. While all the casualties have not yet been received, it is estimated by militia officers here that Canada's ] losses thus far in killed, wounded and j missing total well over 0,000 men. The names of more than HO citizens of the United States figure In the death roll. The gallentry of the Canadian's at Langemarck, testified to by Lord Kitchener and Sir John French, re? ports of German atrocities upon Can? adian wounded, and the sinking of the Lusitania have given a remarkable stimulus to recruiting and brought forth a clamor in the press for still more and larger contingents. This de? mand is met in a statement from Gen eral Hughes to the affect that the gov? ernment is preparing to send a steady i stream of men across the Atlantic, 59 contingents if necessary. More shells are being turned out in Canada at the present time than In Great Britian. Since the shell com j mittee operating in Canada for the I British war office, commenced to place j orders among Canadian maunfacturcrs j the contracts let have amounted to over $154,000,000. Four months ago the committee commenced shipping the shells. The average shipment a day then was 500 shells. At the pres? ent time the average daily shipment is 10,000 and this will be increased to 40,000 before July 1. Every available machine shop, railroad shop and foun? dry in the country is working to ca? pacity, and thus far close upon 1,000, 000 shells have been sent to France from Canada. All steel, lead and oth? er products, with the exception of copper, which is purchased in the United States, arc secured in Canada. In the manufacture of other muni? tions, Canada is also doing a tremend? ous work. The Ross rifle factories arc now turning out an average of 1,500 rifles a week or 6,000 a month, having reached this maximum by very greatly extending their plant. Big contracts have been undertaken for the Russian and British governments. The Canadian Pacific railway, through its splendid purchasing sys? tem, has been buying hay and other provisions for the allied governments in Canada and the United States, and the Hudson's Bay company has been doing considerable purchasing In the west. Manufacturers of saddlery, am y cloth, bedding, blankets and the like have more orders than they can possibly fill before the beginning of next year.?Ottawa Dispatch. BUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Dally by Ernest Field, Cotton Buyer. Good Middling 8 ;b-4. Sjriet Middling 8 5-8. Middling 8 1-2. Strict Low Middling 8. Low Middling 7 1-2. Staple Cotton, Nominal. New York Cotton Market. Opened. Close. January.10.06 0.24 July.9.49 9.57 October..9.78 9.92 December.10.0:i 9.18 Chicago Produce Exchange. Chicago, June 3,?July wheat. $1.17; corn, 7 1; oats, 17: pork, 18.02; lard. 9.75; ribs. 10.56. All Sunder is interested in the Chil? dren's Play Ground, which has proved so popular from tin' day of its open? ing. The Civic League has been for? tunate In getting Mr. White of the v. M. C. A. to consent to supervise games there for two houis a week during the summer, but feels that be? sides this, a paid supervisor Is needed who will be on the grounds daily. To raise money for this purpose and, it possible, to add to the apparatus, a lit? tle entertainment will be given at the Tabernacle on Wednesday, .June 9th, This will he of the nature of a .iuve? nile cantntn with lee cream for sale. Itehcarsuls for I he little play are tak? ing place daily and the young folks are most enthusiastic and are deter? mined to make the Od iston a success, urtislic us well us financial. WISH TO KAI si: funds. Sterinen Want to Take Patrol and Drum Corps to Seattle* Meet lint of lint* rial Shrine. Columbia, May SI.?If plans of Omar temple now forming and the ef? forts of the potentate and nobles of the Shrine succeed, South Carolina will claim'a large place in the sun at the meeting of the Imperial Shrine in Seattle, Wash., in July. It had been expected that the temple would be able to hear the expense of the band and patrol to the Washington me? tropolis, but at the ceremonial session it was found that the state of the treasury would not permit. The men of the two organizations were not dis? mayed and at once set about seeking other ways of bringing the mountain to Hohamet when Mohamet could not go to the mountain. A meeting was held in Charleston, at which Potentate R. A. Cooper and Recorder Henry A. Strohecker met Capt. Pierre Mazyck of the band. Capt. G. J. McDowell of the patrol, Lieut. Frank Ehrlich, Lieut. Parrott, Lieut. Freyschmidt and Noble Boineau, chief musician of the band. It was decided at this meeting to request the potentate to issue a call on members of Omar temple for a contribution of $10 each to defray the expenses of the two organizations to Seattle and return. The individual 1 members of the organizations will raise $2,000. The expense of the trip will be about $8,000, leaving about $0.000 to be raised by the mem. j bers of the temple. With the poten? tate as chairman, a committee ha3 . been appointed to look after the 1 matter. This committee is composed J of Pierre Mazyck, G. J. McDowell, Frank Ehrlich, Junius Parrott, Charles E. Boineau and W. F. Gray. The potentate has addressed a let? ter to every Shriner in South Carolina j urging him to come to the support of the band and patrol. Fr?nk E. Ehrlich of Columbia has ! been named as treasurer of the fund land remittances will be made to him. j The funds must be in the hands of ! Mr. Ehrlich not later than June 10 'and the Shriners of fie State will ! have to work with a will to raise the j necessary amount. j Mr. Ehrlich has communicated with I prominent members of the temple in various cities of lue State urging I their cooperation and it is believed jthat the amount will be readily sub i scribed. The members of the patrol reside j at Charleston and Sumter, while the band and drum corps members live j at Columbia. The progress of the or 1 ganizations in the two years of their existence has been remarkable and j their performances have featured all ceremonial sessions since their or ', ganization. It is believed that the South Caro \ lina representatives will take high ! rank with the several hundred bands and patrols to attend the meeting ol the Imperial Shrine at Seattle. VosT 130 MERCHANTMEN. Fifty-six Sunk by Cruisers, Twelve by Mines and sixty-two by Submarines ?118 Fishing Vessels Lost. London, May 31.?An admiralty j statement, giving the number of Brit I ish merchant and lishing vessels sunk I or captured since the beginning of the war, shows that 50 merchant ships have been sent to the bottom by cruisers of the enemy, 12 by mines and 02 by submarines, a total of 130. Eighty-three fishing craft have been lost, and of those 24 were sunk by mines. Since German submarines be? gan their attack on merchant ship? ping, January 27, the merchant ves? sels sunk by them number 59 and the lishing craft 31. looking at the losses from the standpoint of tonnage it is seen, that since the war began Great Britain has lost 4 58,006 tons in merchant shipping and 13.5S5 tons in fishing craft. PROBABLY LARGEST CHECK. Paper for g05.000.000 on Deposit In New York Hani: New York, June 2?A check for $65,000,000, regarded by New York bankers as largest ever drawn in this country, was on deposit to the credit of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com i pany In a local bank today. It was drawn by Kuhn, Leob & Co., yester? day In payment for several mortgage 1 1-2 per cent bonds issued by the railroad company and sold on public subscription after being underwritten by a syndicate formed by the bankers. It was deposited by officials of the Pennsylvania in the bank on which it was drawn. Once upon a time there was I booze fighter who did not claim that he used it only for medicinal purposes. He died 4,000 years ago. -Columbia State. ' Somebody has fixed ntf B map with the warring nations ilk in black and the rest in white. It Srrtainly makes a dark picture of Mijr world nt this present lime? Nev 'iftrrj Observer.