Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?HB HB? it ' ? ? ' . 1 eOKGRBflntAN AND OTHER IN? DICTED PEACE ADVOCATES ]g OFFER FIGHT. Wamst* Ctiarttns; Men With Fo Strlken am Sent to Wash off Eight Accused Orte ?eatf, while Others Refuse to to New York, Dec. St.?Wsrsnts for the-arrest of Congressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois, H. Robt. Fowler, fagssor congressman from I lino is; H. B. Martin and Herman Schulteis, four of the eight men indicted for con? spiracy to foment strikes in ammuni? tion factories, were esnt to Washing? ton tonight. Three of the remaining defendants, Frank 8. Monnett, former attorney frafiial of Ohio; Jacob C. Taylor. Matdent of Labor's National Peace Council, -end David Lamar, appeared Voluntarily today in federal district court and were released In $5,000 bail each* The eighth man indicted is Prams * sftjn) Rlntelen, the German vigent, who Is said to have financed the alleged conspiracy. He is a pris? oner of war In England. Sefch of the four men f>?r whom warrants were issued has announced Intention of resisting arrestr Buchanan hen asserted that he is protected by his prerogative as congressman, puty this Is dsn lei by tJnlted Stales Attor? ney Marshall. The warrants will be served In Washington tomorrow. After; his arraignment M. Monnett Issued a statement from the office of his eonheel in which he denied ever ha vine) acceited or having been of* fered. any. Oer man .money. He said ho never kniw either Lamar or von Rtntsasn and that, as far as he knew, neither had any connection with 'the pence council. Monoc. denounced the shipment of munitions to the allies as criminal and illegal. He declared .Pr?sident Wilson was being deceived and. that he was anxious to do every? thing In his power to undeceive him. Taylor also made a statement deny? ing categorically the charges brought sgainst him and also claiming that both Lamar and von Rlntelen ware strangers to him. Lamar refused to make any comment. The Investigation into the activities of German agents in this country will he resumed by a federal grand Jury . on January I, r QucenroN of rights. Washington Dee. Is.?Representa? tive B\ cUlm of i^Tiirtty UTTEtMAHIST CONSCRIPTION THE LABOR PARTY MAY RKBEL AGAINST GOVERNMENT IF FLAN IS ADOPTED. Reported Action of Ministry is tlio Cause of Heated Attack , and De? fense by Pres? London, Dec. 30.?The Dally News predicts revolution In Great Britain if the government adopts conscription. The Asquith ministry's reported de? cision to adopt a modified conscrip? tion is being both attacked and de? fended by the press. The cabinet council tomorrow considers the Irish National and labor parties' opposition to the measure. It Is predicted that organised labor will line up solidly against the government, if conscrip? tions are adopted. Workmen are busily employed clearing up the debris from the Wil? son lot on the corner of Main street and Hampton avenue, getting it in shape for use as the Curb Market. This lot 1p very convenient for this purpose and will make even a better place for the Curb Market than the street by the Court House which was used last year. The trash from the lot Is being buried in order to raise the lot at the same time that the trash is removed. from arrest, Is under investigation by the department of Justice. A decision of the supreme court in 1908, written by Justice White, now dhief justice, is regarded as sufficient authority for the official contention that congres men are entitled to no immunity in criminal proceedings. In that case Representative Wil? liamson of Oregon was fined and sen? tenced on October 10, 1905, to ten months' imprisonment upon convic? tion of conspiracy to suborn perjury. Hia term did not expire till March 4, 1907, and he protested that he would be deprived of the righf to attend and return from the ensuing session of congress. Justice White decided agalr*t him, holding that the words, "treason, fel? ony and breach of the peace" used in the constitution to designate excep? tions to immunity, should be construed in the same sense as those words were commonly understood In Engl?nd as applied to the parliamentary privi? leges, and "excluding from the privi? lege all arrests and proiieoutlons for criminal offenses and cc nflning . the prlvilepf? to nrrr*?*? H Hv'1. c*?ep" mm DEFENSE PLANS, PREPARES TO. PRESENT CON , VINCING DATA. Secretary of War Will Furnish Argu? ments for Supplies of >ien und Munitions. Washington, Dec. 29.?Secretary Garrison, at his home in New Jersey is giving over the entire holiday week to preparation for the task of present? ing to the congressional military com? mittees the army's part of the ad? ministration national defense pro? gramme. When congress reconvenes Tuesday he will be ready to submit facts, figures and argument in sup? port of the plans. When Mr. Garrison left Washing? ton he took with him copies of every departmental report and official docu? ments bearing on the prepuredness problem. He believes, it was asserted tonight by an official who has had much to do with Ahe framing of the plan, that a correct statement of the problem can lead only to the general conclusion embodied in the continen? tal army scheme. From this official, who will be among those authorized to present to the committees an am? plification of the administration's views, was obtained the following outline of what the secretary expects to tell congress the proposed pro? gramme will do: 1. Write a definite military policy founded on the unanimous conclu? sions of military experts of the na? tion, past and present, and which, therefore, is sound in theory and cor? rect in application. 2. Enroll within three years and give some preliminary training at least to 500,000 mobile troops. 3. Provide within six years for an additional force of 500,000 reserves, 4. Furnish the most attractive form of voluntary military service it is possible to devise, thereby serving a final and conclusive test of the r pos? sibility of organizing in peace times an adequate volunteer system. 5. Fur iish a system to which uni? versal military service could be ap? plied quickly and without extensive reorganization. 6. Furnish a regular mobile army sufficient to cooperate in the* train? ing of the continentals and also to carry on the necessary peace activi? ties. > 7. Furnish through cadet companies attached to regular regiments I ad^ equate and certain schools for regular continental and reserve officers.'. ! fi. ^urttWh, beirinrlnft' at nnc* - j system under which an adequate en? listed service for the regular army [would be built up and maintained. 9. Begin at once, to be concluded in four years, the expenditure of $81, OOf 00 on extension and improvement of coast defenses, making them far superior to those which any other na? tion has ever contemplated. 10. Furnish an adequately trained force to man all coast defenses, now lacking nearly 50 per cent, of the necessary personnel. 11. Bulla up within four year.1? a re? serve supply of material to cost t!04, 000,000 estimated upon the consump? tion of ammunition shown hy the best available reports from the European war. 12. Inaugurate a system under which commercial munition plants can be fostered by the government in peace times, insuring an adequate and continuous supply of guns and shell's in time of war. The vital thing, it is contended, is to obtain the names of 400,000 men wAo are obligated ^to come to the colors at call, to supply them with necessary arms, equipment, organiza? tion and mobilization instructions and to give them rudimentary military training at least, probably a month a year for each of three years being all that could be hoped for. If this were accomplished, experts say, and if of? ficers and non-commisioned officers for the force were found and assigned, a great stride would have been taken, a short cut to^ the formation of a volunteer army in time of need which would save months of delay if it ac? complished nothing more. "While universal servioe is admittedly the ultimate goal of the administra? tion plan, it was said that a resurvey of the military situation of the nation made, only a few months ago and going into questions of munitions manufacturing facilities and all kin? dred subjects, disclosed such a hope? less state of unpreparedness that the administration embarked at once upon its campaign to build up the national defense. In the single item of field artillery it was four\d that it would take more than three years to produce the guns which could guarantee safety from in? vasion. Lessons from European bat? tlefields have served to treble or even quadruple estimates as io necessary reserVe material and to increase two fold the proportion of light and heavy guns in any field army. I War orders have increased the avail? able commercial activities for manu? facture of war1 munitions.' Since all' these plants are building guns and nn* *r."!nl*!on tr. *orc1r^ rneajraremerftg, IUI TRADE INVESTIGATION. IIOKE SMITH WOULD INQUIRE IN? TO ACTIVITIES OF BRITISH SHIPS. Opponents of Smith Plan Will Call for Probe Into German and Aus? trian Activities, Too, if Bill is Pass? ed. Washington, Dec. 30.?Democratic members of the senate foreign rela? tions committee began collecting evi dance into British interference with American traue. This evidence will form the groundwork of a complete investigation, if Senator Hoke Smith's resolution authorizing such an inquiry is finally approved. It is certain that if the resolution is passed influential senators opposing such action will try to force widening the scope of the in? quiry to include German and Aus? trian activities. In The Police Court. The following cases have been dis? posed of in the Recorders Court: Sam Nelson, Geo. Choice, Marcus Bossard, Lucius Bossard, Fred Mc? Lean, Jesse Carter, George Gantt, gambling, $25 or 30 days except Mar* cus Bossard and Jesse Carter, who forfeited bond of $20 each, and Geo. Gantt who forfeited bond of $15. Henry Black, exceeding speed lim? it and running car with muffler open, $25 or 30 days on first charge and $5 or 10 days on second charge. Eliza Gary and Hannah Keels, in? terfering with an officer, $30 or 30 I days each. I T. H. Bell, violation of Sunday or? dinance by selling on. Sunday, $10 bon< forfeited. Fred Williams, violation of hack or? dinance, $2.50 or 5 days. Maggie Council, disorderly conduct, bond of $6 forfaited. Mattie Jefferson, malicious mis? chief, bond of $2.50 forfeited. Lambert Ford, petty larceny, $10 or. 20 days. The Federation of Bible Classes of the various churches of the city will meet on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Trinity Methodist church. Judge T. B. Fraser of the Men's Bible Class of the Presbyterian church will make the address. All members of the Men's Bible classes In the clty and all other men interested are cordially invited to attend the meeting. however, virtually I every machine would have to be reequipped to han? dle ,*f*f",i',ori on'^r^f THE BIG PARMKRe? RALLY. ? Large Attendance Desired on Monday to Hear Dr. Long?The Santee Crossing. Considerable interest has been manifested in the big get together and get ready for the cotton boll weevil meeting to be held at Sumter next Monday, January 0, 1916, at 12:30 o'clock p. m., at County Court House. State Agent and Director of Exten? sion, W. W. Long, of Clemson College, will be the chief speaker of the occa? sion, and with him will be two Unit? ed States Department of Agriculture experts on dairying, how to organize cream routes, how to feed milk cows for profit, how to select dairy cattle, how to organize a creamery, and there will be talks on how to raise hogs, beef cattle, how to market, etc. It Is planned that this meeting will last not over two hours. The visitors will be given one hour, and then the meeting will be thrown open for five minute discussions by those from at home. County Supervisor W. R. Davis, of Clarendon county, has written Secre? tary Reardon that he has 1 requested Chairman Reid Whltford, of the Charleston Sanitary and Drainage Commission, the father of the propos? ed State Highway Commission and Highway System, to name a date for the joint meeting of the legislative del? egations, coun;y commissioners, and representatives of the Chambers of Commerce of the cities and counties of Sumter, Clarendon, Charleston, Manning, and Orangeburg, at St. Paul, Clarendon County, between January 5th, and the meeting of the general assembly of South Carolina. The object of this joint meeting is to inspect the proposed crossing of Santee river swamp and the river proper near St. Paul. Commissioner of Agriculture E. J. Watson has also written the Sumter secretary that he will attend the meet? ing at St. PauJ, and that he is very much gratified to learn that there is a probabiliy of the Santee being made crossable for vehicle? from the Pee Dee section of South Carolina. As soon as Mr. Whitford sets a date the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and Supervisor Davis will get busy advertising the meeting and rounding up the legations. Judge R. O. Puru/ is very much in? terested also and guarantees thai he will help to put this proposition through, and everybody who fcftews Judge Purdy also knows that he gen? erally gets what he goes after In true true and tvnical Irish style. A > i I * at ? SALE OF SUITS, OVERCOATS AND PANTS FOR MEN, BOYS AND CHILDREN SALE STARTS MONDAY, JANUARY 3rd The Sooner You Call, the Better You'll Fare 2*e D. J. Chandler Clothing Co., NO. 14 NORTH MAIN ST. PHONE 166 SUMTER, S. C. __?