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KIMS KRISE. AJau*aUCANS mrmcm DO NOT WANT PEACE OJP lUCtPECT BAYS Awmm*e* WbJct. Hm om Hm Trip Thai The gftoald ln Prcpercd for Dae Motnee, Pvt. 1.?President Wtktee, la addressing tts largest eaaisarrt of ale present trip In which he m advocating preperednees, here %r %*t aeked this question: Do you w ?ga the sit nation to be such that ell thsx. aresident can do la to write mea mumm and attar words of protest?** .??Way. to ash that question Is to *7* be eeid. Far International law Is vto by one or the other .heiliger the president said* "America apea to register a 'voice of ?ft yse busnlns of International gaj4 whlea are la dally danger of oc ewarlasv saenlfl touch the very honor er Hat Halted States, da you wish to So nothing about It? Do you wish to Taeae all tree wet Id say that the nag at the United Hates can be stained ?J know there la act a man or wo aa within the hearing of my voice would wish peace at the ex of the honor of the United president's address wss puno wlth thunderous applause. He gravely but with emphatic ges tsjage to enforce his words. But both %%%) iiiauailnn that the United Statea wemte peaee and his assertion that tfaa salf rceneet for the nation must aa jlsasivil brought ?nick responses. Ma fffsaHial dsalared he was try teg te weigh oarefully every word ae> said. Ha reiterated that he had been dairy charged to hasp tue coun? try out of war and alas to uphold its I fAad many a might whan it has saaaned Impossible for me to ejsep," be said, ??because off thu apparently gsga?lsable difficulties into which our laaaraatlenal relations ?rare drifting. 1 save said te myself, '1 wonder If the) people of the Unite! States fully knew what that mandi.ts means to asa.' And then, sleep baa opme; be aabas I knew tlatt thews was not a eeeaenenlty ha Anterloa that woaid not ssaad behlad me la maiKmidlnt the as>a? of the United Steles. ? S' *>Tbe atflealty of keeping America at fans so darlag this titanic struggle acmes the sea can not be disclosed Cl perhaps it aarej ean be die ?d. How anxious ind how dlf Ser** this task has been! But my heart has been In It I. aavn not grudged a single burden that has boon placed spoil me with that end In slew." There are actually mm In America who are arsashing war, the president rasa who wait the United te bare ?mtang tng alliances He said he did not think they the voice of America, which he SSHsHi to be for peec?. ? Ve added that others go further fhga he In advocating peace. "They asaaah the doctrine of peace at any artee," he added, while man in the aadtence called "Never! ' "Never!" Ho amid theee men did not know the cir? cumstances of the world. "America can net be an ostrich with Its head la the sand." he said. The president declared he hoped If this war had no other result It would creats an International tribunal to set? tle questions which cause war. His declaration that he hud found the people of the Middle Weet for pro pare daces drew long applause. "Some one who does not know our fellow cttlsens as well as he ought to knew them, told me there was a car? tage degree of Indifference and taaaargy In the Middle West with re? gard to the defense of the nation, he declared. "I said I did not believe It but was going out to see. I have seen what I expected to see?great bodies of serious men end women com? ing together to show their Interest In the object of my visit." The president closed with a tribute to the American flag. "As I look at that flag." ho said, seem to see many characters upon It which are not visible to the physical eye. There seems to move ghostly visions of devoted mtn who. looking to that flag, thought only of liberty, of the rights of mankind, of the mis ?ton of America to show the wsy to tMb world for ths realization of those lights. And every irravs of every bravo man in the country would seem la have upon it the oclore of the flag, at he wore a true American?would aosm to have on It that stain of rod I WBIch moans ths true puloo of blood; that patch of pure white, which Satans ths peace of thj soul. And then I .Ibers seems to rise over the graves I Sf( those men snd to huhow their I Stint ort es tbat blus specs of ths sky In which swim those stars which exemplify for us glorious galaxy of IhS Statea of the Union, which stand I gefsther to vindicate ths rights of mankind.** Sight thousand persons swarmed FREEDOM FOB PHILIPPINES. SENATE ADOPTS DEFINITE POL? ICY ON GLOBE VOTE. Vice President Cants Telling Ballot Which Declare* for Independence In Four Yearn Washington, Fab. 2.?A definite policy contemplating Philippine inde? pendence within four years was ap? proved by tha senate, Vice Pres? ident Marshall casting the deciding vota in favor of the Clarke amendment to tha Philippine bill directing the president to withdraw American sov? ereignty within a four year period. The vote was f 1 to 41. Final senate action on the measure, which has not yet passed the house, was deferred j until tomorrow. Administration senators in support? ing the Clarke amendment said that such action wau necessary to square with the declaration In the Democratic platform. It was said the president did not oppose the amendment. Chairman Hitchcock opposed the amendment and wee supported by 11 other Democrats. Five Republicans? Borah, Clapp, Kenyon, La Follette and Works?voted for the amend? ment. By the terms of the amendment as perfected, provision Is made for ex? tension of tire* for granting independ? ence if the president should deem it advisable until congress shall have an Iopportunity to consider the subject further. OVPOSES BRANDE? NOMINATION Iowa Railroad Coinmlssloner Thorn*: Will Lead Fight. Washington. Feb. 3.?The subcom? mittee of the judiciary committee, took up behind closed doors today, the nomination of Louis D. Brendels to the Supreme Court Clifford Thome, Iowa railroad commissioner, is ready to lead the fight against him. REVENUE OFFICERS RAID STILL? Twenty-seven nilcft Whiskey Manu? factories Visited In January. Greenville, Feb. 1.?R. Q. Merrick, Internal revenue officer with head? quarters In Greenville, has with his assistants raided. 87 illicit distilleries during the mouth of January. Prop? erty of the stills was destroyed in each instance, the total value of this prop? erty amounting to a considerable fig? ure. In addition to breaking; up the outfits, thousands of gallons of beer or liquor in ? r. > ' u d were poured out by the e; though the num? ber of stills locateu was large, the number of men arrested waa small, not more than five having been caught. Since the' revenue officers have become more and more active, the moonshiners are more wavy Their lookouts are keener, and It is seldom that the officers are able to catch the men at work. They fre? quently find stills which are operating, or have lately been operating. Bui the men engaged in the llquor-maklng business, having been apprised of the approach of danger, are usually safs in the thickly wooded hills before the officers reach the scene. In the raids during January Mr. Merrick was as? sisted by special officers, J. N. King and U 8. Causey. Five of the stl?.ls found were In Oconee county, 11 in Pockens county and 11 In Greenville. U-BOAT REACHES KEY WEST. K-5, Misstate for Day or So, Arrives Safely at Florida Port. Key West., Fla., Feb. L?The sub? marine K-5 arrived here at 0:30 o'clock toni?ht. All Is well. K-6 Remains at Charleston. Charleston, S. C, Feb. 1.?The mon? itor Tallahassee, with the subma? rines K-l and K-2 which, with the K-6 put in here yesterday after missing the K-6 off Cape Romain Sunday morning, sailed today for Key West. The K-6 remained at the Charleston navy yard where her ma? chinery will be overhauled, according to information given out at the ofllco of Com mar da nt Bryan. MISSISSIPPI FLOODS INCREASE. Eight Llveti Lost and Thousands Sur fr? from Exposure. Memphis. Feb. 2.?Eight lives have been los: and property damage amounting to ten million dollars have been done by tho floods in Arkansas Mississippi and Kentucky. Thousands of homeleat peoplo uve suffering from exposure. into the Coliseum, taking every avail? able foot of space when tho doors were opened at 6:30. At 7 o'clock an hour before the president was to speak, the doors to the big hall were locked. Ten thousand or more, the police? men estimated, wore turned awny. Every man, woman and child In the Coliseum tad an American flag. As the president entered they che<rod lustily. NOT INFLUENCED Bt CM. WILSON DENIES CHARGE RI% GARDING PREPAREDNESS. Undertaken by Him Not for R?nciit or Munition Makers but for P?otop? tion of People. Davenport, Iowa, Feb. 1.?Presi? dent Wilson was greeted by 16,000 people when he made the first of fojr 'ive-mlnute talks on his day's pro? gramme here this afternoon. A great cheer went up when he appeared on the platform. "It encourages me very much to have you come in such number:*," he iiaid. A call went up for Mrs. Wilson. "She has not as much cheel; as; I nave," he said. He was Informed of the arrival of the British steamer Appam at New? port News under the German flag and commanded by a prize crew. The piesident made no comment. In his address here he said: "I want you to know that I feel the very great seriousness of tie er I'rand upon which I have come. I know that there is a great c eal of misunderstanding about the results; : of the policies which I am propos-' I ing in the matter of national d efense, chleflly along one line. It seems to be supposed that a small bady of men who have a chance to make money out of the manufacture of munitions have something to do with the policy of- the government of the United States. "I have yet to discover any such in? fluence, gentlemen, and I am propos? ing to the congress, as I believe you know, that the government itself should take such steps to control the manufacture of armament for our ships and munitions for or mun who go into the field; absolutely to control the price of these things and pre? vent any undue profit to anybody. Because It is out of the question that I a great national policy should either I be guided or constrained or co ntrolled by any one interest or one class of persona So that there need not be the least apprehension, I take It, tha\ any such thing will happen. / "I have come out to tell you from I my own knowledge that circum? stances over which we have no con? trol may at some time, whether we will or not, draw us into difficulties which will make it absolutely neces? sary that we should be adequately prepared for national defense. I need net tell you, my fellow citizens, that I love peace profoundly and that < I will do everything within my power to preserve it. I know that v.he love of peace is the predominant passion of the American people, but in the world as it is now disturbed, we do not control the movement of affairs. There may arise at any time a conr dltlon of things when I will have more adequately to protect the honor and majesty and character of the United States, and when that time comes I know that you will be ready to stand by the government, but I must be ready, and everybody con? nected with the government, to sup? ply you with the adequate means of standing by it if It should unhappily become necessary for you to do it." NO SIGN OF LETHARGY. Wilson Encouraged by Attitude of People. Iowa City, Iowa, Feb. 1.?Three thousand , people crowded about the railroad station here this afternoon to hear President Wilson mako a five minute address from the rear plat jform of his train cn route to Des Moines. The crowd was disappointed because Mrs. Wilson failed to appear. The president had just begun to talk on preparedness when the train pulled out. Most of the 2,000 students of the Iowa State university were at the sta? tion to welcome and to hear him. It was so cold when the president spoke here he stamped around the rear platform of the car to keep warm as he spoke. "It is really difficult in these clr sumstances to speak upon the serious subject upon which I have come out from Washington," the president said. "They told me before I left Washing? ton that there was some kind of lethargy and Indifference in this part of the country to preparation for na? tional defense, but I have seen evi? dence, that there is nothing of the kind. I can see by your numbers and by your whole manner that you arc as deeply interested in this great subject as 1 am. I have come out here with the utmost confidence to appeal to you to realize that the nation stands in a very critical danger of be? ing Involved, in spite of its desire to keep out, in this great European struggle and I have come in the con? fidence that you will sustain the gov? ernment which you have created in prcparlm? itself for the adequate de? fense of all the things that wo hold denr in this country." Mr. Marlon Jervey, who was called homo a few weeks ago by the death ??f his sister, has returned to his du? ties In Chicago, 111. NATIONAL GUARD'S POSITION. LOOMS UP IN PREPAREDNESS QUESTION. Militiamen Will Have Chance to Pre? sent Claims to Consideration Be? fore Committees. Washington, Jan. 31.?The status of the National Guard In any pre? paredness plan worked out by con? gress was discussed by witnesses to? day before the senate and house mil? itary committee. Brig. Gen. Mills, chief of the mllltla division of the war department, declared a federalized mllltla would be the best foundation on which to build the proposed conti? nental army, and Brig. Gen. Crowder, judge advocato general of the army, examined on legal aspects of federall zation, said It Involved questions on which the courts never had passed. National Guardsmen themselves will be given a hearing tomorrow by both committees, the executive committee of the National Guard association and numerous other State officers having been invited to present their views. Other witnesses today Included Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who told the senate committee the country should have a standing army of 150, 000 In peace times, so organized as to form the skeleton of an army that could be recruited to a total of 394, 000 in war. Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota, a War of Secession vet? eran, appeared before the senate com? mittee In advocacy of a standing army of 200,000. Gen. Mills' examination seemed to indicate that a majority of the com mitt eon en preferred federalization of the mllltla to the continental army scheme. The witness Insisted that the war department had not antipathy to the National Guard as such and glad? ly would begin building on that basis if the legal obstacles In the way could be removed. During Gen. Crowder's examination before the senate committee it was suggested by commltteemen that the president might take every step to? wards federalization within its legal power, fixing training, discipline, or? ganisation and numbers by condition? ing participation in any federal ap? propriation upon the fulfilling of re? quirements set by the war depart? ment. At the same time steps might be taken toward amending the constitu? tion to give the federal government complete power over the militia. Gen. Mills declared enactment of the conti? nental army scheme would not neces? sarily destroy the National Guard. He said several States were opposed to any federal control over the National Guard, citing Colorado, Arizona, Tex? as and Montana as conspicuous exam? ples. His statement brought a .vigor? ous protest from Adjt. Gen. Chase of the Colorado National Guard, who was promised a hearing tomorrow. Gen. Miles' skeleton army proposal contemplated sufficient recruiting in war time to bring up the force to 394,000 without adding any officers or new regiments. There would be 97 regiments of infantry at a peace strength of 1,000 men each, 20 regi? ments of Heid artillery on a peace footing of four guns to a battery, 20 regiments of coast artillery, also on peace footing, and 18 regiments of cavalry. The recruiting would bring each Infantry regiment to 3,000 and each light battery to eight guns. "There is nothing to indicate," sild the general, "that a larger military force will be required in the near fu? ture, if ever." Gen. Miles added that he was vot alarmed by the reported ability of any European belligerent to land a force of 300,000 men and sweep the coast line. Such a force would be in a precarious position on the coast, he said, while it was awaiting ade? quate reinforcement. He disapproved of any proposal for universal mili? tary service, adding "You can't Ger? manize the American people." The witness said that should greater need arise an army of 1,200,000 could be quickly produced by converting regi? ments of the regular establishment into brigades of three regiments each, battalions into regiments, companies Into battalions and platoons Into companies. Senator Nelson, in proposing a standing army of 200,000, said enllst Iment should be for live years, one with the colors and the other four in reserve. That would mean an army of a million trained men in five years, he added. He pointed out that this plan was adopted by Prussia during the Napoleonic era. Investigation by a special joint committee of congress lntd any al? leged connection of army or navy of? ficers, active or retired, with private munition manufacturers was proposed in a resolution introduced In the sen? ate today by Senator Lane. It also proposes Investigation of the Navy league and Labor's National Peace council. A license to marry has been grant? ed to Geo. Hamilton and Emmn ilaynsworth, Claremont . IKCOME M FOB DEFENSE. DISPOSITION IN CONGRESS TO GET REVENUE FROM BIG FORTUNES. May Double Rate of Present Scale? With Much Heavier Tux on the Su colon Income Class. A Washington dispatch to The New York Sun says: Developments today indicated that the Democrats of the house Will repudiate President Wil? son's suggested revenue program and insist that the income tax be relied upon to finance the national defence expenditures. The disclosure that the Democrats of the house are likely to oppose all revenue measures for defence expendi? tures except the Increase of the in? come tax law came as a surprise to the president. i The information resulted from careful canvass of the situation In the I house made by the Democratic lead era. It developed that fully fifty mem? bers have written letters to the house leaders expressing their determination to vote against all new excise taxes or other legislation designed to pay for the army and navy increases, except changes In the Income tax law. It was said authoritatively that fully fifty members in addition to the number who have written formal let? ters to the house leaders entertain the same determination. As a result of this development It was said on high authority today that the ways and means committee is likely to present the house caucus a bill increasing Income tax rates by 150 or 200 per cent. The commit? tee will report such a measure not because of any conviction on the part of the majority that other proper sources of taxation for defence are not available but In recognition of the membership of the house, sentiment among the Democratic The leaders of the committee, in? cluding Majority Leader Kitchin, are convinced that the revenue measure to be framed at this congress must be a measure for which the support of practically every member of the Democratic caucus can be secured. One of the leaders of the commit? tee pointed out that If as many as fourteen members of the caucus are opposed to a revenue measure pre? sented from the ways and means committee the measure may fall of passage in the house because of their defection. It will be the policy of the majority leadership to frame a bill embodying every concession neces? sary to secure the undivided approv? al of the house causus. The measure which the ways and means committee is now inclined to report in answer to the demand of the house Democrats will not pro? vide for lowering the present income tax exemptions. The sentiment which demands that incomes shall bear the expense of the national defence In? creases Is a sentiment for the taxa? tion of wealth. The Democrats from whom this sentiment emanates believe that the men whose incomes are below the present exemption points are already sufficiently taxed by the government. They believe that persons whose in? comes exceed $4,000, and especially the holders of big incomes, should be forced to bear all of the addition? al expenditures for the protection of the country. To this end they advocate not only a flat increase of from 150 to 200 per cent in the present income tax rate scale but Increases on tho surtax on the larger Incomes. The present dis? position of tho ways and means com? mittee is to be guided by this senti? ment. Not only does there seem to be a sentiment among house Democrats for forcing wealth to pay the cost of ad? ditional instrumentalities of defence but thee is a domand for the repeal of the present excises levied by the so-called war tax law. It Is now probable that the present house will repeal this law, which was re-enacted in December. The revenue situation in the house from the first has been regarded as tho weakest element In the adminis? tration's position. The administra? tion's position was believed to bo especially vulnerable because It was to face a division In the ranks In its own party and could not depend up? on Republican support at all In view of the uncertainty that the Repub? licans would Insist upon raising the customs duties as a means of supply? ing the additional revenue. As a house leader put it today, the Republicans are willing to vote for the president's army and navy in? creases and then to vote against his taxation measures. The seriousness of the revenue sit? uation was emphasized today by the disclosures that the income tax senti? ment has not been worked up solely by the opponents of the president on national defence, but that some of the active spirits among those creating the demand have already Indicated their intention to vote for the army and navy program. < ?nc of the leaden of the antl DISPENSARIES DID BID TRADE OVER HALF MILLION DOLLARS PAID FOR "BOOZE." Charleston and Rlchland Counties Did Biggest Business, Jasper Last? Stoek Carried over Valued at $75, 000. Columbia, Feb. 1.?The dispensaries in 14 counties of the State sold $512, 271.22 worth of whiskey during last December, according to a statement prepared by L. L. Bultman, former State dispensary auditor. The profits for the dispensaries in the several counties for the last quarter of the year aggregated $200,247.05. The value of the surplus stock is estimated at $75,000. Following shows the sales for De? cember and the profits for the last quarter of the year by counties: Sales. Profits. Aiken.$ 33,954.84 $ 19,833.02 Bamberg. 6,993.42 5,710.92 Barnwell. . 12,558.13 . Beaufort. . Calhoun. . . 12,582.27 2,011.01 Charleston . . 144,304.95. Dorchester .. 11,163.27 5,473.45 Florence. . . 33,257.43 1 24,680.64 Georgetown . 19,470.24 t ., Jasper. 4,030.45 1,680.34 Lexington. . . 16,756.19 13,668.96 Orangeburg . 47,283.45 27,675.62 Rlchland.. . 128,613.63 75,497.85 Union. 35,661.10 17,449.89 Williamsburg 5,581.85 6,525.55 Total . . ..$512,271.22 $200,247.05 WOULD SELL STOCK. I JohnstOne Has] Plan for Handling Li? quors. Columbia ,Feb. 1.?Alan Johnstone, Jr., a member of the Richland coun? ty delegation, last night introduced in the house a bill making the present Richland county dispensary board a commission to dhfpose of the left over liquor in the .dispensary to persons out of South Carolina, residing in some State where liquor may be le? gally purchased. The commission will exist for 90 days and in case there is whiskey on hand at the end of that time the sheriff is ordered to destroy it. I ORANGEBURG SUFFERS FIRE LOSS. Plant of Fertiliser Company Destroy? ed?Box Cars Also Consumed. Orangeburg, Jan. 31.?Fire destroy? ed the plant of the Orangeburg Fer? tilizer company here tonight, result? ing in a loss of $75,000. The fire began at 11:46 o'clock and continued until the huge building of the com? pany was destroyed. The burned plant was for mixing and not the manufacture of fertilizer, but it had much material in the building. R. H. Jennings is president of the company. It does a large business each year. Nine railway cars were burned. No other buildings are near, and the fire had no chance to spread. The amount of insurance could not be learned this morning, but it is sup? posed to cover about two-thirds of the loss . George P. Scarborough Dead. Manning, Feb. 1.?George P. Scar? borough, a prominent citizen of Dar? lington county, died at 6:30 o'clock this morning, at the home of hU daughter, Mrs. R. E. Harlee, in Man? ning after an illness of about two months from influenza complicated with tuberculosis. Mr. Scarborough with his wife came to Manning on a visit to their daughter when he was taken sick. He was in the 72nd year of his age. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and three sons besides a wide circle of relatives and friends. Mr. Scarborough was ror 12 years sheriff of Darlington county. His body will be taken from here and interred in Fairhope churchyard in Darlington ; county at il o'clock tomorrow. Constantinople, Feb. 2.?Ambassa? dor Morgenthau, of Turkey, left here this morning for Berlin where he will confer with Ambassador Gerard be? fore returning to the United States on what purports to be a vactioni preparedness agitation declared that while he felt it necessary to deal with the situation in a practical fash? ion and to accede to the wishes of a substantial majority of the Democrat? ic membership he personally was wil? ling to aid the president in passing revenue measures such as were out? lined in his annual message to con? gress had such a course seemed pos? sible. This leader said he was convinced, however, as a result of a careful study of the situation in the house that the administration has only three sources available for the national defeneo revenue. These are: New income taxes, a bond issue or a tariff revision up? ward. He said that the president's views are unchanged as to the expe? diency of a bond issue or a tariff re? vision and that there seemed no al? ternative to his acceptance of the In? come tax plan.