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nun ms. FOR PURCHASE OF DANISH WEST I\DIES CON? CLUDE! >. Today tik New off State Lmtfng to The Dotty Item. Washlaglon, Aug. 4?Secretary of gOate Lansing and Mir later Brun of Denmark today signed the American Dornen treaty for the |>urchaaa of the Danish wont Indteo for twenty-five million dollars. The treaty waa signed tn Now York etty. Anting Secretary Off State Polk won Immediately notl BeeX Tee details were not made pub FEDERATION MEETING, Cokfmbia, Aug. 4.?Plans ars being porffootii for the annual meeting of the BUte Federation of Labor, to be held tn Greenville August 14 end IS. Labor organisations In Columbia will ?Ond delegates to the convention.* It Is oanoeloil that more than to dele? gates will attend the gathering. A fea? ture off too meeting will be a banquet 04 fee Chick Springe hotel. Samuel Compare, president of the in Federation of Labor, has melted to attend the convention oottver en address. Ills acospt aas not been received ae yet. will be among the at the convention. The ad ?gfee off weooome to the netting dele Setee will be delivered by Mayor Wee* off Greenville. BACKS VP WILSON. Sfgootel of Sootl New Orisons, Aus. I.?Indorsement 4M President Wilson's stand on the Woman suffrage queaVon and crlti eMen off Char lee E. Hughes' declara tkm for e federal amendment, was tOtqtd by Mise Kate Gordon, preel SJSBt off tee Southern States Women Bejofrage conference, in n etatement here today. eonference le the suffrage or of the Southern States and ansBralt from all the national Held: "Mr. Wilson's St hie belief in women beg leaving to teefftstea ike . *?, mi Jteftr stiptorate wiU e*V**aJ to every candid mind as the off n statesman in contradbitlno to Mr. Hughes as a politician in gee advocacy off a fsdsrel amend? ment. . Two-thirds of a Bepubhean congress may aend tee amendment to Its political limbo of ratification by St 1 ialaturea, but Dentocratlc women vot ere will not be caught when Mr offers the bait of a feSeral it ae e 'short cut' to FTTLE DISPUTE. Worker* Went to Moot Strike. Chicago. Aug. I.?A national cam? paign among all railroad employes not comprised In ths four brotherhoods who ars voting on a strike was stinted today to obtain lsclalstion by congress to empower some body to settlt ell disputes aa to wig es between rail? roads and employ >e, whether organis? ed or nnsrganltod. R. 2. Frasier of Nashville, chairman Off a eommtttoe of railroad employes outside the four brotherhoods, said aotBlsnn for such legislation had been signed by a majority of man smployed on Boutksrn roads and that the move-1 ment would be made national In committee contends that 80 per cent, of railroad employes ars not In? cluded emong the trainmen. These men Include construction, repair, shop, office and operating department em? ploy as. Their wagea are much entall? er than those of ths trainmen, It is eald. and a strike would throw many of them out of work and reduce their chanoee for an Increase especially If the trainmen gained an Increaae, it Is contstided by tbo committee. FAlXS IN ELEVATOR SHAFT. off Cigar Factory May he Fa tall} Injured In Charleston Accident. Charleston. Aug. S.?Julian E. Wtngo, prssldent of a cigar factory bare? tonight plunged down an ele? vator shaft at the factory and is very ssrlQUsly, probably fatally. Injuied. Physicians were not aide to find broken bones snd fesr sravs Internal Injuries. Hs fell head first, striking tke landing with greet violence. It Is not known how the accident occurred. STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA. Street Car Men Make Demand* end Threaten to Strike Tonight. Philadelphia. Aug. &.?The street ear union threatens a strike unlose the demands are met tonight. An ulti? matum has been sent the company. SK1UHB AT HORCK'S CORNER ERS AFTER STATE OFFICES DELIVER ADDRESSES. No Excitement to Mar Calmness of Getberliag?Manning Aroneee En? thusiasm. Moncke Corner, Aug. 3.?Approxi? mately 400 voters heard the candi? dates for the State office* here today at a meeting devoid of excitement, there not being the allghteHt semblance of disorder. All of the candidates were well received, particularly Oov. Manning who won rounds of applause aa he eloquently and confidently re? viewed the acts of his administration. A. J. Bethea was also a favorite here receiving a bunch of flowers and a bottle of honey. James DesCham pa was the first can? didate for governor to be heard. !3eed ticks, cattle ticks and politics, he said have been bad for South Carolina. Voters were assured better times were ahead in that the floods had destroy? ed the seed ticks. Clemson college waa wiping out the cattle tick and he was shooting poetics full of holes. He waa no politician he said. The dis? tinction between a polltkcan ami a statesman was he said the politician apent the State for his own ag? grandisement while the statesman spends himself for the State. John T. Duncan spoke of "the sys tsm." The question confronting the people Is the same as that of two years ngo, Oov. Manning said, this being, shall the law be supreme. "Shall liquor be sold op*My and above hoard? Shall criminals be pardoned by the whole? sale, some oven before their get to the jrtnltentlary," he asked hi vapid suc cession. Wag it possible, he continued, that the 11,000 Jurymen who convicted 1,600 pardoned men made a mistake and one man only was* tightt Mr. Manning reviewed the work of the State Hospital for the Insane and showed how that institution had been completely revolutionised and a sav? ing effected of 134,000. The last speaker waa R. A. Cooper. It elected governor Mr. Cooper , said he would be the governor of nil the people and not merely "of my friends," As he saw it the duty of the chief executive was to enforce the laws which he pledged to do Impartially. He would be uncompromising in tile enforcement of the law and would not premise pardons *o either friends ot relatives of sUi porters "unless abso? lutory eonVtnceu the jurry has made a mistake." Violation of law could bo overcome only by the creation of a sentiment in favor* ef law enforcement. Education he skid was a potent factor In this. Mr. Cooper favors a public school system the standard of wr ich carries through the irst two college years. Others who spoke were A. J. Bethea, candidate for lieutenant governor, D. W. McLaurln and 8. T. Carter for State treasurer, James Can sie r, W T. Thrower, Albert 8. Fant, W. H. Kelly and Q. McDulhe Hampton for railroad commissioner, George W. Wlghtman and W. Banks Dove for secretary of State. C. U Blease and E. C. L. Adsms were not present. FATE OF PRISONERS UNKNOWN. Turks Wilt Not Say What They Have Done with Kut-el-Amara Army. London, Aug. 7.?Apprehension is beginning to be felt over fate of the British troops captured at Kut-el Amara. Lord Robert Cecil of the for? eign office, tell* the house of com? mons thst the American ambassador In Constantinople tried to find out what Turks did with the prisoners but was unable to do so. The American consul at Bagdad also failed to obtain i Information. GERMAN RESISTANCE STRONGER Von Hlndenherg Potting up Stronger Fight hut IIumnImis Not Checked. Petrograd, Aug. 7.?There has been a perceptible stiffening of the Aus? trian and German resistance since Oen. Hlndenberg was placed in su? preme command, but Russian* con? tinue to make progress in Volhynia, near Kovel, where they captured a number of pov/erfully fortified po? sitions and In the Carpathians of Oallcla. The Teutons attacks there were defeated. In Volhynia, along the Stokhod river the Russians captur? ed Zuyjln, Kostlnnlec and Uenleuv vll . lages. ITALY BREAKS WITH GERMANV. All Business Relations Kevcrcri and German Oncerus HolstMl. Rome, Aug. 5.?It Is officially an? nounced that all business relations with Germany have bee*n broken and the government has taken over all concerns financed by the Germans. Negro Electrocuted. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 4.?John Sav? age, a nenro, wan electrocuted in the State prison here today for the mur? der several months ago of an aged white man in Washington county. DEUTSCHLAND HOME BOUND. THOUGHT TO HAVE ESCAPED VIGILANCE OF ALLIES' WAR? SHIPS. No Reports of Mishaps to German bub. marine Merchants Ship Have Ueen Received?Probably Well Out to Sea on Route to German Port, Norfolk, Va., Aug. 3.?So far as Is known here tonight the Deutschland is safely at sea on her way to Bremen, after successfully running through the patrol of allied cruisers off the Vir? ginia capes. The war vessels still were in sight of observers off shore today, apparently unaware of the de? parture of the big submarine. It is not believed the Deutschland experienced the slightest difficulty in evading the cruisers. Capt. Hinsch of the warbound German liner Neckar, who directed the departure N of the submarine, said today that the under? water freighter passed unobserved within 100 yards of a United States i destroyer on neutrality duty about a mile off the capes. "When we came to a stop at a point in the bay I shall not disclose because we probably shall have to luse the place again," said Capt. Hinsch, "the pilot aboard the subma? rine was taken off to the Thomas F. Timmins, our tug. It was then about 6 o'clock in the morning. The sub? marine was submerged, so that her machinery and pumps could be test? ed and the cargo be trimmed, should that be necessary. She then went down In a deep hole in the hay to a depth of ISO feet remaining there for some time., ~ .. "Whon ehe came to the surface again, Capt. Koenlg came up through the conning tower and said that everything was working perfectly. That pleased us as we had thought we might have had to rearrange tome things. "The trial completed, we started off down the bay and when no traffic was In eight the Deutschland took another dive while running. She went down until four inches of her periscope was showing. Then I dropped behind to see at what dis? tance the wake of the Deutschland or the foam crest of the periscope could be seen. Four hundred yards with glasses I could not see a thing. "The test having proved that the Deutschland was in perfect condition we went Into a place to hide for a While. We were well hidden, too. Ally one would have had great diffi? culty In finding ui, t ' <( "In the afternoon we started for the capes, and you know how the bet? ter part of the trip was made. The destroyer was passed in the dark. As soon as the men on the bridge sight? ed the lights of the Timmin? they watched us closely ahd looked all around for the submarine . which passed them at a distance of only a hundred yards. At the time the sub? marine decks were awash. , "Later, when I reported to the de? stroyer that the Deutschland had cleared tho capes and was on her way to sea, tho officers on board seer.-ed most surprised. They had not ob? served her at all. So you see that the British and French cruisers off shore had not the slightest chance of finding the Deutschland." Capt. Hinsch said it would be un? wise for him to disclose whether the vessel went up or down the coast be? fore striking out to sea, or whether she steered an easterly course straight out. Capt. Hinsch returned to Baltimore tonight, leaving the Timmins in Nor? folk to seek a tow to Baltimore. In response to questions regarding the prospects of the Bremen, sister ship of the Deutschland, arriving in American waters, Capt. Hinsch said: "You can depend on it that if the Bremen was coming in the near fu? ture, I would not be returning to Baltimore and1 neither would the Timmins." Ho declined to say when the Bre? men was expected but indicated that he knew. PITCHES A PERFECT GAME. Sani 1 antoi-d of Fountain Inn, Enters Hall of Fame. Fountain Inn, Aug. 4.?Sam Lan ford, pitching for Fountain Inn, against Helton, In the Interurban league, today pitched a perfect game, shutting out the visitors, 1 to 0. Only twenty-seven men faced him and no player reached first base. I^anford pitc hed for New Orleans several years ago and once had a trial with Wash? ington. He was a sensational college pitcher ten years ago. Tazewell, Tenn.. Aug. 4.?The Blair Creek death toll grows to sixty, lies cue parties are fearful It will amount to one hundred before the wreckage is cleared. Detroit, Aug. 7. -Cannon boom and a hundred thousand cheer as Republi? can Candidate Hughes and wife arrive to ride at head of tiie parade. Judge Hughes conferred with several' Re? publican leaders. CONQUERED WHITE PLAGUE HR talcott williams tells DRAMATIC story ov FIGHT against conscpmtion. Deaths in South C arolina?Statistics , Showing Drcatlful Toll Exacted by Tuberculosis lit This State. Columbia, Aug. 5.?A man who has had practical experience in the fight against tuberculosis necessarily speaks with feeling. At the recent meeting of the State Press Association held in (York, when the Association obli? gated itself to cooperate with the [ State board of health, in its crusade | against tuberculosis, Dr. Talcott Wil-1 liams made-a dramatic statement. In urging the importance of the work J Dr. Williams stated that when he was a young man he vw~ told by his phy? sician that he had si* months longer to live and that he Was to be added to the number of those who died from tuberculosis. Dr. Williams did not give up, fought the plague, won out and has since then devoted himself to the intelligent tight against tuberculo? sis. He is today a vigorous man and in the best of health and is doing ex? ceptional work as the head of Pulitz? er School of Journalism, at the Co? lumbia University. In connection with the fight that the State board of health is making against tuberculosis, in this State, Dr. Williams has sent the press this state? ment: "If South Carolina once in ten years, could pass a year without a death within its borders, the world would worship this miracle of vital ef? ficiency. "No sacrifice would be too great to secure a rounded year in which no family mourned, and no grave was dug In the I State. No cost would be too large. No appropriation asked to secure this would seem too lavish. ?Tuberculosis adds a year every ten years to the deaths of a decennlum. "In the nine months from January 1 to October1, 31, 1916, the returns pub? lished in the last report of the health department, the deaths for ten months were 20,704. Of these 1,736 were from tuberculosis. Add those apparent In the given list of deaths from disease so related to tuberculosis that they plainly spring from It, and one-tenth of the deaths are due to the white plague. "In every ten years, a year of the deaths are due to tuberculosis. Abolish this cause of death, and the same re? sult would be secured as would come from having a year pass In the great .State of South Carolina without a death. "A year without a death, without sorrow, without a home of mourning, without a Carolinian Rachel mourning for her children, no child weeping for a parent or a parent for a child. "This can bo done. It has been proved. All lands and States, thirty years ago paid this dread toll of a tithe yearly to tuberculosis. As in South Carolina, one death In ten, one funeral In ten, one grave in ten was due to this disease. This was the rule. In some States, this has been reduce ! one-quarter. In a few it has been cut in one-half. In another generation, in? stead of one death in ten as now, there will be but one in a hundred. "South Carolina has never really entered this fight until now. The tu? berculosis sanatorium is the first step, an appropriation of $10,000. How lit? tle this is against the leading pre? ventable cause of death. The Rich land county fresh air camp Is another. Each county needs one. "South Carolina has* at least 6,000 persons smitten with this disease. Of these 2,000 are within a year of death, Look arqund you at church, one In fifteen or twenty will die of tu? berculosis, all preventable. In a col? ored church one In eight to twelve are to die. Look In a crowded street and realize all that are to die of this malady?all preventable. "South Carolina faces difficulties in this fight, a largo colored population, ignorance, Illiteracy, wide-spread pre? ventable diseases like hook-worm end malaria which weaken and open the Pith to tuberculosis. There be heavy odds. "When did South Carolina ever count the odds? When did its people ever hesitate In serving a great canso. What State has led oftenter in great conflicts, where others waited?" The State begins the task late; but this Is no fault of its people but of the conditions in Which they live. Change these. Extend the work already be gtin? Put a fresh air camp in every county. Give every region of tho State Its Sanatoriums; three at least ;irc needed. Deaths will diminish. Wealth will increase. Roth races will profit, but most of all the white. They will suffer from every death among the ne? groes whose labor is made Inefficient, their presence Infectious, and their large death rate is a daily waste of the resources of all." Franco in to rinish^ Paris, Aug. 6.?President Polncare sent King George a telegram on the second anniversary of the war, saying thai France is as resolute as England to carry on the war to a finish. STRIVING IQ AVERT BREAK. - EFFORTS BKWG MADE TO SET? TLE RAILWAY DISPUTE. - t I N< tliiii- Normal Yd?Washington Of? ficials, H4Hr0V?r, Take Step* Look? ing to Adjustment of Trouble. Washington, Aug. 3.?While the strike vote of 400,000 railroad em? ployes was being counted in New York every agency of the federal gov- ; ernment affected by the situation was I preparing today to do all possible to avert a final break between the rail? roads and the workmen. William C. ' I Chambers, commisioner of tho J board of mediation and conciliation, j was in communication with President Wilson during the day, though board j officials pointed out that nothing of a : formal character could We done until I the railroad managers and represen- ' tatlvcs of the employes resumed ne? gotiations next week. A call was issued for a meeting to? morrow morning of the senate com? merce committee to decide whether hearings will be held on Chairman Newlands' resolution proposing an in? vestigation by the interstate com? merce commission of hours of labor on railroads and urging the em? ployers and employes to postpone a settlement of their difficulties until a report can be made. Hours of la? bor constitutes one of the chief causes of the threatened striCe. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States, which yesterday ap? pealed to President Wilson for fed? eral intervention to prevent a strike, is urging action on the resolution. The chamber is considering calling a conference of representatives of com? mercial organizations to impress on congress the necessity of taking some immediate step. The president late today designated G. W. W. Hanger, assistant commis? sioner of the board of mediation and I conciliation as a member of the j board. The law stipulates that there shall be three members, but Judge Martin A. Knapp, chairman, and William L. Chambers, commissioner, i have served alone because an official of the department of labor designated I as the third member when the board was formed, has not qualified for the place. j Judge Knapp and Mr. Chambers tasked the president to increase the membership because the work of the board already has become great and the threatened railroad strike has added to the necessity of having an? other member. Administration officials said every j thing possible would be done to avert a strike. If all other steps fail, it is probable President Wilson will make a* personal appeal to the railroad managers and the employes urging them to effect a settlement In the interest of the public. The question may be discussed at tomorrow's cabi? net meeting. President Wilson- asked Commis? sioner Chambers to come to the j White House tonight and talk over prospects for a settlcemnt of the dif? ference between the railroads and their employes but the commissioner had another engagement and confer? ence was postponed until tomorrow. It is understood they will go over the whole situation carefully then. DECLARE FOR STRIKE. Most; of Men Vote for Strong* Action. New York, Aug. 3.?Seventy-five per cent, of the baPots cast by more than 400,000 railroad employes in the vote on a general strike, had been counted this afternoon. Timothy Shea, as? sistant president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men; declared that of these 300,000 almost all favored a strike. The count will not be completed until next Mon? day as the Western ballot will not be received until Saturday. A. B. Garretson, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, and W. H. Lee Of the Trainmen's organiza? tion, arrived here today and it is ex? pected that conferences similar to those of the national railway com? mittee will be held to determine a course of action for the joint meet? ing Tuesday. TO GUARD CHILDHEN. First Case of Infantile Paralysis in Lnurena, Laurena, Aug. r>.?The first case of infantile paralysis for Laurene Is re? ported from the Watts mills village, just outside the city limits. Physi? cians yesterday afternoon pronounced the case as a malignant type of the disease. The patient is a four year old Child. The condition of the child today is said to be critical. Another Child Stricken. Greenville, Aug. 0.?A fourth case Of Infantile paralysis has been diag? nosed in this section, this latest case discovered today is in a mill village. Copenhagen, Aug. f?. National Lidene, the lending Danish newspaper bitterly denounces the sale of the Danish West Indies to America. ? <) M N ISSIONS I> ELI BER ATION g MAY BEGIN SOON. Belie* cd That Cai-ran/a llus Acceded to American SuggcMion for Broad oiling Inqury. Washington, Aug. 3.?The final word from Gen. Carranza necessary to Initiate organization of a joint commission for settlement of border disputes is expected to reach Wash? ington in a day or two and officials believe the commission's deliberations may begin within a week or ten days. Official announcement in Mexico City today that Mexican commission? ers already had been selected was taken as a sign that the American suggestion for broadening the scope of subjects to be considered at the conferences probably had been ac? cepted. Neither the Mexican em? bassy nor the state department, how? ever, had been officially advised t? I night regarding selection of the com ; missioners or Gen. Carranza's decis (Ion as to the matters they will dis? cuss. President Wilson has a score of men under consideration for appoint? ment as American representatives but it in understood he has not atterapv. ed so far to make a choice. The commission's power will be only that of recommendation. Whatever plan It may propose, cither for set? tling the border situation, for with? drawal of American troops fron Mexico, or for any other purpose, must be ratified before it is any way binding upon either government. HINDENBl'RG PFT IN COMMAND. Consolidation of Authority*on Eastern Front in Time of Crisis Very Desir? able. Amsterdam, Aug. 4 (via London).? The appointment of Field Marshal von Hindenburg to the supreme com? mand on the Eastern front Is hailed by the German papers as a masterful stroke. The Hamburger Nachrichten says: "A desire long since cherished by our people, but never directly expressed, is now fulfilled. In the present crisis on the Eastern front the consolidation j of the army groups was a necessity. All commanders of the Eastern armies will ungrudgingly submit to Field Marshal von Hindenb'irg's authority." The Koelniche Volks Zeitung says: "Germany's confidence in her army leaders in the East was never shaken but the appointment of von Hinden? burg increases this confidence to cer? tainty." LET CONTRACT FOR FLAT. Twenty-five Ton Flat Soon to he in Operation on Watcree? Supervisor M. C. West this week let the contract for the building of a fiat boat to be operated by the county as a free ferry across the Wateree river. Mr. D. J. Guy, of Bethune, was award? ed the contract at a cost of $150, the county to furnish the material. Work will commence at once and the super ? visor hopes to have it in operation soon. No location has been decided upon, as the river has never reached its normal stage. The boat will have a carrying capacity of 25 tons and will be fifteen feet wide by sixty feet long. Mr. West says it will accommodate six or eight teams at a load, and will be operated by a cable.?Camden Chron? icle. MISS WATKINS KILLED. Kcrsltaw Woman Meets Sudden Death. Camden, Aug. 4.?Miss Lucy Wat kli s, an elderly woman, residing about 12 miles east of Camden, was killed instantly Sunday morning at 6 o'clock, supposedly from Internal injuries re? sulting from a fall. Miss Watkins, who was about 75 years of age, arose early and in de? scending the steps leading into the yard fei, and when her kindred reached her, it was found she was dead. No bruises or broken bones were found am1 it is supposed she died from the shock or Internal in? juries. NO PLEDGE VIOLATED. German Submarines Operating Ac? cording te> International Laws. Washington, Aug. I.?The renewed activity of German submarines dur? ing the last few days is not seriously worrying the administration. Acting Secretary of State P<?lk says there have been no violations of German pledges concerning submarines. Amer? ican consuls reporting attacks on ves? sels say that international law has been) observed always. FIRE AT FORTRESS MONROE. Pier at Old Fort With targe Store of Munitions Burned. Norfolk, Aug. 5.?The government begins an investigation into the fire that partly destroyed the pier at Old Fort, near Fortress Monroe, where a largv quantity of munitions were stored.