The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 07, 1917, Image 2
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GKRMAJr PROPOSAL Ol ALU
AJfCK WITH MEXICO AND JA
Germany's At
Wttfc H?r oOser Activtte*.
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Leaden. March 1.?Ths time is long
i jslet wfce* any fresh orientation
of I**) Uermea policy Is ?nlculsted to
?rtialiih tg? British public, but tho
revelaUon of tho plot to induce Mexico
SAd Js*sji to attack tho United States
sjrs/ri^of thsj country with a first-class
SSSSSStioSl
The As
Asooiated Press Washington
gare tho lato afternoon pa
sj^srs t>s aast newa which was dls
r startling headlines, each
Hun Plot Unmasked.'
f sjBjsj tlonal Plot, of tho War;"
Rsvelation of German Bu
aditlon of tho papers early was
Id. The immediate idea of the
the street was that hero at
aa undoubted casus belli for
Palled States, the only matter for
Ity, appearing to bo how soon an
declaration of war might bo
*ed.
aows was too lato for editorial
it la many afternoon papers
government officials ap
deelined S^ the preant June
to make any statement for pub.
aast to tho affect of the
la A*s**rtea, tho a tu fa de of Ja
eXelted tho public most. No
. however, did the idea prevail
)st a moment thai Japan could'be
fsdtoaod from tho entente alliance,
fcahlhf "why does the president,
resolved on averting war. au
a disclosure of this charec
*A a Mme whoa tre temper of
?JOfttry is more beUicoae than at
Ha* ttsao since sinking of the Lusl
V The News says the question
of enjry one answer. .
COMPANY OPENS BIDS.
OraAd^urg. March I.?The offices
ft the OreJigeb^rg Packing company
' rasjtBtsa a busy scene this morning,
about tft men Interested In the
for the constructions and equip
of tho plant showed up for bo si?
tae hotels are filled With parties
estsd either to erect tho buUd
tadPU sell machinery or materials. The
bide were opened this afternoon at 3
o'clock, bat 13is awards have not been
saade yet. ft wtll likely bo a day. or
two before tho awards will be made.
D. ?. Washington, head of the
Packers ftngtntertftg company of Chi?
cago, is hero and will remain here un?
til eft Che awards are made. He is
the. f dettteUtag engineer for the
Orangeburg Packing company. To
tssnrrdsx, ProstdeAt W. sf. Rigas of
Ctesason college and Mr. Parka gov?
ernment speoiol agent, will arrive tu
irs la interest of the packing
iburg Packing company
at lioo.ooo, all of which
bed boon subscribed. The buildinsrs
will be erected in the southeastern,
el the city and wtti be of rc
cenerete and Mtfg| The plant
wtll ws esjwkeped wrrh sugectem SIR
eAkosiy to be able to use every pert
wf bets and causa slaughtered at the
plant.
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WOULD TRAIN YOUTH.
t
#J. ML A. Department Declares tn Fs>{
tor of Universal Military Drill for
?oh.
is City, March 2.?The sup
Oflntendency division of the National'
feducatlon association closed its an
uual convention today and will mot.l
neat year In Atl?>nta. The organ ian
tioo planned a more complete sys- :
torn of kindergartens and scholastic
work looking to the more rapid A.nor
ioaalsaUon of the Immigrant tn the
schools of * his country. A coraiult
roport concerning the unification
Americanization of the various
races mads by William M. Roberts,
district superintendent of schools of
Chicago, was adopted.
The report rejected proposals for
military training in the elmentary
aad high schools but proposed uni?
versal military training for young
mte 10 and tl years old. aside from
the scitoel system and the establish?
ment of more comprehensive moth
ode of physical upbuilding in the
schools.
Washington. March 3.?President
Wilson today signed the postal bill,
with the "bone dry" provision.
Ouadalajara, March I.?Mexican
Minister of Foreign Relations Agullar
today formally denied that the Max
koa* dresrernsaeat had been approach
fd by oemajqt with the object of
foresta? ajt aUlaaoa hostile to the
Usited States.
HOUSTON CALLS ATTENTION TO
GREAT WASTE.
Secretary of Agriculture Dlseussos
Qmw of Excessive Rise In Food
Producta.
Washington, Mar. 2.?Greater food
era?* and the practica of household
economies were urged by Secretary
Houston today aa measures to help
reduce the, cost of living. American
families, be ettimated In a statement
on the food situation, waste in their
kltchena annually more than '$7<V>,
000,000 worth Of edibles.
There is nothing In the situation to
Justify hysteria, however, he declared,
because there le no real shortage of
food in the country.
Mr. Houston emphasized the Im?
portance of the food cost investigation
directed by President Wilson and held
out hope that increased acreages this
year may Insure greater food supplies.
Wheat and potatoes, he said, were un?
usually short last year but there will
be enough to supply very nearly nor*
mal needs.
The food problem can not be solved.
In the secretary's5 opinion, through
price fixing by the federal or State
government but by "Intelligent plant?
ing and constructive action in con
Junction with the operation of nor?
mal forces." Urging a full inquiry
Into the causes of advancing prices,
he said:
"A full and satisfactory explanation
of prevailing prices is not possible on
the basis of existing knowledge. Where
the food supply le located, who owns
it, what may be the difficulties of se?
curing it, whether the local market
conditions are due to car shortage,
whether there Is artificial monopoly
or control, no one can state with cer?
tainty. It Is essential that we have
the facts, not only because of the light
they might throw on present condi?
tions but also because they are prere?
quisite for the working out of a per?
manent. Jest aito economical system
of marketing. The investigation di?
rected by the president ought to be
made promptly and congress ought to
give the federal trada commission and
the department of agriculture the
necessary foods."
Limitation of waste In the kitchen,
lie pointed out, would do much to?
wards affording partial and Immediate
relief from oppressive prices'. Prlees
most be maintained at a certain level
or f?rmere will not tncrease their out?
put, Mr. Houston declared* and etther
the government or the community
must guarantee a reasonable price.
"It Is evident," he said, 'that the
pobltc has failed to look all facts In?
volved, especially m the ease of when4.
The wheat crop for the current year
was reported to be 640,009,000 bushels
against a five year average of 128,000.
000 and tire record crop of 1*15, "of 1, -
626,000,000. Apparently the public
has compared the crop of 1916 aolelv
with the record crop of 19IB and failed
to take Into account the unusually
large carry-over from that year Into
the present year of 164,000,000 bushels
or more.
"Furthermore, the public's atten?
tion ems been fixed on the large ex?
ports of the two years Immediately
following the outbreak of the war. fhr
experts of wheat In normal tinier arc
approximately 105,000,000 bushel*
The year preceding the war It w'tn
146,000,000. In 1914 1916 it w?
832,000,000 and 191C-10 was 24 2,00?.
900. Looking only at the crop o'
040,000.000 hufthoT* and having b
mind the possltdtltfe* of exports o
seggested by the figure of 332,000,00
for 1914-16, the public nat*ira1ry up
prehonded there would be a lack of
bread. Dealers and others became
unduly excited.
"The total available supply, Includ?
ing both the crop and carryover, ag?
gregating 804,000.000 bushels?part of
which it should be said wac not bist?
able for milling purposes?should
have been considered as won as the
relatively small exports for the (lrst
six months ef the current year. Up
to the first of January exports wore
only 97,000,000 bushels and they
have tended to decrease, partly on ac
count of the disturbed shipping con?
ditions since the first of January. Our
normal domestic needs for wheat for
human food, for seeding pur pone*
and for reserve to carry over into
the next years require C40.000.000
bushels. As I have stated, the to
tal year's supply is 804,000,000 bush?
els. This would give us an available
export surplus of 164,000,000 bushels.
The secretary pointed to an lnereos
Ing meat supply and to a largely in?
creased acreage of wheat last fall and
predicted a large increase this spring.
A big yield on this acreage, he said
ahould give the country a one billion
bushel crop.
The woman who le very good has
never had the chance of being very
bad.
There will be a hot supper and
barbecue at Providence school house
on Friday evening, March 9th. at
6:10 o'clock. Tee public le cordial
ly Invited to attend.
Iii the South!
No Red Vest
AfoJforse-AairWjg ?
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No plamngPosi
No Sir?down South here we dont care
much for make-believes or make-ups. You
can't have any reason to hide, unless
you're a possum!
A man came to our front gate one day
wearing a red vest and horse-hair wig.
I don't know what he wanted?but he
didn't get it!
A Southern gentleman doesn't need dis?
guise; he should be open-faced like an
old-fashioned watch, and open-handed Kl?
an old-fashioned grandmother.
That is my way, friends. I am telling
you the simple truth when I say?I atfl
SOVEREIGN, ?he cigarette of good Wood
and good breedkig, made of fine, sWeet,
smooth, mellow Virginia and CaroHtta
tobacco,?the very best stock on earth.
Iam an aristocrat of the South,?born and
bred and raised in a white, clean, heafttl*
ful home. Ariel I know?
You Folks of the South KNOW good blood.
You Folks of the South KNOW good tobacco!
So, when I say to you?test me, believe in me, you understand what I mean. I don't
wear any whiskers to deceive you! Let us always be together like real friends. And,
take note of this:?
U Of ja
1 am guaranteed by ^'^^^^ -Bay me.
If you don't like me return me to your dealer and get
year money back. I have ?aid it. A Southern gentleman is known,
the world over for keeping bit word, and I have given you mine.
v. ' \
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JAPAN DID NOT HEAR FROM
MEXICO ABOUT PLOT.
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Island Empire, According* to State -
man, Would Scornfully Reject
Such Treachery to Her Allies.
Tokyo, March 2.?Japan has re?
ceived no proposition from ether
Mexico or Germany, directly or in
dli-ootly, to join in a possible war
against the United States, Viscount
Motono, Japanese foreign minister,
Informed the Associated Press today.
Viscount Motono said he considered
such an idea ridiculous, it being based
on the outrageous presumption that
Japan would abandon her allies. If
Melxco received the proposal, Viscount
Motono added, that country showed
intelligence in not transmitting tt to
Japan.
Columbia, March 2.?The State
railroad commission held a hearing
today upon a petition presented by
the Western Union Telegraph com?
pany, askmg that it be allowed to dta
cowtinu* He office at Gourdine, S. C.
The oltlssns of the community had a
counter petition before the commis?
sion asking that the office be con?
tinued. Decision was reserved by the
railroad commission.
This should be * far happier place
tt orur debtors had memories HUe
our creditors.
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DEFEND FLAN TO INDUCE JA?
PAN AND MEXICO TO AT?
TACK UNITED STATES.
I Foreign Minister Zimmermann Says !
Germany Was Merely Considering I
the Possibility of War With United
States und Using Means Universally ;
Admitted as Permissible.
London, March 3.?Foreiga Minis- j
ter Zimmermann's instructions to
German Minister von Eckhardt to
Mexico, as published in the United j
States are admitted in Berlin to have
been correctly quoted, according to
a Berlin dispatch via Amsterdam.
Information which seems to have j
( been sent out by the semi-official!
Wolff News Bureau, declares that
! Germany was forced to consider the!
I possibility of conflict with United
j States after she decided upon unre- i
stricted submarine warfare. There-'
fore the German minister to Mexico
i was instructed to offer an alliance
with Mexico in case the United States
' declared war.
j According to Information contain?
ed in a Wolff dispatch the German |
minister to Mexico was Instructed In'
the middle of January that in tho
event of the United States declaring
war on Germany he should offer such
an alliance to Mexico.
Net Ashamed of Plot.
'Bertha, March 8.?The Overseas
News Agency quotes Foreign Sccre- j
tany Zimmerman as saying that Ger
i
many expected and wished to remain
on terms of friendship with the Unit?
ed States, "but we prepared measures
of defense in case the United States
declared war against Germany."
Continuing a discussion of the re?
ports of a "plot" reaching here from
England, Secretary Zimmermann saya, i
"I fail to see how such a plot could
be claimed to be inspired by unfriend-'
liness on our part. It means nothing .
but that we prepared to use means!
universally admitted as permissible in
case of war with the United States.."
American Liable for Penalty.
Malmo, Sweden, March 2.?(Via
Ldondon).?Joseph Westerberg, an
American consular agent here, has
been adjudged by the municipal court j
liable for a penalty of 119,000 crowns
in a civil action brought to recover
flOUblt damages under a contract. Mr.
Westerberg imported a quantity of
American pork last September
through the plantiffs and signed an
undertaking not to re-export it to any
other country at war with Great
Britain. Tho plantiffs alleged breach
of the undertaking and the court de?
cided the allegation had been substan?
tiated.
Soy-bean meal, like cottonseed
meal, has hhrh fertilizing value.
Feeding the meal to stock and ap?
plying the manure to the soil is the
most economical way to use it*
: ? tilea's star on decline.
Physical Condition -PmcXicaJi.v
inates Him as Factor.
Washington, March 2.?Practical
elimination of Francisco Villa as a
factor in the Mexican situation was
reported to the State department to?
day from two sources. An American
consul whose name could not be giv?
en was authority for the statement
that Villa is practically eliminated
because of his physical condition.
Gen. Murguia, Carranza commander,
Was quoted by another American of?
ficial to the same effect. Officials here
say that there is no indication that
Villa forces have moved in behind
Gen. Pershing/s troops and occupied
the abandoned territory.
Padgett-1 Vom berg Act Signed. ~*
Columbia, March 2.?Gov. Manning
tonight signed the Padgett-Fromberg
act looking towards a revision of the
military code of the State, the act to
establish a county court for Rlchland
county, and the act to authorise an
election in the Charleston city school
district upon the question of a bend
issue for the erection end mainten?
ance of school buildings.
j Dr. Watson B. Duncan will be the
speaker at the Rex Theatre tomor?
row afternoon. His subject wfH be
?The Shadow of the Stool.* the ex?
ercises begin p romp try at 4 e>clock
and all of the men In ?unVrer are
1 cordially invited to attend.