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She watthm I ? fttl MWrCR WATCHMAJf, Established April, 1850. 'Be dual mod Fear not?Im all MM ?ud? Tbna Alnu't at be (h. Country's. Thy God'* <uul Tntk't" TUE ran.. bOtrnmON, Established Jobs, i SM, OotnaolidAtod Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, 8. C, SATURDAY. MARCH 10. 1917. VoLXLIV. No. 7. IAY ACT SOON. WGHDENT BJSUEVED TO 1113 l?H&TAKlXi TO ARM SHIPS, MM OaViai* Believe He Will Act Tans Week While Others Expect Mem to Wait Until the Extra Scs ata* Baa Been Cain d. Weehlngton. March 8.?Indications ?r? cumulated that President Wil? sen H? likely to act at any time in th: armed ship situation. Although the praiUerq la abed with a severe coM. H la said he la atlll considering the Some administration officials believe ?| ^tfA act this week, while others be? lieve m will wait uatll tht senato re vleee Ita rules. There is also a strong sentiment that the president will act aiaaj' the line of calling an extra ses tu the very near future. tueh as It la the general agree? ment that an extra session will be oecaamry sometime before July 1st to e?*nstd#r the appropriation bills there as some disposition t> think it will be railed at once. SENATE CONSIDERS RULES. ami Hepuoilcans Agree on New Rule* Senator lewU Oflor Washington. Maxell 8.?The clo tare amendment *o the senate rui -s wttfeb has been approved by both I: 9*1)1!can and Democratic caucu.-o wa? taken up In the senate today on 4mr Unanimous consent. StMator Lewis, the Democrat Ii whip, announced that he would In trodUce a resolution declaring* It to .be Ute sense of the sonate that the President -by virtue of the power of hin a mem," ban the right to protect American commerce to foreign na ttoaa, equally with the commerce be tweaa the States The resolution will 99% fcjgve any effect except to express t?* ?e*Urnent of the senate. COLUMBIA STATES ITS CASE. Raker, Lane and Houston ffti K Oafumbia. March ?.?The Intar eVMjsWtmental board consisting of Sec gaearlea Baker. Lane and Houston and a corps of government expertu beard Columbia's claims as a lo? cation for one of tho nitrate fixation piaata. The official's train was lato and the trip to nearby power sites was abandoned. gVIDKNCi: AGAINST HINDOO AM? GERMAN. PRESIDENT WILSON SICK. WiO be Submitted to Federal Grand Jury in New York. New York. March 8.?Documentuty ?vtdence purporting to show that Dr. Coatidre Chakraberty, a Hindoo phy nt?lan. and Erneut Sekunna. a German* aliawilnt. arrested in connection with uil"K??'i plots to foment a revob: tlea In India and the approval of the Oerman Foreign Secretary Zimmer nant will be laid before the federal gr%r 1 jury In Its Information concern? ing ilcrman plots r: * Cool ned to Brd With Severe < Canned by Exposure Washington. March 8.?Preside' it Wllaon, wno Is suffering from a io;.| taken a week a to and aggravated irii g the Inauguration cerement' . lined In bed today by orders of physician. Dr. Grayson. No cn ?rnenta are being made for him. Dt Orayson said the president'^ kperature was above normal and an a??solut? rest In bed of severs i da was necessary. although his conditio.: was not serleus. RUSSIANS PURSUE TURKS. Duke* I one Making Swiit Advance In Persia. New York. March >.?The Russin us n Persia have occupied the town ? t Xansavar. south of Asadabad I nit. It was captured last night 1 i their pursuit of the Turks neatag from Hamadan. according to th Petrograd official announcement. On the ether war fronts only rnldinp o. eratlons and bombardments are r ported. Parla says spirited artillery activity Is under wny between Hi Alsnt and Olse. while Flerlin report bombardmcnta in Champagne. Berlin, March I.?Tho admin p . announced today that twenty-one uteamships. ten sailing vessels and sixteen fishing craft, with nn aggre? gate tonnage of ninety-one thousand tone have been sunk by German sub ramee recently. MR CIN !E)8EL GAPTUREDV - -, MCCULLOTJGH IS CHARGED WITH : ATTEMPTING TO RUN BLOCKADE. British Take Ship to Falmoutli, to bt Deal* With by Prize Court?Name on British Admiralty Blacklist. I London. March 5.?The American Kchooner John G. McCullough hM hcen captured on the charge of at? tempting to run the blockade. She was taken to Falmouth. where her cargo Is being removed for the prize court. No American schooner John G. Mc Colloogh is listed in available records The American steamer of that name was reported in marine advices re celed In this country on February j as having arrived at FahuQiith the day previous from the Azores. Carried General Cargo. Now York, March t>.?The ?;tcamcr John O. McColfouKh left here Deecn. bcr 10 for Gothenburg. She was clear ? ed by United States Steamship co n pany and it was said today at their office here that she tarried a genera! cargo, including a qunntiiy of wax. | The vessel was reported by cable tw having put Into the Azores to repair damages sustained in u storm. Cable reports fron? London on De? cember 16 said the McCollough ap? peared on a new list of ships black? listed by the British admiralty..^ Ot!i cisls of the company said the shjp put iBti l^almouth on their orders for ox aminatlon of her cargo and that by so doing her name was aut omatically re- \ moved from the list. They added that j no word had beon received of her be- j ing captured while trying to run the I blockade or of her cargo being re- | moved for the prize court, ?-? - \ ? ?' CHURCHILL THE GOAT. Cumin it tee Reporte That He Was Re? sponsible for j Dardanelles Expedi? tion. London, March 8.?The Dardan elk ? expedition as far o? flrfHt Britain was! concerned was undertaken on the initiative of Col. Winston Spencer Churchill, then first sea lord of tho t admiralty, according to the majority report of the commission appointed to inquire into the responsibility for the expedition. The report declar< 1 the question was broachod before th? | war council on November 25th, 1'J ' ? by Col. Churchill, as Ideal way to defend Egypt. Later a proposal alor.iT this line was made by Ruseia. After first deciding on a naval at- i txck on the Dardanelles as an "cx lieilmcnt," it was decided to ones! h oops in that vicinity, the invcstlga- j tors' report said. Then there was de? lay over the movement of troops and misunderstanding between the nav \1 and military authoritcs. The report says that Lord Kitchener failed 10 use his general staff un l tried to dO] more than any one man conld <u>, n fl ; that Lord Fisher MM wrong In main-! talnlng silence or resigning bOOSuee he differed with the chief of his de? partmsnt. AFFAIRS IN CUBA. President Authorized to SSVpSSttl Con-! stltutlotial Guaruulccs ? liberal Lender Captured. Havana. March I,?Frestdenl Mer-| oral has signed th.^ bill authorising him to suspend oonstltutlonal gear i antces recently passed by the Cuban congress. It is reported that form? r President Gomez, who was captured ? l?y government leaders in Camaguey province, is expected to b* brought to Havana by Secretory of the In? terior Hevia. Secretary Hevia has arrived nt Havana with noun/, and other cap tured robel leader*. - WANTED OIL EMPTIED OUT. \mer1< an Skipper Didn't Obey U? Boat's C ommand. Newport News, Msreh I.?In ad ? ion to demanding fo'ir barrels t cylinder oil the German tnbmailr.e commander who fired on the Atmr ean steamer WoetWegO ofT Fattnet ?,:> January 31 ordered tlie Weetwego'F captain to dump his entire ll.SS0.004 SU cargo overboard or take tin eoi sequences, according to the .d >i y of tho incident told here today by Cap;. McCoy. The captain said that after z. Itln? ? he eyhnder oil and delivering the ul? timatum calling for destruction of t! c remainder of the cargo bet?rt II next morning, the ?submarine cor.t mnnder returned to his vessel. sii>? mergfd and was not Keen again. Menv. time the West we go had proceeded on her way. She arrived^ In Hampton I Roads yesterday AMERICAN SHIPBUILDERS SHOW THEIR PATRIOTISM* Accept New Orders on lint Ten Per Cent. Basts and Pledge Speed In Work. Washington, March 7.?American shipbuilders engaged in govern men ?? work entered into an agreement with Secretary Daniels today to accept new contracts at a flat rate of 10 per cent, net profit and pledged cooperation to the fullest extent of their ability in rushing to completion the navy's, construction programme. Virtually all the larger private j plants in the country were repre-! sented in the conference. The build- j ers who have been netting from 20 j to 30 per cent, on merchant steamers | said they were willing to turn to gov? ernment contracts at 10 per cent, as a patriotic duty and the secretary) on his part agreed to protect them from : undue loss. As a result, for the pres? ent at least, the government will not consider exercising the authority given by congress to commandeer plants I The next step of the department will he to call upon builders not en? gaged in government work to under? take such tasks as they are equipped to carry out. For the most part thi j will consist of building submarine j charers and possibly some destroyer .. J An understanding also will be sought to prevent yards doing private work ( from drawing? men from those with I navy contract. The companies represented today will furnish Secretary Daniels not later than Monday with schedules of all commercial work in their yards or for which they have contracted. Details of the capitalization of each concern, its tlxed charges, material contracts, plans of plants and yards showing possibility of enlargement i an<t number of employes will be in- j eluded. A definite statement of amount j and kind of additional government j work that could be undertaken with an estimate of what might be ac- J .epmpiished in n year's time also SrHl be submitted to ench builder. {Secretary Daniels said the list ofi subjects to be covered in the state? ment had been worked out with the intention of supplying all information n prospective purchaser of the plants would require. It will be valuable in determining the wisest wny of placing contracts for new ships and would be essential should it prove necessary in the end to take over any establish? ment. The department is in correspond? ence with steel makers and other manfacturers who inipply material for navy ships. Similar assurances of cooperation are expected from! them. Mr. Daniels said he hoped to Interfere with commercial building, just as little as possible but that noth? ing would be allowed "to stand inj the way of supplying the navy with ships and munitions as rapidly asj possible. Another element of the speeding! up programme Is the t isk of getting j labor. Samuel Gompers, president ofi the American Federation of Labor I and a member o? the national de- i fonat council udvisory committee, has railed a labor conference in this con? nection. 411 the conferences and Other pre- i limlnary measures are preparatory to! the issuing by President Wilson ol n proclamation declaring that a na? tional emergency exists Which re QUlree the use of the unusual powers granted him by congress to hasten naval construction. After that step has been taken the emergency fund of more than $100.000,000 provided for the purpose w 11 be available to pay for high speed construction and 1ho department will be in a position to require any shipbuilder or manufac? turer to begin at once on work as Signed to him. When the problem of placing new ships in yards best fitted to do fast work hai been studied out the ques? tion of getting Ways clear of nie? ( bant tonnage under construction Will be taken up, Wherever possible BU:dl ships will be rushed to completion and delivered to their owners. No new merchant ships will be laid down, however, until the needs *?f the navy have been satisfied. in some Instances it Is expected that because of shortage of skilled labor nnd the domnnd for structural steel, merchant ships on the ways would be completed only to the point of launching and then held up while navy vessels took their places. Marriage License Record. A license to marry has been issued to Barney Moore, Lynchburg, aud Miss Ida Wise, Hyaian. , BREAK IN RELATIONS WITH GERMANY LIKELY. Warlike Premier, Tuan Chi Jut, Re? turns from Tien Tsin and Agrees to Retain the Reins. Peking, March ii (Delayed).?The immediate braking oft ot" relations With Germany is expected here and it is generally predicted that China Will join the entente This belief is due to the fact that dispatches from Tien Tsin say thftt Tuan Chi Jui, who resigned Man ii j ?1 and *eft for Tien Tsin, has decided I to return to the capital Immediately und resume the premiership. It la! Bald that President Li Yuan Htinft has agreed to give the cabinet pour; to frame the foreign polity. Tb cabinet is known to favor the Sever? ine bf relations with Germany and parliament is showing a disposition to follow the leadership of Tuan Chi Jui rather than that of the president. A dispatch from Peking March 4 said the cabinet had decided to join the United States in severing diplo? matic relations with Germany i>ir that the president refuse ! to approv< of auch action. Thereupon the pre mler resigned and left tor Tien T;' ii, accompanied by several other mem? bers' of the cabinet. PL.\N FOX HUNTERS' ASSOCIA? TION. Promoters Call Mooting in Colombia Next Tuesday?Much Interest is Aroused. Columbia, March 7.?The fox hunt crs of South Carolina will form an association at a meeting' to be held at the Jerome hotel next Tuesday after? noon at 2 o'clock. Several States have these associations, Including Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ala? bama and Iowa. Tho purpose of the organization ! ? for the protection of the fox; for the Improvement of the dogs; field tria". meets; and to encourage a better so? cial feeling between the hunter an 1 the farmer. The purpose also In eludes the encouragement of legisln tion friendly to the hunter and hi? doprs. Much interest is being mani? fested in the organisation of the as? sociation and a number of fox hun? ters will he present at the meeting next Tuesday, it is expected, WOMEN GET PRIMARY VOTE. Arkansas Governor Signs 1MU Allow? ing Them Franchise In Such S]l<? - tions in Tliat State. Little Rock, Ark., March 6.?Gov. Prough tonight signed the bill grant? ing women the right to vote in pri? mary elections in Arkansas. The bill previously adopted In the senate waj naaPOd by the house today. The gov I crnor affixed his signature at a suf i trage mass meeting. Previously h< delivered an address in Which he in i dorsad the votes lor women ca>? palgn and rode In a Euftrrgc parad about the streets of the city In e<;. bration of their victory. The mfi * inci ting was a feature of the p:< gramme of the suffrage ochool bcln; conducted here by the National \Vi; man Suffrage association. TAX CASK WITHDRAWN. Supremo Court Sanctions Action In Suit. Washington, March 7. ?The qi pre mo court of the United States, pursuance of an agreement rcnoh*>:l some time ago, hai permitted the ku' ?I the Peoples National bank of Greenville and others agalmt the Pouth Carolina tax commission to withdrawn at the request of t'i ? plaintiffs. The banks beMcvod Iben selves aggrieved by a decision entoi ei by the supreme ocurt of South Carolina over tax returns and valu.e tlons said to be against the'.r Interest.' The withdrawal was sought pursuant to an agreement reached last mont'i GERMANY MAY PUBLISH TERMS Ralil to I3:? Contemplating Publlshbiy Statcmcni of What it Unites lo Get. Hav re, March 7 - Th > German gov? ernment, according to Information >? eclved her1 through confident agents, is considering the publ of Germany's terms of peace. I'm. these terms Belgium WOtil I !>?? <? elared independent, subject onl> permanent German garrisons ui \?. werp, Liege and Namur, and t ? tb control by Germany of port ti railways, Belgium under the torms would have no national army but would be policed by gendarmeries. ANGRY AT GROUP WHICH BALK? ED MAJORITY. Speech to National Democratic Com? mittee Marked by 1 rank Talk About Recalcitrants. Washington, March C.?President Wilson expressed in forceful language big disappointment over the senate's failure t ? p.sss his armed neutrality bill and discussed at kugth his con? ception of the underlying basis of permanent peace, in an informal talk today at a White House luncheon to the members of the Democratic na? tional committee. President declared he. was "mad" over the attitude of the little gro of senators who held up the armed neutrality W!l and indicate i that he hoped for bolter results If he tried again to obtain lbs passage. The present, , he said, is no time for parti Ran or factional consideration in in? ternational affair:., because the need I thate America prove united in efforts ! to safeguard its interests is Impera? tive, lie decried bitterness in public discussion of the situation, i The Underlying principles of de ; mocra< y We re declared by Mr. Wilson pa the only principles on which gov ? rnments can, endure and on whieh ! permanent, world peace can be main I i tine 1. He said tin,- consent of the governed must be behind govern? ments. The president refined to the ren? dition of Alsace-Lorrane as typical ! of causes of war which must be avoid , ed If permanent peace is to be achiev 'ed. Reiterating his hope that the United States will play a part in build? ing up a structure for the maintenance ! of permanent peace after the present war, he declared that such a peace i can be found only on Just principle*; meeting the aspirations of the people of the world. No stenographer was presnt dur? ing the president's speech and its text . ?ras not made public. The lunch Vi ( given in honor of Vance C. McCor mick, chairman of the Democratic na? tional committee, and the other mem bers who atsiste? in Mr. Wilson's re j ejection. At a meeting of the committee to? day a movement was started for '; ringing about a uniform hour for the closing of election poll-* in all parts ; of the country. A. Mitchell Palmer, national committeeman from Penn? sylvania, discussed the question in de? tail and finally it was left in the hands ; of the executive committee. Tee claim was made that in the last elec? tion Republican victories in the Rast , were reported to Western State, be ' fore the closing of the polls ami that as a result many Democrats gave up j hope and did not vote. Plans for the next congressional and presidential elections were discussed, j Mir.. George Bass, chairman of th< committee's woman's bureau, told ' bow t< n of the 12 suffrage Btateswere co cried for Wilson. I I Chairman McCormick announced ' the appointment of the following ex? ecutive committee: Homer B. Cum mlngs, Connecticut: Isadora B. Dock Veiler, California; Carter Glass. Vir? ginia; Cordello Hull, Tennessee; A. A. Jones, Pennsylvania; Frederick K. j Lynch. Minnesota, and E. H. Moor . Ohio, it war, decided that permanent work at headquarters here will he conducted under the direction of W. It. Holllster, assistant secretary; IV. D. Jamlcson, assistant treasurer, .? ,] Mrs. M. W. Dennett, secretary of I ; women's organisation committee. 1 Chairman McCormick was given a watch and chain by the members of the committee in appreciation of his work in the campaign. New York Grand Jury Takes Action New York, Mar. h 6.?The fodo I grand jure which has boon Invent - eating the high rest of food and fu< ! returned two Indictments today nai - inrr as defendants, in the first 1 * corporations aed i"T> individuals, i 1 the second ten corporations and !0 individuals In the business of pro? ducing or selling coal. The defendants in the first Indict? ment are charged With participating in a combination among selling: <- * and producers of 22.000 000 out of is5.000.000 tons of coal produced an? nually in the Ponhontas and tfow fllvcr district of \V srt V!r -,in:a and Virginia, arbitrarily to :i\ prlce.? at which this coal is marketed. The second Indictment rb?irt? combinations through nine mini1" . ompanlcs, producing S.000,000 ?o < i* stich coal. .:nd with a veiling agent arbitrarily to tw p ice., and to po the proceeds of the Kale of the co;'. Names of the defendants have not yet been made, public. CRITICISES SENATORS FOR BEAT? ING NEUTRALITY BILL. Americans, South Carolina Governor Says, Stand Firmly Behind Presi? dent in Crisis. Washington, Mareh G.?"If it had not been for the action of the hand? ful of senators who prevented the passage of the armed neutrality bill, this inauguration would have been complete," said Gov. R. I. Manning hers today. "Henceforth these men will be pointed out as men who failed at a critical period of our na? tion's life to do their duty. Not only their constituents but the nation at large will hold'them responsible and Will call thein to an accounting. It is impossible to ' understand their motives. "There can be no question that the people of the United States, re? gardless of politics, are back of the president in this international crisis. 1 Know that the people of South ' Carolina arc Solidly behind him and 1 I feel that the citizen* of every other ! State, North and South, arc w*th ! him. "The president put it well when he , said that the 11 senators who voted against giving him authority to arm our merchant vessels represented no I body but themselves., "If we should get into war and' the president calls for troops, South ! Carolina will furnish her full quota," ! TO HASTEN TROOPS 'HOME. Southern Department Headquarters Issues Orders to Have All Guards? men Leere Border by April 1. San Antonio, March 7.?Southern ! department headquarters have recelv i ed orders to "speed up" the return , mover.ienr of State troops so that all i organisations can be home by Apri\ 1st. Troops still on the border ap? proximate thirty thousand in num? ber. A shortage of funds, due to the fa?l ! uro of the army appropriation bill, 4t is said, caused the war department to quicken the guard movement. It was originally planned to move the last troops about April 15th. WILL ARM MERCHANTMEN. I - Impression Growing in Washington Tluit Ships Will Ik* Armed Soon. Washington, March 7.?The definite impression that American merchant : men will be armed in the near fu ; tu re gained ground after a confer , ence today between President Wilson, 1 administration officials and Democrat? ic senators. It is understood that of? ficials urged the president that the law of 1819 forbidding merchantmen J to fire on public armed vessels of a I nation in amity with the United j States d<>es not apply to the present situation. GOV. MANNING RETURNS. Party Attending Inaneuration Arriv? ed in Columbia This Morning. , C olumbia, March 7.?That the pub? lic inaugural exercises should be abolished is the statement by Gov. Manning on his return from Wash? ington this morning. He said that the president, his immediate successors nnd the Supreme Court were on the reviewing Stand, exposed to any de? signing person. He said that a ma? chine gun at a distance, in the hands of an enemy, would wipe out tho Whole government. The chief executive said there is intense fcelinsr in Washington and throughout the country at the action of the twelve senators In blocking the "armed neutrality" resolution in the senate, that the temper of the peo ple la such thut they will stand be? hind the president in any move that he may make. "Senator Tillman has rendered a ser vicc to his State and his nation i?i '.ho stand he took in upholding the hands of the president," said Gov. Manning. The governor said that the South Carolina contingent at the inaugura? tion attracted a deal of attention. The "Inauguration Special" bearing Qov. Manning and his staff and other South Carolinians, who went to Wash? ington to see Wood row Wilson induct? ed Into office for the second time, arrived in Columbia this morning at 10:15 o'clock. Manning, Marth C>.?An unusually severe elect vie storm passsd over .':nnng Sunday afternoon. There r.'P.a a heavy rain accompanied by hail ih R with the lightning and thunder, Etnd then during the night there was n. fall in temperature amounting to it degrees within ten hours.