Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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unu mm.: ROB MAKE SUCCESSFUL AT TACK OH CHAMPAGNE FRONT. Attack on Verdun Front Rc UM Capture Positions on Kounum -Italian Attacke Hepuls Mho? York. March 9 ? French at la*! aimed to reduce a German sail text Maw Maleons-De-Champagne, cre? ifte* as/ a German attack last Feh inmry, hare been successful. Part.? unnpimoes that the French captured Heine poaltlone on a front of more Cfifteen hundred yards and about hundred yards deep, ftarttn aayo the French attack I tfltftr Hill No. 900 on the Verdun freest was repulsed, r Oorman headquarters also annour.c im tha capture of 100 prisoners and 'Mama* positions In assaults between Um Trotua and Usul valleya, on the 'tooamnlan front, jftnety-one airplanes have been lost the entente powers as against muaty-foar German. Berlin asserts. fmliaa attacks on Austrian po fdtenjla hare been repulsed. iSaaMIMAN CONSPIRATOR ARREST Take* Into Custody at lea, March t ?CaejC Al erod JTritzsn. said to be a German na o aoiattad near here last to dopeilinewt of justice agents. won held on suspicion of a felony to hare been committed in with the plot to blow up dm Wetland canal. Cant. Frttaen'a arrest was made on from Washington. The prts declined to discuss tho oharger him. but said he had been in ^jho ynited States three years and had rejeenUy made a trip to Cuba. He re tQrntf to Loo Angelee yesterday. No pMrtmlnatlng papers were found In Mm* 'lam w( CjmSFlKATORS ON TRIAL*. Who Plotted to Poison Pro Lloyd-George Testify at Old Undo Wheel dc Into an< London. March I?Mrs. Alle? Wheel don, who. with her two daugh and son-in-law. AT-ed Mason, on trial In Old Bailey, charge 1 mlah conspiring to murder Premier Idord-Oeorge and Arthur Henderson tho mbor member of the war council admitted on the stand that she had often expressed the hope that ihe pre ajfler and Henderson would soon l?e dead. When asked if the poison she previously testified had been obtain? ed, to kill doge would not have been available to get rid of the premier and n, she testified, "I did no* that It be carried out, I never to take anybody's life." EXTRA SESSION SOON. Ikeankti Clark Socks Information at White Uonse. Washington. March I.?Speak ar Clark called at the White House to? day and aaked for information aa to probable date of the extra session. He irae told that he would be notified as promptly aa possible. Fortified with too opinions of Attorney General Gregory and Secretary Lansing that ho has authority to arm merchant? men without the action of congress, it la understood the president is con? sidering steps to take action imme? diately. It Is expected that the date of too extra session, which seems cer? tain, will be set soon. AUGUSTA PRESENTS CLAIMS. V Lane end Houston Hear Argu anente of Tourist City. Augusta. March 8.?Secretary Dak? ar. Secretary Lane and Secretary Houston, the Interdepartmental board Who are to recommend to the presi? dent the location of nitrate plant, at the city council chamber tonight heard presented the claims of the up? per gavsnnsh river as the site of ore of the plants. The oral argument was by Former Congressman W. M. How? ard. The preentatlon from the engineering stsndpoint wsh by W. H. Burr, dean of the engineering de? portment of Columbia university. The nitrate board reached A 14 i <t.i at T:SI tonight from Columbia, where a hearing was had during the day. They traveled to Augusta on a special train. Arriving here, they were the guests at dinner at the Country club, 71 guests b. mg present. The board will go to Atlanta tonuht, a hearing havfng been arranged there today. Norfolk, March It is learned that when United 8tnten Marshal dauiidtre aetaed the prise ship Appam In the name of the United States, af? ter th? break with Germany, he found aboard %n elaborate aecret wtrelesa apparatus by means of which all mesafee sent from this sect loo could be received. GUTHRIE, AMBASSADOR TO JA JAN, PASSES AT TOKYO. Pom Wheeler, First Secretary, Left in Charge of Affairs of Embassy. Washington, March 8.?George W. | Guthrie, American ambassador to Japan since 1913, died suddenly of apoplexy today at Tokyo. Only a brief cablegram announcing his death, giving no details, had reached the state department tonight. The affairs of the embassy have been taken over by Post Wheeler, the first secretary, who will act as charge until a new ambassador is named. Mr. Guthrie, a Pittsburgh lawyer, was prominent in national Demo? cratic politics for many years and wee among the first diplomatic rep? resentatives appointed by President Wilson. He sailed for Japan In July, 1913, and has been at his post con? stantly since that time except for a short visit to the United States In 1915. He has acted for his govern? ment In several important diplomatic 'exchangee with Japan, including the California anti-alien controversy. News of the ambasador's death caused a shock at the state depart? ment, as there had been no reports indicating failure of his robust health. He was 68 years old. The state department cabled a mes? sage of condolence to Mrs. Quthrle, who Is understood to have been with her husband at the time of his death. Provision is made in the department regulations for bringing home the bodies of diplomatic officers who die at their poets and this power will be exercised in the case of the late ambassador unless Mrs. Guthrie ar? ranges otherwise or decides to ac? cept the expected tender of a Japan? ese warship. Mr. Wheeler, now in charge of the embassy, has had a wide diplomat ^ experience and the department feels that he Is fully capable of conducting its business pending appointment of a new ambassador. Because of the Importance of relations with Japan just now, it is expected that Presi? dent Wilson will exercise great de? liberation In filling the vacancy. The department's dispatch an nooncing the ambasador's deuth was signed by Mr. Wheeler, it said: "It is my painful duty to inform you that the ambassador died sud? denly tonight at 8 o'clock of apo? plexy." YARROWDALE PRISONER? RE? LEASED. Americans Held In German Prison Camp Sent to Switzerland. London, March 9.?A Berlin dis? patch, via Amsterdam, says the Americans and other neutrals taken to Germany aboard the prize ship Yarrowdale left Germany Wednesday The American, Spanish and Brazilian prisoners were sent from the prison? ers' camp at Brandenburg to Switzer? land. The prisoners were released at the expiration of the quarantine im? posed because of spotted fever. PREMIER OF CHINA RETURNS. Tuan Chi Ja I Back in Peking, Confers With Cabinet and President. Peking, March 8.?Tuan Chi Jui, who resigned as premier several days ago and proceded to Tien Tsin, re? turned to Peking today and conferred with the cabinet and the president. A compromise has been reached so that parliament may decide whether China shall sever relations with Germany and join the entente. The foreign minister is approaching all entente ministers and asking the conditions under which the entente will Jointly accept China as an ally Japan has suggested that China allow cotton, wool and iron to be exported to Japan in consideration for permis? sion to increase other maritime cus? toms from 5 to 7 1-2 per cent. It Is expect 3d that there will be h severance of relations between China and Germany this week. CHANGE INAUGURATION DAY. Congress Will Be Asked to Pass Con? stitutional Amendment. Washington, March 9.?Congress at the next session will bo asked So pass a consltutlonal amendment changing Inaugural day from Mare1' *th to the last Tuesday In Ap?H. This announcement was made after a meeting in Washington of members of the national committee in chat gs of inauguration day. FURTIUER RETIREMENT EXPECT? ED. London, March 8, Delayed.--Gen. Maurice, the chief director of military operation, has predicted a further re? tirement of the German linos on the Somme front and the arrival of the Mritsh army before Bagdad. Washington, March 9.?Presid"*t Wilson Is still confined to his bed with a sovere cold. Tho Friday cabinet mooting has been cancelled. HAS POWER TO ABM SHIPS. LAX SIX (3 A XI) GREGORY RUE PRESIDENT CAN TAKE STEP EOR DEFENSE. Guns and Gunners May be Placed on Mow-haut Ships to Safeguard Them From Attacks of Submarine?Extra Session Is Expected, However. Washington, March 8.?Secretary Lansing and Attorney General Greg? ory have advised President Wilson that he had full authority to arm American merchant ships against il? legal attacks by German submarines It was these two officers?tho gov? ernment's authorities respectively on international questions and law?that the president referred the contention] raised In the senate that old statutes enacted to authorize merchantmen to resist pirates raised an insuperable bar to the step he desired to take to met the submarine, menace. They have reported that the statutes have no application to the present situa? tion. Whether the president will act Im? mediately in accordance with this opinion or will wait to call a special session of congress to pass a resolu? tion similar to that killed by a fili? buster during the last session was not revealed tonight. In view of the action of the senate today in revising Its rules to prevent another such filibuster, It was thought in some administration quarters that the president will immediately call an extra session. Weight was given to this Idea by the president's statement last Sunday in which he held blame for the failure of the armed neutrali? ty resolution on a "little group of wil? ful men" and appealed to the senate to amend its rules and "save the country from disaster." However, It was recalled that In the same statement the presld ?it express? ed the opinion that old statutes might raise "insuperable practicable obstruc? tions." Since then he has received the opinions of the attorney general and the secretary of State. One problem Involved in consider? ing the subject is the probable dif? ficulty over the organization of the next house because of the almost evenly distributed balance of power between the Democrats and Republi? cans. A long drawn out fight such as has marked the organization of more than one house probably would delay ac? tion on the armed neutrality Ques? tion?a contingency which the presi? dent is determined to avoid. It Is taken for granted In all quar? ters that before July 1 the president will summon an extra session of con? gress. The only question open to? night was whether It will be called immediately. Many members of the old house have left for their homes, and some of the new members are not here. Therefore at least a week's notice Is considered Imperative, and some members want three weeks be? cause of their expectation that once congress convenes again it will re? main In session a long time. The president himself remained in bed all day with a cold, and saw no callers. Because of his cold, and be? cause three members of the cabinet are absent from the city it appeared probable that the usuM Friday cabi? net meeting would be canceled. On every hand, however, the pre? diction was made that the decision of the president either to call an extra session Immediately or to arm Amer? ican merchantmen on his own author? ity is expected before the end of the present wek, possibly tomorrow. GRAIX SHOWS DECREASE. Shortage of Supply Emphasized by Figures. Washington, March 8.?Corn on farms March 1 was about 789,416, 000 bushels, compared with 1,110. 559,000 bushels last year, the de? partment of agriculture today an? nounced in its March crop report. Wheat held on farms March 1 was about 101,365,000 bushels. Last yea* 244,448,000 bushels remained on forms March 1. Oats on farms was about 393,985, 000 bushels, compared with 598,148, 000 bushels last year. Barley on farms was about 32,821, 000 bushels, compared with 59,301, 000 bushels last year. A supplementary statement said wheat in country mills and elevators on March 1 is estimated to be 19,614, 000 bushels lb ( 14 per cent, of 1916 crop), compared with 155,0127,000 bush Is a year ago. LEVER FAVORS DUAL SYSTEM. blOMi Bi Partisan Oranglzatlon of 1 louse. Washington. March 8.? Represen? tative Lever of South Carolina, who has been chairman of the house agri? cultural committee since the Sixty thlrd congress, announced today be was strongly in favor of a bi-partlsan organization of the house In the com? ing congress. He is the first prdmi nent Democrat to openly commend such organization. OSWEGO AND BAKER SCHOOLS VISITS MADE YESTERDAY AND MEETINGS REGARDED AS HIGHLY SATISFAC? TORY. Miss Parott, Head of -Home Demon? stration Work in State, Makes In structive Talk at Both Places?She and Secretary Rcardoa Discuss i County Health Survey. A vory satisfactory and pleasant community welfare meeting was held at Oswego and Baker school houses yesterday, which were well attended by the pupils and patrons of the schools. Miss Edith Parrott, of Winthrop College, head of the Home Demon? stration and Domestic Science work of South Carolina delivered an elo? quent and instr ative address at each school, touching upon the import? ance of proper sanitation in th*? homes, and told of the connection be? tween domestic science and sanitary science. She stressed the value of the pro? posed county sanitary survey, and stated that results which would do obtained would be supplementary to the domestic science and home dem? onstration work being conducted in this county. Miss Parrott, who travels the entire State year after year, told of the great benefits of the Greenville coun? ty health survey as seen by her dur? ing and since the sanitary survey in Greenville county.. Miss Parott point? ed out in strong term the advantages of educating the people, children par? ticularly during the formative per? iods of their lives, in the best meth? ods of preserving their health, and the home is the best place In whlci"? to begin this physical preservation work ,and the school the next most important place. One of the main objects of the domestic science work is to teach cleanliness and sanitation, as well as economy in the home, and she thought teaching people about the preservation of health, which means elimination of unnecessary and avoid? able diseases and premature deaths the best and most sensible scheme of econmy in the presrvatlon of physical strength, and maintenance of earn? ing power, and Industrial efficiency. The strictly sanitary survey teaches many things which sandwich in well with domestic science, but which can and should be taught only by pro? fessional and trained sanitarians, versed in bacteriology and other branches of sanitary science. She hoped that Sumter county would grasp the opportunity of a lifetime offered in the proposed county health sur? vey. Secretary E. I. Reardon of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce fol? lowed Miss Parrott In an enthusiastic endorsement of the proposed county health survey from an econmic as well as humane point of view. He explained the objects of a county health survey, and pointed out where? in lives will be saved and much un? necessary sickness prevented if the people are educated how to protect individual and public health. And said that every boy and girl has a God given right to an education and the education which teaches them the principles of self preservation, tho first law of nature. He denied that any considerable number of intelligent white men and women of the rural districts arc op? posed to a county health survey, and claimed that the statement broadly circulated by a minority opposed to this health survey that "the people of the rural districts are overwhelm? ingly against a health survey" while perhaps unintentionally so, is none the less an unjust and unwarranted misrepresentation of a majority of Sumter county's rural white popula? tion, and is a reflection on the intel? ligence, culture, and social environ? ment of the white men and women of the rural districts to crea:e the im? pression that they are so unprogres ?IV? and prejudiced against ckfl Il? linois and improved hygienic condi? tions that they oppose the efforts of the government to impro\e sanitary conditions In their sections. The speaker affirmed that no man claiming that any considerable num? ber >f white men and women are against progressive measures for im? provement of social, or sanitary con ditons in the rural districts, has tak? en the time or trouble to Und out what percentage of the masses of the people are opposed to a county health survey, and that none of the very small minority, composed of, so far as he knows of not exceeding a doz? en men in the county, has offered any evidence to show that "an over? whelming majority of tho people of tho rural districts are against a coun? ty health survey." Or that any con? siderable number of people thought that tho life of any child or other cit? izen is of less value than the two thou? sand dollars the county Is asked to appropriate for a county health sur? vey. When the meeting was over a num EXTREME RISTlsKss REPORTED AMONG GERMAN PEOPLE. Evidence, According io Prussian Con? troller, Tlint Supplies Will Soon be Exhausted. London, aMrch 8.?The Prussian food controller, Dr. George Michaelis, made in the Prussian diet yesterday what the Koelinsche Zeitung calls a serious speech on the food situation, says a Reuter dispatch from Amster? dam. Dr. Michaelis declared that the distress was such that a more severe state of things, especially in the large industrial centres, could hardly be imagined. He indicated the possibil j ity that all surplus Stocka of grain would be exhausted and said that very radical measures w<?re needed to enable the people to held out un? til next year. "We have in the third year of the war," the food controller is quoted as saying, "discovered that among all sections of the people the general feeling evinced is not one of that en? durance for which we had hoped. This is human nature but it is highly deplorable and may have most serious results. "We have not perceived in the towns that stern supervision which is absolutely necessary in the distribu? tion of food stuffs. Bread tickets have been illegally used on such 8. shocking scale that our entire re? serves were exhausted. So when potatoes failed and bread was order? ed as substitute there was none avail? able. Flour has been similarly re duccd owing to similar irregularities in the mills." Dr. Michaelis concluded by urging tho utmost severity to meet the short? comings where there is yet time. The speech created a oensation. A Socialist member, Herr Hufer, de clared that the "junker*/* are to blame, though an attempt was being made to shift the blame on England. "The selfishness of the agrarians," he said, "is the cause of the high prices." The minister of agriculture then spoke and vigorously defended him? self against attacks. He alluded to tho critical situation created by the partial success of the entente's plan o* starvation and added: "For the small bread ration one can only make the Almighty re I sponsible, who has not given us the harvest wo expected." CUBAN REVOLT FAILS. Recognized Government Has Regain? ed Possession of Santiago, The Reb? el Stronghold. Wahington, March 9.?Official ad? vices to the navy department estab? lished tho fact that the Cuban gov? ernment forces have regained control of Santiago, the stronghold of the rebel uprising. President Menocal has notified the United States that Gov. Munoz is in command thera, representing the recognized govern? ment. The reposses&ion of Santiago and the capture of the rebel leader Gomez and his staff are regarded hero as marking the collapse of the revolu? tion. Recent dispatches said the reb bels still held Santiago. NEW BANK EXAMINER. Columbia, March 9.?O. K. La Roque, formerly secretary to Gov. Manning, will assume his new duties as State bank examiner today. His headquarters will be in the office of the judiciary committee room of the house of representatives in the State captitol. Mr. LaRoque has had con? siderable banking experience and will succeed Ivy M. Mauldin of Bickens, whose term expired yesterday. ber of progressive and intelligent farmers and country merchants of Oswego section informed Mr. Rear don that they did not oppose but fa? vored the appropriation of two thou? sand dollars and advocated the health servey. Some of them even promis? ed to use their influence towards get? ting the necessary appropriation. Miss Mary Lemmon, Mr. J. Frank Williams, of the home and farm dem? onstration departments respectively, and Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, county su? perintendent of education also spoke at Oswego and Baker schools where the patrons of these schools in good? ly numbers, considering the rainy weatber, had gathered. Both the Ba? ker and Oswego school meetings were successful and pleasant In every way. Mr, Williams and Miss Lemmon ad? dressed tho girls' canning and to? mato and the boys' pig and corn club members at both schools and secured recruits In both instances. The county health survey, like Banquo's ghost, will not down, and the more the rural districts are giv? en absolutely unprejudiced and in? telligent information about this sur? vey the greater becomes tho interest and the addition to the ranks of those who dispute thut Sunder county is too prejudiced and ignop"t to appreciate the advantages of solitary science. DANIELS CALLS FOR AMERICAN PRESS TO MAINTAIN SE? CRECY. Move Would be Voluntary, as Censor? ship Could not be Enforced Legal? ly, but Secretary of Navy Believes Americans Will Aid Administra? tion to This Extent. Washington, March 9.?Lacking legal authority to establish general censorship, the administration to? night appealed to the patriotism of of the country's newspapers and cable companies to suppress publication about movements of American mer? chant craft, now to be armed against German submarines. "The best news that readers can have" Secretary Daniels said, "is that the government will protect the rights of Americans to the freedom of the seas. "The publication of details can serve no good purpose and might jeopardize human life." Mr. Daniels has determined not to reveal any of the department's plans for carrying out the policy ordered by President Wilson. He previously I has stated that the navy is prepared to carry out the instructions. Navy yard commandants will su? perintend the actual installation of guns on merchant craft. The rifl*w range from heavy 6 inch rifles to 3 inch weapons and smaller guns The number of guns to go on each ship, the personnel selected to handle the guns, the time of sailing or the names of ships that have been arm? ed will not be disclosed. Secretary Daniels in a statement to the newspaper men said: "You have read the statement Is? sued from the White House and now you know that the president has the power to arm American merchant ships making trips on the seas on lawful errands and is free to exercise it at once. I do not think you ought to ask with what guns they will be armed or how they will be manned or exactly when the power will be exercised. The government should be trusted fully to carry out the policy announced in the best way. I do not think you ought to ask when the ships will be armed or print when they will sail. Today I request? ed every cable company in America not to send out any news about ships sailing to or from Europe. The wireless stations are under the di? rection of the navy department and no news of sailings will go out by radio. "I am going to request you and every newspaper, every news agency in the United States not to print any news about the arrival of the ships or when any of them will sail for Euro? pean ports. There is no power of censorship in our country and tho president does not have any authority over the press. In this time of na? tional emergency T feel sure that every newspaper will accede to the request not even to give a hint or speculation of the sailing of Ameri? can ships. Such publicationmight re? sult in the loss of life. As thk rea? sons are so obvious for making this request there is confidence in admin? istration circles that this request will be complied with by every newspaper in the country. "All patriotic Americans are ready to make sacrifice for their country in times of emergency. The press can render tho highest patriotic service by refraining from printing at this time what ordinarily they would free? ly print. "Inasmuch as it will be impossible to reach every paper and news agency directly I will ask all papers to carry this request, which is made as an ap? peal to patriotism to all journalists dissemimators of news." With the departure of the llrst arm? ed American ship it will be necessary for the navy department is issue in? structions to gun crews as to the man? ner In which the weapons are to oe employed. In that will bo involved a declaration of policy as to whether the appearance of a submarine in the neighborhood of a ship is sufficient warrant for opening fire. Officials would not discuss this aspect of the situation. When the application of a ship owner for arms has been approved the commandant of the nearest navy yard will be Instructed to place the ?uns aboard. In some cases struc tural changes in :.uips decks may be necessary to carry the gun weight. In any event, however, it will take no more than a few days to outfit any sh i p. Contracts for additional guns of suitable size are being speeded up. It is expected that they can be complet? ed so that weapons will be Quickly available for converting merchant craft into naval auxiliaries if war comes. Washington, March 10?The comptroller of the currency has is? sued a call for the condition reports of national banks at the close of busi? ness March 5th.