The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 21, 1917, Image 1
BM tWUTTEM WATCHMAN, Established Aprtt, 1850.
"Be foot and Fear not?Dot all the end* Thou Aleset e* b>n thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's.'
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, EstabUahed Jius* 1 foe?
Consolidated Aus. 8,1801.
SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 21. 1917.
VoLXLIV. No. 19.
Ttt BERUM ST?HE.
CUR MAX NEWSPAPERS REPORT
THAT 12& dOO WORKMEN
PARTICIPATED.
ta Ilaard on Food Situation. ?ic
for ImbKNtiau? Internal
and the Deep tanging for
Were In usually
Copenhagen. April 17?The num?
ber of strikers In Berlin is placed,
?von In the semi-official report, at
OM hundred and twenty-five thou
sonr, and distributed, according; to
The Tageblatt through machine
arkerka. electrical establishments, snd
aorae munition plant*. All Berlin
newspapers that have arrived here
agree that the striken were usually
arderly, although occasional window
breaking ocrured on the central thor
?ughfaree. The Vorwaerts, the only
g Berlin newspaper to comment ed
rlally. says the demonstration was
baaed not only on the food situation,
and the demand that Internal reforms
bo no longer delayed, but also on the
deep longing of the people for peace.
There are no reports of strikes In la?
bor canters outside of Berlin.
eei
2
I
farther* Resume Work.
London. April it.?A Barlin dis?
talen to Amsterdam newspaper says
that work has been resumed In most
of the factories in Berlin.
Copenhagen. April 17.?The latest
Gorman newspapers arriving here
confirm sen. 1-offlcial announcement
that the strike In Berlin ended, after
the fbtrikors were granted reforms
la the distribution of food. The
newspapers throw an Interesting light
en the accuracy of semi-official re?
ports. The latter said no munitions
plant was affected and the total num?
ber of strikers was one hundred and
twbaty-fhre thousand. The Vorwaerts
gays three hundred munitions plants
Ware closed Monday, and total num?
ber of strikers In the metal trades
was two hundred and ten thou
alone
sant
WOtXD OOmVATE RICK FIELDS,
Commission Urged to
Have Government Take Over Ahan
Acre*.
Columbia. April If.?Cultivation of
the thousands of acres of sbandoned
rice fields in the coast countes of the
State by the government is the sug?
gestion contained In a letter receive ',
by the preparcdnee* commlaion. Th"
matter has been referred to the Unit?
ed State* department of agriculture.
GERMANS DENT ATTACK.
Berlin OAVta'* Say There is No Ger?
man submarine* in American Wa
Berltn. April 1?.?It Is officially an?
nounced that no German submarine Is
as yet in tho western half of the At
tantir. The statement attributes the
reported attack on the Destroyer
Smith to a British attempt to lay
the blame of opening hostility l
dnst the United States upon Cer
iny.
llOlXUf V\ PARDONED.
Governor Manning Releases Former
Rank Cashier Convicted of Em>
bessleaactit.
Columbia. April 19.?Gov. Manntm:
has pardoned J. Townet Holleman, u
former cashier of a bank of Ander
eon. who recently plead guilty to th
rha*fe of embeszlemont.
CUBAN* WAR BONDS.
Prvekleut M?*>m.*nl Recommend* at
Issue of Thirty Millions.
Iluvina. April 19.?President Mon
o el htm requested congress to an
thorn? a thirty million dollar bond
Ijstos to be used for paying the losses
of the revolution and the expenses oi
th?? war with Oormany. In cooperation
With the United States. He gtv<
long list of srttrlea on which he pro
pose atsmp tates for the payment of
Interest en the bonds.
AKK I P AMI UK A DAV.
Putrtoiie Psrade* and Meetings Hel l
In Great Cities.
New York. April 19.?The patriotic
?plrtt of Now York was stirred todnv
by reminders of the battle of Lexln;:
ton and the beginning of the Atnei
can fish* for Independence. Near'
two hundred thouennd pnrticpa?
psradea. meetings and other dei "
n >Hons of "Wak* up America I?
Ii stlmolats reer?ttln:- Boston |*
also observing a war rally.
CHEAT BATTLE CONTINUES.
FRENCH OFFENSIVE ON RIVER
AIS NE UNCHECKED.
Greatest Rattle Since the Marne is
Going Badly for the Germans Who
I lave Lost Fifteen Thousand Pris?
oner*?British Also Make Gains.
Now York, April is.?Continuing
their great offensive along the river
Alane and in Champagne the French
made additional Important gains and
have taken more than fourteen thou?
sand prisoners, twelve cannon, and I
'arge quantity of other war material.
Tae battle is considered the great?
est since the battle of \he Marn-J. The
drive developed heavy fighting last
nUht northeast of Solssons. Pushing
far north of the Alsne the French
completed the occupation of Chivy,
and pressed on to Draye-en-Lacnnols,
Into which French patrols er tercel.
On the Alsne farther north they occu?
pied Chavonne,| and east of this re?
gion captured several fortified po?
sitions. Three German counter-at?
tacks were repulsed with heavy Ger?
man losses In the Champagne.
Meanwhile the British are organ?
ising positions In the Arras region.
The British northwest of St. Quenttn
advanced more than a mile, captur?
ing Villers, Ulslaln and improved
nearby positions. Heavy rains have
again fallen on the British front.
Dispatches through Amsterdam re?
port the resignations of Hungarian
Premier Tslza, Austrian Minister of
Commerce Vrhan, and ..[inister With?
out Portfolio Baernerelther.
Germany announced a tots.l of
three thousand French prisonera cap?
tured yesterday In French attacks In
Champagne and prevented the piorc
Ing of German lines. They also an?
nounced a success over the French In
Macedonia.
New York, April 19.?Oormany has
thrown nearly a quarter of a million
fresh troops Into the fray . on the
spxty mile sector between So.ssons
and Auherlve, and are still unable to
check the French advance. 4 I
Both north of the Ahme rivet and
In Champagne the French uro stead?
ily advancing. The last stronghold
of the Germans or. the Aisne river line
was taken last night, with the capture
of the Vallly bridge houd, and their
wavering lines continued to he push?
ed rapidly northward. From Chavoi.
ne on the Aisne the French have driv?
en more than three miles northward.
The French successes In the Cham
pngno are equally striking. They
have driven a wedge more than three
Oiiles deep Into the German lines be
t-.veen Rheims and Auberlve which lu ?!
night attack netted then possession of
several Important heights near Moro>.
villiere, where two more German *af
terles were captured.
The French official statement which
la notably confident in tone, un?
equivocally claimed the complete re?
pulse of every German counter at?
tack and referred to their success ll
the Champagne as an advance on
"great scale."
While the French are advancing fhfl
British are preparing and waiting for
their turn to strike the other flank of
the Hlndenburg line.
<i"rniHny announced that the hat
tie of Champagne Increased in in?
tensity this morning. The report said
Ine French had not attained Sims. I*
admits some retirements.
TO BE ORDERED Ot'T SOON.
Destination off Vim Regiment When
Ordered from Styx Not Ghen?
Other News of the First.
Columbia, April a 9.?No announce?
ment has been made as to who will
' N lieutenant colonel of the First res
iment. The regiment has settled down
j to routine camp life and the physical
t examinations are progfOSelng rapidly
! The unit will l>e ready for guard dutj
'omewhere in the State at a Very
early date. No announcement can be
1 made as to the whereabouts of th.
' various units after th? y have been or
dered away from Styx. There contir
ucs to he much speculation as to when
the Second regiment will be order ?
out. Many recruits have arrl'ed pi
ramp and they are drilling In civilli'
'?loth"s. uwaltlng equipment which ha;
!>ecn shipped.
SPIES AT CAPITOL.
Somite Committee Re Kim Rrokcn Open;
During Night.
Washington. April 19.?The caplte-'
police discovered this morning th."
the door to the senate room of the
committee on naval affairs was for
ed during the night. Senator Svun
? on ua!d that no confidential informa?
tion was In the room.
FOURTEEN OFFICERS' ttfL
TRAINING OF CITIZENS BEGINS
ON MAY 8.
Ten Thousand Officers Expected to Be
Available for Duty When Recruits
arc Beady.
Washington, April 18.?Establish?
ment of 14 citizen training* camps
where reserve officers and applicants
for commissions in the new war army
will receive intensive military Instruc?
tions was authorized today by Secre?
tary Baker.
The camps will be opened May 1
and the courses of Instruction under
officers and noncommissioned offliers
of the regulars begin May 8.
In selecting locations the war de?
partment was guided largely by the
lines of the proposed divisional train- |
ing areas. The places selected aro:
For North Carolina, South Carolina
and Tennessee, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
For Georgia, Alabama and Florida,
Fort McPherson, Ga.
For Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.
, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.
For Arkansas, Mississippi and Lou?
isiana, Fort Logan, H. Root, Ark.
fFor Oklahoma and Texas, Leon
Springs, Texas.
For Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Nebraska, Fort
Snelling, Minn.
For Missouri, Kansas and Colorado
Fort Rilcy, Kan.
1 For the New England States, Fort
Ethan Allen, or such other points in
New England as may bo designated
by the commadning general of the
Eastern department.
For Long Island, New York city
and territory immediately north of
New York city, Plattsburg barracks.
For the remainder of New York
State and eight congressional districts
of Pennsylvania, Madison Earrackn.
N. Y.
For the remainder of Pennsylvania,
Including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh,
Fort Niagara, N. Y.
. For New Jersey, Delaware, Mary?
land and Virginia, Fort Myef*; Va.t *o?
such other place as the commanding
general of the Eastern department
may designate.
For Michigan, Illinois and Wiscon?
sin, Fort Sheridan, 111.
For Montana, Idaho, Washington
IQsOaTOn. California, Nevada, Ftah,
Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico,
the Presidio, at San Francisco.
Reserve officers and others admitted
to the camps will be notified to re?
port between May 1 and 8 at the
camps nearest their home. Those se?
lected for admission may reserve
transportation, subsistence and uni?
forms at the expense of the govern?
ment.
The maximum attendance at every
camp has been limited to 2,600. The
serious shortage of regular army of?
ficers makes it unwise to attempt in?
struction for more than that number
for the present.
During the first month the student
officers in each camp will be divided
into II companies. The qualification
of each man will be studied with a
view to assigning the necessary num?
bers for further Instruction in th>^
separate arms. At the end of the
month the men will be reassigned in
the necessary proportion for the
formation of nine infantry companies,
three batteries of artillery, two troops
of cavalry and one company of eng:
neers. Others will bo selected for thf
coast artillery and sent to Fort Mon?
roe, Va., or Fort Win field Scott, Cal.,
to finish training.
Those remaining at the div.ion
camps then will rcceivo two months
additional training at the end of
which regular army officers will select
from each company, troop and bat?
tery the officers for one regiment, of
their respective services.
Tho plan contemplates providing
carefully selected officers for 1G In?
fantry divisions and two cavalry di?
visions, by the time tho supply de
nurtment is able to furnish equipment
? nd the necessary machinery can be
put in motion for recruiting enlisted
men.
The total number of officers requir?
ed If. approximately 10,000. Men of
the more matured age and experience
as leaders will bo given preference.
Army officers believe that the camps
will turn out the number of officers
needed by the middle of July for ser?
vice with tho first f.00,000 increment
of volunteers or consclrpted men.
Strong emphnfliB is given by the
war department to the necessity of
having "the first 10,000" the best that
the country can produce
The minimum age of those who at?
tend is fixed at. 20 years and nine
months; the maximum at 44 years/
It is planned to have students' at
colleges throughout the country -ivho
ALIVE TO NEEDS OF TIME.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY URGES
FARMER8 TO PLANT MORE
FOODSTUFFS.
Must Rtdse Sufficient for Their Own
Consumption ond Should Have Sur?
plus?Vast Quantities of Supplies
Will be Required for European
Count*-ies.
Washington. April 17.?"Our par?
ticipation in the war against Germany
makes It more than ever important
that eve:*y Southern farmer shall pro?
duce the foods and feedstuffs needed
for the people and animals on his
farm and a surplus for sale," said
President Fairfax Harrison, of the
Southern Railway System, today.
? Vast quantities of foods and forage
will be required for our own army and
navy and for our allies in Europe.
These requirements for carrying on
the war must be met, even though
our people at home have to be put on
short rat'ons. There is every reason
to believe that prices of foods and
feedatufls will be high, and while it is
the patriotic duty of every Southern
farmer lo produce not only enough to
supply himself but a surplus for sale,
he will ?nd it profitable to do so. It
should be impossible to find a farm
anywhere in the South without a
home garden. The armies and na?
vies of the United States and our al?
lies will require largo quantities of
meats and the meat supply of tho
world is short. There is no part of
the United States in which meat can
be produced more profitably than in
the South, and every Southern farm?
er should at once adopt the policy of
producirg more than enough meat to
supply his own requirements. But
however high prices may go, he should
not yield to the temptation to sell
his breeding animals. It is safe to
predict that live stock prices will be
high for years to come and the farm?
er who parts with breeding animals
now will be cutting oft large future
profits.
"Every movement for the encour?
agement of the production of food
crops and meats and for the planting
of home gardens on every farm and
on vacant lots in tho cities and towns
should be encouraged. I know of no
agency that can do more in this di?
rection than can the daily and week?
ly newspapers of the South. They e;in
perform a patriotic duty of the high
est value to the entire country, nrr!
especially to the people of our own
section, l.y impressing upon theli
readers day after day and week afte
week the supreme importance of
overlooking no ' opportunity to in?
crease tho production of foods and
feedstuffs in the South. I am conti
dent that if every newspaper in the
South will carry in each issue a point?
ed and vigorous editorial on this sub?
ject our problem of feeding ourselves
and doing our share towards feeding
our army and navy and those of o\j'
allies will be solved."
INTRODUCED ARMY BILL,
Chairman Dent Presents Administra?
tion Measure With Volunteer
Amendment.
Washington, April 19.?Chairman
Dent, of the house military commit*
tee, introduced the administration
army bill with the volunteer amend?
ment the committee vetoed yesterday
It is expected to be taken up Tuesday.
TAKING OVER COAST PATROL.
American Naval Forces Doing Work
Formerly Done by British.
Washington, April 19.?It became
known today officially that the Amer?
ican naval forces are rapidly taking
over the pavrol which the British and
French VOSOll established on the
American coast.
TO INCREASE NAVAL FORCE.
Would Have 150,000 Men In Navy
and 30,000 in Marine Corps.
Washington, April 19.?The senate
naval committee has favorably re?
ported the administration bill In?
creasing the strength of the navy t'
a hundred and fifty thousand and the
marines to thirty thousand.
are member:* of the reserve officers'
training corps selected by regular
army officer Instructors at the in?
stitutions and admitted to the train
ing camps.
At present the war department has
no authority to order reserve officer;'
to camp for the threw months perio I
on a pay basis. The department ex
pects, however, that the nun will Und
it possible to attend camp for tho fu;i
period even without pay.
SENATE PASSES BOND ISSUE.
not a dissenting vote on IS?
sue or $7,ooo,ooo,()oo bonds
for war purposes.
Is Greatest Single Budget Voted in
History of Any Nation?$3,000,000,
000 of It Will go to Allies as a Loan
?Plans Bring Made to Have Fund
Available in Near Future.
Washington, April 17.?The warj
finance bill providing for issuance of
$7,000,000,000 in securities?the larg?
est single war budget in any nation s
history?was passed unanimously to?
night by the senate. After seven.hours
of discussion the administration meas?
ure, which passed the house last Sat?
urday and which provides for a loan
to the allies of $3,000,000,000, was
approved by the senate with few
changes in record, time. The amend?
ments may necessitate a conference
or the senate changes may be ac?
cepted by the house,
j In either event the executive
branch of the government conduct
i ing the war with Germany will With
| in a few hours have authorization for
j the great war chest at its disposition,
j To expedite action the senate tonight
j appointed conferee to act if the
j house, contrary to expectations,
'< should not accept the senate changes.
Of the 81 senators present tonight,
every one, including all those who
j voted against war except Senator Ivine
1 of Oregon, who was absent because
! of illness, recorded themselves in fa*
i vor of providing the funds to prose
! cute hostilities. Nearly all the 12 ab
1 sentees were 111.
I That, In the Inability of the nation
j to supply men at once for the fight?
ing line, money should be America's
immediate contribution to her allies
was the dominant thought expressed
during the debate. Every senator
speaking announced staunch intention
j to aid the government in prosecut?
ing the war to a speedy conclusion.
Only two senators, Borah and Cum ?
i in ins, declared opposition to the pro
! Doted allies' loan.
I .
Amendments adopted by the seiv.it->
include provisions:
Limiting deposits of proceeds Horn
the bonds in banks to the amount
subscribed by the banks and their de?
positors; permitting deposit of pro?
ceeds in State banks and trust com
; panics ns- well as federal reserve
banks; providing for exchange by
', subscribers of the issues authorised
I for bonds subsequently issued during
I the war at higher interest rates; re
I quiring the secretary of the treasury
to report expenditures of the bond
j proceeds December 31 and annuall;
thereafter and exempting the
ooo.ooo.ooo of treasury indebtedness
certificates authorized, from all tax?
ation except estate and Inheritance
levies.
By mistake it was first announce1
that 83 senators had voted for the
bill.
While tlse senate was debating the
measure, Secretary McAdoo held an
informal conference with the mem?
bers of the advisory council of the
federal reserve board, including J. P.
Morgan, who were holding their quar?
terly meeting here. To the mem?
bers of the council Mr. McAdoo an?
nounced his Intention of taking coun?
sel with financial experts of the coun?
try as to the best methods to be fol?
lowed in the flotation of the issue
In their individual capacity the visit?
ors were requested to submit sug?
gestions to the secretary.
The council discussed the issue at
its afternoon meeting and will con?
tinue the discussion tomorrow.
Later Mr. McAdoo announced he
would invite representatives of the
leading bond and investment houses
of the cour.tr>' to confer with him
before offering any part of the Issue.
It is likely that the first of these
conferences will he held within a few
dayg, The term of the bonds, tin
manner in which they shall be offer?
ed, whether by public, subscription,
at par or competitive bidding or both
the nature of the bonds and mam
minor details yet remain to be eel.
tied.
Representations made today to t'
secretary were to the effect that the
country is in excellent condition t i
absorb without disturbing normal
business Virtually the entire amount
of the issue, it is unlikely, how?
ever, that the full $7,000,000,000 in
bonds and certificates will be leeue I
at one time.
As 2,000,000,000 is in certificates
and are short term government notes
there probably will be no disposition
on the part of the federal reserve
board to regard them as Investment.'
of such a term as to make them un
desirable to banks. Banks lending
the government money on Uiese cer
WOMEN'S CLUES MEETING.
ANNUAL SESSION HELD AT COK
Ell COLLEGE.
Editor Clarence Poe TeUg of tho
Nobler Patriotism?Other Meetings
Today. \
Hartsville, April 17.?The 19th an?
nual meeting of the South Carolina
Federation of Woman's Clubs opened
this evening at 8.30 o'clock in the
Coker college auditorium. It was a
patriotic meeting, Mrs. J. "U Coker,
Jr., president, presiding. "America"
was sung by the college glee club
and the audience. The spirit of the
occasion was voiced from the souls
of every one present in this inspiring
national hymn.
Dr. E. V. Baldy, pastor of the First
Baptist church, pronounced the In?
vocation. Words of welcome were
spoken by Mrs. D. R Coker, Mayor
C. W. Coker and Dr. E. M. Sikes
The response was by Mrs. J. E. El
lerbe of Marion. A violin solo was
played by Miss Katherinc Reed of
the Coker faculty.
"The Nobier Patriotism" was the
subject of an address by Dr. Clarence
Poc, editor of The Progressive Farm?
er of Raleigh, N. C. This was fol?
lowed by an earnest and patriotic
appeal by David R. Coker, chairman
of the South Carolina commision of
civic preparedness for war.
A music concert was rendered by
Miss Ruth Fitchctt, assisted by Miss
Laurie Dillard and Carl Jean Tolman
of the faculty of Coker college.
The National Women's Service
league was discussed by Miss Jane
Evans of Florence.
Kipling's "Recessional" was given
by the college glee club.
Fine weather prevails and many
delegates lave arrived. Scores of au?
tomobiles met all trains, the cars fly?
ing United States flags. More will
come tomorrow.
The attendance tonight was large
as the public has a cordial standing
invitation to be present at all meet?
ings.
Tomorrow morning and night busi?
ness sessions will be held with an
executive ooard meeting and creden?
tial committee when the convention
is called to order at 10 a. m., at
which time will be the president's
address, report of committees ahd re
) port of the department of education
and report of the library department.
At 1:90 o'clock luncheon will be given
by the United Daughters of the Con?
federacy, the Daughters of the Ameri?
can Revolution and Coker college at
the college.
The afternoon session begins at 3
o'clock. The federation will be car?
ried at f? o'clock in the yfternoop to
the Prestwood Country club. At 8,30
o'clock the fine arts session will; be
held. All sessions are being held at
Coker college.
MARRIAGE NO EXCUSE.
Those Who Rave Married Since War
Was Declared Will be Treated as
Unmarried.
Washington, April 19.?The war
department announced today that
men who have married since the out?
break of war will be treated on the
same basis as unmarried men as far
as military obligations are concerned.
VOLUNTEER SYSTEM A FAILURE.
Representative Kahn Is Leading light
for Conscription Law.
Washington, April 19.?Preparing
to lead the fight in the house for the
administration army bill Representa?
tive Kahn, the r iking Republican
member of the military committee
conferred wtih Secretary Raker today.
Mr. Kahn will obtain reports which
it is understod point out the failure
of the volunteer system in England.
BROOKLYN PUBLISHER DEAD.
William Berry of standard-Union
Died Today.
Now York, April If.?William Bar?
ry, ?J8 years old, owner and publisher
of t lie Brooklyn Standard-Union, died
today after a long illness.
itficatos WOUld still be regarded as
preserving thoir resources in a IkpJid
condition under previous rulingb of
the board.
In the case of the bond issue how?
ever, the government is desirous of
reaching the millions Of individual
inventors in tho country rather than
placing large blocks Of the bonds
with financial institutions. The de?
nominations of the bonds are yet to be
determined, but there is a strong
likelihood that they will be issued in
denominations as low as $25.