Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OF APPLICATIONS. WA? DWARTMENT TEIXH COL. B2AXJVM ONLY 1,500 CAN BE ACCEPTED. Recurve Officers and Nat isiilasai n Cot Down Num? ber of CiTtltaaa to Enter Camp to IjfJ 1,14)0 Surplus Applicants, Thoae Already Rejected? Made to Begm Work? Notified to Report Monday et It A. M. I Oelembia, May 11.?Unforeseen de Stye In compiling and announcing the] last of applicants to be admitted to the) officers' training ramp at Fort Cejlethorpe. where the course of in otruetlon begin* next Tuesday, have censedarably demoralised the rather large number of young South Caro lU?nno Wheee papers are in the hands .of the camp commander. Numbers of ?m definitely rejected have been in? formed of their statue, but the others ore left wholly in the dark pending hotlioalhui whether or not they sur? vive the final elimination process at Oflethorpe. #everal factors have contributed to ween delay. More than 3.600 persons had been certified to the camp com rounder by the leid examiners for ap? prove! end beoudee these there were lee engineers end 45 reserve officers eWendy under ordere, eo that a sur? fing of some 1,300 men axlated over the. limit. 1.600, to which admission* be restricted. Requests for par? te reiee the limit were denied. Wood's headquarters wired: "front accept above 1,100. Tou are authorised to fill vacancies now exist? ing with Claas A men only." Oen. Wood himself telegraphed: "See that only those men probably suitable are nocepted" Another order required that reservations be mads for the ledatton of National Guards II from North Carolina. 14 from Carolina and If from Tennea Ctvlllane from Chattanooga to of 110 had already been to the camp. Col. Slocum, this condition confronting him, obliged to revise the final lists made up, eo ae to limit fur to 1,141 civilians, authority to Increase the total en lent to 2,700, "in order to occom Natlonal Quardamen and civ of exceptional qualifications." wee sought by the southeastern de pgrtsncnt, but a message from the war nopnrtmont seid tha extra Instructors that would bs needed were not a vail "Commanders must consider I applications In the beat interest of the ossslss to prevent the attendance from sow is fling 2.600," e telegram from Ae*. Oen. McCain ex p lamed. "A etssplue as authorised only in case the final lint Is arranged and notification to report has proceeded so far that the government la morally obligated to admit a surplus." The adjutant toners) held that such surplus If any should be aa small aa "consistent with fMtr dealing." Disappointed applb ennte are to be Informed that other training ramps "will probably follow thai one." and the "papers of such seen will be retained for considera? tion In connection with such prospec? tive camps. ' the war department ad? rige*. "One hundred and fifty Chatta who reported at the camp if ware promptly assigned to barracks, the Chattanooga ?ys. "They were distributed through the 14 new buildings, and Use nucleus of each training company fiend m command of a reserve lieu tenant, captain or major. Every? thing as new. Sheets, white pillow end double blankets ere provided for she cots. *1t certainly wasn't i ?llltary or f er ms I. but It wss en Impressive mess call lost evening when a sergeant as? sembled the civilians and reserve ?f? ters for supper by besting a dish ten. Musicians had not besn detail ed to the camp to sound a meee call. The Chattanooga boys lost no time in finding pieces slong the tables in the ?teas halls. In quantity the menu was plentiful, and in quality, plain but gopd. Meat croquettes, gravy, bread, and butter, baked Irish potatoes, tomatoes and coffee was served, and there were 'second helpings' for all who would sccept. ??For breakfast this morning the student officers will bo served: Coffee, bacon snd eggs, butter, toast and oat meal. Charley Jones, head waiter at the Hotel Putten, has been engaged ae head waiter for the IS largo moss halle. About 16 negro cooks and wait ore ere serving under regular ormv enlistment as cooks snd moss ser? geants. "The 160 men called yesterday re? ported to MsJ. Hoheit McCleave, senior Instructor, end were assigned to provisional companies. Company commsnders Immediately set the mon to work clearing up debris left by ear pen ten. and when that was com the elementary principles of drill were taken up. A simple drill programme will be carried out BATTLE IN MACEDONIA. ALLIES HAVE OPENED ATTACK ALONG A HUNDRED MILE FRONT. Deadlock on French Front Continues, But British Are Preparing for An? other Heavy Blow That Will Exceed In Force That of Opening of Battle of Arras. Along the entire Macedonian front from Monastir to Lake Doiran, a dis? tance of 100 miles, the allies have opened a great offensive. The en? tente artillery is roaring day and night in every sector. There are but little indications yet as to where the main advance will he made. Bitter fighting is proceeding in the bend of Derna river and along Vardar river, through which valleys the military critlca agree the allies must force their way. In France the deadlock continues, but the allies are making plans for a heavy blow. Gereral Maurice, the chief director of the British military operations, has announced that the coming blow will be mightier than those which opened the battles of Ar? ras and the Somme. It is still a question whether the Russian government will be able to weather the storm precipitated by the Socialists. In any event there is little likelihood of any effective military action on the part of Russia soon. Ac? cording to an unconfirmed report an Austrian commission Is on the way to Switzerland with the object of opening separate peace negotiations with France. WON'T DECLARE WAR. Chin* Not Yet Ready to Enter War Against Germany. Peking. May 11.?After a riotous secret aeaslon lasting throughout last night the house of representatives re? fused to pass a resolution declaring war on Germany. REPUDIATES SEPARATE PEACE. President of Russian Duma Says That Russia Will Fight Until Successful Peace Con be Made. Petrograd, May 11.?President Rodslanko, of the Duma, addressing delegates and ex-delegates at Laurlde Palace on the occasion of the anni? versary of the oper.lng of the first Duma, repudiated the idea of a sepa? rate peace for Russia. Applause greeted him when he said: "The war which was forced upon us must be terminated In such a manner that the integrity of the country and the national honor of Russia will be en? tirely maintained. Russia cannot be? tray her allies by whose side she has been fighting for three years." TO CONFER ON PEACE. Executive Committee of Russian Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates Says Socialists Will Meet In Neutral Country. London. May 11.?The executive committee of the Russian workmen's and soldiers' delegates resolved to convene an Interational Socialist Con? ference in a neutral country to dis? cuss peace, according to a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd. today. General instruction will not begin until next Tuesday. "A small quantity of uniforms and equipment has arrived and will be Issued to the first few hundred train? ing camp students. Moat of them, however, brought their own uniforms, which they will be expected to wear throughout the three months' training period. ] "An outdoor theatre with seats for all attendants at the camp is being equipped in the grove where the coast artillery companies were encamped in Chlckamauga park last summer dur? ing the training camp. A large black? board has been erected behind the rostrum. It can be used as a shadow box for a motion picture sereen, Blnce lectures are to be illustrated with pictures. "Around the outer edge of the open air theatre are the officers' quarters and private offices of the instructors. A small frame building has been des? ignated as Gen. Wood's headquurters while he in at the camp. The officers' tents are supported by semi-perma? nent frames, and floors and porches are provided for the tents, making each structure about half timber and half eanvas. "Both the Postal and Western Union have established telegraph stations In the adminlstartlon building. The post exchange, operated by the Sev? enteenth infantry, opened a large re tall department Htore and a whole? sale store, a restaurant, barber shop and tailor's Shop have been opened. "The whole cantonment is a com? plete village with all necessary con? veniences and quartern for a popula? tion of 3,000. which It will have ne\1 week when all the selected candidates for commissions. Instructors and camp employes report. SHOWS HEED OF ACTION. HOOVER TALKS OP FOOD CON? TROL PROBLEM. America Has Enough for Itself But Must be Prepared to Give Aid to European Allies. New York, May 10.?Herbert C. Hoover, who recently came from Eu? rope to advise the government on food conditions in Europe, says that "without control we may see flour at $20 a barrel before the year is over," but that with control "the present price of flour can be reduced 40 to 50 per cent, and at the same time the producer bo treated in a liberal man? ner." Mr. Hoover thus outlined food con? ditions in a statement to the Asso? ciated Press today: "There Is absolutely no occasion for food panic in this country nor any justification for outrageous prices un- j less the opposition of special interests defeats the president in obtaining the necessary powers to control the na? tion's food fully and adequately. America's problem is not one of fam? ine, for we have now and will have next year a large surplus. Our prob? lem is after the proper protection of our own people to give to our allies the last ounce of surplus of which we are capable. "Therefore the nation needs a food control for two purposes: To regu? late prices and to Increase the sur? plus. After providing for our normal consumption we will have together with Canada a surplus for our allies equal to only 60 per cent, of the food they require from us. If we take broad meusures of control we can, with as little disturbance to economic machinery as need be furnish them an additional 20 per cent. "Their loaf even then will be a privation loaf and every ounce we can put in it will diminish their privation. The problem is capable of solution. If, however, the whole world, allied and neutral, is to have the unrestrict? ed run of our markets in competition with each other and in competition with the speculator in this country, we may expect to see $5 wheat before the year is over. "Large measures of food control do not mean arbitrary interference with the necessary economic machinery of trade. They mean that every branch be called in by the government and forge themselves into a link from which the contemplated chain will protect producer, legitimately distrib? utor and consumer. "For instance, I am assured that the American farmer did not realize $1.30 per bushel for the 1916 wheat harvest, yet the price of Wheat in New York today is $3.25 per bushel and flour is $14 per barrel, with all its attendant hardship and dislocation of social and Industrial life. "I have no hesitation in saying that if the able, patriotic men represent? ing the majority of each branch of the food trades were called in and clothed with the necessary powers to force the small minority of skunks that exist in every trade, one result would be that an equally nutirtious flour based on even $1.50 wheat could be sold in New York for a good deal under $8 per barrel and every trade would receive its legiti? mate profit. Without control we may see $20 flour before the year is out and a total dislocation of wages and consequent dislocation of industry and living. "On the other hand, if we over? come the submarine and if we open other markets to our allies we may see wheat $1 a bushel and flour un? der $6. In any event, with sufficient control, the present price of flour can be reduced by 40 per cent, to 60 per cent, and at the same time the pro? ducer treated in liberal manner. "Without any form of control we are likely to see un even worse situa? tion than the high prices prevailing resulting from the unrestrained drain on our wheat abroad. It is possible that the last three months of next year we may be bare of breadstuffs in this country. "Food control does not mean bread cards to the American people. It means the broad conservation of our food, the better handling by elimina? tion of waste and speculation. With proper control for America the gov? ernment would ask only one thing from the individual consumer?that he eat plenty but wisely and waste nothing, and If democracy is a faith worth defending, our people will do this service voluntarily and willingly. "Hoarding and speculation are rife, yet there can be no particle of a doubt that we have today in North America a surplus of from 50,000,000 to 70, 000,000 bushels of wheat beyond our ordinary cnousptoimnT T82 TIUl R ordinary consumption and beyond the needs of our allies before the next herveet comes In. Out of the next harvest, With no economy In consump? tion, in North America even with the Iohh on winter wheat we can give our allies 4 00,000,000 bushels of cereals NO PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY. FRANCE TO CONTINUE FIGHTING TILL END. Vivian! Makes it Plain That Republic Will Struggle Till Lost Provinces arc Regained. New York, May 10.?Three events which will become historic in the an? nals of New York marked the ac? tivities of the French war mission here today. In their chronological order they were: The address of Rene Vivian!, vice president of the council of ministers and head of the mission, at a lunch? eon of the Merchants' association, when he declared France never would cease fighting until Alsace and Lor? raine were restored to her and when he proclaimed thr.t the Stars and Stripes never wouM attain their full significance ui.tif they fioi'ted from the trenches of/ Europe, The placing by Marshal Joftro of a wreath upon the sarcophagus of Gen. Grant. The reception to the French resi? dents of the city at the public library tonight when Joffre, Viviani and their colleagues greeted their compatriots, including several hundred bluejackets from French war ships. The spectacle which appealed most to the popular imagination was that enacted at Grant's tomb. HAS FORMED NO ALLIANCE. Secretary Lansing Denies Reports That United States Has Formed Agreement Not to Make Separate Peace with Germany. Washington, May 11.?Secretary Lansing denied the published reports that the United States has an agree? ment with the allies not to make a separate peace with Germany. He said there was no agreement written or unwritten relative to peace. When pressed to say whether the subject was discussed Informally Secretary Lansing declined to comment. SANDY TO LEAVE HOSPITAL. Chief of Medical Staff Goes to Con ncticut. Columbia, May 11.?W. C. Sandy, M. D., chief of the medical staff of the State Hospital for the Insane, has re? signed. The resignation was received with regret yesterday by the board of regents at the regular monthly meet? ing. Dr. Sandy's place has not been filled. He has been appointed assist tant superintendent of the Connecti? cut State Hospital for the Insane and plans to leave Columbia at a very early date. The regents at their monthly meet? ing yesterday were confronted with the high cost of living problem. Prices for all hospital supplies have ad? vanced abnormally. The regents awarded the contract for the plumb? ing and tiling work in the women's wards. of one kind or another. "But to protect our consumers from today and to legitimately expand our exports to our allies without breaking Into our own necessary food, the gov? ernment must have widest and abso? lute immediate powers. Time is the essence of the matter. No European government except Germany was able to secure these powers until after some great disaster was irrevocable and we sit here dumbly waiting for disaster; then we shall scream and criticise the government for not hav? ing done something that they are powc rless to do. "There has been a great deal of discussion in the press as to my com? ing to America to take the position of food dictator or food controller. This is not the case. 1 came to Wash? ington from Europe at the request of the government to advise them as to the organization necessary to set up for proper and efficient food control. "Legislation already has been in? troduced into congress looking toward the creation of food control. The de? tail of means and measures must be evolved from our own commercial in? stitutions with the experience of the vast Europeun laboratory of food con? trol problems as a guard against re? peating errors. No one would be willing to take tK position as head of such a department for food control if it is based absolutely upon restriction and control of diverse interests and is subject to a daily harvest of opposi? tion. "I do not want the position and I feel there are many ohers who could handle its concrete problems better than I, and 1 will have done my ser? vice in advice better than in execu? tion. "My only desire is to see the proper instrumentality set up to meet this, one of our greatest emergencies, anil a man of courage, resource and expe? rience at its head who is willing to sacrifice himself on the altar of the inarticulate masses whom ho must protect. Such a man can be sure that I will place my advice at his dis? posal." CHANCE FOR SHARP PRACTICE COMPLETELY ELIMIATED. Tliosc Witliin Ages Prescribed for Military Service Will be Obligated to Give Names. Washington, May 10.?To dispose of any fear that county and city reg? istration boards will exercise favorit? ism in enrolling soldiers under the selective draft act, Provost Marshal General Crowaer issued a statement tonight declaring such practices would be virtually impossible because of the explicit terms in which the act is drawn. He warned registration ofTl cials that favoritism easily could oe detected and would he punished with heavy penalties. ' Every precaution," said the state? ment, "will be taken to make it cer? tain that the registration will be con? ducted with exact justice. "The law is specific and allows no latitude to the boards, either in the matter of registration or in the later matter of exemption from service. In fact, the law is self-executing. Every? man within the age limits fixed by the selective service act must register and the penalty of the law for evasion of registration will fall not only on the man who fails to appear but on any member of a registration board who may be shown to be in collusion with the person who attempts to es? cape his duty. "Further than this, the registration boards will never act as exemption boards except in certain specific cases, such as where a yo rng man who has registered shall claim to be employed in a federal, State or local office and thereby does come within the exemp? tion clause of the statute. In cases like this the facts must be entered officially and attested. "So far as the other reasons for ex? emptions under the law are concern? ed, exemptions for men engaged In pursuits in which their work is more valuable at home than in the service, the authority will lie with a board of higher jurisdiction. "The law provides the penalty of imprisonment with no alternative of a fine for any official or any register? ed man who shall make a false re? turn or connive at such a practice. The safeguards against favoritism or evasion are ample." ORDERED TO REPORT. First Batch to Ire Trained at Fort Mc Pherson. Atlanta, May 10.?The first of the 2,500 men who are to be trained at Fort McPherson, near here, to be of? ficers in the army to be raised in Sep? tember, will report at the camp to? morrow morning. Six hundred and eighty-three will report tomorrow, the same number Saturday and Sunday. The total of 2,500 will include 150 en? gineers and 300 National Guardsmen. Active training will start Tuesday un? der direction of Col. Charles R. Noyes. Men are to be trained here from Flor? ida, Georgia and Alabama. PAXVILLE NEWS ITEMS. School Closing Exercises to Be Held May 14 tli and 15th. Paxville, May 11.?The closing ex? ercises of the Paxville graded school will be held May 14 and 15th. On Monday evening the chilrdren's exer? cises will be held, and on Tuesday evening the graduating exercises. Teachers for the next session hr.ve not yet been elected. Mr. Augustus Murr, accompanied by his sister, Miss Amelia Murr ar? rived a few days ago from Bridgeport, Ccnn. They came in response to a telegram conveying the intelligence of the extreme illness of their niece. Mrs. Henry Curtis. Mrs. May Baker, from Pamplico was here last week visiting friends and relatives. Mrs. Ralph Reynolds returned with her on Friday for a few days visit. Miss Lorono Lathan, of Sharon came Friday to visit her sister, Mrs. Joe Minis, Jr. She has been teach? ing in Willianisburg county, and is en route to her home. Mrs. Madge Curtis, from Chester? field, is here for a two weeks' stay. Mr. H. C. Curtis, of Manning, spent the past week-end at his home bore. Mrs. John O. Harwick and children from Sum tor wero visitors at the home of Mr. I* S. Harwick last week. Mrs. Carl Heidt of Charleston has recently visited at the home of her mother Mrs. A. J. Jones, near Tin date. Mr. John Prltehard and Miss Idi Qriffln of Pinewood visited here las; Sunday. Invitations have been received here to attend the graduatin; *\< vises of Mi.^s Lizzie Hodge of the music train? ing school of the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia on May 16th. London. May 11.?Eighteen British and French airplanes were brought down yesterday by Germans, accord? ing to Berlin official announcement. GARMEM TRKXOHES CAPTURED BY HOE BRIGADE. Many Changes to ho M.uic?A. K. Saunders, Superintendent, Will In stull Electric Lights so Prisoners May Head. Columbia, May 11.?A. K. Saunders, superintendent of the State peniten? tiary, is not unduly exercised over prospective scarcity of food supplies that may be nroduced at home. "If every one has planned as we have to meet the emergency and if their prospects are as promising, no one will go hungry," he said yesterday, as he swung his arm in a semicircle to? ward the broad stretches of cabbage, turnips, beans, peas, tomatoes and countless other varieties of vegetables growing luxuriantly about the prison buildings. With a brief lapse of balmy spring weather to melt out the cold weather kinks, cabbages with considerably swollen heads will be available. Peas have been grown in immeasurable abundance and the wide area of mustard salad as an en? tangled mesh of broad, feathery bladed. Though the rows are two and one-half feet in width, the plants I of luxuriant growth entwine across the furrows. Irish potatoes can be cooked unstintedly within the imme? diate future. The plants are from 12 to 18 inches in height and are now blooming, which is an excellent indi? cation of fruitage. In addition, one of the most advanced patches of early corn to be seen anywhere about Co? lumbia is. growing directly in front of the penitentiary. Considerable renovating has recent? ly been effected within the prison. The building and cells have been whitewashed a id much new screen? ing has been provided. ' Another pro- I gressivc step which Mr. Saunders is contemplating within the next few weeks is the installation of electric wiring, that an electric bulb may bo introduced into each cell. Prisoners are locked in each evening at ? o'clock. Many of them are accustom? ed to reading and the provision of an electric light will add untold comfort to those with intelligence enough to survey the convents of a newspaper or a magazine. Even if the prisoner can not read, it is only humane to have a light in the cell, Mr. Saunders argues. Complete reorganization nf - Ulf kitchen is to be made wiyrtft the very near future. Contemplated plans are to cook the provisions with steam from the nearby boiler room. The saving in the fuel bill alone within six months would reimburse for the steam main between the two build? ings, the superintendent says, besides new cooking apparatus, which would admit the cooking of a variety diet, could be paid for in the same manner. Prisoners are now being fed in a manner altogether different from methods which obtained under the old system. Instead of dishing the meals out in tin pans. Into which all food was thrown promiscuously, the prisoners are now seated about tables and have their individual plates, cups, spoons, knives and forks. The food is also served from receptacles, placed on each table. Although food is not supplied in abundance or without dis? cretion, a sufficient quantity is placed before the men. who may partake or reject, as inclined. A remarkable saving has thus been effected, Mr. Saunders says, as rejected food pre? viously had to be thrown into tho swill. A splendid spirit of cooperation is evident on every hand between au? thorities and inmates. PERSONNEL OF COMMISSION. Men From Many Walks of Life and Professions in Delegation to Go to Russia. Washington, May 11.?An official announcement made today states that the American commission to Russia to be headed by Klihu Hoot, is to be composed of John H. Mott, general secretary of the international commit? tee of the Y. M. C. A., Major Gen. Hugh L#. Scott, chief of staff of Unit? ed States army: Hear Admiral James H. Clennon, Samuel R. Bertron, a New York hanker; Charles R. Crone, a Chicago manufacturer; James Dun? can, vice president of the American Federation of I^ahor, and Chales Ed? ward Russell, author and Socialist. GERMANS BEING VSEI> VP. Four Fresh Mvisions Noted on Alane IVont, (liven as Indication. Paris, May 11.?The official sum? mary of operations says that four froth German divisions have been ob? served on the Aisnc front since May 7. The statement says this is irre? futable proof of how rapidly the Ger? man effectives are being used up. Thirteen Austrian Subs Sunk. "Washington, May 11.?Italian em? bassy advices say thirteen Austrian submarines have been sunk in the Adriatic during the last few days.