Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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KSET BY TRAITORS. ITKW DEMOCRACY ENDANGERED BT EXTREMIST* AND GER? MAN AGENTS. Snle ami ANe LMden Who Over ?iii Um dar Are in Dancer of ?Mat tared Out by Wild and Un M not worthy Detuacotjuen. Washington, May 14 ?News of the Overthrow of two dominating: military Sfcures In the Russian capital added greatly today to apprehension felt here for the democratic movement to Which the encouragement and moral1 enpnort of this government soon is to fee carried by a mission of distinguish? ed Americans. Official reports added nothing to the brief press dispatches indicating that the minister of war, Crem. Quehkoff, had been forced out of e?es and the commander of the Pet loenM garrison. Gen. Kornlloff, had bean forced out by friction among high officials of tha provisional gov? ernment. The Impression grew, how? ever, that the plight of the new nomocracy, beset by ambitious parti sane of tha old regime and by the in trsgue of German agents, might be much more serious than surface con? ditions have revealed. Although the American mission. wJ?ch received Its final instructions from President Wilson today, will ?ehe pains not to interfere unduly In Russia's Internal affairs, officials have sende no secret of the hope that one of t|m results of the visit will be to strengthen the position of the new democratic government. Coupled wIU thai to the expectation that the more' effect of the mission will go far tc offset machinations for a separat? 1 peaco between Germany and Russia. , The members of the mission, which I Include R?he Root, with the rank of I special ambassador, and MaJ. Oen j Scott, the chief of staff, spent more than an hour with the president at the White House and later lunched frith Secretary Lansing. The time of departure will not b? revealed for military reasons. LEADER LORES HOPE. Knmmeky Mis People That Rassln to -.jlponf* Bmd Unites They Snow More ? Petrograd, Sunday May IS (vis London. May 15. Delayed.)?In an , tinpnasloned appeal to delegates fron Um ' front at a meeting In Petrograd teeny. A. P. Kerneeky, minister of JeeHee. made the most alarming diag? noses of Russia's Internal crisis tha4 hoe come from any official pereot stoee the revolution. The minister of Jostles, who heretofore had made only the moot optimistic and reaseurlnr * imla rations, confessed that his con ndenee had left him mil that he fear od disaster. "I came to you." mid M. Keren sky "baseoss my strength k? at an end. I no longer feel my forms r courage, nor have I my former conviction that we Ore conscientious citisens, not slaves m revolt. I am sorry I did not die tue months ago when tlie dream of s new life was glowing In the hearts of the Rnsntan people, when I was sure the coentry could govern Itself with? out the whip. "As affaire are going now li will be lea sensible to nave the country. Per ha pa t he time is rear when we will have to tell you that we can no longer give you the amount of bread you ex? pect, er other supplies on which you have a^ right to count. The process of the change from slavery to freedom te go log on properly. We have tasted freedom and are slightly Intoxicated, but what we need is sobriety snd dis? cipline "Too could suffer and be silent for ten years and obey the orders of s he ted government. You could even fire upon your own people when com? manded to do so. Can you now suf? fer no longer?" M. Kereneky's declaration, though a Irene more outspoken In Its pessimism than the utterances of other officials, sj not on representative of public opin? ion to Petrograd at the present time. Unless there Is a quick Infusion of a now spirit In the army and a new nndeentandlng of freedom among the masses and unless tbe energy which new ss being used to bring about peace is trsnsformei into energy working for the defense of the roun try It sb generally felt that RtnwJa will net long be able to go on with the war. All the newspaper* except tbe Or? gana of the extreme left parties pul> Hen article* regarding the fraternlz Ing of the Russian snd German sol? diers on the Russian front, pointing out that "the Genna i soldle -a with whom the Russisns are fraternising belong to the ssme armv that is fiercely fighting sgnl ist the Rritlsh snd French." Writing In The Ruftska Voltu (Rus? sian Liberty) M. Andreyeff says: "We visit the Oer nans and drink German wine and coTee and we re? turn their hospitality. We kiss them and the Germsns sre too ready to allow it. And while we nre kissing MTIOML GUARD CALLED. TO BE MOBILIZED AT GHICKA MAUGA JULY 15. Aspirant? for Officers' Reserve Corps Suit Their Three Months' Train - Chattanooga, May 16.?The Na? tional Guard will be mobilized July IB, according to information received by officers at Fort Oglethorpe and the officers' training camp there to? day. That the National Guard will fol? low the 12 regiments of regulars after ? expansion at Chlckamauga park was also expected. It Is believed that the regulars will be sent elsewhere to make room for the regiments of the guard to be mobilized here. Equipped, inoculated, vaccinated and with preliminary details attended to, 2,500 candidates for the officers* reserve corps today started on their three months of intensive training at Fort Oglethorpe. The men who will be trained on the historic battle ground come from Tennessee and the Carolinas. The work, as at other camps, will 1rst consist largely of conditioning the men and giving them liberal study hours. Their training will include much of that given to a private sol? dier augmented by other branches of work neceaaary for an officer to know. TWO BILLION in TAXES. Treasury Department Notifies Con green That War Revenue Measure Must Provide $2,245,000,000. Washington, May 17.?Democratic Leader Kltchln announced in the house today that the treasury depart? ment had notified htm that it will be necessary to raise two billion, two hundred and forty-five million dol? lars instead of one billion, eight hundred million by the war revenue ?411 now under debate. Kitch in created a surprise by urg? ing the raising of the income surtax Increases above forty thousand as contained in the bill by one-fourth. He fought this yesterday, as propos ?d in the Lenroot amendment. The l^enroot amendment was adopted la iter today in committee of the whole. tili jM AN goes to hospital. Will Take Treatment In Atlanta for Soro Wrist Which Has Worried Him. Augusta, Ga., May 16.?Senator B. Ft. Tillman passed through Augusta tonight from his Trenton home en route to Atlanta, where he is to enter a hospital for treatment for sore wrist, about which he is much con? cerned. RESULT OF FOOD CAMPAIGN. More Than Thirty Million People Growing Gardens. Washington, May 13.?Two months of campaigning for a million gardens in the United States are estimuted to have turned the attention of more than thirty million people to the task of producing food "The people not only are endeavor? ing to produce food for themselves," said Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the Emergency Garden Commis? sion, t.jday, "but they are learning the value of land as never before." Mr. Pack said hunr'-^ds of organi? zations were cooperating with the commission, Including the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the Christian Endeavor Society, the Ro? tary Club of America, the Garden Club of America, suffrage associations, bankers, Insurance companies and educational institutions. REGULAR ARMY EXPANSION. Several Regiments to De Sent from Border to Chlckamauga. Washington, May 15.?The war de? partment has announced that the following regular regiments will be withdrawn from the border to be ex? panded at Chlckamauga Park: Eleventh Infantry to form the Fifty first and Fifty-second Infantry; the Sixth Infantry to form the Fifty thlid and Fifty-fourth Infantry; the Eleventh cavalry to form the Twen ly-aecond and Twenty-third OBjVSlry, money for ships. Senate Committee Agrees on $7 :><>, 000,000 for Merchant Marino. Washington, May 15.?An nppro piration of $750,000,000, nearly four hundred million to be immediately available for the purchase and con? struction of a fleet of merchantmen, hus been ?grstj on by the senate ap? propriations rommitteo. Legislation authorizing the government to take charge of ship talMIng facilities was approved. ULI-J_? i ? them other Germans are sent to kill the British and French?the same British and French who hurried tholr advance to give us time to reconstruct our affairs." HOUSTON ABAINST SMITH BILL SECH KT A It Y OF AGIUC?LTURE OPPOSES NITRATE BILL. Explains That it Is Impracticable for Government to Bring Fertilizers. Washington, May 14.?Representa? tive Byrnes, who Is a member of the' appropriations committee of the, house, today stated that Secretary Houston appeared before the com? mittee this morning and announced his opposition to Senator Smith's nitrate resolution. The secretary stat? ed he did not believe it possible to secure a supply of nitrate of soda frorr. Chile in time to benefit the crops this year. He said the government be? ing at war and Chile being a neutral nation no government owned ship could enter a Chilean port and re? gain a sufficient length of time to receive a cargo, therefore it wouid be impossible to use government ships. If ships of citizens of this or other countries could be secured, he said, it would make the price of nitrate ol soda prohibitive as the government paid for its purchase $47 a ton at the mines in Chile, and the freight rate on private ships is $30 a ton, mak? ing the cost at our ports $77 a ton, to which would have to be added the inland transportation charges. Even if it could he secured in time tr do good, he said, the price would be ex? ceedingly high. He said it could not be secured from the government sup? ply as the government needed the 40,000 tons it had and that if an ef? fort was made to take it from powder factories it might be unwise at this time when ammunition is needed and if taken would cost the government not less than $80 a ton. He said if it did not cause an average increase In the yield of more than 19 per cent. as experts informed him, It would mean that 100 pounds to an acre would cost $4 and cause an average increase of two bushels to the acre, worth not more than $3, resulting in a less of $1 to the aci He said also he knew of no way In which a sup plf could be secured if the measure was passed. Senator Smith appeared befc e the committee and urged the necessity of securing a supply to aid in increasing the production of foodstuffs as urged by him in the senate. Mr. Byrnes stated that he had ask? ed the chairman of the committee to hold additional hearings, and l that this would be done. SUBS FEAR ARMED SHIPS. French Ships With Guns Able to Stand Off Attacks of Underwater Raiders. Paris, May 14.?Seventeen French merchantmen were sunk by German submarines during February, March and April, according to an official statement issued toduy. During the same period nine French vessels were attacked by underwater craft but made their escape. No armed merchantmen hove fallen prey to the u-boats. The statement says: "Statistics for the first three months of Germany's unrestricted sub? marine campaign as far they concern the French merchant marine show the following results: February, sunk 4; attacked and escaped 1. March, sunk, G; attacked and escaped 2. April, sunk 8; attacked and es? caped 6. "Armed merchantmen have in every case escaped from submarines. "During this period French patrol boats have had 12 engagements with submarines, French hydroplanes have fought them 13 times and there have been 1G engagements between armed merchantmen and submarines." CANADA WHEAT CROP SHORT. Destruction Wrought by Cold 23 Per Cent. Ottawa, May 18.?A serious short? age in the winter wheat crop of Can? ada was revealed by a report of cen? sus and statistics office, made public today. The acreage estimated to have been sown last fall was 813,400 and the estimated destruction through winter killing was 187,000 acres, or S3 per cent, leaving 111,400 acres to be harvested. The estimated condition of tho crop on April SO was ft per cent., which is lower than in any previous year since 1101 at that date. GEN. PETAIN APPOINTED. Cabinet Names New Commander -in OMtfl of French Army. Paris, May 15.?Gen. Petain was appointed commander-in-chief of the French armies operating on, , the French front at today's cabinet meet? ing. Gen. Nivelle was given com? mand of a group of armies. Gen. Foch, who was prominent In the" bat? tles of the Marne and Yser, succeeds Gen Petain as chief of staff of the ministry of war. OVERTHROW SPY SYSTEM. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES PLAN MANY ARRESTS. Vigorous Action to Break up Teutonic Secret Service System In Ameri San Francisco, May 14.?Vigorous action for the overthrow of the Gor? man secret service in America was begun today by the federal authorities on information they had been furnish? ed by Rudolph Flamindinghe. alleged head of the spy system on the Pacific coast. Flamindinghe, under arrest in Los Angeles, is said to have given the government agents information which it is believed will result in the im? mediate arrest of, virtually every Ger? man secret service operative in the United States. According to federal authorities, the United States has beer, divided into ten districts with a chief and subordinates enoratlns in each division. Afraid to communicate DJ mail or telegraph, members of the spy ring have adopted an elaborate system of codes which are carried by messenger from one district to another. All the important members of the spy organization are under surveil lance and simultaneous arrests an expected soon. MAY BUY ROAD MACHINERY. Hoard of County Commissioners Be? gin Tour of Investigation of Road Building Equipment. Supervisor L. K. White and Com? missioners McLaurin, Mims, Lonoir Britton and Oliver went to Columbia this morning to begin a series of in? vestigations in Kichland, Lexlngtor and Edgefleld, and perhaps other counties, of road machinery and road building equ'pment and methods, witl the view of purchasing a completf equipment of road building machinery for use on the public roads in Sumte' county. The County Commissioner: are deeply interested in public roac1 building and permanent improvement and are seeking to find the equipment best adapted to the needs of thr county and to acquaint themselvef with the most approved and most ec? onomical methods of carrying on thb work. The tour of investigation it planned and will be carried out fo; the purpose of learning from ant1 profiting from the experience and mistakes of other counties. JOSEPH C HO ATE DEAD. Great Lawyer and Distinguished Dip lomat Passes Away After Brief 111 ness. New York, May 14.?Joseph H Choatc, former United States am bassador to Great Britain, died a' 11.30 o'clock tonight at his home Ir this city. Mr. Choatc had been ill only sine* this morning. He had taken a verj active part in the entertainment ll this city of the British and French war missions and attended service* at the Cathedral of St. John the Di vine with Foreign Minister Balfour yesterday morning. Mr. Choate was referred to DJ Mayor Mitchel at one of the enter? tainments In honor of the war mis ?tons us the foremost citizen of Nev York. OFFERS PEACE TO RUSSIA? Turkey Said to Be Offering Neutral? ization of Dardanelles and Armen? ian Settlement. Rome (via Paris), May 14.?The Idea Nationale, the organ of the Na? tionalist party, prints a report fron diplomatic quarters that Turkey has mode overtures to Russia, through n neutral source, for a separate peace on the basis of the complete opening of the straights to Russian naviga? tion, both for war vessels and mer? chant ships. According to this report, Turkey also declares herself disposed to give friendly consideration to the Armenian question and suitable recognition to the principle of nationalites. Numerous reports have been cur? rent of late of Turkey's efforts In the direction of peace. Turkish agent? according to official Information reaching London on May !>, are at work in Switzerland With the object of assuring the continued existence of Turkey. It has been said that Turkey, provided she is permitted to hold Constantinople, is willing to al? low complete freedom Of the Darda? nelles. TWO GENERALS RESIGN. Commanders of Husslun Annies Ask? ed to l>c Relieved from Duty. Petrograd, May l.r>.?It became known just before War Minister Quehkoff resigned that Uen. Brus siloff, commander-in-chlef on the Southwestern front und Gen. Kuerko, commander on the Western front, had asked to be relieved of their com? mands. Their resignations will be considered later. NO THIRD REGIMENT. PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL WAR DE? PARTMENT. GoV. Manning Announces Conditions Sot Forth in Letter Received From Militia Rureau. Columbia, May 12.?Neither a third regiment of infantry or a squad? ron of cavalry for the National Juard of South Carolina will be raised. This decision was reached to .lay by Governor Manning after he had considered the enr ire problem In "onference with military officials of the State and other officers, in whose judgment he has great confidence. The conference was the result of a :ent letter from the chief of Militia Bureau in Washington, which lave in detail the requirements of .he formation of new units, and .vhich set forth conditions that, in che unanimous opinion of the confer? ees, are practically impossible for this State to meet. While the Militia Bureau gives the :hief executive his discretion in or? ganizing new units its attitude is dis? tinctly discourag ng. The war dc-j >artment "believes that troops can be organized as purely federal forces nore expeditiousjy and with greater efficiency in accordance with the plan proposed by the president." "I have had under consideration for Aome time the organization of a third egiment of infantry and three addi? tional troops of cavalry," said Gov? ernor Manning today. "It was my de nre to organize them in order to al? ow those who volunteer or who are called into the service to serve in Kate organizations under their own I )fficers. I had postponed final decis I on until I could be fully advised by I he war department of the conditions I vhich would be imposed. These con I Mtions, recently received, force me to I he conclusion that it will be imprac T icol, if not impossible, to meet the I 'equlrements. I "The third regiment cannot be or I 'anized now, as under the ruling of I he war department existing units in 1 he National Guard must be brought I o maximum war strength and other t mportant conditions complied with I >efore any additional units can be I *aised. I will, however, keep in close I ouch with the situation. In case I nything transpires that would mate I daily change the situation and make J t to the advantage of South Carolina I o have a third' regiment I Will hold I nyself in position to take advantage I )f it. I "Some of the requirements set forth I n the letter from Brig. Gen. Mann. I lated May 5, are: I " 'A State's organization existing as I organized militia or National Guard I ?n April 6, 1016, or recognized as such I ancc that date, must first be raised I o full war strength. " 'Suitable armories and facilities j or the care of equipment must be I -provided for all new organizations. " 'Tho members of new organ iza I .ions shall be so located that the ne I essary drills and instructions may be j iad. f " There must be some prospect of permanency of organization. " 'The war strength required for I mits of the regular army will be re I lUlred for federal recognition. " 'Considerable time must elapse j between the recognition of a new I init and its equipment for entry into "edcral service. The men compos I ng these units cannot be clothed, ra I tioned and and sheltered at federal xpense until they enter the federal service. I " 'The State authorities should nake requisition for arms, equipment ind clothing for the new organiza? tions contained herein. As these sup? plies become available they will he furnished to the States as promptly is possible. The extraordinary de? mands upon the government at this 'ime must necessarily give rise to un? avoidable delays. " 'Bodies of inen cannot he accept* >'d into federal servico and sent to mobilization campe without adequate provision! for sheltering, subsisting md training them. Xo definite an? nouncement can be made of the ox ^et time that will elapse between fed? eral recognition and call or draft into federal service, nor is it possible to announce with an\ degree of accu? racy approximately what this time will be.' "Prom the above quotations," said Governor Manning, "it is apparent that no assistanee will be rendered by the government until such units arc called or drafted into the federal ser? vice; that no assurance is given as to when such units will be equipped, and that no assurance In given thai they will ever be accepted Into federal ser? vice. "To organize new units, therefore, WOUld be a task of considerable mag? nitude, even if I should receive co? operation from the government. With? out such cooperation, with no appro? priation from the State available for DISORGANIZATION OF RUSSIA!* army strengthens GWt MANS IX FRANCE. Ti-ooiw Being t^liifted from East to West Front and Germans are Ablo to Continue Attack With Fresh Troops?British and French Hold? ing Fast to Hard War Gains. The democratization of the Rus? sian army and consequent withdrawal of German troops from the eastern front is having its effect in Northern France where the Germans who have been heavily reinforced are counter attacking. Recent hard fighting has been confined to tbe Bullecourt sec? tor, the region north of the Scarpe river, the Arras section and a two and half mile strip at the western end of the Aisne front. Reports from British headquarters s.?y the British have recovered lost ?round at Rullec ?urt and established new posts. The fighting in the Scarpe region continues. Paris says heavy fighting Is raging near Laffaux Mill, along a four kilo* meter front, where the French line bends northwaid west of Chemin-des Dames. The French position has been maintained. Berlin claims the capture of six hundred meters of trenches east of Laneuville. The Italian offensive begun yester? day on the Isonzo front continues to make progress in the direction of Trieste, according to Rome reports. GARDNER LEAVES CONGRESS. Massachusetts Congressman Resigns to Become Colonel on Gen. Wood's Staff. i Washington, May 16.?Representa? tive Gardner, of Massachusetts, has resigned from congress to enter the army. He has been an active fighter in the movement for preparedness. He is the first member of either house to quit congress for military service in this war. He holds the rank of colonel in the officers' reserve. He reports next week to Gen. Wood's headquarters in Charleston. ?? _ MORE BELGIANS DEPORTED. Men and Women Compelled to Work for Germans. Havre, Vr:>nc<, May 13 informa tion officially received bT**Ki Dt-lb'ian government is to the effect that all males between the ages of fifteen and sixty-five in the Belgian province of Luxembourg ha\e been deported for work in France and Germany in the environs of the frontiers. The census of women also has been taken and they have been divided into three categories. The first is composed of the able-bodied, who will be compelled to work in the fields, replacing men; the second, mothers with infants who will be allowed to remain at home, and the third, the others who will remain at the dlspos tion of the Gen ran authorities and whose mission is unknown. In the census no distinction has been made regarding social : landing. SLACKERS CAN'T ESCAPE. War Department says That it Will he Difficult to Evade Registration. Washington, May 16.?Slackers who seek to evade reg;stration will be de? tected easily. The war department statement explains that a list of the registered persons will be posted and all citizens who know of evasions are expected to report them. In failing to register the statement says a citizen "casts doubt upon his courage and renders himself liable to imprison? ment." LOAN TO RUSSIA. United States Advances Hundred Mil? lion to New Republic. Washington, May If.?The govern? ment today made its first loan to Rus? sia of one hundred million dollars, bringing the total advanced to the al? lies up to six hundred and twenty-fivo million dollars. XO MEXICANS DRAFTED. CaiUSSSflU Issues Statement to Allay Apprehension on Border. Washington, May It.?To allay op preheneion <>f Mexicans along the border that they might be drafted, the government has issued a denial of any such intention. such organization and with no assur anee that the organizations would be equipped and called into the service I ean reach no other conclusion than that it would he unwise to make the attempt. "The State would have to bear the expense of recruiting, bousing and equipping these new units until they are called or drafted into the federal service. There is no appropriation for that purpose, the present appro? priation going entirely towards sup? porting the resent units.