Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mm roil. WATCHMAN, EfftablUbed April, 1S50. ??Be lost and Fear not?I Jet all Hie ends Tnoo Ainw't at iby tkmniry >. Vtiy uoda ami Tram a' tiiK TRUE hOl'THRON, Eatabtafced Jw* 1 Oauaolldatod Aur. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY. MAY 23 1917. VoLXLlV. No. 28. OVER REVENUE. AND MEANS COMMITTEE OO? AT IT. t%|ppfti to Reise Half tuition More n* Owm Taxation Fails?McAdoo May It.?A stormy ?f Um houss ways and moans today resulted In a final not to attempt to raise the pendln* wnr revenue bill nf $1.141,000,000. Secretary sot hunts of half the cost first year of the war. The rinty of rata!na* approximately r+.MC try a bond Issue for the of ships waa discussed and f.eenuon was reached to the second class mall rate and and musical instrument of the measure. uW 'eclared at the outset itln* k'i&t they would corn attempt to write into the 1441.000.000 difference original total of the and the secretary's latest 1 estimate. of the Inequity of the system of second class mail contained In the bill, the ?snyili virtually decided to sub ?Seltne Moon proposal which would mm\4\ Jet rate of 1 cent on advertising mm?mjr and the parcel post sone snin on advertising matter. Un 4te\ Into plar publishers would etpAo their return to the post o4spl deportment and be charged ae Thls proposal as well as to lower the automobile and Instrument 6 per cent, tax hntatned In the bill will receive enslderatlon as the daily of the committee progress, threshing out Its differences ilttee returned to the house, committee of the whole. \-nojecessfully resists l repeated at arasnd the retroactive In SSS profits, beverage and and tobacco products section* Provisions jpheld include ictive-st** ?f one-third the It of the income tax of every d last ysar. a double profits tax, an Increase on from |110 to $2.20 a gallon nod from II.It to 12.fi) on beer as welt es a now soft drink tax and a double tax on tobacco &nd snuff and ether tobacco products. It Is Mod that approximately $350, l.tOt In additional revenue will be ntwdeced by the increases In the four OOtttono. Retromctivs income tuxes Ore expected to yield $ lOS,OOO,OOO; OxeeSS profit* f 200,000,l 00; beverages 1111.#00,000. and clgnm and tobacco m.ito.ooo. Wet and dry forces clashed for al? most two hours over sn amendment hy Representative Howard of Georgia. to eliminate the liquor tax Rspreeentatlves Howard. Coeper of Ohio. Hersey of Maine and ethers maintained the I quor Interests were Indorsing the proposed Increases, boning thus to strengthen their post abeolute prohibition. The it waa overwhelmingly de MEXICANS SHOW SENSE. S Than Thau South Carolinians? Are Planting Com Ins trail of Cotton. Torrson. Mexico. May 17.?Planters In the fertile Legumu District near here are subotltutlng war crops for cotton this year. Hsvin,; learned that the demand for corn, wheat and other staple foodstuffs would be heavy and prices correspondingly high, the hacienda owners htve plow Up their cotton lands in this fa ootton growing district of Cen? tral Mexico and have planted food ._ NORWEGIAN KTEAMEIt SEIZED. German Submarine Invades Norwe? gian Territorial Waters. Christianl.i. May If.?The Norwe? gian steamer Thorus was selued by u German submarine In what Norway claims are Norwegian territorial wa? ters and a seriouu diplomatic conflict may result. The newspapers state that Norway has expressed to Ger? many the expectation that the steamer would be returned. N CONGRESSMAN DEAD Itntfee Danbl tVwmtock of Indiana V let Im of Pneumonia. Washington. May II. ? Representa? tive Daniel W. Comstock of Indiana died this morning of pneumonia. H? Was 77 year* eld end one of the few ?sen a In I Off Civil war vetcvatM serving In the THE ENGINEER UNIT. ORGANIZER J. M. JOHNSON EX? PECTS TO CONCENTRATE RE? CRUITS WITHIN A H LKK. Battalion Will be Sent to Prance as Soon as It Is Iu Proper Shape. Columbia. May 18.?-"Indications are that we will be ready to concen? trate at some point in South Caro? lina probably Columbia, by the mid? dle of next week a battalion of engi neers that is now being raised," said J. M. Johnson, chairman of the State highway commislon, who is in charge of the effort to organize the unit. Mr. Johnson stated that the bat? talion will be composed of companies from Marion, Columbia and Spartan burg and will be sent to France, i along with engineers from other States, as soon as it is'mustereu into federal service and fully equipped. Five hundred men will compose the battalion. These recruits are coming from all sections of the State, but in view of the fact that there are to be only three companies, they are registering for service in the three cities where headquarters are being maintained. The battalion will be used In repair? ing lines of communication and keep? ing highways in traversable condition In the rear of the fighting lines. The pay In the engineer's division is about 25 per cent, higher than In other branches of the service. Many officers are appointed In the battalions used, the number being In excess of the number In similar units of other branches of the service. RED CROSS REACHES T'NGLAND. First of Six Fully Equipped Hospital Units Arrive in Great Britain?Com prises 300 People. London, May 18.?The first of six fully organized and equipped hospi? tal units which the American Red Cross Is sending to France arrived In England yesterday. The unit com? prised about 300 persons, Including twenty army medical officers, sixty nurses and more than 200 other o taches. This unit will be the first officially sanctioned by the Cnitcd States to carry the American (lag to the battle? fields of France. After a brief stay in England the unit will be sent to the continent to take charge of a base hospital behind the British front. The hospital will have accommoda? tions for 500 patients and bo fully equipped by the British hospital service. Sir Alfred Keogh. surgeon general of the British army, today said the arrival of the American unit was the result of plans completed by Secretary Baker and Col. T. 8. Goodwin, of the British hospital service. Surg. Gen. Keogh said it had been decided to send from America six units com? prising about 1,500 persons. AUSTKIANS TORPEDO CRUISER. After Sinking Fourteen Allied Drifters Austrian Warship* arc Engaged In Battle with British Cruisers. London, May 18.?The British ad? miralty announced today that four? teen drifters had been sunk in a raid I by Austrian light cruisers In the Ad? riatic sea and that the British light 1 cruiser Dartmouth was torpedoed In a subsequent engagement with the Austrian warships, but reached port safely. The admiralty stated that the Brit? ish warships Dartmouth and Bristol pursued the Austrian vessels to a ' point near Cattaro, when battleships coming to their assistance, the Brit? ish vessels were compelled to with? draw. MONEY FOR SHIPS. Senate Votes HMyMMM for Mcr ehant Meet. Washington. May 19. -The senate today without roll rail agreed to the $750,000,000 amendment to the war tax bill, to construct a fleet of Amer? ican merchantmen. The amendment also authorizes the president to com manoeer Hhlp building facilities. ORDERED TO CHARLESTON. Cupt. Carson lo be Assistant to Quar? termaster. WssHttlfctofl May 17.?Capt. Law renot CaJSjon. of the army quarter* m?stet seeps* is Astsehee! from the SWSthern Department and ordered to Sfoeesd to Charleston tor duty as ns Kl*t*int to the quartermaster of the Southeastern Department. June Fifth is Day Set I or Enrollment of All Men tween Ages of Twenty One and Thirty?President Calls Americans to Patriotic Service Be Washington, May 18.?President Wilson's proclamation putting Into effect the selective draft provision of j the war army bill, signed tonight, : follows: "A proclamation by the president of the United Stages. "Whereas congress has enacted and the president has on the 18th day of May, 1917, approved a law which con? tains the following provisions: " 'Section 5. That all male persons between the ages of 21 and 30, both 1 inclusive, shall be subject to regis? tration In accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the president; ?and upon proclamation by the president or other public notice given by him or by his direction stating the time and place of such registration it shall be the duty of all persons of the desig? nated ages, except officers and en? listed men of the regular army, the navy and the National Guard and naval militia, while in the service of the United States, to present them? selves for and submit to registration j under the provisions of this act; and every such person shall be deemed to have notice of the requirements of ! this act upon the publication of said proclamation or other notice as afore? said given by :he president or by his direction and any person who shall J wilfully fail or refuse to present him j self for registration or to submit thereto ns herein provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction in the district court of the United States having jurisdic? tion thereof be punished by Impris? onment for not more than one year j and shall thereupon be duly register - jed: Provided, Thut In the call of Up? I docket precedence shall be given in the courts trying the same to the trial of criminal proceedings under this act: Trovidcd further, That per? sons shall be subject to registration as herein provided who shall have attained their 21st birthday and who shall not have attained their 31st birthday on or before the day set for registration and all persons so registered shall be and remain sub? ject to draft Into the forces hereby authorized, unless exempted or ex? cused therefrom as in this act pro? vided. Provided further, That In the case of temporary absence from ac? tual place of legal residence of any person liable to registration as pro? vided herein such registration may? be made by mall under regulations to be prescribed by the president. V " 'Section 6. That the president is hereby authorized to utilize th? ser? vice of any or all departments and any or all officers or agents of the United States and of the several States, territories and the District of Columbia and subdivisions thereof, in the execution of this act and all of? ficers and agents of the United States and of the several States, territories and subdivisions thereof and of the District of Columbia and all persons designated or appointed under regu? lations prescribed by the president, whether such appointments arc made by the president himself or by the governor or other officers of any State or territory, trt perform any du? ties in the execution of this act, are hereby required ?o perform such duty as the president shall order or direct and all such officers and agents and persons so designated or ap? pointed shall hereby have full au? thority for all acts done by them in the execution of this act by the direc? tion of tho president. Correspond? ence in the execution of this act may be carried in penalty envelopes bear? ing the frank of the war department. Any persons charged as herein pro? vided with the duty of carrying into effec t any Of the Provision? of the act or the regulations made or direc? tions given iheretl icier who shall fail or neglect to perform such duty ami any person charged with such duty or having and exercising any an thorlty under said act, regulations or directions who shall knowingly make or be a party to the making of any false or incorrect registration, physi? cal examination, exemption enlist-j { ment, enrollment or muster; and any person Who shall make or be a party to the making of any false statement or certificate as to the fitness or lia? bility of himself or any other person f<?r aervlce under the provisions of this act or regulations mode by the I prosident thereunder or otherwise I evades or aids another to evade the I requirements of this act or of said regulations or who, in any manner, shall fail or neglect fully to perform any duty required of him in the ex? ecution of this act, shall, it not sub? ject to military law, be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in the district court of the United States having Jurisdiction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or, if subject to I military law, shall be tried by court martial and suffer su.'h punishment as a courtmartial may direct.' Now therefore, I, Woodrow Wil ? son, president of the United States, 'do call upon the governor of each of J the several States and territories, the '?board of commissioners of the Dis Itrlct of Columbia and all officers and ! agents of the several states and ter ! ritories, of the District of Columbia 1 and of the counties and municipal!- i ties therein?to perform certain du? ties in the execution of the foregoing law, which duties will be com? municated to them directly in regu lations of even date herewith. I "And I do further proclaim and \ give notice to all persons subject to j registration in the several States and In the District* of Columbia in ac I cordancc with the above that the j time and place of such registration [shall be between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. on the 5th day of June, 1917, at the registration place In the precinct wherein they have their permanent homos. Those who shall have at? tained their 21st birthday and who ?shall not have attained their 31st : birthday on or before the day here j named are required to register, ex? cepting only officers and enlisted men of the regular army, the navy, the marino corps and the National Guard of the United States and officers In and naval militia while In the service of the United States and officers in the officers' reserve corps and enlisted men in the enlisted reserve corps while In active service. In the ter? ritories of Alaska Hawaii and Puerto HI Co a day for registration will he named in a later proclamation. "And I do charge those who through slcknees shall be unable to present themselves for registration that they apply on or before the day of registration to the county clerk where they may be for Instructions as to how they may be registered by agents. These who expect to be ab? sent on the day named from the counties in which they have their permanent homes may register by mail, but their mailed registration errds must reach the plpce in which they have their permanent homes by the day named herein. "They should apply au soon us prac? ticable to the country clerk of the county wherein they may be for in? structions as to how they may accom? plish their registration by mail. In case such persons as, through sickness or absence, may be unabie to present themselves personally for registration sha.i be sojourning in cities of over 30,000 population they shall apply to the city clerk of the city wherein they may be sojourning rather than to the clerk of the court. The clerks of counties and of cities of over 80,000 population in which numbers of ap? plications from the sick and from non-residents are expected are au? thorized to establish such subagenck-s and to employ and deputize such cler? ical force us may be necessary to ac? commodate these applications. "The power against which we are arrayed has sought to impose its will upon the world by force To this It has changed the face of war. In the sense in which ve ha e been wont to think of armies there a re no armies I in this struggle. There are entire nations armed. Thus, the men who remain to till the soil and man the factories are no less a part of tin; army thai Is In France than the men beneath the battle flags. It must be so with us. It is not an army that we must shape and train for war: it is a nation. To this end our peo? ple must draw close in one eompuel front against a common f?>e. Bui this cat not be if each man pursues a private purpose. All must pursue one purpose, The nation needs men; but it needs each man, no! In ihe Held thai will mosl please him, but In ths endeavor thut will best serve the common good. Thus, though n sharpshooter pleases to operate a trip hammer for the forging of great guns, and an expert machinist de? sires to march with the Hag, the RUSSIAN CABINET WILL STAND FAST WITH ALLIES. Minister Kurensky Tells Congress of Peasants That Cabinet is Determin? ed to Restore Iron Discipline in the i Army?Government Will Not Suf? fer Germans to Destroy Western Allies. Petrograd, May 19.?The provision- j al government declared that it is thor? oughly united in the rejection of sep? arate peace proposals and adopts as its aim the re-establishment of a gen oral peace which will not tend to ei ther domination over other nations or seizure of their possessions. In other words, peace without annexations or Indemnities. The newly appointed minister of War, M. Kerensky, in addressing the congress of peasants announced his determination to introduce iron dis- J cipline into the army. He made an j j impassioned appeal for support In restoring Russia's military morale. Hin speech was greeted with enthu- j ; siastlc applause. The government j statement said that the Russian army j will not suffer the Germans to destroy the western allies. MARINES GOING TOO. Regiment of Veterans of Campaign in Haiti to Go With Gen. Pcrshing. Washington, May 19.?A regiment of marines commanded by Colonel Charles A. Doyan and composed of veterans of active service in Haiti, San Domingo and Cuba will accompany I the army division to be sent to France ! under Gen. Pershing. Secretary Dan? iels In making the announcement said the marine regiment would comprise 2600 men and would be armed and equipped in the same way as the army regiments of the expeditionary force. Presbyterian Meeting Place. Birmingham, May 19.?Du Rant, Oklahoma, has been selected as the next meeting place of the general as? sembly of Southern Presbyterians. . nation is being served only when the ? sharpshooter marches and the ma i chlnist remains at his levers. The whole nation must be a team in which each man shall play the part for which ! he is best fitted. To this end, con? gress has provided that the nation shall be organised for war by selection jand that each man shall be classified j for service in the place to which it ; shall best serve the general good to I call him. "The significance of this can not be overstated. It is a new thing in our history, a landmark in our progress. It is a new manner of accepting and vitalizing our duty to give ourselves With thoughtful devotion to the com I j mon purpose of using all. It is in no sense a conscription of the unwilling; it is rather, selection from a nation which has voluntered in masse. It is no more a choosing of those who shall march with the colors than it I is a selection of those who siyill serve j an equally necessary and devoted purpose in the industries that lie be? hind the battle line. "The day here named is the time ? upon which all shall present them j selves for assignment to their tasks. It is for that reason destined to be remembered as one of the most con j spicuous moments in our history. It Is nothing less than the day upon which the manhood of the country shall step forward in one solid rank , in defense of the ideals to which this nation is consecrated. It is im port jant to those ideals no less than to the pride of this generation in manifest? ing its devotion to them, that there be no gaps In the ranks. "It is essential that the day be ap? proached in thoughtful apprehension of its significance and that weaccord to it the honor and the meaning that it deserves. Our industrial need pi t scribes that it be not made a techni? cal holiday, but the ?tern sacrifice thai is before to urges that It be carried in all our hearts us a great day of pa? triotic devotion and obligation when the duty shall He upon every num. whether he is himself to be registered or not, to sec to it that the name of overy male person of the designated ages is written on these lists of honor. In witness whereof I have hereunto tet my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the city of Washington this I Nth day of May. in the year of our Lord. 1917 and of the independ? ence of the United States of America the 141st. "By the president: "Robert Lansing, "Secretary of State." SOUTHERN HEROES HONORED. WAR MISSION WILL BE GUESTS OF RICHMOND TODAY. Wreaths Will be Placed on Monuments to Robert E. I>ce and Stonewall Jackson. Washington, May 18.?Great Brit? ain's war mission, headed by Arthur James Balfour, secretary of state for foreign affairs, will be guests tomor? row of the city of Richmond. Leav? ing Washington on a special train in the forenoon the visitors will be met In the Virginia capital by Gov. Henry C. Stuart ::nd other State officials. The day's ceremonies will include a luncheon, a public meeting with ad? dresses and a visit to various points of interest. An impressive part of the programme will be tlacing by Lieut. Gen. Bridges and Capt. H. H. Spen? cer-Clay of wreaths en the statues to Gen. Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson. The mission has expressed deep re great that time does not permit a gen? eral trip through the South. The state department expressed a desire to have the commission devote all the remaining time possi de to questions still pending and the visitors will con? fine their general call of courtesy to the South to o. single day in the old Confederate capital. The party to make the trip, besides Secretary Balfour, will Include: Lieut. Gen. G. T. M. Fridges, Rear Admiral Sir Dudley R. S. DeChalr j naval adviser to the foreign office; j Breckenridge Long, third assistant secretary of State; Ian Malcolm, par? liamentary private secretary to Mr. Balfour; Capt. H. H. Spencer-Clay; ; Fleet Paymaster General Vincent A. Lawford; Geoffrey Butler, Hugh Gib? son, secretary of embassy personal aide to Mr. Balfour; Maj. L. W. B. Reese, V. C. M. Co.. Royal Flying j cbrps; Lieut. Commander MacGilll I vray Milne, U. S. N.. naval aide to I Admiral DeChair; Capt. J. G. Quekc 1 meyer, U. S. A., personal aide to Gen. i Bridges. SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Rock Hill Soldier in Hospital In Co? lumbia Suffering From Wound In Leg. Columbia, May 19.?G. H. Robln j son. private in Company H of Rock Hill, was brought to Columbia from ^helton yesterday, where he was fired upon from ambush, the bullet passing through the calf of the left leg. A shot was also fired at Mr. Robinson Thursday. Presumption is that the same person tired both shots. The sol? dier was on patrol duty, guarding a I railroad bridge near Shelton. The bullet was tired from a highpowered j rifle. GERM W OFFENSIVE RENEWED. __ , They Hurl Fresh Troops in Wares Against French Positions. Germans once more returned to the ? attack on the Aisne front last night, j hurling troops in waves against the French positions, northwest of Braye en-Loannis, according to Paris. The French war offices announced that the Germans were unable to reach the French lines, except on the extreme western part of the front, where the j Germans gained a footing in the ad i vanced trenches. I Except for the Aisne attack inten? sive fighting in Franco has subsided and the Italian offensive, with Triest as its objective, is being watched with great interest. The current Austrian statement admits the capture by the Italians of important ground south t. st of Plava and north of Corlxia, but insists that the Italian attacks ev? erywhere else failed. The Italians I claim the capture of 6.000 prisoners since the offensive begun, while Vien? na says the Austriar.s have taken more than 3,000. MRS. UFLVA LOCK WOOD DEAD. Wn* Noted Leader of Suffrage Move? ment, Washington, May 11?.?Mrs. Belva A. B. Lockwood, the first woman ad? mitted to praetiee law before the su? preme court, a pioneer in the woman suffrage movement and the only wo? man ever ? candidate for president of the United States died here today it the a^?> of eighty-nix. SUBMARINE SINKS STEAMER. British Merchantman Sent Down? Fight lives Lost. London. May It. The British steamer Highland Conic was subma? rined on May J?itb. Five members of the crew and three passengers WBCC killed by the explosion.