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man and rom. all ma en da Tnon Alma'v at be tHjf lAjuniry's, Tnj God's asm Trmtft's.' riuai iKiE bot rimo*. SUMTER, 8. 0., 8/ URDAY, MAY 26, 1917. VoLXLIV. No. 29. ff HL t v m m fO rd of of Avm Id to \9mm4 of the Hoy II.?No nation ttsolf or the rights of Wager have borne the that Germany Urrted Mates, Preel In a letter re? fer this natlon'i war, written to Rep? ot Alabama and jallls today at the White written to the preal of hie recent utter apparently bad over the Issue with la restating his position the again made it clear that Masai has no quarrel with ?Stall but with* sn autoc acta upon purposes to people have never Is mosssff hsnslbls to me how mak or honest person could or Question ray petition with to Jot war and tu objects. I and again stated the very and long eon tinned wrongs the imperial Gurmsn govern has perpetrated against) ths the snssmaros and ths citizens United Mates. Ths list is long No nation that rtsstf or ths rights of hu osuld have borne those objects in going into the war stated with equal dear? ths whole of ths ooneeption t take to bo the ooneeption of ssmtrymes with regard "outcome of the war and the of ft* settlement. I set forth the utmost expucrtness la an in the senate of tue United em the tied of January, last, hi my message to congress on tad of April tost those objects in unmistakable terms. "I can conceive no purpose In aeek to becloud this matter except the of weakening the hands of the sjawsrament and making ths part ths United Mates Is to play in groat struggle for human liberty meAcient and heal* ?mg part. We have catered the war w' ar own ob clearty stated ano shell forget or the reasons nor the objects. Is no hate In our hearts for ths German people but there Is a re serve Which can not be shaken even by tat Ion to overcome the of the autocratic govern SSMt which acts upon purposes to the German people huve never ITALIANS LUID SAFIX.Y. Italy's War nusaislssloaeii Expected Washington. May II.?The Italian commission, headed by Prince first cousin of Kir g Victor imanuel will arrive in Washington 'ednreday at an hour to be announc hUer. The fact that the commlialon had safely on this continent be known officially today through Me Mate department. Arrangements for receiving and en? tertain lag the visitors havs beeu made by s departmental committee. Toe mission si coming on a visit of courtesy and to discuss with American ?Metals particularly cooperation in Mailing with shipping and food prob? lems and the adjustment of rates of estthange. Its personnel follows: r>ince Perdtnando d* Bavoja, of Udtne; Enrico Arlotta, minister of transportation; Marquis Lulgl Boria relU di Rtfreddo. under secretary of Maes for foreign affairs; Ougllelmo Mareen!. Senator; Augusto Ciuffelli. aepoty, rormer minister of public aaverio Nlttl, depu mlalster of agrlsulture. ITALIANS IN WAffiflNUTON. Arrives sad t* Often Cor Mai Welcome. Washington. May II.?The Italian mission, has dad by Prtnos t.'dins er? at aeon. They were recelv by crowds and es by American cfflcluls and trees* of cavalry to the heute of Jo \ whsth will |s? th??lr home ton. f BM?SE MITlllHl fiUABD. ADDITIONAL UNITS TO BE FORMED FOR COMPLETING SIXTEEN DIVISIONS. Third Regiment of Infantry Three Troop** of Cavalry, One Regiment of Field Artillery, Two Engineer Com pan lea, One Ontpoat Company. Washington, May 22.?Organiza? tion of scores of new regiments of National Guard artillery, engineers, signal troops and cavalry will be un? dertaken soon to supply the tactical formation necessary for the establish? ment of the 16 divisions of the guard provided for In the war department's plans. V in addition, immediately after the existing State soldiers have been drafted Into the federal service, there must be organised divisional head quarters detachments, supply, am? munition and medical trains, heavy field Artillery and signal battalions and aero service, two. cavalry di? visions and many new coast artillery units and reserves. In the infantry the arm of the service In which the guard Is strongest, 30 regiments and six companies must be created to provide the 144 regiments of the di? visional structure. , The principal shortage is in field artillery. Each of the 16 divisions requires three full regiments of six batteries each or a total of 288 bat? teries There now exist In the guard 108 bttterlee. Tht shortage in engineers is almost as groat. There will be needed 16 regiments or a total of 86 companies whereas there now are only 30 com? panies. Each division also Will have an aero squadron or balloon company, mak? ing U air service unite. The first effort of the department is to bring up to full war strength all existing units of the guard. The next step will bo to create the new unite necessary to complete the 16 Infantry 'divisions and the adjutant generals of the States have been instructed that they should prepare for these new organlatlons without delay. Southern States will be called upon to furnish in addition the following: Ninth division: North Carolina? One cavalry machine gun troop; one regiment field artillery, one radio company, signal corps. South Caro? lina?One regiment infantry, three troops cavalry, one regiment field artillery, two companies of engineers/ one outpost company, signal corps. Tennessee?One regiment Infantry, one troop cavalry, one regiment field artillery, one wire company, signal eorpe. Tenth division: Alabama?One regi? ment leid artillery, one battalion en? gineers. Georgia?Two battalions in? fantry, one regiment field artillery one battalion engineers, ono wire company and one outpost company, signal corps. Florida?Two battalions infantry, one battalion field artillery. Fifteenth division: Texan?Four regiments infantry, one regiment (less one squadron) cavalry, two regiments (lees two battsries) field artillery, one battalion (less two com? panies) engineers, one field battalion, signal corps. Oklahoma??Two regi? ments Infantry, one regiment field ar? tillery, one battalion (less one com? pany) engineers. Eighteenth division: Arkansas?One regiment Infantry one regiment field artillery, one outpost company, signal corps. Mississippi-?Two regiments infantry, two squadrons cavalry, one machine gun troop cavalry, one regi? ment field artillery, one battalion en? gineers, one radio company, signal corps. Louisiana?Two regiments in? fantry, one squadron (less two troops) cavalry, one regiment (less one bat? talion) Held artillery, one battalion engineers, one wire company, signal corps. MEXICO DENIES PROTEST. Foreign Minister Perez Says No Rep? resentation* Made to Germany. Mexico City, May 23.?Ernesto Qarza Perez, who Is in charge of the Mexican foreign office today denied that Mexico had made any representn tlons to Germany on the submarine Issue. BLIND TIGER CONVICTED. Charit? Davis Given Option on Thir? ty Days or $100 Fine. Charlie Davis, colored, the next man on the list of alleged blind tigers rounded up in the recent raid, was tried In the Recorder's Court yester? day. Tuesday. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty and Judge Harby Imposed the usual sentence?30 days on the gang or $100 fine. RULES OF REGISTRATION All Male Persons Between Ages of Twenty-one and Thirty One Years, Required to Register Between Hours of 7 A. M. and 9 P. M. on June 5, With One Year's Imprisonment Without Alterna? tive of Fine for Those Who Fail to so Register. Columbia, May 22.?Regulations for registration June 5 under the selec? tive draft act for the national army have been received in Columbia. All mule persons between the ages of 21 and 30, both inclusive, will be requir? ed to register between 7 a. m. and 3 p. m., June 6. Failure is punish? able by a year's Imprisonment] with? out the alternative of a fine. One section of the regulations indi? cates that enlisted men who are not actually in the federal service on the day of registration will be required to register. This includes the second regiment, South Carolina National Guard, which was mustered out of the federal service two months ago and which will not be mobilized until July. The section relative to eligible regis? trations reads: "Male perdsons who have attained their 21st birthday and shall not have attained their 31st birthday on or be? fore the day set for registration by the president must register. The only exceptions are persons in the military or naval service of tho United States, which includes all officers and en? listed men of the regular army, the navy, the marine cores and the National Guard and naval nilitia, while In the service of the United States and officers in the officers' reserve corps and enlisted men in enlisted reserve corps, while in active service. All male civil officers of the United States, of the several States, territories and the District of Colum? bia within the designated ages must register. All male persons within the designated ages engaged in making the present registration must regis? ter." Failure to register is punishable by imprisonment, without the alternative of a fine. Upon termination of prison sentence, the regulations prescribe im? mediate registration. The regulations read: "Any person who shall wilfully fall or refuse to present himself for regis? tration or to submit thereto as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misde? meanor and shall, upon conviction in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punish? ed by imptisonment for not more than one year, and shall thereupon be duly registered." AGITATOR IN TROUBLE. White Mill Operative Arrested in An? derson Following Summons to Pro? test Meeting. Anderson, May 21.?Ithema Brock, a white mill operative, is being held here by the United States marshal pending Investigation of what con? nection he may have with a circular distributed here calling for a mass meeting to protest against the selec? tive draft and threatening lives of those responsible for high food prices. Those who gathered for the meeting in the country seven miles from here yesterday were dispersed by county officers, it was reported today. SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT. Several Persons Injured in Wreck Near Florence Florence, May 21.?Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Rogers. Sr., and three of the young women teachers of the city schools were hurt in an automo? bile accident Saturday nlpht on the extension of Palmetto street into the three roads that intersect at the Hep? burn place, just beyond the Pinewood club house. ItrSL Rogers suffered a broken nose besides bruises. Mr. Rogers suffered a sprain of his foot. Miss I ill 1 lan Gentry was the most seriously hurt of the party. Her hip bone was broken and her condition is grave. Miss Mary Devlin's arm was broken. Miss Evelyn Hamner es? caped with bruises. Roy MiPt by Playmate. Laurens, May 21.?Joseph Donnan, the 12 year old son of J. W. Donnan, a well known citizen of the Tylera vllle section, was accidentally shot and killed this afternoon by Hildred HU1. 10 year old son of R. B. Hill Mit this city. , SUBMARINE VS. U-BOAT. LAKE'S NEW INVENTION TO DE? FEAT GERMAN MENACE. American Inventive Genius Said to Have Solved ProMem of Submarine Blockade?Will Build Big Under? water Freight Boats. Philadelphia, Ma? 21.?The Phila? delphia Press will publish a story to? morrow to the effect that "America has found the perfect answer to the German submarine terror." It is said ? to be a merchant submarine standard i ized at about 7,700 or 8,000 tons dead weight of such speed that it can when submerged easily elude any surface pursuer and is nonsinkable. The craft, the invention of Simon Lake, according to The Press, is capa? ble of submerging within half a min? ute. The first one may be turned out in four months and others after that at the rate of three or four a week. It will burn heavy oil. The vessels are to be built and operated, the story says by the Mer? chant Submarine company under gov? ernment supervision. RELIEF WORK STARTED. Atlanta On res for Destitute and Asks No Outside Assistance. Atlanta, May 22.?Atlanta went to work today to care for the destitute from 3,000 homes destroyed by the Are which raged yesterday afternoon and night through 75 blocks and which was only stopped by persistent dynamiting ahead of the flames. Mayor Candler estimated the prop? erty loss at $3,000,000, and other esti? mates reach $5,000,000. The blaze was the greatest in At? lanta's history since Gen. Sherman burned the city. The Red Cross took charge of the relief work and thousands were fed and housed in the aditorium armory, churches and hotels. Mayor Candler announced that the city needs no outside financial assist? ance, and denied reports that the Are was Incendiary. MORE ENGINEERS NEEDED. 180 Additional to Give Battalion War Strength. Columbia, May 21.?"Enlistments for the engineers' battalion are com? ing in steadily," said J. M. Johnson, who has charge of the organization of the battalion. "We have already re? cruited our minimum strength, now having about 300 men enlisted. We have room for about 180 men yet In trder to reach our war strength. "We have taken up with the war department at Washington the matter of concentration and expect to hear something definite within the next few days." The engineers' battalion is to in? clude three companies, probably from Columbia, Marlon and Spartanburg. This unit will go along with battal? ions from other States to France just as soon as it has been mustered into federal service. Its chief duties will '.>e in keeping open lines of commu? nication and highways to the rear of the fighting. TELLS THEM TO EAT GRASS. Germans Advised to Follow Nebi chad nczar's Example. Copenhagen, May 21 (via London). ?Berlin now is feeling the potato shortage. The residents of the capi? tal have been warned that it may be impossible to supply five pounds to everybody this week, hut that those who are unable to obtain the full ra? tion will be given cakes. The supply of pork is short and It will ho sold only on Thursday. In view of the food shortage, Prof. Weld ne?\ an agricultural expert at Pas sau, Bavaria, advises the people to follow tho example of Neubuchadnez zar and eat grass. He informs them that both tho red clover and lucerne (alfalfa) may be used for the making of tasty dishes for human consump? tion. IRISHMEN TO PECIDE. FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF IRE? LAND IN HANDS OF IRISH. David Lloyd George Offers Simple Solution of Irish Problem That Shifts Responsibility from Shoulders of English to Those of Irish. London, May 21.?For the first time in modern history the destinies of Ire? land are to be placed in the hands of the Irishmen alone. The British prime minister, David Lloyd George, announced to the house of commons today that the new government will call a convention of Irishmen to frame a constitution for Ireland and if Irish? men are able to agree upon any scheme for the administration of their country it will attempt to enact It into legislation without delay. All sec? tions, parties, creeds and factions, with clergymen and laymen as well as politicians and even revolutionists of the Sinn Fein society, will be In? vited to get together. If this final attempt succeeds a political miracle will have been ac? complished. There is no great opti? mism apparent respecting the success of the plan, for Ulster stands where she has always stood. Sir John Lons dale, Unionist, predicted the same old deadlock, declaring that Ulster would not be driven into a home rule par? liament and predicting that the Na? tionalists will not consent to the ex? clusion of six Ulster counties. But if the attempt fails, the failure will deprive the ancient charge that John Bull's greater island is "the oppressor" of much of its force, and it is pointed out that Ireland can hard? ly be hailed before the European peace conference as another Poland, while America and the colonies can no longer reproach Great Britain with having neglected her own house in order. Both houses of parliament discuss? ed Ireland today with hardly a ripple of the old animosities and feuds dis? turbing their harmony. "The patients must administer to themselves," said Mr. Lloyd George, "and a noteworthy feature of the plan is that politicians must play a second? ary part to the men from other walks of life." The premier specified the Na? tionalist factions, of which John Red? mond and William O'Brien are the leaders, the Ulster Unionists, the southern Unionists and the Sinn Fein ers as the political bodies which should be represented in the conven? tion, but said that the government considered it most important that rep? resentatives of local governing bodies, the churches, trades unions and com? mercial and educational interests should participate. Mr. Redmond agreed in this policy and the veteran home ruler even of? fered to obliterate himself in the in? terests of harmony. But the house refused loudly to accept his offer. Even Lord Lansdowne, who has been charged by some with the w reck? age of Mr. Lloyd George's previous work cf reconciliation, told the lords that the road to home rule had been traveled too far for turning back and referred to the importance of facili? tating the task of "those who are friends in America." The conception of the convention for all Ireland finds its inspiration in the making of the Union of South Africa, after the Boer war, when the British and the Africanders, whose enmity then certainly equalled that of the Irish factions, were able to thresh out a constitution. For the position of chairman of the convention, a colonial might, wield strong influence for harmony and Bar? on Shaugnessy, president of the Cana? dian Pacific railway, who was born in the United States of Irish parents, Is mentioned, as also are ex-Premier As quith and Lord Donoughmore. NEWSPAPER POSTAGE TAX. Heavy Burden to Re l>ald on Newspa? pers of National Circulation. Washington, May 22.?A compro? mise on the proposed second class mail tax so as make it range from one and a-half cents per pound in the first parcel post zone to eight cents in the eighth zone has been agreed upon by the ways and means committee. TERRORISM IN RUSSIA. UnMioccKsftil Attempt Marie to sVssnssU nate Minister Keren sky. New York, May 22.?A cablegram to ,tho newspaper Jewish Forward says an attempt was made to assissi nat the new Russian War Minister A. F. Kerensky. It said that M. Kerensky escaped und all the partici? pants in the plot were arrested. THE BAPTIST CONVENTION. SOUTHERN CONVENTION IS BROUGHT TO END. Important Action Taken In Course of Meeting Just Concluded. New Orleans, La,, May 21.?The 1917 convention of the Southern Bap? tist churches which began here last Wednesday was Anally adjourned to? day and after a "stainless flag" mass meeting tonight, arranged by the local committee, virtually all the officers and delegates departed for their homes. Speakers at the mass meet? ing included the Rev. Drs. A. J. Bar tion, Dallas; W. D. Upshaw, Washing? ton, and J. D. Crane. Greenville, S. C. Official figures showed the convention just closed was the third largest In point of attendance in history of the denomination. Among the import? ant actions taken by the convention during its six day session were: Settlement of the long standing con? troversy over consolidation of church board by electing an executive com? mittee to act for the convention be? tween sessions: Arst definite steps tak<* en toward establishing a Southern Baptist ministerial relief fund of $4,000,000; declared for absolute na? tion-wide prohibition during the war, and selected a committee to urge It before congress; pledged aid to the president and government in the war; appointed a commission to determine the question of the legality of the in? corporation of the convention and Ha affiliated board; started a movement for instituting a new system of finan? ces for the convention and boards and decided to establish in New Or? leans a training school for home and foreign missionaries. if FINLAND WfOULD SECEDE. Resolution Adopted in Favor of Com? plete Separation from Russia. London, May 22.?The French are in complete possession of the com? manding high ground near Morofc villers on the Champagne front. Sev? eral German infantry attacks on this section have been repulsed and Paris reported the capture of more than a thousand unwounded prisoners. Another complication has arisen in the Russian situation as the result of the adoption of resolutions by the Swedish congress in Finland favoring the complete separation of Finland from Russia. W ANTS THE NAVY INCLUDED. Daniels Writes Letter to Clark on Prohibition Provision. Washington, May 21.?Secretary Daniels addt^ssed a letter to Speaker Clark today urging that legislation prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating beverages to soldiers, incorporated in the army bill, be extended to cover the navy. With 40,000 young recruits under training in the navy and more to be secured, Mr. Daniels said the &L.m< safeguards are urgently neces? sary for them that congress has pro? vided for young soldiers. LE\" LAND LINER WRECKED. War earn ing Cargo of Grain and Ma* nitions. Boston, May 21.?The Leyland lin? er Colonian, 6,440 tons, was wrecked last night on the south coast of Eng? land, according to a cablegram re? ceived today by the agent of the line here. Tho message said that the steamer, which was carrying a cargo of munitions, grain, lumber and cot? ton from this port, probably would be a total loss. The cause of the acci? dent and the fate of the crew were not mentioned. SCEOND REGIMENT SHORT. Report rom Enlistment Offices? Showing of Coast Artillery. Columbia, May 21.?The Second Regiment of the South Carolina Nat? ional Guard lacks 1,110 mer of be? ing recruited to full war strength. The adjutant general's office today completed a telegraphic census, show? ing the status of the several compa? nies at the close of enlistment offices Sunday afternoon. There arc Afty Avo officers and 892 enlisted men en? rolled. A second lieutenant is the only officer needed to bring the reg? iment's strength in officers up to the required number. The showing of the coast artillery is better, comparatively, but there is still room for additional men In that branch of the service. The full com? plement of nineteen officers is on hand, but there are only 499 men. The required number of men to pu the artillery in fighting trim is 170