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mm gimp news. obiur? or daily rootink at V*ym OOLBTHORPK. of Sosne of Itie Horn Wlw> Are In Training* the Great War. ;i*ert Oglethorpe, May 20.?"Home nothing Uke this." Thte to the way vet the Snmter boye expressed hie the other morning ae he got O#.trotn hie etrnw eot at S.ll a. m. let neepood to the call for revalue, to right, but this to the finest and Istsrmmed body of men the nan ever been associated with, ts nave oome with fixed pur the praparing of themselves for inevitable coming conflict be Asssricnn and Teutonic forces field and everybody to work wtth that Idea in mind constant ;* Tfcaie Is practically no complaint anyone, which is saying a great when It to considered that there 1,100 men here gathered togeth nrrfrsm a dosen States, of all ages from 10 to ?I. Ths work to steady, bub not too hard. It to pretty hard, /sr. on men who have never had military experience before, hs, to practically no time for study tils men are required to know everything, as if there was plenty of Ihne for It Lack of time for study to igst a enfhclent excuse, however. Ths personnel of the men is won This to a body of 2.190 good, nan* with out a single freak > nsnesuf sheas. They are all fine speci gsaas Th# morals to as good as could ? sihntfbty be found anywhere. As etat si there are no complaints, t But noing through ths schedule of ' has day may be of Interest. Reveille , herf.U starts ths day. Breakfast \ essass at ? a. m. Polles of camp comas ggs iM from 7 to 11.so to drill. Al SSsdy la ths one week the men have ibssn ?hers they have severed the 4 * hs wauld take In a mlUtary gflrsal as many weeks to go over, be? gins* a great deal of work and iufor ssjgtfsn that to never acquired at milt? ing* sshnola or colleges. ' Shifter comes at noon. At 1.S0 4*tarc to a conference or etudy period. '&2jTp*}i march or something of the gar} to- In order, Supper comes st 6.10. ^14 Trtbsre to another conference, with S^Jpctsre try some, officer on sanita t-est, or some subject of importance In sjiltsty circle*. This ends at I.SO dad fit 10 light* are out and all are required to U in bed. It Is a soft bad, tab, to a mas Who has been .on kW feet, or on duty, at least, for seven? teen hours. 4ome of the men catch on to the trers quickly. Most of them have had military t-ainlng of some sort before. All are putting all of their brain and snstgy into the work, for they are working with a purpose. As stated previously, It to a determined body. The first werk on arrival of ths rook tos at ths camp was done with thai utmost despatch. There wars! three hundred and thirty on the train that was operated as a special out of Celan?bia Sunday, May 18, and thirty minutes after their arrival at the camp, which wae after a walk of about a mile from the station with suit cases, all were assigned to com? panies. That afternoon and by the nest morning practically all of them had been gtrsn their equipment, which ee as tots of uniform, beds atd bedding, guns and equipment to take on hlkea and marches, books for study end a donsn and one other things, besides doing a lot of drill and being vacci? nated and Inoculated in the mean? time. There were ehort practice marches Friday afternoon and Sat? urday which will be made longer, ss ths men get more accustomed to the The food ie somewhat coarse, but la plentiful. It to very different from what South Carolinians srs accustom? ed to. It was awfully hard for some Sf the men to get accustomed to po? tatoes (Irish) at every meal end onions or garlic In practically every dish, but they were hungry end the food was nourishing. 1 There has been very little sickness, considering the number of men and the change of conditions which moat of them have undergone. A few men have had fever from the serum In? jections and sore srms, but few men allowed this to keep them away from a single doty. But s more personal word will be said about the South Csrohna men. ths Suinter men In particular. As stated Senator Kpps was taken ill on the train coming to the camp and was taken to ths post hospital, where ho wss detained for three days, until he recovered. He was not allowed to remain In camp, however, as the sur? geons thought that hla attack might return and he left Thursday. Thla fast was much regretted by the Sum tar men end the samp lost one of the many good men regtotsrsd. Senator H. Klugh Purdy, of Jasper county, was also ssnt home. He was consid? ered not in condition to stand hard NATIONAL GUARD TO FRANCE. LIKELY TO FORM SECOND EXPE? DITION. War Department Kept Busy Rushing Mobilisation of First Division. Washington, May 22.?From the best In tor mat ion which It Is possible to secure here today It Is understood that the National Guard forces of the different States will form the second expeditionary force in France. Wirh men being assembled as quick ly as it la possible to complete the first American force to battle, in the French trenches, the war department is rapidly completing plans for the second and larger force to follow Oen. Pershing's lead. t All the machinery of the war de? partment is being worked overtime in rushing the mobilization of the first arn.y dlv.'slon of men to go under Pershing. Part of this force, it is stated, la being brought North from tho Mexican border. The navy department Is concentrat? ing Its marines and. in addition, nine regiments of engineers, of approxi? mately 10,000 men, are practically re? cruited to go Immediately to France for work on the line of communica? tions, and a forestry regiment of 1,000 men is being formed to Join the forces carrying the American flag to the French fighting lines. Mobile troops to the number of 15 regiments now being gathered at concentration camps, will form the {groundwork of 45 additional regi? ments which will probably bring the regular army strength up to 293,000. When this task Is completed there will be seven full divisions of the regular army to form the backbone of the forces from the United States. At the divisional camps In the Southeast, the National Guard will be centred. The machinery for putting into ef? fect the third and largest force was started moving when the president fixed June 6 as the day of registration ta form the first army of (00,000 un? der selective conscription. The National army, as the con? scripted force will be hereafter known, will In a short time be heard from with, the regulars and National Guardsmen at the French front. Those who are not able to buy a Liberty bond can at least Join the Red Cresa. marches, so was relieved. If there are any others of the South Carolin? ians who were sent home, the writer has not heard of It, although prob? ably about a dozen men have been discharged from the camp for various offenses. Orders are strict and if a man wants to stay, he must show that he Is physically fit, as well as mor? ally and mentally fit also. But speak-, lug of South Carolinians, It might be of Interest to know that there are still four members of the legislature in the camp. It Is understood that the weeding out process is to begin In earnest this week, so every man has to be on the alert. Lucian Strauss with his accustomed ability has landed a place as corpor? al and company clerk. Joe Chandler was placed as first sergant of Com? pany 5. Pokey Hood also landed a rorporalship. or file leadership. Sev? eral others of the Sumter men, in? cluding Hodges, Ravenel, Bernard Manning, are also acting as sergeants und corporals. Wendell Levi says: "This life 1a fine!" He is already con? sidering the many things which he is learning here which he will Impart to his Boy Scouts on his return to Sumter. Des Moore is making a name for himself. Irvine Richardson, with his accustomed affability, has prob? ably made more friends and acquaint? ances among the men than any one else of the Sumter men. He knows most of the 2,600 men here already, almoet. Jack Forbes Is working as hard as if he were after a desperate criminal. The other fellows are do? ing their bit, also. One thing about the camp which sorely handicaps many of the men is lack of time. There are fifteen com? panies and approximately 100 to a company. The Sumter men for the most part are divided up indiscrimi? nately among the companies. Sever? al of them complain that they have not seen the others since their sepa ? ration upon arrival and assignment to different companies. None seo each other often, unless in the oame com? panies. With men from other places It is the Maine way. The Humt.er men expect in the near future to call a meeting in order that a photograph run he taken of them all together, so that tho home folks can seo how they look in uniform. Yesterday wan tho first leave f'ay allowed. Practically all of the n.cn took a trip over to Chattanooga for the afternoon and evening, some of them staying over for today, leave be? ing granted until tonight at 10 p. m. Monday all will be again at hard work, harder than ever before, In fact. FOOD CONTROL Bill. ADMINISTRATION MEASURE PRE? SENTED IN CONGRESS BY LEVER. Provides for Setting? up Emergency Food Distribution Agency Which Will be Able to Cope With Situa? tion Brought About by War. Washington, May 22.?The second of the administration's food bills, re? vised to create an emergency agency to control, under the president's di? rection, distribution and sale of the necessaries of life, was introduced in the house today by Chairman Lever of the agriculture committee. The first bill aims at stimulation of produc? tion and calls for a general survey of the country's food resources. The regulatory measure was re? drawn after President Wilson bad held a series of conferences with Herbert C. Hoover, who Is to be food administrator under the bill, and with Secretary Houston and members of the agriculture committee of both houses. It places the widest powers of control over necessaries of all kinds, including price fixing, in the hands, of the executive. Consideration of the food measures will be hurried as much as possible in congress. The legislation as now proposed by the administration, Mr. Hoover thinks, will meet the food problem. He issued this statement tonight re? garding the second bill: "The bill covers very ably and in? telligently tho powers necessary for the president to possess in order to ^et up a competent food administration." The measure classes specifically as necessaries food, feeds, shoes and fuel. In a statement outlining Its pur? poses, Mr. Lever said: "While the powers are sweeping, they are flexible and to be used only when that specifically prescribed con? ditions have arisen requiring their ex? ercise. In every instance in whtca the bill Itself does not specifically de? fine the requirements affecting private conduct, the president must pres? cribe these with precision and cer? tainty. When property is authorized to be taken by the government just compensation is provided for." Briefly the measure would do these things: Declare the production, manufac? ture, storage, distribution and sale of necessaries to be a matter of public interest. Make it unlawful to commit or per? mit preventable waste or deterioration of necessaries; to restrict supply or distribution, or to enhance prices to excessive levels. ' Authorise the president to establish standards and grades of foods to es? tablish their quality and value. Authorize licensing of manufactur? ing or equitable distribution of foods to prevent uneconomical manufacture or inoquitable distribution; empower the president to direct the disposition of hoarded stocks. Authorize the president to prevent hoarding, monopolization or the exact? ing of excessive profits, by having the government either manufatcure or deal in necessaries; authorize the tak? ing over of factories or plants for gov? ernment operation if necessary, pro? vide proper distribution at fair prices. Authorize the president to prescribe rules for the conduct of exchanges and boards of trade, or to prohibit entirely their operations if in the public In? terest. Authorize the fixing of minimum prices to the producer to stimulate production; authorize import duties If importations threaten operation of guaranteed minimum prices; author? ize purchase by the government at the prescribed minimum prices supplies for allies of the United States. Establishment by the president of maximum prices to break food corners or to prevent hoarding and specula? tion. Authorize the changing of milling grades or the mixing of grains in mak? ing flour. Authorize the president to prescribe restrictions on the use of foodstuffs in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors. The measure is based on the war powers of congress and operates throughout tho country irrespective of State lines. Liquor prohibition legislation Im? pends both in tho senate and house in connection with the food bills and also, but only in the senate, upon the war taxation bill. Sonator Gore, chairman of the sen? ate agricultural committee, who will have charge of the food production bill to he pressed in the senate tomor? row, said the committee will resist any effort to attach prohibition amend? ments, of which n score are pending, to that bill. Senator Goro Is writing a prohibition amondmnet to be offer? ed to the war revenue bill after It passes the house. j Apparent spread of sentiment In congress for some degree of prohibi? tion legislation, effective during war, both as a war time measure and also PLOT BY KAISER. SOCIALIST MEBriNG IN STOCK? HOLM .UNDER SUSPICION. American Officials Take Prompt Steps to Sco That Disloyal of This Coun? try Do not Attend Stockholm Con? ference and Give False Impres? sion. Washington, May 23.?Emphatical disapproval of the peace propaganda of European Socialists was expressed today by the American government who denied passports to American delegates to the Stockholm conference and issued a warning that any Ameri? can taking part in the negotiations would be legally liable to heavy pun? ishment. No formal announcement of pur? poses was issued but officials explain? ed that the government's course would have the twofold effect of discrediting generally any peace moves by unau? thorized persons and of condemning in particular the present Socialist agi? tation, regarded since its inception as : inspired by Germany. I In making known the decision noi to give passports, Secretary Lansing cited the Logan act of 1799 as de? fining the punishments which might be expected by any American now in Stockholm or who might go there without a passport and participate in the peace discussions. Under this law unauthorized persons who direct? ly or indirectly treat with foreign agents regarding controversies of the United States mav be imprisoned for three years and fined $5,000. The American delegates to the con? ference, authorized to represent the American Socialist party over the pro? test of some of its foremost members, are Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee and Morris Hillquit and Algernon Lee of New York. They were selected by the party's executive committee after a notable group of Socialists, headed by Charles Edward Russell and Wil? liam English Walling, had condemn? ed the movement in a joint statement as "the most dangerous of all the kaiser's plots." The statement denounced Hillquit and Lee, who are Socialist writers, as radically pro-German. Berger, a na : live of Austria-Hungary, has been edi? tor of several German language news? papers In Milwaukee and in 1911 was the first Socialist to sit in congress. American diplomatic agents abroad have kept a close watch on the So? cialist movement and their reports are understood to show clearly that the plan for a conference at Stock? holm had Its origin in Germany and has met with the active encourage? ment of the German government. Russian Socialists also have select? ed delegates to the meeting as a re? sult, it Is believed here, of German influence. It was in Russia that the proposal of "no annexations" first came Into prominence and It promptly was taken up by the German Social? ists. Such proposals are regarded here as only a blind to end the war while Germany's expansion to the south is secure. The Socialist party of Great Britain has refused to send representatives. Officials made It clear tonight that their decision should be regarded raihei as a disapproval of the peace move than as a reflection on the sin? cerity of Socialists in this country. WATTE TO BE ELECTROCUTED. .Dentist Who Killed Pathor-in-Law and Wifo to Die Tonight. Ossinning, N. Y., May 24.?Within three days of the first anniversary of his conviction Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, a dentist, will die in the elec? tric chair at Sing Sing prison tonight for the murder of his wealthy fath? er-in-law, John E. Peck, of Grand Rapids. Michigan. Dr. Waite con? fessed that he anaesthetized Peck and smothered him with a pillow. He also confessed to killing Mrs. Peck by Inoculating her ".Ith dlseaso germs. TO CONSIDER UNION. Presbyterians Vote to Appoint Com? mittee to Confer on Matter. Birmingham, May 24.?The general assembly of the Southern Presbyter? ians by a vote of one hundred and forty-two to forty favored appointing a committee to confer with a commit? tee of the Northern Presbyterians on the question of uniting the two branches. ESPIONAGE AGREEMENT EX? PECTED. Sonate Will Agree to Modified Cen? sorship Asked by President* Washington, May 24.?Senator Ov? erman of the senate conferees on the espionage bill said nn agreement is probable on the modified censorship urged by President Wilson, when the conferees resume session tomorrow. to conserve foodstuffs. Is causing wide? spread belief in ultimate enactment of "dry" laws, at least to a limited ex? tent. THE BED CROSS MEETING. THE ATTENDANCE WAS SMALL AT THE ACADEMY OP MUSIC TUESDAY NIGHT. Comparatively Few of the People of Sumter Have Begun to Understand or Realize What the World War Means to America, and How It Will Call for Service and Sacrifice From Every Man, Woman and Child in the Entire Nation. The meeting held at the Academy of music Tuesday night under the auspices of the loc?l Chapter of the American Red Cross that is in process of organization was of the most vital and immediate interest to all of the people of Sumter, especially to those who will stay at home in the enjoy? ment of the blessings of domestic peace and safety, while the men call? ed to service in the army and navy are enduring the hardships and per? ils of the battle front. But the small audience, that did not fill one-thfrd of the building, proved conclusively that only a small percentage of our people arc awake to the situation or have even a faint realization of the duty of the stay at homes or have begun to take thought of the cd 11s that will be made upon non-combatants in the way of service?labor, time and mon? ey?that the sick, wounded soldiers may be cared for and their hard lot be made less hard and their inevita? ble sufferings may be in some meas? ure, ameliorated. It cannot be that so many of the home-staying people are careless and indifferent to their duty; it cannot be that they are so in? tentionally indifferent that they will not grasp an opportunity to learn what is their duty and how that duty may be discharged. The lack of an un? derstanding of duty of the civilian , population, of what the Red Cross is and the great and vitally important work it must perform for the com? fort and safety of American soldiers on the battle front, is the only way in which the lack of Interest can be charitably accounted for. The meeting Tuesday night was | held to furnish information concern? ing the Red Cross and the work it does in peace and in war, and there were comparatively few present to re? ceive this information?perhaps 200 all told. Perhaps later on when our people begin to find out from personal experience that this country is at war, when some of those near and dear to them are suffering and dying on the battle-fields and in the Red Cross hospitals they will be more interested in the work that the Red Cross has been called upon by the government to do, and they will then seek the in? formation that was offered Tuesday night, in order that they may do their share of the service that it is the duty of each man, woman and child to do as a loyal American citizen. The meeting was opened with the singing of "America," led by the Philharmonic Club, then Rev. R. S. Truesdale offered the invocation. Mrs. Nina Solomons delivered a brief but inspiring address on the object of the meeting and the purpose and plans of the local Organization in undertaking to place Sumter in line with the great patriotic and humani? tarian association?the .American Red Cross. Mr. W. L. Meiner assistant direc? tor of the Southern division of the American Red Cross, with headquar? ters in Atlanta, who came to Sumter in place of Prof. Guy E. Snavely, the director of the Southern division, who was unable to fill his engagement on account of an important conference, briefly told the story of the origin and development of the Red Cross and outlined in part the history of the great work it has accomplished In war and peace. He then explained the work that tho American Red Cross is called upon to do In this war, and told how inadequate the preparation heretofore made is for tho tremend? ous responsibility. He contrasted the organization, membership and prep? aration of the Amercian Red Cross with that of Germany and Japan. "We are only one-fiftieth as well pre? pared as Germany Is now after three years of war and the burden that the Gorman Red Cross had carried through that period of service; we are only one-twentieth as well pre? pared as Japan, a country * much smaller and vastly poorer than the United States." To do the duty that tho emergency places up n the American Red Cross the membership must ho multiplied and the people must bo imbued with tho spirit of de? voted patriotism and the desire to servo. He said that there was a place and work for every Willing volunteer. Only a few could serve as nurses and nurses' helpers at tho front, but there would he need for an infinitely greater number of workers at home and a need for funds to tupport this work and to provide the hospital sup? plies that will be required in great quantity. The Red Cross is the only recognized agency through which the people may co-operate with the gov? ernment, and those who wish to serve BONO ISSUE SCHEDULE. FEDERAL OFFICIALS OUTLINE WHAT IS EXPECTED. South Carolina Looked to for $8,500, 000 as Minimum for Its Part hi Loan. Washington, May 22.?What ?vor/ section of the country Is expected to do in unloosing its purse strings for the Liberty loan was officially anr nounced tonight by the treasury de? partment. The figures made public are the minimum; the maximum. It is hoped, will be such an oversub sciption as has never before been re? corded In the history of any nation. In framing the schedule of mini? mum performances expected by the East, West, South and Pacific slope, treasury experts have built a struc? ture of figures with the entire bank? ing resources of the country as Ith foundation. Coincident with the announcement of the tentative allotments?which in reality are not allotments but esti? mates of what each section should take?the federal reserve board-aff^ nounced tonight that it had availed itself of the extraordinary powers vested In It by congress and virtually had placed at the disposal of every bank in the United States, member and non-member, the powerful ma? chinery of the reserve system to as? sist in making the loan an overwhelm? ing success. In making public its tentative al? lotments of bonds, the treasury de? partment has adopted two bases of estimating, a $6,000,000,000 and one of $2,500,000,000, the latter designed to meet the possibility of any one sec? tion falling to take the amount esti? mated. The tentative allotments max? imum and minimum by reserve di*~ . tricts follow: Boston $240,000,000 to $300,000,000; New York $600,000,000 to $7*0,0tO, . 000; Philadelphia $140,000,000 to $175,000,000; Cleveland $180.000,000 to $225,000,000; Richmond $80,000, 000 to $100,000,000; Atlanta $60,000, , 000 to $75.000,00,0; Chicago $260,000, 000 to $325,000,000; St. Louis $80, 000,000 to $100,000,000; Minneapolis $80,000,000 to $100,000,000; Kansas City $100,000,000 to $125,000,000; Dallas $4.000,000 to $50,000,00 and San Francisco $140,000,000 to $176, 000,000. , Analysis of the tabulation shews that the three reserA'o'dlsrrtsr^je'^thf headquarters at Boston, New York and Philadelphia arc expected to take 49 per cent, of the loan. Minimum tentative allotments by States, estimated on the same basis, show the following approximate ap? portionment: Massachusetts $144, 000,000; New York $565,000.000; Pennsylvania $200,000,000; Virginia $18,500,000; North Carolina $10,600,. 000; South Carolina $8,600,00; Geor? gia $16,500,000; Florida $8.000,000; Alabama $9,000,000; Mississippi $6, 000,000; Louisiana $13,500,000; Texas $36,000,000; Arkansas $7,000,000; Kentucky $16,000,000; Tennessee $16, 000,000; Ohio 93,000,000; Illinois $135,000.000; Missouri $60,000.000; Oklahoma, $6,500,000; Washington $17,500,000; Orgeon $10,000,000; Cali? fornia $92,000,000 These figures represent only ths minimum expected from each Stats, which is expected to top the mimum by as many hundred per cent, as possible. Miss Irene Hilltard, of Klsslmmee. Fla., is the guest of Miss Ainslle Felder, on N. Salem Avenue for sev? eral days, then leaving for Michigan to spend the summer. can do so best and most effectively by uniting with the Red Cross. He ex? plained the duties of the several com? mittees of the organization and sug? gested the methods that have proved most successful In carrying on the work in local chapters. The Recessional was sung by the Philharmonic Club, and then Rev. Wm. Way, of Charleston, talked on service and preparedness, particularly food preparedness, and the duty of every man in every calling doing his sharp to win the war for the salvation of democracy and liberty. He said that only two percent of the popula? tion would be called to fight in the army and navy, but there would be work and service for everyone of the ninety-eight per cent, left at home. The Red Cross furnishes the medium through which the civilian population can do its share and it not only needs the co-operation of the people but it merits it. After the "Marseillaise" had been sung by Mr. W. B. Daughtrey, Dr. 8, C. Baker announced that those pres? ent, who were not already members of the local chapter would be given an opportunity to enlist for service. Cards were passed by the ushers and quite a number signed up to do their bit. The exercises were brought to a close with the einging of "The Star Spangled Banner," the audience standing and Joining In the singing. I_\.v;. _