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VoLXLIV. No. 80.
Irl tm fewornment
paase to war con*
and rapreaenta
?P aational de?
af what the conn
presented by
W'.o win be ap
Mmmbrtrator. The
?hid, fhoea a war that
laat from two to nve
ly by Iba moat careful
tha United State? ?Ivo
foodstuffs to brln^
some deprivation for
af?. Hoover, "but we muai
la tbs United States are
had If tbey continue at the
levsl, wa?s readjustment
ae or the worklngman con
Tha first thing for the food
Ion to accomplish, Mr.
added, to pries stability, not
v this country but for the al?
ia ax! mum prices had failed
had would fail here and the
hn must seek to repair
ohain of distribution,
utns set forth the pur
af the United States in enter
are ilrhtlng feudalism." he de
"The German ruler Is willing!
My tessjth to see a fsudaltstlc
kbllabed. The power that
things that have been done
If Bngland were conquered,
?0 Canada and we would live In
haunting fear the rest of our lives.
' "'Pat It la your editorials that Amer?
ica at fighting for something real, that
Wo do not want to go back to where
one man can enforce h!e will on a
hundred million people and where a
man In khaki could be tho master of
the fortune* of this country."
?eeretary f ukor declared the out
hasse of this ?rar would aaow whether
the world really Is progressing.
"We are fighting." he said, "against
an Impossible philosophy which has
bean founded on industrial ambition
and aspiration."
Hhvery resource of the allies. Mr.
Baker said, was near exhaustion when
tha United States entered the war.
There Is no way to establish perma?
nent peace, ha declared, exoept
through exercise of the superior pow?
er of the United States, in mobilising
?very resource, said ho, profound in?
dustrial chan fee were sure to corns
and the help of the publications was
needed to prepare the people for the
change.
Secretary Canlels asked the editors
to "get It Into the heart of buslnees
men th-.t It Is a crime to make more
out of the war than a normal profit."
The press, he said, is responsible for
letting the poople know everything
about the government and the spirit
of the administration "is that com?
ment and crl.lclsm are the very life
of a democrat?."
The purposes of the export limita?
tions and trading with the enemy bills
were explained by Secretary Redftald.
The government's attitude towards
labor was discussed by Secretary Wil?
son. No changes In wage standard;.,
he eak). should be attemi d without
first giving the government a chance
to mediate between employers and
true hero
What the general munitions boar"rf
Is doing was told hy Frank Scott. Its
chairman. In the battle of Gettys?
burg, he said, the Union army In
three days fired only 32.0?0 shells,
while today the same number of guns
would fire that number of shells In
three m mutes.
Dr. Franklin H. Martin of the gen?
eral med leal board told ef sending as?
sistance to England and France.
Howard Elliott of the general rail?
road board eald the railroads were
overtaxed hut hoped by discontinuing
nassester schedules and by expedit?
ing the leading and unloading of cars
to aira the country a better ear vice.
B? the first of the y ?ar. he said, addi?
tional oars and loco.notlvea now build?
ing weald go far towards relieving th?
apeak are Eluded George
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^mtm^Mmm REPORTS CIRCUATED
U*$tfm BMmXBAqK WIRES
k.L CAU8B ALARM.
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%OrS*ary off the Wavy Issues Emphat
frontal That American Warships
' Kare Bann Sank and Promises
FranJcness tot Dealings With the
IHTaitu hiany false Reports.
Washington, May 15.?A categorical
dealal that any American naval ves?
sels hare been sunk In the war wus
named tonight by Secretary Daniels to
eounteract a "campaign, of vicious
rumors that is being carried on so In?
dustriously by persons unknown." It
was ths first official notice taken of
a flood of reports of naval disasters
that started almoet as soon as It was
know that American destroyers were
In the war sone.
"It Is with deep regret," said the
secretary In a formal statement, "that
I note the dally stream of false re?
ports with regard to the sinking of
American ships. Brokerage wires are
a particular source of these baseless
rumors that can not but bo the cause
of needless distress to every true
American as well as to the mothers
and fathers of the nation who have
sons at sea.
"The department has given repeat?
ed assurances that its policy Is to be
one of absolute frankness with re?
spect to disaster. If it should be that
ships are sunk full Information will
be given out officially and quickly.
"The reasons for these false re?
ports can not be ascertained. The
one hope is that the press will refuse
to aid this campaign of vicious rumors
that Is being carried on so indus?
triously by persons unknown.
"Although only In remote cases
have sensational rumors found their
way Into print, their distribution has
been widespread and in somo cases
their Influence has been marked by
wide fluctuations In grain, cotton and
stock exchanges. The Washington
correspondents and news ?er vices
have had Innumerable queues about
reported disasters to one or another
destroyer or battleship and one ru?
mor widely circulated told of a
mythical engagement off Heligoland
In which a large number of Ameri?
can ships were supposed to have been
lost.
"All of these stories have been de?
nied Informally by the navy censor,
snd hundreds of newspapers, acting
under a voluntary censorship and re?
lying on the government's assurances
of s policy of frankness, have re?
trained from publishing them."
I ?Ol NTH TO RE REMEMBERED.
Official Memorandum Concerning
Registration for Selective Draft.
Washington. May 26.?The war de?
partment has issued a memorandum
emphasising the points to be remem?
bered In registration for the selective
draft June 6th. The memorandum
says:
"First. There Is only one day for
registration. June 6th.
Second. Every male resident of th?>
United States who has reached his
21st birthday and who has not reach?
ed his .list birthday must register.
The only exceptions are persons in the
military and naval service of the
United States. {
Third. Registration Is distinct
from draft. No matter what exemp
, tion claim you have, you must regis?
ter and a penalty is provided for fail?
ure to register.
Fourth. Those ill can register
through registration card mailed to
registrar of the home district, before
June 6th, and same must be done
by those absent from home district
on June 6th.
FIGHT ON CHANCELLOR.
Pa u-German League Trying to Secure
Racking of von 11 Indenburg.
Copenhagen, May If.?A campaign
consisting of dally telegrams to Oon.
von Hindcnburg urging him to come
out openly for annexations and
against Chancellor von Ilethinann
II oil wen's peace program has been In?
augurated by the Pan-German
League. Gen. von Hindenberg's pub?
lished replies to several of these in?
quiries Indicate that he shares the
Pan-German Ideas to a certain ex?
tent. Ths opponents of Chancellor
von Bethmann-Hollweg are confident
that if they can get Gen. vun Hin
ienberg's support the chancellor's
fats Is sealed. _
?^SBgWBBfFB*?*?" I_i.J-1.,
Creel, head of the government's com?
mittee on public information. H. F.
Peabody, chairmen of the fuel board,
and R. W. Wooley, director of pub.
Hetty for the Liberty loan.
GEHN SPIES BUSY.
OBTAIN OFFICIAL INFORMATION
THAT PEOPLE OF AMERICA
DID NOT KNOW.
Departure of Destrier Flotilla for
European Waters Known to Berlin,
Fonr Days In Advance, Permitting
Attempt to Destroy Them Wltli
Mines Sown Off Queenstown Har?
bor?Daniels Calls Attention to
Menace.
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Washington, May 2G.?Four days
nefore the American destroyer flotllli
arrived abroad Rerlin knew it was on
the way und to what port it was going
and the day before the little vessels
steamed into Queenstown German sub?
marine had strewn mines about the
harbor entrance.
This startling information, reveal?
ing that Gewinn spies not only still
are at their work in this country but
that they have a swift and sure means
of communicating America's war se?
crets to the fatherland, came to the
navy department today in a cablegram,
from Rear Admiral Rims at London.
The admiral nays his information
was positive. His dispatch wagi not
made public and for obvious reasons
nothing will bo given out concealing
how the newn came Into his posses?
sion nor about the precautions which
defeated the German plans and en?
abled the flotilla to speed safer
through the mine Melds.
Immediate publicity was given the
salient fact, howeve , the department
making clear that its purpose was to
let. the people know of the activity
. and success of Teutonic spies and to
j emphasize the necessity of secrecy In
connection with naval operations or
shipping movements. 4
Thee destroyers aiding in tho hunt
for submarines in European waters
under the direction of Admiral ?ims
put Into port at Queenstown on May
4. How long they were in crossing
the Atlantic or from what port they
sailed never has been announced and
until word of their arrival came by
cable only a few people In the Unlter1
States even knew of the government's
decision to send warships to Europe.
No official would comment tonight
on the possible means by which the
news was conveyed to Germany. If
it did not go from a secret wireless
plant it must have been carried in
some code dispatch that the allied
cable censorship considered innocent.
The result will be to redouble the
vigilance ooth of the censorship and
every agency of the government en?
gaged In rooting out the spy system.
Every German known to have been
connected with the espionage work
already is under arrest or surveillance.
Other arrests may follow at any tim?
and now that the country is at war
and the revelation of its secrets may
mean death to its sailors and sol?
diers, swift punishment undoubtedly
will be dealt cut to any convicted spy.
Men already In custody operated
when the United States was a neutral
Spying now Is a very different thin?
and is likely to lead to the gallows In
stead of to comfortable detention
quarters.
In announcing Admiral Sims* din
patch the navy department, through
the committee on public Information
said:
"The department calls attention to
this fact as proof that the Germn i
spy system is at work in this country,
making imperative the need of se?
crecy in connection with our naval
operations. The premature publica?
tion of such movements Is particularly
a source of danger."
AUTO KILLS SPART ANBURG MAN.
C. Y. Pettlt Dies In (Hospital Shortly
After Hcing Knocked Dowu in
Street.
Spartanhurg, May 26.?-C. Y. Pettit,
a farmer of Spartanburg county, was
klllod here early tonight by an auto?
mobile driven by John A. Law, presi?
dent of tho Central National bank.
The accident occurred on north
Church street near tho Southern rail?
way viaduct and Is said to have been
due to Mr. PettlVs effort to avoid an
approaching car and stepping in front
of the car driven by Mr. Law. Mr.
Law carried the injured man to a hos?
pital, where he died in a few minutes
after his arrival.
INVESTIGATE MONGOLIA ACCI?
DENT.
Senate Orders Inquiry by Naval Com?
mittee.
Washington, May 28.?An investiga?
tion by tho senate committee of the
accident on the armed merchantman
Mongolia, which two American Rod
Cross nurses lost their lives has been
ordered by the scuate.
MEN IN SERVICE NEED NOT
REGISTER.
Got. Manning Advised of New Regu?
lation?Provost Marshal Explains
Draft Methods.
Columbia, May 26.?Gov. Manning
was advised yesterday that members
of any duly organized and recognized
force, military or naval, subject under
the laws of the United States to be
called, ordered or drafked in the mili?
tary or naval service, will not be re?
quired to register June 5. By pre?
vious regulations members of the
National Guard, coast artillery or oth?
er independent units, which were not
in actual service, would have been
x*equlred to register along with others
between the ages of 21 and 30, inclu?
sive. The clause of exemptions now
reads:
"The only exceptions are persons in
the military or naval service of the
United States, which includes all of?
ficers and enlisted men of the regular
army, the regular army reserve, the
officers' reserve corps, the enlisted
reserve corps, the National Guard and
National Guard reeerve, recognized by
the militia bureau of the war depart?
ment, the navy, the marine corps, the
coast guard and the naval militia, the
,naval reserve force, the marine corps
reserve and the national naval volun?
teers, recognized by the navy depart?
ment."
After Juno 5 exemptions will be
designated, but young men of all
classes, within the prescribed age
limits, exclusive of the above excep?
tions, will be required to register.
Places of registration are the domi?
ciliary precincts. Burden of respon?
sibility is placed on the young men
of the prescribed age. Penalty for
failure to register is one year In pris?
on without the alternative of a tine.
From the list of registrations the
names will be drawn by lot for the
draft. Relative to the selective draft
and exemptions, Provost Marshal Gen.
E. H. Crowder says:
"Many persons confuse registration
and draft. Each is a distinct pro?
cess. Exemptions will he granted
after draft and not before. Even
convicts and alien enemies are obliged
to register. There is little difficulty
in answering the questions which are
asked in regard to registration, for
there are ne exceptions to the rute
that all male persons in the United
States between the agon of 21 and
30, Inclusive, must register except
those already in the fed er A military
or naval service. It is impossible at
preoent, however, to answer mo3t
questions In regard to exemptions as
the rules for exemption ere only out?
lined in the selective draft bill and
must in many cases be drawn by the
president.
"The selective service bill and the
president's proclamation in pursuance
thereof provide for the registration
on June 6 of all male persons who
on that date have attained their 21st
birthday and shall, not have attained
their 31st birthday, except persons in
the military br naval service of the
United States, which Includes all offi?
cers and enlisted men of the regular
army, the navy, the marine corps and
the National Guard and naval militia
while in the service of the United
States, and officers in the officer**'
reserve corps and enlisted men In
enlisted reserve corps while in active
service.
"Prom the lists of persons so reg
istered names will subsequently be
drawn by lot by the fairest system
that can bo devised. Persons whose
names are drawn and other persons
interested will be given an oppor?
tunity to present claims for exemp?
tion, exclusion or discharge from the
diaft and to support such claims by
evidence."
AIRSHIPS RAID ENGLAND.
German Air Squadron Killed Seven?
ty-Mix and Injured Nearly Two Hun?
dred.
London, May L'C.?Al>out 16 German
airships raided the southeast coast of
England last night, killing 76 persons
and injuring 174, according to the
official statement. A number of the
Gsrmsn airplanes were brought down.
Nearly all the casulatles occurred in
one town, where the bombs fell In the
streets, causing considerable casualties
among civilians. The admiralty an?
nounced that German machines were
brought down by British air forces in
the English channel and off the Bel?
gian coast.
Marshall Viscount French says of
the killed twenty-seven were women,
and twenty-three children. Of tho
Injured forty-three were women end
nineteen children.
THE RUSSIAN ARMY.
GREAT EFFORTS BEING MADE
TO INDUCE ARMY TO RE
SUME FIGHTING.
Want Soldiers to Attack Germans and
Force Them to Bring Troops Back
to Eastern Front.
Petrograd, May 28.?Practically all
political facth *is, even Socialists
leaders, with the exception of the ex?
treme Letters, are today re-echoing
the appeal of Minister of War Ker
ensky to actively engage Germany on
the eastern front, but it remains to be
seen whether the army will respond.
All commanders have added their ap?
peals to that of the war minister.
Constant efforts for two months have
been made to bring the army to real?
ize the situation, arid many believe
this last appeal will have the desired
effect. The leaders want to force Ger?
many to send back men to the east?
ern front to relieve the pressure in
France.
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NATIONAL <G U ARD SM AN ATTACK.
ED.
Injured by Brick Thrown From the
Dark While on Duty Near Abbe?
ville.
Abbeville, May 20.?While on guard
duty here tonight Private L. C. Hall
of Company P?, Anderson, was struck
on the hip by a brick and painfully
injured. The soldier and his com?
panion fired many shots in the dark?
ness in the direction from which the
missile came, but no one is known to
have been struck. This is the second
demonstration made against National
Guardsmen doing guard duty here.
WILL ?ELP FRANCE.
Rockefeller Foundation Arranges Ex?
pedition to Aid Republic in Fight
on Tuberculosis.
New York, May 26.?The Rockefel?
ler foundation announced tonight that
Dr. Livingston Farrand, president of
the University of Colorado, has been
granted a year's leave of absence to
undertake a campaign against tu?
berculosis in France under the au?
spices of the international health
board of the foundation.
"With the approval of the French
government and in cooperation with
the American Red Cross, the interna?
tional health board of the Rockefel?
ler foundation will put its services at
the disposal of France for asaistanco
In the control of tuberculosis," said a
statement from the foundation.
"Aside from a small group of
Americans who will be sent to France
at an sari? date, the personnel of the
organization will be French."
The foundation has made an initial
appropriation of $100,000.
SENT TO MUSKETRY SCHOOL.
MaJ. Mnhoii of Greenville and MaJ.
Bradford of Sumter Will go to Fort
Sill, Oklahoma.
Columbia, May 27.?MaJ- O. Hev
ward Mahon, Jr., First Infantry,
Greenville, and MaJ. James W. Brad?
ford, Second infantry, Sumter, were
designated yesterday by Adjt. Gen
Moore for training in the school of
musketry, Fort Sill. Okla. Both these
field officers were chosen with the view
of special fitness to become Instruc?
tors in rifle, machine gun and gren?
ade training. The school will open
tomorrow and will conclude August 1.
"ONLY EMPTY WORDS."
Germans Ridicule Lloyd George's
Statement That England Cannot Be
Starved.
Amsterdam, .lay 28 ?The official
German statement characterizes Pre?
mier Lloyd George's statement that
England cannot be starved by subma?
rines as "only empty words."
PAXVILLE STORE BURNED.
Business of Arthur Cutter Wiped Out
by Fire Saturday.
Paxville. May 27.?The store of
Arthur Cutter, with its contents, was
entirely destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. The loss has not been ascer?
tained, but it is partially covered by
insurance. Tho fire originated intern?
ally, though it is not known hew. No
other buildings were burned.
SOME LUXURIES EXEMPTED.
No Tax on Picture Films. Chewing
Gum and Jewelry.
Washington, May 28.?The senate
exempted motion picture films, jewel?
ry and chewing gum from the war
tax bill, thereby further reducing the
house measure by fifteen million.
PEOPLE FAVOR TAXATION.
M'ADOO SAYS GOVERNMENT
SUPPORT IS ASSURED,
Secretary Advises Against Undue Op?
timism About Success of the labeny
Loan.
Washington, May 27.?Secretary
McAdoo, home from a speak?
ing tour of Middle and Central West
ern cities in the interest of the Liberty
loan, declared in a statement tonight
that the people.were behind the ad?
ministration's programme of raising
approximately $1,800,000,000 for war
purposes by taxation.
"While every one wants ths new
taxes to be equitably distributed, there
Iis a willingness?in fact, eagerness,"
the secretary said, "to make ths neces?
sary sacrifice:^ to strengthen ths gov?
ernment's finances and to support to
the utmost the gallant men who ars
going to the front.
"There is no objection on the part
of the great mass of the people to the
proposal to raise $1,800,000,000 by
taxation. I found some opposition to
the amount on the part of a few small
groups of business men but most of
them seemed reconciled when the sit?
uation was explained.
"The real differences of opinion
are about the items of taxation and
not the total amount. It was.. I
think, generally recognised that noth?
ing could be more unsound and un?
safe than to attempt to finance ths
war almost wholly by bond issues.'*
Much still has to be done, the sec?
retary finds, to make the Liberty loan
the overwhelming success that he ex*
pects it to be.
"While there is everything in the
prospect to encourage," said his state?
ment, "nevertheless I wish to repeat
my warning against undue optimism
about the Liberty loan. If the pep*
e are aroused to Its importance
there will be no doubt about *1g sue*
cess, but continuous hard work-must
be done until subscription dag? June
5."
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NO U-BOATS ON COAST.
Says Report is Invention to Rob den
serpent of Its Popularity.
Berlin, May 26?(Via London, Kay
27).?The Associated Preea was in?
formed today by officials of the Ger?
man foreign office that no German
naval forces recently had been des?
patched across the Atlantic.
A rumor that a German submarine
was at present in American waters
was dismissed by the government offi?
cials as a "probable invention of early
summer visitors to the Maine coast
resorts who are endeaoring to deprive
the familiar sea serpent of its pre?
rogatives.''
There have been frequent reports of
German submarine activity on the At?
lantic seaboard. According to skip?
pers arriving at American ports last
week from Newfoundland, these re?
ports were Inspired by the antics of
a school of whales which were dis?
porting themselves in the waters .be?
tween Montauk Point and Newfound?
land.
GERMANS EXECUTE WOMEN.
Case Similar to Vhat of Miss Cavell
?Mother Sees Daughter Shot.
Paris, May 27.?La Suiase today
prints details of a case similar to that
of Miss Edith Cavell, the English
nurse who was executed by the Ger?
mans in Brussells in October of 1016.
The Germans, says the newspaper,
recently arrested two women, Mme.
Pfelster and her daughter, aged 22,
on the Swiss-Alsatian frontier. They
were charged with acting as spies.
The women promptly admitted at
the trial that they had smuggled let?
ters without* knowing their contents,
from Austrian families to relatives in
Switzerland. This was done simply
as a friendly act, an 1 without political
or malicious purpose.
Both women, says I*a Sulsse, were
shot at M?lhausen. The mother was
a horrified witness of the execution
of her daughter before her turn came.
The newspaper adds that it has
received confirmation of the execution
of the women from their relatives.
ITALIANS NEAR TRIEST.
Capture- More Trenches and Take
Thirty-five Hundred I?iisoners.
Rome. May tf.?By carrying im?
portant trencher at the mouth of
Timavo river on the Gulf of Triest
to point east of Jamiano, the Italians
captured thirty-five hundred mors
prisoners, the war office announces.
Heavy lighting continues on the Car
s
so plateau.
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