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HKRRERT C HOOVER OUTLINES
PLANS TO ELIMINATE WASTE.
Wojm of America Asked to Register
avd to Carry Out the Food Conncr
?eUoa Ralee Proscribed by Head of
Pood Commissi nn.
Washington. June 17.?Herbert C
Hoover outlined tonight hie plane for
enlisting the nation's housewives as
actual members of the food/ adminis?
tration and apealed to them to Join
him In the fight for conservation
measure* and the elimination o!
waste. The women will be enrolled
during a period of registration from
July 1 to July 16 through the council
Of national defense and the State de
tease council*.
Mr. Hoover la proceeding at the di?
rection of President Wilson, who
without waiting for congress to enact
the administration food bills, direct?
ed him to proceed with organisation of
the food administration in so far as it
contemplates assembling volunteer
"As requested by the president."
saya his statement, "we aak every
woman in the United States engaged
la the personal control of food to
register for actual membership in the
food administration, thus entering di?
rectly Into the national eervlre. We
?hall later on aak various classes of
men likewise engaged In food prepar?
ation and distribution to also volun?
teer to the national service in their
varleue branches,
"We must eater a period of sacrifice
for oar country and for democracy.
Maay mast go tote battle but many
ana only remain at home. The world's
food supply la short and many must
?utter. We have the major burden of
' feeding the whole world. Food must
be managed and transported In our
owa country and to ou illles In such
a way as to get the moat out of It
I These who remain at home can -also
help and can 'fight by helping the
fighter fight' and can 'serve by sav?
ing.'
"Srooe food will decide the war.
each American woman can do a real
natesnsi service by protecting the food
supply of the nation. Ninety per cent,
of Asa erica n food consumption passes
ihieusjh the hands of our women. In
ao ether field do small things, when
multiplied by our 100.000.000 people,
seant for so much. A single pound
of bread saved weekly for each person
*wM increase our exports surplus of
wheat 100,000.000 buehela and an aver?
age saving of 2 cents on each meal
?very day of ea< h person will save
to ths nation for war purposes 12,
000,000,000 per snnum.
"The proper assurance of the food
to our allies will not only encourage
them, bat It wid maintain them In
war. Without a larger margin from
our abundant food supply, only to be
secured by individual effort and vol?
unteer sacrifice, the war will be pro?
longed and thousands of hves, not
only of men, but also of women and
children, needlessly lost The guiding
head of women in the home can alon<
control In this matter.
"Furthermore, this Is not alone u
war question. The high prices which
are bearing so hard on the poor and
the more moderate wage earners in
this country are partially due to the
shortage of supplies in the worlds
market and the saving In consump?
tion and waste which can be made
will lessen the prlcee to those of our
own people which must bo our first
solicitude. In all of the arrangement
which we plan to make during tho
forthcoming year for the supply of
ear allies we will bear the diet re?
gard to our own people.
"All effort at saving must be di?
rected toward the national and Inter?
national situation. Theae efforts must
all be made In unison and by all of
us. Therefore, the ground work of
direction must be national In charac?
ter.
"Inasmuch as before legislation is
completed the food administration
has no representatives throughout the
country, the national council of de?
fense Is kindly requesting all the
State councils of defense with the
assistance of the women's committee
of ths national council of defense to
begm July 1 and continue Intensively
for IS days, and will consist simply in
ssklng every woman In th . country to
volunteer In this important service by
signing and mailing to the food ad?
ministrator, conservation division.
Washington, the 'ollowing pledge;
" 'I am glad to Join you in the ser?
vice of food conservation for our nu?
llen and I hereby accept membership
In the United States food administra?
tion, pledging myself to carry out the
directions and advice of the food ad?
ministrator in the conduct of my
household, Insofar as my ctrcum
stancea permit.'
"We not only want the name* and
addresses, but we want the number
of persons in the households, we
want to know whether the household
employs a cook, whether It has a gar?
den, and we wnnt to know the SOCUSa?
WAR IN BALKANS.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS OF IM?
PORTANCE IN MACEDONIA.
British Withdrawing From Advanced
POHltiona on Struma River and En?
tire Force? Active at Otlior Places
?Russian Army and Navy Becom?
ing Active.
War developments of some import?
ance are apparently impending on
the Macedonian front, following the
clarification of the military situation in
Greece, coincident with the ? bdlcatlon
of King Constantine. The nost pro?
nounced movement is that the British
are withdrawing, without pressure,
from their advanced positions along
the Struma river and the pronounced
roconnolterlng activity by entente
fo,*ces at other places, notably along
th* Varda river. Military observers
have frequently pointed out that the
only practicable route for a ttuccesaful
advance to cut the lines of the cen?
tral powers and reclaim Serbia would
be up the Vardar valley. Had this
been decided upon it would seem nat?
ural for the British to retire from
their advance positions along the
Struma.
Both the Russian army and navy
are giving more evidence o:! activity
according to German statements.
After heavy German attacks this
morning the British abandoned a
newly won position in northern
France, but held the main position,
Infantry H1L
IRISH REBELS RELEASED.
Prisoners Taken in Dublin :Rebellion
Will be Liberated.
v
London, Juno II.?It was announc?
ed In the house of commons today
that the government had decided to
release 'all prisoners taken in the
Irish rebellion of Easter Sunday a
year ago.
Free Pardon for AIL
Jt was announced that ull Irish
prisoners will be released without ex
ceptlon.
Sumter county is expected to raise
$7.000 of the $100,000,000 R3d Cross
War Fund.
tion of the bread winner. There are
no fees or dues to be paid.
"On receipt of the pledge we will
send out preliminary instructions and
a household tar* to be hung in the
window. The . Ignla of the l ood ad?
ministration will consist of i.r. a
tlonal shield, surrounded by heads of
wheat, and we hope to have the
shield displayed in every home in the
United States.
"We have the promise of support
from many hundreds of women's or?
ganisations in the recruiting of our
membership.
"With the assistance of various
trailed women in the country we are
formulating committees on domestic
economy, and from leaders in the
subject of nutrition we are organiz?
ing committees of food conservation
and utilisation and we propose with
their advice to furnish information
from time to time to the members of
the administration as to the manner
in which they can best serve the na?
tional interest In food conservation.
We have six general principles of In?
struction:
"First. To save wheat. If we eat
o* usual from our harvest this year
?; I ^ill have little more than enough
for our own supply, but we can divide
with our allies if each individual
makos somo sacrifice; by eating at
least one wheatless meal a day, sub?
stituting cornbread or other cereals.
"Second. We want to save tho meat,
for our cattle and hogs are decreas?
ing, and wo must send to our allies,
so we wish every house to buy loss.
"Third we wish to have the fats.
We consume three times the fnts that
are necessary for nutrition and we
need them now for war. We wish no
butter used In cooking; we want less
butter served on the table; we want
loss lard, bacon and other pork
products used.
"Fourth. Any deficiencies in food
supply, by economy along the above
lines, can be amply covered by in?
creasing the use of fish, potatoes,
leans, peas, turnips, cahhagea and
vegetables generally.
"Fifth. We want to save transporta?
tion. Our railways are unable to meet
the war pressure for munitions, men
and coal so that we wish every one to
consume products of local origin so
far as possible.
"Aside from eating an inr teased
proportion of these commodities in
order to save on tho staples, it is ex
tremely Important that surplus of
these commoditic* shall be preserved
or well stored for winter use.
"Sixth. We preach and want every
one to preach 'the gospel of th( clean
plate;' to buy less foodstuffs, to serve
sinaber portions and to sec that noth?
ing of value goes Into the garbage
can."
FORT OGLETHORPE NEWS.
MEN ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT
ARMS OF SERVICE.
Engineers and Coast Artillery men
Ijoft on Sat mi la > for Fort Meyer
and Fortress Monroe? Infantry and
Chivalry Romain ut Oglctliorpe.
Fort Ogicthorpe, Ga., June 16.?This]
has been a week of rest and moving
for men in the officers' training camp.
Most of them have moved twice, and
all at least once, and the end has not
yet come, for orders have just been,
received, as the field artillery men had
formed expecting to go to the station
to take passage to San Antonio, Texas,
rescinding the former order for them
I to go there, and directing them to re?
main here, as big guns would be sent
here for them to use in training, mak?
ing the trip to San Antonio unneces?
sary. The men received the news
with mixed emotions. They were glad
to stay in camp at Chickamauga, but
the order was so unexpected that
many were disappointed at not getting
the trip. A great many, however, were
very enthusiastic at the news, as it
means that they do not move, al?
though chagrined at having had to
turn In nil the stuff which has been
issued to them and then right away
having to go through all the trouble
of having It issued right back to them.
The friends in the infantry of the ar?
tillerymen are picased at having them
stay, although jesting at their many
preparations and then finding that
they were all for nothing.
The coast artillery, about eighty of
them, left this morning for Fortess
Monroe, Va., where they will learn to
operate the big guns. They will be
the first men of this training camp, in
all probability, to cross the ocean to
France to take up the war on behalf
of America end democracy for all.
The engineers also left this morn?
ing. They go to Fort Meyer, Va., to
train further for their work in the
greater army of the Unieeii States.
The infantry and cavalry, which will
be dismounted, will remain here, and,
as previously stated, orders have just
been received that the field artillery?
men will also stay here. All of the
companies have been and are being
reorganized, as there was the same
course for all during the first five
weeks of camp, and men from each
company were distributed among the
various branches.
Herbert Bultman was the only man
of the Sumter contingent to get in the
coast artillery branch, which seems to
be generally more highly thought of
than any other. Wade Wllliford, W.
Brooks Stuckey, Edward E. Wright
and Bernard Manning went into the
Held urtillery, two batteries of which
were organized from this camp. J.
H. Forbes wrs the only Sumter man
to select the cavalry. H. I. Ellerbe,
of M' .ing, who is pretty well known
in Sumter was also among those to
go to Fortress Monroe. All the re?
mainder of the Sumter 'ontingent
stuck to the Infantry.
Last night a big supper was given,
turkey, celery, cranberry sauce, etc.,
in honor of the men departing from
camp. The men called on those in
tho various companies who were re?
maining to "speed the departing sol?
diers," while responses were made by
men among those branches which
were leaving. As it was the breaking
up of the old company organizations, a
number of companies presented gifts
to their officers who were called on for
speeches. The South Carolinians In
many of the companies, seemed to
tako a leading part in the presenta?
tions and speech making. Last night
a general conference of officers and
men was held and appropriate part?
ing exercises were held. Again tho
South Carolinians were to the front.
J. B. Murphy, of Columbia, made one
of tho good-bye speeches, which was
responded to by J. McSwain of
Greenville. Bryan Lutnpkin of Colum?
bia took a leading part In tho glee
cluh selections and responded to calls
for a solo.
Yesterday was moving day. Most
of the companies moved, were reor?
ganized, or organized in their new
companies, and then most of them
had to move again today to get more
room. Heretofore the men have been
cramped for space. With the de?
parture of about six hundred men.
through the elimination board, phy?
sical examinations, which were com?
pleted this week, and the sending else?
where of the coast artillerymen ami
engineers, much more room is left for
those remaining. ,
A very Important event to most of
the men In camp was the visit of the
quartermaster on his tour of paying;
off candidates. The men received pay
for the time they were in camp in
May and mileage. There has been
plenty of money circulating in camp
since pay day. Plenty of banks at
Chattanooga sent representatives here
to receive the money and a great deal
of it was deposited, while other men
purchased Liberty bonds, one company
takinu as much as $14.000.
In a former letter a list of nrtmes
of men in camp from Rumter -and
PUSHING FOOD BILL.
PRESIDENT WILSON PREVAILS
UPON SENATE LEADERS TO
EXPEDITE CONTROL
MEASURES.
Vigorous und Probably Long Drawn
out Opposition Expected in the Sen?
ate.
Washington, June 15.?President
Wilson prevailed upon senate leaders
today to expedite the administration
food control hill, which is to be taken
up in the house Monday and which
the president wants enacted by July
1, before harvesting begins.
Senator Martin, Democratic leader,
and Senator Gore, chairman of the ag?
ricultural committee, summoned to the
White House for a conference, re?
turned to the Capitol prepared to bring
the blil up for .\<:tion as -juickly as
possible. The understanding has been
that the senate would not consider
the measure until after the house had
disposed of it.
Later Senator Chamberlain, senior
Democrat of the agriculture commit?
tee, introduced tho bill for formal ref?
erence to the committee, which was
called by Senator Gore to meet to?
morrow, with a view to an immediate |
report. Senator Gore, although he op-1
poses many of its provisions, proposed
that the committee bring out the bill
tomorrow without amendment or rec?
ommendation, in order to place it in
position for immediate debate.
In order to give the food measure a
clear track senate leaders tonight
considered displacing the pending
railroad priority shipment bill, or
adding the latter bill as an amendment
because of its relation to control of
foodstuffs transportation. Such an
arrangement might get debate under
way in the senate Saturday.
After his conferences with Senators
Gore and Martin, the president called
Senator Kenyon, Republican, and Sen?
ator Hollis, Democrat, to the White
House to further explain his reasons
for believing prompt action impera?
tive.
Senator Gore sought an agreement
hi the committee to his plan to report
the bill without discussion, but the
members are said ?.o be closely divided
upon the question.
After his White House visit Senator
Martin talked with Republican leaders.
No formal arrangement was reached,
but both Democrats and Republicans
said the president's desire for early
consideration of the legislation prob?
ably would be met.
Senator Simmsj chairman of the
finance committee, said he would not
object to taking up the food bill ahead
of the tax bill. Passage of the reve?
nue measure after July 1, he said,
would not cause any serious embar?
rassment and the delay would give
the committee more time for revision.
Senator Martin said the tax bill,
when ready, would have precedence in
the senate, but that the food bill could
be considered before the revenue
measure is ready and, probably, at in ?
tervals even while the revenue bill is
before the senate.
Vigorous and probably lengthy op?
position in the senate to the food
measure is assured. When advised of
the new plans urged by the president,
senators opposing the bill said it
would be "adequately" discussed. Pro
hibition and many other questions also
promised to be added as retarding in?
fluences.
Senators Hollis and Kenyon told the
provident there is greater need for the
speedy enactment of food control leg?
islation than there is of passage of the
revenue bill, and emphasized their ar
guments to pointing to the success ol
the liberty loan that for the next few
weeks at least there is no urgent need
for taxing legislation.
The food situation was discussed to
day by the cabinet and the opinion
was general that the administration
measures would go through, despit<
the tight that is expected against
them In both houses.
Real Estate Transfers.
Tho following real estate transfers
have been recorded in the county
auditor's olllce:
L. E, Wood to R. A. Bradham and
R, L. McLeod, one lot on Broad street.
McCallum Re alty Company to H. U
McConnell, not lot on Salem Ave.
Marian A. Osteen to J. E. Heiser.
Ii. B. Heiser, W. G. Heiser, and I>
R, McCallum, one tract of land in
Sutnter county.
Alice i<:. Finn to u. c. Bradham, one
lot on West Hampton Ave.
J. K. Heiser. R. H. Reiser, W. G
Heiser and I). R. McCallum to Marian
A. o.steen. one tract of land in Sum
tor County.
Rumter County fell a little short ol
what was expected in Liberty loan
subscriptions, but In the circum
stances our people did well.
vicinity were given. The name Of V.
S. Witherspoon of Mayesvllle was in?
advertently omitted in this list.
RED GROSS FUND.
SOUTH CAROLINA ASKED TO CON*
TRIBUTE $300,000.
County Chairmen Hold Conference In
Columbia With Got. Manning to
Formulate Plans.
Columbia, June 1C.?County chair?
men, appointed by Gov. Manning to
direct the Red Cross campaign in
South Carolina for the proposed $300,
000 as the State apportionment in the
national campaign, met in Columbia
last night for general discussion of
plans and to effect machinery to pro?
mote campaign. The canvass is to be?
gin June IS and is to continue through
June 25, this period having been des?
ignated i n lied Cross week.
Of particular interest last night
was the eloquent appeal for the or?
ganization delivered by the Kev.
Charles Wood, D. D., Presbyterian
minister from Washington. Dr. Wood
1 urged that, like the Romans, this wa3
a time when none should be for the
party and all for the State; that it
was no time for political bickering,
but an occasion when all men should
ignore party and factional differ?
ences.
The speaker was keen in his ex?
coriation of the imperial government.
Germany, like the cancer, was char?
acterized as the egotistical cell, ab?
sorbing all the succulent life about
the organism. Germany might be
far removed from the United States.
His belief was that the "goose step"
would be heard within New York
within a month, should the bottom
of the sea be strewn with the wreck?
age of the English fleet. It was to
tight this "monster, this menace, this
dragon,* that the United States had
gone into war. At times he was
made sick, he said, .Ith the bullying
boast by supersensitive Americans
that "we can lick the world" single
handed.
The $100.000,000, which the nation
proposes to raise, the speaker re
I minded, was an insignificant sum
when the resources of the country
and the prodigality of the people arc
considered. "Each year we throw
$700,000,000 into the garbage cans
and kitchen sinks,' he said, and an
important factor during the war will
be the preaching of economy.
R. H. King, general secretary of
the Young Men's Christian associa?
tion in Charleston, is the South Caro?
lina representative of the national
war council and full reports are to
be telegraphed to Mr. King of each
day's progress. A strong executive
committee is to be appointed in each
county, and wherever practicable ten
teams of five members are to be ap?
pointed as the nucleus of county ma?
chinery. South Carolina's apportion?
ment is $200,000 with Florida $f.0,000
In excess of this amount. Tho latter
State has issued a challenge to South
Carolina in the contest and this
spirited rivalry should do much to
spur the men to extraneous effort.
VENIZELOS IN CHARGE.
Provisional Government Expected to
Move to Athens Soon and Start Op?
erations.
Saloniki, June 15 (via London).?
It is expected that the Venizelist
government soon will be transferred
to Athens and will convoke the cham?
ber of deputies elected in May, 1915,
Which the followers of Former Prem?
ier Venizelos maintain was dissolved
illegally by King Constantino.
WON'T FOLLOW AMERICA.
Great Britain ami Japan Decline to
Advise China.
Washington, June 16.?Japan has
taken action similar to Great Britain
in refusing to associate herself with
the United States* action in asking
the rival factions In China to com?
pose their differences, it was said at
the State department. No reason
was given, but it is assumed that both
nations felt that the American action
WOdld not be successful.
BELGIUM MISSION ARRIVES.
Official Mission is Head' 'd by Baron
Moneliuerb.
An Atlantic Port, June 10.?The
Belgium official mission to the United
States arrived today, it Is headed by
Haren Monehuerl), formerly minister
to he United states. The ??ber mem?
bers are Gen. LedercQ, Hector ear?
lier. Major Osterrleth, Count Dursel,
Jean 1 >. Mertens. Haren Monchuerb's
wife is a daughter of Gen. Powell
Clayton, formerly United States min
Ister to Mexico.
CREW ALL RAPE.
Men From Pet rollte all Reported.
Washington, June 16.- All the
< re\\ and naval gunners of the Amer?
ican steamer Petrolite, which was
sunk i>y a submarine near Gibraltar,
have been accounted for and all arc
reported well.
SHIP-BUILDING PUNS.
tfOVKH N MI:X T < < >M M ANDEERS
?HIPPING NOW INDER CON?
STRUCTION* OH 1'OX Tit ACT.
Goethals Thinks He Can Guarantee
Three Million Tons of Steel Vessels
in Eighteen Months. Supplies < f
Material Assured?Uibor in Doubt.
Washington, June ir>.?The vast
amount of steel merchant shipping
under construction in American
yards?probably 2,000,000 tons?will
he taken over immediately by the gov?
ernment under power granted in a
provision of the war budget bill sign?
ed today by President Wilsen.
The announcement was made to?
day at a conference of the country's
steel shipbuilders with the shipping
board and its emergency fleet cor?
poration. Shipping now in the yards
will be hurried to completion by the
institution of a system of double and
triple working shifts and when tho
ways arc cleared of present contracts
the fleet corporation will begin con?
struction of its great fleet of stand?
ardized steel vessels'.
Only by taking over contracts for
itself can the government speed con?
struction since congress did not give
:t power to rush huPding for private
owners. Contracts calling for future
construction and on which actual
work has not been started probably
would be abrogated unless the fleet
corporation decides the ships are
especially fitted for the government's
needs.
Maj. Gen. Goethals, general man?
ager of the fleet corporation, told the
shipbuilders today that he expected
to turn out within the next 18 months
fully 3,000,000 tons of steel shipping
and perhaps more. Steel companies
he said, have agreed to furnish
enough steel to build 800,000 tons
a month. The only question, he said,
is the capacity of the yards, working
at topmost speed.
Abou'_ 1,000.000 tons of the ship?
ping building in American yards or
contracted for is for British account.
This the British government has
a creed to turn over to the United
States voluntarily. The vessels as fast
as built will be chartered by the
sniping board to private operators
and perhaps in some instances to the
allied governments.
The shipbuilders were told the gov?
ernment at this time has no inten?
tion of taking over the shipyards if
the shipbuilders exert their utmost
efforts to speed construc*ion.
The bill as passed vests in the pres?
ident the power of commandeering
and he is expected within the next
few days to issue a proclamation
designating either the shipping board
Or the fleet corporaton as the agency
to carry out provisions of the act.
No statement was made concerning
wooden shipyards, but it is under?
stood the intention is to commandeer
such wooden vessels building as the
government needs. Gen. Goethals
plans to supplement the programme
for a great steel fleet with some
wooden vessels.
The price of steel for the ships to
be built has not been fixed definitely
but it is understood Gen. Goethals
is willing to pay $'j0 a ton. Some mem?
bers of the shipping board who are
directors of the fleet corporation, favor
it is said, a price around $60. Since
Chairman Den man of the board, as
president of the it -?et corporation, has
to sign all contracts it is considered
likely that a price lower than $90 will
be agreed on. The navy is paying
between $60 and $70.
Control of the labor situation is an
important problem in connection with
the speeding up of the programme and
Chairman Den man said today the fleet
corporation, through its power to con?
trol steel, would prevent shipbuild?
ers from taking each other's work?
men. It was suggested that if the
government found any builder offend?
ing, it could shut off his supply of
steel under the power to commandeer
and release his workmen to another
plant.
Ship workers in the East have de?
clined to work under an open shop
arrangement and this problem, too,
cor,fronts the government, as it is
held that it will become necessary to
employ opt a shop methods in some
Instances to increase the ouput of
plants.
It was made clear today that the
shipping board will not operate ships
i's. ]f. merely chartering them for
single or continuous voyages.
The government, it was said today,
is determined that In commandeering
ships it will not pay fictitious values
but will force sellers to take actual
valuations for their property.
JAPANESE STEAMER sUXK.
(?ermans ToepeeVi lhvit Bound from
Boston to England.
Boston, June lS\?A German sub?
marine nank the Japanese steamer
Tam IS Main whi. h left here May 9th
for England. A cablegram to the
agents said the captain and crew of
twenty-seven, all Japanese, are better*
? i t.. hsre b< en lost.