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AK SU UTK II WATCHMAN, Established April, 1830. ?lie Jos? and Fear not?Det all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's amd Tratfc'a" THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, Iff*
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Consolidated Auk. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, JUNE 23. 1917. Vol. XL1V. No. 37.
RULES FOR DRAFT.
"lOH'DKII PREPARFH HEGVLA
TIONS WHILE AWAITING
RETL'RNS.
With All but Wyoming Reported, Reg
bit ration 1'iguns Itim I p to ?>,
sii.eji.
Washington. Juno 19.? Provost
Msrshal Gen. Crowder la complet?
ing draft regulations while waiting
for final war registration returns.
With Wyoming tho only State yet to
report figures at Gen. Crowder's of
?ce tonlgh*. totalled 9,?11,811.
The regulations, loon to be given
to the public, will cover the question
of transfer of registration to n differ?
ent locality and the physical examina?
tion of registrants who have mo/ed
'rom their place of registration. In
u statement tonight Gen. Crowler
warns registrants who are absent from
their homes that the burden of as?
certaining whether they have been
drafted rests entirely upon them?
selves
The statement calls attention to the
fact that the draft will be made for
the army alone?not the navy?and
that choice as to branch of service
can not be guaranteed to those con?
scripted.
MI ST CONTROL COAL TRADE.
Federal Tratte Com in I mm inn Reeom
mends Oovcrnmcnt Management of
Coal and Transportation Industries.
Washington. June 20.?Govern?
ment pools of coal production nnd dls
trlbutlon and of rail and water trans?
portation are recommended to con?
gress by the federal trade commission
ks the only means of nvoldlng a dis?
astrous coal ahortago noxt winter. The
commbmion says It believes the end
Industry Is paralysing the nation's In
dustrles and the coal Ir.dustry itself is
paralysed by tho failure of transporta?
tion. It says there are enough coal
ear* but they are not hnndled prop
erly.
The commission would have the
producers of coal and the transpor?
tation corporations paid enough H
Cover costs and give a Just profit, but
Would prevent extortion.
JAPANKSK WILL HELP.
Will Transfer Ships to Trans-Atlantic
Trade.
Washington. June 19.?Submarine
Inroads on trans-Atlantic shipping
probably will draw Japanese vessels
Into the trsns-Atlantlc trade. The
American government it was learned
today already Is negotiating with Ja?
pan for removal of tonnage from the
Pacific to the Atlantic.
Japan bus about 2.000.000 tons of
ocean going shipping, notch of whl-h.
It is aalh. could be removed to the
Atlantic without serloulsy Injuring
Jsparese trade. Great Rrltain It is
said is particularly nnxlous for Ja?
pan to put Immediately some of her
vessels to transporting supplies from
America to the European allies.
SECRETARY DANIELS PROTESTS.
-
Immoral and Degrading Conditions
Prevail at Newport.
Washington. June 20.?The sensu
tlonal charges that navul recruits nt
the Newport. Ithodo Island tralninn
station are exposed to open gambling
houses, immoral resorts nnd the Ille?
gal sale of liquor, are made by Secre?
tary of the Nnvy Daniels In appealing
to Oov. Deookman for tho abatement
of these conditions.
?-ONNTANTINE IN SWITZERLAND.
Pro-Carman King of Greece On Ills
Way to Visit the Kaiser.
Lugano. Switzerland, Juno 20.
Faemer King Constantino of Greece,
who united h?ic today was otllclally
welcomed. A large number of Ger?
man personages awaited him at th^
depot, Including Prince and Prim eM
von Iluolow and Dr. von Muhlberg.
German minister to Vatlcnn. Tb
Greek minister to Switserland wa-?
also present Constantino received
long telegram from the German son
peror. It Is bHU nl he will visit Km
peror William soon.
DIM.t iv \L Rl'FI'R \GKTTKS.
White House Pickets DIhHsv Rainier
With Treasonable Sentiment*.
Washington. Juno 20.?A crowd o
angry men toro down tho banner;
the suffrsgo pickets at the Whltt
House dlsplaved before the Russiai
mission, declaring that the Unite.I
Htatos is not a democracy bo ause wo
men are not allowed to vote, and say
In?. Wilson and Root aro decelvln;
Russia," l
ALBERT IS APPRECIATIVE.
?ftfOHTARCH ghatei'CL
TO THIS (OIXTRV Ftllt
HELP.
Trusts Tluit Day of Itcparntinii for
Mis Distressed Country Will Conn*.
Washington, Juno ID.?Tho person?
al letter to President Wilson from
King Albert, delivered yesterday by
Paron Moneheur, head of the Be!
Kinn mission to this country. WUt
made public today by the State de?
partment. It 1h as follows:
"I commend to your excellcnev's
kindly reception the mission which
bears this letter. This mission will
r\press to the president the feelings
of understanding and enthusiastic ad?
miration with which my government
and people hsWt received the decision
reached by him In his wlsdon . The
oi'ssion will also tell you how greatly
j tho Important and glorious role enact?
ed by the Cnlted States has cor firmed
I
? tho confidence which tho Belgian na
] tlon has always had in free America's
1 spirit of justice.
"The great American nation WAS
particularly moved by tho unwar?
ranted and violent attacks made upon
Belgium. It has sorrowed over the
distress of my subjects subjected t<
the yoke of the enemy, it has sue
cored them with incomparable gen'
rosity. I am happy to have an op?
portunity again to express to your
excellency the gratitude which my
country owes you and the firm hops
entertained by Belgium that on the
dey of reparation, toward which
America will contribute so bountiful?
ly full and entire justice will be ren
cercd to my country.
"My government has chosen to ex
progs Its sentiments to your excel -
bIfMQ through two distinguish^ tuen
whose services will command cred?
ence for what they have to say
Baron Moneheur, who for eight years
was my representative at Washing?
ton, nnd Lieut. Gen. LsClsrOQ, who
has earned high appreciation during
? long military career.
"I venture to hope. Mr. President,
that you will accord full faith and
credence to everything that they say,
especially when they assure you of
the hopes I entertain for the huppi -
gaSS and prosperity of the United
BtatOS of America and of my faithful
and very sincere friendship.
"Albert."
NOT SEEKING AVGIIT.
Belgians Come Merely to Express
Thanks.
Washington, June. 19.?The Bel?
gian war mission, having expressed
to American officials Belgium's
gratitude for what this country had
done for her stricken people .res-ard
Its work here as complete, since it
came neither to seek men, mc.ney
nor ships nor to give advice.
Now that the mission Is here, how
j ever, officials are eager to show in
more than a perfunctory way the r
deep sympathy for Belgium's war
aspirations. Suggestions will be
sought on many phases of the vir
r.nd It Is likely that the mission wil<
visit several other cities in order to
further cement the bonds betweei
the two countries.
Tooljrht the members were the
guests of Secretary Lansing at t;
formal dinner.
COTTON PKICE DROPPED.
Decline of One and Three-quart rr
Cents Today.
New York. June 20.?As the result
of the Liverpool cotton exchange clon?
ing cotton dei lined onei hundred ar d
I e. enty-three pointt below last night's
dose. Bailies of twenty to thirty
points followed.
LEYLANB I,INl.lt SI NK.
Boston Oflleo Hecedvcs News of I/o-*,
of Steamer.
Boston, June jo.?The sinking of
I he British steamer Rials, presumably
by i Gormas submarine, was cabled
to the Loyland Has ofnoe here by that
reSSOl'l commnndt r? The message did
not mention the crews.
Ml XieO WILL .BUN ENTENTE'
< amm/a Nrsrsssi|>rff Hays Loan ?ii
Twsatj Minion Praas Tarns Tblc.
San Antonio. Te is, June ? I/i
rtasa, i Carranss nowspupsr publish*
ed hors, today issued an extra eon
talning a published tslSgratn from
Rl ITnlTOml. Mexico City, st atine, that
I-, tare has offered to b nd Msxlen
SS.SSS.SOi pet os and that Mexlro will
lake sari in tie' war on the side <?
the entente allies.
CONTROL OF EXPORTS.
WILSON EXPECTED TO SIGN OR
DBR TODAY.
Necessary to Takt* Immediate Stops
to Prevent Huge Exportation^ lol
Neutrals.
Washington, juno in.?President
Wilson is exported to Sign tomorrow
an executive order putting into op?
eration the export control act just
passed hy congress. A plan of or
ganhtatlon and general export pro?
gramme drawn up hy Secretaries
Lansing and Ucdfiold was taken Up
at today's cabinet meeting.
The act will he administered hy an
export council made up of the repre
sentatlVOS of the state, war, navy and
com meres departments, the food ad?
ministration and others, to he select
ed by the State and the commerce
departments. Administrative details
will he handled hy the bureau of for
?. ign and domestic commerce,
j Matters of international con?
sequence will bo decided by the State
department. Food questions will be
left to the food administration. Coal
gild Wheat will be the first commodi?
ties to come under operation of the
net and a prssldcntlal proclamation
specifying these two probably will ac?
company the executive order.
Heavy grain purchases by Euro?
pean neutrals, it was said tonight, in?
fluenced the export control act into
operation.
Alarmed at prospects that the
United) State?} was preparing to exer
OlsS the strictest supervision over
food shipments, the neutrals, It is
declared, have gone into the Ameri?
can wheat market nnd obtained con?
tracts for enormous quantities of the;
cereal. Much of this now probably
will not leave the country nnd if the
food i 111 passes the purchasers can
bo forced to disgorge their hob' ng^:
utnb r the embargo elauae,
Under a programme that probably
wilt be adopted by tho government.
America will bo supplied first out of
American products, the alllss will bo
taken care of next and the neutrals
will be considered last.
HOFFMAN QUITO COl'NCIL.
Swiss Attempted Negotiations for Sep?
arate Peace.
Berne, June 19, via Paris.?M. Hoff?
man, member of the Swiss federal
council, who was concerned in the
recent attempt to institute negotia?
tions for a separat' peace between
Germany and Russia, has resigned.
GORE PREDICTS FAMINE.
Says Food Control Rill Will Ruin
the Country.
Washington? June 20.?Attacking
tho administration food control bill
Sinatra- Gore declared It strikes at
the farmer and will cause losses to
producers amounting to a quarter of
a billion dollars on wheat, half a
billion on corn and cause a famine
next year through reduced production.
REVOLUTION jj CHINA.
PROVINCES PREPARING POR CIV?
IL WAR.
Southern Malcontents Invite Those or
oi' Southwest to Join Them in Strug?
gle.
Peking, Monday, June IS.?The
southern provinces are rapidly mak?
ing warlike preparations and are
negotiating with the southwest prov- ;
inces to join them. They have been
assured of support from this quarter
and civil war is not improbable.
President Id Yuan Hung is virtual?
ly a prisoner. On. Chang-Hsun,
who has assumed the power of dicta?
tor, has forced the secretarial staff to
resign, Former members of parlia?
ment and friends of the president
are not permitted to enter the
palace.
Xo compromise has been reached,
on account of the steady growing
military opposition to den. Chang
Hsun. His nominee for premier, Li
Chin Hsi, is unable to obtain the
content of ministen to serve in a
cabinet with him.
The military is attempting to force
the president to irssue mandates dis?
solving tho provisional constitution,
pardoning the monarchists and es?
tablishing Confucianism as the state
religion.
APPAM CASE DECIDED.
Court Dismisses Suit to Recover Pro?
ceeds of Sale of Goods.
Now York, June 19.?On the ground
that submission to capture by a ship
j constitutes abandonment of the cargo
entrusted to it, the federal court here
today dismissed the suit of the own?
ers of the British steamship Appam
to recover its freight money, the pro?
ceeds of the sale of her perishable
cargo.
The Appam was captured January.
1916, off the Canary Islands while
bound from British West Africa for
England, by the German raider
Moews. Her prize crew subsequently
brought her into Hampton Koad, Va.,
where she was returned to the British
owners by the supremo court, which
held that the title of the captors was
forfeited by a breach of American
neutrality in overstaying the time al?
lowed ;i belligerent in a port of this
[country as a neutral.
TAX ()\ NEWSPAPERS.
Senate Still Wrangling Over War Tav
Bill.
Washington, June 20.?The question
of the taxation of newspapers, maga?
zines and other publications was re?
opened by the senate finance commit?
tee in revising tho war revenue bill
The committee adopted Senator Pen
rose's motion to reconsider its decis?
ion to levy a five per cent, tax on
publishers' profits, but reached no de?
cision regarding the slbstitutes pro?
posed.
nmnnriir?
The reports coming to us from some of the canvassing commit- ,
tes are very discouraging. In looking over the lists we observe
amounts that are not creditable to the donors. In many cases they
could easily be live times as much. Every professional and busi?
ness man in Sumter practically makes Iiis living here, and as the
reputa ion of our City and County are at stake, we appeal to you
not to permit it to fall behind. Many counties in this State hav.
already subscribed their allotment and will go many thousands be?
yond it. Clarendon county, our neighbor, is assessed $4,000.00 and
nt a meeting of its citizens held in the Court House last evening
practically the entire amount was guaranteed. It was really edify- [
ing to those of us who were present to witness the anxiety of her '
people to contribute to the cause of the Hod Cross. Some of <
you have mads donatloni to the young ladles' committees on the ,
streets, but we appeal to you to increase this when called upon by 4
the gentlemen, who have been appointed to canvass the wards. <
If these gentlemen have already been to see you, and you feel you <
can Increase the amount, call up the chairman of the committee :
and do so. It Is practically Impossible to see everybody even with <
the number of committees at work, but should you be overlooked <
make it your business to see the Chairman of your Committee, <
whose name has been published in the hero, or go to the Red j
doss Headquarters in the Held Rlock, where they will gladly re- <
reive your subscription. <
in (i Cross War Council Week ?'loses on Monday, the 25th, and 1
no one should hnve the excuse: I would have contributed had l i
been solicited. 4
NEIEL O'DONNEEU 1
Chairman Red Cross War Council. 4
i. c. BTRAU88, i
Chairman Finance Committee. J
BRITISH WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
BRITISH HOUSE OP COMMONS
PASSES BILL.
Majority So Great ns Even lo Aston?
ish Warmest and Most Optimistic
Advocate* of the Cause.
London, Juno 19.?The house of
commons tpnfght by a large majority
passed the final reading of the clause
With the question of women suffrage.
It is expected that a proposal now
Will bo made that the franchise be
conferred on women on the same
basis as men.
The majority by which tho house
committee reafTirmed its adhesion to
the principle of woman suffrage as?
tonished the warmest supporters of
the measure.
The members evidently felt that the
subject long ago had been exhausted
and that nothing further could be
said than had been uttered in the de?
bates on the woman suffrage hill,
which already had passed the house
at various dates -on second reading.
The government left the question t<>
the unfettered judgment of the house
The front benches on both sides lack?
ed most of their leading figures and
the air of a foregone conclusion hunr
over the whole of the discussion. The
opponents of the measure, among
other arguments, made the best the
? otilei of the reports received here of
the attitude of Miss Jeanette Rankin,
tho only woman representative in the
American congress, on the question o
the entry of the United States Inf
j tho war.
j Sir Frederick Q. Bandbury (Union
ist? for instance, described Miss llan
kin as having been hysterical and un?
able to vote, but this and other idea:
j against the ability of woman to ex
i ercise the franchise fell on deaf ears
land when the division was called tin
'members trooped into the house with
the aim of putting an end once for
' all to a eiuestion which they had made
up their minds no longer was ai
academic one by voting upon it a.s
live issue.
So assured were the supporters of
the measure of the outcome of the
division that even the magnitude of
the majority in its favor did not move
them to any unusual demonstration
When the figures were announced.
LUMBER FOR CANTONMENTS.
Government Places order with south?
ern Pine* Bureau.
New Orleans, June 20.?The South?
ern Pine Emergency Bureau, with
headquarters here, received instruc?
tions from the government today to
prepare for immediate delivery five
complete army cantonment sohcil
ules, requiring approximately 78,000,
000 feet of lumber and also complete
schedules fe>r fourteen wooden ves
s. Is requiring about 17,C00,000 feet.
Tho cantonments for which the
lumber was ordered will he at Chil
licothe, Ohio; Louisville, Ky.; Fort
Riley, Kas.; Little Rock, and San An?
tonio. Kight of the wooden vessels
wil be constructed at Madisonvillc
and Morgan City, La., yards.
Official recognition of the Southern
Pins EBmergency Bureau as the dis?
tributing agency for pine for Kovern
ment cantonments, barracks, ships,
etc., has been given by Secretary ot
War Baker, who has instructed con?
tractors to deal directly with the bu?
reau.
ANSEL IN THE FIELD.
Candidate for Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Washington, June 20.?South Caro?
lina today developed a candidate for
tho Interstate commerce commission
vacancy to iucceed Commissioner Jud
son C. Clements of Georgia, who died
here Monday, it was learned that
frlonds Of Former GOV, M. F. Ansel
arc desirous of presenting his name
to tho prealdont for consideration.
There will ho throe places on the
commission to till?the Clements va?
cancy Immediately and two additional
places when the house passes the
hill adding two members to the com
i mission's force, each of which will
i pay $ 1 0,000 a year.
mi Kin i: and si i<mi:.
Brooklyn Athlete Kills ills Wife, Two
Children ami Himself.
New York, June 81.??After a quar?
rel with his wife o\er money mat
ters, Richard Rarrett, a well known
athlete of Brooklyn, shot and killed
his wife, his sou Kilton, nge four.
Donald nged one ami a half years, und
then committed suicide. He did nol
harm two other children. Uarretl
is a Spanish war veteran.
AMERICAN IN COMMAND.
ALLIED sgi AJHION IN IRISH SEA
TURNED OVER TO SIMS.
United s:at?*v Waejr'e Representative in
European Resse? Assumes C liurge of
All <)|M rations In Water** Abutting
Emerald Isle.
London, Juno 19.?Vice Admiral
William S. Sims, U. S. N., has been
annotated to take general charge of
the operations of the allied naval
I( ret s In Irish waters.
Admiral Sims will act in this ca?
pacity while the British naval com?
mander in chief is absent from his
post for q period, the official an?
nouncement of his appointment ex?
plains. The American admiral's flag
meanwhile has been hoisted as the
allied senior officer in these waters.
AN IMl'NORTANT POST.
Sims' Job one of Very Great Re*
sponsihillty.
Washington, June 19.?A brief
message from Lmdon to the navy
department was the first news of the
appointment of Admiral Sims to
command the allied naval forces in
hi h waters during tho absence of
the commander ot that district and
gave no other information as to the
new responsibilities placed upon the
American officer.
The Washington government has
given Admiral Si ns wide powers to
enable him to ? loot any situation,
lie has full authority to act on his
own initiative in disposing his forces
* so as to secure the greatest co?
operation with the French and Brit?
ish navies and also the maximum ef?
ficiency in the battle against German
submarines. ? t
Much of his time has been spent
in London and Paris and today's ad
Woes are the first to indicate that he
has been at sea with his ships.
Tremendous responsibilities have
been placed on Admiral Sims' shoul?
ders. The ta!e of torpedoed ships in
Irish waters is an often repeated one.
It has been said that even without
I the American vessels the British
have had thousands of destroyers,
submarine chasers of all sizes and
hind, mine sweepers, aircraft and
every other known method of com?
bating submarines posted in these
waters in tho effort to keep open the
shipping lanes.
All these forces are now under Ad?
miral Sims. On him also rests prob
jably the duty of arranging for the
arrival and departure of commercial
vessels, both trans-Atlantic and
i
coastwise, that ply Irish waters. The
British admiralty exercises rigid con?
trol over all ship movements and no
vessel leaves port until the naval
commander reports the seas free of
the enemy.
In some quarters it was pointed
out that the announcement that the
American olfieer had been placed,
even temporarily in command of
British forces greatly superior to
those under the American flag in
those waters might have a political
effect in Ireland, where the situation
Is turbulent with the approach of
the Irish convention period. It
might tend to show beyond question,
it was suggested, that the British
and American governments were in
perfect accord.
LANCASTER IN THE EEAD.
South Carolina Town Oversubscribes
Red Cross Eund Eirst Ray. '
Lancaster, June 19.?Chairman Wil?
liams of the local Red Cross com?
mittee today received a telegram from
lied Cross headquarters in Washing
ten as follows: "War council take
hats off for Lancaster. First <~ y to?
tal you lead the South?W. R.
Lunk." Up to tonight over $4,800
has been subscribed to I^aneaster,
while its allotment was only $4,000.
PAVOR I ou AMERICA.
If righting Ocrmany Will Not bo Con?
sidered Belligerents by Vruguay.
Montevideo, June 19.?President
Yicra bas decided to make a declara?
tion that Uruguay Will not regard as
a belligerent any American nation at
war With nations of another con?
tinent, m
I M.ISI Ml NTS IN THE NAVY.
Total Klare War With <Germany He?
gau M,t4a.
Washington, June 19.? Since the bo
ginning of the war with Germans
!>6,246 nu n have enlisted in the navy.
The total n<?w is 129,* 25, recruiting
today and yesterday bringing; a net
gain in enlisted men of 1,203. ?