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SUMTER, B. 0., SATURDAY, AUGUST 11. 1917.
Vol.XLIV. No. 61.
fUSER nONT QUIET.
ONLY SCANT NEWS IH()M BEL
GIUM BATTLE GROUND RE?
PORTER.
?jmI French Orry Out Oaring
niwUnnw Apparently Check
Advance. In East.
from the Flanders front is'
it. ths most important item beim;
the French recorded the British
report. No mention was made
the artillery activity which yeater
vmm Indications of growing inter. -
was quiet on the French!
night, except for custom
ary artillery duels and lively French
reide. Theta occurred other stiffening
i alula I rapoi
of the arnii
uWam^hi*
atty. There
stiffening of Russian lines is
i entry slowing the Teuton's ad
?asj la the Bast and seemingly
ehsoklns; it in places. Official flguros
show a slight Increase In British ship?
ping lost last week coupled with an
increase in French marine losses, al?
though the total was notably small.
The French report four vessels of
?Sore than etat a hundred t >ns sunk.
WAR INDUSTRY BOARD TO RE
DUCK PRICES.
NegotiatkMiH With Producers
Drastic Action Will be Resort
Washington. Aug. t.?The war in?
dustry board Is prepared to take
ths most drastic action to reduce
prices on necessities should its nego?
tiations with producers and manufac?
turers fall to produce results. The
public will be protected.
TOBACCO BRINGS ! NlSl Ak RE?
TURNS.
1 -
raiaseia of Pee Doe Getting Wealthy
os) Weed Record Price** Paid.
Columbia. Aug. I.? If South Caro?
lin* farmers fare even half as well
Jgher crops as thsy have thus far
tobacco this will be the moat
wouderful year agrloultusrally ever
S) ths State,'' said Commts
Watson In announcing the offl
ssht figures as to the aales of tobacco
for the month of July. ' The rec?
ord In toheoco for the first month of
the seaaon Is sven more remarkable
than that of the Irish potato crop In
the coastal territory thla year. This
department has been handling the
records of tobacco salea since 1909.
Ths sales In pounds for the month of
July are about half as great as the
biggest whole season crop recorded?;
that sf 1914. They are practically as
large as the entire crops of 1910 and'
1919 and larger than the entire crop
of 1911. The aalee of Juty mOro than
doubls the sales for any preceding
July, and are 11.299.991 i?ounds great?
er than the July sales of last year.
"la the average price paid the
sales show very nesrly douMo any
flaTure heretofore paid, being 21.65
cents. Last year the average price
was 7.91 cents. The highest average
petce previously paid was 12.63 cents
per pound In 1913.
"In the amount received by the
producers for the tobacco marketed
In Jury, therefore. Is the noteworthy
feature of the first month of the sea?
son. The largest aum ever received
heretofore In July was 91,09 4.416.34.
In 1913. Thla year the amount for
July Is 94,111.974.84. This is only a
little less than the Isrgeat sum. ever
received for an entire aeaaon, $4,?
?94.399.11 In 1913. and Is larger by
nearly 91.040.000 then the whole sea?
sons receipts for any other year.
Last year the whole crop brought
only 93,819.489.97. The amount for
Jury la exactly 94.099,841.10 larger
than the amount brought In during
July of last year."
HOME hi/OWN UP.
fjord Athcfetan, Ardent Coii*orl|>4lon
Advocate, Meets With Serious l#o*s
Montreal. Aug. 9.?-The summer
home of I^ord Athelatan. the pub?
lisher of the Montreal Star waa dyna
mlted last night. Athelatan was un?
hurt, but his hour* was badly dam
aged. The Htar was a atsunch sd
vocste of conscription. Letters pod
ed in the Cnlted Statea warned Athel
stan ?hat he would BS killed if th
law was psssed by parliament.
BLACK SEA PORT IN DANGER.
Indication* are That Gcrmmm Hop*
to Capture Port of (hgagssV
London. Aug. 9.?A recent report
from Odettes as to the objective of
the Oermsn offensive in Southwea
Kusels I" strengthened by a Time? <|
patch from Odessa. M?>lng the belle
Is growing there that the Teutoir
hope lo take the port.
DEMANDS DEMOCRATIC ROLE.
SCUIEIDEMANN AND OTIIElt
PROMINENT SOCIALISTS
SPKAK BOLDLY IN
GERMANY.
Declare In Behalf of Peace and Ask
that Mlclu ells Government Get Out
?Present Government a Cheek to
Dcmocruo.
Amsterdam, Aug. 8.?Philip Scheid?
emann, Socialist member of the Ger?
man reichst;.g, in a speech delivered
at Mannhelri, Baden, before 6,000
people, demanded In the Interest of
peace the speedy substitution for the
present government of Chancellor
Michaelis a government really repre?
senting tho will of the German peo?
ple.
"German Socialists will oppose the J
newly constituted government at Ber?
lin on principle." the Socialist news?
paper Vnrw; crts declares in its com
ment on the ministerial appoint?
ments.
"Persons ho foolish as to expect a|
grout gain In the direction of a par?
liamentary regime," says tho Catholic
newspaper Germania, "will naturally
be disappointed," but It expresses the
opinion that the presence of Catholic
representatives In the government
greatly Improves the system.
"The democratic movement in Ger?
many which rc!orniers were sure was
getting such a splendid start In the
recent reichstag crisis now 'cents to
be slipping backwards.
The Liberal and Radical newspapers
In Germany generally Interpret the
selection by Dr. Michaelis, the chan?
cellor, of his colleagues us a distinct
rejection of the principle of parlia?
mentarism o- parliamentary lntlucnce
upon the administration.
The Socialist organ Vorwerts an?
nounces that the cubinet members,
Spahn, Grause and Mueller, enter the
government as Individuals, not as
party representatives. Therefore the
party assumes no responsibility there?
for, but retains completely a free hand
toward the government. Herr Muel?
ler particularly has long had no active
connection with the Socialist party and
has a purely administrative non-po?
litical post.
The Vorwaerts declares that the
present government must be the last
of Its kind and must be supplanted by
a government of the people. Dr.
Michaelis is also getting further awa>
from the reichstag peace resolution
even as he interprets it as the days
pass. The phrase in his speech Sat?
urday on the necessity of "a powerful
peace," was printed In black face
type.
I. W. W/8 CAUSING MORE TROU?
BLE IN OKLAHOMA.
County Attorney of Ottawa County
Telegraphs for Help.
Muskogce. Okla., Aug. 9.?An ap?
peal for help has been received at
tho federal marshall's oillce from the
county attorney of Ottawa county in
the extreme northeastern section o'
the State, where it is reported that In
| dustrlal Workers of the World hart
dynamited several cars and were
otherwise causing trouble.
Six alleged Industrial Workers of
World were arrested in Ottawa coun?
ty. Several were driven from the
mining district there as the result of
attempts to dynamite cars, acording
to a report at the federal marshall's
I office.
AMERICAN TROOPS TO HELP
RUSSIANS.
Next Hatch to Be Sent Abroad. Say*
IjcwK Must Go to East.
Washington, Aug. 8.?Predictions
that the next American troops to go
abroad will be sent to strengthen the
Russian lines was made in the senate
today by Senator Lewis of Illinois.
[ "The next legions of our men to ge
I forth," said he, "will be to Russia to
support tho loyal Russian armies now
lighting under the principles of out
making. To these shattered. bu:
struggling people we must go with
food and supplies and also with our
men."
SHIP LOAD OF HORSES SI NK.
British Steamer Torpedoed und Sunl
With ItfM of (a pi a in niul Ten Men
Newport News, Aug. 9.?The Hrit
ish it?Witt Argalia, sailing from this
port on July 18th for a British port
With horses as her cargo, was tor- I
I
pedoed and sunk with the Ions o I
Captain Morris and ten of the crew I
according to a message received by th
agents. Survivors were landed a
Glasgow. Forty American Rttllteer
were on the steamer, but It is no
known whether any of them wer
lo?t. The Arpalia was not In the Rrli
ish admiralty service.
BELIEVES IN RUSSIAN HOPE.
ROOT THINKS NEW DEMOCRACY
MAY SURVIVE.
Moral, Material and Financial Support
From United States Necessary to Its
Idle Says Report to President.
Washington, Aug. 8? Russia,
newest of democracies, grows strong?
er of heart and purpose daily, and
with aid from the United States, can
be depended upon to do her part In
the great war and emerge a powerful
state. This was the message brought
to President Wilson and Secretary
Irnsing today by Elihu Root and his
follow members of the American mis?
sion sent to Russia three months ago
I Unqualified encouragement from
jthe United States, moral and financial
when necessary, is absolutely essen?
tial to keeping life in the new gov?
ernment, the commissioners agreed. A
separate peace with Germany obvious?
ly is their gravest fear. Left to light
alone with her present government in
control, the president was told, Rus?
sia will emerge triumphant ad
strong, but if either by great masse*
of troops or clever 'propaganda, Ger?
many should accomplish the over?
throw of the Kcrensky government
the outlook would be dark indeed.
Only one written report, it is un?
derstood, was submitted to Secretary
Lasing. It was not made public and
may net bo. Front high sources, it h
known, however, that the commission
was agreed on virtually all essen?
tials. There may have been differences
of opinion as to the best mothods for
' obtaining results, but tho opinion o!
I present conditions and high hopes for
the future was unanimous.
None was stronger In his conviction
that there is greatest hope for Rus?
sia than Mr. Root himself. Though
conservative by virtue of long diplo?
matic and political experience, he
with difficulty suppressed his enthus?
iasm. Other members of the party
who showed his optimism and discuss?
ed their views were Charles Edward
Russell, a former Socialist, James
Duncan, labor leader, nnd Maj. Stan?
ley Woshburn, a man of long experi?
ence in Russian affairs. The latter two
were agreed that one great need of
Russia is publicity regarding America's
intention in the war.
DRAFT ARMY SOON TO ASSEM?
BLE.
Initial Contingent or One-third or To?
tal Wanted Eurly in Next Month.
Washington, Aug. 8.?More than
200,000 men of the selective draft
forces will be called to the colors
September 1 to go into their division?
al training cantonments. This will
I bring the strength of the United
States Army on that date up to prac?
tically 1,000,000 men.
Rrigadier General Crowder, pro?
vost marshal general, dispatched the
following telegram to the governors
of the States today cautioning them
to make certain that tho first one
third of their quota of the first incre?
ment of registered ntcn is ready in
time:
"New regulations governing mobili?
zation and tho certification of men
from district boards to adjutants gen?
eral will be mailed to you on August
9. In the meantime, local boards
should certify to district boards
daily those who have been called and
who have not been exempted or dis?
charged either bec&tlse they failed to
file any claim or because their claim
has-been decided adversely.
"Strict compliance with this rule is
necessary since on September 1 the
war department will call for not to
exceed one-third of tho quota from
each State to be entrained for mobili?
zation camps between September 1
and September 5. Unless we wish to
he put in a position of not furnishing
men as fast as the war department is
ready to receive them each State
should have accumulated by Septem?
ber 1 a minimum of one-third of Its
quota not exempted or discharged.
This can only he attained if local
boards certify these lists with great
expedition."
FOUR KILLED ON KENNE8AW
MOUNTAINS.
Three-1n< |i shell Fired at Target Prac?
tice Kills Lady and Throe Negroes.
Atlanta, Aug. 9. -A board of army
officers continued the Investigation of
the killing of four civilians |pt yes?
terday afternoon ?luring Held artillery
practice on Little Kenneaaw moun?
tain. A three inch shell ricochet ted ;i
mile from the target and exploded,
killed Mrs. Seth Harris and serlouslv
Injuring three negroes who died la*
ter. Many persons had watched the
practice during the day. The shell
causing the damage was the last tired.
NEW WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD i
AFTER EHORBITANT PRO?
FITS.
Announces Policy or Administration?
Attics to Get War Supplies at Same
Prices Uncle Sam Pays.
Washington, Aug. 8.?Definite as?
surances that the American public
Will be protected against profiteering
and that the allied governments will
get their war supplies at the same
prices as the United States is contain-;
cd in an announcement tonight of
the administration war price policy.
The pronouncement was made by
; the now war industries board, formed
! last week as a part of the Council of
; National Defense to have full charge
of the government's war purchases.
It made clear the administration's de?
termination that there shall be no
exorbitant war profits and at the same
I time stated the government's inten?
tion to sec that Industry receives fair
j prices for its products.
I Prices now charged for materials
i
J necessary to the industrial life of the
nation are out of all proportion, the
statement said, to the cost of produc?
tion. "Unconscionable protlts," it is
: declared, arc made on national re?
sources entering into the manufacture
of articles consumed by the public.
Already the administration is pre?
paring for drastic action to reduce
pricts if negotiations with manufac?
turers fail to produce results. Robert
S. Lovett, of the war board, declared
the government was ready for such a
contingency and felt confident It could
'meet the situation. If possible, he said,
it hopes to accomplish results with
out resort to legislation.
The administration's attitude in de?
manding that American manufactur?
ers sell to the Allies at the same
\ prices as to this government is that
j since there is a common purpose and
since the Allies are buying their sup
i plies with American money justice re?
quires that costs be equalized.
Two restrictions, however, will be
enforced in selling to the Allies. One
Us that the Allies themselves must
I apply the sauie rule in soiling to each
other and to the United States and
the other is that the arrangement
j must be limited to articles actually
! used for war purposes.
NEW RUSSIAN MINISTRY.
Satisfactory to All Parties?Factories
are Closing and People Murmurim
as They Think About the Coming
Winter.
London, Aug. 9.?Correspondents in
Petrograd agree that the new minis?
try is hot an ideal one, but probably
as strong as could be obtained under
the circumstances and on the whole
very satisfactory, all refer to the
1 tremendous task before it. One cor?
respondent refers to factories par
; tlally closing, one by one, because of
; lack of fuel. This is due to inade?
quate railroad facilities. Lengthening
lines of people before the shop doors
\ are beginning to murmur about the
j coming winter.
j INCREASE IN SHIPPING LOSS.
? Twenty-one Large Ships Sent Down.
Ixmdon. Autf. 8.?There was a
j Slight increase in the loss of British
, merchant vessels by submarines or
; mines during the last week, accord?
ing to the official summary issued to?
night. Twenty-one British vessels of
more than 1,600 tons and two vessels
of loss than 1,(500 tors were sunk last
week. Thirteen ships wore attacked
; unruccessfully. No fishing boats were
lost.
i _
The number of vessels over 1,600
tors sunk last week is an Increase
of three over the number sunk in the
previous week when IS were lost
through submarines or mines. There
is ;i decrease of one in the vessels of
less than 1.C00 tons, three having
been reported lost the previous week.
The total for the present report, 2'.i,
is an increase of two over the pre?
vious report and is one less than the
number reported lost for the week
ending duly which was the high?
est since the week ending June 21.
when 2S were lost.
Government to \pcal Exemption
Picas.
New York. Aug. 0.- The govern?
ment will appeal every claim of e\
emptlon from draft granted by th
boards in New York city, it was an
nounced after organisation of the dis?
trict board witii Charles K. Hughes
chairman, Roseoe Conkltn, in charge
of e-xnmtn.ittons in the city, said "V
per cent, exalmned were being accept
cd.
FOOD BILL PASSES!
WAIT SIGNATURE OF PRESIDENT
WILSON.
Conference Report on Control Meas?
ure Adopted?Wide Powers Given
to Administration of New Acts?
Hoover to Bo Put in Charge.
Washington, Aug. 8.?The food hill
passed through the last stage of leg?
islative enactment at 4 o'clock this af?
ternoon when it was finally adopted
by the senate in form previously ap?
proved by the house. President Wil?
son's signature now will make it law.
The senate vote was 66 to 7.
Thoso voting against the report
were: Democrats?Ilardwick, Hollisi
and Heed: Republicans?France,
Gronna, La Follette and Penrosc.
Immediately after the final vote on
the food control bill, the senate by a
viva voce vote also approved the con?
ference report on the first adminis?
tration food bill, providing for a food
survey and appropriation to stimulate
production.
! Both bills are to become laws Friday
I with President Wilson's approval.
jThe delay was caused by adjournment
i of the house until Friday and the
necessity for signing of the bills in
, open session by presiding officers of
! both houses. The senate recessed to
j night until Friday so that after
1 Speaker Clark signs the bills, they
1 may be signed by the senate's presid
! ing officer and immediately sent
to the White House. Prompt appoint
1 ment of Herbert Hoover as food ad?
ministrator and immediate operation
I
nder the legislation are expected to
! follow. In additon to its comprehen?
sive provisions for control of food.
i fuel, fertilizer and farm equipment,
the control bill carries drastic pro
' hibition features. Thirty days after
it is approved it will be unlawful to
, use foodstuffs in the manufacture of
distilled beverages or to import dis?
tilled spirits for beverage purposes;
and the president will be empowered
to commandeer for military pcrposes
distilled liquors now held in bend and
to regulate or restrict the use ot
foods in the manufacture of wine and
beer.
-
LITTLE NATIONS MUST BE MADE
FREE.
Premier Lloyd George Says British
Honor is Pledged to Restitution for
Scrvia and Belgium.
I London, Aug. 8.?Lloyd-George,
i speaking today at the luncheon of the
Servian Society of Great Britain in
; honor of H. I*. Paehitch, the Servian
I premier, said that the "first condition
of peace is restoration, complete and
without reservation." The premier
added that he believed in little na?
tions, saying:
"I believe in the nation which can
sing about its defeats. Scrvia has
sung right through the centuries not
of victory but of defeats that sub?
merged her in the flood of barbarism.
; Bervia always has hoped and now her
day of reckoning conies. The nation
' that sings of her defeats is immor?
tal.
"However long this war may last
Great Britain's honor is involved in
seeing Scrvia free. Scrvia and Rel
jgium are the guardians of the gates
I and bravely have they defended them.
The troops of bervia never have boon
I disheartened; they still are guarding
the gates. The British extend once
! more the hand of friendship to Scr?
via. We will go through the war to?
gether to the end."
TO ALLAY U-BOAT ALARM.
, Government issues statement on the
Movement of Shipping,
I New York, Aug. 8.?To allay alarm
that might arise over reports of u-boat
activity In Atlantic waters a state?
ment from the treasury department
given out here late today by custom
house authorities says that 11 ves?
sels entered American ports during
the 14-hOUr period ending Aug. It
is estimated that more than 225,000
tons of shipping is passing through
the danger zone daily, headed toward
the United States.
An official statement showing the
number of the ships arriving daily
will be made public daily.
German Professors Petition Against
New Peace Offer.
Amsterdam, Aug. 7. Seventy-eight
professors of Bonn University have
signed a petition urging the German
government never to make another
peace offer, "since Germany's recent
offer- h;:s been answered \y the Brit?
ish challenge to retire behind the
I thine."
The signers consider t L:tt another
pence proposal would be mischievous.
AHE NEAR WAR STRENGTH.
?
Men From Drafted Quota Will Not
be Needed for Regulars or Guard,
but Will be Assigned to Reserve
D.-pot.-. Until Needed at Front,
Washington, Aug. 7.?Provost Mar?
shal General Crowder and his assist?
ants are at work on the final set of
regulations to be promulgated this
week to complete the organization of
the selective draft war army. They
will govern actual mobilization of the
men selected.
Statements issued today by the war
department show that preliminary
figures place the total force of Na?
tional Guard taicen in the federal ser?
vice August 5 at 13,093 officers and
419,834 men. Another statement show?
ing that 180,760 war volunteers have
been recruited for the regular service
since April 1. leaving only about s>
! 000 vacancies in the regulars at war
!
strength.
These figures mean that approx?
imately 725,000 men are under arms,
exclusive of the navy and marine
corps, to be supplemented within the
jnext few weeks by 687,000 raised un
; der the selective draft. Of the latter
! number 500,000 will compose the third
! great clement of the war army, the
new National Army, and the remaind?
er will go to till up the regulars and
the guard and their reserves.
The mobilization regulations will
show how the drafted men are to be
assigned. Already the war depart?
ment lias received countless applica?
tions from men certain to be called
in the irst increment of the draft
fore "3 for assignment to some par?
ticular arm or branch of the service.
Where a man has been summoned by
j his local board for physical cxamlna
, tion no method exists whereby he
may enlist in the regulars and have
his service count on the home quota.
It is probable, however, that some
effort will be made to meet the wishes
of the drafted men in this regard as
i far as possible when they are mo
jbilized. It can only be done to a
limited extent, as the regulars and
! guards, as shown by today's state?
ment, are practically filled up now.
ROOT MISSION IN WASHINGTON.
To See President Wilson and Make a
Report soon.
Washington, Aug. 8.?The mission
to Russia has arrived. Arrangements
, arc being made for all members to see
j the president this afternoon. Elihu
. Hoot, head of the mission, will see
J Secretary Irnsing. It is expected that
he will make a partial report today,
I and a fuller report later. All reports
are necessarily confidential.
The mission is optimistic over con?
ditions in Russia and the part she will
play In the war. Outstanding needs
: arc full assurances that the United
states will remain in the war to the
end. and a'so bettor railroad facilities
, Mr. Root said that America's en
I trance had a good effect.
SPAIN THREATENED WITH REVO.
LOTION.
Roth Troops and Civilians Killed In a
Flash on .Inly 11.
Atlantic Port. Aug. 8.?A thrillng
description o<" the labor upheaval in
.Lisbon, which threatened a revolution,
was told by a passenger arriving here.
i I ;n duly 11 troops were called out
and a number of them were killed
j by bombs thrown among the soldiers.
The military charged the crowds kill?
ing eighty-five and arresting fifteen
hundred. The workmen demanded
;seventy per cent increase because of
i the high cost of living. The uprising
was suppressed.
APACHES ON THE WAR PATH.
Cowboys Ordered to Hold Themselves
in Readiness.
Globe. Alis., Aug. 7.?Apache In?
dians In the Siena Anctiai mountains,
fifty miles northwest of Globe, are on
the warpath and the two largest as?
bestos mines in the district have sus?
pended operations, according to ? tele?
phone message summoning help, re?
ceived at the governor' ofltcs tonight.
The manager of one of the mines
informed Sheriff Tom Armor that
leaders of the uprising have called
out all Indian mine workers and
that they were completely beyond
conl rot.
Deput> Sheriff Dan Armor, at the
head of a band of mounted rangers,
departed for the Sierra Anchas to
night, I hey do not expect to sr
ri\l>efoi e tomorrow.
A call was issued by the sheriff for
cowboys to hold themselves in road'
Ines* for duty.