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am ? um. UAWt \wvmn again malic. kmwly mmuom tJCCRETARY or ravt. Charge Publish Itovy Department Han Tuper Investiga aff Mara Island W riten Forcblle of League. I, Aug. 14.?A statement 1*4?? from the headquarters at Urs IfjffT League uharging that In Interests was hamper Inn of tho fatal black explosion at the Navy Yard June ? was by a letter from Bec? lo Robert M. Thomp? son, president of the league, denounc gagj the etatemsnt as false and slan? ts**** aad declaring the best service Mr. Tlsssnaeon and othsr active ofn glegj ef hte organisation can render the newy Is to resign at once. la Us statement the league said It nnd reliable Information that the ex which killed five men and tl, wae set off by a time evidence of a criminal In made public, it because it was the only to feree action. Daniels, In s statement subtle with the letter to Col. man. said s board appointed by idant of the navy yard woo active* jf pursuing a full Investi? gation of tho explosion; that It had beam afforded ample funds and the full ssjggsjBSjag of the government, and had not been hampered In any way by supplemental Instruction! from the navy department. It had been current rumor, he added, thai tho mega ?In? was sxploded by a ma liclously place? time fuse, but the de? partment had refrained from makini say statement concerning It until 11 was In possession of the full facts. The Navy League In Its statement esyo Its Informant contends that th? discovery of the fuse gives evidence of a criminal conspiracy. The nam? ef the league's Informant Is withheld but tho statement says he hi "on? whoso dally work would place hin tn a posttton to know the facts" and "It Is clearly proper that the Invea igntton . Into such sn occurrence ai the Mare Island explosion must and should be made secretly and th? league realises that the mere circum? stance that no statements have beer made to the press regarding the prog? ress of an Investigation does not war? rant the sssumptlon that no propei Investigation Is being made. "On the dther hand, the fact must be faced that the government de? partment could employ this veil ol proper secrecy to hide the fact that the Investigation had been blocked." nie statement concludes: 'The league sincerely hopes that In giving publicity to this Information 11 Is serving the higher Interest which is its ons and only purpose." aecretaery Danlsls' Istter to Mr. Thorn aeon follows^ "Boms time sgo you called at the navy department and statsd that you wished the Navy League to be In thorough harmony with the navy de? partment and that If I thought that your continuance and the continu? ance ef Mr. Blaton as sscretary would ssaks It Impossible for the Navy League to help the navy you would both retire. You will recall that 1 told you at the time that the Navy League was a purely voluntary organisation, hsd no connection what? ever with the navy department, and that while I had not been In accord with some things the Nsvy League had done, 1 did not desire to have aer direction of the league. "In view, however, of these false snd slanderous statements given out by the Navy League today, I am writing to ssy that the chief service which you and other active officials of the Nsvy Lsagus can render to the *navy Is to resign at once." In hin statement Mr. Daniels said that Immediately after the explo? sion thn commandant of the Mare Island navy ysrd was directed to make a complete Investigation to fix the'caone end responsibility. '"^he- board sppointed and tho com mat. dent." the ststemnt adds. ' hgs actively pursued the Investiga? tion, but the report has not as yet been revived in the navy depart? ment" The itatement concluded: "The attention of the public is in? vited to the deliberate attempt or the responsible sgent of the Navy League to publish s statement which, even It true, should not have been given out without reference to the department. Inasmuch ss it Is fslse, the action In giving It circulation shows a malic? ious attempt to discredit the navy de psrtment and the capable officers who are doing everything possible to ferret out the cause of the sccl dest. If b?were to stats to the pub? lic all ths ?tepa thst the officers charged with this duty hsvs tsken COES INTO COURT, 0HIRF GAMB WARDEN ELEC? TION UNDER TEST. Wade II am pi on Gibbon to Answer Within Twenty Days us to Right to Place in Issue. Columbia, Aug. 16.?Wade Hamp? ton Glbbes, State game warden, has been lummoned to appear before the State supreme court to establish his claim to his office. The action to test the validity of Mr. Glbbes' claim to the office is brought by Thomas II. Peeples, attorney general, at the sug? gestion of Carlton W. 8awyer, comp troller general. Mr. Gibbea has 20 days within which to answer. The Arm of Timmerman, Graham & Csllison of Lexington will represent the Audubon Society. Mr. Gibbea was nominated for the office of chief game warden several weeks ago at a meeting of the so? ciety called by Dr. C. W. Barron, vice president. Dr. E. C. U Adams, president of the society, was In the North at the time the call waa Issued, but returned to Columbia for the meeting, attending only long enough to assert that the meeting was ille? gally called. Chief contention was that written notices had not been sent to the members of the society. Announcement of the meeting was published in the daily papers. No other name was presented at the meeting and Mr. Glbbes was commis? sioned by the governor a few days later. The paragraph containing the bulk of the complaint alleges: "That upon Information and belief the said Wade Hampton Glbbes un? lawfully did on or about the 28th day of July, A. D., 1917, usurp, intrude into and assume the office of chief game warden of South Carolina ami ever since said date unlawfully has held, exercised and discharged du? ties, powers snd functions of said of? fice and now undertakes to hold, ex? ercise and discharge duties, powers and functions of said office without 1 authority or warrant of law and in 1' violation of the laws of the State of South Carolina In such case made ' I and provided, in this that he, the "said Wade Hampton Gibbea, wrong? fully and unlawfully has since aald date undertaken to discharge and appoint certain officers, agents and employees of the State of South Carolina, has issued warrants for snd received snd accepted funds of the State credited to the giino pio tection fund of South Carolina and has disbursed the same or a part thereof and has and is now threaten? ing wrongfully and unlawfully to usurp, undertake and discharge oth? er duties, powers and functions of the office of chief game warden afore? said, notwithstanding he, the said Wade Hampton Glbbes. is not the duly and legally constituted chief game warden of the State, for the reasons that he has never been named or recommended to the governor of Souh Carolina by the Audubon So? ciety of South Carolina as a suitable person for said office, and his name has not been approved for said office by the senate of South Carolina, as is required by law." EXEMPTION BOARD FINISHES WORK. Gets Required Number of Men For National Army Out of First Call. Sumtsr's exemption board today completed Its work of passing on all exsmption claims after deliberating for the past three days. Out of the 634 men called 273 were certitled to the District Board as being qualified for service. The number of exemp? tions granted was relatively small. Those found to be physically unfit were exempted. This county was called upon to furnish 2G7 nun. About 80 per cent, of the men called for service put in claims for exemption on various grounds. The board went into each case and were guided In their conclusions by the rules and rulings of the war depart? ment which they Lad before them. There still remains several men whose time for filing exemptions has not expired, and there are others who have been transferred to this board by other boards whose cases have to be passed upon. The official list of the men accepted and ihe ones rejected was not avalluhle at this time, but will In all probability be published tomorrow. Madrid, Aug. 16.?The city Is llko an armed camp as the result of the general strike. Soldiers are running the street cars. Interior Minister Ouerra said that the agitation had Increased but the troops were quell? ing the disorders. and are taking, the people would despise the slanderers who attempted to Impugn their honesty and f .a cerlty ?'The false suggestion that any ac? tion or lack of action has been due to the navy department's attitude to? ward labor la too contemptible to de? serve notice." a AMERICANS IH LONDON. TROO!?S MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS OF ENGLISH CAP? ITAL. Accorded Enthusiastic Reception by Immense Crowds That Lined the Streete?Cabinet Meeting Adjourn? ed to Welcome Americans?De? tachment Reviewed by Ambassador Page and King George. London, Aug. 15.?A detachment of American troops marched through London streets today. The evening papers say that to And a parallel of the scenes of enthusiasm attending the parade it probably would be nec? essary to recall, the return of the British troops from the South Afri? can war. Crowds lined the streets through which the troops paraded. The meeting of the cabinet was ad? journed so that Premier Lloyd George and his colleagues could pay a compliment to the Americans. The troops were reviewed by Ambasador Page and later by King George at Buckingham palace. MAY HAVE ELECTION. I Labor Party May Force General Elec? tion In England. London, Aug. 16.?The political corespondent of The Telegraph says if the labor conference adheres to the resolution to send delegates to the Stockholm conference the pre? mier will advise a general election. TWO CAMP SITES NEEDED. INFANTRY AND MACHINE GUN SCHOOLS PROPOSED. Department of Southeast Asks Gov ernor's Office for Information as t< Suitable Terrain. Columbia, Aug. 15.?Data has beer asked by the Department of the Southeast on suitable camp sites for an infantry school of arms and n machine gun school, which are to be established In the lmmediato future by the war department. The gov? ernor's office has been asked to for? ward to headquarters such Informa? tion as may be in its possession as to proper and available sites for the prospective schools. It is emphasized that the schools are separate and dis? tinct institutions and that "it nrlusl be borne in mind that the future may demand the expansion of eacli of these schools to include a person? nel of from 20.000 to 30,000 faculty and students." Reports by General Wood are to be made to the war de? partment not later than Septembei 80. Conditions to be met in proffer? ing altes are: , "A tract of land from 15 to 2d miles square, a varied terrain, includ? ing hills and valleys, streams, lakes, meadows, prairies, woods, etc.; cli? matic conditions such as to admit ol Intensive outdoor instruction practi dally the year around; soil suitable for easy entrenchment; terrain such as to admit of easy and effective drainage of trenches; an absence ol habitations or rights of way within the tract that would seriously limit the use of service ammunition; a suitable locality within the tract for the building of the cantonment oi post; good rail connections, with u large urban center that Is not so far distant as to be inaccessible as a reg? ular market and source of recreation and amusement; an abundant ami unfailing supply of good water, and locality healthful. "It Is well recognized that it is im? possible that sites will be found to fulfill all these conditions. In search for suitable sites, not only are exist? ing military reservations and cainii sites to be considered, but also the possibility of increasing the acreage of said reservations and, in addition, the purchase of tracts without ref? erence to existing reservations. "It is to be borne in mind that the future may demand the expansion of each of these schools to Include a per? sonnel of from 20,000 to 30,000 fac? ulty and students." IREAD CAROLINA mtOOPS. Gen. Harvey Likely to Command Hrl gade ill Greenville. Washington, Aug. 14.?The presi? dent today nominated Gen. W. E. Harvey of this city to be a brigadier general, thus making it almost cer? tain that Gen. Harvey will bo in con? trol of South Carolina troops when they join with those from the District of Columbia upon arrival of the int ter at Greenville a little later on. TEUTONS TAKE OCNA. Petrograd Admits Loss of Important Town. Petrograd, Aug. 15.?Ueports have been received that the Teutons took a height west of the Roumanian town of Oona, in soutliwestern Mop? davia. FOOD CONTROL CORPORATION. ORGANIZATION NAMED TO TAKE OVER COUNTRY'S GRAIN" SUPPLY. Sw/cn Executive Officers Appointed With Herbert Hoover as Chairman ?Charles J. Barrett of Georgia and Goodwyn Rliett of Cliurleston on Board. Washington, Aug. IS.?With the approval of President Wilson the food administration announced the formation of a corporation to take over the control of the country's grain supply. Seven executive officers are named, with Herbert Hoover, chairman. The personnel of the wheat price fixing commision in? cludes Charles J. Barrett, of Georgia, president of the National Farmers' Union; R. Goodw n Rhett, of Char? leston, president of the Chamber of Commerce of tho United States. Twelve men are named represent the the grain division at terminals. The milling interests named a committee to cooperate in negotiating voluntary regulation of the milling Industry. That the government will purchase enough of the 1917 wheat crop to stabilize prices is forecast by form? ing the corporation which is capi? talized at fifty million dollars. The government will hold the stock. The corporation will purchase all the wheat and flour for the allies. The flour mills will be assured that they will get a supply at government prices. BRITISH RENEW ATTACK. CONSIDERABLE GAINS MADE ON FRONT OFjFOUR THOU? SAND YARDS. >1 Canadians are Closing In On City of Lens and May Force Germans to Evacuate it Without Frontal At i tack?French Gain at Dixmude. The British and French renewed l I their attack in Northern France and Belgium last night. Preliminary re? ports Indicate that they won consider? able success. The principal blows were struck by the British on a front of four thousand yards from t the northwestern outskirts of Lens to i Bois Hugo, northeast of Loos. I General Haig reports that the Brib ish carried the first lines at all points and are making satisfactory progress. ? Hill seventy, which dominates Lens i is reported to have been captured by the Canadians. Since beginning the f attack at the northern end of the I western line the Canadians have been making steady progress about I^ens. The new attacks immediately north of Lens are evidently designed to close around the city from the > I north. If successful, the movement might force the Germans to evacu? ate the city without the difficult and costly frontal attacks, j The French made gains near the coast in the vicinity of Dixmude. The Germans are still active with i artillery on the Aisne front. They ? did not renew their infantry attacks last night, however. Two more of Norway's diminish? ing merchant fleet have been sunk by submarines. CAPTAIN IN THE ENGINEERS. Frank Eason Commissioned In the Reserve Corps. Frank G. Eason, senior United States drainage engineer for North and South Carolina, has received his commission as a captain in the engi? neer reserve corps of the United States army and is awaiting orders. Capt Eason is a graduate of the Citadel, which has furnished a largo number of officers for the regular army as well as for the officers' re? serve corps. He is treasurer of the Association of Graduates of the Cita? del. Capt. Baeen'a friends were yes? terday congratulating him on his ap? pointment.?News and Courier. Mr. Eason was formerly a member of the teaching corps of the Calhoun Street school and Is well known here. He also was engaged in engineering work during his two years stay in this city. Hia many friends will be pleas? ed to know of his appointment. AUTOMOBILE LICENSE RECEPTOR Nearly One Hundred Thousand Dol? lars Taken In. Columbia, Aug. 15.? Receipts from automobile licenses are within strik? ing distance of $100,000. Up to yesterday noon the full amount was $18,164.40, About 75 license num? bers are issued daily which the mem? bers of the highway commission re gard as extraordinarily high. The total number of licenses issued is 31,. 759. Previous orders by the com? mission for licenses called for 36,000. Believing that this number would be Inadequate, quotations have been asked on 2,500 more. Licenses for 191M will be issued after December 1. AMERICA AND JAPAN. mmmmm-*_?, HEAD OF JAPANESE mission SPEAKS or NEW DAY and BETTER UNDERSTAM l> ing. Says "March Together, Work Togeth? er and Fight Together as Com? rades." A Pacific Port, Aug. 14.?A new day among nations, in which Japan pnd America shall "forget the littlo mole hills that have been exaggerated into mountains to bar our good re? lations," and "march together, work together and fight together as com? rades," was pledged here tonight by Viscount K. Ishii, ambassador extra? ordinary and plenipotentiary to the United Stales. Heading a special mission, Vis? count Ishii spoke for his government at a dinner tendered him by this municipality. The ambassador said: "We come to you at the dawning of a new day. As individuals we have no right to* expect to find place at this busy time of preparation. But we come as the humble representa? tives of the gracious sovereign of a friendly and loyal nation, and we say that we know well that performance not profession, deeds not words, sac? rifices not selfishness, are the re? quisites of the hour. "Our message is that in this day, through its hours of shadow or of sunshine, your purpose is our pur? pose, your road our road and your goal our goal. It is that America and Japan will march together, work together and fight together as comrades until the end has been reached and the victory won in the struggle which Involves our rights and our liberties. "It is for that?and I take the lib? erty of using the words of your greit President, Abraham Lincoln?in or? der that each of us may enjoy an open field and a fair chance for our industry and intelligence that tho struggle must be maintained; that we may not lose our birthright?the right of humanity. "We are here to say that in this tremendous struggle for those right* and liberties, America and Japan are bound together; that when the vic? tory of the allied force Is secure, America and Japan should so llvo that your sons and our sons will have a certainty of good neighbor? hood; so live that no word or deed of either can be looked upon with suspicion; that venomous gossip hired slander, sinister intrigue and inlluence of which we have both been the victims, can In the future only serve to bring us close togeth? er for mutual protection and for tb/1 common welfare. "The importance of this coopera? tion was brought home to us par? ticularly as we voyaged safely and , pleasantly across the Pacific ocean. It becomes the first duty of Japan and America to guard this Pacific and to insure safe continuous inter? course between Asia and the United States; to see to it that the ships of the ferocious pirates whose crimes upon the high seas can never be pal? liated, find no shelter in the wa tcrs of our sea. "It is for us together to continue to enforce respect for law and human? ity upon the Pacific, from which the German menace was removed at the commencement of the war. Had this not heen so; had the barbarians of Europe not been rooted from his Oriental bases the shuddering horrors of the Atlantic and the Mediterran? ean would today be a grim reality en the Pacific. In the protection of our seagoing merchandise and men, in safeguarding the pleasures of inter? course, you may count on us, and we must count on you. "In the dawning of this new day of stress and strain let us forget the little mole hills that have been ex? aggerated into mountains to bar our good relations. I^et us see together with a clearer vision the pitfalls dug by a cunning enemy in our path. Let us together fix our eyes upon the star of principle which shall lead us together most surely to a participa? tion In the triumph of the right, to a certain victory in the greatest and. let us hope, the last great war in human history. "And when that victory shall have been won, let us together help in the upbuilding of a new world, which shall rise, fair and strong, and beau? tiful, from the ashes of the old.'" The speaker's table was dotted with uniforms. High officers of the American army in khaki with Ma? jor Gen. Hlsmohlhl Sugano, naval of? ficers in blue surrounded by Vice Admiral T. Takcshita, the ranking army and navy representatives on the mission. The State Department del? egation was headed by Breekenridg? Long. Late In the afternoon Gen. Sugam was given his first glimpse of Amer? ican troops in force when ho review? ed 0,000 soldiers ami sailors with Major Gen. Hunter Liggett. com? manding the Western department of .11 'XI?:, 1917, SHOWS HEAVY IN? CH EASE, ESPECIALLY IX PRICES OBTAINED. Dollar Dwindles Easier Than Quan? tity Gains?World Must ifcut Ger? many. Washington, Aug. 14.?According . to the statement just published by the Department of Commerce, the United States sent abroad nearly three times as much wheat in June, 1917, as in June, 111 I. It will he interesting to see ho?v the July figures, when they come out, are affected by the fact that President Wilson's embargo on certain exports to neutral nations went into effect July 1, 1917. If the United States had not de? clared a state of war with Germany the situation as to exports of food? stuffs would not have been different except that it would have been hard? er in that case to put the embargo on the next-door-to-Germany neu? trals. Tho eagerness of our produc? ers to sell abroad at famine prices would have been just as great, and the reflex action upon prices at home would possibly have been worse, be? cause there is less objection to usln< war powers of domestic price-control when we are at war than when we are not. Our entire exports of hreadstuffs amounted to $73,442,000 in June last, according to the Department of Commerce. The same figures for June, 1910, were $20,823,000. For June, 1914, before the great war In Europe began, the breadstuff exports amounted to only $13,363.000. Meas? ured in dollars, we are now sending the rest of the world?chiefly anti Teutonic Europe presumably?about six and a half times the breadstuffs we were sending in the months be? fore the conflict started. But the increase in quantity of ex? ports has not been so great as the increase in their value. The dearth abroad has been rapidly thrusting uo prices, as we all know; and none , knows where the rise will stop. The 5,900,000 bushels of wheat we ?exported in June, 1910. were worth $7.477,000; the 15,800,000 bushels we exported in June, 1917, were worth $43,000,000. The8<:? are the official valuations. The 3,700,000 bjshels of corn we exported last June brought $6,16?>, ooo; the 4.8oo.dfit> hpsheis in Jnneof last year brought $3,994,000! Actual? ly less corn brought very much more money. As compared with 1916, the June figures do not show a remarkable gain in quantity of exports; but do show a whopping rise in prices. There is a great gain in both quantity and prices, it goes wtihout saying, when the comparison is be? tween 1917 and the an|(e-war pe? riod. The world has got to bring the war with Germany to as quick an end as possible in order to live. A hah* a dollar before the war was as good as a dollar today. This has taken place in three years. Though only one of many nations at war, we have to contemplate ex? penditures totaling perhaps $15,000, 000,000 the first year. When the Crusaders 700 years ago sought the aid of Venice in the great expedition which captured Constantinople, the rich Venetians thought their Doge had turned a great trick of business when he had charge! the Franks $850,000 for his republic's help. In the fuedal days of France a good horse was often swapped for two peasants; and the Turks were once so hard put to It that they gave up a Christian! knight for a pair of shoes. War puts human life at a terrible discount and lesser things at a ter? rible premium. Therefore, the world has to put down the nation which makes war its business, or Dark Age I conditions return. First Cotton Bale. Marion, Aug. 14.?The first bale of cotton of the 1917 crop from Marion county, and it is believed the first from the State, was brought in today and was shipped tonight by express to the Charleston ex? change where it will be sold. This cotton was grown by Butler Gen? eral, one of Marion county's most highly estemed negro citizens, a progressive farmer. Death of an Infant. I Prom The Daily item. Aug. 14. ?kittle Barnard Manning, Uta infant son of Capt and Mrs. Bernard Man? ning, died at Baltimore this morning after a brief illness. The body will be brought to Sumter for interment and the funeral services will be held at the Episcopal church tomorrow, immediately after the arrival of the 1 1 o'clock train. the army. At the end of the review he said simply: "These are splendid troops It has been a pleasure to see them."