Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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man *ATCMMAN, EMabttstMHl April, lilO. *?? Iw and Fear uot?L*t all the cadi Thon Almet at bo thy Country'*, Thy God's nod Train*/ TUB TRUE SOUTHRON, FstebMehed Jane, SIHllie PEACE PROPOSAL m CARK MI ST UK I'SKD IN PRAMINO HIJ'I.Y To POM? TIFF. No Cksnrreto Step I*o*?lbk< TU) State iN^NSftrmni Ottclal.a Have i:?hau?t ?4 Every FOanlblllty of tic lug Driwi Into lot enable l*u*dtou. -4~ Washington. Aug. 17.?That the government la determined to give Pope Benedict's peace proposal!* the moot deliberate and painstaking con? sideration before framing a reply was evidenced today again by de? velopments bofh at the White House and the State department. The cabinet, holdtnf It* first session since the note arrived, avoided any general diacuesdon of the subject be oanee President Wilson Is understood to feel there must 'r>a a searching analysts of the questions raised before auch ?tecuaelon would be profitable Secretary Lansing and his advisers, on 1 ohem most of the responsibility for! malting this analysln will reet. con-j tlnued study of the pontiff s sugges? tions with every Indication that It probably would be several days before any concrete step could be expected. Meantime the undercurrent of offi? cial thouaht manifestly continued to treid toward a conviction that the grand alliance will find some of the proposals In the Vatican note very dif? ficult to accept. Aa the declared purpose of the pon? tiff's note wss to present concrete bailee for peace negotiations. It Is re? garded as highly essential that the exact meaning of every phase be care fnlly weighed, keeping in mind that In the event the United States de? cides to entertain the proposals It wiVI find Itself Irrevocably committed In the negotiations by the construe tlons given at present On the other hand, should the pres? ident decide not to entertain the proposals at this stage, that could not be dons briefly or curtly IIt was said at die state depart? ment It was not possible to predict when an answer could be returned. Of course, the n >te Is undergoing a p ratlos I y similar process of careful analysis In every one of the entente foreign offices. Within a few days exchanges may begin between Washington and the entente capitals and perhaps between Secretary Lansing and the diplomat le representatives of these powers here. MO W-EKVIIjS THIS YEAR. Rity* Cotton Holl Peat Is Within invent > to flight) Mile* of Sooth Carolina. Alken. Aug. 17.?Except for the In? tones coi<: weather last winter the1 western put of South Carolina would likely be overrun with the boP ivt! at the present flme, according to Q. M. Anderson of the department of agriculture. In charge of the boll1 weevil work In South Carolina.^who has Juat returned to his headquarters at Alken after a trip throughout a portion of Georaia. where he went to j determine the exact location of the | cotton p??t at the presont time. As. It Is. says Mr. Anderaon. there is no I way of determining when the boll; weevil will enter South Carolina, hut there Is no certainty that the peat j will not be here before Christmas.' The Indications are Chat this year's, cotton H safe, however, but there ls{ no telling what ma/ happen before; Chrtatmas. The nearest point Mr. j Anderson located the boil weevil to the South Carolina line waa 70 to 80 ?atlea. I<a?t December the weevil wua reported seven miles northwest of Aoauata, in Kb hmond. one of the ?feoTder counties of Georgia, and the same distance from Savannah, which would Indicate that the weevil wua aM the wuy nt that time from Sn Oann.ih to Auguata. The cold weath OV last January seems to have killed oat the weevil, otherwise they would be hi this Slut,, at present Mr. An derSon Miya It Is poaalble that u stores may blow the weevil all over South Carolina In one day. but *he does not regard that as possible He looks for the VotvfJ |n South Cam Una. however, In the regular course of svsnts In the next few months. FAMOtS CVrillT.tm.4X m um:|? St. QoenUri I>ctmjre<l hj Fin* oi l n known Orbxih. French Pront. France. Aug. 17 The famouo obi St. Quentin cathedra' waa apparentlv destroyed by fir* Wednesday ntsbt The rnuse is un? known, but It waa certainly not from French artillery fire as Berlin ha reported. URGE MORE WHEAT. OFFICIALS STRESS NEEP FOR IiAHGEll CROP. South Carolina Called on to Add 17 Per Cent, to Wliout Acreage und More to ltyc. Atlanta, Aug. 17.?Need of a greater production of wheat and rye In tin- South, and especially in the Southeastern States, was emphasized at a conference here today between officials of the federal department of agriculture and representatives of many Southern agricultural colleges and State departments of agriculture. The conference was the second of a series to be held throughout the country in line with the department of agriculture's campaign effort to build a larger acreage of food pro? ducing crops. Raymond A. Pearson, president of the Iowa State Agricultural College and recently appointed special assist? ant to Secretary Houston, explained at the conference t*hat- the govern? ment expected Georgia to Increase Its wheat acreage 100 per cent, over last year; South Carolina, 4 7 per cent.;, Tennessee, 20 per cent | Mis slssippi. 4 5 per cent.; Alabama, 50 per cent. He placed the Increase In rye production asked of Georgia next year at 488 per cent.; Tennessee, 61 per cent.; South Carolina, 614 per cent.; Alabama, 100 per cent. Lou? isiana and Florida, he said, were not listed by the government as wheat and rye growing States. Mr. Pearson announced at the conference that the federal depart? ment of agriculture had Issued a bul? letin on "Wheat Growing in the Southeastern States," wtilch he stated would be distributed soon to farmers. ! One of the greatest problems fac? ing the department's campaign for Increased production of the two crops, Mr. Pearson declared, was how to enlarge the acreage without af? fecting other Important crops and interfering with crop rotation. The government officials will leave tomorrow for Indianapolis, where a similar conference will be held, it was announced tonight. GREAT canadian powdes: plant destroyed. Twenty Persons Reported Killed und Surrounding Country Covered by Dense Smoke. Ottawa, Aug. 18.?First report: from the scene of the explosion at Curtis and Harvey Limited, Powder plant, lligsud, Quebec, this morning say that two hundred and titty were killed. The plant covers live squan miles and employed five thousand men and women. Montreal. Aug. 18.?All wire com? munication with Kigaud, tho scene of the explosion, is interrupted. Th Canadian Pacific has suspended oper? ations on one lino running close t<> the plant. Passing passengers on p train passing near have estimated th' dead at twenty. The surrounding country Is covered with a dense cop per-colored smoke. OFF FOH GREENVILLE. Florence Field Hospital Corps Order? ed to Camp Sc vier. Florence, Aug. 17.?The Field Hos? pital Corps which has been in can?? here since mobilization orders were received leaves tonight at |U o'clock for Greenville on hurry up orders tc op?m the Held hospital at Camp BoVtaf The Coast IJnc has made all provis ions to move the men comfortably and speedily to their station. The! have been striking tents and packing baggage today and will be ready to pu!l out wit en the tlmo arrives. Th-s command has in charge a very val? uable lot of property of the govern? ment, some $65,000 worth. The hos? pital is well provided with all the necessaries for work In the field In war time. It is one of the best equipped units In the service and hopes to be one of the two corps thai will be equipped with motor truck* for field work. Tiie people of Flor? ence hsve every reason to feel prou of this body of men, which belong* peculiarly to them. MOTOR RI IWIK FX ITS. New Division of Arn?> lo Ho Organiz? ed. Washington. Aug. 17 ?The organ? ization of thirty-five hundred men int?? three units to repair motor ear* in<i ether Irajwportatlon vehicles foi army use In Prance has been nrdei ?*d. They Will probably be u< ed be? hind the European battle lines. RUSH GAMP WORK. ORGANIZATION OOS! FORWARD) WITH DISPATCH. J Mobilization to Begin September 5. General Moore to Direct South Carolina Movement. Columbia, Aug. 18.?Work is being ruuhed at Camp Jackson for the first arrivals of the National Army, which is to be moblizicd September 5. At ! that tme 30 per cent, of the quotas .from North and South Carolina, Flor? ida and Puerto Rico will be called. Number of men to report from these j four military districts is 45,215. A ; second 30 per cent, will be added September II] a third 30 per cent. October 1, and the remaining 10 per cent, not later than October 10. j Mobilization of the South Carolina contingent will be directed from tho otlice of the adjutant general. Gen? eral Moore will direct the movement j of tho troops in the same manner as this office served in mobilizintig the National Guard. Many officers are beginning to re? port at Camp Jackson to prepare for the advance to begin September 5. An, , additonal unit for the quartermaster's j department reported yesterday from i Rhode Island. Preparations were be , lng made late yesterday for several hundred cooks expected at once. The street railway has been taxed heavily to meet the exigencies of the early morning and late afternoon rush. Twenty-one cars were parked In the camp yard yesterday after? noon to handle the charge for city. From 5,000 to 7.000 passengers are being transferred over the car lines daily. Approximately a week must yet elapue before satisfactory sched? ules can be maintained. The track is I settling rapidly to an even grade and squads of workmen are disposed all I along the route tightening the loose joints and removing the irregularities in grade. GERMANS FAIL TO RETAKE PO? SITIONS LOST TO BRITISH. British Also Successful in Naval En? gagement und Air Raid. The German army made another 1 effort early today to recapture the j ground taken by the British neui Lens. London reports there Wll sharp fighting northwest of the city 1 but Germans were completely re ; pulsed. In the vicinity of Yprcs the Germans kept up a living big gun lire but did not attempt any infantry at? tacks. The British report a naval en? gagement between destroyers in which one German destroyer and two min? sweepers were severely damaged. British ships were not damaged. The British also report a successful air raid, in Flanders. Successful Russian Offensive. Petrograd, Aug. 18.?Russians on an offensive on the Caucassan front took several villages. ARRESTED AS GERMAN SPY. Lieut. Schneider \ablxd on Presi? dential Warrant. San Francisco, Aug. IB.?Lieut. Ir? ving F. Schneider, of the German navy, was arrested here on a presi? dential warrant as a spy three' days ago, department of justice officials announced today. Many maps and papers, declared to be of an incrim? inating nature, were found in Iiis pos session. With Schneider was arrested Theo Kasinger, a former department store employe, who is accused of aiding Schneider in obtaining maps and j other military information. Four Austrian Officers also are being sought. By the president's order the pris? oners are being held in communicado without ball and with ut C privil? ege of a hearing. Among Schneider's effects was an iron cross, said to have been received i by bin for services rendered In the German navy. lie recetly married a young woman of Oakland, Cel. Federal authorities said Schneider tried to join an aviation corps and later a department of the military service here, but was prevented from doing so by reasons not announced. SPANISH STRIKE St BSIM s Press Reports Indicate That Condi? tions arc Becoming Normal. Paris, Aug. 17.?A dispatch from Madrid to the Associated Press says the news from all OVCr Spain indicates that everything Is again becoming normal. The reports show that sev? eral persons were killed or wounded during the height of the strike dls orders. GUARDSMEN TO GO TO FRONT TWENTY-SIXTH TO ACCOMPANY FORTY-SECOND TO FRAN CIO, MAKING TOTAL OF 38, oim> MEN. Final Allotment of State Troop* Among Army Cantonments An? nounced by the War Department. Washington, Aug. 17.?Two army divisions instead of one, comprising ia total of at least 38.00U men prob? ably will make up the contingent of the National Guard to go to France i Although no official confirmation i was obtainable, there were evidences I today that the composite Forty-sec? ond division, whose organization re? cently was announced, will be ac? companied by the Twenty-sixth, made i up of New England guardsmen. No Ne^ England States arc among the 2? having representation in the com? posite division. j The commander of the Twenty sixth is Major Gen. Clarence Ed i wards, now acting as commander o. j the Department of the Northeast, and it is presumed he would go tc Europe with t'he division. A report was current today that sufficient shipping will be available for forwarding two divisions within the time tlxed for the departure o. the Forty-second and that the Twenty-sixth had been elected to g because it comes from a com pad area and is composed, for the most part, of regiments of 'high rating. The Forty-second division ia being mobilized at Mineola, Long Inland under the new European standard which requires that the strength o. the individual infantry regiments b< increased more than 50 per cent. The process necessitates the addi? tion of some units not included in the original order, for where one com? pany of infantry, for instance, was to have come from any State, companies j have been consolidated to give the j 1250 men necessary. Thus hundreds 1 of men have been transferred to fill I up the regiments selected to go. All the other National Guard divisions will go through a similar process on ! their arrival at their divisional camp No hint has been given as to th' probable time It will require to pre? pare the Forty-second for embarka - tion. As it is a wholly new organiza? tion, it is logical to assume that it will take some time to get it inb working shape. The original plan for a composite National Guard expeditionary force Is known to have provided for two d! visions made up of the con.posit' plan. The war department announced to day the final allotment of Slate troops among the army cantonment and made public the list of colonel assigned to regimental commands in I j the various divisous both of the na? tional army and the National Guard Secretary Baker today approvci the disposition of the 687.000 men ol the first draft as recommended b; the provost marshal general. Th< average number of men allotted t' eac*h of the sixteen cantonments i* j approximately 43,000. I Those allotted to Atlanta, include j the troops from Tennesee, Georgia j Alabama, (part) 40.785. j Columbia, S. C, South Carolina. North Carolina, Porto Rico and Flor? ida, 45,215. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL ARREST STRIKE LEADERS. Will Wait Until They Commit Overt Act by Ordering Strike. Washington, Aug. IS.?The presi? dent is making a personal study of (the situation In the northwest where j Industrial Workers of the World i threaten a widespread strike. Department of labor conciliators reported that the situation seems lit ; tie or no better, but department of justice agents reported little ( hange i In the recommendation said to have been reached between State and fed? eral representatives at a conference Jill strike leaders will be summar? ily arreated as soon as strike begins. An official in close touch With the situation surrounding the threatened miners' strike in the Birmingham dlatrlct said he believed the Strike could be averted by a development to be expected soon. TWO NEW JODS. Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture Appointed. Washington, Aug. 17.-?Clarence Ousley, of Texas, and Raymond Pearson, of Iowa, have been nomi? nated by the president as assistant] secretaries of agriculture, under th provisions of the food survey bill. I DEPARTMENT UREAKS WITH THAT ORGANIZATION. ?Talso and Slanderous Charge" Leadfl Daniels to Refuse to Receive It* Representatives. Washington, Aug. 17.?All unoffi? cial connection between the navy de? partment and the Navy League was severed today by an order of Secre? tary Daniele as a result of the re? cent action of the league headquar? ters in Charging that investigation of the recent fatal explosion at Mare Is? land Navy Yard was being blocked by Influence of labor interests. The secretary gave notice to the public that representatives of the league would not be admitted here? after to any naval station or ship and that nothing whatever would b. accepted by the navy from the league as at present officered and managed. Thousands of women through* - t tlie country are knitting sweab s, wristlets and other articles for sail? ors under the auspices of the league. The notice follows: "In view of the slanderous and false statements of the Navy League reflecting upon the honesty of the naval administration and the integrity of officers of the navy, responsibility for which lias been assumed by olficials of the league, notice is "hereby given to ihr* public that the navy department has directed that no officer, agent or rep? resentative of the Navy league will be admitted to any naval station, na? val reservation or ship in the navy. "Persons who contribute to the Navy league in the future will do j so with the understanding that the I navy department will not permit th? (acceptance of anything whatever j from that organization as at present i officered and managed, j When the league published its I statement, saying it had reliable in? formation that the Mare Island ex j plosion was the result of a conspir? acy and that the navy's inquiry was [ blocked by labor interests, Secretary j Daniels denounced it as false and j llbelous and wrote Robert M. Thomp 1 son, president of the organization, ! that the best service he and his fel j low Officers could perform wotdd be to resign. Mr. Thompson replied i with an offer to resign if the secretary also would get out. The Navy League is a civilian or? ganization formed some 11 years ago to work for enlargement and im? provement of the navy. Its mem? bership includes many retired naval officers. Nine out of ten of the members, Mr. Daniels said today, are patriotic citizens doing a good work. Investigation of the Mare Island j tragedy still is going on and no re I port has been made. The secretary In j his statement said it had been cur I rent rumor t'hat the magazine was I set off by a time fuse but that, ac I cording to custom, (no publicity had been given the facts ponding a report ?from the naval board. FAVORS PEACE MEETING. Kcrensky Says Send Delegates t? Stockholm Conference. London. Aug. 16.?A Petrograd dispatch to The Daily News says Premier Kerensky denied that he told Albert Thomas, Socialist mem? ber of the French war council, that he personally opposed the Stockholm Socialist conference. On the con? trary, he thought it very important. He declared that any opposition to the conference by the allied govern? ments and any difficulties put in tic way of the delegates was simply ! playing into the hands of the Ger? mans. Premier Kerensky's statement re? garding the Stockholm peace confer? ence has made a strong impression j in London and it may materially in? fluence the British government's pol? icy. The Manchester Guardian says the situation may change rapidly ami that the reasons for the government's opposition to the conference may dis? appear. The newspaper also says that the wishes 01 the Russian gov? ernment should be decisive. LOST IN PACIFIC. Five Ships Lms Overdue Relieved U Have Been Sr.nk by Rombs. Pacific Port. Aug. 1H.?Five ships ? three American, one Japanese and one British?-Which are overdue here have been practically given up as lost by the owners und agents. Ma? riners believe they were blown up by time bombs set in the cargoes by enemy agents. A sailor reported finding fragile bottles of acid sei in powder which would be ignited it' the glas-? was broken. The Ameri? can vessels were sailing craft. NEW LIBERTY LOAN. BATE MAY BE IIAISKI) TO I'\>UR MfiR CENT. Total of Over So-ven Billion Dollars* Worth Soon to Be Put on Market Washington, Aug. 17.?Issuance of $7,538,945,000 worth of 4 per cent, federal bonds, subject only to in? come supertax, war profits and excess profits taxes, and designed to provide $4,000,000,000 for further allied loans and to retire the $3,000,000,000 non taxable 3 1-2 per cent, issue now au? thorized to cover loans to the allies is contemplated in suggestior.s submlt ; ted by Secretary McAdoo today to the , house ways and means committee, j Receipt of the suggestions caused immediate activity among both Dem? ocrats and Republicans of the com mitee, many of whom are opposed (to the details of the secretary's ; plan. While taxing the bonds is gen? erally favored, something more con? crete than the secretary suggests, ?UCh as a flat levy of 6 per cent, on j the interest rate or application of the income tax, appears to be more gen? erally desired by house membels. j The 4 per cent, interest proposal probably will be accepted by the cora ! mittee. The secretary has impressed members with the necessity for \ prompt disposal of the bonds and the possibility of attaining this result by an increased rate. Only a most un j reasonable tax rate, it is agreed, can prevent a lively demand for the bonds at 4 per cent. The fact rtiat j they will be exempt from all savo ? federal taxation is in itself sufficient inducement to create a good market. One of the principal arguments ad j vanced for the secretary's plan is that it would protect the small investors. Surtaxes would not apply under the revenue bill now before the senate on Incomes of less than $5,000. Varla ; tions in war and excess profits taxes 'arc so great that it is difficult to pre? sent even a general idea of what rates might be collected through such sources. Calculations on super-tax returns, however, are easily mode. Under the proposed law, for instance, the su j pertax on $375,000 worth of bonds would be $250 and $500 on $500, 000 worth. Thus the holder of $375, ; 000 worth of 4 per cent, bonds would receive a net income of 3 15-16 per 'cent., while the holder of a^500,000 I allotment would receive 3 T-10 per cent. Members of both parties in the house are demanding the establtsh i ment of a definite bond marketing and retirement policy. j One of the chief objections to the secretary's plan urged at the capitol la that it proposed to leave the inves j tor largely subject to the whims of future congresses and the fortune*} of war. Representative Moore of Pennsyl? vania issued a statement today indi? cating his belief that Republicans would support authorization of the bonds unreservedly. "The disposition of congress for the present," he said, 'is to let the presi? dent have wliat he wants for the j purposes of the war. The adminis? tration believes it to be its bounden duty now to help the allies to the limit We are in the war, it is said. j and we can not back out. We must help sustain the allies as they go into winter quarters." MORE CANNED goods. Three Hundred Per Cent. Over the Amount in IUI?. Washington. Aug. 17.?Three hun? dred per cent, more canned and dried foods were put up in 33 States of the Union fhis year than In 11? 16, accord? ing to preliminary reports to the de? partment of agriculture. Unofficial reports coming from the 15 remain? ing States indicate similar increases. This is a record-breaking war in food conservation says the depart? ment statement today. Will Continue to Sink All I nccrtiftodl Hospital Ships. ! _ Madrid, Aug. IS.?Germany agreed to protect hospital ships from subma? rine attack provided there is s neu i tral commissioner on every ship to see that only sick and wounded are carried. The agreement Bras handed to the govern m? nl by the German attache. Normal Temperatures and Fair Weather. Washington, Aug. 1s Normal tem? peratures, with generali) fair weath? er Is the forecast for the South At? lantic and Gulf States for the com? ing week.