Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AMERICAN TANK teTKAMKR foi out with hihmvkixi: TllX HKR AMMUNITION OAVB OIT. Tuirtl Male Rcache* American Port ??m! Tetts TlirtlHug Ntory of Kai An Atlantic Port. Aug. 32.-?Tin Standard Oil tank steamer Campana. whoso captain and five of her navy gunner* were taken prisoners by a German submarine on August 1. sur? rendered to the U-boat but only be? cause she had not another shot to gre. The Campana's ammunition niter firing ISO shots, became exhausted. This was the story told by J. II. Ltruce. third mate of the Campnna. who* with forty other members of tic Campana's crew and eight gunners, arrived here todny on a Fronch steamship. The battle begun at 5 a. in. and was waged fur four hours at a rang* of betwcn I..TOO and 7,500 yards The U-boat tired 400 sho^i, only two of which bit the mark. The Cnmpana aevertheless was outranged by the two suns and one four-inch, the ot). er two inches, with which the sub? marine was irmed. The U-boat also Was fullly as speedy as the American Vessel. ' After the Csmpana hoisted the in? ternational signal of surrender her last shell gone, the submarine never tbelees continued to fire, Bruce said. and all hand* took to the boats. _ / ; The u-boat commander tlrst ap? proached th? boat commanded by Bruce, which bad aboard the Cam? pana's thirteen naval gunners, and ordered it alongside. He then went tO the lifeboat occupied by ( apt. Albert Oliver of the Campann and tpok him prlioner. Having room enough only for six additional men aboard his craft, the German skipper made only five of the gunners prisoner. Bruce said. Thes" Included the chief gunner and two petty officers. One of the gunners. Whose name was Miller, was included because he could speak German. The submarine was the U-2. Bruce d*|d not learn the commander's name. The Germans told him. he said, that he had first fired a torpedo at the Campana but it had missed, the pro? jectile apparently passing under the steamship. vs ' The Csmpana was sent to the bot? tom by bombs after her crew had been allowed to return and get their Per? sonal effects. Directions were given tp Bruce by the submarine command? ed bow to reach the nearest port, lb* told him at the same time that he Cheard wireless messages ex ttfred by two French war vessels fp the vicinity and warned him not to allow himself to be picked up by them. i"I am going to sink them," he Id. ? ? Bruce snd his n>en nevertheless ? k the chances, encountering a >rench warship after floating about in mil boats until ? o'clock that night, le warship took them aboard and inded them In France. Bruce said was told by an officer of the war ?. that he had heard a message from another French cruiser saying Spat It had sunk a German submarin? In the vicinity of the place where the Campana bad t>een sunk. Bruce shid It eras only a matter of con? jecture as to whether this was the submarine that attacked his vessel, hut If true he feared It meant that fjgpt. Oliver and his gunners had trashed. ?*When Capt. Oliver and the other tlaoners went below on the sub Mine." said Brucf. "they bid m l oodbye and the u-?>oat captain as i ured me they wotil I be treated a* I rtnoners of war and landed In a feu < syu at a German base, where the < Spain said they would be given !ery opportunity to send word ?houn their families. I was nllowed to ke a personal message from Capt liver to be delivered to his wife, i "The bluejackets with us were a 't ?? lot. When the last shell had gone they would have tackled th< tjeratans with their revolvers. It Would nave been a useless sacrifice ?f life, however, as the Gern-ans had us at their mercy. "The captain sali his Instructions giere to take all American Vunner fd captains of armed ships prison \. He sold, however, he was sorry t> United fltntes was In the war be? s?nne he hated to flgrit Americana ir f?e bud always found them friend" and good sports. Americans, he sal-: jvlll always fight to a finish. Ho ha I too use for the French or the Fir Iish though, especially the English j The captain sab! he had been on' a long time and had sunk n numh< > fit ships but did not name them, lb tdd of meeting n Oshlng vessel win a thought was English because Cie within the war seas, He fired r, whereupon the ship hoisted tV Ipanlsh flag. Ills shots hnd cripple er however, and she went down The u-'oat i i|>l i n, however, rrscimn the crew and pit fh in on nnothei Uv?u*.th ship the isat day. One of |h? WitniftToV Wai^unaccT aKfl ih6 cap? tain said ho treated him with the submarine'? surgical supplies." The names of the Runners taken prisoner! were: James Delaney, chief gunner's mate; William Miller, sea? man; Fred Jacobs, seaman; Ray Hoop, boatswain's mate; second class, and Charles Kline, gunner's mate. BARRFD FROM MAILS. The Musses Denounced by Rurlesou ? to Senat?'?Tin? JcCTersoniaii Also Scored. Washington, Aug. 22.?The Joffer soni in, a Thomson, (<ln.) magazine of which Thomas K. Watson is editor, anil The Masses, a Socialist magazine, published in New York, were de? nounced by Postmaster Genend Bur jleson In a communication to the sen late today as leaders in organized (propaganda to discourage enlistments, prevent subscription to the liberty i Loan and obstruct the draft law I Mr. Burleson declined to give more specific reason for barring The Mass !ee from tho mails, saying such infor? mation wiis incompatible with the j public interest. In response to the senate's resolution of inquiry, pre? sented by Benntor Hani wick, the i i postmaster general wrote to Chalr |inan lunkhead of tho postoftlce com , mittee saying: "From matter received by this de , partment from various sections of the .country I find that there Ih an organ 1 ixed propaganda to discredit and handicap In every way the govern? ment In the prosecution of this war with the clear and unmistakable purpaso of defeating the objects for whic'i the government is spending millions of dollars, and will probably be called upon to sacrifice thousands of lives. The publications forming ji part of this propaganda in many cases so guard their utterances as the ed? itors think will kej> them out of pris? on. They are nevertheless united in publishing tho same class of matter whether it be true or half true or wholly false, and are daily accom? plishing results clearly in violation of the espionage laws. Prominent amone these publications stand The Masse.?: and The Jeffersonian. Their respec? tive editors are leaders in the move? ment. Their writings and speeches are quoted with approval by the press of this character throughout th< country, as well as in circular mat? ter emanating from the same source "Publications of this class havr from week to weel: contended th.r. the so-called draft act recently pass? ed by congress is unconstitutional and under the pretense of legitimate ar? gument have actually discouraged en? listments, obstructed the execution o tne draft act and prevented subscrip? tion to the bonds issued to raise mon? ey to carry on the war." WILL FAY HKill PRICF. Food Administration to Give Over $: for Wltoat. Washington. Aug. 22.?The pric* "aid by the food administration fo the portion it buys of the 19IT wheat crop probably will exceed $! a bushel, it was learned today. Th< committee headed by Dr. H. A. Oar Held, which will recommend a price will submit its report early next week In recommending a price the com? mittee, it was said today, will tak Into conideratlon tho fact that pro ducers must receive enough to stimu Inte production next year and at the same time wll consider carefully wai conditions and the rights of the con sumer. In passing the food eontro hill congress set an arbitrary price o $2 on the 1918 wheat crop. Tho hope of the food administra? tion Is that the government pric? fixed will obtain in all private trans? actions throughout the year. MORF MIIFLI*S FOR SHIPS. Merchantmen Will he Supplied Will. More Ammunition. Washington, Aug. 23.?As a result of the official report that the ammu nltlon on tho American tanket Campana was exhausted In the light with a Cermnn submarine the shel ??upplies of merchantmen will h> doubled. The Campana wan no: captured until after her anununitio was gone. CJFKMAX SPY AH It F.ST I .l>. Man Captured in YiiginiTi With Note and Maps in Ills Pos-es-don. Richmond. Aug. 2.1.-?A man gi\in his name as William jP, Nain win MM arrested at I^ouisa, ad mitte? ?hat he is one of fourteen spies work ing in tbis country, according to tb polk Map#] charts and notes wer. found in his possession. When Sumter men get tO Prune hay will know that the home folk will not forget them and tl :'t the) will be alwnys ready anil willing t< do whatever they can for the com oit and well-being of these who are fighting their battles. e ?GALTEST. official notice of the amendments approver ry the surgeon gen? eral. Men of Locol Hoards arc Also Noti? fied Tlint They Have Heen RruRctl. Charleston, Auk. <m.?The new re? quirements governing the physical ex? aminations have been briefly and con? cisely sketched in a bulletin which has been received here by the loeal exemption board1'. This bulletin is the eighth of a scrierv of compilations which are to be SiMt Periodically to eaeh board. The bulletins consist of new rulings and information which tends to clear up doubtful points and is issued at the ofllce of Provost Marshal Genera! Crowder, at Washington. This present compilation, giving a coneise statement of the new require? ments for physical qualification, clears up a point which has not been definitely explained before. It is said that this is the first time that the re? quirements have been so clearly stated. The paragraph which dealt with thin runs as follows: "Tho surgeon general amends hir, regulations governing physical ex? aminations so as to authorize ac? ceptance of men sixty-one inches high, weighing not less than 110 pounds; sixty-two inches, same weight; sixty-three inches not less than 112 pounds. The surgeon general also authorized acceptance of men elxty-four inches high and over or less than standard weight provided underweight is due to temporary causes and can, in the opinion of the medical examiner, be reasonably ex? plained." In this same bulletin comes to the members who compose the exemption boards the first official notice that they are drafted for service just as effectively as are the men for the national army. The regulation govern? ing this ruling reads as follows: 'Under provision of section 6 of the selective service law, members of local boards are quite as effectively drafted for service ns such as are the soldiers who are being selected by them. Their responsibilities are no heavy that it is altogether well that this should be so, and It is well from another standpoint: The execution of the law cannot be delayed by . e fusals based on any but the most urgent reasons of necessity. The president will decline to aceept resignations except where they .un? accompanied by a specific statement of the fact supporting them and tht recommendation of the governor. Ex? cept In urgent cases resignations and recommendations should not be sent by telegram, since tho necessity for specification of reasons makes the telegram too long to be economical. In urgent cases, of course, end in the discretion of the governor, the telegram may be used. "The sacrifice that this onerous ami practically uncompensated service has imposed upon members of the board is fully realized. It has been borne with scarcely a complaint by 18,000 ->f the best citizens of the country. This record of sacrifice and eldciency stands as a remarkable and signifi? cant manifestation of substantial pa? triotism, for no more valuable ser? vice could have been rendered the nation In its attempt to organize for war." Another announcement. In the same bulletin is directed against the action of certain boards which, according to reports, are merely calling out their entire registration, finding those who claim no exemption, and getting enough by this method to certify the quota to the district boards. Of course, this is illegal, under the rules of the selective service law, because, ai the statement in the bulletin ob? serves, it virtually "permits volunteer? ing among registrants." Therefore, such boards are direct? ed to go through all the lists of ex cmptions, and Consider only so many as are necessary to furnish the quota after all claims for exemption are allowed or disallowed. However, those who do not cla.a exemption should be certified to the district board immediately so that by the date set for the first call, which will be for 10 per cent, of the quota, the dis? trict board will have sufficient name.' certified with them from each local board to meet this requirement. The all for the first 30 per cent, will b< nade during the first days in Septem? ber. The call for the second 80 pet ?ent, win be made on September 19, while a third call will be sent out on October I. The last call of II? per cent Will be made later. The proVOSl marshal general warns that "the lasl 10 per cent, must be selected with treat fare, to i>c sure thai no one in the whole (piota is sent for militar> duty while a selected person with an earlier order of obligation for mili tary service Is allowed to remain a' home." / The local hoards are doing their work thoroughly and in every way in accord with the regulations pre Too. scribed. Tn regard to "the "considera? tion just mentioned, the chairman of one of the boards located here said yesterday that he woald "be willing to work a day and more to save one man who should not go from being drafted." HACK FROM CAPITAL. Governor Manning Says War Depart? ment Will Solve Negro Troop Prob? lem. / - Columbia, Aug. 22.?"The troops from Porto Pico will not be quar? tered at Cat \p Jackson," Cov. Rich? ard 1 Manning said tonight on his re? turn from Washington, where he ap? peared together with other repre? sentative South Carolinians before the secretary of war. "The war department," continued the governor, "is giving earnest con? sideration to the problem of handling the negro troops. I am free to fjay that negro troops will be segregated from white troops in the same can i tonment so that both will be able to attain their highest degree of effi? ciency and discipline. "I am convinced that the war de? partment will solve the problem to the best interests of the nation with I due consideration of local condi tions." TROUBLE IN RUSSIA. Meeting of Extraordinary Council Ex? pected to Develop Conflict Between Factions. Petrograd, Aug. 23.?As the day approaches for the national "extraor? dinary" council the Moscow newspa? pers are Idled with speculation con? cerning expected dramatic events. The meeting threatens to develop into a conflict between the cabinet backed by the" Socialist left against tho Constitutional Democrats, Moscow business men and the deposed gen? erals. An open conflict is predicted unless an agreement is reached. ( *1 1 , NEW TROUBLES IN RUSSIA. i Washington Much Concerned Over Dispatches. Washington, Aug. 22.?Official dis? patches received from Russia within the last twenty-four hours are of such a character as to cause some concern over the situation there. They will not be made public, or discussed at this time by American officials, who regard them as indi? cating a condition with which the provisional government has to deal. Suggestions that the dispatches deal with tho possibility of the So? cialist element gaining an upper hand and forcing some consideration of peace out of harmony with Rus? sia's allies, or some new under cur? rent seeking to undermine Premier Kerensky, meet tho reply that the dispatches cannot be discussed or made public. It is known, however, that they refer to no physical event such as would be suppressed by the censor? ship at Petrograd, but rather are an estimate of political conditions. Tho extent of German intrigue in Russia is well known, and the sub? ject matter of the dispatch, it is be? lieved, is connected with that. MARE ISLAND REPORT IN. Nuval Board Investigating Explosion Forwards Documents. Washington, Aug. 22.?The report of the naval board which investigat? ed the recent fatal magazine explo? sion at Mare Island Navy Yard, has reached the navy department and its substance probably will be made pub? lic after examination. There has been no intimation as to whether the board found that the explosion was set off by a time fuse as has been reported. It was what he denounced as the false and libelous charge of the Navy League headquarters that investigation of this report has been blocked by labor interests that caused Secretary Dan? iels to order severed all unofficial con nection between the league and the navy. TAXING INCOMES FROM ONE TO SIXTY-FIYE PER CENT. Senate Seems Bent on Making Rich Pay Cost of the War. Washington, Aug. 28.?The ques? tion of making war profits and mil? lionaire's incomes pay the bulk of the cost of war has engrossed the senate. Although yesterday's amend? ment ran up millionaires' Incomes to sixty-seven per cent, Senator La Pollette's proposals for a still higher tax are supported by many senators. " At Home." Miss Bess Hood was at home Wed? nesday morning In honor of her /-.nest. Miss Anne Carroll. The guests busied themselves with handwork and conversatloni whtye later sandwiches and tea were served out of town visitors were; Miss Anne Carroll of BennettsVllle, Misse Rmma Hope and Polly Parker, of Rock Hill. I . i embargo ox sclttitr. United States Will Ship No More to Canada. Washington, Aug. 23.?An embargo has been placed on exports of sul? phur to Canada so that the United States supply for war needs shall not be depleted. The Canadian v oi d pulp mills furnishing supplies f>r three-fourths of the news print pa? per used in the United States will be seriously affected. TROOPS FOR CHARLOTTE. Washington, Aug. 23.?It is indi? cated at the war department that the Forty-first National Guard division, composed of Northwestern troops, will be sent to Charlotte, N. C, for training. The cantonment at Polo Alto, Cal., has been abandoned because the local health authorities insist on the sew? erage system which the government considered unnecessary. McAlester, Okia., Aug. 22.?At the conclusion of preliminary hearings of anti-draft rioters here today, 14 0 m?n were held to the federal grand jury from Seminole and Hughes Counting and twenty-one cases from PittsbUTg county were allowed to go over thirty days. Honds for some prisoners were fixed as high as $ If*,000. A Word to Our Germans. (By Charles J. Kosebault of The Vigilantes.) Before feeling runs too high for sober thought let us sit down and reason quietly. Just now we are en? joying a moment of calm. The great majortiy of Americans are leaving to Washington the ordering of events. Their blood courses calmly in their veins. It will not remain so long When the news of wounds and death among the loved ones at the front fills the cables then there will no longer be apathy in American homes. People will not smile when they see unfolded in the street car? the pages of "Viereck's Weekly*' 01 the German language papers, decrying America and praising the Hinden burgs. Passion will be in the as? cendant And German will not be popular on the highways. Will it nol be well then to arrive at the momen? tous decision, which must be made sooner or later, while there is still time to do so? The good or i'l will of the American people for geneiations to come hang; in the balance. Prior to the event.' of 1911 the sentiments of American! towards persons of German birth 01 extraction WM decidedly friendly. Ir fact, none of the nationalities thai have sought our shores was so wel? come as the German. Even the inva? sion of Belgium, which aroused sucr intense feeling among Americans, did not immediately affect sentiment to? wards Germans domiciled in the United States. Had they not left the 'fatherland largely because Its control was in the hands of the military party, to whom alone could be im? puted such disregard for the right* of a weaker nation? Only when the German language press and so-called spokesmen of Germans and German Americans in this country applauded the acts of the Prussian military ma? chine did Americans generally begin to doubt the assimilation of their neighbors of Teutonic extraction. Even now, however, the American mind is not fully settled. Americans are by nature sentimental, and sym? pathy for the mental struggles of the German here has deterred many from antagonism. Their wrath is only deferred, however, if the attitude of these Germans continues to be fairly represented by the Staats-Zei tungs and German Herolds, the Hearsts and the Vierecks. Again, I suggest, let us reason out the situation in calmness. Why did Germans come to America? Either because conditions at home were not to their liking or because they expect? ed to find here opportunities denied them at home. Did they lind the re? sults they had anticipated? The facts speak for themselves. Millions of Germans and descendants of Germans are citizens of these United States. Even the prosperous ones have not returned to Germany What then of the future? Is it to Germany or to this country that they will look for happiness and prosperity? The insidious propaganda of the German language press has doubtless eloudod the issues. Hut stop to think dispassionately of these would-be moulders of German opinion. Is it not patent that they are working only with selfish purpose? The German language press of this country was dying of neglect when the war came to revive Its hopes. We will not dis? cuss the money frankly poured into the counting rooms from abroad That alone would have have made new readers. But the cunning sug? gestion that Germans In this country and Americans of German descent were unpopular was more successful It was not true then, but the un American behavior of these papers went a long way towards making it true It remains for the Germans and the German-Americans to say for .MALARIA Fire or tfz ?om wil if Uken theo at ? tonic the return. It.act! on the Heer Calomel end does.OOt tripe or ei whether i\ shall be entirely true There is still time to revive the old good will. Not very much time, how? ever. The whole problem rests upon their conclusion as to whether they are for America first or Geruiany first. Our president has held out the hand of friendly welcome to all who would be loyal Americans. Let them not hesitate too long, lest that wel? come grow cold. Let us ponder well the conse? quences. Are they contemplating be I coming subjects of the Kaiser? The i latter has cunningly tried to make it I possible, through his law of dual nationality, to permit them to be both Germans and Americans, with the accent, of course, on the former; but America will have none of that. A choice must be made. For thoae who are resolved to con? tinue in this country there can be only one conclusion. They will have jto face their neighbors through many I tomorrows. And the sentiments of ' those neighbors, as they will be evolved from the bloody events that will soon be upon us, will be the sen? timents of the children of those neighbors towards their children. Aye, and cf those children's children through the long years to come. Shall there be ostracism of the German blood in this land? Shall we witness the boycott of German busi i ness and German workers through many generations? Heaven forbid . that we be thus divided, one against the other. This awful war should not be , made more terrible by internecine 1 strife. It can be made the means of i welding torether the many divergent elements into one great nation. Never . was there an e<iual opportunity for . operating the Melting Pot to good , purpose. A real American nation is . struggling in the throes of birth. It . depends largely upon our German cii , izens whether they be represented in t the result. Will they be guided by , the Hearsts, the Vierecks and the , Ridders, who thrive upon unrest, or I by their own sturdy common sense? MISSIONARY UNION PICNIC. . Congregations of Six Churches to , Meet at Brick Church. The program for the lirst mid i pummer picnic of the Black River t Missionary Union is out, and shows ? a feast of good things for the peo ? pie of the six churches, Concord, ? New Harmony, Brewington, Midway. I Sardinia and Salem. The members of these churches l have forty odd acres of cot?on plant ' ed for the cause, viz: the support of I Henry Lide Reaves in China, and eventually it is hoped to have 60 acres of crop to support a foreign 1 n. -sionary from each of thl con ' ?Utoant churches. The reports from the.^e acres a month ago when plans were oeing leid for a series of picnics, were very encouraging. There has been much improvement since and some aettr iciation, but on the who'e the out? look is lor a good crop. The program follows: President, Mr. E. R. Piowdeu pre? siding. Speaking begins at 11 x. m shai p. Doxology by congregation. Prayer by Mr. Workman. Song. Scripture reading. Song. Speaker, Mr. Luther McCutchen. Song. Speaker, Mr. John Bradley, or Dr. J. O. Revis. Prayer. Special music. Lunch. 2 P. M.?Song. Prayer and Scripture reading. Address by Dr. Revis or Vr. Wil p kinson. Song. Address by Mr. John Bradley. Address by Mr. I^egters. Special music?Collection. Closing Song?"God be with you 'till we meet again." B. M. McElveen, Secretary B. R. M. U. ammamaaaamaaaaammammmm"?!??PPS^IHH RAISE Mt LEs?i have purchased a fine Jack, and will stand him at Ellerbe's Mill. Fee. $15 to insure C. A. Ellerhe, Rembert, S. C. FOR SALE?Registered Aberdeen AngUR bull, four years old, tubercu? lar teste*!, wdhout fault or blemish C. P. Ostecn. Sumter. S. C. RUB-MY-TI5M Will euro youv Rheumatism, NturalgUt, Headaches, Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Hums, Ohl Bent) Stings of Insect*', Bet Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally aud externally, fug. ffc