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YOUNG MEN DRIFTED. ILA!? t WILL rCHNlSll MI N POR ARMY. Selective l>r*ft Plan Now In Op m WRI Call to ibe C olors Only The Men Who are w ithout I>op??od Kamlltc* and Aro Not Needed in Industrie*. n. Jnn. 3.?All men for wmt armies still to be raised by United States will come from Okas 1. under the new neleetive ser W04 plon That means the nation s fighting Is to be done by young men Without families dependent upon their labor for support and unskilled in r*sejs**ty industries or agricultural work Provost Marshal Oeneral Crowder ennouaces the new policy in an ex? haustive report upon the operation df like selective draft law. submitted teAay to Secretary Raker and sent to cottgross He says Class 1 should provide men for all military needs Of the countr\ a od to accomplish that dfcfect he urges amendment of the draft law so as to provide that all men whof have reached their 21st t Orth day since June 5, 1917, shall he required to realster for classifica? tion. Also in the Interest of fair dis? tribution of the military burden he UTopoaea that the quotas of States of districts bs determined hereafter on tffe beets of the number of men in OlsSs 1 and not upon population. Available figures indicate, tho re pert say*, that there are 1.000.000 phtatcislly and otherwise qualified men under the present reflation woo wtU be found In Class 1 when AU questionnaires have been returned aad the classification period ends Feb ?y 15. To this the extension of lation to men becoming 21 since ? 0 of last year and thereafter fflll add 700,000 effective men a year. "' Class 1 comprises: Single men with? out dependent relatives; married men Who have habitually failed to support rhelr families; married men who are dependent upon wives for support; rien not usefully engaged and whose femllle* are supported by income in dependent of their labor; unskilled Jltfn laborers; uoskflled Industrial la Sfers; registrants by or in* respect ol ore. no deferred classification la fated or made; registrants who fail ig submit questionnaires and In re bpeet of whom no deferred classifica? tion Is claimed or made; and all reg teimnt* not Including any other dl vision of the schedule. Narrowed down on the analysis ot the first draft made In the report, the place* upon unattached single Pish ahd married men with Independ? ent ir.eomes most of the weight ol W:llar% duty, for the aggregate num * sort of men In other divisions of HAsh 1 Is very small. tfeneral Crowder finds that the irret draft surpassed the highest oxpec tlon of friends of the selective ser He pays high tribute not onlv the thousands of civilians who Serve ongrudgtng service to making thb plan a success, but also to the ffffh patriotism of the American peo? ple as a whole. "At the president's call," he said "all ranks of the sat ion. reluctantly entering the war. nevertheless in? stantly responded to the first call of the nation with a vigorous and un? selfish cooperation that submerged all la-dividual Interests in a single endeav? or toward the consummation of the national task. I take It that no great national project was ever attempted gjth so complete a reliance upon the voluntary cooperation of citlsens for IIS execution. Certainly no such bur eUasome and aacirflcial statue ha 1 ?JV^r before been executed without a great heirarchy of officials. This law has been administered by cHllians whose official relation lies on y la neeew*ary powers with which tlr?y are vested l>\ the president's designation of them to perform the du .ies that are laid upon th* ru. Tho\ ha-'e accomplished the task. They made some MkSsVfceeV The gystSUI of ttr* room for Improvement. 'Put the great things they were called upon (0 do they have done. The vaunted efficiency of absolution of which the Q er man empire stands as th rgn offer nothing to romp ir e with It It remains the ultimate test and proof sf the Intrinsic political Idea upon which American ins? itut Ioms of dem eer*ey and self-government have b*en based." Analysing the first dra/t. fJeuOial Crowder shows that 9 lli,|fi aotSJSCS the ages of 21 and 31 years registered V$ to late In DoOOBsbSf only |,gff rests had been made of those sjrfce have sought to evade rc;;is n tlon and of that number 2,2*3 were reb ?s, i after having registered and her? re main only ?.o9."> rases to bs pfggttttl ?M The report declare* thi't In |M filial analysis of the recordH it will be ?ho'vn that onlv 0.000 2S per cent, of th* men within draft age evaded regi? stration. General Byng's tnnks are not like thwie th^t get their fuel tbrrugh the Sautes* office ?IsUMOsSef News. _,- II I I ?? I ? I ?^^^^ 1 FEARS MENINGITIS EPIDEMIC. HUNK APPltFHFNSlVK 1)1* Si*It FAD OF DISKASi;. IHaths ami Cases at Five Different I'ukoh?Five More Dead at Camp ?Health O nicer?* Want Cultures of All Soldicr*? Mode at C'antoaiucut (Hospital. Columbia, Jan. 4.?Five deaths from men ngitls reported yesterday at Camp Jackson, the appearance of the disease at live different points in! tbf state, some of which has been traced dirretly to workmen employed t at cantonments, caused a somewhat apprehensive statement by Dr. James A. Hayne, secretary of the State board of health. The State board of health officer exp.-essed to the St kit 3 Cou icil of Defense the belief that a general epidemic is likely to develop over the state and a resolution was adopted by the council to memoriali/?- tho leg? islature to provide funds at once to combat tho contagion Dr. Hayne s opinion is that, although officers at Camp Jackson have lifted tho quar? antine, no soldier should be allowed to come to Columbia unless he has fhst been cultured to determine If he is a carrier. The same opinion is held by Dr. Skottowe B. Fishburne, city health officer. Dr. Hayne has called on the public health depart? ment in Washington for the assist? ance of an expert in handling the sit? uation. Informat on has been received at the State health office from five points telling of new cases and deaths from meningitis. Two of these are at Oroer. One death and one case are reported from Society Hill. One pa? tient died in Darlington and three carriers there are under quarantine. One death is reported from Estil and a case has developed at Hopkins, Bichland county. No new cases have developed in Columbia Quarantine wast lifted in Columbia yesterday on the last carrier. This was the wife of an officer. The officer made application for a furlough < hnstmas, when the quarantine was still on. When a culture was taken he was found to be a carrier. It later devoloped that his wife was a carrier also. The wife of another of? ficer from the supposedly free unlta at Camp Jackson WSJ also undet quarantine for a brief period last week, when her husband v.as found ' to be a carrier. No cultures are now teing made of men from tho sup? posedly free areas at the canton? ment and this is the contention be? tween city and State health officers and officers at Camp Jackson. Dr. Hayne emphasized that thou? sands of young men and young wo? men will be traveling back to col? leges within the next few days and crowded trains afford splendid oppor? tunity for transmission of tho germs. The statement from Dr. Hayne yes? terday upon his return from Atlanta reads: "On Sunday. December 30, the State health officer left for Greenville, ow? ing to the death of his grandaunt Mrs. Bufus K. Porter, wife of the former pastor of the Central Presby? terian church of Atlanta, her husband hnving been dead BO years. The re? mains were taken to Atlanta and bur? led hy her husband. The health of? ficer saw in The State of Monday tha' the quarantine had been lifted from Camp Jackson, this being the fl at Intimation he had of lifting the quar? antine, although being in his olhee up to late Saturday afternoon, Decem? ber 20. On his return to the office on January 3, he found the following letter from MaJ. Adna B Chaffee, ad? jutant and acting chief of staff of the Eighty-first Division at Camp Jackson. " 'The commanding general directs me to Inform you that effective Sun? day, tho 30th instant, on the recom? mendation of the division surgeon, he intend* to raise tho quarantine now in force at Camp Jackson. In doing this, he will see that men from any Infested eXM In the camp are kept in Strict quarantine, and are not al? lowed to lca\e the area. Men from ire.is not ' under quarantine in the ramp will be given passes to visit 'he city at first only in such numbers as will not cause unnecessary excite? ment in the city of Columbia. This notification is sent you In accordance with the last paragraph of the 0001? mandlng general's letter dated Decem? ber 2?. 1017. The city heatlh author? ities have I.e. M notified accordingly.* "This letter. Anted December did not reach the office of the State board 0| health until Deecmher ;', 1. There was no consulatlon between the State health officer and Col. Kent Nelson, division surgeon, in regard im lifting the quarantine. The stat?> health OtBttf was acting under in Btruetlons from the eaeentlVf com? mittee of the State bnnrd of health which heM i Join! session with Brig, Oen. ChaJrles if. Barth, temporary commander Of Camp Jackson, nnd Colonel Nelson, chief surgeon. There it wan agreed, al the roejeat of den em! Barth, that quarantine Orden were to come from the samp and not POWER OF COMMANDER. RETURN OF FLETCHER AND Si BERT FURNISHES PROOF. I Vice Admiral Sims Feels That Ren? Admiral Wilson is Better Equipped for Post. Washington, Jan. 4.?Further proo of the sweeping character of the pow ers vested in the commanders in chic Of the American naval and militar> forces in Europe has been disclose in connection with the. return to thu. country for duty of Rear Admir.i. William B. Fletcher, former head o I the naval department in French waters, and Maj. Gen. William L. Si bert, who commanded the first Ameri can troops sent to France. Confirmation was given today u reports that Admiral Fletcher had been replaced by Rear Admiral Wil son because Vice Admiral Sims felt that the latter officer was better fit ted for the particular duties imposed by the post. Similiarly, it is ur. derstood, although there was no for? mal announcement from the war de partment, that the return of Genera Sibert was due to General Pershing'.' conclusion that the arduous task o training a division in France coul be performed better by another olli cer. The fact that Admiral Fletche.-' return to await assignment to dut.* probably as commandant of an in; portant navy yard, coincided wit) publication of the reports that In vcstlgatlon of the loss of the America army transport Antilles with 67 live foreshadowed a naval shake up, le: to the direct connection of these tw^ incidents. It was explained official! today, however, that the decision t replace Admiral Fletcher had bee made by Admiral Sims prior to th sinking of the transport. The quo* tion revived by Admiral Sims in read ing his decision, it is understood, ha> to do with the use made of the limit i od number of destroyers or othe? craft assigned to convoy work. Th number has been greatly increased re i cently. Both the war and navy dc partments face the necessity of form ing a policy to be followed with re latlon to publication of the names 0 officers who may be relieved from re i monsible posts for the good of th service. The question is said to be a delicat 1 one because the officers- involved ma\ have proved useful for only a ver? special and limited class of duties It is indicated that where there i direct evidence of culpability thor i will be no hesitation in publishim names and such circumstances a military considerations will permit. There is no case now befor-.i eith er department that warrants* such ac I tion, it is said. The decisions of the commando1 abroad on all instances of the send ing homo of officers under their com mand is absolute and will not bo que* tioned here unless some gross mis i carriage of justice or misuse of pow< ll disclosed. FIGHT NEAR CAMRRAI. Skirmish Resulted in No Materh Change in Lino. London, Jan. 4.? Local flghtln took place yesterday afternoon on th Cambrai front in the neighborhood o the canal Dunord. without produc ing material change in the situatioi the war office reported. The repor said the British advanced their lim [slightly during the night south of ' I^ens. I from the city or State board of health The State board of health agreed t? this proposition and General Barth is sued an order, which was not to b modified, except after consultation be tween the State health officer an< military Officers at Camp Jackson. "The State health officer has fron ' time to time consulted with the medi j cal officers at Camp Jackson. He wa at Camp Jaekeon December 27 an< I no intimation was thon made to hin that the quaranine would bo lifted He was at the camp with Dr. French Simpson, who has charge of the flv mile zone jabout the cantonment. i "It is the opinion of the Stat health officer that all that moder medical science can suggest is beln I done by medical officers at Cami Jackson to limit the number of case lor meningitis. But he feels that th* I epidemic oan tick be said to lie un der control when it has averaged tw new cases a day. There have been 1 new oaees and eight deaths since th< quarantine has been lifted. "The danger to the public con Hints in close contact with carrier; The medical officers at the cam* should assure the public that no car rlers are allowed to come to Colum bta, If tiny oan not do this, the are taking a chance In allowing sol dlers to visit Columbia. ?*We are watching the situatioi with ;i great deal of Interest, beoa.ua of rases ariHUUT from contact witl laborers and soldiers from Camj .i icksoii In \ irlous parts of the Bl <io.* INCOME TAX hETURKS. WHO IS LIABLE AND AMOUNT Of TAX. tetruna Must Be Made Between Jan? uary 1st And March 1st. Washington, Jan. 2.?The great .isk ot gathering income tax unu excess proflte returne began with ttv new year. Every unmarried person earnin. uore than $1,000 during the last yeai ? nd every married person or head o t family who made more than ^.OOu must hie with the internal revenut oliector of his district a report an^ .ime between Jan. 1 and March i ,ie will be notified before June Do. .he tax due, and payment will b Jue by Juno 15. The government expects' to re eive $1,201,000,000 from inconu axes bofore July 1, including $666, 700,000 from individuals and $535, J00.000 from corporation:. This i .ore than one-third of the $3,400. 00,000 estimated receipts under th. war revenue act passed by congrcs 4 the last session. From excess profits taxes, the gov? ernment expects to realize about $1, J20,000,000 before July 1. The rate of tax for a married nan or the head of a family is 2 pei ?.ent on the amount of. his net in omc exceeding $2,000, but less thai J-4,000, and 4 per cent on the amount >f his net income above $4,000 but ess than $5,000. An unmarried per? ron not the head of a family wib aay 2 per cent on tho amount of net nconie above $1,000 but less thai. 1*3,000, and 4 per cent on the net In I ome above $3,000 but less than $5, ,000. 1 An extra levy, or surtax, in addi ion to the normal tax, is imposed oi ; .ncomes above $5,000, so that tht ?.mount of income between $5,00 ind $7,500 is subject to a total in I . ome tax, including both normal am xtra, of 5 per cent; and between $7, LoO and $10,000, 6 per cent. The sur ax further increases with higher in :omes, so that amounts of $1,000,00' I .re taxable at 65 per cent, with on, >er cent, additional for each hal: Million up to two million dollars. Ah I ncomes over the latter amount ar taxable at 67 per cent. Typical income tax levies- on head j jf families are as follows: Income o. ? -,000, tax is $16; income of $3,00u t ax is $20; income of $3,500, tax i ISO; income of $4,000, tax is $40; In ?ome of $4,500, tax is $60; income u [..000, tax is $80. Unmarried persons would pay ii Ins way. Income of $1,500, tax U *i0; income of $2,000, tax is $20; acome of $2,500, tax la $30; incom )f $3,000, tax is $40; income of $3, j 00, tax is $60; Income of $4,000, tax a $80; income of $4,500, tax is $10u acome of $5,000, tax is $120. Taxe? may be paid in four install ents between now and Juno 15, h his arrangement is preferred, bu he treasury will open a determine* ampaign soon to encourage person: 0 pay their tax in full immediately ind receive interest on tho advano payment. A small army of accountants, es ecially trained for the work it. < hools conducted by district collec ors for the past two weoks, will g< ato the field beginning Wednesday to issitft persons in filing their returns nd will travel on pre-arrangod itiner tries for a month or more. In ad ition, federal agricultural agents. >.nd representatives of State and ounty Councils of National Defense have enlisted in tho campaign of ed ication. By this extensive campaign >f education, Internal Revenue Com uissioner Roper hopes to eliminate die chances of failure to file return hrough ignorance of the require aients. In fact, officials in charge of the ax gathering machine expect t; llminate the usual grudging spirit )f taxpayers. They have called thi. "Liberty Tax," because its pro? ceeds go to the same war cause as tin liberty Bond issues, and every effort vlll be made to encourage the spirit ?f willing giving among those on whom the tax falls. About 7,000,000 persons will pa) ?ncome taxes, it is estimated, and mos vlll be subject to a direct federal ta\ or the first time, for less than 500, ?00 paid income taxes last year Under he old law. Tax return forms have ?een made as simple as possible, those or incomes of less than $3,000 being specially free from technical features ?r inquisitorial items. Corporations will pay Income (axes ilso, but on a different basis. Their et income is subject to a tax of 6 >er cent, under the new war revenue ? ct, and certain technical deduction! ire allowed. Corporation returns an lue between January i and Match l or the calendar year 1917, and com* innles operating on a fiscal year ba? ds must report within 60 days after be end of the fiscal year. Beginning January 1st. excess rofltS returns lor the year 1017 will ie received from corporations, part lOl'Shlps and individuals. Tim last *'0-BELLK;ERENts NOT AGREED WITH THAT POLICY. ?om?ieerlng Attitude Not Approved I by Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria_ Delegate* Also Disagree. Petrograd. Jan. 4.-Disclosure of details of the Brest-Lttovek peace ne? gotiations makes it clear that Ger? many assumed a domineering atti? tude, while Austria, Bulgaria and Tur ey were very conciliatory and dis igreed with the German position. There were differences also among he German delegates. Foreign Minis er von Kuehlmann and General Hoff? mann clashed only during the general I meetings. Germany posed constantly as a conqueror, while her three allies showed eagerness for peace and a dis? position to compromise. A statement issued by the Bolshe? vik! emphasizes the fact that the ene? my delegations now in Petrograd ha*? no diplomatic standing and are here merely to arrange details growing out of the armistice, such as the ex? change of prisoners and the resump? tion of postal service. NEVADA'S NEW SENATOR. diaries Bclknap Henderson Named to Succeed Late Francis G. Newlands Reno. New, Jan. 4.?Charies Beik nap Henderson, banker and attorney at Elko, New, was appointed United States senator from Nevada to flit he vacancy caused by the death of Prancis G. Newlands, by Gevernoi Boyle. The appointment is ad inter? im, extending till the general elction in November. At that time the unexpired term of Senator Newlands will be filled by popular vote. Senator Henderson's credentials will be prepared at once and he will leave for Washington as soon as possible. Mr. Henderson was born in San Jose, Cal., June 8, 1874. In addition o banking interests in Nevada, Mr. Henderson has large holdings in ranching and live stock corporations. He is a grandson of Former Governor Bradley of Nevada and a Spanish War veteran. Washington, Jan. 4.?Director Gen? eral McAdoo and the heads of the railroad brotherhoods today agreed on plan for threshing out all wage and labor disputes while the govern? ment oper noita foaril mfwypm mbY ment operations of railroads prevails. Washington, Jan. 4.?The establish? ment of a department of munitions under a new cabinet head to be known as the secretary of munitions is proposed in a bill introduced today by Senator Chamberlain, as the re? sult of the senate military commit? tee's investigation of war operations. late for the Illing of these is March I, the same as on income returns, and payment must be made also before June 15, except under the fiscal year arrangement. Individuals making more than $6, 000 during the year also are subject *.o an 8 per cent, tax on their in? come above that amount, independent of the regular income taxes. This 8 per cent, levy is imposed on individ? uals with no capital, or with only nominal capital, such as professional men with money invested in books, dentist and phyisicians' instruments, or other equipment. Another Wnd of tax is laid on ex? cess profits of business having in? vested capital. On this basis, taxes on net incomes or profits in excess of certain deductions are at the rate ot 20 per cent, of the amount of net in? come in excess of the deduction and not in excess of IB per cent, on the invested capital, 25 per cent, on the amount in excess of 15 per cent, and not in excess of 20 per ent.; 35 per cent, on the amount in excess of 20 per cent, and not in excess of 25 per cent.; 4 0 per cent, on the amount in excess of 25 per contend not in exces> of 33 per cent; and 60 per cent, on the amount in excess of 33 per cent. Before tax is levied on excess pro fits, for 1917, a business is permit? ted to make the same percentage of profit on its invested capital that, it made on its invested capital during 1911. 1912. and Itll, the so-called "pre-war" period, providing this is not more than nine percent, and $3,000 additional for a corporation of $6,000 for a partnership or indi? vidual. These are the deductions ? hieb are not taxable. Definitions of terms. particularly the items making up "invested capi? tal." havo been made in a number Of recent regulations issued by Com? missioner Uoper. Kxeoss profits taSSS end income taxes may be imposed on the same earnings, if they are sufficiently high. The law specifies, hv.vever. that the amount of tax payable under the ex? cess prolits provision may be de? ducted from gross Income, before de? termining the net income on which income taxes are paid. COAL PROSPECTS GLOOMY. NO IMPROVEMENT IN SITUA? TION. SAYS ADMINIS? TRATOR. Mi*. Oos-sett Issues SUiU'mcnt Explain? ing Conditions ami Urging- Economy in Use of Fuel. Anderson, Jan. 3.- -Upon his return from the coal fields of Tennessee, B. B. Gossett, fuel administrator for South Carolina, gavu out the follow? ing statement: "The coal situation shows no im? provement and the outlook for the immediate future is not encouraging. Tho trouble seems to be mainly a transportation probi m. The railroads are only furnishing vhe mines of East Tennessee about 60 ?er cent, of their normal car supply ? id an average of approximately 15 per cent, of the coal loaded is used for railroad fuel. Tho balance is not sufficient to take care of the normal requirements of indus? tries, domestic containers, etc., let alone the many mumtion plants, army cantonments and other government industries, which, <>?' course, must be supplied. j "Eevn with the reduced number of cars being loaded the railroads are unable to move con" with anything like reasonable dtsp tch. In point of fact, hundreds of cv.rs of coal have been tied up at various junctionol points and on sidings in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia for the past several weeks due U embargoes, lack of motive power on the part of the railroads and for var ious other causes, ' The railroads* are daily complain? ing to this office of unnecessary and useless delays in l?:e unloading of coal in this State. Likewise a fenr con? sumers complain that the railroads are slow to move ca.a from chutes or sidings after they are unloaded. "It is earnestly he >ed that the pub I He will do their pt^rt in this matter I by promptly unload; ig all coal cars and by notifying this office of any delay on the part of the railroads in moving cars after they are unloaded, i "The fullest possible coopera? tion is necessary on the part of all ' the people of South Carolina and as soon as the weathe- moderates, it la up to every community to lay in a supply of emergency wood. The little wood that is available in most sec? tions of the State is selling at ex? orbitant puces, w. ich can not be overcome except th ough he estab? lishment of municipal wood yards. Wood for these yards should prefera? bly be cut and hauled by convict la? bor, but if this is not possible teams of patriotic citizens should be or* ganized for this pun ose. "It would he nothing short of a crime to permit the /omen and chil? dren to suffer for lac',; of fuel so long as there are enough ablebodied men in this State to wieh. an axe. Wood thus accumulated sh- uld be sold at absolute cost, especiady to the poor. "This office is d< ng everything within its power to r lieve the situa? tion and will continue' to do so, but the people must understand that the outlook is gloomy, and that it is up to every patriotic citizen in South Carolina to do his bit "To relievo critical conditions this office has been diverting carloads of coal during the past few days from industrial plants, es ?ecially cotton mills, licoated in diffe ent sections of the State. The cars diverted have been for cities an. municipalities where conditions ha . e been most acute. The fuel adm.r strator real? izes Uie diversion of coed from indus? trial plants is a sericus matter and should only be done in extreme cases. It will be his effort not to take a large amount of coal from any single concern or industry, but it is his pur? pose to protect the home* in severe weather even if it is necessary to tem? porarily close down in- istries. "The dealers, mui i pal i ties and others calling upon the fuel adminis? trator to divert coal for them should bear in mind the fact that the closing of industrial plants frill work hard? ships on thousands of people, who might be thrown out oi employment. For this reason, they are asked to weigh carefully conditions that exist with them and conditio s that might be brought about with rhe industrial plans before deciding too make re? quisitions on the fuel administrator for diversions of coal." ITTTTY THOUSAND 6LACKKltS. Provost Marshal Gener.,1 Estimates Number Who Escape ! Draft. Washington, Jan. 4.?That there are fifty thousand real slackers in the United States is Provost Marshal Gen? eral Crowder's estimate in his .re? port to Secretary Baker. His calcu? lation supposes that ten ''ien in each registration district have escaped ser? vice without being caught. Only a few more than sixteen thousand had been identified and about two thou? sand have been prosecute*!. The re? port shows that 928 Germans of draft have been accepted for service in the National Army.