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TWK SVMTFK WAffHMAV. K?teib Ooe solid ated Aur. ?,1 ATTACK <. FRMAN CUV IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. Large Fire Started In Factories Near Hallway?Hun Machines Brought London. Jan. 14?A auc/rersiful day? light air rmid his been made on Karlsruhe, according to a British official communication issued to night. The test of the statement says: "Today our squadrons carried out a most successful raid intu Germany gl broad daylight, their objectives being the railway station and muni- | tion factories at Karlsruhe. One and j a quarter ton? of bombs were drop? ped with excellent results. Bursts srre observed an buildings and sid- 1 Inge of the main railway Junction in ' the ct??tor of the town, on railway workshops and u smaller Junction in the tessn. "Observers report that a very large Are was started in factories alongside the railway, which was continued by 1 photographs taken after the raid. "The anti-aircraft Are was vorv heavy and accurate over the objectives j and several hostile machines attack-1 ed our formation without success. All our airplanes reached their objective , and returned safely. "Bombing and attacks with ma- ' chine gun tire from low altitudes were 1 carried out Incessantly Sunday. More | than 400 bombs were dropped on a . j large ammunition dump near Koulers and on hostile billets, butments and railway junction. "A party of the enemy engaged In extinguishing a large fire attacked by machine Are was scattered and the fire was left to burn at will. "In combats seven hostile machines were driven down out of control. An? other woe forced to land intact be? hind our lines by antt-alrcraft Are; ' the pilot was captured. Three of our machines are missing. "During Sunday night our night flying machines dropped bombs on Koulers and Mennig. All returned ?Vtdjr." i?m Karlsruhe, which is the capital of Orund Duchey of Baden, several times has received visitation from allied airmen. It la situated about 50 miles from the French border and has a! population of between 75.000 and 100, I Hi, vmnvtsa at yekdvx again ! ?eavjr Artillery Thundredlng on War Torn. Front. Parla Jan. 15.?Violent artille:/ nghting on the Verdun front is report ed in today's official communication In Alsace French patrols captured ? number of prisoners, Flsewhern the' night was calm. IT \ I.I ans on OFFKNsiVF. shsreesefnl Attack Made on I h< Northern Front. ROSAU, Jan. 15.?By an attack In Monte Asolone region on the northern front the Italluns have gained con? siderable advantages and are inflict? ing heavy losses on the enemy, the war office announces. (il.RM \ NS INFLICT LOSS. Berlin. .1 in. 15.-Italian attacks or> the Teutonic lines In tb<- .Monte Aso. lone and Mont? PeftlCU positions %? terdfcy broke down v ith heavy lossi*. the annv headijiititters announced to? day RKIM-II \f AK I NIGHT HMD. Ix>ndon. Jan ID.?A strong hostile raid northeast of Annentier? s yester? day was repulsed, the war office re? ports Purin* last night German trent hes north of bugs were raided bv the British who captured prisoners end machine guns. Otherwise thme Is nothing to report tod .v *T<M K \l\ltKI I I VCITLD. Sro?kn |)iop|Kd When Fuel Order Be? come Known. \rw York, Jan 17.?Stocks drop? ped from fractions to over three points ut tli.? opening of the niail . i today, reflecting the attitude of \\.,|| street toward the fuel administration s .iM.Mtl orders I IM \M> s INDF.FF.NDI7NCF. At - KNOWI/I DGI l> Swiss Republic Formally Kc?sneni/es So rr rc I go t> of t IiuiImIi Republic. Derne. Jan. 17?Swiss government hes acknowledged formallv the sov? ereignty and IndepondeiM e of Fin? land. seVxl April, 1850. "Be Just a Ml. ST FURIOUS PROTEST MADE. TBUHUtAMfl pom into white iiorsi: ani> congress. Order Closing Industrial Plants Arouses Violent Opposition All Over Country Washington, Jnn. 17.?Protests against the fuel administration order closing down Industrial plants bo gan pouring Into the White House and congress today from all over tho country. Business men everywhere, ^ roused at the prospect, objected to Its enforcement and suggests reme? dies* it developed today that under the fuel administration's plan the government will buy all coal consign? ed to suspended Industries, which it Is estimated will cost pf the government about $25,000,000. The State fuel administrator* will redistribute the COOl to food plants and Other indus? tries permitted to run. POWER PLANT TO CLOSC. In Obedience to the Order of Fuel Ad? ministration tl?e Power Plant of tho sumter Lighting Company Will shut l>owii. From the Daily Item, Jan. 17. The order of the National Fuel Ad? ministration that all manufacturing plants using fuel and power plante furnishing power to the factories and similar industries be thill down for live dtuys. January 18th to 22d, in elusive, and thereafter on each Mon? day for ten consecutive weeks, will cause considerable inconvenienco in Sumter, us well as in practically all other towns throughout tho Unite 1 Staten. It is always our personal troubles that loom largest upon our vision, and the effect that the order will have upon Sumter will bo of 1 more interest to Sumter people than Uli effects upon factories elsewhere. \ The mutter of first importance to. Sumter Is the effect the order has upon the Sumter Lighting Company, which burnishes lights for tho streets, buslaea* houses and hamss of the city and power foXpractlcally all the industrial establishments here. Un? der the order the Lighting Company i* permitted to operate to furnish ' lights for streets and residences, being a public utility, but is not permitted to operate to furnish power for fac? tories and similar establishments. Therefore the plant of the Sumter Lighting Company will be sluit down , from the 18th to 22d, Inclusive, ex-' cept between the hours of 0.30 p. m. and 6 a. m. and every Monday there? after for ton consectuive weeks dur? ing the same hours. This will permit the company to furnish lights for the streets and houses during the night, but will cut out all day current for! power. Factories are not permitted to use power derived from fuel, either j day or night, and none of the indus-1 tries In Sumter, dependent upon the \ Lighting Company for power, will bej allowed to operate at night. Tho only exceptions to the rule are laundries, ice factories and newspapers. Plants others than the exceptions are lia? ble to a fine of $6,?oo for violation of the order. The Magneto factory will be put out of business entirely during the shut down, as it cannot operate dur- ' Ing the night, even, unless l( is able to obtain a special exemption as u monition works; u oannot operate! durmg the day M there will be no' power. Tiie Strain laundry eanno; Operate during the day. but will be permitted to run ? night shift. Tie newspaper olllces cannot operate dur ing the day as there will be no power, but are permitted to run at night. In consequence The Daily item will n<<t able to publish as an afternoon pa per during the next Bve days, as the entire plant linotype machine and presses?are dependent upon ? lectrlc power furnished by the Sumter Light Ing Company, snd will be forced t ? put on a nlghl lore** and issue fl morning paper While the order is in force, it will he ? groat Inconveni? ence and hardship, entailing consid? erable expense, as it Will disorganize the re^ul ii schedule of work, but in limes of extraordinary stress each business and individual must how to necessity and accept uncomplainingly ? he hardships that fail to Its lot. In h?? circumstsnces the Daily Item will In the best If Ogfl t?? meet the situa? tion and to serve Its readers to tin? iest of iti ability. No paper xvi" be < nsued Friday afternoon, but if no I nlshap occurs the paper will be de? < Ivorod early Katurduy morning. i The order also applies to many oth ^r linos of business as well as to man- I ufactorw ; i mi managet i of ftores i IBd oiii.es bhould study the provis- 1 od Fear not?Dec all tbe ends Thon Ali JMTER, S. 0., SATURD MAY SUSPEND ORDER. REPUBLICANS staut FIGHT on FUEL ADMINISTRATOR GAR FIELD. Resolution In Both House and Sen? ate to I?revent Order Going Into Effect Until Congressional investi? gation Has Been Made. Washington, Jan. 17.?A movement i for tho suspension of the fuel orders! until after its necessity is established | by investigation was set afoot today j in a senate resolution for that pur-1 pose, Introduced by Senator Galling-! or, the Republican leader. The Re-1 publicans aro said to be determined to j prevent, if possible, having the coal j orders to go into effect. Administra? tor Garfleld hurried to the capltol when be was Informed of the In? troduction of the resolution. _ Order Not Necessary. Washington, Jan. 17.?A Joint res? olution to prevent the ? ll'orcement of th?? fuel order was^tntroduced In the house by Representative smith, of New York. It declares that It is tho sense of congress that the order "is un- i necessary," that the efficient move? ment of cars and ships and the full operation of the mines obviate the need of shutting down the industrial machinery of the country. Garfleld to Testify. Washington, Jnn. 17.?Fuel Ad? ministrator Garfleld was asked by the senate coal investigating committee to appear at 2.30 this afternoon for examination regarding the fuel or? der. Dr. Oarileld agreed to appear. MAXIM HAS good SCHEME. Would Minimize Effect on Merchant Ships of Fx plosions?Can Not In? terest Beard. Washington, Jan. 1C.?Hudson Max? im, the Inventor, today outlined to the senate ship investigating committee plans for construction which ho claimed would minizlme the effect on merchant ships of explosions of tor? pedoes, by instantly disutteewaUpjr through a cooling process the gassos formed by the explosions. He said he had sought :n vain to Interest, the emergency fleet corporation in hiH proposal and that he came to the | committee in the hope that the gov? ernment would conduct experiments j to determine its worth. His plan, thq inventor said, was to line tho tan rtdo of tho hulls of' vesuels< with! cylinders containing,water with a stoel screen behind them. When the tor? pedo explodes the- water tanks, he said,, would h?e? hurlod against the, screen, atomizing thi,*water which1 w,ould dkiperse the beat and absorb! the gases. A car#o i such as apples potatoes, and similar products con? taining a large percentage of water would serve Just as effectively as the1 tanks, ho said. Mr. Maxim declared the ship pro? tection executive committee had made' an "irrelevant and untrue" report on his plan, asserting that it was expen? sive and Ineffective on ships of less than 10,000 tons. He denied that thej plan would be costly. Concrete ships, the Inventor said, offer a greater advantage In combat . i ing the submarine menace than steel Or wooden ships as they give greater resistance and absorb heal better. A concrete hull, he said, WOUld localize! an explosion. Losa in shipping due to submarines wns estimated by the inventor at .I a minute, and he said this- coun? try could afford to spend a little extra I money in order to make its ships "tor-, pedo proof." He said ths nations fighting Ger mnny either must slop the submarines from leaving their bases or build torpedo proof ships as be did not think they should attempt the subma? rine campaign by building new ves? sels Maine shipbuilders who also ap? peared before the committee said the output of wooden ships in that State could be increased. They urged the nstruetlon of all ships possible de? ein ring that even with the maximum 01 effort Vessels could not be built to meet the demands after tin* war. KILLED AT SEA. American Seamen LftSO Life in Recent Gale. Wsahingtoni Jan. IT.?six men were killed and three Injured nn the I'nitcd States ship Michigan In a re? cent gale at sea. it was officially an ncunced today. ions of tho oi dei very carefully ho hat they may oompi) with the regul? ations. ns*t tu be thy Country's, Tt?y God'* i AY, JANUARY 19. 191 WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE. SENATE SPENDS MORNING CON. SIDERING I'NCONTESTED MATTERS. Tax Commission Plan to Assess Property at Fifty Per Cent Will bo Killed?Prohibition Amendment to lie Considered Tonight. Columbia, Jan. 1G.?The senate spent practically all of the morning hours in consideration of local and uncontcstod matters. A very large number of these were disposed of. Senutor Lviney brought the resolu? tion requiring the Slate Tax Commis? sion to rescind Its order to county auditors to assess personal property and lands at GO per cent of their ac? tual value, but in absence of Senator ''bristenson of Beaufort, chairman of the finance committee, he moved that the matter be continued until 8 o'elook tonight which was agreed to. Senator Laney intimated that an ;>grooinont had been reached by which the original house resolution would be passed without opposition. Senator Wharton very strongly urged the passage of the house ijdll of Messrs. Bird and Boozer to amend section 504, volume 2, of the criminal Code of 11? 12, so as to increase the punishment against persons enticing laborers under contract and to fur? ther regulate such contractors. ? The senate was considering this measure when the hour for the joint assembly arrived. A motion made at that hour that the bill be referred to the judiciary committee for some minor changes was unanimously ugreed to. The senate tonight will consider the Joint resolution to ratify the nation? al prohibition amendment and also the taSc commission resolution. Senator "adgett of Colleton, bag in? troduced a bill to allow the sheriffs of the State to ride on railroad pass? es. House of ReprcsenUUlves. Columbia, JbJn. 16.?Tho bill to abolish tho State Tax Commission wa* reported favorably, to the house this morning. The house bill provides that in its stead a State Board of Equalization is to be created, compos? ed of 14 members, one from each Judicial circuit. A bill to increase the salaries of State officers was introduced in the house today. Circuit Judges Ernest Moore, Frank It. Gary and Thomas J. Mauldin were re-elected without op position. , Columbia, Jan. 1C.?The question of .submitting the federal constitu? tional prohibition amendment to the people of South Carolina in tho next primary election, which was propos? ed as a substitute to the joint reso? lution ratifying the proposed amend? ment to tho constitution, was ar? dently debated for ihree hours and forty minutes last night in the senate. At 11.40 o'clock last night a motion was adopted to adjourn doboto on the question until 11:45 o'clock this morn? ing. The senate then adjourned un? til 10.30 o'clock today. Judging by the debate last night It Is evident that practically every member of the senate will have some? thing to say on the question. It la practically certain that the resolu? tion ratifying the federal prohibition constitutional amendment will be finally adopted by the South Carolina senate. The advocate* of the resolution to submit the question to a vote of the people will make a hard tight. As a matter of fact tho fight was- begun last night. The advocates contend that the niee.sure should be sent to the people for ratificationi because it is purely a question of State rights. The champions of the resolution ratifying the measure argue that the federal government is merely asking for the authority to make nationwide a law that his repeatedly been .sanctioned by the people of South Carolina, SUBMARINE (HEWS Ml'TINY. Tiilrty-eight Officers Reported Killed at Gorman Naval Base. London, Jan. 17.?Mutiny among itibmarlne crews at the German na? val base at Kiel on January 7th in reported in at) Exchange Telegraph AlepatCh from Geneva. Thirty-eight officers are said to have been killed. FRENCH SHIPS SUBMARINED. Hoven ships Reported i>ost i^ist Week. Purls. Jan. 1".?Five French mer ?hantmen over 1,600 tons and one Inder, were sunk by mines or Bttbma ?Ines during the week ended January 12th. lad Train's." THE TBU1 8. WH?RTON SPOUTS BUNCOMBE. ORATES IN ADVOCACY OF PEN? SIONS FOR ALL CONFED? ERATE VETERANS WHETHER NEEDY OR RICH. Lanrcns Senator Riding the Old Con? federate Soldier Pica for Political Effect?Otter Legislative Matters. Columbia. Jan. 17?In the sen-, ate-this morning, Senator Wharton j of Laurens made an eloquent appeal! for the passage of his bill to put upon the honor roll all bona-flde Confeder ate^soldlers and sailors and widows1 of Confederate soldiers and sailors j and compensate them for services 'rendered from 1861 to 1865. The j senator from Laureas rebuked the State for its indifference to the men who fought for it ?n the Civil War, and wondered if it would show the same lack ot appreciation to the boys at Camp Jackson when this dreadful , con diet is over. The senate this morning postponed i until tonight consideration of the Toole resolution requesting the tax 1 commission to rescind its 50 per cent, assessment order. Senator J. F. Williams, of Aiken, has introduced a bill providing B 1 minimum wage of $40 a month for women working in mercantile sstab 1 llshmsnta. The senate bag passed the house bill increasing the speed limit to 10 ? miles an hour. W. a. McSwaln of Newberry was elected insurance commissioner on the first ballot taken today. The vote 'was: McSwaln, 100, Fulmer, 12; ?Coker. 19; Miller, 2. SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS. i - BUI losses House to Fix Salaries of Spartanburg Officials. Columbia, Jan. 16.?Representative Harrison's bill to fix the salaries of ! Spartanburg officers and providing jthat all fees, collected shall be turned into the treasury, passed the hour.e yesterday. ; Spartanburg is one of the richest and most populous counties of the State, nevertheless the salaries named for the several county officials, are, with few exceptions, lower than many smaller and poorer counties: Provisions of this measure are that j the clerk of court shall receive a sal? ary of $2,000; deputy clerk of court. $1,200; sheriff, $2,800; deputy hire, 11,000? superintendent of education, |$1,80Q; Supervisor, $1,500; clerk of I county .board, $1,200; register mesne conveyance. $2,000; clerical help, .$1,500; probate Judge, $2,500; clerk to probate judge. $720; master, $2,500; ' clerical help, $600. AH fees are to be J collected In advance as obtains under the present law. RUSSIAN PROPOSAL REJECTED. 1 i_ j Germany Refuses to Withdraw Troops From Occupied Territories. Berlin, Jan. 17.?An official statc 1 meat Issued here today giving tho re ' ply of the Central powers to the Rus ] aian proposals at the Brest-Litovsk j conference on Monday, says that the , Russian proposals concerning occu? pied regions differ to such a degree ?from the Central powers' view that thay were unacceptable. For the Central powers, as distinct from the lease of Russia, the announcement ados, the conclusion of peace with j Russia has no connection with gen? eral peace. The Central powers are compelled to continue the war against their other enemies. The Withdraw al of Teutonic troops from occupied territories while the war lasts is Im? possible, says the statement. SIMONDs QUITS TRIBUNE. Well Known Wrltbr Lcarcej New York Newspaper. New fork, Jan. 10,?Frank P. PI monds of the editorial staff of the New Fork Tribune, who, since the outbreak of the war. his gained a wide reputation as a military critic, bus severed his connection with that newspaper, it becamo known today. Mr. Si monds when the war broke out was employed by the New York Even? ing Sun where he first began writing editorials dealing with the strategy of the European armies. HAS NICHOLAS ESCAPED? Another Renort Currcut in Petrograd That Oar Has Broken Prison. London. .Ian. 17.?Former I?mper or Nicholas and family have escaped from prison mat Tobolsk, it is re? ported In Petrograd, according to '? Heuler dispatch from the capital. The report lacks confirmation, ths dis? patch adds. t BOUT fi! TON, EM?MtatM? J*n* I Vol.XLV. No. 46. FOOD SITUATION CRITICAL. BANKERS' EXECUTIVE C OrXCHj TAKES ACTIOX. Ikeomn ;?nd Purchase of 2.000 Gilt? for PI? Club Boys?-Planting Food Crops imperative. Columbia, Jan. 16.?The executive council of the State Bankers' Asso? ciation held an important meeting yesterday at the Jefferson Hotel, with j the following in attendance: C. D. ! Jones, president, Lancaster; Julian I Rogers, Florence; Leroy Springs. Lan ! caster; l a B. Dunlap, Rock Hill; ir;. t. w.nnamakcr, St. Matthews; B. W. Crouch, Saluda; E. H. Pringle, Jr.. Charlesto n and J. W. Simpson, Co? lumbia. Tho following met with the committee: W. W. Long, Clemson College; D. It. t'oker, Hartsville and < >. K. LaHoque, State, bank examiner. The legislative committee composed ol B. II- Mops. < >i an^eburgr D. A. Spivey, Gonway and B. F. P. Leap hart attended the meeting and delib? erated v h the body. The recommendation that at least 2,000 gir* bo purchased was adopted. It is proposed that the banks finance the project for the pig club boys. The jproposi'i'n will have the assistance Of the live j-tock agents of the exten? sion divL^on of Clemson College and the department of agriculture. W. W. Long discussed the agricul tural situation of the State, callin^effi^ ' teuton to the possible failure Of wheat and or.t rons and necessity of imrae di?te consideration of a thorough campaign for food crops for people and forage for live stock. The sug? gestion was indorsed by the body. Allow rye to mature and follow with soy beans is a recommendation submitted to W. W. Long by a com? mittee consisting of H. W. Barre, C. j C. Newman, T. R. Keitt and A- F. i lonradi, heads of departments at Clemson College. Irish potatoes are suggested as a substitute for bread land every one is urged to plant them [early. T* help meet the forage short !age the planting of oats, millet, Sudan I gras?: and sorghum are advocated. II Burt, Fulghum and Appier oats In Uhe order named should be planted as j soon as possible. Golden or German j millet could be planted as early as tha I middle of May and would yield in six or eight weeks from timo of planting. Sorghum could be planted as early as the middle of April. Every one present was thoroughly alive to he situation and the meet ing will : e productive of good results. The ban) ers will ussist every worthy proposition that tends to help the af? fairs of \he commonwealth. LK&SONr- OF THE LIBERTY LOAN. Pi none la! Expert Brings to Light the Significance of the Recent Cam I paign. Now that the second Liberty Loan j is an accomplished fact, we can look I back and estimate its significance, j both spiritual and material, to the United States. Boersianer ,the analyst Of finance, writing in the January I number of Hearst's Magazine, tells j us thut It Is the largest subscription in the am als of finance, whether made by a government or a private firm. From the moral and the financial momentum accumulated, as well as from the almost inexhaustible re? sources of the country, he finds It only natural that the second appeal should have brought s larger re? sponse thab the first; and ho predicts that the same forces will bo at work to make ;he response cumulative in whatever succeeding loans the gov? ernment shall ask. This authority brings out with force and clearness the contrast between our own loana and those of Oermsny, which are paid, not In cash, but in promissory notes. Tl e effects of the latter sys? tem on prices of commodities and the value of et rrency are such as to mako us modify, to a very large extent, the apparent value of the Qorman loans. The financial unifications of the American response are most encour? aging, though they might easily have been lost sigrft of i> people in gen? eral, it it were not Cor such expert explanation as thai given by lioersian er's article. p \\ IDLE employees. Resjesnd <?? Be Nads by <.??< em? inent. \Yn ' ' Ii, Jan, 17.?Fuel admin istrntor Gai leid will issue, probably, the !?> an appeal that em? ployers |?aj employes during the time thej tire idle because of the fuel older. The government has no iiower to enf orce this request, but will call upon employers to take the step ts a patriot a duty. ? . ,