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FIREBRANDS IN POWER. mh i r vinm i i \i>i its AM now in lX>NTKOfj IN GETtMANY. They Demand That Germany Keep All Tbut I 1ms Been Won by the Bword?Demand DiKmissul of Ofli ciat* KoApeeted of Moderate Vltws. The neutral pieaa agreea that con? trol of Germany in pinsln?; to the milltarlata or leaders who want to hold whatever Germany baa gained by might and sword. Chancellor von Hortllng la again reported ill and la ?Aid to be preparing to resign, while lbs militarists are demanding the dis? missal of Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmsn. Berlin reports that chancellor von Hbrtltng's address In the main com? mittee of the reichstag has been post? poned. It was previously, reported that the chancellor would answer the war alms speeches of President Wil? son and Lloyd George on Wednesday. No explanation la given by the Ger? mans and Russians why peace nego? tiation* have temporarily halted. The winter Idleneaa on the western ftjso Italian fronts Is unbroken by large iterations. REGISTKK YOl'NG MEN. IUI1 Introduced in Senate to Draft Men Who Have Become Twenty-one Since l ?m June. Washington. Jan. 15.?At the re? quest of the war department today Chairman Chamberlain, of the senate military committee, introduced a bill far the registration of all men who have become twenty-one since June $. 1917. Senator Chamberlain also introduced a bill providing for fur loughing national army men for har? vesting cropa and other agricultural duty. Another bill would put the quota of States on the basis of cv.v! able men in the first class instead of on population. Having determined op the registration of men who have become 21 since the registration, the war department has rejected any plan te raise the age limit above thirty-one years. Ul sri tTKP or TREASON. r'orSJKi French I?rcmicr Arrested in Parts. Paris. Jan. 14.?Former Premier Joseph Catliaux, who has been under Investigation by the authorities in connection with the German propa? ganda In France was placed under street this morning. The arrest of M. Cadlaux was an? nounced In an official note which stat? ed that Police Commissary Priolet. with a warrant from Captain Bouch srbon. the military investigator, ar? rived at M Caillaux's apartment to ?treat him. In the presonce of Mme. Cglllaux the commissary notified the farnjer premier of the fact of the warrant it. Caillaux protested, adds the rtete, artd then followed M. Priolet. sfeo Invited him to take a acut in hit sUtomOblle. in which al?o wero de leetlvee. M. Caillaux wa* taken to the law court* and later to Sante priaon. < liUaux'a apartment waa aearched. but. Without results only the port? feile which Caillaux waa carrying, wa? secured The newa of tho arreat of CeJQaux created a sensation. Un pfecedentely large Issues of afternoon papers containing the announcement of the arreat were sold. Mme. Caillaux aald the arrest of her husband wus Inexplicable to her. l.A*t*|\i. Ft KNISHED EVIDENCE. American Secret Servkv Had Proof of tslllaux Dealings With (rcrumnv. Paria, Jan. ID.?The arrest ) ester day of Former Premier ('ail)aux wo* due principally to a SOhlSgiaill from Secretary of State Lansing, at Waehlngton. saying that lr 1911 Cail? laux ?a? in I (Mumunieatlon with th? Beritt: foreign otflee Lans/ng's cablegram atat i that the American repreaemsth | n Huemw Ayres had been able to SStaellali Hind M Cniiiaux. during his to A - soniina. during I fit, communicate t4 with Herlin through Count reg lar - berg with the object at sencludln| paote with German] at ana price. _ i morf t ou t k io noovut ?? i Hin* Introduced to Provide \utliorlty IO Enfortx FimmI Regulations. Washington. Jan II Bllht to amend the food i.uv .,n,i smpewei the food admmiat rut too t.. eompel ob? servance of wasatlssa and meatless i uya and other measures be m ,, pro. aerlbe were Introduced in the house i nennte tod i kFvrt?k\ ion PROHIBITION Hoine of Qge*| MjBfg ami Hca\> BMgeagSl Xguln-d. Booac. Frankfort K | . .|..n 1 I ? Both I CSJSjgg of tin- Kent'o kN general aa ?'?n?biy to<ia>- ratified the profsjggd Prohibition amendment fo the federal ?? natltutlon. MORE BRITISH FIGHTERS, i -j m:\hly half million sol. DlKits will BE RBCRVmCD soon. Sir Auckland QcddOl Tells House Of Commons of Government's Mun powcr I'ro|?osols und GtTSSj Details of Nation's Fighting Strength. Ijondon. Jan. 14.?Nearly half a million men from Clreat Britain alone are to ho recruited into the British army at the earliest date pos? sible and it is probublo that many more Will be added to that number in the coming months. These will com? prise the younger men, who up to the present have been exempt because of their employment in industries es? sential to the war services. This announcement was made in the house of commons- today by Sir Auckland Oeddes, minister of nation? al service, whose statement of the government's manpower proposals was replete with interesting details of Britain's strength in the struggle into which she means to throw her full re? sources. The minister set forth the status and needs of the British fighting and munitioning forces and the measures the government is taking after agree? ment with most of the labor leaders for recruitment from tho classes of skilled workers who were promised exemption when conscription was adopted. The empire has enrolled 7,500,000 fighting and labor battalion forces during the war, according to the statement of the minister and now has more than 4,000,000 enrolled, but needs more men to hold its own against the enemy until the American strength is available. He praised the spirit in which the labor leaders have met the govern? ment but regretted that tho Amalga? mated Society of Engineers had re? mained outside the conference, add? ing, however, that the invitation wus still open to the members of this so? ciety. He paid warm tribute to the work of the women and declared that some of tho young men among the million exempted workers apparently considered themselves a privileged (lass and threatened to hold up by strikes the building of airplanes and ships. "If they do," ho exclaimed, "they will meet such a blast of hatred it will surprise them. Sir Auckland prefaced his remarks on the government's man power pro? posals by the declaration that noth? ing could be more misleading than the suggestion that the man power problem could be solved by a dra? matic stroke. It wuhi the central prob? lem of tho war. "It means everything," he said "ships, armies, munitions, food, light, heat and coal. At the moment the most anxious problem is not the sup? ply of men for tho army. But we have to tako steps against the time when it will bo?a time which I be? lieve is not far distant." Ml < Tl WHEAT TOR AIXILS. Argentina Sells a,r?00,000 Tons to Kng land and I Van/v. Buenos Aires, Jan. 14.?The foreign minister today signed an agreement with tho British and French ministers to sell 3,500.000 tons of wheat to the entente allies. Argentina is to open a credit at tho "bank of the nation in favor of the allies, which is to be liquidate*! in two years. This agree? ment is virtually a huge loan to the allies and is mado in order to stabil? ize the rate of exchange. HONEY for MILITIA. New Third HtfrtmrMt or state Troops Hood m,BBi, Columbia. Jan. 15.?Bepresentatives of |1m various companies of the regi? ment Of state t"oopn just organized in South Carolina met here today and canvassed their organization plans and presented their SSfJmStSS for ap? propriations to the ways and means oommlttse of Ins nous* tit's after* noon, a total appropriation of $50, r..".o was gaked, Of this amount jin, n'?u in fronted for maintenance, such is inspection expenses, rentSi clerical hire, stationery, stamps, etc.; $40, 100 fat uniforms. and $1:1.450 for quartermaster equipment snd tents enough for one battalion. a oommlttse, composed of 1> I* Wllieox, j. Nelson Frierson and s. T. Lanhs m i ? ported Ihnt they bad simi? le. i the l;\v relative to St te troops and had come to Bhs conclusion that I hey wer?? m.t a portion of the Na? tional QUSrd and will not he liable for let t i. t OUtSlde Of South I 'arlina. Board or Relocation. Columbia, Jan. 10, Qov. Manning tonight appointed J, X. Nathans of Charleston is ? member or the Btntc boars of eduoatlon, to succeed sf. Rutledg? Itlvors ol Charleston, ro Signed, vit Rivers has recently been alootoO ?<a poi > i ion counsel of the city of I 'bin loston. GERMAN SUSPECT ARRESTED. - BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN AC? COMPLICE OP HOY-ED. \mvsi Said to Have Been Made While Prisoner Was Attempting to < aus?? Explosion, Norfolk, Jan. 14.?Under a heavy guard a man'who gave his name as Welter Spoerman, suspected of having been an active figure in plots launch? ed here by Captain Boy-Ed, the form? er barman naval attache, left here to? night for Baltimore, where, it was understood, he would be turned over to agents of the department of Jus? tice. According to the story unofficially told here, the suspect who is about 35 and is thought to have been formerly a lieutenant in the German army, was arrested Saturday near Newport News while attempting to blow up a maga? zine at an unfinished army aviation camp. So far the only charge formally lodged against him is understood to bo that of being a dangerous enemy alien. Documents and letters found on the man's person and in his rooms in Baltimore are said to have revealed his connection with Boy-Bd and with Former Germ Sil Ambassador Bern storff and incriminated in a spy plot persons in Washington. Baltimore and other, cities. Details of docu? ments are withheld, but it is under? stood that they will lead to a number of arrests within a few days. Spoerman's activities are said to have first attracted attention Of naval Intelligence officers many weeks ago but his arrest wits deferred until ad? ditional evidenco could be gathered, Officers followed him, night and day, however, the quest leading through sfeveral cities and even to at least twe army camps. Frequently, according to the story, the prisoner posed as ar officer of the Cnited States army. Finally he visited the great anm and navy base at Hampton Hoads bid before that a young naval agent pos? ing as a friend of Germany, had made himself acquainted with Spoerman The ofilcer followed his man closel> In Newport News and finally to th( I aviation field, four miles north ol the city, where the arrest was made Documents found on the prlsonei and in his rooms at Baltimore arc alleged to show that Spoerman begar his work in this country some tint* beforo the Fnited States entered the war. in one letter from Boy-od there If. siiid to have been reference to $90 000 advunced Spoerman by the chiel of the German spy system in the United States. There are reports that it hds been established that Spoerman canto tc the United Rttaes on the German sub? marine U-63, which visited Newport, B. T. more than a year ago and later Bank a number of merchant ships off tho coast. Officials, however, would not confirm this. Spoerman was closely questioned by officers while confined in the jail here. An effort is said to have been made to connect him with tho New Year's day lire here, which laid waste to nearly two city blocks, but appar? ently without success. HUOTIIER ALSO ARRESTED. Baltimore, Jan. 14.?Frederick i fipoorman, brother of Walter Spoer? man, arrested at Old Point Comfort In an alleged attempt to blow up the naval aviation magazine, was also ar? rested here late tonight by govern? ment officers and Is- held as an ene? my alien. It was at first reported thut Walter Spoerman had come tc Baltimore in 1916 from Now England, Where he was supposed to havo land Mi from the u-hoat fill. The brothei I Frederick tonight told officers that they both came to Baltimore in 11)10 It was shortly after this that Walter and he established relations with Bernstorff and Boy-Bd, according tc tho letters and other papers found in hie possession. Four months ago Walter Spo< r man obtained employment as a time checker Under a contractor at Camp 1 Meede. . It was not long before he was discovered to be an enemy alien He was discharged and placed undo? surveillance, During the visli of the u-boat Deutschland to this port Walter Spoerman became friendly with Capt. , Paul Koenlg, whom he is said to have known in firemen. The specific charge under which I Frederick Spoerman was arrested u Ithat of changing his residence with? out notice to the federal authorities Other arrests of parsons helieved to [have had relations with W alter Spoer? man are expected, Frederick Bpoerman denies having had any connection with his brother's activity. Tin y did not live together here. I ENGLISH TOWN BOMBARDED. London, Jan. ic, Yarmouth e?ds bombarded from the sea by German raiders last night, it is announced i Ridally that twenty shells fell i ? city, and three persons were VilUv' and ten injured. The material ?H 1 nge was slight. If SHIPYARD WORKERS WANTED. SHIPPING BOARD PLANN VOLUN? TEER RESERVE OF QUARTER I OP MILLION WORKING MEN. Workmen Will be Recruited Prom Those Not Now in Uovommcnl Work. Washington, Jan. I I.?Creation of a volunteer reserve of 250,000 ship? yard workers is planned by the ship I j pIpS board. The men will be recruit jed with the assistance of State defense ! councils. I Workmen will be recruited from j the rank! of those not now engaged' j in government work. Organisation I will he started immediately. The j four-minute men of the committee on public Information Will assist in the recruiting by speaking In the' theatres of the country. Plans for forming the reserve were outlined tonight in a telegram sent by Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board to the chairman of all State de? fense councils. Recruiting will be left almor-t wholy to the defense councils and to employment agencies estab? lished recently by the department of 1 labor in many parts of the country. I Tho men will be put into the yards j as fast as their services can be used. Within five months at least 100,000 will have been put to work, Chairman Hurley said. Ily that time some hous i lug system will have been arranged i and many of the yards will lie in po? sition to put on double shifts. Later i a three-shift arrangement is planned. The four-minute speakers will give ,! two weeks to the work, beginning , January 20. By this time shipping t board believes defense council chair > men will have had time to organize f for receiving the volunteers. i "Start organizing at once," Mr. Hurley wired the chairmen. "Name ? captains for the plans where the t ? highly skilled men we need can be ? spared. Appeal at once to the ship ? yard managers in your section to join . together In agreement that there will r be no more diverting of labor from ?I one yard to another. f "Million? of Americans have been . waiting merely to be told what scr ? vice they can render. Trained men ? can render service no more vitally i needed than the service of the nation ? in the ship yards. As a guage of fu > tu re needs there were approximately ( 60,000 men employed in shipyards six , months ago, while today there are I about 145,000. I A volunteer army of 250,00 men. held In reserve, each man ready to i j put his whole heart into the work i when called, will give assurance that the future of the situation will be met. "Every skilled workman who voi ? unteers must feel that he has- joinel [ the military forces of America. A full I day's work in the yards is equivalent to taking a German trench. Eni ployers can be most helpful in fa I cilitating the release of skilled work i men who desire to volunteer for the ? reserve. With a reserve of 250,ooo we ( will be ready for every need." M'lYEH SUCCEEDS SPAIN. Associate Justice llydrick and Judges Rice and Wilson Had No Opi>osi tion. Columbia, Jan. 10.?Election of I judges occupied tho greater part of .ho legislative program at the morn ing session yesterday. Edward Mc I Iver of Cheraw dofeated Judge Thos H. Spain in the Fourth Circuit. As? sociate Justice Hydrick was reelected to the supreme bench without oppo? sition. Judges Hayne F. Rice of the Second Circuit and John S. Wilson ol ihe Third Circuit were relented with mt opposition and Judge L W. i Bowman Of the First Circuit was re elected over E. J. Dennis of Berkeley County, the vote being M to in. Successors to Judge Ernest Moore of the Sixth Circuit, Frank B. Gary of the Eighth Circuit and T. J. Mauldin i of the Thirteenth Circuit are to b< chosen when the balloting will be re sumed at noon today. The election of an Insurance commissioner, Stats warehouse commissioner, code com* missioner, State librarian, trustees ol State InstitUions and directors Of the State penitentiary will follow. Two ballots were necessary for a choice in the,Fourth circuit. On the ilrst Mclver received 56; Jennings K Owens of Bennettsville ::<>; Spain i". number necessary for n choice ?>s. On the second ballot Mclver received 60! Owens 20; Spain i?;; necessary for n choice ''V Mr. Mclver is the son of the late Chief Justice Henry Mclver. Hi studied law at the University of Maryland and has practiced bis pro? fession in Cheraw 30 years. He is 57 years old and has presided as special |Udge in number ol courts. Bpartanburg, .Ian. 15. -Three i<? :*i cotton nulls have been closed and others in upper South Carolina will discontinue operations. unless relief from the fuel shortage is promptly alYorded, It was ?nid hei" t...| iy, MAJOR GARDNER DEAD. FORMEN CONGRESSMAN MRS AT CAMP \\ HEELER. < omlillOII of M;i^acluih(Mts OMCCT Noi Considered Critical Until .lust Before Dcntb. Macon, Ga., Jan. 14.?Maj. Augus? tus p. Gardner of the One Hun? dred and Twenty-first (Second Geor-1 gia> Infantry, died in the base ho:, piiai at Camp Wheeler at r..io o'clock of pneumonia. He had been ill only a few days, and hlfl condition was not COMidered critical until early today. Mrs. Cardner arrived from her home at Hamilton, Mass., during Sunday' and spent most of the time since her [arrival at tbe bedside of her husband. jMrs. Gardner suffered a breakdown at the base hospital when her husband failed longer to recognize her. Ofli , cers assisted her to her hotel. There tho news of her husband's death was broken to her shortly after he expir? ed. Mrs. Onrdner is under the care of a physician. A few weeks ago Major Gardner (then colonel) applied to the war de? partment to bo demoted so that he ! could see more actual service among ! tho men. He asked for a majority in the One Hundred and Twenty-first In? fantry and the request was granted. I Two weeks ago Major Gardner ac? companied his battalion to the rifle I ranpe. He contracted a severe cold which developed into pneumonia and which caused his death. Senator Hen? ry Cabot Ledge of Massachusetts, is expected to arrive here during the , night. The body of Major Gardner Will be sent home but probably not until the senator arrives. Senator Lodge is Mrs. Gardner's father. "While in congress Major Gardner j was tho Arat to raise his voice for pre? paredness. He was the first to declare I that war was inevitable. He gave up his seat In congress to do what his J friends say he believed to be a great j ei work for his government, offering his services in the army. Though 52 years of age, but appar? ently In robust health Major Gardner was accepted and assigned to Camp Wheeler and commissioned as adju? tant of the Thirty-first Division. Ev? er since he arrived here as colonel and later as major, the New England er was extremely popular with the officers and men of Georgia, Florida iand Alabama. He figured in few social functions, but .attended several club and business luncheons at which he spoke of the war problem, urging the fullest support of the president in every detail. Major Gardner is the second officer to die at the base hospital, the other being Major Weil of New York, who v. as head of the medical department j of the hospital. Mayor Glen Tools issued a proc i tarnation tonight on the death of 'Major Gardner, ordering all flags of the city at half moat and requesting all business houses to lower their flags to half mast out of respect to him. The body of Major Gardner will leave Macon Tuesday morning ai 11.10 o'clock for Washington, D. C . where it will lie in state for several days the interment to take place in Arlington Cemetery. Besides Mrs. Gardner the body will be accompan? ied by Major Keonan. of the One Hundred and Sixth Sanitary Train, who will represent the I*>ivision ns the military escort. Major Keonan is a close personal friends of the Gard? ner and Lodge families. BRITISH LOSSES FOB WEEK. The Casualties Total 2l,f>79 Officers end Men. London, Jan. 14.? British casual? ties reported during the week ending today totalled 24,979 officers and men. divided as follows: Killed or wounded: Officers, 117; men, 5,14'.). Wounded or missing: Officers, 304; men. 19,408. Casualties In the British army re? ported for the week ending today ex? ceeded by almost 8,000 the total re ? potted In the previous week when the figures took an upward jump, Vir? tually doubling the casualties of the i pr< ceding week. A week ago the to ! tal was 18,998, including 661 officers and men killed, while the total for the 1 preceding week was 9.951. ANOTHER LOAN TO SERBIA. Total Credit to Allies Raised to aaa.aoo.ooo. ' Washington. Jan. 1?.?total credits to the allies were raised today to $4,238,400,000 when Secretary MeAdoo authorised o loan of $2.000,000 to ner bia, making Serbia's total $?,000,000. _ ROUMANIAN MINISTER ARREST? ED. Rolsltcvikl Seise Diplomat in Petro? grad. London, Jan. I*.?The Roumanian minister ;?t Petrograd and bis statt have been arrested hy the Bolshevlltt, the Roumanian legation here an? nounced today. SOUTH CAROLINA FINANCES. STATE GETTING DEEPER in debt EVERY YEAR, says report of COMPTROLLER general. Urges Appropriations in* Hold Down Until Tax Burden is Equitably Dis? tributed. Columbia. Jan. 14.?That the fiscal system of South Carolina, expendi turee being mndc every' year before the taxes levied for them are collect ' 1, is rapidly running: the State into debt, decreasing the apparent re i arve or accumulations and increaa r g tho amount necessary to be bor? row* ?l in order to meet the appro priaationa, ore criticisms contained in the report of Cailton W. Sawyer, comptroller general, to the general assembly. The report of Mr, Sawyer shows that of the $2.71 6.922.7? in taxes lev led in 1017, only laft.fit.fI was paid i ;? to January 31 of tagt year. When a 1 necessary payments are made s id the report, an apparent balance of $567,746.28 to meet the current < nenses of 1918 will be on the books o the State treasurer. Of the amount o *1.872.h61.7i to belaid out, $1, ri? t?,io?a represents notes and interest land $276,Stil.74 balances on appro p lotions for 1918. The actual cash j in tho treasury on December 31, 1917, a.iounted to $580,915.15, said the re? port. The comptroller general gives the estimated revenue lrom taxes in 1918 as $319,627.972 and the estimate in? come from other sources as $351, 05 an estimated total of $2?067, 91 i.76. This income, said Mr. Saw yer, is based on an 8 1-2-mill levy. To ra se the amount asked for by the va? rious State departments and institu? tions this year?an aggregate of $3, 442.073.72?will require a lo,vy of 9 3-4 mills. ' Appropriations should not be in? creased more than absolutely neces? sary until the system for the assess? ment of property has been so as to 'equalize the burden," said Mr. Saw \ yer. ARMY CAMP INVESTIGATION. Do? Hi of Former Congressman Gard? ner Starts Anotlier Flnrry. Washington, Jan. 15.?As a direct result of the sentiment aroused in the j hou se over the death from pneu mon'a of Former Representative Gar ner, at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. Rep esentative Gard\ of Ohio, today IntrodttOSd a resolution to direct the military committee to investigate aaoap conditions. Camp site selections, suffh ieney of clothing, hospital fa eilitios and treatment will be investi? gate.! under the resolution. The house adjourned in honor of ifajor j j Gardner. - favor one-man control. Willa <l and Rartich Advocate a Mu? nitions Administrator. W e hington, Jan. 14.?One-man control of all war supplies in the Unite. States was advocated today before the senate military commit I tee bj Daniel E. Willard, chairman j of the war industrh s board, and Ber nard M. Raruch, head of tho board's ' raw material division, j Roth favored creating what vir ' tUally would be a munitions adminis? trator with full power, directly re? sponsible and securing his authority from ' e president, but not a member of the cabin* t. to control procure? ment and distribution of war supplies, including those Mr the army, the navy, shipbuilding and the allies. Neither Mr. Willard nor Mr. Ba? rtsch favored a separat?' department of munitions with a cabinet officer at its head, the plan proposed bv ) Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the committee, and opposed by botii 1 Preside) t Wilson and Secretary Ba I ker. BRITISH NOT SURPRISED. Gen. Bjrngfs Defeat at Uamhrai In November Not Dsn to Surprise. London, Jan. IS.?Andrew Ronnr Law, cht ficellor exchequer, announc? ed In the house of commons tidrv that as he result of Field Marshal Main's in Ulry, the general staff, the war cabinet and tho government cor Bidered that the British higher army command was not surprised by tho attack in the Cambrai region on No vom ber Seth, and that all proper and adequate dispositions had been made to moot it < BARGED with slander. CbngrcBonian ( airy Wants to Invos tixato Anti-Saloon league. Washington, Jan. IS.?a congres? sional investigation of "slanderous charges*' against the character of American -oops abroad alleged to have been circulated by Anti-saloon League wai proposed in a resolution Introduced todaj by Representative ?*arsy,