Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ECONOMIC CRISIS MET. i. till II I I? III |,s ol ( M>S|\t. OH DISK'S Iii si l/r. I Ii? i tdminUtriitnr Shows That ll<a(|<>?M l?a>* tccoiuplUlied Mm h for Nat too* ?t War. New York, Feb. 1?.?Home hitherto miwnnounced details of the causes <hk1 reaultK of Use five day Industrial suspension and host less Monday or? der were disclosed here toniKht by Fuel Administrator Oartleld In an ud dress to the Alumni of William.* Fol lest?. l>r. (iarflrld's theme was the Sgl it of America and he praised the l" pie for the tranquillity with wliieh 1.? v met the economic crisis. As a lesult of the closing order Dr. Out held ? i I ttto ships, currying none than L\ ,SSS tons of food, fuel and mil > \n and other war supplies, which had been tied up In Atlantic port* were bunkered and sent to sea from IsIISSIrj) 17. the day the order became effective, to January 20. A normal cumber of ships only remained nt i hor. he declared, and the Mow ??: supplies necessary to the America i expeditionary forces and the allies hud l t- n reeMablbdmd In addition the fuel administrator roc tinned the rslls were cleared ior important shipments of steel and oth? er commodities to factories, without which the most essential war Indus? trie? Inevitably would have been ??d ITut not m SS Miderly tasbum Oarheld called attention to tin fact that the nation'a foreign eom< ce bad increased from $2,uoo,u00,. in tt!3 to $l?.UOO,noo,tmu and i tin . en placed on the I road* little MOTS th.m one-half ol O^ie number of locomotive* needed to rare for Ike Increased traffic, the re ? :ndet being sent to 1 nine and Hussla. Almost without exception, he enn :ued. the manufacture of war ma twill was at Ita height about the (Irs: i?t December Then came the SygSSg weather the country bad ex perlenced In jo year*. The railroad* feesed the struggle against overproduc te n and l.'mnrds too much for thorn the admin strut or nan! .and Home, re? lief wae necessary. To cite s Tea' only of the incut im it a tlelea. " said Dr Oartlehl. hlprient of Heel plate essentia building of our ships fell off nearly 6" per cent, during the period from the^ beginning of December to the mlddlevaX January. "The plotted curve of weekly ship? ments of HI steel product.* looks like a great picture of Nlagai.i. the first Si Heaasaber marking the beginning ? >f the drop and the middle of Jan nary the botton . Had this decline heen pern ft ted o continue, our most ? ?isentlal war Industries Inevitably . ouUl have beea sjgsjgg inwn. hut not I an orderly fashion Cooperation einamlM 'be share or Iomsc* as wel: gg gains. It la noteworthy that the ? pward trend was resumed for tin week begtn'ilng January 26. 'The fuel odminnttatlon hollevlnf in the democratic ideal ashen not 'hat aem#. hut that all participate in 'ha sacrifice necessary to save us fror, ? ir own prosperity and the American SggfH arose and asserted Itself. 'ion of the American pen lo In the face of the greatest crisis 1 leb th * generation ha* been e.illvd upon to ftce proved that they werv rue inhe Itors of the American spirit and practical advocates of the prlnci jda of democracy. They have demon ttrated that free action and willing ? ?operation is more effective than .toeratk" compulsion. They Impoh d rostra I rds up m themselves wbjgs I en'ire in i\ of the Fluted State, ?aid noc ha>e forced them to ob aerve." PACK A COfJ It l H tRTl IL, ? ddlrm Who look Fail in lieu,ton Htot. ?an Antonio. Feb. 1?.?Forty enlist? ed.men of the Twenty fourth infantry, negro regiment, went on trial today ??efore the eourtinartl.il on charges of murder and mutiny, growing out of he Houston riot last August, when 'WOntV psjfson* wa re > hot to death and others Injured. TltoTZHt HHOIN HI I I?. \p|* Intim nt <>f FusltUe (ilminal W itlelrawn. W shnaton. Feb. is HohasWVlkl Foreign Minister Trotsky has with drawn the I ppninin.ent of John PtOStl as Hussian consul general at New Vork. AiiiloMuilur Francis notilie l ihe state department today Heed \* under Indictment In the Foiled St ISSf fo, violation of the espionage laws. I'nsri f<?r I ?rr?? km* nt. Washington. Feb. II.?An amend? ment of the finance cooperation hill ?o give the president instead of Sec? retary McAdoo power to appoint dl r colors of the corporation was unani gSgSady derided Upon today by lb" n le hiuiat committee. REPORT BltOt'uilT B% AMl ltKW i;i \( IHN?. HTOf KHOl.M. I <>4>4l MioHam* CUUSt of Ol?f? Situ a,iull?White ommi M Finland w ii m? ipiined. - Stockholm. Feb. IT l By the Am? i ilast1 i i vm 'i'iilIm powtr of the HoIhIi.mxi in UiMsi.i .-slowly Is waning is th- Olmlusion of un American who rsachsd Stockholm today from Potro k' >l where Im hatl resided for Is* i ion Iis. This man loft retrograd I'eUi-nary 7. S > h ng as there were masses n; . sol a is in Petrograd und Moscow." said ho, the llolshovlki'a opponent.-; have felt that any attempt to estaIdish un Ordered government Was impus sdde As u matti'r of fact, many of1 thes? pbhllers are not Rolshevlki. but i their mere presence was a determent. Now they are gradually departing for farms a id villages and It will he hn pOSJSMf fror to recall thein. "Tnis is especially true pf Moscow, W*OM the opponents of Nikolai Len? to . ml [jSOfl Tiotstky are beginning, to piDJOll up <ourage. Another factor against the Bolsheviki is their cam paign against the ohuroh. Probably a rttS of the educated Russians fax oi separation of church and Stute, but lo not like the idea of confisca? tion of churc h properly by such poo- | pie as those composing the present Kove nment. "Tae .lews are growing uneasy over tbe HgfAptontH of a roi i udescenee oi anti-lewlsh agitation. Anti-Semiti en is deeply ingrained in large masses of the l:us>.;i!i Catholics, whose sen ia I its are further embittered by the, tool that the present government, un-' d?-r v. ha h the people have sufferou mu : humiliation and hardships, is | made up principally of Jews, a prom* nu n JCW said to me last week: Wh- n he reaction comes they will takt it out on us.' " Tic American said that the princi? pal grave situation with regard to; :ood was in respect to bread, which j com dns stiuw and lo almost uneat ilde He said it was feared that the pet between Ukraine ami the cen-, 11.11 powers would make still worse the ood outlook. Two weeks were occupied by the amerloai in crossing Finland. There were large numbers of the Red (<ua ds in Tammerfors. Kristinestad. be vtid. wuh full of White (Guards, wh > constantly drilling and seemed veil disciplined and organized. The White Huard leaders said the. could easily clean up the country If they hud arms and ammunition. The C.ermans were doing all they could to , i assht them. The American saw no indication of I food shortage in Northern Finland Roaeantf who had Hocked to the ban icr of C.eneral Mannet heim, the White Cuard leader, were turnishin; him with considerable stores of pro l IsioiiH, he added. FACH LOCALITY Ml'sT GIVE MEN. Washington. Feb. 10.?The United Stales employment service will rely i upon each locality so far as possible to -?upplv the labor needed for pro? ducing the food crops this summer. II othcis are required they will be ob? tained from the surplus of workers in1 Industrial 'enters. In the mobilize UOn and distribution ol both classes oi labor, the farmers will have the iciest cooperation of the servic without expense to themselves Preparations for sending special ig< nts Into North Carolina and Vir? mma. the firm gtstSS making urgent Sppcall for assistance in recruit I re mtSI workers, were announce 1 today ? V L Barnman. chief of the farm service division The service will also ab. in supplying labor for the sugar - t .iistriet In Colorado and the cot? ton section in the imperial Valley of California whore growers report ? dotage pf men Many Mexicans formerly employed for such work have returned to their native land be ise of misunderstanding regarding Hi ? draft law. IncraaSSd rCQUCStl for men are ex peeled from the Fast and New Fug la ,,i as UM sea.am progress The Cen li ii West apparently Is better off for farm workers than other sections, due ? o ibe smaller number of factories, Hi ber wages than ever paid before f< i farm labor are expected to bt ituitfui aid In the "back to the farm' movement. Calls for help in some see I lions entry offers of $;ia to $50 a n onth with board lodging ami WSSll it g for staffle men. and a house, gar? ll n. fuel and a cow for married men. Trade Prosperity In sv.eilcn. Stockholm. Jan. ill < Correspond a*i s) TIM openlni sf the New Ifsai finds the Swedish Stab? Pank relic t ii g tin* wartime prosperity of Bwsd i- b trade |fOl molds for the \ear are ' I MUMom pounds, against 1,100,004 pounds a ye,ii sgo. The expansion of I U trade is show n b the fne: 11 during P.' 1 7 over I. Jan new stOC1 e ,n panics WCrt foin.od v. dh ai> gg g ejatc eapltal of 116,000,000 pounds D ist I S* COTTON HOLL WOltM. |j|i i< ultural Workers From Nine southern state* consider scheme to Oppose i*c*t. Jackson, Miss., Feb. 16, Agricul? tural SXpertS and Suite entomologists from nine Southern States and the 1 istriet of Columbia met here today to discuss (lie new cotton pest?-the boll worm?and decided on a vigorous campaign in an effort to check and eliminate it. The states represented were Alabama, Arkansas, Ceorgta, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Flor? ida, Texas gad Tennessee. Tiie conference adopted resolutions Urging every cotton mowing State t) enact laws and make appropriation for lighting the boll worm, assisting tho chairman of the conference to appoint a committee to assist those who are entrusted with tlie work of checking and eliminating the work; opposing state quarantines at present; opposing any changes in the game laws of the Southern State* affording less protection to birds, and Urging scouting work by federal and State authorities. Ne>v Orleans tras selected as the next meeting place. SLEEPING VOLCANO AWAKENS. Costa Rica in The Throes of Lurop tlon and I artlupiakc. San Jose, Costa Kica, Jan. Ill (Cor? respondence of The Associated Press) ?The Irazu volcano, the largest and highest in Costa Rica, awakened and began a new period of violent activ? ity after nearly two centuries of Quietness. The previous remarkable eruption of this* volcano took place in 1729 when Costa Uica. was the poorest of the colonies under the Crown of Spain. During that year the Irazu was in activity throughout the whole year, emiting huge quantities of ashes, (anders, smoke and gasses, and the manifestation was followed by earth? quakes. Then came a period of Ion;,' rest. It fell into a deep slumber for nearly two hundred years-. Now it has awakened again and Is pouring out, Without interruption, torrents of vapor, sublimates and ashes, cinders and volcanic debris which, floating in the air and carried by the air currents, have reached places || miles distant from the cra? ter. At the foot of this volcano lies th. historical city of Cartago, three times destroyed by the colossus and as offer, rebuilt by her inhabitants. Purin?.: the present crisis Cartago has suffered no harm as her inhabitants, wiser through experience have rebuilt the elty tartnOjUakS proof; and the emis? sions of the volcano have not reach? ed Cartago, owing to the heavy winds prevailing and, which have blown them towards the valley of San Jose. Thousands of persons have visited the summit of the mountain range to see the two oceans, ami the gigantic col? umn of smoke ami gasses aiming to the sky. Tb?- Irasu volcano stands 11,000 feet above sea level and about two hun? dred miles northweHt of the Panama Canal. Back in the prehistoric ages, this volcano made formidable erup? tions- vomiting torrents of lava, miles in length, of which there are tr?te: to he seen yet. Perhaps nothing sim? ilar will now happen; hut the Costa Rlcan people always .bear in mind the prediction of Humboldt who foretold that the Cenrul American and Pana ma lethtnusss were doomed to bej ?wallowed by the waters of both Oceans, making a broader canal than the one that American genius built across the Isthmus of Panama. RI.MFDY Foi: EXTORTION. \morican Admiral in France Deals With Hotel Keeper. Paris, Jan. 31 iCorrespondence) ? French newspapers praise the Amor nan Admiral commanding a Unitod Hintes squadron, stationed at a French P<ut, for his summary and effective action against tradesmen and others who have been charging the Ameri? can sailors extortionate prices for merchandise and service. In one case, it is stated, the admiral was notified that a certain hotel had bei n overcharging the American na? val officers, Tin- American admiral placed two sentnos at the door of the hotel, ordered all offlcere residlntj ihert to leave im mediately, and Com? manded the sentries not to permit another American to enter the place until further orders. Fuced with ruin, the proprietor offered to make amends Which the admiral demanded Paris, Fel 18. I 'ha ries Humbert, senator from the MeilM and pro prlotor of The Journal, was arrested this morning. Washington, Pol?, is. Viscount Ishii has been npointed 'nibassadoi for Japan at Washington and will SOOn reach here. He succeeds Am? bassador Sato, who takes a place op the rgnaaalgned list of diplomatic rep? resentatives at Tokm. BLACKMAIL ATLANTA mayo::. Mrs. Hirsch and Cook Held in Atlanta Jail In Delimit of Hall. Aiianta. Fsb. 15.?Mrs. H. H. Hirsch and j, w. Cook, who were in? dicted yesterday on charge of attempt- 1 ing to blackmail Asa O, Candler, may Or of Atlanta, out of 1600.000, were Still held In the county jail here to-; night In default of bonds of $"?.000 each. Their case probably will be tia* d oarly next week, according to an announooment today by State So? licitor Boykln. Mr. Ilirvch's husband, it was learn? ed tonight, is in Pittsburgh, on a business trip, and probably Will re? turn here on Monday. Neither Mrs. Hirsch nor Cook made a statement today concerning the al? leged plot. Both denied the charges yesterday when arrested. Mayor Candler, in a Written state? ment to the jury, alleged that Mrs Hirsch, an active Red Cross worker, had visited his ottiee several days ago I on what he supposed to be a Red Cross mission; that while there she had dir ected his attention to a window and while he had his head turned, She had removed her hat and coot. A moment later, it was alleged, Cook, who Is a real estate dealer, appeared at the mayor's office. In succeeding 1 developments, it was brought out by [witnesses before the grand jury that Mrs. Hirsch and Cook attempted through suggestive threats to SXtOrt half a million dollars from the mav or. whereupon Mr. Candler instructed his attorney to take the matter be? fore the grand jury. An indictment I charging blackmail followed. i)is(tssix<; MINING PROBLEMS. Lending Mining engineers Holding Convention. New York, Feb. 18.?Several hun? dred of the country's leading mining engineers gathered here today for the 116th meeting of the American Insti? tute of Mining Engineers. The ses? sion opened with discussions of coal production problems and of methods designed to prevent a more extended coal famine next year were proposed This is only one of several Important mining war problems which the en? gineers will take up during their four days' convention. Wasteful methods of operation in the extraction of the country's- coal tnd the indifference of the miner in these days of higher wages were al? leged as the chief shortcomings at the sources of coal supply by George 8. Rice, of Washington. Mr. Biet seated that although the United State produced about forty per cent of the world's coal supply the country has never been a very large factor in the distribution. He attributed this to an absence of shipping and foreign distribution facilities and a lack of care in preparing the coal for ship? ment, especially in the matter of siz? ing. In the course of the session on coal the engineers were shown the results of, experiments which tended to prove the economy of electricity over steam for power purposes in and about mines. Technical sessions were also held on non-ferrous metallurgy, which in? cluded such subjects for discussion as the disadvantage! of chrome brick In copper revcrberatory furnaces, sine rellnlng and bone-ash cupels. Later In the day the mining engi nors inspected the most recently opened New York City subways, which presented obstacle! in mining that have seldom been surmounted. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA SPLIT. Renewal Of War on Russia Causes Se? rious Disagreement. London, Feb. is.- -A deep and se? rious chasm has been created be? tween Germany and Austria by the termination of the armistice between the Central Powers and Russia, and the renewal of a state of war, accord ing to the Copenhagen correspond? ent of the Exchange Telegraph com? pany. BATTLE AT ODESSA. City HomlMirdcd by War Ships?Hun? dreds Killed. Petrograd. Feb. X.?In a battle at Odessa Monday between Bolshevik, and moderates hundreds wore killed The city was bombarded by warshjpi A Hap for Had. He?What did you say when you father asked if you thought I could support you as you had been accus tomedf She- Oh, 1 told him if you were as stingy with me as he is I WOUldn'l thtnk of getting married.?Brooklyn < 'Ititen. Chamberlain seem! to think that our progress ln this war <s being heb back not so much on account Of tin men behind the guns as because th gURl are behind the inen. Atlant Constitution. COAL PRKEs HFJH CED.. Fuel Administrator Directs Thai Com missions of .Jobbers be Eliminated Alter April 1. Washington, Feb. 16.?Reduction in the retail price of botli bituminous and anthracite coal is expected by the fuel administration as a result of a decision announced tonight to elimin? ate jobbers' commissions after next April 1. I nder the regulations re? tail dealers will obtain coal at the same price whether purchasing di? rectly from the mine or through middlemen. Jobbers now are permitted to add to the government price at the mine a. commission of from l? to 30 cents a ton but the old practice will be re? sumed of making the jobbers look to the mine operators for compensation. The mine price would be increased slightly to provide for the operator;. added expense but it is announced that the advance wdll not be equal to the commission now allowed the jobbers. The amount of the increase win be determined later. Elimination of jobbers commissions, the fuel administration announced was necessary in order to wipe out a systematized form of profiteering which has increased the cost of fuel to the consumers. "Under the system of allowing the jobbers a specific guaranteed commis? sion," said the statement, "it develop? ed that it was possible for some op? erators to adopt the practice of es? tablishing subsidiary companies solely for the purpose of selling, thereby ab? sorbing the jobbers' commissions. Another practice was that of 'swap? ping coal.' Two producing compa? nies might agree to act as jobbers for each other. Each might buy the coal of the other and then sell at the mine price, plus the jobbers' commis? sion. The operator who sold direct to the retailer was at a disadvantage because he was forced to bear the ?Oiling expense and was not permitted to collect the jobbers' commission. "The jobber is essential to the con? duct of the coal business and the fuel administration has given careful study to the best means for insuring him a reasonable compensation for his services, while at the same time eliminating tictitious commissions." NEGRO WOUNDS SHERIFF. Deputies Kill Desperate Negro Who Failed to Register. Sandersville, Ga., Feb. 17.?Jake. Sigero, a negro, sought by Sheriff Renj. A. English, under a warrant that he failed to register for military service, tired from a deserted cabin, near here today, where he had been located, striking the sheriff, slightly wounding him in the head. The sheriffs- deputies filed on Sigero, rid? dling him with bullets and killing him instantly. HOMICIDE IN COLUMBIA. Kirk l.egrande ( barged with Killing Joseph A. Howlaiul. Columbia, Feb. 17.?Kirk Legrande, a car repairer for the Columbia, Xewberry and Laurcns Railway, is held here on the charge of killing Joseph A. Rowland, assistant fore? man of the local shops of the rail? road system. The shooting took place this morning at 7.30 o'clock. Eyewit nesses testifying at the coroner's in (lUOSt here this afternoon say six shots were fired into Rowland's body, Rowland fell dead after the last shot. More than ten shots were iired from the revolver in the hand of Legrande, it was sworn. No motive :'or the deed other than jealously at the recent promotion of Rowland could be given. Legrande, who was lodged in jail Immediately after th< ?hooting, was charged with the d*?ee by the coroner*! jury. TORN BY CIVIL WAR. Fighting Between Factions 111 Russia Take? on Rloody Character. Petrograd, Feb. 9.? Kiev, one oi the principal cities of the Ukraine hat been captured by the Holsheviki af? ter sanguinary lighting. The casual? ties are estimated at four thousand tilled ami seven thousand Injured. While the lighting was at the height in Thursday the city was bombarded >y Holsheviki aviators. Polish troops have defeated Hol? sheviki at Brobruisk, about eighty* live miles southeast of Minsk. Other Poles are advancing toward Smolensk The Roumanians who are in control of the Akkerman district of Besaa rablu are threatening Odessa. EISENMANN QUITS. Vice Chairman of supplies Commit tee Resigns, Washington. Feb. i%,?Correspond ehce with the war department dis closed tOdaj by Senator MeKollar, : member of the military committee. show that Charles i> f?lsenmann, n Cleveland, former vice chairman of the supplies COmmttte, Council Of Nat ional Defense, has given up his eon inaction with the government! CLTIMATCM T< , HOI MAMA. Petrograd Demand- Evacuation of Bcssurnhaia and Bight to Scud Troops Through i mntry. London, Feb. 17.?The Russian government has sent an ultimatum to the Roumanian government demand? ing the evacuation of Bessarabia by ie Roumanian and counter revolu? tionary troops and the right to trans? port Russian troops through Rouma? nian and Bessarbarian territory. The ultimatum, tccording to the report, was to expire Feb. 16. KILLED SIXTEEN IN LONDON. Casualty List of Hun Air Haid Pub? lished. London, Feb. IS.? The casualties m Sunday night's air raid were sixteen killed and thirty-seven injjred, it was officially announced this afternoon. GERMANS TAP PHONE LINK. With the Anuican Army in France, Feb. 17.? (illy the Associated Press.)?Places winbmm the Germans I ave been tapping too American tele? phone lines at the front have been discovered and step: have been ta ken to prevent these occurrences hap? pening again. Ins- lation has been found scraped off v ires at a certain number of places- -here the enemy has been listening 111. One enemy wire actually was found attached to an American wire and running out across No Man's Land. Just how this was accomplished it is not permitted to disclose although among the men the,-e is talk of "spy hunts." This tapping at wires at times calined considerable temporary incon? venience, fictitious names being used I on the telephone lines for places and ! officers. American wires frequently have been connected in some way with those of the enemy and on one occasion an American officer is said to have talked to German in a listening post when ne started to use the telephone. Tlu German made a few terse remark nd the connec? tion was broken. Washington, Feb. 18.?The death from empyema of Private George Hurley, whose half brother, William IX Thomas, lives at Fort Valley, Ga., was reported today >y Gen. Pershlng. Amoy, China. Peb. 18.?Earth Muake shocks confirmed here yesteC - day and many persons were Injured, it is estimated that a hundred houses collapsed. Cable communication with Hong Kong it interrupted. Washington, Feb. 18.?The quick enactment of the administration rail? road bill so as not t i hamper and de? lay vital arrangements for equipment and other purposes was urged in a letter from Secretary McAdoo to Chairman Sims of ihe house inter State commerce committee which w'as read today In the he use. Mr. McAdoo said every day's delay imperils the success of the war. siam Has Changed National Flag-. Bangkok, Slam, Ian. 31 (Corre? spondence)?The national flag which used to be a repre sentation of the famous white elephant on a scarlet ground has been replaced by a tri? color, composed of red and white stripes at each er 1, with a central I blue strip double Ihe width of the others. The ofTicia? announcement of the changes sets forth that It has been made as a symbol of the advance in civilization made by Siam on the occasion of her ranging herself on the side of the Allies, w lose flags also dis? play three colors. LOOK llElt ;: FOR IT. Many a Sumter Rets der Will be Inter* ested. When people read about the euree made by a medicin erdorsed from far away, is it surj rising that they wonder if the statements are true? But when they read of cases right here at home, positive proof Is with? in their reach, for close investigation is an easy matter, itead this Sumter endorsement of Doan'l Kidney Pills: W. M. Folsom, proprietor dry goods store, Main Street, says: "My back ached i sarly all of the time and when I made a quick move sharp pains started through me. Af? ter sitting down for awhile, I bad to lift myself up. The kidney secretions were highly colored end contained sediment Boan's Kidney Pils relieved the bo -kache and pa mis and I could rest mu? h better." (State? meat gi\en March 17, 1908.) On January 11. I||| Mr. Folsom said: "The benefit Bean's Kidney Pills brought me h ts lasted." Price COc, at a) dealers. Don't (Imply ask for a kb ney remedy?get Dona's Kidney Pillu?the same that Mr. Foleom has t^lee publicly rec ummcmlod. Fosto.'-Milburn Co., .Topa., Buffalo, N. f, (4t)