The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 23, 1918, Image 8

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RXPENMtN NOT CONTEMPLATED IN HK<iCL\tt HILL, Marine Corp? to IV Expanded From rtilrty Thousand to Fifty Thousand Men. Washington. Feb. 18.?Congress wee asked by Secretary Daniels tod ?> for 1130,077,152 to further expand the navy's freut building program pro? vide for ordnance and ammunition, cover additional pay for an expan? sion of the marine corps from 30. 000 to 10,000 men and meet other ex i>en*e* not contemplated in this year's naval appropriation bill. ? >f the total 1100,000,000 Is for gd ditlona) construction and to speed up construction now under way. Mr. Daniele eald most of this amount would be spent for vessels "smaller than cruisers." and explained that tho unparalleled rapidity with which ?ome yards were turning out destroy ere had made it possible to place more contracts for thewe boats than bad been thought possible. About a rfoxen new contracts already havo bee,a placed. gome of the money will be spont for more of the "chaser-destroyers' being built by Henry Ford in his De? troit plant. HorsTON n?;rokk hu\med. Sew Feature in Third Courtmartlal? ?coer* 1 Harth Leaves Court on Ac? count of Illness. San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 18.? Blame for negro residents of Houston, "who urged the soldiers to avenge their real or pretended wrongs," Is a new feature In the agreed statement Of fbcts regarding the rioting at Houston August 2S last, which wasj submitted in the courtmartlal of 40 negro** of the Twenty-fourth United Dtates Infantry, which began here to? day. The statement also contains a summary of military action which has been taken since the rioting, which summary was not included In the statement of the two previous court martial* L T. Peden. civil engineer, was the Non)y witness heard today. His test1 saony related to the identification of rugose. Owing to the Illness of Brig. Qen\ Charles H. Barth. Brig. Qen. Benjamin A. Poore is president of Iba court. Lieut. Col. Frederick <\ Johnson replacing General Harth. Rash of the negroes today entered a formal plea of not guilty. tilt FAT AEItlAIi ACTIVITY. Germans launch Many Overhead At? tack*. With the American Army In France. Feb. 18 (By the Associated Prese)?There has been a consider? able Increuse in aerlul activity in the American sector since last niKht. KnOniy planes usjaln n>*/ over town where a few duys ugo an American flStd hospital wna located, and drop? ped bombs, bdt without damage. One hostile machine was driven to earth in g damaged condition by an Amer? ican aviator. The activity of the American anti slrcraft gunners, machine gunners and battery operators kept the enemy machines from flying low enough to get a good aim. One attempted to corns lower hut was hotly engaged and driven off. All day hostile plains were over the American position. The srtlllery action also was lively anal a number of casualties are re? ported. One shell dropped on a cook tent and wcAinded fix men. Threo men iu the trench*'* were wounded, in ? ludlng a second lieutenant. Bright moonlight nKsisted the work of the American patrols last night but no Herman* were seen. A por? tion of the sector was subjected to a slight gasing by the enemy but the men put on their masks and there were no casualties. UKKMAX IIAID FAILED. Third Air Attack on London iu Two Days Killed None. London, Teh. 19.?Th* attempted sir raid of Herman BVtatCCI last night was a failure "The 11 WOTS SC OS ualties or do tea ge.H sayi ihe eftk al announcement. I \ PLOSION i H 4 MtTllllM.I < \s| Injnrcd Eight Men on Montana?No Detail* \\ailable Washington. Feb. I ? Ligttt meg have been injured by the explosion at a cartridge cuse during 1 irgoi practice o?i the cruiser Montaim. A brief re port to the navy depaihncnf todi\ ssve no detail* of the I ? Idenl HD.HI It PHD I D WHEAT. 4 ongres*) Takes a Hand (11 Donntlng Prloc of Itreiul. Washington, l eb l ? A favorable report on the Core bill to inci minimum prl< S of wheat from |t.N to fl.60 per bu*he| \s >-? ? tod \ gg the senate ngrlrulturil commit CHARLESTON DRY DOCK. si:< RETARY DANIELS RECOM MKX RS BKI APPRO? PRIATION. Rennest Shows Scale I'pon Which Government Plans lO lH'volop Port. Washington. Feh. IS.?Secretary Daniel? today recommended to con gfOOi that an appropriation of $4,-1 000.000 he made for the construction of an additional dry dock at the Charleston navy yard. Previous esti? mates had placed the amount neces? sary for this purpose at $1,150,000. This recommendation is in line with the story carried in The State two or tlncc da>s ago that the large amount of $2,000,(100 and possibly more from the urgent deficiency appropriation bill would be available at an early date for the development and re? habilitation of the port of Charleston. This is the first item of the $2, 000,000,000 which has been specifical? ly recommended to congress for im? mediate use, and the other items will be named from time to time as the general plan of building at Charles? ton is revealed. The fact that Charleston is to have another large dry dock, Hince Con? gressman Whaley secured enough money last year in the naval appro? priation bill to give deep water in the Cooper Itiver, shows the scale upon which government work is to be done there in the near future. While of first importance to Charleston, the matter of devejoplng the port under present circumstances is of Interna? tional consequence. COTTON MOVING RAPIDLY. Number of Rales to Re Shipped and Reshlppcd Inereusetl by Railway Administration. Washington,, Feb. 18.?The hauling of cotton to Gulf and South Atlantic ports for transshipment by water to New England mills' engaged in gov? ernment contract work has been so rapid in the last two weeks that the rai road administration announced today that it would undertake to In? crease the quantity to be received im? mediately from 100.000 to 125,000 bales. Boards of trade and chambers of commerce of many Southern cities and towns were notified by C. II. Markaham, regional director for the South, to assign a certain portion of their local stocks of cotton for ship? ment under the plans for moving J">, 000 additional bales at this time. Fventually the railroad administra? tion expects to carry the entire stock of Southern cotton destined for New England mills by water routes from Gulf and South Atlantic ports and ad? ditional steamers will be assigned to this service. W. II. Pleasants. newly appointed manager of the marine transporta? tion division of the railroad adminis? tration, will supervise the water movement. (. K rAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE EX? PECTED DAILY. AIIU-s Confident Of Victory?Tanks and Mysterious Gas to IU* I'sod by Gcrnums. British Army Headquarters France. F? h. 19.?The great German offen? sive on the western front may be ex? pected to begin at any time now. So i n is the British front is concerned the HMtia thrust will be made between Arras, St. Fuontin. Tanks and "mysterious gas" will now be employ? ed by the enemy in the attempt to break the allied lines. These facts have become known through captur . Germans and from other sources. The coming battles will be the most Intense that have yet been seen. As the illied forces have superiority in i umbers both 'in men ami guns, no dm lit is felt as to the outcome. PREsciUITlONs REQUIRED HEREAFTER. Neu Law Makes it Harder to Get Li? quor?Prescription as Well a*- Per? mits. Columbia, fob, It.*?O, Duncan P.elllnger, judge of probate of Rieh? i ? ounty, announced today that he u?oi 11 require physician's preactip? 'n?ns before issuing whiskey pernutM M i rch 1 o. when the new law. Signed by Uo . Manning last night. becomes effective. It ?s reported that other probate Judges over the state will do the name thing EFFECTIVE DE PEN S| J OF LONDON Air i'alders Pin SS* I'd I Vom Reach lag CJfJty, IStaden, pan, i?? The nrst re? ports front outlying districts of Lon tJOfl nay that the gun defense was nev ' ' '"ore effective than on Monday night when it prevented ths Herman ulr laiders from imm hint; London. The guns maintained an Inoesaanl lire for forty minutes HOB ISLAND INQUIRY. I INVESTIGATION BELIEVED TO JIAVE BEGUN. Wouxirow Wilson Beeke Information ai Department <?*' Justice and Bhip? ping Hoard. Washington, Feb. 18.?Reports of padded pay rolls in the government's fabrlOAted steel shipbuilding plant at Hog Island are under investigation by ihe department ot justice, it became known today after a visit by Presid dent Wilson to the department and the shipping board to discuss the prospective general inquiry into con? ditions there. United States Attorney Francis I-'. Kane received instructions more than two weeks ago to gather all the facti possible concerning rumors that many officials- were paid exorbitant salaries and some so-called experts were paid from two or more accounts. After a brief conference today with President Wilson, who called unex? pectedly at the department, Solicitor General Davis intimated that the in? vestigator already had been chosen but would not be announced until tho return to the city of Attorney Gener? al Gregory. The president called at the depart? ment of justice to see the attorney general, but, finding him out, went to the office of the solicitor general, act? ing head of the department. At the offices of the shipping board the pres? ident did not find Chairman Hurley, whom he had called to see, and left .after talking to Mr. Hurley's assist ' ant. THE RUSSIAN SITUATION. Deported tliat Bolshevik! Government IIa? Been Overthrown?Ijcnine ami TYotzky Escape. London, Feb. 19.?Humors are . current in Vaaa that BotehevtkJ gov j eminent at Petrograd has been over i thrown by serial revolutionists under the leadership of M. Tchernoff, ac? cording to the correspondent there I of the Copenhagen Politiken, says a j dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. limine and Trotzky are said to have escaped to Riga. DRAFT TREATY SIGNED. United States ami England Reach Agreement afl to Military Conscrip? tion. Washington, Fob. 19,?The Signing of the army draft treaty between Great Rritain and tho United States was announced today. The new Brit? ish ambassador affixed his signature as his first official act in Washington. FUEL OIL SUPPLY SHORT. General Electric Company to shut Down TtirCC Plants. Washington, Fob. 19.?The (Jeneral IStecirle Company notified the navy department that it would shortly have to shut down three of its great plants engaged in war orders- because of the shipping board's action In taking tank steamers of the Gulf Refining Company for oversea traffic has cut off the supply of fuel oil. 'GERMANS CAPTURE LUTSK. Important City Occupied Without Fighting. Vienna. Feb. 19.-The German army under den. von Linsingen has occupied Lutsk, in Volhynia, without fighting, it is officially announced. CONQUEST OF RUSSIA. Germany Will Force Signing of Peace Treaty on German Conditions. London, Feb. 19.?Russia Will now be forced to sign peace upon the con? ditions proposed by Germany, the of? ficial Russian statement, reecived here today, says. U. S. NAVAL AVIATOR SLAIN. Ensign Sturtevanl simt Down In European Waters. Washington, Feb. is.?Ensign Al? bert 1). BtUrtevant, a naval aviator, has been shot down In European waters, the navy department was ad? vised today. His body was not re? covered. FRENCH LINE PENETRATED. Huns Driven Out in Short Order, Says Pails. Paris. Feb. 1S.?-The Germans list night made an attack on the Cham? pagne front, today's war office state mint reports. They gained a footing in the French positions but after a Spirited engagement were driven out Amaterdam, Feb. 19.?Peace ne? gotiations with Roumanla, ? telegram Iron, Berlin says, it is understood have not yet begun. They are await? ing the arrival at Fokshani of For sign Bee rotary von Kuehlmann. Berne, Fob, If, -The Swlss-XuJ trlan frontier has ugnln been com? pletely olosed by Austrian uuthoritleH. NEW BALLOT LAW. AUSTRALIAN SYSTEM! APPLIED TO TOWNS AND CITIES. Governor Signs Many Dibs?Detail-, Of Election Law?Deserve Militia Dill and Abatement for Nuisance Pill /signed. Columbia, Feb. 20.?Only 86 measures passed at the recent session Of the general assembly have not yet received the signature of QOV. Man I ning. The unsigned acts are largely | of a local character, few being of Statewide importance. OOV, Manning yesterday signed the Australian ballot act. the state reserve military measure, the Foyd abate? ment and injunction act and a num? ber of others of more or less im? portance. The Election Law. Section 1. That in every primary election of this State there shall be provided at each polling precinct one booth for each 100 enrolled voters or majority fraction thereof. The booths shall be made of wood, sheet metal, or any other suitable substance, shall not be less than 3 2 inches wide and 32 inches deep, and six feet six inches high, shall be provided with a curtain hanging from the top in front to with? in three feet of the floor, and shall j have a suitable shelf on which the I voter can prepare his ticket: Provided, ! That the provisions of this act shall [not apply to rural voting precincts outside of incorporated towns and cities. Sec. 2. The polling places shall be provided with a table for the man? agers. The polls shall be provided with a guard rail, so that no one ex? cept as hereinafter provided shall ap? proach nearer than live feet to the booths in which the; voters ate pre? paring their ballots. Sec. 3. The tickets shall be printed on clear white paper in the usual manner, but shall have a coupon at the top. On the coupon shall be printed "Official Ballot," "Club-. Ward-, No.-The num? bers shall run seriatim for each club. There shall be 50 per cent, more bal? lots than there are voters enrolled at each polling place. Sec. 4. The managers shall be re? sponsible for all ballots furnished. When a voter presents himself he shall be given a ballot. The manager in charge of the poll list shall enter the number of the ballot next the name of the voter. The voter shall forthwith retire along to one of the booths, and without undue delay pre? pare his ballot by scratching out the names of the candidates lor whom he does not care to vote. No voter shall remain in the booth longer than five minutes. After preparing his bal? lot, the voter shall present himself to the manager. His ballot must be folded in such a way that the num? ber can be seen and the coupon can be readily detached by the manage! without In any way revealing the printed portion of the ballot. If the voter is not challenged, and takes the prescribed oath, the manager shall tear off the coupon, put it on file, stamp the ballot, and the voter shall deposit his ticket in the box, and shall Immediately leave the polling place. If a voter shall mar or deface his bal? lot, he may obtain one additional bal? lot upon returning to the manager in charge of the ballots 'the ballot so marred or defaced, with the coupon attached. The manager In charge of the poll list shall change the number of the ballot on his poll list, and place the defaced ballot on a file. No voter shall be given a second ballot until he has returned the first one with coupon attached. Sec. 5. No person shall be allowed within the guard rail except as here? inafter provided. If a voter can not lead or write, or is physically dis? abled, and by reason thereof did not sign the enrollment book, he may ap? peal to the managers for assistance, and the chairman of the managers may appoint two of the watchers to assist him in preparing the ballot: Provided, After the voters' ballot has been prepared, the watchers so ap? pointed shall immediately go behind the guard rail: Provided further. That if there be no such Watchers avail? able, the chairman may appoint two bystanders who are qualified electors to assist the voter in the preparation of his ballot. Sec. i). From the time of the open? ing of the poll until the announce? ment of the result and the signing of the official returns, the person shall he admitted to the polling place ex? cept the managers, duly authorized watchers and challengers, the chair? man of the executive committee or member of the executive committee appointed in his stead to supervise this polling place, persons duly ad? mitted for the purpose of Voting, po? lice officers admitted by the managers to preserve order or snforolng the law: Provided, however, That can didates for public ofllCS voted for at such polling place may be present at the canvass of the votes: Provided,' PRESIDENT OF CARPENTER'S UN? ION -insists UPON ENFORC? ING CLOSED shop prin? CIPLE." Workmen Bade on Jobs, Bnt Goeern mcui Representatives and Oarpen ten' Union Leaden sun Far Apart. Washington, Feb. 10.?Although the strikes of carpenters In Eastern ?hlpyarde was at an end today after intervention by President Wilson, the government and carpenters' brother? hood leaders apparently were far apart tonight on arrangements to pre? vent further trouble. William L. Hutcheson, president of the brotherhood, at a conference with Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board; Charles Piez, general man? ager of the Emergency Fleet Corpor? ation; Samuel Gompers and members ol the shipbuilding labor adjustment board, insisted that the closed shop principle should he enforced, and de? clined to leave the question to the de? cision of the adjustment board. Another conference between Hutcheson and his aides will be held tomorrow with the adjustment board at which, Shipping Heard officials said tonight, they were hopeful a sat? isfactory conclusion would be reach? ed. Hutcheson insisted tonight that be? fore the government held the carpen? ters to the open shop principle it should take over all shipyards and eliminate profit, making by private in? terests. If this were done, he said, the carpenters would be willing to work on any terms the government might prescribe. "On every hundred dollars paid the carpenters by shipyards " said Hutch? eson, "the shipyards themselves take seven dollars. This is what the car? penters object to. "We are not fighting the govern? ment and we are not trying to ob? struct the shipbuilding program, but we are fighting the shipbuilders. If the government would take over the ; yards the question would settle itself." TEN ENEMY PLANES DESTROYED Hritish Airmen Haid Troves Mon? day. London. Feb. 19.?Ten German air? planes were brought down and six more disabled by the British Sunday, it was announced last nii^ht. Hun? dreds of bombs were dropped on va? rious- targets, and on Mon lay Hritish airmen raided Treves-Thionville. Boston, Feb. 19.?New government navigation school to train seamen to qualify as deck officers Will be open? ed soon at Tampa, Fla. London, Feb. 19.?An extensive raid was mads by the British last night on the Flanders front, in the i southern section of Houtholst Wood. [the war office announces, There were two other successful raids, one in the region south of Lens, the other in the neighborhood of Bpesy, on the Arass front. Prisoners were taken in all the raids. Canvass of the votes shall he open to the public. Sec. 7. If the watchers or Officers of the law who are admitted to the polling place by the managers shall interfere with the managers or ob? struct the voting, it shall be the duty of the managers to suspend the elec? tion until order is restored, or as may be provided by the rules of the party. Xo person shall be allowed to ap? proach polling plgcea within 125 feet while polls are opened, other than the persons herein provided lor. Sec. 8. Upon the close of the elec? tion managers shall account to the executive committee for all ballots de? livered to them, and make the follow? ing returns: (a) The number of ofll olal ballots furnished to each polling precinct; (b) the number of official ballots spoiled and returned by voters; (c) the number of official ballots re? turned to the executive committee; (d) the number of official ballots ac? tually voted. Sec. 9. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repeale 1 except an act to regulate the holding of all primary elections and the organisation of clubs In cities containing 10,000 in? habitants or more, approved 10th das oi February, 1015, which said act, shall remain in full force and efTecl Sec. 10. The state executive com? mittee provided for under the laws regulating primary elections in this Stale be and they are hereby author? ised and empowered to make such regulations :is ma:, be necessary to provide for the enrollment and votinu Of citizens of this State holding po? sitions under the government of the United States, or any branch thereof, and residing temporarily out of the State, but within, the United States. Sec. 11. That this act shall so into effect upon its approval by the gOV 01 nor. School for Seamen. UNITED FOR VICTORY. ARMES OF ALL THE ALLIES ??? DEB SUPREME COMMAND. PlTmirr Lloyd GtOtgS) Tolls Parlia? ment That I tided States Demanded Untied Wat Effort. Washington, Feb. 19.?Frank ad mlmiOB by Premier Lloyd George to? day that the convincing demand for unified military effort under a single directing body had come from tho United States confirmed the impres? sion that has prevailed here since the proposal to send the mission headed by folonel House to Europe first became known. It was known unofficially at that time that Presi? dent Wilson had become convinced that the allied cause stood in grave danger unless a central body could be erected with authority to initiate vig? orous warfare based on a well digest? ed plan oi strategy that covered all fronts. The president was determined the j United States should not waste its strength in the war but should, with the cobelligerents, wage an offensive battle of the most vigorous charac? ter. The president's military and naval advisers had strongly urged up? on htm the advisability of seeking to unite all the forces opposed to Ger? many into a single unit of military power, striking every blow for its relation to a grand scheme of cam? paign and wasting no strength in ml j nor engagements or unrelated offen? sives on the several fronts. The Italian disaster has been cited as a striking example of what the lack of complete cooperation among the allies might bring about. When the Austro-German drive into Italy be^an the Italian armies^ were threat? ening the very heart of the whole German military fabric. The mighty German defenses on the West front were threatened from the rear for Austria was crumbling under the punishment administered by tho forces of General Cadorna. There are officers here who believe the war would have been virtually over now had Cadorna's great effort been made with the fuF support of j the British and French behind it. Fall ) ing In that, it was swept back and 1 the enemy given the best military po jsition he haC occupied since the de l. at of his drive at Paris in 1914. Army officers here profess com? plete ignorance of the plan of cam? paign mapped out by the VeistHOji III? " preme war council and upon which Mr. Lloyd George unhesitatingly stak? ed the survival of his government In boldly challenging parliament, it was pointed out, the premier knew beyond question that the defoat of his min? istry and the consequent withdrawal of Great Britain from adherence to the full purpose of the Versailles council meant that no highly organ? ized allied offensive could be' looked forward to this year. The promptness of Mr. Lloyd George's challenge to his critics and the unreserved nature of that chal? lenge was interpreted here as a hint at great events soon to come. Taken in connection with President Wilson's recent statement that 1918 would be the decisive year and the repeated warnings from the Western front that a great German offensivo is imminent there, today's proceedings in London are regarded as highly significant. It has been assorted officially and unofficially that the allies still have a preponderance of men and guns on tin' Western front and the belief here is that the allied council would not be content to await the blow of the enemy. The explanation of the premier of the rejection of Gen. Sir William Robertson's proposal to place a subordinate officer as Great Britain's representative on the supreme coun? cil probably throws light upon tie purpose of the Washington govern? ment in continuing Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, its representative at Versailles as chief of staff although all his functions in that capacity are in pro? cess of transfer to Maj. Gen. Peyton C. March. Rival of Bin sank Groses Colored Cot? ton. ' A South Carolina farmer is grow? ing (adored cotton." says Farm and Fireside. "He has grown, by careful seed-breeding, white, rroam. tan. yei w, green, light brown, yellow green, olive-green, ami bronze cotton and believes it possible to attain black! lli.s name is A. F Brabham." WANTED MEN AND WOMEN AT ONCE Between ages of 18 and 45 years to operate machines and do assembling work. 10 hours per day. Good pay to those not afraid of work. Apply to A. A. TEAM, Sumter Electrical Woi ks.